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James’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at James’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
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James L. Thane
Goodreads Author
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in Hamilton, Montana, The United States
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Everyone from Raymond Chandler to Lawrence Block to T. Jefferson Parke
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March 2010
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No Place to Die (Sean Richardson #1)
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2010
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8 editions
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Until Death (Sean Richardson #2)
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2011
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7 editions
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Fatal Blow (Sean Richardson #3)
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2018
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3 editions
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South of the Deuce (Sean Richardson #4)
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2020
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2 editions
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Crossroads (Dave Matthews #1)
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2019
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2 editions
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Tyndall
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2021
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2 editions
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Picture Me Gone
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2022
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A Shot to the Heart
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2023
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A Governor's Wife on the Mining Frontier: The Letters of Mary Edgerton from Montana, 1863-65
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1976
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[Until Death] [Author: Thane, James L.] [December, 2013]
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L. A. REQUIEM Is the Best Book Thus Far in the Elvis Cole Series
The eighth entry in the Elvis Cole series is easily the best to date. It begins when Elvis's partner in the detective agency, Joe Pike, calls and asks for his help. Frank Garcia, a very wealthy and well-connected businessman, is an old friend of Joe's. Garcia's daughter Karen, who is thirty-two, has been missing for a little over twenty-four hours. Garcia has called the police but, not surpris Read more of this blog post »
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| This is another excellent novel from Boston Teran, featuring John Lourdes who first appeared sixteen years ago in The Creed of Violence. Lourdes is a mixed-race agent of the Bureau of Investigation and this book takes place in 1911, a year after The ...more | |
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| Bryan Gruley, author of the excellent Starvation Lake and Bleak Harbor series, returns with a great new novel, Bitterfrost. The main protagonist is Jimmy Baker, a minor league hockey player who left the game after almost killing an opposing player. T ...more | |
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Thanks for reminding me of this series. I've read a couple of them and really enjoyed them, even if they are a bit dark. But you can't go wrong with a
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"I've enjoyed various entries in this series, featuring Jack Taylor, a hard drinking, emotionally stilted ex-cop in Ireland. Jack is tough as nails, doesn't give a *$%@ about most things, and definitely prefers Jameson to any other whisky.
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"An absolutely wonderful 20th addition to the Elvis Cole and Joe pike canon...I just love the series, and particularly the reflective, nuanced Elvis Cole character...Always entertaining...In "The Big Empty," Elvis is engaged to seek answers for a youn"
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James Thane
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Viccy's review
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The Consequences of Fear (Maisie Dobbs, #16):
"It's October 1941, the Blitz is raging over London. A young man witnesses a murder and then comes face to face with the killer when he delivers a message to his locale. When he returns to the site, there is no body and so the police do not care. They"
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Great review, Kelly. I really like this movie; will have to try the book.
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| Published in 1990, this is the second novel in the long-running series featuring Scottish police detective John Rebus. As the book opens, a young junkie and aspiring photographer named Ronnie is found dead of an apparent drug overdose in a rundown bu ...more | |
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An excellent review (of course). Although most fans of the series would probably disagee, this is my favorite book in the series. I love the moral iss
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Death in the Stacks (Library Lover's Mystery, #8)
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| 2013 Books!: 2013 Book List | 1167 | 422 | Jan 01, 2014 09:34AM | |
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| Goodreads Reviewe...: Nancy's Reviews | 73 | 300 | Mar 31, 2017 07:39AM | |
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Carol wrote: "Wow, you are becoming quite the prolific author. I checked with my library, and they don't have your stuff yet, but I'll keep looking. Hope you are doing well. Have a Merry Christmas. Carol"Thanks, Carol. Hope you have a great Christmas too.
Wow, you are becoming quite the prolific author. I checked with my library, and they don't have your stuff yet, but I'll keep looking. Hope you are doing well. Have a Merry Christmas. Carol
Thank you for the book review and Andreis and James for your comments. Appreciate you both. Carol
Judie wrote: "I recently read a series by Jonathan Dunsky about a Tel Aviv PI who had been a policeman in Hungary before he was sent to Auschwitz. The stories take place around 1950, soon after Israel became a s..."Sounds interesting!
I recently read a series by Jonathan Dunsky about a Tel Aviv PI who had been a policeman in Hungary before he was sent to Auschwitz. The stories take place around 1950, soon after Israel became a state. The sixth book in the series takes place in Auschwitz and explains a lot about who he is in the earlier stories. Unexpected endings in all of them.
Thanks bundles for the like. You are spoiling this old girl, but I like it anyway. Hope things are going well with you!!!!
Jim - Hello hello Hello. My curiousity is up. What did they do for algorithms that slowed things down. HMMM. Was happy to see your name. Take care.No, you certainly haven't done anything to disappoint me, and now that you've sent me a message, it occurs to me that I haven't seen any of your reviews in my feed for a while, which is why you haven't had any reaction from me. It looks like GR has changed their algorithms again, and suddenly, I'm not getting nearly as many reviews from my friends in my digest as I was earlier, which probably accounts for this.
Thanks loads for the nice "at a girl". I really liked this book, and was interesting reading both Barack's and Michelle's books. Both very Commanding people. Highly recommend. Thanks again. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving, and stay away from Coronavile.
Carol wrote: "Thanks James for the like. I'm happy for you and the release of your new book. I'll need to check to see if any of our libraries have copies of your work. Proud of you!!!"Thanks, Carol.
Thanks James for the like. I'm happy for you and the release of your new book. I'll need to check to see if any of our libraries have copies of your work. Proud of you!!!
Carol wrote: "I owe you an apology. I was writing a comment, then all of a sudden, POOF your "Like" disappeared. I'm very sorry. I appreciate the life. Feel free to re-enter if you don't mind!!!!"Not a problem. GR can sometimes be mischievous!
Carol wrote: "Congrats on your new book! Looks like a winner!!!"Thanks, Carol. I'm really looking forward to the release.
Congrats on your new book! Looks like a winner!!!
I owe you an apology. I was writing a comment, then all of a sudden, POOF your "Like" disappeared. I'm very sorry. I appreciate the life. Feel free to re-enter if you don't mind!!!!
Carol wrote: "Howdy James. Got a question for you. By Some chance have you entered my name into the Scottsdale Library. I was so surprised."Hi Carol. No, I didn't. Not sure what you might be referring to.
Howdy James. Got a question for you. By Some chance have you entered my name into the Scottsdale Library. I was so surprised.
Carol wrote: "Have a very Happy New Year! And many happy hours of reading and writing. Best Wishes. Carol"Happy New Year to you too, Carol!
Have a very Happy New Year! And many happy hours of reading and writing. Best Wishes. Carol
Melliott wrote: "James, I have a review of Sue Grafton's Millhone series coming out on my blog on Monday, if you're interested:http://bookadept.com/blog
9:30 Pacific time."
Very nice piece, Melliott.
Melliott wrote: "James, I have a review of Sue Grafton's Millhone series coming out on my blog on Monday, if you're interested:http://bookadept.com/blog
9:30 Pacific time."
Thanks; I'll check it out,
James, I have a review of Sue Grafton's Millhone series coming out on my blog on Monday, if you're interested:http://bookadept.com/blog
9:30 Pacific time.
Carol wrote: "HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!"To you too, Carol.
Ginger wrote: "Thanks James for the friend request!Happy reading!
Ginger"
Thanks, Ginger. Looking forward to reading your reviews.
Thanks James for the friend request!Happy reading!
Ginger
Marty wrote: "Hi James - Thanks for the friend request. I often skip requests from authors, but I saw that I already had your first book on my list, plus I see we have a lot of books in common. I look forward to..."Thanks, Marty; I appreciate it. It's a bit awkward sending friend requests because I know a lot of people are automatically going to think that you're doing it because you're trying to sell books and not because you're genuinely interested in following their reviews. I'm looking forward to seeing your reviews.
Hi James - Thanks for the friend request. I often skip requests from authors, but I saw that I already had your first book on my list, plus I see we have a lot of books in common. I look forward to reading your reviews and books.
Sofia wrote: "Hi James, glad to meet you :D"Looking forward to reading your reviews!
Thanks James, Ingrid, and Bobby. Hope you all are enjoying your new reads. Enjoy!!
Hi William,Sorry the book doesn't seem to be working for you, but I certainly understand that it won't appeal to every reader; peoples' tastes are different.
The more violent chapters are earlier in the book, and there's much less violence of this type in Until Death.
Hope that helps,
Jim
I'm sorry, but how many chapters of sick violence towards victims can I expect from McClain in "No Place to Die"?Can I just skip those chapters without losing the plot?
I'm really trying to like your book, James.
May I ask if this style is repeated in subsequent books?
Carolyn wrote: "Thanks for the friend request James. Thanks also for your 'like' of my review for I Hear the Sirens in the Street. I'm a big fan of Adrian McKinty's work."You're welcome. I'm looking forward to reading more of your reviews.
Thanks for the friend request James. Thanks also for your 'like' of my review for I Hear the Sirens in the Street. I'm a big fan of Adrian McKinty's work.
I'm really looking forward to the new book too, Cindy, although it may be a while before I get to it. My TBR stack is completely out of control. Sandford will be at my local bookstore in a couple of weeks to promote the book and I'm looking forward to the event. He's always a lot of fun.
Thanks for the friendvite! I believe John Sandford, Stephen King, and Carl Hiassen provide a stable foundation for a friendship. I look forward to discussing Golden Prey with you!
Jim wrote: "Thank you for the friend invite James! I enjoyed "Extreme Prey" and am looking forward to the publication of "Golden Prey" later this month."I'm really looking forward to it to. Sandford will be here on the 25th to promote the book; it's always fun to see him.
Thank you for the friend invite James! I enjoyed "Extreme Prey" and am looking forward to the publication of "Golden Prey" later this month.
Carolyn F. wrote: "Thanks for the friend invite James!"You're welcome, Carolyn. I'm looking forward to your reviews.
You're welcome. I enjoy reading them and you've alerted me to several books that I've added to my TBR list. (Of course the list is so long now that I will probably NEVER get to most of the books on it!)
I have been wanting to tell you thank you for reading and liking my reviews. I appreciate that very much!
Ivonne wrote: "Thank you for the Friend request. It's wonderful to meet another fan of Peter Robinson, Lawrence Block, and Barry Maitland."You're welcome, Ivonne--and thanks for accepting it. I'm looking forward to reading your reviews.
Thank you for the Friend request. It's wonderful to meet another fan of Peter Robinson, Lawrence Block, and Barry Maitland.
Tfitoby wrote: "Hey James, are you also Gerri Russell? https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1..."Wow--don't know where that's coming from. I'd better get after GR...
I started following you on Twitter. I'm @joyfulng. :-)
Mona wrote: "Thanks for liking my review of Gone Girl :)"You're welcome. I'm really looking forward to getting to this one.
