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Title: Service Dress Blues

Subtitle: A Rep and Melissa Pennyworth Mystery

Author: Michael Bowen

Narrator: Malcolm Hillgartner

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 1 min

Language: English

Release date: 09-14-09

Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Rep, a trademark and copyright lawyer, has followed Melissa to Milwaukee in her quest for an assistant professorship. Then, on the night before the Army-Navy game, a midshipman is found stark naked and barely alive in a cheap motel near the Naval Academy in Annapolis. The victim's closest relatives are Ole and Lena Lindstrom, a pair of aging but scrappy Wisconsin political activists who had asked Rep for copyright advice.

Ole and Lena have a well-earned reputation for trading punches with each other, and when Ole is murdered, Lena becomes an instant suspect. But Rep and Melissa suspect there is more involved, including a connection between the midshipman's mugging and Ole's murder.

To find clues, Rep and Melissa try such techniques as discussing Anna Karenina with a hooker, answering baseball trivia questions, and reviewing fourth-grade geography lessons.

Members Reviews:

Good story

Liked the characters; POV jumps around so book initially was hard to follow and sort out who is who, but overall a good mystery for a rainy afternoon. Will likely look for more by this writer.

amusing lighthearted farcical mystery

In Milwaukee lawyer Rep Pennyworth and his wife, University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee English professor Melissa, are working on separate items. Rep is working on trademark and copyright law for Democratic Party activist Ole Lindstrom; Melissa is looking into the apparent mugging by a woman of Ole's nephew Harald Lindstrom from the U.S. Naval Academy found unconscious in an Annapolis motel the night before the "Game".

The police arrests Ole's septuagenarian wife Lena; who is accused of hammering him on his head with a frying pan. She is charged with attempted murder. She swears she did not bean her husband with a skillet; instead she swears that an intruder knocked him out. Ole is gleeful in spite of the headache as his candidate for Attorney General Veronica Gephardt is running on a domestic violence platform. Soon after that someone kills Ole; and Lena is arrested again this time for murder; Rep represents her.

With events going on in early 2009 playing in the background, the latest Pennyworth thriller (see SHOOT THE LAWYER TWICE) is an amusing lighthearted farcical mystery that is fun to read. The lead married couple is having fun though the stakes change for him with a murder defense and for her with a baseball trivia quiz. Although the prime suspects in the homicide are not just underdeveloped, they seem emaciated when compared with the Pennyworth pair. Still Michael Bowen provides an entertaining who's on first tale.

Harriet Klausner

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Title: Masquerade

Subtitle: Robyn Kelly Series, Book 1

Author: Liz Osborne

Narrator: Janean Jorgensen

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 34 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-14-09

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 4 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Despite orders from police detective Matthew Pierce to stay out of the investigation, Robyn searches for the murderer on her own. Beneath his charismatic image, Hamilton was a ruthless politician with many enemies, and as Robyn risks her own life to delve into the secrets of those around her, she is forced to confront the fact that everyone is living a masquerade.

Critic Reviews:

"Robyn is a likeable character and an engaging narrator. Debut novelist Osborne effectively intersperses interesting details about hospital routines and patient-relations work into the story." (Booklist)

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Title: Murder at Midnight

Subtitle: Monona Quinn Series, Book 2

Author: Marshall Cook

Narrator: Kate Vita

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-13-09

Publisher: Books in Motion

Ratings: 2.5 of 5 out of 7 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

An extremely conservative Catholic radio show, a highway expansion, and millions of dollars all seem motive enough for murder. With the help of sassy Southern detective Lashandra Cooper, Mo sorts through the town full of suspects to find the truth.

Members Reviews:

GOOD BOOK

This was a very good book. It was fast paced and kept me guessing until the end. The characters were well written and well done. Enjoy.

Jeanne Zabst

LOVE Monona!!!!

Love the characters. Love the settings.Well thought out plot.I,m so glad this is a series!you will have fun with this cast of characters and the world they inhabit.FUN!!!

Interesting

This is the second book I've read by this author. I like the writing. The characters of the small town are like many towns I've been to.

Another one from a Master Storyteller

Marshall Cook is a master storyteller as evidenced by this suspenseful murder mystery that kept me turning the pages and wishing for more once it was finished. Luckily, rumor has it that Marshall will be coming out with another Monona Quinn mystery to follow this one. The dialogue drew me deep into this small-town community and its characters. The turns and twists of the story kept me on the edge of my seat, especially when Monona, local newspaper editor, managed to find herself in a dangerous situation once again (see MURDER OVER EASY--Monona seems to have a propensity for sleuthing). If you like a good mystery, check this book out!

Suspenseful and Successful

This book was interesting and kept you wondering who could have murdered the priest. Keeps you on your toes wondering whodunit!

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Title: The Chicago Way

Subtitle: Michael Kelly, Book 1

Author: Michael Harvey

Narrator: John Chancer

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-03-09

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Chicago PI Michael Kelly is hired by his former partner, John Gibbons, to help solve an eight-year-old rape and battery case, a case it turns out his old friend was once ordered to forget.

When Gibbons turns up dead, Kelly enlists a team of his savviest colleagues to connect the dots between the recent murder and the cold case it revived.

Critic Reviews:

"Michael Harvey's gritty debut, The Chicago Way, rips the classic crime novels of Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett from their 30s origins and slams them like a brass fist into the teeth of modern-day Chicago. All of the pieces are here: Chandler's Byzantine plots and tack-sharp dialogue; a smorgasbord of knuckle sandwiches to sate the die-hard Hammett fan; and a damaged dame (platinum blonde, natch), straight out of a James Cain roadside diner. Seemingly destined for noir greatness, The Chicago Way both respects its gnarled roots and catapults hardboiled crime fiction into a new century." (Amazon.com review)

Members Reviews:

Modern-day Greek tragedy complete with the Furies

Private investigator Michael Kelley lives his life guided by the ideas of the ancient Greeks, whose works he reads in the original Greek. This is an interesting trait for an Irish ex-cop with a talent for fighting.

Kelleyâs client in this story is him ex-partner, retired cop John Gibbons. After John gets shot dead, Kelley inherits Gibbon's last client â a woman who wants her rapist found. She packs a gun and is one tough cookie. Sheâs not the only piece-packing Fury in the plot.

The more Kelly finds out, the less he understands of what's actually transpiring. He just knows that the official people connected with this cold rape case are dropping like flies. And he's surprisingly acquired a girlfriend, a gorgeous TV anchorwoman, who is probably out of his league. Does she really care for him â or just have an eye for a story?

Kelley's investigations bring him into contact with lots of colorful characters â a creepy serial killer on death row, a repulsive landlady who imagines her cats have migraines, an 86-year-old Mafia boss who gives Kelly some fatherly advice about suicide...

Kelly has a couple of true friends who help him out. One of them doesn't survive the story, and I didn't like this. But I did like Michael Harvey's writing style. He has a poet's ear for a perfect line of prose. The writing is tough, but packs an emotional punch.

This looks to me like a must-read series for aficionados of crime fiction.

Fast Paced Thriller Set in the Windy City

Having read The Third Rail, The Fifth Floor and now The Chicago Way (reverse order), this was the third novel I have read by Michael Harvey and enjoyed this debut the most. The self-depreciating humor he adds to the dialogue reminds me a bit of the style that David Rosenfelt used in the Andy Carpenter series.

While Harvey is not my favorite author, The Chicago Way is a quick and engaging thriller debut that kept me flipping pages from beginning to end.

Cubs fan, Michael Kelly is a former divorced cop and now tough private investigator in Chicago.

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Title: Not in the Flesh

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: Christopher Ravenscroft

Format: Abridged

Length: 4 hrs and 32 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The body, as Chief Inspector Wexford is informed later, has lain buried for 10 years or so, wrapped in a purple cotton sheet. The post mortem can not reveal the precise cause of death. The only clue is a crack in one of the dead man's ribs.

Although it covers a relatively short period of time, the police computer stores a long list of missing persons. Men, women and children disappear at an alarming rate, something like 500 every day nationwide. So Wexford knows he is going to have a job on his hands to identify the corpse.

And then, only about 20 yards away from the woodland burial site, in the cellar of a disused cottage, another body is found.

The detection skills of Wexford, Burden and the other investigating officers of the Kingsmarkham Police Force are tested to the utmost to discover whether the murders are connected and to track down whoever is responsible.

Members Reviews:

Predictable bit...

Predictable...but still kept me reading. Reminds me of a part 2 of THE BEAST WITHIN, the movie from the early 70s. Would make a great B horror movie.

Three Stars

Predictable

Flesh

This was the first Laymon book I've read, but it won't be the last! It keeps you guessing until the end. Great book!Flesh

BOOK REVIEW

Book arrived quickly in good condition. I would purchase from this vendor again. Rosemary

Typical but good

This is one mystery writer who has not run out of ideas. The Wexford books are still good, and not too sensational. Liked it a lot.

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Title: Adam and Eve Pinch Me

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: Jan Francis

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 16 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Then Jock's ghost starts reappearing to Minty: at home, at work, even in the cinema. He even touches her. Minty started to carry a knife. If he wasn't made of shadows, would he bleed?

Members Reviews:

entertaining

an clever crime story, that for a change is not focused on sinister darkness and violence. it kept me engaged from the first word to the last.

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Title: The Babes in the Wood

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: Christopher Ravenscroft

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

Burden seated himself on the corner of the desk, a favourite perch. Wexford thought he was thinner than ever.

'Woman phoned to say she and her husband went to Paris for the weekend, leaving their children with a - well, teen-sitter, I suppose, got back last night to find the lot gone and naturally she assumes they've all drowned.

''That's amusing?''

'It's pretty bizarre, isn't it? The teenagers are fifteen and thirteen, the sitter's in her thirties, they can all swim and the house is miles above the floods.'

There hadn't been anything like this kind of rain in living memory. The River Brede had burst its banks, and not a single house in the valley had escaped flooding. Even where Wexford lived, higher up in Kingsmarkham, the waters had nearly reached the mulberry tree in his once immaculate garden.

The Subaqua Task Force could find no trace of Giles and Sophie Dade, let alone the woman who was keeping them company, Joanna Troy. But Mrs Dade was still convinced her children were dead. This was an investigation which would call into question many of Wexford's assumptions about the way people behaved, including his own family.

Members Reviews:

Wexford, more Wexford in the rain....

This is a fairly typical example of the Wexford/Burden genre. There is one large plot twist, and a somewhat unsatisfying subplot concerning Wexford's daughter Sylvia.

The novel is set during a time of flooding in Southern England, and there is a certain dreariness to the proceedings that is intentional.

This book supports the argument that Rendell, a very successful woman, was something of an anti-feminist.

One of my favorite series

"Who done it" rather than suspenseful which is what I prefer. A notch below Martha Grimes or Georges Simenon but on my must read list for her Wexford books.

Five Stars

great

Four Stars

I enjoy all the books from this author.

Terrific Book.

I love Ruth Rendell's books because they all have a good story and keep you guessing until the end.

This book had a terrific ending - one l had never imagined - but so easily could have happened.

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Title: Harm Done

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: Christopher Ravenscroft

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 11 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The residents of the Muriel Campden Estate are up in arms, and even prepared to take the law into their own hands . . .

Members Reviews:

Extreme domestic violence

I just finished reading this book for the second time. I read this book many years ago and was shocked and horrified at man's inhumanity to women. This was before I worked in a psychiatric emergency room. In that job I learned that DV is rarely a one-sided dynamic and it frequently escalates to physical harm due to the parties using alcohol and drugs - methamphetamine in particular. In California over the past 5+ years when the police are called in they have shown a dismaying tendency to side with the woman no matter what the evidence shows or the involved parties report. You might say "well it's only fair, the law has favored males for the past 5000 years so it's time for a little payback." At least you might say this until it happens to a young man you love and care about. When someone you KNOW is perfectly incapable of hitting a woman, (except possibly as self defense in severe provocation), gets hauled away to jail and has to spend $10,000 to pay a lawyer to set the record straight, you may find yourself feeling righteous outrage about the whole situation.

My point is that domestic violence is one of those impossibly complex issues and it doesn't have easy answers. Concerned people need to get a lot more creative about their interventions if they are truly concerned about justice.

Strong Entry for Inspector Wexford

Inspector Wexford forges ahead, this time into three ambiguous reaches of the criminal landscape, of which two are particularly nasty and particularly ambiguous. This complex novel interweaves three stories -- the abduction and then return of two young women, the return of a convicted pedophile to his home after he has served his time, and the case of an abused wife that finally ends in murder. All of this, of course, is interlaced with developments in Wexford's own life, in this case mostly having to do with his relationship with his daughter Sylvia. I won't go into detail, to avoid playing the spoiler, but two of the stories raise really difficult questions about right and wrong. How many detective writers make you think, while simultaneously amusing you and producing a bang up mystery? My only regret about Ruth Rendell is that I don't have more of her books still left to read.

Try to get it right in future as these are the sorts of errors that detract from our enjoyment. You need to provide some mechani

Extraordinarily well conceived and written. It did, however, contain a large number of silly errors, (spelling, word usage and punctuation) not the fault of the author but of the team that converted the original to the e-book. Try to get it right in future as these are the sorts of errors that detract from our enjoyment. You need to provide some mechanism which allows for instant correction or questions by your readers. As well, page numbers would certainly help to identify where an error can be found and corrected.

It would certainly help for someone who knows Standard English as well as dialogue, to read the e-book before you begin distributing it.

Another masterpiece by Ruth Rendell.

I have been reading Ruth Rendell since I was in high school, 30 years ago. I thought when I read "Judgement in Stone" then that mystery writing could not get any better than that. How wrong I was.

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Title: The Rottweiler

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: Jan Francis

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 20 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-09

Publisher: Random House Audiobooks

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 2 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

The latest murder takes place very near Inez Ferry's antique shop in Marylebone. Someone saw a shadowy figure running away past the station, but the only other clues are that the murderer usually strangles his victims and removes something personal - like a cigarette lighter or a necklace.

Since her husband died, too soon in their relationship, Inez has supplemented her income by taking in tenants. The murderous activities of the sinister 'Rottweiler' will exert a profound influence on the lives of this heterogeneous little community, especially when the suspicion emerges that one of them may be a homicidal maniac.

Members Reviews:

She still amazes after all these years...

I've been buying her books for years and I find her to be

one of the best there is. At times an aquired taste but she tackles many subjects and is

brillant at the little details and gets inside people like know

other. I would recommend this book to anyone looking for something different in the mystery/suspense vain and she just

makes London so real, so dead gloomy. A great book from a master story teller. Serial murder with a twisted psychogical edge with characters so real yet very flawed inside. She just

loves to lead us on..

No big surprises or twists in this Rendell....still, fairly entertaining

Liked it somewhat, except for the Monty Python-esque epilogue -- Rendell was really playing with us (her loyal readers) there. Either that or she was ill and used a ghost writer to wrap things up. Pret-ty ridiculous! And don't look for some big denouement or innovative twists in this novel. Or for any really likable characters, for that matter (ok, except for Will but she pretty much did him dirty, poor guy). Not my favorite Rendell. Not crazy about her "Keys to the Street" either, but even preferred it to this one.

Oh well, it's on to "13 Steps Down" although I don't have high hopes for those she's written after (2000?). Her 1998 "Sight for Sore Eyes" is one of her best works, I believe. Not sure what year Rendell had her stroke or how that may have affected her writing. Can anyone help me out here?

Tame Mystery, Full of Quirky Characters

I am not a die-hard mystery reader, although I do like the occasional mystery, and this is my first Ruth Rendell novel. I can't say that it made me want to read more of her work.

The Rottweiler revolves around a small antique store in London. The characters who work in, visit, and hang around the shop are the key to a series of murders in the city. Mistakenly dubbed "the Rottweiler" because a bite mark appeared on his first victim, the murderer garrotes young women and removes trinkets from their bodies as souvenirs. From the intuitive widow who owns the antique store, Inez, to a good-looking laborer with the intelligence of a six-year-old, Will, all of the characters are quirky outsiders in their own way and all have a part to play in the mystery.

The premise of the story is rather standard, but the idea of the characters made it more interesting. Unfortunately, Rendell didn't carry it off. Despite the characters' quirkiness, none of them are sympathetic enough to draw the reader into the story. All of them instead seem more like stereotypes, especially Will, who seems like a shallower version ofTim, the very special, fascinating character created by Colleen McCullough.

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Title: End in Tears

Author: Ruth Rendell

Narrator: Christopher Ravenscroft

Format: Abridged

Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-23-09

Publisher: Random House AudioBooks

Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 1 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective

Publisher's Summary:

It is impossible for Chief Inspector Wexford not to wonder how terrible it would be to discover that one of his daughters had been murdered. Sylvia has always been a cause for concern. Living alone with her two children, she is pregnant again. What will happen to the child? The relationship between father and daughter has always been uneasy. But the current situation also provokes an emotional division between Wexford and his wife, Dora.

One particular member of the local press is gunning for the Chief Inspector, distinctly unimpressed with what he regards as old-fashioned police methods. But Wexford, with his old friend and partner, Mike Burden, along with two new recruits to the Kingsmarkham team, pursue their inquiries with a diligence and humanity that make Ruth Rendell's detective stories enthralling, exciting and very touching.

Members Reviews:

5 Stars, Of Course

Ruth Rendell is always great and her Inspector Wexford mysteries are the absolute best. So sorry she is no longer with us to spin new tales, but I'll read and reread her excellent books always. This one is no exception. A great read for mystery lovers, as are all Rendell's Inspector Wexford books.

One of the best Wexfords!!!!

Somehow, I had missed this Wexford and stumbled across it the other day while fiddling Round on my Kindle looking for the most recent which I will be reading soon. The result? I have spent the last three bedtimes rushing through it, glued to every word. I must admit I am not a big fan of Ruth Rendell's other (non-Wexford) books but I love this series and I love the main character and the adjuncts as well. Yes, I suppose there is a bit of contrivance in the plot but Rendell's well-paced, suspenseful writing is such that it really doesn't matter. Ruth. Keep 'em coming!

Inspector W. Marches On -- Thank Heavens!

Ruth Rendell's ability to maintain the quality of her Inspector Wexford series is really impressive. So is her ability to move with the times -- the Inspector ages, but adapts (with some bemusement) to the changing mores around him. This one, number twenty in the series, starts with the murder of a young woman, and proceeds through a web of characters and events -- including another murder. Along the way, we spend considerable time with the Inspector's politically-correct but endearing Sargent Hannah, and with other police characters. Meanwhile, there is drama in the Wexford family: what kind of drama I will leave to the reader, except to note that yes, it involves Sylvia. Altogether a very good read.

A Good Outing for Ruth Rendell

I'm a long time fan of Ruth Rendell. This particular book was well-written with complex characters and a suspenseful plot. It held my interest all the way to the end. I would recommend this to mystery buffs.

Women wanting children

The plot is interesting overall, dealing with a contemporary issue, but the murder cases being investigated by Wexford are intermixed with his home life and relationships within the office. The case is complex, maybe too much so. Various people are drawn in as accessories and end up in trouble with the police, and not everyone tells the whole truth when questioned. The problem is establishing a motive for the murders.