Books read in 2003
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| Author |
Title |
Date Finished | ||||||||
| Larry Millett |
Sherlock Holmes & The Red Demon |
2003-01-04 | ||||||||
| Larry Millett |
Sherlock Holmes & The Ice Palace Murders |
2003-01-09 | ||||||||
| Larry Millett |
Sherlock Holmes & The Rune Stone Mystery |
2003-01-13 | ||||||||
| Larry Millett |
Sherlock Holmes & The Secret Alliance I don't often warm up to reused characters, but his entire series of Sherlock Holmes in America is true to detail and the are very well told. |
2003-01-17 | ||||||||
| Philip K. Dick |
The Minority Report & Other Classic Stories |
2003-01-21 | ||||||||
| Sharan Newman |
To Wear the White Cloak Her entire series of Medieval mysteries Catherine LeVendure have unusually satisfying depth and development of character as the series progresses. |
2003-01-25 | ||||||||
| James Ellroy |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2002 |
2003-01-28 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2001 |
2003-02-03 | ||||||||
| Sue Grafton |
The Best American Mystery Stories 1998 |
2003-02-09 | ||||||||
| Ed McBain |
The Best American Mystery Stories 1999 |
2003-02-16 | ||||||||
| Jane Langton |
The Escher Twist |
2003-02-17 | ||||||||
| Barbara D'Amato |
Hard Evidence |
2003-02-18 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
The Burglar in the Rye |
2003-02-19 | ||||||||
| Peter Robinson |
Blood at the Root |
2003-02-21 | ||||||||
| Peter Robinson |
Aftermath Very atmospheric, very evocative, and very chilling. I've enjoyed all the Robinson titles I've read, although this one stands out. |
2003-02-23 | ||||||||
| Bill Pronzini |
Illusions |
2003-02-24 | ||||||||
| Bill Pronzini |
Boobytreap |
2003-02-25 | ||||||||
| Bill Pronzini |
Bleeders |
2003-02-25 | ||||||||
| Peter Robinson |
Wednesday's Child |
2003-02-26 | ||||||||
| Bill Pronzini |
Step to the Graveyard Easy |
2003-02-27 | ||||||||
| Sharan Newman |
Heresy |
2003-03-01 | ||||||||
| Peter Lovesey |
Diamond Dust |
2003-03-03 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
The Burglar Who Traded Ted Williams |
2003-03-05 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
The Burglar in the Library |
2003-03-05 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Tanner on Ice |
2003-03-06 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Hope to Die |
2003-03-07 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Hitman I like reading Block; I'm fascinated (and envious) of anyone who can construct such good stories and yet be so prolific. These stories about his assassin-for-hire with a conscience are particularly satisfying. |
2003-03-07 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Everybody Dies |
2003-03-09 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Even the Wicked |
2003-03-10 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Writing the Novel |
2003-03-10 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
A Long Line of Dead Men Block's Matthew Scudder series is good hard-boiled stuff, but notable because his main character learns and grows as the books progress! This one I note because it had one of my favorite scraps of dialog: "I come from a long line of dead men." |
2003-03-11 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
A Walk Among the Tombstones |
2003-03-12 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
A Dance at the Slaughterhouse |
2003-03-13 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
A Ticket to the Boneyard |
2003-03-14 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian |
2003-03-15 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza |
2003-03-16 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Time to Murder and Create |
2003-03-19 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Sometimes You Get the Bear |
2003-03-20 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Out on the Cutting Edge |
2003-03-21 | ||||||||
| Peter Robinson |
Innocent Graves |
2003-03-23 | ||||||||
| Peter Robinson |
Cold is the Grave |
2003-03-25 | ||||||||
| Victoria Finlay |
Color: A Natural History of the Palette |
2003-03-26 | ||||||||
| Thomas H. Cook |
Places in the Dark |
2003-03-27 | ||||||||
| Thomas H. Cook |
Night Secrets |
2003-03-28 | ||||||||
| Thomas H. Cook |
The Chatham School Affair I like mystery thrillers that delve deeply into the characters' histories to uncover the root of their problems--this is one of the best I've read. |
2003-03-31 | ||||||||
| Dennis Lehane |
Mystic River |
2003-04-03 | ||||||||
| Jeffrey Deaver |
The Empty Chair |
2003-04-05 | ||||||||
| Jeffrey Deaver |
The Coffin Dancer |
2003-04-07 | ||||||||
| Eli Maor |
e -- The Story of a Number |
2003-04-08 | ||||||||
| Betsey Lerner |
The Forest for the Trees: An Editor's Advice to Writers |
2003-04-08 | ||||||||
| Robert Park |
Voodoo Science |
2003-04-09 | ||||||||
| Mark Kurlansky |
Salt A fun and informative example of the history of an idea/thing, that follows a thread through the fabric of history. |
2003-04-13 | ||||||||
| Oliver Sacks |
The Island of the Colour-Blind |
2003-04-15 | ||||||||
| Brendan DuBois |
Shattered Shell An exciting and evocative thriller by a very stylish writer. |
2003-04-16 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth George |
A Traitor to Memory |
2003-04-18 | ||||||||
| Dennis Lehane |
Gone Baby Gone |
2003-04-20 | ||||||||
| Loren D. Estleman |
Never Street |
2003-04-21 | ||||||||
| Loren D. Estleman |
The Hours of the Virgin |
2003-04-22 | ||||||||
| Loren D. Estleman |
A Smile on the Face of the Tiger |
2003-04-23 | ||||||||
| Loren D. Estleman |
Sinister Heights |
2003-04-24 | ||||||||
| Joe R. Lansdale |
Captains Outrageous I'm very hard to please when it comes to farcical, comic hijinks mysteries, but his two characters are characters very much to my taste. |
2003-04-25 | ||||||||
| T. Jefferson Parker |
Red Light |
2003-04-27 | ||||||||
| T. Jefferson Parker |
The Triggerman's Dance |
2003-04-28 | ||||||||
| T. Jefferson Parker |
Silent Joe Parker writes thrillers of the type that I like to read, and this is one of the more memorable. |
2003-04-29 | ||||||||
| Robert B. Parker |
Family Honor |
2003-04-30 | ||||||||
| Joan Hess |
Out on a Limb |
2003-05-01 | ||||||||
| Laura Lippman |
The Sugar House |
2003-05-02 | ||||||||
| Laura Lippman |
The Last Place |
2003-05-03 | ||||||||
| Laura Lippman |
In a Strange City |
2003-05-05 | ||||||||
| Richard P. Feynman |
The Meaning of it All |
2003-05-05 | ||||||||
| Richard P. Feynman |
The Pleasure of Finding Things Out |
2003-05-06 | ||||||||
| Robert B. Parker |
Perish Twice |
2003-05-07 | ||||||||
| Robert B. Parker |
Shrink Rap |
2003-05-08 | ||||||||
| Robert B. Parker |
Perchance to Dream |
2003-05-09 | ||||||||
| Henning Mankell |
One Step Behind Outstanding style, character, plot, everything. Is it the translation, or does it read this way in the oringial Swedish? Either way, all of his books I have actually been excited to read. |
2003-05-11 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
Burning Angel |
2003-05-12 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
Purple Cane Road |
2003-05-13 | ||||||||
| Magdalen Nabb |
Some Bitter Taste |
2003-05-14 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth George |
Missing Joseph |
2003-05-15 | ||||||||
| Magdalen Nabb |
Property of Blood |
2003-05-16 | ||||||||
| Henning Mankell |
Sidetracked |
2003-05-18 | ||||||||
| Henning Mankell |
The White Lioness |
2003-05-20 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth George |
I, Richard |
2003-05-21 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth George |
In Pursuit of the Proper Sinner |
2003-05-24 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth George |
Deception on his Mind |
2003-05-27 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth George |
Playing for the Ashes |
2003-06-02 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
Sunset Limited |
2003-06-04 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
Cadillac Jukebox |
2003-06-05 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
Dixie City Jam |
2003-06-08 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
Black Cherry Blues |
2003-06-09 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
A Morning for Flamingos |
2003-06-11 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
A Stained White Radiance |
2003-06-13 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead I very much liked Burke's book--once. Unfortunately, he writes the same book over and over, uses the same (good) metaphors and the same (good) adjectives repeatedly. Plus, Dave Robichaux never, ever learns the lessons life teaches, no matter how often he's hit over the head. This may be the one I'd choose to read. |
2003-06-14 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
Bitterroot |
2003-06-15 | ||||||||
| Robert B. Parker |
Night Passage |
2003-06-17 | ||||||||
| Robert B. Parker |
Death in Paradise |
2003-06-18 | ||||||||
| Magdalen Nabb |
Death in Autumn |
2003-06-19 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Enough Rope |
2003-06-24 | ||||||||
| James M. Cain |
Mildred Pierce |
2003-06-25 | ||||||||
| William Kienzle |
The Gathering |
2003-06-26 | ||||||||
| James M. Cain |
Serenade |
2003-06-27 | ||||||||
| James M. Cain |
Love's Lovely Counterfeit |
2003-06-28 | ||||||||
| James M. Cain |
The Butterfly |
2003-06-29 | ||||||||
| Henning Mankell |
Faceless Killers |
2003-07-01 | ||||||||
| Martha Grimes |
The Grave Maurice |
2003-07-03 | ||||||||
| Ann Granger |
Call the Dead Again |
2003-07-05 | ||||||||
| Ann Granger |
Beneath These Stone |
2003-07-07 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
Heaven's Prisoners |
2003-07-09 | ||||||||
| James Lee Burke |
Jolie Blon's Bounce |
2003-07-12 | ||||||||
| John Farrow |
City of Ice Outstanding suspense & beautiful prose. |
2003-07-15 | ||||||||
| John Farrow |
Ice Lake |
2003-07-18 | ||||||||
| Michael Connelly |
The Concrete Blond |
2003-07-20 | ||||||||
| Michael Connelly |
Blood Work |
2003-07-22 | ||||||||
| Michael Connelly |
Angel's Flight |
2003-07-24 | ||||||||
| Michael Connelly |
A Darkness More than Night |
2003-07-26 | ||||||||
| Kathy Reichs |
Deja Dead |
2003-07-27 | ||||||||
| Kathy Reichs |
Death du Jour |
2003-07-28 | ||||||||
| Bruce Alexander |
The Color of Death |
2003-07-29 | ||||||||
| Bruce Alexander |
Smuggler's Moon |
2003-07-30 | ||||||||
| Bruce Alexander |
An Experiment in Treason |
2003-07-31 | ||||||||
| Elmore Leonard |
Pagan Babies |
2003-08-01 | ||||||||
| Elmore Leonard |
Tishomongo Blues |
2003-08-02 | ||||||||
| Allan Gurganus |
The Practical Heart |
2003-08-05 | ||||||||
| Elmore Leonard |
Get Shorty An hysterical plot told with lots of fun (and rather better than a movie could do it, too). |
2003-08-07 | ||||||||
| Elmore Leonard |
Maximum Box |
2003-08-08 | ||||||||
| Elmore Leonard |
Out of Sight |
2003-08-10 | ||||||||
| Michael Connelly |
The Last Coyote |
2003-08-12 | ||||||||
| Michael Connelly |
City of Bones |
2003-08-14 | ||||||||
| Elmore Leonard |
Riding the Rap |
2003-08-16 | ||||||||
| Kathy Reichs |
Deadly Decisions |
2003-08-16 | ||||||||
| Kathy Reichs |
Fatal Voyage |
2003-08-18 | ||||||||
| Kathy Reichs |
Grave Secret |
2003-08-20 | ||||||||
| Nancy Atherton |
Aunt Dimity Takes a Holiday |
2003-08-21 | ||||||||
| Lawrence Block |
Small Town |
2003-08-24 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Bedford Square |
2003-08-26 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Half Moon Street |
2003-08-28 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
The Whitechapel Conspiracy |
2003-08-30 | ||||||||
| Allan Gurganus |
Plays Well With Others |
2003-09-02 | ||||||||
| Jane Langton |
The Deserter: Murder at Gettysburg |
2003-09-06 | ||||||||
| Valerie Block |
None of your Business I really like the story and the witty way she told it. |
2003-09-08 | ||||||||
| Lee Harris |
Murder in Hell's Kitchen |
2003-09-09 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Death by Horoscope |
2003-09-10 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Brunswick Gardens |
2003-09-13 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Ashworth Hall |
2003-09-17 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Pentecost Alley |
2003-09-20 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Traitor's Gate |
2003-09-23 | ||||||||
| Ian Rankin |
Set in Darkness |
2003-09-25 | ||||||||
| Ian Rankin |
A Good Hanging I think good suspense/mystery stories are very hard to come by, but these were particularly satisfying. |
2003-09-26 | ||||||||
| Ian Rankin |
Strip Jack |
2003-09-28 | ||||||||
| Stephen Booth |
Blood on the Tongue |
2003-09-30 | ||||||||
| Stephen Booth |
Black Dog |
2003-10-02 | ||||||||
| Steven Saylor |
A Mist of Prophecies |
2003-10-04 | ||||||||
| Henning Mankell |
The Dogs of Riga |
2003-10-08 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Southampton Row |
2003-10-11 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Belgrave Square |
2003-10-14 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Slaves of Obsession |
2003-10-17 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
The Twisted Root |
2003-10-20 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
A Breach of Promise |
2003-10-23 | ||||||||
| Peter Robinson |
Close to Home |
2003-10-26 | ||||||||
| Val McDermid |
Killing Shadows |
2003-10-28 | ||||||||
| Val McDermid |
The Last Temptation |
2003-10-30 | ||||||||
| Dennis Lehane |
Shutter Island |
2003-11-01 | ||||||||
| Peter Lovesay |
The House Sitter I've always enjoyed Lovesay's books, some more, some less, and I like this Detective Diamond--this latest novel in the series I found delightfully entertaining. |
2003-11-03 | ||||||||
| K. C. Constantine |
Blood Mud |
2003-11-04 | ||||||||
| J. S. Borthwick |
Coup de Grace |
2003-11-09 | ||||||||
| J. S. Borthwick |
The Bridled Groom |
2003-11-11 | ||||||||
| J.S. Borthwick |
Dude on Arrival |
2003-11-12 | ||||||||
| Val McDermid |
A Place of Execution |
2003-11-15 | ||||||||
| Elizabeth Sims |
Damn Straight |
2003-11-16 | ||||||||
| Karen Harper |
The Poysen Garden |
2003-11-18 | ||||||||
| P.C. Doherty |
Corpse Candle |
2003-11-19 | ||||||||
| P.C. Doherty |
The Whyte Harte |
2003-11-21 | ||||||||
| P.C. Doherty |
The Serpent Among the Lilies |
2003-11-22 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Funeral in Blue |
2003-11-25 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
The Silent Cry |
2003-11-28 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Weighed in the Balance |
2003-12-01 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Caine His Brother |
2003-12-03 | ||||||||
| Anne Perry |
Defend and Betray |
2003-12-05 | ||||||||
| Larry Millett |
The Disappearance of Sherlock Holmes |
2003-12-07 | ||||||||
| Joe R. Lansdale |
Bad Chili |
2003-12-08 | ||||||||
| Joe R. Lansdale |
Rumble Tumble |
2003-12-09 | ||||||||
| Barbara Vine |
The Blood Doctor I like all of Barbara Vine's (Ruth Rendell's) books, but this one was extraordinary in all respects. |
2003-12-11 | ||||||||
| T. Jefferson Parker |
Where Serpents Lie |
2003-12-12 | ||||||||
| Minette Walters |
Acid Row |
2003-12-13 | ||||||||
| Minette Walters |
The Breaker |
2003-12-14 | ||||||||
| Michael Connelly |
The Best American Mystery Stories 2003 |
2003-12-19 | ||||||||
| Richard Dawkins |
The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003 |
2003-12-21 | ||||||||
| Jo Bannister |
True Witness |
2003-12-22 | ||||||||
| Michael Kurland |
My Sherlock Holmes Recycled Holmes rarely excites me, but this collection of stories are all told by secondary characters from the original tales, and most are very good indeed. |
2003-12-24 | ||||||||
| Caroline Graham |
The Killings at Badger's Drift |
2003-12-27 | ||||||||
| Caroline Graham |
Faithful Unto Death |
2003-12-29 | ||||||||
| Jeanne M. Dams |
Killing Cassidy |
2003-12-30 | ||||||||
| Jeanne M. Dams |
To Perish in Penzance |
2003-12-31 | ||||||||
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Total Number of Titles: 193 |
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