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JT Ellison's Reviews

Reviews of JT’s Work

Judas Kiss
Nov.10.2008
Published by Publishers Weekly
Starred Review!!!! Judas Kiss J.T. Ellison. Mira, $6.99 (416p) ISBN 978-0-7783-2629-8 Carefully orchestrated plot twists and engrossing characters combine in Ellison’s explosive...
Sep.01.2008
Published by BookBitch
Lieutenant Taylor Jackson is just days from walking down the aisle when she’s called to the scene of a gruesome murder. Strangely, the MO resembles that of a serial killer who...
Sep.01.2008
Published by Crimespree
14 (Mira) is a twisty creepy and wonderful book from JT Ellison, her second. Nashville thought the terror of the 1980's was over when the Snow White Killer stopped and even sent a...
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Sep.01.2008
14
Published by Romance Reader at Heart
RRAH's THOUGHTS AND PONDERINGS: Top Pick J.T. Ellison rocks! Ms. Ellison's second Taylor Jackson mystery, 14, is right on par with her spectacular debut, ALL THE PRETTY GIRLS....
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Aug.09.2008
14
Published by Merry Go Round Reviews
14 In the 1980s in Nashville, the Snow White Killer murdered ten women who looked similar with their dark hair and the red lipstick painted haphazardly all over their lips. The...
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Sep.01.2008
14
Published by Romantic Times
4 and 1/2 Stars!!! Ellison's second Taylor Jackson story is precisely plotted and crisply written, and there are several effective twists. It's guaranteed to elicit shivers with...
Edited by Lee Child
Mar.05.2008
Published by The New York Sun
When reading mysteries (or maybe anything, for that matter), whether for fun or because it's part of the job (some job!), it's easy to fall into the fuzzy womb of familiarity, a...
Edited by Lee Child
Feb.16.2008
Published by Chicago Tribune
With debut novels from a bumper crop of outstanding new writers last year (including Derek Nikitas, J.T. Ellison, Marc Lecard and Chicago's own Sakey and Sean Chercover), 2007 was...
Edited by Lee Child
Jan.20.2008
Published by The Plain Dealer
I applaud the idea behind the creation of Killer Year, and cheer even more because it's such a success. This anthology of short crime stories (St. Martin's Minotaur, 352 pp., $23...
Edited by Lee Child
Published by Publishers Weekly
"For this impressive crime anthology, bestseller Child (One Shot) has gathered 13 stories by newcomers and three by veterans. Such established writers...
Edited by Lee Child
Published by Kirkus Reviews
"Three of Child’s contributors—Ken Bruen, Allison Brennan and Duane Swierczynski—are seasoned pros, but the collection’s gems come from the 13 members of the younger...
Edited by Lee Child
Published by Library Journal
"Why writers who deal with the dark side of human nature are among the most collegial is a mystery in itself. What is not in doubt, though, is the quality of this...
Published by Nashville City Paper
Although Nashville is the site where all the action occurs in J.T. Ellison’s strong mystery novel All The Pretty Girls, the style, tone, careful thematic development and...
Some Secrets Should Stay Buried
Published by Confessions of an Idiosyncratic Mind
So we come to the last of the Killer Year debut authors with a book out, and J.T. Ellison makes her mark right away. Taylor Jackson and John Baldwin have a believable relationship...
Some Secrets Should Stay Buried
Published by Library Journal
With this debut thriller, Ellison puts her mentoring by Lee Child to good use. A serial killer named the Southern Strangler is making the rounds of several Southern states, and it...