S.J. Rozan

Winter And Night (2003)

The novel conducts a perfect blitz down the center to a touchdown, helped by a strong zigzagging strategy. It's not a blowout, regretfully. Injuries are many and the field is littered with defeated players from both teams.Private detective Bill Smith dominates the defense in this outing, shuttin...

Stone Quarry (2001)

Concourse (1996)

Mandarin Plaid (1997)

China Trade (1995)

Like many mystery/detective novels China Trade reads easily and quickly. Weighing in at just over 260 pages, it is short enough to read in a sitting or two, but long enough to develop its characters and plot while holding the reader’s attention. As first novels go, it is a very good one.Because i...

In this Rain (2007)

No Colder Place (1998)

Absent Friends (2005)

This book is very different structurally and thematically from most of Rozan's novels. Not part of the Chin/Smith series.The story revolves around the lives of seven friends — three girls and four boys — who grew up together in the community of Pleasant Hills (think Pleasantville as in the movie)...

The Shanghai Moon (2009)