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    <body><![CDATA[Merciless, by Richard Montanari, B-plus, narrated by Scott Brick, produced by Books on Tape, downloaded from audible.com.<br/><br/>This is the second one in the Kevin Byrne and Jessica Balzano police procedural series set in Philadelphia.   In this one, the homicide squad has several crimes going ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/75607363">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Brilliant. The fairy tale related murders were really inventive and the twists and turns in the plot kept you guessing almost to the end.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My in-laws gave this to me for Christmas, first, because they know I love mysteries, and second, because it takes place in the area where they live, Berks County, along the Schuylkill river in Pennsylvania.  In fact they tucked a clipping from their local paper about the book and author into sleeve ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22895641">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Character - Moon.  Starting to forget what this book was about.  Badlands was the first one I read by Montanari.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ah Philly in the winter . . .]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As far as cop dramas and murder mysteries go, I thought this was a good book.  The writing was much better than I anticipated and there were enough suspicious characters that I wasn't able to figure out in advance who the culprit was.  <br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another gripping read.  One little niggle however is that when it's revealed who the murderer was masquerading as I'd forgotten who the character was and had to go back a few chapters to refresh my memory. Other then that it certainly keeps you guessing whodunnit. ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've liked the 3 other books by this author and have no idea if it was just my mood or what, that seemed to make this 3rd book in the series just drag. <br/><br/>I am glad I read it, but felt it was just an average read.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I enjoy Richard Montanari's books very much, especially the novels about this particular team of detectives.   ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the latest chapter in the Byrne/Balzano crime series, and as always, I couldn't put it down.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Great suspense, per usual from R. Montanari.  Quick paced.  Another great turnout from this author.  ]]></body>
    
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