Mystery/Thriller Book Reviews
Page Four of FiveThe Death of a Constant Lover by Lev Raphael
Walker & Co., April 1999.Hardcover, 276 pages.
ISBN: 0802733263.
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This is the third entry in the delightfully addictive Nick Hoffman series (See, Let's Get Criminal and The Edith Wharton Murders). The versatile Lev Raphael is a talented satirist who skillfully skewers the pretensions of the academic world, where professors participate in deadly duels of wit and engage in intrigue worthy of characters in a Le Carré novel. The relationship between Nick and Stefan is explored in more depth, and has a slightly darker tinge than the first two books in the series. As is usual with Raphael's books, the writing is witty and laugh-out-loud funny in places -- you'll find it impossible to put this one down once you start reading. Highly Recommended.
--Claire E. White
Par Four by Elizabeth Gunn
Walker & Co., Jan., 1999.Hardcover, 291 pages.
ISBN: 0802733247.
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Jake is a likeable guy, and the residents of Rutherford make for entertaining reading. Police procedural fans will be pleased with this more than capable follow-up to Gunn's first novel starring Jake Hines, Triple Play.
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