Just to say Angel's Flight is for my money the best Bosch yet, and probably Connelly's best overall. How does he keep getting better?

I really enjoy your site. I am a voracious reader and become very disappointed when none of the mystery/thriller/suspense writers I enjoy reading have nothing new in print. Your site has led me to some terrific writers that I'm happy to add to my favorites list.

Although this book might fall through the cracks of mystery writing, I would like to recommend Killing Mr. Watson, by Peter Matthiessen. His characters are as real life as Florida crackers can be, his re-creation of history is fascinating, and even though you know that Mr. Watson is going to end up dead, you can't wait to read the accounts of the witnesses and near witnesses.

I also recommend Killing time by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles. Once I into the cadence and lingo of the British characters, I felt every step a part of the solving of the murder mystery.

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Loved this book and can't wait for the sequel! I have enjoyed Iris' books since the mid-eighties. I have in my library almost all of her books. She is a great mystery writer.

Other authors who use Southwest settings: Satterthwaite's (can't remember first name) Joshua Croft series, Sarah Lovett and J.A. Jance.

I'm in the middle of Homeport, and I'm very distracted. The statue at the center of the story is described as 94 cm and 24 kilos -- that is a yard tall and 50 pounds -- and the characters behave as if it were a foot tall and under 10 pounds.

Ms. Roberts *really* needs a metric ruler and a set of metric kitchen scales. I spent 3 years living in Europe, and lived in the metric system so that its weights and measures are as familiar as the English system. Things like this in a book, any book, really make me very unhappy -- measuring little details like this is cheap and easy, and it disappoints me that she would pretend her metric measures -- it's so easy to do it right.

I totally agree with your review of J.D. Robb's latest book, "conspiracy in death". I have read all of the books by J.D. Robb as well as Nora Roberts romance novels. I enjoy the Eve Dallas stories the most. Each succeeding book reveals more of Eve's character. I get the feeling that J.D. Robb will eventually allow Eve to "find " herself since she doesn't really know who she is. Remember she was named by a social worker.

Eve continues to evolve as a result of her relationship with Roark. She is growing more comfortable with her inner most feelings. In the latest book, she edges closer to finding her past. This is a more subtle part of all the Eve Dallas stories. If you have read them all, you can see Eve emerging into the light. I can't wait for each new book to come out. I snatch it up and devour it in two day max. I have my friends hooked on the Eve Dallas stories as well.

J.D. Robb' does a superior job of painting her futuristic backdrop and while as you say, the world where Eve lives is dark, Eve and Roark together bring a ray of light in to that dark world. Old fashion love and friendship prevent the Eve Dallas stories from being too bleak.

I just finished both books and instantly became a huge Deaver fan. I quickly got into both main characters and really cared about what happened to them. Deaver knows how to develop these characters (especially Amelia and Lincoln) The Bone Collector introduced us to Lincoln, but the relationship developed into great reading in The Coffin Dancer.

I enjoyed Lincoln's revelations the best, the twists and turns, bombs and bullets kept me on the edge of my seat throughout the whole book. Hopefully, Deaver is not through with these characters. I would like to see a few more additions to this series, but sometimes authors don't want to continue a series may stereotype their work. Anyway, I heard a film is in the words of The Bone Collector and hopefully it will do the book justice.

Jane Rubino has written a series of mystery novels set in the Atlantic City and southern NJ area (DEATH OF A DJ '95, FRUITCAKE '97, and CHEAT THE DEVIL '98). I think the series is great, full of interesting characters humor, romance and of course clever mystery. A forth novel is in the works.

I just read Murder on Astor Place by Victoria Thompson and thought it was very good. Set in turn of the century NY, it really taught me a lot about police and politics of the time. There are 2 main characters, a midwife and a policeman. I can only hope it's the start of a new series.