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This post is a centralized location for all reviews posted on the BellaOnline Mystery Books site going forward. I hope you find this location helpful.

Several May reviews include:

Wife of the Gods
Little Lamb Lost
Last Passage to Santiago

These three books are particularly well written and are good solid mysteries.

Several more May reviews:

The Colorado Kid
Let the Shadows Fall Behind You

7th Heaven

Several cozies reviewed in May include:

On What Grounds
The Ghost and the Femme Fatale
Boston Scream Pie

With May 2009 coming to a close, here are the last reviews for the month:

Hot Grudge Sunday
Booktown Mysteries by Lorna Barrett

Today I placed a couple of new reviews on the site:

Paper Butterfly

Writing Mysteries

This book has been around a while, but is still a good read.

S is for Silence

Threshold is a surprisingly well written and gritty first novel for Bonnie Kozek.

The Second Savior is a top-notch detective novel set in LA. Written by former FBI agent-turned-author, Mark Bouton, it is well worth the read.

Wrongful Death is a powerful legal thriller by NY Times best selling author Robert Dugoni.

Attorney David Sloane takes on the biggest case of his career when he sues the U.S. Government and the military for the wrongful death of a soldier in Iraq.

Television reporter Charlie McNally unexpectedly becomes involved in a murder investigation that could save her job, if she doesn't first lose her life.

Prime Time

Exciting international thriller by bestselling author Davis Bunn, Gold of Kings will keep you in suspense to the very end!

DI Anna Travis knows who the deadly killer is; unfortunately, no one believes her and the body count continues to grow.

Deadly Intent by Lynda La Plante

When white crosses appear by the side of area roads listing the date of death in the near future, body-language expert Kathryn Dance must find the killer before he strikes again.

Roadside Crosses by Jeffery Deavers

An exciting discovery on an archeological dig in Kurdistan and a series of murders in London are unexpectedly related in this first-class thriller.

The Genesis Secret is written by Tom Knox, a pseudonym for British journalist and writer Sean Thomas. He lives in London.

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Three strangers in three different parts of the world each has three nightmares. The three then embark on the same trip to India with unforgettable results.

The Daemon in Our Dreams

Here is your chance to get into the mind of bestselling author Janet Evanovich to find out how she does what she does.

How I Write

Metro Girl series turned into graphic novel from Dark Horse Comics. Find out the behind-the-scenes reason for the change in genre.

Janet Evanovich

I hope you enjoy these two very different articles about beloved author Janet Evanovich.

Investigative TV news reporter Charlie McNally soon finds her own life in danger when she attempts to prove a woman in prison is innocent, even as the woman continues to stand by her confession of guilt.

Face Time is the second in a series, with Air Time on sale in August.

Face Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan

This Laurel Dewey novel finds Jane Perry working as a private investigator in Denver and facing the road trip of her life. Follow the tough-talking, gritty broad and her new client as they travel from Colorado to California in an attempt to save the life of a teenager who has been kidnapped.

Redemption

This is the debut Anna Travis novel and introduces who Anna is, and discloses the beginning of the Langton/Travis relationship. A most excellent police procedural and thriller.

Above Suspicion

How does having a baby and solving a murder lead to a possible new career? Kate Connolly searches for the answer in this debut Maternal Instincts mystery.

This mystery is also a bundle of fun as Kate and Jim Connolly struggle with a newborn and the mysterious circumstances that suddenly surround their lives.

Bundle of Trouble

Anna Travis is at it again. Hot on the trail of a killer who left a young woman cut in half and drained of blood, Anna unexpectedly ends up with DCI Langton as the Gov on the case when DCI Morgan takes ill.

Tension is the name of the game as the press gets hold of the tie-in to a long ago unsolved murder in Los Angeles, CA and dub the murder victim The Red Dahlia. Will the Murder Team be able to solve this one?

And what about Langton and Travis?

The Red Dahlia

Dismas Hardy is back in the courtroom defending a wealthy socialite related to a couple of high-profile San Francisco politicians. She has a deep secret she must keep and Dismas is legally bound to protect.

A Plague of Secrets

Jake Telemark is a junior senator from Wisconsin who finds himself drawn into a chilling plot that threatens to bring to the surface his deeply hidden past.


Toxin

Inspired by a notorious true crime known as the "Trunk Murderess" from the early 1930s, this noir interpretation by award-winning noir author Megan Abbott will keep you spell-bound to the end.

Bury Me Deep

Can this tireless mother of three, doting spouse of a plastic surgeon, and talented interior designer to the stars solve the mysterious death of her latest client before the LAPD haul her to jail? Find out in this fresh new Lacy Field novel.

A Job to Kill For

In Their Blood is a taut psychological thriller by debut novelist Sharon Potts. This author is one to watch!

Blind psychic Sherry Moore's world is turned upside down when she unexpectedly gains the ability to see. When given the choice of retaining her sight or regaining her psychic abilities, which will she choose? Second Sight

Savvy TV news reporter Charlie McNally, on the hunt for the next big sweeps story, finds a doozy as she goes undercover to bring couture counterfeiters to justice. Air Time

Phyllis Newsom's relaxing getaway as house sitter at her cousins quaint bed-and-breakfast on the Texas Gulf Coast goes awry when a guest dies after eating the crab cakes, and not from indigestion!


Killer Crab Cakes review