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Some of Ray's recent book reviews, published by the Lansing State Journal:

(Note: Some of the older reviews are currently unavailable, but we hope to fix that soon.)


December 30, 2007   --   Theresa Schwegel, Person of Interest; James Grippando, Last Call


November 25, 2007   --   Frank Holes, Jr, Year of the Dogman; Chris Zimmerman, The Covenant Field

November 18, 2007   --   Zoe Sharp, Second Shot; Anne Argula, Walla Walla Suite

November 11, 2007   --   Archer Mayor, Chat; Mickey Spillane, Dead Street

November 4, 2007   --   James Swain, Midnight Rambler; Rick Riordan, Rebel Island


October 21, 2007   --   Stephen Lewis, Stone Cold Dead; J. A. Jance, Justice Denied

October 14, 2007   --   Joseph Heywood, Strike Dog

October 7, 2007   --   Michael Koryta, A Welcome Grave; Richard Aleas, Songs of Innocence


September 30, 2007   --   Steve Hamilton, Night Work; Linwood Barclay, No Time for Goodbye

September 23, 2007   --   Patrick Quinlan, Smoked, The Takedown; Don Bruns, Stuff to Die For

September 16, 2007   --   Tom Grace, The Secret Cardinal

September 2, 2007   --   William Voigt


August 26, 2007   --   Lawrence Block, Hit Parade; Thomas Perry, Silence, J. D. Rhoades, Safe and Sound

August 19, 2007   --   Sonja Richards, The Comet Kid; Julie E. Moore, The Corner Shop

August 12, 2007   --   Marc Lecard, Vinnie's Head; Brett Battles, The Cleaner; Peter Pringle, The Day of the Dandelion

August 5, 2007   --   Warren Ellis, Crooked Little Vein


July 29, 2007   --   Nancy Barr, Page One: Vanished; Deb Baker, Murder Grins And Bears It

July 22, 2007   --   Paul Levine, Trial and Error; Vincent H. O'Neil, Reduced Circumstances; Anthony Gagliano, Straits of Fortune

July 15, 2007   --   Linwood Barclay, Stone Rain; Alex Barclay, Darkhouse

July 8, 2007   --   Donald Westlake, What's So Funny?; David Rosenfelt, Play Dead; Ben Rehder, Gun Shy

July 1, 2007   --   P. J. Parrish, A Thousand Bones; Elmore Leonard, Up in Honey's Room


June 24, 2007   --   Janet Evanovich, Lean Mean Thirteen; Matthew Klein, Con Ed; Patrick Culhane, Black Hats

June 17, 2007   --   Dean Kootnz, The Good Guy; Robert B. Parker, Spare Change

June 10, 2007   --   John Sandford, Invisible Prey; David Housewright, Dead Boyfriends


May 27, 2007   --   Harlan Coben, The Woods; Lee Child, Bad Luck and Trouble; Michael Connelly, The Overlook

May 20, 2007   --   Lisa Scottoline, Daddy's Girl; Barbara Seranella, Deadman's Switch; T. Jefferson Parker, Storm Runners

May 13, 2007   --   C. J. Box, Free Fire; James W. Hall, Magic City

May 6, 2007   --   Loren Estleman, American Detective; Lev Raphael, Hot Rocks; Peter Ohren, Motor City Blues


April 29, 2007   --   Jonathan Santlofer, Anatomy of Fear; Lawrence Light and Meredith Anthony, Ladykiller; Michelle Martinez, Cover-Up

April 22, 2007   --   Patrick McManus, Avalanche; Sarah Graves, Trapdoor

April 15, 2007   --   Laura Lippman, What the Dead Know; S. J. Rozan, In This Rain

April 8, 2007   --   David Skibbins, The Star; Bill Crider, Murder Among the OWLS; Neil McMahon, Lone Creek

April 1, 2007   --   Tami Hoag, The Alibi Man; Russell Andrews, Hades; Richard Jackson, Power and Deceit


March 25, 2007   --   Lisa Gardner, Hide; Iris Johansen, Stalemate

March 18, 2007   --   Sean Chercover, Big City, Bad Blood; Robert Crais, The Watchman; R. Scott Reiss, Black Monday

March 11, 2007   --   Thomas B. Cavanaugh, Head Games; James Grippando, When Darkness Falls; William G. Tapply, Gray Ghost

March 4, 2007   --   John Lescroart, The Suspect; Jefferson Bass, Flesh and Bone; David Stuart Davies, Forests of the Night


February 25, 2007   --   James Born, Field of Fire; Joseph Wambaugh, Hollywood Station; Ed Lynskey, The Blue Cheer

February 18, 2007   --   Jesse Kellerman, Trouble; Peter Spiegelman, Red Cat; Duane Swierczynski, The Blonde

February 11, 2007   --   Debra Doyle and James D. MacDonald, Land of Mist and Snow; Bob Morris, Bermuda Schwartz; Lincoln Child, Deep Storm

February 4, 2007   --   Janet Evanovich, Plum Lovin'; Robert B. Parker, High Profile


January 28, 2007   --   Robert Bailey, Dead Bang; Robert Underhill, Strawberry Moon; Bill Broder, Taking Care of Cleo

January 21, 2007   --   Sam Reaves, Homicide 69; Theresa Schwegel, Probable Cause; Jack Fredrickson, A Safe Place for Dying

January 14, 2007   --   Marcus Sakey, The Blade Itself; Michael A. Black, A Final Judgment; Julie Hyzy, Deadly Interest

January 7, 2007   --   Carol O'Connell; Find Me; Richard Stark, Ask the Parrot


December 31, 2006   --   Karl Bohnak, So Cold a Sky; Heather Buchanan, Dark River; James J. Pecora, Dead End

December 24, 2006   --   Dean Koontz, Brother Odd; Joe Schreiber, Chasing the Dead

December 17, 2006   --   Carl Hiaasen, Nature Girl; William G. Tapply, Out Cold; P. J. Tracy, Snow Blind

December 10, 2006   --   Aaron Stander, Color Tour; Christopher Meehan, Murder on Sacred Ground

December 3, 2006   --   Kim Wozencraft, The Devil's Backbone; Jo Dereske, Bookmarked to Die; Robert Ward, Four Kinds of Rain; Daniel Kalla, Rage Therapy; Mark Schorr, Borderline


November 26, 2006   --   Simon Kernick, A Good Day to Die; Don Winslow, The Winter of Frankie Machine; David Baldacci, The Collectors

November 12, 2006   --   Linwood Barclay, Lone Wolf; Sean Doolittle, The Cleanup; Chris Grabenstein, Slay Ride

November 5, 2006   --   Robert B. Parker, Hundred-Dollar Baby; Stuart Woods, Short Straw


October 29, 2006   --   Robert Heinlein and Spider Robinson, Variable Star; Michael Gearhart, The Raven's Heart

October 22, 2006   --   Michael Connelly, Echo Park; Brian Freeman, Stripped

October 20, 2006   --   Dan Mishkin, The Forest King

October 15, 2006   --   Liesel Litzenburger, The Widower; Laura Kasischke, Boy Heaven; Deborah Morgan, The Majolica Murders

October 8, 2006   --   Jason Starr, Lights Out; David Turrill, Long in the Tooth

October 1, 2006   --   Steve Hamilton, A Stolen Season; Nancy Barr, Page One: Hit and Run


September 24, 2006   --   Brad Meltzer, The Book of Fate; Bob Reiss, The Side Effect

September 20, 2006   --   Timothy Sheard, A Race Against Death

September 17, 2006   --   Sandra Brown, Ricochet; Elizabeth Bloom, The Mortician's Daughter

September 10, 2006   --   Andrew Vachss, Mask Market; Mike Harrison, Wild Thing; Paul Levine, Kill All the Lawyers

September 3, 2006   --   Hugh Fox, Way, Way Off the Road


August 27, 2006   --   John Wooley, Ghost Band; Max Allan Collins, The Last Quarry

August 24, 2006   --   Karin Slaughter, TripTych

August 20, 2006   --   Jeff Abbott, Fear; Harry Hunsicker, The Next Time You Die; Bill Crider, A Mammoth Murder

August 13, 2006   --   Loren D. Estleman, The Adventures of Johnny Vermillion; Jeff Povey, The Serial Killer's Club

August 6, 2006   --   James Lee Burke, Pegasus Descending; Scott Frost, Never Fear


July 30, 2006   --   Marcia Muller, Vanishing Point; Sandra Scoppettone, Too Darn Hot; Virginia Swift, Hello, Stranger; Kay Hooper, Sleeping With Fear

July 23, 2006   --   J. R. Kesler, Billie

July 9, 2006   --   John Sandford, Dead Watch; Cody McFayden, Shadow Man

July 2, 2006   --   Trinka Hakes Noble; illustrated by Gijsbert van Frankenhuyzen, The Legend of Michigan; John Anthony (Tony) Watson, Son of A Rich Man: A Pilot in WWI; Michael Jackson, It's Gonna Be Alright


June 25, 2006   --   Barry Eisler, The Last Assassin; Jonathan Kellerman, Gone

June 18, 2006   --   T. Jefferson Parker, The Fallen; William Bernhardt, Capitol Murder; Walter Satterthwait, Perfection; Chris Grabenstein, Mad Mouse

June 4, 2006   --  Dean Koontz, The Husband; Linda Barnes, Heart of the World


May 28, 2006   --   Nancy Pickard, The Virgin of Small Plains; James Sallis, Cripple Creek

May 21, 2006   --   Harlan Coben, Promise Me; Lee Child, The Hard Way

May 14, 2006   --   Victor Gischler, Shotgun Opera; Paul Levine, The Deep Blue Alibi

May 12, 2006   --   C. J. Box, In Plain Sight

May 7, 2006   --   Michael Connelly, Crime Beat; Lisa Scottoline, Dirty Blonde; Tami Hoag, Prior Bad Acts


April 30, 2006   --   Loren D. Estleman, Nicotine Kiss; J. R. Shannon, The Finding

April 23, 2006   --   Richard Hawke, Speak of the Devil; J. D. Rhoades, Good Day in Hell

April 16, 2006   --   Jerry Harju, Our World Was in Black and White; Chris Zimmerman, The Secret-Keeper; Les Harcus, China Marine TsingTao Treasure

April 9, 2006   --   Marcos M. Villatoro, A Venom Beneath the Skin; Barbara Seranella, An Unacceptable Death

April 2, 2006   --   Steve Berry, The Templar Legacy; Raymond Khoury, The Last Templar


March 26, 2006   --   Robert Crais, The Two Minute Rule; James O. Born, Escape Clause

March 19, 2006   --   Robert B. Parker, Sea Change; Michael Koryta, Sorrow's Anthem; Sean Doolittle, Rain Dogs; Lono Waiwaiole, Wiley's Refrain

March 16, 2006   --   Mark Yakich, Unrelated Individuals Forming a Group Waiting to Cross and The Making of Collateral Beauty

March 14, 2006   --   Joseph Heywood, Running Dark

March 12, 2006   --   Thomas Perry, Nightlife; Lisa Gardner, Gone

March 5, 2006   --   Rita Mae Brown, Sour Puss


February 26, 2006   --   J. R. Kesler, Love Means Nothing; Kip Vander Hyde, My Father's Keeper

February 19, 2006   --   P. J. Parrish, An Unquiet Grave; Peter Blauner, Slipping Into Darkness

February 12, 2006   --   Lilian Jackson Braun, The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell; John Lescroart, The Hunt Club


January 29, 2006   --   Sue Grafton, S is for Silence; Jefferson Bass, Carved in Bone; Archer Mayor St, Albans Fire

January 22, 2006   --   Tom Corcoran, Air Dance Iguana; Claire Matturo, Wildcat Wine; Bob Morris, Jamaica Me Dead

January 15, 2006   --   J. R. Kesler, Trash Baby; Matthew Reilly, 7 Deadly Wonders

January 8, 2006   --   Zoe Sharp, First Drop; James Grippando, Got the Look

January 1, 2006   --   Rob Kantner, Trouble is What I Do; Mitchell Bartoy, The Devil's Own Rag Doll


December 25, 2005   --   Victoria Laurie, A Vision of Murder; Patricia Smiley, Cover Your Assets

December 18, 2005   --   Charlaine Harris, Grave Sight; Dean Koontz, Forever Odd

December 11, 2005   --   Karen E. Olson, Sacred Cows; Karin Slaughter, Faithless; Chris Grabenstein, Tilt A Whirl

December 4, 2005   --   Jonathan Santlofer, The Killing Art; Marcia Muller, Cape Perdido; JoAnna Carl, The Chocolate Mouse Trap


November 30, 2005   --   Terry Olson, Direct Actions

November 27, 2005   --   Ed McBain, Fiddlers; Steven Sidor, Bone Factory; Dennis Collins, Turn Left at September

November 20, 2005   --   Patricia Cornwell, Predator; Christine Kling, Bitter End; Sean Rowe, Fever

November 13, 2005   --   Paul Levine, Solomon vs Lord; Ron Faust, The Blood Red Sea

November 6, 2005   --   Jack Driscoll, How Like an Angel


October 30, 2005   --   Paul Lindsay, The Big Scam; James Twining, The Double Eagle

October 23, 2005   --   Michael Connelly, The Lincoln Lawyer; Stephen King, The Colorado Kid

October 16, 2005   --   Steve Brewer, Bank Job; Duane Swierczynski, The Wheelman

October 9, 2005   --   Earl Emerson, The Smoke Room; Ben Rehder, Guilt Trip


September 25, 2005   --   Elizabeth Becka, Trace Evidence; Giles Blunt, Black Fly Season

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