Kevin Burton Smith is a reviewer for Deadly Pleasures Mystery Magazine, a noted critic and webmaster of The Thrilling Detective website.

HOLLY, by Stephen King
THE SECOND MURDERER, Denise Mina
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MATTHEW SCUDDER, Lawrence Block
THE RUNNING GRAVE, Robert Galbraith
LAST SEEN IN LAPAZ, Kwei Quartey
A DEATH IN DENMARK, Amulya Maladi
DEATH OF A DANCING QUEEN, by Kimberly G. Giarratano
BAD INFLUENCE; by Alison Gaylin
ODYSSEY’S END, by Matt Coyle
TOO MANY BULLETS; by Max Allan Collins

Graphic Novel and Comic
HOMICIDE: THE GRAPHIC NOVEL, PARTS 1 & 2; by David Simon and Philippe Squarzoni (First Second).
GOTHAM CITY: YEAR ONE, Tom King & Philip Hester (DC Comics)