Category Archives: Forensics
The Narrows by Michael Connelly
Reviewed by L.D.Y. Mass market, 427 pages, 2004 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: I was running low on my supply of thrillers by the authors I usually read; time to try someone new! Synopsis: In a previous novel (The Poet) Rachel Walling, an FBI agent shipped off to the boonies for previous bad conduct, believed […]
Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in mass market), 339 pages, 2004 Rating: 6/10 Reason for Reading: The first three books in the series (The Surgeon; The Apprentice; The Sinner) had Gerritsen sitting on top of the forensic mysteries genre, in my opinion. Synopsis: When medical examiner Maura Isles arrives home from a trip to find […]
The Stone Monkey by Jeffery Deaver
Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in mass-market), 424 pages, 2002 Rating: 7/10 Reason for Reading: I’ve been trying to restrain myself from racing through all of Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme series, but couldn’t stop myself from reading The Stone Monkey, the fourth book (of five) in the series. Synopsis: When a ship carrying illegal Chinese immigrants […]
The Empty Chair by Jeffery Deaver
Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in mass-market), 411 pages, 2000 Rating: 10/10 Reason for Reading: I got into Deaver’s Lincoln Rhyme series thanks to a recommendation at Book Crazy, and I’ve found they make excellent slump-breakers. This is the third in the series. Synopsis: Criminalist Lincoln Rhyme and his protégé Amelia Sachs abandon the bustle […]
The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in mass market), 342 pages, 2003 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: Gerritsen is the best forensic science-based thriller writer around. Synopsis: It’s almost impossible to imagine – one nun murdered and another left for dead in a savage attack in a church in a secluded nunnery. Medical examiner Maura Isles, […]
Bare Bones by Kathy Reichs
Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in mass market), 306 pages, 2003 Rating: 6/10 Reason for Reading: It’s hard to resist reading a book in a series, even if you were less than impressed with the previous book or two. Synopsis: Tempe Brennan, forensic anthropologist, returns in the sixth book in Reich’s series. Using her forensic […]
The Bone Collector by Jeffery Deaver
Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in mass-market), 421 pages, 1997 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: I liked The Blue Nowhere so thought I should start Deaver’s Lincoln Rhymes series. Synopsis: Quadriplegic Detective Lincoln Rhymes, able to move only a finger and his head, is discussing assisted suicide with a doctor when the police force asks […]
Forty Words for Sorrow by Giles Blunt
Reviewed by L.D.Y. Hardcover (available in mass-market), 326 pages, 2000 Rating: 9/10 Reason for Reading: Recommended at BookCrazy. Synopsis: A number of teenagers in Algonquin Bay have gone missing, and Detective John Cardinal’s worst suspicions are confirmed with the discovery of the first body. Cardinal’s pursuit of the killer is impeded by problems at home, […]