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Archer, Jeffrey, "A Twist in the Tale"

Bazell, Josh, "Beat the Reaper"

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Box, C. J., "Savage Run"

Burke, Alafair, "Angel's Tip"

Burke, Alafair, "Dead Connection"

Cain, Chelsea, "Sweetheart"

Casey, Kathryn, "Singularity"

Child, Lee, "Die Trying"

Child, Lee, "Echo Burning"

Child, Lee, "Gone Tomorrow"

Child, Lee, "Killing Floor"

Child, Lee, "Nothing to Lose"

Child, Lee, "61 Hours"

Child, Lee, "Worth Dying For"

Connelly, Michael, "The Scarecrow"

Crais, Robert, "Chasing Darkness"

Crais, Robert, "Demolition Angel"

Crais, Robert, "The First Rule"

Crais, Robert, "The Forgotten Man"

Crais, Robert, "Free Fall"

Crais, Robert, "The Last Detective"

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Crais, Robert, "Lullaby Town"

Crais, Robert, "The Monkey's Raincoat"

Crais, Robert, "The Sentry"

Crais, Robert, "Sunset Express"

Crais, Robert, "The Two Minute Rule"

Crais, Robert, "Voodoo River"

Crais, Robert, "The Watchman"

Davidson, Diane Mott, "Sweet Revenge"

de Pontes Peebles, Frances, "The Seamstress"

Edwards, Kim, "The Memory Keeper's Daughter"

Ellis, David, "Eye of the Beholder"

Ellis, Robert, "City of Fire"

Ellis, Robert, "The Lost Witness"

Fowler, Karen Joy, "The Jane Austen Book Club"

Fulmer, David, "The Blue Door"

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Grafton, Sue, "N is for Noose"

Grafton, Sue, "Q is for Quarry"

Grafton, Sue, "S is for Silence"

Gruen, Sara, "Water for Elephants"

Haigh, Jennifer, "The Condition"

Hall, Parnell, "Client"

Hall, Parnell, "Detective"

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Hall, Parnell, "Stalking the Puzzle Lady"

Harrison, Colin, "Break and Enter"

Harvey, Michael, "The Chicago Way"

Harvey, Michael, "The Fifth Floor"

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Iles, Greg, "True Evil"

Indridason, Arnaldur, "The Draining Lake"

Indridason, Arnaldur, "Silence of the Grave"

Indridason, Arnaldur, "Voices"

Just, Ward, "An Unfinished Season"

Kaminsky, Stuart M., "Bright Futures"

Kaminsky, Stuart M., "Denial"

Kaminsky, Stuart M., "Midnight Pass"

Kaminsky, Stuart M., "Retribution: A Lew Fonesca Novel"

King, Laurie R., "The Art of Detection"

Kinsella, Sophie, "Remember Me?"

Kisor, Henry, "Cache of Corpses"

Klavan, Andrew, "Man and Wife"

Klempner, Joseph T., "Flat Lake in Winter"

Larsson, Stieg, "The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest"

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Larson, Stieg, "The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo"

Loehfelm, Bill, "Fresh Kills"

Lustbader, Victoria, "Stone Creek"

Maloy, Kate, "Every Last Cuckoo"

Mayor, Archer, "The Catch"

Mayor, Archer, "Chat"

Mayor, Archer, "The Marble Mask"

Mayor, Archer, "The Second Mouse"

Mayor, Archer, "The Surrogate Thief"

Mills, Mark, "Amagansett"

Mills, Mark, "The Savage Garden"

Mills, Mark, "The Whaleboat House"*

Monninger, Joseph & Luanne Rice, "The Letters"

Morton, Kate, "The Distant Hours"

Morton, Kate, "The Forgotten Garden"

Morton, Kate, "The House at Riverton"

Nash, Jennie, "The Last Beach Bungalow"

Nesbø, Jo, "Nemesis"

Nesbø, Jo, "The Redbreast"

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Ouida, "Under Two Flags"

Parker, Robert B., "High Profile"

Parker, Robert B., "Melancholy Baby"

Parker, Robert B., "Night and Day"

Parker, Robert B., "Night Passage"

Parker, Robert B., "Now & Then"

Parker, Robert B., "Painted Ladies"

Parker, Robert B., "Paper Doll"

Parker, Robert B., "The Professional"

Parker, Robert B., "Rough Weather"

Parker, Robert B., "School Days"

Parker, Robert B., "Stranger in Paradise"

Parker, Robert. B., "Widow's Walk"

Parker, T. Jefferson, "Storm Runners"

Penny, Louise, "The Brutal Telling"

Penny, Louise, "A Fatal Grace"

Penny, Louise, "Still Life"

Peterson, Keith, "The Scarred Man"

Pronzini, Bill, "Mourners"

Pronzini, Bill, "The Other Side of Silence"

Quick, Amanda, "The Perfect Poison"

Rice, Luanne & Joseph Richmond, "The Letters"

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Richmond, Michelle, "The Year of Fog"

Riordan, Rick, "Rebel Island"

Sayers, Dorothy L., "Busman's Honeymoon"

Sayers, Dorothy L., & Jill Paton Walsh, "Thornes, Dominations"

Setterfield, Diane, "The Thirteenth Tale"

Sigurdardóttir, Yrsa, "Last Rituals"

Spiegelman, Peter, "Black Maps"

Spiegelman, Peter, "Death's Little Helpers"

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Strout, Elizabeth, "Olive Kitteridge: Fiction"

Tapply, William G., "Past Tense"

Tapply, William G., "Scar Tissue"

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Walsh, Jill Paton, and Sayers, Dorothy L., "A Presumption of Death"

White, Karen, "The House on Tradd Street"

Zafón, Carlos Ruiz, "The Angel's Game"

Zafón, Carlos Ruiz, "The Shadow of the Wind"

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Archived Movie Reviews from the Cat's Meow Movie Critic

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"ANGELOLOGY" by Danielle Trussoni

"THE GIRL WHO PLAYED WITH FIRE" by Stieg Larsson

"HITMAN" by Parnell Hall

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"L.A. REQUIEM" by Robert Crais

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"RED CAT" by Peter Spiegelman

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"SKELETONS AT THE FEAST" by Chris Bohjalian

"THE VANISHING ACT OF ESME LENNOX" by Maggie O'Farrell

"THE WHALEBOAT HOUSE" by Mark Mills*

A

"ANATOMY OF DECEPTION" by Lawrence Goldstone

"ANGEL'S TIP" by Alafair Burke

"THE CHICAGO WAY" by Michael Harvey

"CITY OF FIRE" by Robert Ellis

"DEATH'S LITTLE HELPERS" by Peter Spiegelman

"DEMOLITION ANGEL" by Robert Crais

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"ECHO BURNING" by Lee Child

"THE FIFTH FLOOR" by Michael Harvey

"THE LOST WITNESS" by Robert Ellis

"MELANCHOLY BABY" by Robert B. Parker

"NEMESIS" by Jo Nesbø

"NO ONE YOU KNOW" by Michelle Richmond

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"PAPER DOLL" by Robert B. Parker

"THE QUIET GAME" By Greg Iles

"THE SCARECROW" by Michael Connelly

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"STRANGER IN PARADISE" by Robert B. Parker

"THE SURROGATE THIEF" by Archer Mayor

"TRUE EVIL" by Greg Iles

"VOODOO RIVER" by Robert Crais

"THE WATCHMAN" by Robert Crais

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"WIDOW'S WALK" by Robert B. Parker

A-

"AN UNFINISHED SEASON" by Ward Just

"THE BLUE DOOR" by David Fulmer

"THE BRUTAL TELLING" by Louise Penny

"CACHE OF CORPSES" by Henry Kisor

"THE CATCH" by Archer Mayor

"THE CONDITION" by Jennifer Haigh

"DIE TRYING" by Lee Child

"EYE OF THE BEHOLDER" by David Ellis

"FLAT LAKE IN WINTER" by Joseph T. Klempner

"THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN" by Kate Morton

"FREE FALL" by Robert Crais

"FRESH KILLS" by Bill Loehfelm

"THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO" by Stieg Larsson

"HIGH PROFILE" by Robert B. Parker

"THE LAST DETECTIVE" By Robert Crais

"THE LETTERS," Luanne Rice & Joseph Monninger

"LULLABY TOWN" by Robert Crais

"MIDNIGHT PASS" by Stuart M. Kaminsky

"MOURNERS" by Bill Pronzini

"NIGHT PASSAGE" by Robert B. Parker

"THE OTHER SIDE OF SILENCE" by Bill Pronzini

"PAST TENSE" by William G. Tapply

"THE PROFESSIONAL" by Robert B. Parker

"REBEL ISLAND" by Rick Riordan

"THE REDBREAST" by Jo Nesbø

"RETRIBUTION: A LEW FONESCA NOVEL" by Stuart M. Kaminsky

"ROUGH WEATHER" by Robert B. Parker

"S IS FOR SILENCE" by Sue Grafton

"THE SAVAGE GARDEN" by Mark Mills

"SAVAGE RUN" by C. J. Box

"SCAR TISSUE" by William G. Tapply

"THE SENTRY" by Robert Crais

"SILENCE OF THE GRAVE" by Arnaldar Indridason

"SINGULARITY" by Kathryn Casey

"61 HOURS" by Lee Child

"STILL LIFE" by Louise Penny

"SUNSET EXPRESS" by Robert Crais

"THRONES, DOMINATIONS" by Dorothy L. Sayers and Jill Paton Walsh

"A TWIST IN THE TALE" by Jeffrey Archer

"THE TWO MINUTE RULE" by Robert Crais

B+

"BEAT THE REAPER" by Josh Bazell

"BLACK MAPS" by Peter Spiegelman

"BRIGHT FUTURES" by Stuart M. Kaminsky

"BUSMAN'S HONEYMOON" by Dorothy L. Sayers

"CHASING DARKNESS" by Robert Crais

"CLIENT" by Parnell Hall

"DEAD CONNECTION" by Alafair Burke

"DENIAL" by Stuart M. Kaminsky

"DETECTIVE" by Parnell Hall

"THE DISTANT HOURS" by Kate Morton

"EVERY LAST CUCKOO" by Kate Maloy

"THE FORGOTTEN MAN" by Robert Crais

"THE GIRL WHO KICKED THE HORNET'S NEST" by Stieg Larsson

"GONE TOMORROW" by Lee Child

"THE HOUSE ON TRADD STREET" by Karen White

"KILLING FLOOR" by Lee Child

"MAN AND WIFE" by Andrew Klavan

"NOW & THEN" by Robert B. Parker

"PAINTED LADIES" by Robert B. Parker

"THE PERFECT POISON" By Amanda Quick

"Q IS FOR QUARRY" by Sue Grafton

"REMEMBER ME?" by Sophie Kinsella

"THE SCARRED MAN" by Keith Peterson

"SCHOOL DAYS" by Robert B. Parker

"STONE CREEK" by Victoria Lustbader

"THE THIRTEENTH TALE" by Diane Setterfield

"VOICES" by Arnaldur Indridason

"WORTH DYING FOR" by Lee Child

B

"THE ANGEL'S GAME" by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

"THE ART OF DETECTION" by Laurie R. King

"CHAT" by Archer Mayor

"A FATAL GRACE" by Louise Penny

"THE FIRST RULE" by Robert Crais

"LAST RITUALS" by Yrsa Sigurdardóttir

"THE MARBLE MASK" by Archer Mayor

"THE MEMORY KEEPER'S DAUGHTER" by Kim Edwards

"N IS FOR NOOSE" by Sue Grafton

"NIGHT AND DAY" by Robert B. Parker

"NOTHING TO LOSE" by Lee Child

"A PRESUMPTION OF DEATH" by Jill Paton Walsh and Dorothy L. Sayers

"THE SECOND MOUSE" by Archer Mayor

"STALKING THE PUZZLE LADY" by Parnell Hall

"STORM RUNNERS" by T. Jefferson Parker

"UNDER TWO FLAGS" by Ouida

B-

"THE JANE AUSTEN BOOK CLUB" by Karen Joy Fowler

"SWEETHEART" by Chelsea Cain

C

"BREAK AND ENTER" by Colin Harrison

"THE LAST BEACH BUNGALOW" by Jennie Nash

"SWEET REVENGE" by Diane Mott Davidson

"THE YEAR OF FOG" by Michelle Richmond


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