JB’s 2010 Best List

JB’s 2010 Best List

These are roughly in the order in which they were read.

Book List

Gutshot Straight (Paperback)

By Lou Berney
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780061766343
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Published: Harper Paperbacks, 2/2011
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Nice to start the year off with a bang, a very funny debut.

The Gentlemen's Hour (Hardcover)

By Don Winslow
$25.00
ISBN-13: 9781439183397
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 7/2011
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more fun and mayhem in his surfing world.

Innocent (Paperback)

By Scott Turow
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780446562416
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Published: Grand Central Publishing, 5/2011
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the masterful part of the book is something we can’t talk about unless you’ve read Presumed Innocent AND this sequel.

Once A Spy (Mass Market Paperback)

By Keith Thomson
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780307473141
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Published: Anchor, 1/2011
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the other great and funny debut of the year.

If the Dead Rise Not: A Bernie Gunther Novel (Paperback)

By Philip Kerr
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9780143118534
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Published: Penguin (Non-Classics), 3/2011
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can’t praise this noir series enough

New Tricks (Mass Market Paperback)

By David Rosenfelt
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780446505888
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Published: Grand Central Publishing, 7/2010
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if you haven’t read his Andy Carpenter books, you’re missing out on great fun!

House Justice (Mass Market Paperback)

By Mike Lawson
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780802145352
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Published: Grove Press, 6/2011
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Mister Smooth does it again

Moonlight Mile: A Kenzie and Gennaro Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

By Dennis Lehane
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9780061836954
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Published: Harper, 8/2011
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there is no way he could write too much about Patrick ‘n Angie

The Cold Kiss (Mass Market Paperback)

By John Rector
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780765366627
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Published: Forge, 4/2011
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the great traditional noir debut of the year

Satori (Hardcover)

By Don Winslow
$25.99
ISBN-13: 9780446561921
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Published: Grand Central Publishing, 3/2011
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his prequel to Trevanian’s Shibumi (read that if you haven’t!)

Savages (Paperback)

By Don Winslow
$15.00
ISBN-13: 9781439183373
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Published: Simon & Schuster, 3/2011
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meloncholy noir and a treat to have three Winslows in one year

Amos Walker: The Complete Story Collection (Hardcover)

By Loren D. Estleman
$45.00
ISBN-13: 9781935562245
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Published: Tyrus Books, 9/2010
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wow… just wow

The Glass Rainbow: A Dave Robicheaux Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

By James Lee Burke
$9.99
ISBN-13: 9781439128312
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Published: Pocket Star, 7/2011
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if this is the final Robicheaux, it was a perfect end to the series.

In Search of Mercy: A Mystery (Hardcover)

By Michael Ayoob
$24.99
ISBN-13: 9780312644925
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Published: Minotaur Books, 10/2010
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a terrific debut, a mystery without a body

The Last Run: A Queen & Country Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

By Greg Rucka
$7.99
ISBN-13: 9780553589016
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Published: Bantam, 4/2011
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timely intrigue from a young master

Blood Count: An Artie Cohen Mystery (Hardcover)

By Reggie Nadelson
$26.00
ISBN-13: 9780802777676
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Published: Walker & Company, 10/2010
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nearly a locked room mystery but certainly a nice whodunnit in Harlem

The Terror of Living (Paperback)

By Urban Waite
$14.99
ISBN-13: 9780316097888
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Published: Back Bay Books, 1/2012
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stunning debut by a local guy

Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence (Hardcover)

By Bill James
$30.00
ISBN-13: 9781416552734
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Published: Scribner, 5/2011
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the baseball genius turns his mind to crime and why we’re all riveted by it and the larger impacts it has on our society, an interesting book well written

Satchel: The Life and Times of an American Legend (Paperback)

By Larry Tye
$16.00
ISBN-13: 9780812977974
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks, 5/2010
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non-mystery--a marvelous yet heart-breaking biography of Satchel Paige

Crazy '08: How a Cast of Cranks, Rogues, Boneheads, and Magnates Created the Greatest Year in Baseball History (Paperback)

By Cait N. Murphy
$14.95
ISBN-13: 9780060889388
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Published: Harper Paperbacks, 3/2008
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non-mystery--a history of a single year (+1908) in baseball, filled with great games and names

Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Paperback)

By Robin Kelley
$18.00
ISBN-13: 9781439190463
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Published: Free Press, 10/2010
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non-mystery--also marvelous and heartbreaking
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