Philip R. Craig, Author Scribner Book Company $18.95 (211p) ISBN 978-0-684-19122-5
Retired cop J. W. Jackson, the protagonist of this debut mystery,is it okay to use `mystery' in the section entitled such? also at end of this review and last review. Why not? is a passionate fisherman, an enthusiastic cook and appreciative gourmand,
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Philip R. Craig, Author Scribner Book Company $20.5 (288p) ISBN 978-0-684-19718-0
Retired Boston cop J.W. Jackson and his wife, Zee, are back for their eighth Martha's Vineyard mystery (following Death on a Vineyard Beach, 1996). When J.W. befriends a teenage girl, he finds she's even more trouble than the average adolescent. In...
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Philip R. Craig, Author Scribner Book Company $20.5 (0p) ISBN 978-0-684-19717-3
Craig's Martha's Vineyard mysteries chart the fishing, sleuthing, culinary and amorous adventures of retired (on disability) Boston cop, J.W. Jackson. Here, following A Case of Vineyard Poison, Jackson and Zee Madieras, whom he has long pursued,...
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Philip R. Craig, Author Avon Books $4.99 (0p) ISBN 978-0-380-71536-7
Set like his previous effort on Martha's Vineyard, Craig's second entertaining mystery serves up bluefish and adultery spiced with academic jealousy and local lore. (June)
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Philip R. Craig, Author Scribner Book Company $24 (242p) ISBN 978-0-7432-7044-1
In Craig's delightful 17th Martha's Vineyard mystery (after 2005's Vineyard Prey), ex-Boston cop J.W. Jackson once again displays his knack for stumbling on dead bodies. This time he finds a human hand sticking out of a sand trap on a Vineyard golf...
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Philip R. Craig, Author Scribner Book Company $23 (224p) ISBN 978-0-684-83455-9
Despite a propitious start, Craig's latest offering in the Vineyard series soon degrades into a dull tale hampered by cardboard characters and a simplistic plot. Former Boston cop J.W. Jackson, the easy-going narrator, is surprised and pleased to...
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Philip R. Craig, Author Scribner Book Company $22 (224p) ISBN 978-0-684-85544-8
Instead of taking it easy now that the tourist season is over, year-round Martha's Vineyard resident and handyman J.W. Jackson, who's a retired cop, comes to the aid of a starlet in distress in this tenth in a series (A Shoot on Martha's Vineyard,...
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Philip R. Craig, Author Scribner Book Company $22 (288p) ISBN 978-0-684-83454-2
Movie-making and murder interrupt the laid-back island life of J.W. Jackson, former cop, occasional detective and new father. In his ninth outing (following A Deadly Vineyard Holiday, 1997), J.W. signs on as driver-guide for a Hollywood location...
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Philip R. Craig, Author Scribner Book Company $20 (256p) ISBN 978-0-684-19616-9
Reading the sixth Vineyard mystery starring ex-cop J.W. Jackson and nurse Zee Madeiras, his fiancee, is like spending a day at the beach with close, bantering friends. One weekend, Zee's ATM spits out a receipt that shows her bank account is $100,000
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Philip R. Craig, Author Scribner Book Company $20 (288p) ISBN 978-0-684-19617-6
As fisherman/sleuth J. W. Jackson gets increasingly adept in the kitchen, this Martha's Vineyard series brings Martha Stewart to mind, but the fun remains as Jackson proves he can still finger a murderer as deftly as he opens oysters. At issue here...
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Philip R. Craig, Author Gale Cengage $17.95 (215p) ISBN 978-0-684-19228-4
Bluefish and adultery, infused with sun and sea and spiced with academic jealousy and local lore, are served up in Craig's second entertaining mystery set in Martha's Vineyard and featuring the agreeable Boston-cop-turned-fisherman, J. W. Jackson....
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Philip R. Craig, Author . Scribner $24 (256p) ISBN 978-0-684-85545-5
Mundane domestic activities play as big a part as duplicitous drug dealers or menacing mobsters in Craig's latest leisurely Vineyard mystery (after 2000's Vineyard Blues) featuring ex-Boston cop J.W. Jackson. When two brutes from South...
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Philip R. Craig, Author . Scribner $24 (239p) ISBN 978-1-4165-3558-4
Craig's final Martha's Vineyard mystery (after 2007's Vineyard Stalker
), completed just before his death last spring, offers all the familiar pleasures his fans have come to relish—a swift-moving plot, appealing characters and beautifully...
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Philip R. Craig, Author . Scribner $24 (239p) ISBN 978-0-7432-7045-8
Secret love affairs and real estate schemes drive Craig's lively 18th Martha's Vineyard mystery featuring retired Boston cop J.W. Jackson (after 2006's Dead in Vineyard Sand
). While J.W.'s kids and wife, Zee, are off-island, Zee'
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Philip R. Craig, Author . Scribner $24 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7432-4677-4
Set in December during scallop season, Craig's cleverly plotted 16th Martha's Vineyard mystery to feature flip, fast-talking retired Boston cop J.W. Jackson (after 2004's Vineyard Mansion
) opens with the arrival on the island of...
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Philip R. Craig, Author . Scribner $24 (272p) ISBN 978-0-7432-4676-7
Set in early June, before the hordes of vacationers descend, Craig's 15th Martha's Vineyard mystery (after 2003's A Vineyard Killing
) arrives just in time for the beach. The Vineyard crime scene is a tad slow: a jail prisoner escapes...
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Philip R. Craig, Author . Scribner $24 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7432-0524-5
This absorbing yarn, the 14th in Craig's series set on Martha's Vineyard, portrays an island unknown to most visitors, cold and raw with a March wind biting instead of fish. Retired Boston policeman and part-time PI J.W. Jackson and his wife,
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Philip R. Craig, Author . Scribner $24 (256p) ISBN 978-0-7432-0523-8
Former Boston cop J.W. Jackson searches for two ancient soapstone eagles allegedly stolen from African ruins, as well as for clues to his wife Zee's sudden detachment, in Craig's latest Vineyard mystery, a livelier, more original tale than...
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Philip R. Craig, Author, William G. Tapply, Author . Scribner $24 (323p) ISBN 978-1-4165-3256-9
Two fine mystery writers team up for the third and last time (after Second Sight and First Light), with their series heroes swapping chapters and stories seamlessly. Tapply’s Boston lawyer, Brady Coyne, responds to an anguished call for help...
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Philip R. Craig, Author, William G. Tapply, Author . Scribner $24 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7432-6067-1
Boston lawyer Brady Coyne and retired cop J.W. Jackson uncover more mischief on the tourist-mecca island of Martha's Vineyard in Craig and Tapply's second collaborative outing (after 2002's First Light
). Coyne traces a runaway teenage...
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Philip R. Craig, Author, William G. Tapply, Joint Author . Scribner $24 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7432-2208-2
Two veteran writers who know Martha's Vineyard well bring together Boston lawyer Brady Coyne and former cop J.W. Jackson in a slow-paced but ultimately satisfying crime drama set on the island after the summer season has ended. When tough...
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