For anyone who has ever read a Michael Connelly book — Angels Flight may be the best of the lot. I personally have read all the Harry Bosch books and I must say it helps for complete enjoyment of this new one.

Even for a novice, however, Angels Flight has to be a great book. The only problem is finishing it and realizing it will probably be a year or more before Harry comes back.

I'm a big fan of both The Romance Reader and now your "sister" site, The Mystery Reader. However, I'm wondering if you will ever be consolidating the five star mystery reviews into one page as you have done on the The Romance Reader site. Thank you.

I just read a terrific mystery by a new author, April Henry, called Circles of Confusion. Check it out; I'd love to hear what someone else thought of it.

Thank you for your comment about character names in the review of ORCHID BEACH. It drives me nuts when the names are too much alike, and this was an extreme example. Sometimes I blame myself (a recent example, I forget the book, had the two main male characters named Wade and Hank, which I somehow managed to confuse) but basically an author can take pains to avoid this by varying length of names, initial letters, and (in many cases) ethnic origin. Not that I expected Tolstoy to rename his many characters in WAR AND PEACE so that some of them didn't sound Russian, but it did help that the primary protagonist was named Pierre instead of Nikolai Borisovich or some such.

I cannot imagine why you would describe Lincoln Rhymes as cold...the fact that he isn't is beautifully brought out by his interaction with his "nurse" and Amelia.

And even Amelia, who is put under most pressure by the man, comes to appreciate that.

Surely he's insensitive and emotionally stunted -- the former is a natural outgrowth of the latter. But even he comes to see his limitations, and at the end of the book there is hope there that he will become 'whole' again. How is this not mentioned? The book is so heavily driven by Rhyme that his emotional development should have a central place in any review. His brilliant mind, and dull heart are at the center of the book! (And I hate to use exclamation marks)

And starting out with the forbidding: "JD's nail-biting thriller The Bone Collector comes complete with a detailed glaossary of forensics terms, so it is not necessarily a novel for everyone. However...." is utterly maddening. It turns people off.

"Nail-biting" might have redeemed it, if it hadn't been for the fact that the term is much over-used. And that HOWEVER! That is death itself. It says "Oh, it might have been a preety good book, but all those technical terms!"

The rest of the review does not redeem it. The review should have begun with the the second sentence, slightly adjusted.

Something like: "Jeffery Deaver's The Bone Collector so superbly blends the author's technical knowledge into a compelling and terrifying story, that I unhestiatingly recommend it to any and all suspense readers." What say you, eh?

The book is enriched by those forensic terms, although Mr. Deaver tried a tad too hard, I think -- A thing which could have been said in the review without leading off with it.

Thanks for your time.

Sooner or Later was a good read but it didn't come up to "Now or Never" or some of her other books. I loved the lead characters in "Now or Never" and Squeeze, Santana"s music, all I can say it is one of my favorite "keepers". I just found this site today--I'm still learning how to get around on the internet--I liked all the info I found today--the lists of books is great.

I really liked this Monk book. I enjoy the Monk series anyway better than the Pitt series, because they seem to have more depth. The Pitt series is good, but is almost comparable to Harlequin Mysteries sometimes. A Breach of Promise flows even more than her other Monk books. My husband was surprised when I figured out who Melville was by page 176. My husband is also an avid Monk series reader.

Your web site is very informative and I use it at least twice a week. I was so happy to have found you and to read the reviews you print.Cozy mysteries are a favorite with me and you have put me on to some new cozy authors.

I really enjoyed this book but I had read the two previous books in this series "Flashpoint" and "Eyeshot". I look forward to the next book in this series. Lynn S. Hightower has a place on my "keeper" shelf.

I appreciate the fact that you actually give 2 and 3 stars to mysteries. Too often, it seems to me, people indiscriminately praise mysteries that sound to me, even by their titles, to be potentially mediocre. I also appreciate the fact that you not only point out large issues like coincidences but "smaller" matters like paragraph structure. Keep up the good work. Honest reviews sell more novels than turning everything into a glowing review.

Loved this book the ending was a astonishing. The characters were were developed and it was a real page turner.