Books by David Lawrence and Complete Book Reviews
David Lawrence, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-312-32880-1
In British author Lawrence's gory, gripping follow-up to his well-received debut, The Dead Sit Round in a Ring
(2004), series heroine Det. Stella Mooney must solve a series of sadistic murders. Young London women are being stripped, bound,...
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David Lawrence. Broadbound, $5.99 e-book (258p) ISBN 978-1-7377233-4-9
Lawrence (Hugh: A Hero without a Novel) offers a poignant coming-of-age story about a sex worker in 1771 London. William Dempsey, 18, has nowhere to go, having been caught stealing from clients at Marathon Moll, the bawdyhouse where he proudly...
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David Lawrence, Author, Trisha Ashley, Author Thomas Dunne Books $23.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-312-32712-5
Rough dialogue, intricate plotting and cascading suspense mark British author Lawrence's excellent debut, in which four bodies are found sitting almost casually in a circle in a nondescript London flat: three are suicides, the fourth is stabbed...
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David Lawrence, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne $23.95 (448p) ISBN 978-0-312-34741-3
British author Lawrence's third police procedural to feature Det. Stella Mooney (after 2005's Nothing Like the Night
) offers some new wrinkles on the serial killer theme. Mooney, an attractive and fearless officer who wrestles with the...
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David Lawrence, Author . St. Martin’s Minotaur/Dunne $24.95 (282p) ISBN 978-0-312-34742-0
While Lawrence, a notable British poet, is still largely unknown to American fans of police procedurals, that should change with his successful fourth outing featuring London detective Stella Mooney (after 2006’s Cold Kill
). Mooney takes on a
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David Lawrence, Author Da Capo Press $25 (208p) ISBN 978-0-7382-0753-7
Written by the former CEO of the nonprofit health-care organization Kaiser Permanente, this book makes the case for a humane version of managed care that operates under a collaborative model. Lawrence describes how, despite the goodwill of medical...
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