RAYLAN, by Elmore Leonard
KENTUCKY NOIR RIDES again in these latest adventures of Elmore Leonard’s US Marshal antihero, Raylan Givens.
Grade: B PLUS
RAYLAN
William Morrow
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
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KENTUCKY NOIR RIDES again in these latest adventures of Elmore Leonard’s US Marshal antihero, Raylan Givens.
Grade: B PLUS
RAYLAN
William Morrow
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
CLEVERLY CONSTRUCTED HIGH-TECH thriller from the great Robert Harris; vivid characterizations, details shine.
Grade: B PLUS
THE FEAR INDEX
Knopf
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels, Suspense, Thriller
AMERICA’S MOST NEUROTIC private investigator, Izzy Spellman, returns in this wacky, delightful tale of intrigue.
Grade: B PLUS
TRAIL OF THE SPELLMANS (SPELLMAN FILES #5)
Simon & Schuster
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Humor, Mystery, Novels
THE LATEST MYSTERY (#10) for troubled savant NYC detective Mallory is her most intriguing (and upsetting) yet.
Grade: B PLUS
THE CHALK GIRL
Putnam
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Mystery, Novels
A COMPLEX FAMILY TALE spans four generations in the Chicago suburbs. Lots of heart, wit, candor, and insight.
Grade: B PLUS
LOVE AND SHAME AND LOVE
Little, Brown
2011
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
THE UNTOLD STORY BEHIND the landmark gay rights decision in Lawrence v. Texas. Engaging and well researched!
Grade: B PLUS
FLAGRANT CONDUCT: THE STORY OF LAWRENCE V. TEXAS
W. W. Norton & Company
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, History, Legal History, LGBTQ Interest, Non-Fiction, Texas, United States
COMPULSIVELY READABLE, STYLISH novel traces fifty years of friendship among well-heeled Manhattan women.
Grade: B PLUS
GOSSIP
William Morrow
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, New York City, Novels, Women's Fiction
WARM-HEARTED, THOUGHTFUL NOVEL follows an introspective man through his first year of widowerhood into new love.
Grade: B PLUS
AN AVAILABLE MAN
Ballantine
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
A GROUP OF LONDONERS’ lives are changed by a chance event in this delightfully complex comedy of manners.
Grade: B PLUS
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Viking
2012
Tags: B Plus Reviews, Novels
LITERARY MEETS NOIR in Percival Everett’s latest novel, a complex and playful twist on police procedurals.
Grade: B PLUS
ASSUMPTION
Graywolf Press
2011
Tags: African American Writers, B Plus Reviews, Black Writers, Experimental Fiction, Mystery, Novels