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Hallie Ephron writes an "On Crime" book review column for the Boston Globe. Each column contains reviews of three new books, and appears the last Sunday of the month in the IDEAS section.

 

Hot on the trail of clues from Europe, August 22, 2010

A QUESTION OF BELIEF (Donna Leon), THE PAST IS A FOREIGN COUNTRY (Gianrico Carofiglio), THE MAGICIAN’S ACCOMPLICE (Michael Genelin)

 

Prisoners of the Past: Secrets in suburbia, suicides in Salem, and a reluctant spy - August 1, 2010

NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH (Cammie McGovern), THE MAP OF TRUE PLACES (Brunonia Barry), THE TERRORIST (Peter Steiner)

 

The fans of Eddie Coyle - May 2010

THE FANS OF EDDIE COYLE (George V. Higgins), 40th anniversary edition with an introduction by DENNIS LEHANE

 

We're not in Kansas anymore - April 2010

CITY OF LOST GIRLS (Declan Hughes), 2 IN THE HAT (Raffi Yessayan), SCENT OF RAIN AND LIGHTNING (Nancy Pickard)

 

Complex plots, vivid characters, and charm - March 2010

KNOWN TO EVIL (Walter Mosley), HELL GATE (Linda Fairstein), Murder in the Palais Royal (Cara Black)

 

Debuting a hero; renewing a master - February 2010

THE BRICKLAYER (Noah Boyd), A NIGHT TOO DARK (Dana Stabenow), SHERLOCK HOLMES: The American Years (Michael Kurland, Editor)

 

Worlds of brutality and the comic undead - January 2010

DYING GASP (Leighton Gage), NO MERCY (Lori Armstrong), JANE BITES BACK (MICHAEL THOMAS FORD)

 

A trip down another dark boulevard - December 2009

LONDON BOULE ARD (Ken Bruen), THE BODY IN THE SLEIGH (Katherine Hall Page), FACES OF THE GONE (Brad Parks)

 

Whodunits with depth - November 2009

U IS FOR UNDERTOW (Sue Grafton), LOOT THE MOON (Mark Arsenault), BOSTON NOIR (Dennis Lehane, editor)

 

Tales of suspense, unfolded slowly - October 2009

THE BROKEN TEAGLASS (Emily Arsenault), THE MONSTER IN THE BOX (Ruth Rendell), SMASHER (Keith Raffel)

 

Turning up the heat on a trail gone cold and a frozen death - September 2009

HARDBALL (Sarah Paretsky), EVIDENCE OF MURDER (Lisa Black), EVIL FOR EVIL (James R. Benn)

 

Taking justice into their own hands - August 2009

A BAD DAY FOR SORRY (Sophie Littlefield), PANIC ATTACK (Jason Starr), FEAR THE WORST (Linwood Barclay)

 

Lifting a pint to the late, great Westlake - July 2009

GET REAL (Donald Westlake), A PLAGUE OF SECRETS (John Lescroart), MISSING MARK (Julie Kramer)

 

Frothy mayhem for a steamy season - June 2009

 

JUMP (Tim Maleeny), THE EXTRA (Elizabeth Sims), THE BAKER STREET LETTERS (Michael Robertson)

 

Like Sherlock Holmes - only with pigtails - May 2009

THE SWEETNESS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PIE (Alan Bradley), THE LANGUAGE OF BEES (Laurie R. King), THE FRIGHTENED MAN (Kenneth Cameron)

 

Murder she wrote - then illustrated in brooding tones - April 2009

BRITTEN AND BRÜLIGHTLY (Hannah Berry), EXECUTION DOCK (Anne Perry), WRONGFUL DEATH (Robert Dugoni)

 

The curious cases of the sleepy detectives - March 2009

THE LITTLE SLEEP (Paul Tremblay), REVENGE OF THE SPELLMANS (Lisa Lutz), SPADE & ARCHER (Joe Gores)

 

The warp and woof of murder - February 2009

DOG ON IT (Spencer Quinn), A DARKER DOMAIN (Val McDermid0, THE MANUAL OF DETECTION (Jedediah Berry)

 

 

 

First, do no harm - then kill - January 2009

BEAT THE REAPER (Josh Bazell), FIDEL'S LAST DAYS (Roland Merullo), A MATTER OF JUSTICE (Charles Todd)

 

 

Dead and gone - sort of - December 2008

BONE BY BONE (Carol O'Connell), ECHOES FROM THE DEAD (Johan Theorin), QUICK STUDY (Maggie Barbieri)

 

Dark knights, with and without armor -- November 2008

VEIL OF LIES: A MEDIEVAL NOIR (Jeri Westerson), THE FIRE KIMONO (Laura Joh Rowland), DIVINE JUSTICE (David Baldacci)

 

 

Toxins, terror, and a friendly ghost - October 2008

 

 

 

EXPOSED (Alex Kava), HELL BENT (William G. Tapply), GHOST AT WORK (Carolyn Hart)

 

 

White vs. red, and other conflicts - September 2008

RED KNIFE (William Kent Krueger), SWEETHEART (Chelsea Cain), IT'S A CRIME (Jacqueline Carey)

 

Violence blows through broken lives - August 2008

SWEEPING UP GLASS (Carolyn D. Wall), ENVY THE NIGHT (Michael Koryta), THE WATER'S EDGE (Daniel Judson)

 

Artful homage offers Tey and sympathy - July, 2008

AN EXPERT IN MURDER (Nicola Upson), WHERE MEMORIES LIE (Deborah Crombie), THE LIKENESS (Tana French)

 

 

In baffling case, Aix marks the spot - June, 2008

CEZANNE'S QUARRY (Barbara Corrado Pope), EIGHT IN A BOX (Raffi Yessayan), THE FOREIGNER (Francie Lin)

 

Chasing white rabbits, and long lost truths - May, 2008

ISLAND OF LOST GIRLS (Jennifer McMahon), JUDGMENT DAY (Sheldon Siegel), HEAD WOUNDS (Chris Knopf)

 

 

A house called Wit's End is only the beginning - April, 2008

WIT'S END (Karen Joy Fowler), DELUSION (Peter Abrahams), CHEATING AT SOLITAIRE (Jane Haddam)

 

 

Sifting through a surfeit of clues - March, 2008

FRIEND OF THE DEVIL (Peter Robinson), AN INCOMPLETE REVENGE (Jacqueline Winspear), JUDAS HORSE (April Smith)

 

A return to Oz, marred by a wicked killing - February, 2008

MOONLIGHT DOWNS (Adrian Hyland), OF BLOOD AND SORROW (Valerie Wilson Wesley), UNKNOWN MEANS (Elizabeth Becka)

 

Sleuths bearing wrenches, old wounds - January, 2008

BLUE HEAVEN (C. J. Box), THE BOOK OF OLD HOUSES (Sarah Graves), THE FAULT TREE (Louise Ure)

 

Sleuths stuck in their own tracks - December, 2007

PERSON OF INTEREST (Theresa Schwegel), ABSOLUTION (Caro Ramsay), SOULS OF ANGELS (Thomas Eidson)

 

 

Murder most macabre - November, 2007

LAST RITUALS (Yrsa Sigurdardóttir), The Darkest Evening of the Year (Dean Koontz), Hidden Moon (James Church)

 

There's no place like home--fortunately   - October, 2007

DOWN RIVER (John Hart), LITTLE FACE (Sophie Hannah), MISSING WITNESS (Gordon Campbell)

 

Farewell my lovelies  - September, 2007

NIGHT WORK (Steve Hamilton), A KILLER'S KISS (William Lashner), SECOND SHOT (Zoë Sharp)

 

In a refreshing debut, a PI who's his own Greek chorus  - August, 2007

THE CHICAGO WAY (Michael Harvey), AMMUNITION (Ken Bruen), BURNT HOUSE (Faye Kellerman)

 

Uneasy times in Exile   - July, 2007

DEAD CONNECTION (Alafair Burke), KILLER WEEKEND (Ridley Pearson), REDUCED CIRCUMSTANCES (Vincent O'Neil)

 

Sherlocks in sheep's clothing   - June, 2007

THREE BAGS FULL: A SHEEP DETECTIVE STORY (Leonie Swann), ONLY THE CAT KNOWS (Marian Babson), LITTLE TINY TEETH (Aaron Elkins)

 

Through a camera lens, darkly   - May, 2007

GENERATION LOSS (Elizabeth Hand), THE BIG GIRLS (Susanna Moore), WHAT'S SO FUNNY? (Donald Westlake)

 

Woods that are lovely, dark, deep. But mostly dark - April, 2007

THE WOODS (Harlan Coben), THE NAMING OF THE DEAD (Ian Rankin), THE MISSING (Chris Mooney)

 

Armed with vision and fashion chic, sleuths dig in - March, 2007

BLIND SPOT (Terri Persons), PAST PERFECT (Susan Isaacs), MURDER ON THE ILE SAINT-LOUIS (Cara Black)

 

What puts the 'killer' in 'thriller'? - February, 2007

THE TRIUMPH OF THE THRILLER: HOW COPS, CROOKS, AND CANNIBALS CAPTURED POPULAR FICTION (Patrick Anderson), THE GRAVE TATTOO (Val McDermid), THE STRANGLER (William Landay)

 

Evil schemes: From Western Mass. to the White House - January, 2007

THE ARMAGEDDON PROJECT (by Tom Sancton), McMANSION (Justin Scott), THE KILLING MOON (Chuck Hogan)

 

 


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