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"Teaches you everything you've ever wanted to know about crafting a page-turning mystery--from creating a believable detective hero (or terrifying villain)--to using real-life cutting-edge investigative techniques."


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The most definitive book on The Return of the Living Dead
ever written.
("There are things here that even I didn't know" ~ Jb)
Product Description (Amazon Editorial Review:)
Supported by dozens of cast and crew members, The Complete History of the Return of the Living Dead features hundreds of previously unreleased behind-the-scenes photographs and exclusive artwork. This eye-catching, comprehensive book is the ultimate celebration of The Return of the Living Dead franchise and all those who contributed to its creation.

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(++) Favorite of the Year | (+) Outstanding | (=) Special Recommendation | (No mark) Mighty Good & Highly Recommended |
(-) Not Particularly Recommended | [A] Audio
Bold: Currently on L.A. Times Best Seller list (See right column for details)
(*) WAS on L.A. Times Best Seller list
Italics = Advance review - Book to be launched soon
What It Was The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen Feast Day of Fools The Hunter The Drop

2012
What It Was (by George Pelecanos)
The Spy Who Jumped Off the Screen (by Thomas Caplan)
 The Hunter (by John Lescroart)
The Silent Oligarch (by Chris Morgan Jones)

2011
The Dispatcher (by Ryan David Jahn)
The Drop (by Michael Connelly)
Kill Alex Cross (by James Patterson)
Black Thunder (by Aimee & David Thurlo)
Ballistic (by Mark Greaney)
Feast Day of Fools (by James Lee Burke)(+)
The Affair (by Lee Child)(+)
Miracle Cure (by Harlan Coben-2011, 1991>
A Single Shot (by Matthew F. Jones-reprint)
Kill Me If You Can (by James Patterson & Marshall Karp)(+)
The Accident (by Linwood Barclay)(+)
Thick As Thieves (by Peter Spiegelman)(++)
No Rest For the Dead (by 26 authors)
The Silent Girl (Tess Gerritsen)
Killer Move (Michael Marshall)
Now You See Her (James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge)
Long Gone (Alafair Burke)
Carte Blanche (Jeffery Deaver)
The Inspector and Silence (Hakan Nesser)
 The Two Deaths of Daniel Hayes (Marcus Sakey)(+)
Bloodmoney (David Ignatius)(+)
Hell is Empty (Craig Johnson)(+)
Trader of Secrets (Steve Martini)
A Drop of the Hard Stuff (Lawrence Block)(-)
The Snowman (Jo Nesbo)
Sixkill (Robert B. Parker)
The Redeemed (M.R. Hall)
The Fifth Witness (Michael Connelly)(+)(*)
The Silenced (Brett Battles)
Mystery (Jonathan Kellerman)
Twice a Spy (Keith Thomson)
Satori (Don Winslow)(*)
Gideon's Sword (Preston & Child)(*)
Strategic Moves (Stuart Woods)(*)
The Border Lords (T. Jefferson Parker) (+)(*)
The Sentry (Robert Crais)(*)
Iron River (T. Jefferson Parker-paperback)
Damage (John Lescroart) (+)

2010
Hollywood Hills (Joseph Wambaugh) (*)
The Confession (John Grisham)
Worth Dying For (Lee Child)(*)
Death Notice (Todd Ritter)
American Assassin (Vince Flynn)(*)
The Reversal (Michael Connelly)(*)
Play Dead (Harlan Coben)
On Target (Mark Greaney)
Santa Fe Edge (Stuart Woods)
Dexter Is Delicious (Jeff Lindsay) (+)
Thirteen Hours (Deon Meyer) (+)
The Postcard Killers (James Patterson & Liza Marklund)
Star Island (Carl Hiaasen) (+)(*)
Caper (Parnell Hall) (-)
The Glass Rainbow (James Lee Burke) (+)
Rules of Betrayal (Christopher Reich)
Betrayers (Bill Pronzini)
Inside Out (Barry Eisler)
The Burning Wire (Jeffery Deaver) (+)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Stieg Larsson) (++)
Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (John Grisham)(*)
Shadow of Betrayal (Brett Battles) (-)
Wired Kingdom (Rick Chesler)
 61 Hours (Lee Child)(*)
House of Secrets (Richard Hawke)
The Insider (Reece Hirsch)
Injustice For All (Scott Pratt)
The Increment (David Ignatius) (+)(*)
The Skorpion Directive (David Stone)
Lucid Intervals (Stuart Woods)
Bruno, Chief of Police (Martin Walker)(*)
The Executor (Jesse Kellerman)
Deception (Jonathan Kellerman)
If the Dead Rise Not (Philip Kerr)
Capitol Betrayal (William Bernhardt)
The Fall (David Fulmer) (+)
Never Look Away (Linwood Barclay) (+)
Long Time Coming (Robert Goddard)
The Silver Bear (Derek Haas)
Split Image (Robert B. Parker)
Hard Rain (David Rollins)
Tooth and Claw (Nigel McCrery) (+)
The Midnight House (Alex Berenson)
The First Rule (Robert Crais) (+)
The Godfather of Kathmandu (John Burdett) (-)

2009
Hollywood Moon (Joseph Wambaugh)
I, Alex Cross (James Patterson)
True Blue (David Baldacci)
My Dead Body (Charlie Huston)
Nine Dragons (Michael Connelly)
Evidence (Jonathan Kellerman)
The Professional (Robert B. Parker)
The Errand Boy (Don Bredes)
The Lost Symbol (Dan Brown)
The Night Monster (James Swain)
Alex Cross's Trial (James Patterson & Richard Dilallo)
Woman With Birthmark (Hakan Nesser)
Self's Murder (Bernhard Schlink)
Rules of Vengeance (Christopher Reich) (+)
Second Sight (George D. Shuman)
The Girl Who Played With Fire (Stieg Larsson) (++)(*)
Rain Gods (James Lee Burke) (+)
Wife of the Gods (Kwei Quartey)
Where the Dead Lay (David Levien)
 Swimsuit (James Patterson & Maxine Paetro)
Roadside Crosses (Jeffery Deaver)
Gold of Kings (Davis Bunn)
The Scarecrow (Michael Connelly) (+)
The Secret Speech (Tom Rob Smith)
Gone Tomorrow (Lee Child)
Jack Wakes Up (Seth Harwood)
First Family (David Baldacci) (-)
Look Again (Lisa Scottoline)
Long Lost (Harlan Coben)
Fault Line (Barry Eisler)
The Adversary (Michael Walters)
Loser's Town (Daniel Depp)
The Renegades (T. Jefferson Parker)
The Associate (John Grisham)
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death (Charlie Huston)
Beat the Reaper (Josh Bazell) (+)
Lost River (David Fulmer) (+)

2008

Dead or Alive (Michael McGarrity)
The Venus de Milo Murders (Dennis Manuel) [A]
The Bodies Left Behind (Jeffery Deaver)
The Brass Verdict (Michael Connelly)
Every Last Drop (Charlie Huston)
The Other Side of Silence (Bill Pronzini)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)(*) (++)
Lost Girls (George D. Shuman)
The Fifth Floor (Michael Harvey)
Leather Maiden (Joe R. Lansdale) (=)
The Turnaround (George Pelecanos)
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Sanction (Eric van Lustbader)
Swan Peak (James Lee Burke) (=)
Palace Council (Stephen L. Carter) (-)
Illegal Action (Stella Rimington) (-)
The Evil That Men Do (Dave White)
Chasing Darkness (Robert Crais)
The Broken Window (Jeffery Deaver) (+)
Black & White and Dead All Over (John Darnton)
Sail (James Patterson & Howard Roughan)
The Dawn Patrol (Don Winslow) (+)
 Nothing To Lose (Lee Child)
Blood Trail (C.J. Box)
The Boxer and the Spy (Robert B. Parker)
Child 44 (Tom Rob Smith) (=)
The Whole Truth (David Baldacci) [v]
Hold Tight (Harlan Coben)
Devil's Peak (Deon Meyer)
Hollywood Crows (Joseph Wambaugh)
The Final Warning (James Patterson)
The Law of Second Chances (James Sheehan)
The Amateur Spy (Dan Fesperman)
God's Spy (Juan Gomez-Jurado)
Red Cat (Peter Spiegelman)
Blasphemy (Douglas Preston)
Stranger In Paradise (Robert B. Parker)
L.A. Outlaws (T. Jefferson Parker)
7th Heaven (James Patterson & Maxine Paetro)
Three Shirt Deal (Stephen J. Cannell)
The Blue Door (David Fulmer)
Salt River (James Sallis)

2007

Half the Blood of Brooklyn (Charlie Huston)
Double Cross (James Patterson)
Stone Cold (David Baldacci)
Protect and Defend (Vince Flynn)
Try Dying (James Scott Bell)
Blonde Faith (Walter Mosley) (=)
Deceit (James Siegel) (-)
Robert Ludlum's The Arctic Event (James H. Cobb)
When One Man Dies (Dave White)
Now & Then (Robert B. Parker) (+)
Dexter In the Dark (Jeff Lindsay) (+)
The 47th Samurai (Stephen Hunter) (=)
You've Been Warned (James Patterson & Howard Roughan)
California Fire and Life (Don Winslow) (+)
Hundred-Dollar Baby (Robert B. Parker) (=)
The Wheel of Darkness (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child)
The Shotgun Rule (Charlie Huston)
The Chicago Way (Michael Harvey)
Power Play (Joseph Finder)
Dead Ex (Harley Jane Kozak) (-)
Exposure (Kurt Wenzel)
The Tin Roof Blowdown (James Lee Burke) (+)
The Ever-Running Man (Marcia Muller) (-)
The Way Some People Die (Ross MacDonald)
The Quickie (James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge)
Secret Asset (Stella Rimington)
 Dead Connection (Alafair Burke)
The Sleeping Doll (Jeffrey Deaver) (+)
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Betrayal (Eric Van Lustbader)
Hooked (Matt Richtel)
Play Dead (David Rosenfelt)
The Overlook (Michael Connelly)
Bad Luck and Trouble (Lee Child)
Free Fire (C.J. Box)
The 6th Target (James Patterson, Maxine Paetro)
Los Angeles Noir (Denise Hamilton)
The Blue Cheer (Ed Lynskey)
What's So Funny? (Donald E. Westlake) (=)
American Outrage (Tim Green)
Simple Genius (David Baldacci)
The Edenville Owls (Robert B. Parker)
The Woods (Harlan Coben)
Body of Lies (David Ignatius) (++)
Turquoise Girl (Aimee & David Thurlo)
The Naming of the Dead (Ian Rankin) (-)
Con Ed (Matthew Klein)
The Watchman (Robert Crais) (+)
Lost Echoes (Joe R. Lansdale)
High Profile (Robert B. Parker)
The Dying Crapshooter's Blues (David Fulmer) (=)
[Interview with David Fulmer]
Sliver of Truth (Lisa Unger)


2006

No Dominion (Charlie Huston) (=)
Hollywood Station (Joseph Wambaugh) (+)
The Mission Song (John le Carre')
Bleeding Hearts (Ian Rankin)
Nature Girl (Carl Hiaasen)
Cross (James Patterson)
The Collectors (David Baldacci)
Act of Treason (Vince Flynn) (=)
Echo Park (Michael Connelly) (=)
Wild Fire (Nelson DeMille) (=)
The Winter of Frankie Machine (Don Winslow)
The Road (Cormac McCarthy)
Fear of the Dark (Walter Mosley)
The Mephisto Club (Tess Gerritsen)
Damnation Street (Andrew Klavan)
The Book of Fate (Brad Meltzer)
The Interpretation of Murder (Jed Rubenfeld)
Death in West Wheeling (Michael Allen Dymmoch) (=)
Fear (Jeff Abbott)
The Night Gardener (George Pelecanos)
A. Night in Hollywood Forever (Andrew J. Fenady) (=)
A Race Against Death (Timothy Sheard) (-)
The Keep (Jennifer Egan)
The Ruins (Scott Smith)
The Prisoner of Guantanamo (Dan Fesperman)
Darkness & Light (John Harvey)
Flesh & Blood (John Harvey [PB])
Too Darn Hot (Sandra Scoppettone) (-)
Parting Shot (Jonathan Stone)
Pegasus Descending (James Lee Burke) (+)
Blue Screen (Robert B. Parker)
The Skirt Man (Shelly Reuben) [A]
Learning To Kill (Ed McBain
The Drummer (Anthony Neil Smith
The Cold Moon (Jeffrey Deaver)
Eye of Vengeance (Jonathan King)
The Hard Way (Lee Child) (=)
Killer Instinct (Joseph Finder) (=)
Dead Before Dying (Deon Meyer) (+)
Dead Watch (John Sandford)
In Plain Sight (C.J. Box)
Hard Boiled Brooklyn (Reed Farrel Coleman)
The Law Clerk (Scott Douglas Gerber) (-)
One Drop of Blood (Thomas Holland)
Vital Force (Trevor Scott)
Promise Me (Harlan Coben)
Shotgun Opera (Victor Gischler)
Dark Harbor (Stuart Woods)
Fortunate Son (Walter Mosley)
Cripple Creek (James Sallis)
Penumbra (Carolyn Haines)
18 Seconds (George D. Shuman) (+)
False Impression (Jeffrey Archer)
Nightlife (Thomas Perry)
Blood Hunt (Ian Rankin)
The Two Minute Rule (Robert Crais) (=)
Isolation Ward (Josh Spanogle) (=)
A Hole In Juan (Gillian Roberts) (-)
Zero To the Bone (Robert Eversz)
Sea Change (Robert B. Parker)
Sweetie's Diamonds (Raymond Benson)
Rampart Street (David Fulmer) (++) [A]
Blindfold Game (Dana Stabenow)
Jass (David Fulmer) (++)
The Vanished Hands (Robert Wilson) (=)
The Hostage (W.E.B. Griffin)



2005
Already Dead (Charlie Huston) (+)
Ash & Bone (John Harvey)
The Lincoln Lawyer (Michael Connelly) (=)
School Days (Robert B. Parker) (=)
The Mayor of Lexington Avenue (James Sheehan) (+)
Cinnamon Kiss (Walter Mosley)
Fiddlers (Ed McBain) (-)
Cold Hit (Stephen J. Cannell)
Tabula Rasa (Shelly Reuben) (+) [A]
No Country For Old Men (Cormac McCarthy) (+)
Lifeguard (James Patterson, Andrew Gross) (-)
The Twelfth Card (Jeffrey Deaver) (+)
The Enemy of God (Robert Daley)
Crusader's Cross (James Lee Burke) (=)
 One Shot (Lee Child)
Red Leaves (Thomas H. Cook)
Rage (Jonathan Kellerman)
The Closers (Michael Connelly)
The Inside Ring (Michael Lawson)
The Power of the Dog (Don Winslow) (+)
Shock Wave (James O. Born)
Company Man (Joseph Finder) (=)
Two Dollar Bill (Stuart Woods) (=)
Cold Service (Robert B. Parker)
Mr. Lucky A Novel of High Stakes (James Swain) (=)
The Loch (Steve Alten)
The Broker (John Grisham) (=)
Run the Risk (Scott Frost) (=)

2004
Hour Game (David Baldacci)
London Bridges (James Patterson) (-)
California Girl (T. Jefferson Parker)
State of Fear (Michael Chrichton)
The Exile (Allan Folsom) (+)
Amagansett (Mark Mills)
The Program (Greg Hurwitz)
Trophy Hunt (C.J. Box) (+)
Dark Justice (Jack Higgins) (-)
Skinny Dip (Carl Hiaasen) (+)
Little Scarlet (Walter Mosley)
Coma (Alex Garland)
The Bourne Legacy (Eric Van Lustbader)
The Blackbird Papers (Ian Smith)
Bury the Lead (David Rosenfelt)
 Kill the Messenger (Tami Hoag) (=)
Loaded Dice (James Swain)
Killer Smile (Lisa Scottoline)
The Enemy (Lee Child)
Memorial Day (Vince Flynn)
Hidden Prey (John Sandford)
The Narrows (Michael Connelly)
Just One Look (Harlan Coben) (+)
3rd Degree (James Patterson) (=)
Bad Business (Robert B. Parker)
The Last Juror (John Grisham)
Vertical Coffin (Stephen J. Cannell) (+)
The Zero Game (Brad Meltzer)
Paranoia (Joseph Finder)
Mr. Paradise (Elmore Leonard) (+)


Older Readings
A couple of non-mysteries and a few older titles