Books by J. A. Konrath and Complete Book Reviews
Jack Kilborn and J. A. Konrath, read by MacLeod Andrews. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, seven CDs, 8.5 hrs., $19.99 ISBN 978-1-4558-1171-7
Kilborn/Konrath (they are actually the same person) delivers 26 stories that provide a good mixture of the macabre and horrific humor that listeners will find reliably enjoying. Some stories are truly suspenseful, such as “Symbios” and “Forgiveness,”
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J. A. Konrath, Author . Hyperion $22.95 (307p) ISBN 978-1-4013-0089-0
Konrath's predictable sequel to Whiskey Sour
(2004) is no more original than its predecessor. When two arms, sans body, turn up at a Chicago morgue, Det. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels is surprised to discover that the mysterious limbs are...
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J. A. Konrath, Author . Hyperion $23.95 (289p) ISBN 978-1-4013-0088-3
Konrath's third outing to feature Chicago police lieutenant Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels, like its predecessors, Whiskey Sour
and Bloody Mary
, offers violent thrills peppered with hilarious one-liners. Jack's receipt of an anonymous...
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J. A. Konrath, Author . Hyperion $23.95 (292p) ISBN 978-1-4013-0279-5
K
onrath’s fourth drink-inspired mystery to feature Lt. Jacqueline “Jack” Daniels (after 2006’s Rusty Nail
) is a particularly potent mix of equal parts mirth and mayhem with a dash of sex and a twist (or two) of plot. When...
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J. A. Konrath, Author . Hyperion $23.95 (271p) ISBN 978-1-4013-0280-1
Lt. Jack Daniels of the Chicago PD has been in tight spots before, but she's never been in a bloodbath like the one in her over-the-top fifth outing (after 2007's Dirty Martini
). Pitted against one of her deadliest enemies plus three...
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J. A. Konrath, Author . Hyperion $23.99 (290p) ISBN 978-1-4013-0281-8
At the start of Konrath’s brisk and breezy sixth Jack Daniels mystery, the guilt-ridden Chicago cop, who’s attending the funeral of a loved one, takes a call from Alexandra Kork, the sadistic psychopath who did in the loved one at the...
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J.A. Konrath, read by Luke Daniels. Brilliance Audio, unabridged, six CDs, 7.5 hours, $19.99 ISBN 978-1-4558-1159-5%E2%80%A8
In Konrath's latest Jack Daniels thrill- er, Tequila Abernathy is a collector for lo- cal bookie "Marty the Maniac," who al- ways manages to get along with his vola- tile boss. That is, until several million dollars of Marty's money go missing and...
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J. A. Konrath, Author, Joe Konrath, Author . St. Martin's Minotaur/ Dunne $23.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4013-0087-6
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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J. A. Konrath, Author, Susie Breck, Read by, Dick Hill, Read by , read by Susie Breck and Dick Hill. Brilliance Audio $32.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-59355-496-5
The audio of Konrath's latest Lt. Jacqueline Daniels ("Jack" to her fellow drinkers in the Chicago police establishment) is a veritable bargain. Not only do listeners get two actors instead of the customary solitary voice doing both...
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J. A. Konrath, Author, Susie Breck, Read by, Dick Hill, Read by , read by Susie Breck and Dick Hill. Brilliance Audio $29.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-4233-1244-4
A pair of gifted, award-winning readers make the audio version of Konrath's fourth mystery to feature Lt. Jack Daniels a rare, funny and very exciting listening experience. While Jack (short for Jacqueline) copes with problems in her private...
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