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100 Bulletsby Brian Azzarello, Eduardo RissoISBN 1563899485 (1-56389-948-5)
Softcover, Dc Comics
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Albert Camus's the Strangerby Harold BloomISBN 0791059286 (0-7910-5928-6)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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The Black Echoby Michael ConnellyISBN 0316153613 (0-316-15361-3)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Black Echo'Book summary:For LAPD homicide cop Harry Bosch -- hero, maverick, nighthawk -- the body in the drainpipe at Mulholland Dam is more than another anonymous statistic. This one is personal.
The dead man, Billy Meadows, was a fellow Vietnam "tunnel rat" who fought side by side with him in a nightmare underground war that brought them to the depths of hell. Now, Bosch is about to relive the horror of Nam. From a dangerous maze of blind alleys to a daring criminal heist beneath the city to the tortuous link that must be uncovered, his survival instincts will once again be tested to their limit.
Joining with an enigmatic and seductive female FBI agent, pitted against enemies inside his own department, Bosch must make the agonizing choice between justice and vengeance, as he tracks down a killer whose true face will shock him. [via] -
Blood Workby Michael ConnellyISBN 0316153990 (0-316-15399-0)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Company
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood Work'Book summary:Michael Connelly has been attracting fans by the droves with his hard-boiled, edgy thrillers. A former crime reporter for the Los Angeles Times, Connelly combines a poet's ear for language with a deep understanding of the criminal mind to create dark, dramatic stories that raise the thriller genre to a new level.
In Blood Work, Connelly introduces a new character, Terry McCaleb, who was a top man at the FBI until a heart ailment forced his early retirement. Now he lives a quiet life, nursing his new heart and restoring the boat on which he lives in Los Angeles Harbor. Although he isn't looking for any excitement, when Graciela Rivers asks him to investigate her sister Gloria's death, her story hooks him immediately: the new heart beating in McCaleb's chest is Gloria's.
As McCaleb investigates the evidence in the case, the suspected randomness of the crime gives way to an unsettling suspicion of a twisted intelligence behind the murder. Soon McCaleb finds himself on the trail of a killer more horrifying than anything he ever encountered before. [via]
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Blossomby Andrew VachssISBN 0804107513 (0-8041-0751-3)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blossom'Book summary:Two things bring Burke from New York to Indiana: a frantic call from an old cell mate named Virgil and a serial sniper whose twisted passion is to pick off couples on lovers' lane. Virgil's nephew is the innocent prime suspect, and Burke vows to find the real killer by any means necessary. And then comes Blossom. Slim, gorgeous, brilliant. She's got a heated interest in the murders . . . and in Burke. [via]
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Blue Belleby Andrew VachssISBN 0394572289 (0-394-57228-9)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes IIby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 1425008240 (1-4250-0824-0)
Softcover, ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Case Book of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:With an Introduction by David Stuart Davies. Doctor Watson, Mr Sherlock Holmes. The most famous introduction in the history of crime fiction takes place in Arthur Conan Doyle s A Study in Scarlet, bringing together Sherlock Holmes, the master of science detection, and John H. Watson, the great detective s faithful chronicler. This novel not only establishes the magic of the Holmes myth but also provides the reader with a dramatic adventure yarn which ranges from the foggy, gas-lit streets of London to the burning plains of Utah. The Sign of the Four, the second Holmes novel, presents the detective with one of his greatest challenges. The theft of the Agra treasure in India forms a catalyst for treachery, deceit and murder. With these two classic novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four, you have the brilliant foundation of the Sherlock Holmes canon. Reading pleasure rarely comes any finer. [via]
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Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc - The Casebook of Sherlock Holmes II: ISBN 1905432585 (1-905432-58-5)
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Cat Among the Pigeonsby Agatha ChristieISBN 0061002844 (0-06-100284-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat Among the Pigeons'Book summary:Published in 45 languages, Agatha Christie's worldwide popularity is phenomenal, her characters engaging, her plots spellbinding. The very exclusive Meadowbank School has never been more assured of success when the summer term begins--until their gym mistress is found murdered. [via]
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Close to Homeby Peter RobinsonISBN 0061031097 (0-06-103109-7)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Close to Home'Book summary:As a teenager in 1965, Chief Inspector Alan Banks was traumatized by the disappearance of his best friend, Graham Marshall. When Graham's decayed bones are discovered 40 years later, those old demons are reawakened. At the same time, Banks is heading a probe into the apparent kidnapping and murder of another troubled teenager, Luke Armitage. The Summer That Never Was, the latest in Peter Robinson's bestselling, Arthur Ellis Award-winning Inspector Banks series (Aftermath, Cold Is the Grave), explores the two cases in parallel, and the reader eagerly waits to discover their possible connection.
Unlike many thriller writers, Robinson doesn't rely on terse prose to fuel the narrative. His smooth style is colourfully descriptive and easy to relax into. Think of it as the equivalent of sipping a pint on the patio of an English pub, one of Banks's favourite occupations. As the suspense builds and the plot takes as many twists and turns as a road through the Yorkshire dales, Robinson is not afraid to detour into further character development, whether it's the tense relationship between Banks and his father or the ongoing grief of his new colleague, D.I. Michelle Hart.
Robinson, raised in Yorkshire but based in Toronto, has sometimes been compared to Ian Rankin, who actually contributes a quote on this book's dust jacket. The two share an ability to evoke time and place with real eloquence, and each writer loves to mix in musical references to help define their characters. Robinson does this very freely here, and with real accuracy. From '60s crooner Val Doonican through dead cult heroes Nick Drake and Ian Curtis to current singer-songwriters Nick Lowe and David Gray (two of Banks's faves), he never misses a beat. Similarly, his cultural references to the England of both the mid-'60s and the present day are spot-on. The Summer That Never Was is the 13th Inspector Banks novel, but there's nothing unlucky about it. Any lover of well-written detective thrillers will feel fortunate to encounter it. --Kerry Doole [via]
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The Complete Father Brownby G. K. ChestertonISBN 014009766X (0-14-009766-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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D Is for Deadbeatby Sue GraftonISBN 0312939027 (0-312-93902-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Dain Curseby Dashiell HammettISBN 0893406066 (0-89340-606-6)
Softcover, J. Curley
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Death of an Expert Witnessby P. D. JamesISBN 1417617543 (1-4176-1754-3)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Destination: Morgue! L.A. Talesby James EllroyISBN 1400032873 (1-4000-3287-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Destination: Morgue! L.A. Tales'Book summary:Dig. The Demon Dog gets down with a new book of scenes from Americas capital of kink: Los Angeles. Fourteen pieces, some fiction, some nonfiction, all true enough to be admissible as states evidence, and half of it in print for the first time. And every one of them bearing the James Ellroy brand of mayhem, machismo, and hollow-nose prose.
Here are Mexican featherweights and unsolved-murder vics, crooked cops and a very clean D.A. Here is a profile of Hollywoods latest celebrity perp-walker, Robert Blake, and three new novellas featuring a demented detective with an obsession with a Hollywood actress. And, oh yes, just maybe the last appearance of Hush-Hush sleaze-monger Danny Getchell. Heres Ellroy himself, shining a 500-watt Mag light into all the dark places of his life and imagination. Destination: Morgue! puts the readers attention in a hammerlock and refuses to let go.
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Drama Cityby George P. PelecanosISBN 0316608211 (0-316-60821-1)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Drama City'Book summary:The real test of an author's skill is sometimes to be found not in an unusually conceived work, but in his or her ability to create a consuming tale out of what, in outline form, might sound like an all-too-familiar or mundane plot line. In another novelist's hands, for instance, Drama City might have been a perfectly serviceable but regrettably unmemorable story of redemption and revenge set in the grittier districts of Washington, D.C. But with George Pelecanos at the reins, it becomes a poignant, profound yarn about men--the good, the bad, and the still undecided--trying to find their footing amid the centrifugal forces at play in a modern inner city.
Pelecanos's first standalone after four consecutive novels starring private eye Derek Strange (including Soul Circus and Hard Revolution), Drama City introduces Lorenzo Brown, a young, black onetime criminal enforcer who's recently returned to the streets after doing eight years in prison on a felony drug charge. Crime and criminals had always been fundamental to Lorenzo's existence. ("Y'all know how that is. I ran with some boys, one in particular, and when those boys and my main boy went down to the corner I went with 'em. They were my people, the closest thing I ever had to male kin.") Since his release, though, he's been serving as a Humane Law Enforcement Officer with the Humane Society, protecting animals from the panoply of domestic cruelty, trying to leave both the drugs and the thugs behind. This attitude has won him a few champions, notably Rachel Lopez, his striking half-Jewish, half-Latina probation officer and friend, who spends her days "telling other people that they need to stay on track," but then goes off the rails at night, haunting hotel bars, picking up inappropriate guys, always frightened by the idea of a relationship "where she was not in complete control." Of course, these delicate balances of individual behavior are only possible in the absence of the unexpected. When a seemingly inconsequential mistake incites a lethal turf battle between rival gang bosses Nigel Johnson and Deacon Taylor, and Rachel is stabbed in the chest by a volatile, hopped-up gunman, Lorenzo finds his killer instincts returning to the fore. He must decide how far he's willing to go--and how much he's willing to lose--in order to exact retribution.
A simple plot on its face, yet given high stakes and a heroic edge by Pelecanos's portrayal of Brown as a man-in-progress struggling to secure his liberty from the past, helped along by his unexpectedly sympathetic former boss, childhood friend Nigel Johnson. Less satisfyingly rendered is Lopez, whose acrobatic swings to the wild side provide merely arousing diversions, without adequate character development. Bearing soul as well as teeth, Drama City gives off the air of a Greek tragedy. You know things are going to get bad before they turn worse, but Pelecanos keeps you riveted throughout. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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E Is for Evidenceby Sue GraftonISBN 0312939035 (0-312-93903-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'E Is for Evidence'Book summary:[via]Being a twice-divorced, happily independent loner has worked like a charm for P.I. Kinsey Millhoneuntil holiday weekends like this one roll around. What she needs is a little diversion to ward off the blues. She gets her much-needed distraction with a case that places her career on the line. And if that isnt enough to keep her busy, her ex-husband, who walked out on her eight years ago, pops back on the radar...
It all begins with a $5,000 deposit made into Kinseys bank account. Problem is shes not the one who deposited the money. But when shes accused of being on the take in an industrial arson case, Kinsey realizes someone is framing her&
Now Kinseys working for herself. But with new evidenceand corpsessurfacing around her, shes going to have to act quickly to clear her name before she loses her career, her reputationand quite possibly her life&More editions of E Is for Evidence:
El Extranjeroby Albert CamusISBN 9500423693 (950-04-2369-3)
Softcover, Planeta Pub Corp
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Elephants Can Rememberby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816160864 (0-8161-6086-4)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall
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The Familyby Ed SandersISBN 1560253967 (1-56025-396-7)
Softcover, Thunder's Mouth Pr
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Hell to Payby George P. PelecanosISBN 0316695068 (0-316-69506-8)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Hollywood Nocturnesby James EllroyISBN 1883402549 (1-883402-54-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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In The Company Of Cheerful Ladiesby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0375422714 (0-375-42271-4)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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In the Company of Cheerful Ladies : More from the Bestselling Author of the No. 1 Ladie's Detective Agencyby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0375433597 (0-375-43359-7)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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In the Electric Mist With Confederate Deadby James Lee BurkeISBN 1562828827 (1-56282-882-7)
Hardcover, Hyperion Books
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The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Townby John GrishamISBN 0385517238 (0-385-51723-8)
Hardcover, Doubleday
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Innocent Man: Murder and Injustice in a Small Town'Book summary:John Grisham tackles nonfiction for the first time with The Innocent Man, a true tale about murder and injustice in a small town (that reads like one of his own bestselling novels). The Innocent Man chronicles the story of Ron Williamson, how he was arrested and charged with a crime he did not commit, how his case was (mis)handled and how an innocent man was sent to death row. Grisham's first work of nonfiction is shocking, disturbing, and enthralling--a must read for fiction and nonfiction fans. We had the opportunity to talk with John Grisham about the case and the book, read his responses below. --Daphne Durham
20 Second Interview: A Few Words with John Grisham
Q: After almost two decades of writing fiction, what compelled you to write non-fiction, particularly investigative journalism?
A: I was never tempted to write non-fiction, primarily because it's too much work. However, obviously, I love a good legal thriller, and the story of Ron Williamson has all the elements of a great suspenseful story.
Q: Why this case?
A: Ron Williamson and I are about the same age and we both grew up in small towns in the south. We both dreamed of being major league baseball players. Ron had the talent, I did not. When he left a small town in 1971 to pursue his dreams of major league glory, many thought he would be the next Mickey Mantle, the next great one from the state of Oklahoma. The story of Ron ending up on Death Row and almost being executed for a murder he did not commit was simply too good to pass up.
Q: How did you go about your research?
A: I started with his family. Ron is survived by two sisters who took care of him for most of his life. They gave me complete access to the family records, photographs, Ron's mental health records, and so on. There was also a truckload of trial transcripts, depositions, appeals, etc., that took about 18 months to organize and review. Many of the characters in the story are still alive and I traveled to Oklahoma countless times to interview them.
Q: Did your training as a lawyer help you?
A: Very much so. It enabled me to understand the legal issues involved in Ron's trial and his appeals. It also allowed me, as it always does, to be able to speak the language with lawyers and judges.
Q: Throughout your book you mention, The Dreams of Ada: A True Story of Murder, Obsession, and a Small Town. How did you come across that book, and how did it impact your writing The Innocent Man?
A: Several of the people in Oklahoma I met mentioned The Dreams of Ada to me, and I read it early on in the process. It is an astounding book, a great example of true crime writing, and I relied upon it heavily during my research. Robert Mayer, the author, was completely cooperative, and kept meticulous notes from his research 20 years earlier. Many of the same characters are involved in his story and mine.
Q: You take on some pretty controversial and heated topics in your book--the death penalty, prisoners rights, DNA analysis, police conduct, and more--were any of your own beliefs challenged by this story and its outcome?
A: None were challenged, but my eyes were open to the world of wrongful convictions. Even as a former criminal defense attorney, I had never spent much time worrying about wrongful convictions. But, unfortunately, they happen all the time in this country, and with increasing frequency.
Q: So many of the key players in this case are either still in office or practicing attorneys. Many family members and friends still live in the same small town. How do you think The Innocent Man will impact this community and other small rural towns as they struggle with the realities of the justice system?
A: Exonerations seem to be happening weekly. And with each one of them, the question is asked--how can an innocent man be convicted and kept in prison for 20 years? My book is the story of only one man, but it is a good example of how things can go terribly wrong with our judicial system. I have no idea how the book will be received in the small town of Ada, Oklahoma, or any other town.
Q: What do you hope your readers will take away from The Innocent Man?
A: A better understanding of how innocent people can be convicted, and a greater concern for the need to reimburse and rehabilitate innocent men after they have been released.
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J Is for Judgmentby Sue GraftonISBN 0805019359 (0-8050-1935-9)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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Killer on the Roadby James EllroyISBN 038080896X (0-380-80896-X)
Softcover, Perennial Pr
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Killer on the Road/Former Title Silent Terrorby James EllroyISBN 0380899345 (0-380-89934-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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L Etrangerby Albert CamusISBN 207030602X (2-07-030602-X)
Softcover, Gallimard
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L Etranger'Book summary:185 pages. Imprimé en Belgique. [via]
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Last Bus to Woodstockby Colin DexterISBN 0804114900 (0-8041-1490-0)
Softcover, Ivy Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last Bus to Woodstock'Book summary:"[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot."
--The New York Times Book Review
"YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MORSE UNTIL YOU'VE READ
HIM. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS Mystery! anthology series should welcome the deeper character development in Dexter's novels."
--Chicago Sun-Times
Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia's bludgeoned body is found outside a pub in Woodstock, near Oxford. Morse is sure the other hitchhiker can tell him much of what he needs to know. But his confidence is shaken by the cool inscrutability of the girl he's certain was Sylvia's companion on that ill-fated September evening. Shrewd as Morse is, he's also distracted by the complex scenarios that the murder set in motion among Sylvia's girlfriends and their Oxford playmates. To grasp the painful truth, and act upon it, requires from Morse the last atom of his professional discipline.
"Few novelists write books as intelligent and deliciously frightening as those by Colin Dexter. . . . What Mr. Dexter does so well, so brilliantly, is weave a thick, cerebral story chock-full of literary references and clever red herrings."
--The Washington Times
"A MASTERFUL CRIME WRITER WHOM FEW OTHERS MATCH."
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Maximum Bobby Elmore LeonardISBN 0060084081 (0-06-008408-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Moving Finger: A Miss Marple Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 0396088031 (0-396-08803-1)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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Mrs. McGinty's Deadby Agatha ChristieISBN 0061003751 (0-06-100375-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mrs. McGinty's Dead'Book summary:After an old woman's boarder is found guilty of her murder and sentenced to death, a retired police officer comes to Hercule Poirot and admits that he thinks the convicted man is innocent. Reprint. [via]
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The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes 150th Anniversary: The Short Storiesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Leslie S. KlingerISBN 039305800X (0-393-05800-X)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'New Annotated Sherlock Holmes: The Novels A Study In Scarlet / The Sign Of Four / The Hound Of The Baskervilles / The Valley Of Fear'Book summary:The four classic novels of Sherlock Holmes, heavily illustrated and annotated with extensive scholarly commentary, in an attractive and elegant slipcase.
The publication of Leslie S. Klinger's brilliant new annotations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's four classic Holmes novels in 2005 created a Holmes sensation. Klinger reassembles Doyle's four seminal novels in their original order, with over 1,000 notes, 350 illustrations and period photographs, and tantalizing new Sherlockian theories. Inside, readers will find:- A Study in Scarlet (1887)a tale of murder and revenge that tells of Holmes and Dr. Watson's first meeting;
- The Sign of Four (1889)a chilling tale of lost treasure...and of how Watson met his wife;
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1901)hailed as the greatest mystery novel of all time; and
- The Valley of Fear (1914)a fresh murder scene that leads Holmes to solve a long-forgotten mystery.
Whether as a stand-alone volume or as a companion to the short stories, this classic work illuminates the timeless genius of Conan Doyle for an entirely new generation.
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The Night Gardenerby George P. PelecanosISBN 0316156507 (0-316-15650-7)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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One Shotby Lee ChildISBN 0375433384 (0-375-43338-4)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One Shot'Book summary:Six shots. Five dead. One heartland city thrown into a state of terror. But within hours the cops have it solved: a slam-dunk case. Except for one thing. The accused man says: You got the wrong guy. Then he says: Get Reacher for me. And sure enough, from the world he lives inno phone, no address, no commitmentsexmilitary investigator Jack Reacher is coming. In Lee Childs astonishing new thriller, Reachers arrival will change everythingabout a case that isnt what it seems, about lives tangled in baffling ways, about a killer who missed one shotand by doing so give Jack Reacher one shot at the truth.&
The gunman worked from a parking structure just thirty yards awaypoint-blank range for a trained military sniper like James Barr. His victims were in the wrong place at the wrong time. But why does Barr want Reacher at his side? There are good reasons why Reacher is the last person Barr would want to see. But when Reacher hears Barrs own words, he understands. And a slam-dunk case explodes. Soon Reacher is teamed with a young defense lawyer who is working against her D.A. father and dueling with a prosecution team that has an explosive secret of its own. Like most things Reacher has known in life, this case is a complex battlefield. But, as always, in battle, Reacher is at his best.
Moving in the shadows, picking his spots, Reacher gets closer and closer to the unseen enemy who is pulling the strings. And for Reacher, the only way to take him down is to know his ruthlessness and respect his cunningand then match him shot for shot&. [via] -
The Outsiderby Albert CamusISBN 1857151399 (1-85715-139-9)
Hardcover, Everyman's Library Ltd
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Pagan Babiesby Elmore LeonardISBN 0060008776 (0-06-000877-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pagan Babies'Book summary:After 30-odd novels, one might think that Elmore Leonard has nothing left to prove. But Pagan Babies, a novel filled with his signatures (tight plotting, scathing wit, and that grittily realistic dialogue), shows once again why he sets the standard against which other crime novels are measured. In fact, Leonard has raised the bar. How many authors would dare use the Rwandan genocide as backdrop for a story that moves gaily between romantic comedy and a massive, labyrinthine con? More to the point, how many of them would pull it off?
Father Terry Dunn doesn't have qualms about substituting punishment for penance. If that means killing four Hutu murderers who slaughtered his Tutsi congregation, so be it. Being an instrument of divine wrath has certain disadvantages, however, so Dunn breaks camp and heads for Detroit, where he's welcomed by family, a five-year-old federal indictment for tax fraud, and a fast-talking fireball named Debbie Dewey. Fresh from a stint in prison for assaulting her former fiancé, Randy, with a Ford Escort, Debbie is out for revenge:
"I still can't believe I fell for it. He tells me he's retired from Merrill Lynch, one of their top traders, and I believed him. Did I check? No, not till it was too late. But you know what did me in, besides the hair and the tan? Greed. He said if I had a savings account that wasn't doing much and would like to put it to work... He shows me his phony portfolio, stock worth millions, and like a dummy I said, 'Well, I've got fifty grand not doing too much.' I signed it over and that's the last I saw of my money."
It's only a matter of time before Debbie's desire for cold, hard cash and Dunn's fundraising for Rwandan orphans join forces in a carefully plotted financial assault on Randy's benefactor, Tony Amilia, who just happens to be the last of the old-school Detroit Mafia. Throw in a couple of hit men to whom loyalty is a foreign word, and you've got vintage Leonard: a fast-paced, roller-coaster ride of a novel where deceiver and deceived are gloriously shifty signifiers. --Kelly Flynn [via] 
Peril at End Houseby Agatha ChristieISBN 039608706X (0-396-08706-X)
Hardcover, Dodd, Mead
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Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34by Bryan BurroughISBN 0143035371 (0-14-303537-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34'Book summary:In Public Enemies, bestselling author Bryan Burrough strips away the thick layer of myths put out by J. Edgar Hoovers FBI to tell the full storyfor the first timeof the most spectacular crime wave in American history, the two-year battle between the young Hoover and the assortment of criminals who became national icons: John Dillinger, Machine Gun Kelly, Bonnie and Clyde, Baby Face Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, and the Barkers. In an epic feat of storytelling and drawing on a remarkable amount of newly available material on all the major figures involved, Burrough reveals a web of interconnections within the vast American underworld and demonstrates how Hoovers G-men overcame their early fumbles to secure the FBIs rise to power.[via]More editions of Public Enemies: America's Greatest Crime Wave and the Birth of the FBI, 1933-34:
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Riding the Rapby Elmore LeonardISBN 0060082186 (0-06-008218-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Riding the Rap'Book summary:In this sequel to Pronto, Harry Arno has retired from bookmaking but is still closing out some of his outstanding debts. But then his collection agent, an ex-con by the name of Bobby Deo, goes to pick up $1,800 from Chip Ganz and ends up getting hired for a hostage-taking operation (like kidnapping "in a way," Chip tells him, "only different. A lot different.") When Harry's taken by his own man, it's up to United States Marshal Raylan Givens to track him down, in the same methodically relentless fashion he tracked Harry that time he ran off to Italy. Throw in a henchman named Louis Lewis with plans of his own and an attractive young psychic named Reverend Dawn, and you've got yet another crime story that'll keep you on the edge of your seat--occasionally chuckling to yourself--straight through to the finish. (And bonus points to loyal Leonard fans who can spot the crossover elements from Rum Punch and Maximum Bob.) --Ron Hogan [via]
Ripley Under Ground/Large Printby Patricia HighsmithISBN 1850893047 (1-85089-304-7)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Ripley's Gameby Patricia HighsmithISBN 185089423X (1-85089-423-X)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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The Rottweiler: A Novelby Ruth RendellISBN 1400095883 (1-4000-9588-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Scold's Bridleby Minette WaltersISBN 0330336630 (0-330-33663-0)
Softcover, Macmillan Pub Ltd
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But suicide starts to look like homicide, and Sarah's sorrow seems a bit contrived when the bombshell drops that Mathilda has disinherited her daughter and granddaughter, leaving her entire fortune to Sarah. Now the object of vicious gossip and the police's prime suspect in a brutal murder, Sarah must prove her innocence by delving into Mathilda's past to unmask the real killer.-
The Sculptressby Minette WaltersISBN 0312953615 (0-312-95361-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sculptress'Book summary:Convicted of the brutal ax murders of her mother and sister, Olive Martin spends her days in prison carving tiny human figures out of wax. Rosalind Leigh is a best-selling author whose publisher jolts her out of writer's block by telling her to research a book about Olive and the murders, or else. Though repelled by the idea at first, Rosalind soon becomes intrigued by her subject and begins to believe she may be innocent. She soon uncovers plenty of reasons to doubt the official police version of the killings and with Olive's help, untangles a sinister cover-up. The Sculptress won the 1994 Edgar Award for best mystery novel. [via]
Sittaford Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 0312979819 (0-312-97981-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Sparkling Cyanideby Agatha ChristieISBN 0312981295 (0-312-98129-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sparkling Cyanide'Book summary:Agatha Christie's genius for detective fiction isunparalleled. Her worldwide popularity isphenomenal, her characters engaging, her plotsspellbinding. No one knows the human heart-orthe dark passions that can stop it-better thanAgatha Christie. She is truly the one and onlyQueen of Crime.Sparlkling Cyanide
"Rosemary that's for remembrance" Six people are thinkingabout beautiful Rosemary Barton, who died nearly a yearbefore. There's the loving sister, the long-suffering husband, thedevoted secretary, the lovers, and the betrayed wife. None ofthem can forget Rosemary But did one of them murder her? [via]
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The Strangerby Albert CamusISBN 1406711284 (1-4067-1128-4)
Softcover, Hesperides Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Stranger'Book summary:The Stranger is not merely one of the most widely read novels of the 20th century, but one of the books likely to outlive it. Written in 1946, Camus's compelling and troubling tale of a disaffected, apparently amoral young man has earned a durable popularity (and remains a staple of U.S. high school literature courses) in part because it reveals so vividly the anxieties of its time. Alienation, the fear of anonymity, spiritual doubt--all could have been given a purely modern inflection in the hands of a lesser talent than Camus, who won the Nobel Prize in 1957 and was noted for his existentialist aesthetic. The remarkable trick of The Stranger, however, is that it's not mired in period philosophy.
The plot is simple. A young Algerian, Meursault, afflicted with a sort of aimless inertia, becomes embroiled in the petty intrigues of a local pimp and, somewhat inexplicably, ends up killing a man. Once he's imprisoned and eventually brought to trial, his crime, it becomes apparent, is not so much the arguably defensible murder he has committed as it is his deficient character. The trial's proceedings are absurd, a parsing of incidental trivialities--that Meursault, for instance, seemed unmoved by his own mother's death and then attended a comic movie the evening after her funeral are two ostensibly damning facts--so that the eventual sentence the jury issues is both ridiculous and inevitable.
Meursault remains a cipher nearly to the story's end--dispassionate, clinical, disengaged from his own emotions. "She wanted to know if I loved her," he says of his girlfriend. "I answered the same way I had the last time, that it didn't mean anything but that I probably didn't." There's a latent ominousness in such observations, a sense that devotion is nothing more than self-delusion. It's undoubtedly true that Meursault exhibits an extreme of resignation; however, his confrontation with "the gentle indifference of the world" remains as compelling as it was when Camus first recounted it. --Ben Guterson [via]
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Stregaby Andrew H. VachssISBN 0394559371 (0-394-55937-1)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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Thirteen at Dinnerby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816146098 (0-8161-4609-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Three Act Tragedyby Agatha ChristieISBN 000244805X (0-00-244805-X)
Hardcover, Collins
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Trouble Is My Businessby Raymond ChandlerISBN 0394757645 (0-394-75764-5)
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Twelve Sharpby Janet EvanovichISBN 031234953X (0-312-34953-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Twelve Sharp'Book summary:[via]Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet!
FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS
While chasing down the usual cast of miscreants and weirdos, Stephanie discovers that a crazed woman is stalking her.
THEN THE STRANGER REVEALS HER SECRETS
The woman dresses in black, carries a 9mm Glock, and has a bad attitude and a mysterious connection to dark and dangerous Carlos Manoso &street name, Ranger.
NEXT, SOMEBODY DIES
The action turns deadly serious, and Stephanie goes from hunting skips to hunting a murderer.
SOON, THE CHASE IS ON
Ranger needs Stephanie for more reasons than he can say. And now, the two are working together to find a killer, rescue a missing child, and stop a lunatic from raising the body count. When Stephanie Plum and Ranger get too close for comfort, vice cop Joe Morelli (her on-again, off-again boyfriend) steps in. Will the ticking clock stop at the stroke of twelve&or will a stranger in the wind find a way to stop Stephanie Plum&forever? 
An Unsuitable Job for a Womanby P. D. JamesISBN 081613149X (0-8161-3149-X)
Hardcover, G. K. Hall
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The Way Through the Woodsby Colin DexterISBN 0333583736 (0-333-58373-6)
Hardcover, Macmillan London
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Way Through the Woods'Book summary:On holiday in Lyme Regis, Chief Inspector Morse has decided to go without newspapers. But in the hotel he finds himself seated opposite a woman who is anxious to conceal her charms. She is intent only on reading her paper, and Morse cannot help but notice an intriguing headline on the front page. [via]
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El Bailarin De La Muerte/the Coffin Dancerby Jeffery DeaverISBN 8466306617 (84-663-0661-7)
Softcover, Punto De Lectura
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El Extranjeroby Albert CamusISBN 8420636940 (84-206-3694-0)
Softcover, Alianza Editorial Sa
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› Find signed collectible books: 'El Extranjero'Book summary:Guia moral e intelectual de la generacion llegada a la madurez entre las ruinas, la frustacion y la desesperanza de la Europa de la postguerra, Albert Camus 1913-1960 salto a la fama con la publicacion, en 1942. [via]
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Huerfanos De Brooklyn/ Motherless Brooklynby Jonathan LethemISBN 849793296X (84-9793-296-X)
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El Primero En Morir/ 1st to Dieby James PattersonISBN 8487254861 (84-87254-86-1)
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L' Etranger: Profil D'une Oeuvreby Pierre Louis ReyISBN 2218740729 (2-218-74072-9)
Softcover, Continental Book Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L' Etranger: Profil D'une Oeuvre'Book summary:L ouvrage fournit toutes les clés pour analyser le roman de Camus.
Le résumé détaillé est suivi de l étude des problématiques essentielles, parmi lesquelles :
Sources et parentés de Camus
Meursault, un personnage de nouveau roman
Les autres personnages
Les principaux thèmes
Le sens du roman
L écriture de Camus.
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Ripley S'Amuseby Patricia HighsmithISBN 2253056170 (2-253-05617-0)
Softcover, Distribooks Inc
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Der Amerikanische Freudby Patricia HighsmithISBN 3257203462 (3-257-20346-2)
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Elefanten Vergessen Nicht/Elephants Can Rememberby Agatha ChristieISBN 3502514135 (3-502-51413-5)
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