David J. Montgomery writes about authors and books for several of the country's largest newspapers, including the Chicago Sun-Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Boston Globe and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

In the past, he has contributed to such publications as USA Today, the Washington Post, Kansas City Star, Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel and National Review Online.

He recently completed his first novel, a thriller called Counterstrike. He lives in the Washington, DC suburbs with his wife and daughter.

Reviews Written:

Abbott, Jeff - Panic (2005)

Adler, Dick - Dreams of Justice: Mysteries as Social Documents (2005)

Arsenault, Mark - Gravewriter (2006)

Atkins, Ace - Dirty South (2004)

Becka, Elizabeth - Trace Evidence (2005)

Berry, Steve - The Alexandria Link (2007)

Black, Michael A. - Windy City Knights (2004)

Blake, James Carlos - Handsome Harry (2004)

Blanchard, Alice - The Breathtaker (2003)

Bland, Eleanor Taylor - A Dark and Deadly Deception (2005)

Bland, Eleanor Taylor - Fatal Remains (2004)

Block, Lawrence - All the Flowers Are Dying (2005)

Block, Lawrence - Everybody Dies (1998)

Block, Lawrence - Grifter's Game (2004)

Block, Lawrence - Small Town (2003)

Block, Lawrence - The Burglar on the Prowl (2004)

Block, Valerie - None of Your Business (2003)

Born, James O. - Shockwave (2005)

Born, James O. - Walking Money (2004)

Bowen, Rhys - Evanly Bodies (2006)

Box, C. J. - Open Season (2001)

Brewer, Steve - Boost (2004)

Brewer, Steve - Bullets (2003)

Brewer, Steve - Monkey Man (2006)

Bruen, Ken and Jason Starr - Bust (2006)

Cabot, Meg - Size 14 Is Not Fat Either (2006)

Case, Dave - Out of Cabrini (2006)

Chang, Henry - Chinatown Beat (2006)

Chercover, Sean - Big City, Bad Blood (2007)

Child, Lee - One Shot (2005)

Child, Lee - The Hard Way (2006)

Coben, Harlan - No Second Chance (2003)

Coben, Harlan - Promise Me (2006)

Coben, Harlan - The Woods (2007)

Coleman, Reed Farrel - The James Deans (2005)

Collins, Max Allan - Road to Paradise (2005)

Collins, Max Allan - Road to Purgatory (2004)

Compton, Jodi - Sympathy Between Humans (2005)

Conard, Mark T. -- Dark as Night (2004)

Connelly, Michael - Chasing the Dime (2002)

Connelly, Michael - Lost Light (2003)

Connelly, Michael -- The Black Echo (1992)

Cornwell, Patricia - Blowfly (2004)

Cox, Richard - Rift (2004)

Crais, Robert - Hostage (2001)

Crais, Robert - The Forgotten Man (2005)

Crais, Robert - The Watchman (2007)

Cray, David - Little Girl Blue (2001)

Crouch, Blake - Desert Places (2004)

Cruikshank, Jeffrey - Murder at the B-School (2004)

Deaver, Jeffery - Garden of Beasts (2004)

Deaver, Jeffery - The Stone Monkey (2002)

Deaver, Jeffery - The Vanished Man (2003)

Dee, Ed -The Con Man's Daughter (2003)

Dodge, David - The Last Match (2006)

Donohue, John - Deshi (2005)

Donohue, John - Sensei (2003)

Doolittle, Sean - Rain Dogs (2005)

Doolittle, Sean - The Cleanup (2006)

Dunning, John - The Bookman's Promise (2004)

Edwards, Grace F. - The Viaduct (2004)

Eisler, Barry - Hard Rain (2003)

Eisler, Barry - Killing Rain (2005)

Eisler, Barry - Rain Fall (2002)

Eisler, Barry - Rain Storm (2004)

Eisler, Barry - The Last Assassin (2006)

Evanovich, Janet - Metro Girl (2004)

Evanovich, Janet - Visions of Sugar Plums (2002)

Ferrigno, Robert - Flinch (2001)

Ferrigno, Robert - Prayers for the Assassin (2006)

Ferrigno, Robert - The Wake-Up (2004)

Finder, Joseph - Company Man (2005)

Fleming, Charles - After Havana (2004)

Flinn, Elaine - Deadly Collection (2005)

Flinn, Elaine - Deadly Vintage (2007)

Flinn, Elaine - Dealing in Murder (2003)

Flinn, Elaine - Tagged for Murder (2004)

Ford, G.M. - A Blind Eye (2003)

Fusilli, Jim - Hard, Hard City (2004)

Gadziola, Rick - Drawing Dead (2006)

Garber, Joseph R. - Whirlwind (2004)

Gaylin, Alison - Trashed (2007)

Gerritsen, Tess - The Mephisto Club (2006)

Gerritsen, Tess - Vanish (2005)

Gimenez, Mark - The Color of Law (2005)

Gischler, Victor - Shotgun Opera (2006)

Gischler, Victor - Suicide Squeeze (2005)

Grady, James - Mad Dogs (2006)

Grippando, James - Last to Die (2003)

Hamilton, Denise - Last Lullaby (2004)

Hamilton, Denise - Savage Garden (2005)

Hamilton, Denise - The Jasmine Trade (2001)

Hamilton, Steve - A Cold Day in Paradise (1998)

Hamilton, Steve - Blood Is the Sky (2003)

Hamilton, Steve - Ice Run (2004)

Harrington, Kent - Red Jungle (2005)

Hawke, Richard - Speak of the Devil (2006)

Hawley, Philip Jr. - Stigma (2007)

Hellmann, Libby Fischer - An Image of Death (2004)

Hill, Joe - Heart-Shaped Box (2007)

Hill, Sam - Buzz Riff (2004)

Hillhouse, Raelynn - Rift Zone (2004)

Hirahara, Naomi - Snakeskin Shamisen (2006)

Hurwitz, Gregg - Last Shot (2006)

Hurwitz, Gregg - The Program (2004)

Hyzy, Julie - Artistic License (2004)

Ignatius, David - Body of Lies (2007)

Jacobs, Jonnie - Intent to Harm (2004)

Jacobs, Jonnie - The Only Suspect (2005)

Kent, Bill - Street Fighter (2005)

Kerley, Jack - The Hundredth Man (2004)

King, Jonathon - Shadown Men (2004)

King, Stephen - The Colorado Kid (2005)

Klein, Matthew - Con Ed (2007)

Konrath, J.A. - Blood Mary (2005)

Konrath, J.A. - Whiskey Sour (2004)

Koontz, Dean - Forever Odd (2005)

Koontz, Dean - Life Expectancy (2004)

Koontz, Dean - Odd Thomas (2003)

Koontz, Dean - The Face (2003)

Koontz, Dean - Velocity (2005)

Kozak, Harley Jane - Dating Dead Men (2004)

Kozak, Harley Jane - Dating is Murder (2005)

Krich, Rochelle - Dream House (2004)

Krueger, William Kent - Blood Hollow (2004)

Lankford, Terrill Lee - Earthquake Weather (2004)

Lecard, Marc - Vinnie's Head (2006)

Lescroart, John - The Suspect (2007)

Levine, Paul - Solomon vs. Lord (2005)

Lindsay, Jeff - Darkly Dreaming Dexter (2004)

Lippman, Laura (ed.) - Baltimore Noir (2006)

Lippman, Laura - By a Spider's Thread (2004)

Lippman, Laura - To the Power of Three (2005)

Lippman, Laura - What the Dead Know (2007)

Lutz, John - Fear The Night (2005)

Lynds, Gayle - The Altman Code (2003)

Lynds, Gayle - The Coil (2004)

Maleeny, Tim - Stealing the Dragon (2007)

Martinez, Michele - The Finishing School (2006)

Massey, Sujata - The Typhoon Lover (2005)

McMahon, Neil - Revolution No. 9 (2005)

Merkel, Earl - Dirty Fire (2003)

Mooney, Chris - Remembering Sarah (2004)

Morrell, David - Creepers (2005)

Mosley, Walter - Bad Boy Brawly Brown (2002)

Mosley, Walter - Fear of the Dark (2006)

Nelscott, Kris - Stone Cribs (2004)

Olson, Karen E. - Sacred Cows (2005)

Olson, Karen E. - Secondhand Smoke (2006)

Parker, Barbara - The Perfect Fake (2006)

Parker, I.J. - Black Arrow (2006)

Parker, Robert B. - Death in Paradise (2001)

Parker, Robert B. - Widow's Walk (2002)

Parker, T. Jefferson - California Girl (2004)

Parker, T. Jefferson - Silent Joe (2001)

Parker, T. Jefferson - Storm Runners (2007)

Parrish, P.J. - An Unquiet Grave (2006)

Patterson, James - Mary, Mary (2005)

Patterson, James - The Big Bad Wolf (2003)

Pelecanos, George - Drama City (2005)

Pelecanos, George - The Night Gardener (2006)

Phelan, Twist - Spurred Ambition (2006)

Phillips, Gary - Bangers (2003)

Reardon, Lisa - The Mercy Killers (2004)

Reilly, Matthew - Seven Deadly Wonders (2005)

Reuland, Rob - Semiautomatic (2004)

Richards, Linda L. - The Next Ex (2005)

Roberge, Rob - More Than They Could Chew (2005)

Robotham, Michael - Suspect (2005)

Rose, M.J. - The Delilah Complex (2006)

Rose, M.J. - The Venus Fix (2006)

Rowe, Sean - Fever (2005)

Rucka, Greg - A Gentleman's Game (2004)

Rucka, Greg - Private Wars (2005)

Sakey, Marcus - The Blade Itself (2007)

Sallis, James - Cripple Creek (2006)

Sallis, James - Drive (2005)

Sandford, John - Naked Prey (2003)

Schaffer, Dylan - Misdemeanor Man (2004)

Schutz, Benjamin M. - The Mongol Reply (2004)

Schwegel, Theresa - Officer Down (2005)

Shannon, Ray - Firecracker (2004)

Silva, Daniel - A Death in Vienna (2004)

Simon, Clea - Cattery Row (2006)

Simon, Clea - Mew is for Murder (2005)

Slaughter, Karin - A Faint Cold Fear (2003)

Slaughter, Karin - Triptych (2006)

Smiley, Patricia - Cover Your Assets (2005)

Spencer-Fleming, Julia - All Mortal Flesh (2006)

Spencer-Fleming, Julia - Out of the Deep I Cry (2004)

Spencer-Fleming, Julia - To Darkness and to Death (2005)

Spinosa, Tony - Hose Monkey (2006)

Stark, Richard - Nobody Runs Forever (2004)

Swierczynski, Duane - Secret Dead Men (2005)

Swierczynski, Duane - The Wheelman (2005)

Thomas, Ross - Ah, Treachery! (1994)

Thomas, Ross - Chinaman's Chance (1978)

Thomas, Ross - If You Can't Be Good (1973)

Thomas, Ross - Twilight at Mac's Place (1990)

Tracy, P.J. - Live Bait (2004)

Tracy, P.J. - Monkeewrench (2003)

Trevanian - Shibumi (1979)

Vachss, Andrew - Pain Management (2001)

Walker, David J. - All the Dead Fathers (2005)

Wambaugh, Joseph - Hollywood Station (2006)

Westlake, Donald E. - Money for Nothing (2003)

Westlake, Donald E. - The Ax (1997)

White, Dave - When One Man Dies (2007)

White, Kate - Over Her Dead Body (2005)