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Playing murder games

Advantages: Great suspense, gripping story
Disadvantages: Perhaps a bit overdone at times

When a murdered girl is found draped across a statue in a cemetery, the ferocity of her murder is disturbing to all who see it. Yet this is only the beginning. Before long, a team of computer programmers, headed by Grace McBride, have approached the polic ...

sunmeilan 30.04.2010 · Read full review
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Review of Want to Play? - P.J. Tracy

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You can't hide from the past

Advantages: Easy to read
Disadvantages: Weak characters, an over complicated past

I was simply browsing for a book in the library when I came across A Stain on the Silence, and being a "judge a book by its cover" sort of girl, this seemed right up my street; Simple, a bit sinister looking, and definitely intriguing! I have not heard of ...

chilcott1 23.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of A Stain on the Silence - Andrew Taylor

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Teller: Remember your reader!

Advantages: enjoyable up to a point, some really fascinating sections to do with courts and laws.
Disadvantages: some sections were just plain dull, the outcome was easy to guess at.

...Story Snapshot... Harrison J Walker (known as Jaywalker) is about to be suspended for 3 years from his profession as a Criminal Defence Lawyer in New York City for continually bending the rules in his favour. The Court has granted him a chance ...

burtybookworm 26.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Tenth Case - Joseph Teller

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An unwinnable case?

Advantages: excellent gripping read
Disadvantages: none

...am a great fan of courtroom dramas, which is one of the reasons why I enjoy John Grisham novels so much and I pretty much look on him as the master of this genre. Therefore, when I discover a book that claims that it's 'better than Grisham or your money ...

kingfisher111 29.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of The Tenth Case - Joseph Teller

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THE TENTH CASE - Joseph Teller

Advantages: The first book in a terrific new series of legal thrillers
Disadvantages: none

Having just read the other review for THE TENTH CASE, I found it hard to believe we read the same book. Last month the author won the 2009 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense for best Mainstream Mystery/Suspense presented at the Ro ...

d4eo 28.08.2009 · Read full review
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