Jessica Balzano & Kevin Byrne (9 books in series)
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review 1: I have not read a book by Richard Montanari since the Rosary Girls, way back when, and before I started reviewing, so I cannot remember what I thought about that one. Possibly not very much given that I have not returned to him for the 9 intervening years. But having just finishe...
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review 1: I had a tough time with the final summary and summation of the crime. The build up was so intense throughout the story and there were little droplets of information dropped in occasionally, but the story almost became so unbelievable and impossible to trace that when the killer w...
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review 1: Hard work at first, but definitely worth seeing it through!This was my first read from Montanari and even when picking the book off the shelf, I was hesitant; I wasn't sure what to expect and I guess that's what finally got me to purchase the book. The Killing Room takes you on a...
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review 1: I really liked the plot outline of the book and was expecting much more than what it was as the brief description is thrilling so this could have been a really really great book but i thought it lacked details and there is quite a bit of jumping from one thing to another in a way...
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review 1: JA, han gjorde det sørme igen :PJeg slår fast med det samme, at Montenari hører til i den absolutte krimi-forfatter-elite :)Denne 4. bog i serien om Jessica og Kevin, lever FULDT op til de forgående – på alle måder.Også denne er herlig velskrevet, sproget flyder og siderne vender...
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review 1: I thought this was a pretty good book until the end when Bryne went AWOL. From there, the storyline was hard to follow and just plain unbelievable. There were a lot of loose ends, IMO, that never wrapped up nice and tidy. The killer is just completely unbelievable, too. I now re...
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review 1: Detecetive Kevin Byrne is a well-seasoned Philadelphia-Irish cop, with some of the usual hard-life baggage,& his trusty Italian-blood female colleague Jessica Balzano, & in this 6th adventure - though this is my first outing...a reading group choice - the pair of lapsed-Catholic ...
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review 1: This was the first Montanari book I had ever read, so I didn't really know what to expect when I went into it but I was pleasantly surprised. Not only did I fall madly in love (as I am sure a lot women do) with Byrne I was also content that Balzano was not completely unpalatable ...
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review 1: This book defines 'thriller' for me. The edge-of-your-seat tension and creepy (in a good way) premise make this the kind of book that has you looking over your shoulder and trying desperately to solve the mysteries. Montanari's writing is excellent and I am pleased to learn the...