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An Accidental Familyby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard FreebornISBN 0192828363 (0-19-282836-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'An Accidental Family'Book summary:Set in the 1870s, a time of social disorder in Russia, An Accidental Family is the story of Arkady Dolgoruky, an awkward, illegitimate twenty-year-old on a desperate search for his family. This new translation of Dostoevsky's last completed novel fully captures the raciness and youthful vigor of the original text, and expresses "the innermost spiritual world of someone on the eve of manhood at that tumultuous time." [via]
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Affaire Royaleby Nora RobertsISBN 0373071426 (0-373-07142-6)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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The Beekeeper's Apprenticeby Laurie R. KingISBN 0312104235 (0-312-10423-5)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Beekeeper's Apprentice'Book summary:What would happen if Sherlock Homles, a perfect man of the Victorian age--pompous, smug, and misogynisitic--were to come face to face with a twentieth-century female? If she grew to be a partner worthy of his great talents?[via]
Laurie R. King, whose very different first novel,. A Grave Talent (SMP, 1993), drew rave reviews, read the Conan Doyle stories and wondered about such an imaginary encounter. And following through, she has written The Beekeeper's Apprentice.
1914, a young woman named Mary Russell meets a retired beekeeper on the Sussex Downs. His name is Sherlock Holmes. And although he may have all the Victorian "flaws" listed above, the Great Detective is no fool, and can spot a fellow intellect even in a fifteen-year-old woman.
So, at first informally, then consciously, he takes Mary Russell as his apprentice. They work on a few small local cases, then on a larger and more urgent investigation, which ends successfully. All the time, Mary is developing as a detective in her own right, with the benefit of the knowledge and experience of her mentor and, increasingly, friend.
And then the sky opens on them, and they find themselves the targets of a slippery, murderous, and apparently all-knowing adversary. Together they devise a plan to trap their enemy--a plan that may save their lives but may also kill off their relationship.
This is not a "Sherlock Holmes" story. It is the story of a modern young woman who comes to know and work with Holmes, the story of young woman coming to terms with herself and with this older man who embodies the age that is past.More editions of The Beekeeper's Apprentice:
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Betrayal in Deathby Nora RobertsISBN 0425178579 (0-425-17857-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Betrayal in Death'Book summary:JD Robb fans are fanatical about New York City supercop Eve Dallas and her mysterious billionaire husband Roarke. Robb's futuristic (circa 2059) ...In Death series wages a two-front narrative war (the battle of good and evil and the battle of the sexes) and both author and readers come out winners.
When Darlene French, a maid at the Roarke Palace Hotel, is brutally beaten, raped, and strangled with a silver wire, Eve is at a loss to explain the apparently professional nature of the murder. Who would hire a hit man to kill such an ordinary woman? As she and her team of detectives (with a little grudgingly accepted help from Roarke, whose money, name, and talents can dig up a wealth of information) investigate the evidence, they find themselves in pursuit of Sylvester Yost, a vicious hired gun who's made millions in his bloody pursuit of career excellence. But it isn't until more victims appear that Eve realises Yost's real target is Roarke himself. To discover the driving force behind the murderous campaign, Eve and Roarke will have to delve into their own pasts, which holds secrets and terrors for them both.
Robb is the nom de plume of romance writer Nora Roberts, and this series certainly delivers the same sexually charged tension and improbably gorgeous characters as Roberts's extremely popular romances. But even those readers, who generally try to steer clear of heaving bosoms and ripped bodices, will have little to fear and much to appreciate in Betrayal in Death. Eve and Roarke are impressive physical specimens, but they're also witty, gritty, and often antagonistic, irritably staking out their territories and reluctantly collaborating in the crimes that come their way (think Bruce Willis and Cybill Shepherd in Moonlighting, or Nick and Nora Charles on steroids and in a mood). Add in Robb's surprisingly light touch with humor, and the 13th instalment in the series is a lucky find indeed. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Manby David W. MaurerISBN 0385495382 (0-385-49538-2)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Con: The Story of the Confidence Man'Book summary:"To study the lingo of the con is inevitably to study the con itself," writes Luc Sante in his foreword to this classic work of urban anthropology, originally published in 1940. "A term such as cackle-bladder or shut-out cannot be properly described without giving a full account of its use, and such an account cannot be illustrated by stick figures." Thus The Big Con is filled with richly detailed anecdotes populated by characters with names like Devil's Island Eddie, the Honey Grove Kid, the Hashhouse Kid, and Limehouse Chappie ("distinguished British con man working both sides of the Atlantic and the steamship lines between, all with equal ease"). David Maurer spent years talking to con men about their profession, learning about each and every step of the three big cons (the wire, the rag, and the payoff). From putting the mark up to putting in the fix, Maurer guides readers through the fleecing--pretty soon you'll be forgetting the book's scientific value and reading for sheer entertainment. (A cackle-bladder, by the way, is a fake murder used to scare the victim off after his money's been taken. As for the shut-out, well, that you'll have to learn on your own.) --Ron Hogan [via]
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The Big Four: A Hercule Poirot Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425098826 (0-425-09882-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Blacklistby Sara ParetskyISBN 0399150854 (0-399-15085-4)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blacklist'Book summary:Privilege, politics, and perfidy jointly propel the circuitous plot of Blacklist, Sara Paretsky's 11th novel featuring tenacious Chicago private-eye V.I. Warshawski. By the time this story runs its course, V.I. will have harbored an alleged Arab terrorist, resurrected the ghosts of America's 1950s anti-Communist hysteria, and questioned the integrity of a man she once admired "to the point of hero worship." In other words, it's a typical case for this hard-headed, sarcastic, and perpetually sleep-deprived sleuth.
Still suffering from "exhaustion of the spirit" in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, V.I. is hired to find out who may be sneaking into a vacated suburban mansion. Geraldine Graham, the home's 91-year-old former owner, who still lives nearby, claims she's seen lights in the attic at night. Our heroine suspects this is simply a bid by the wealthy dowager for greater attention, but agrees to do some nocturnal prowling--only to stumble (literally) across the body of a dead black journalist, Marcus Whitby, in the estates ornamental pond and encounter a teenage girl fleeing the scene. The girl turns out to be Catherine Bayard, the granddaughter of Calvin Bayard, an unapologetically liberal book publisher who survived a hounding by the U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee in the '50s without being blacklisted like so many of his authors. Digging deeper, V.I. learns that Whitby was doing research for a book about an African-American dancer and anthropologist who had enjoyed Bayard's support before she too was branded a Communist. Was Whitby killed en route to visit Bayard, one of Graham's neighbors--and a man who has strangely vanished from public view? And is there any connection between this murder and the disappearance of an Egyptian dishwasher, or the recent demise of a right-wing attorney and Bayard foe, in whose apartment V.I. is attacked by an intruder?
Except for a few astounding turns of luck (including the 11th-hour discovery of a revealing audiotape left in a car's player), Paretsky rolls out a credible yarn here, enriched by meticulous character development and an agreeably ambiguous conclusion. The author's intention to link McCarthy-era abuses with post-9/11 government assaults on civil rights is obvious, without being didactic, and it adds currency to a fictional investigation that's already rife with sex, betrayal, and long-held secrets among the rich. It's good to see that V.I. the P.I. hasn't lost the compassion or righteousness that first made her attractive two decades ago, in Indemnity Only. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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Blue Shoes And Happinessby Alexander McCall SmithISBN 0375422722 (0-375-42272-2)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blue Shoes And Happiness: The New Novel in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency Series'Book summary:In this seventh installment in the internationally bestselling, universally beloved series, there is considerable excitement at the shared premises of the No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency and Tlokweng Road Speedy Motors.
A cobra has been found in Precious Ramotswes office. Then a nurse from a local medical clinic reveals to Mma Ramotswe that faulty blood-pressure readings are being recorded there. And it looks as though Aunty Emang, the advice columnist in the local newspaper, may not be what she seems.
It all means a lot of work for Mma Ramotswe and her inestimable assistant, Grace Makutsi, and they are, of course, up to the challenge. But theres trouble brewing in Mma Makutsis own life. Her greedy uncles are demanding an extra-large bride price from her well-to-do fiancé, a man of substance, Phuti Radiphuti, and though money may buy her that fashionably narrow (and uncomfortable) pair of blue shoes, it wont buy her the happiness that Mma Ramotswe promises her shell find in simpler things in contentment with the world and enough tea to smooth over the occasional bumps in the road. [via]-
The Brokerby John GrishamISBN 0385340540 (0-385-34054-0)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Broker'Book summary:Before he was sent to federal prison for treason (among other things), Joel Backman was an extremely powerful man. Known as "the broker," Backman was a high roller--a lawyer making $10 million a year who could "open any door in Washington." That is, until he tried to broker a deal selling access to the world's most powerful satellite surveillance system to the highest bidder. When caught, Backman accepted prison as the one option that would keep him safe and alive, since the interested parties (the Israelis, the Saudis, the Russians, and the Chinese) were all itching to get their hands on his secrets at any cost. Little does he know that his own government has designs on accessing that information--or at least letting it die with him. Now, six years after his incarceration, the director of the CIA convinces a lame duck president to pardon Backman, and the broker becomes a free man--and an open target.
The Broker marries the best of John Grisham's many talents--his ability to immerse himself in the culture of small-town life (in this case, Bologna, Italy), and his uncanny mastery of the chase. The first half of the book focuses on Backman's transformation from infamous power broker to helpless victim in his own game. Upon his release from prison, Backman is taken into "protective custody" and whisked off to Italy where he is assigned a new identity, and a tutor to help him blend in. Sure he is on the run, but some readers may feel that Backman's time spent in Bologna is a bit too leisurely--readers join him on an almost cinematic tour through the Italian town, complete with language and history lessons. Impatient readers will be happy to know that the final half of the novel is classic Grisham--a fast-paced, thrilling cat and mouse chase pitting Backman against the numerous agencies that want him dead--as the broker makes a move to take back his life. --Daphne Durham
Grisham: The Books
- A Time to Kill, 1989
- The Firm, 1991
- The Pelican Brief, 1992
- The Client, 1993
- The Chamber, 1994
- The Rainmaker, 1995
- The Runaway Jury, 1996
- The Partner, 1997
- The Street Lawyer, 1998
- The Testament, 1999
- The Brethren, 2000
- A Painted House, 2001
- Skipping Christmas, 2001
- The Summons, 2002
- The King of Torts, 2003
- Bleachers, 2003
- The Last Juror, 2004
- The Broker, 2005
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- The Broker: ISBN 0440241588 (0-440-24158-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books - The Broker: ISBN 0375434399 (0-375-43439-9)
Hardcover, Random House Large Print - The Broker: ISBN 0385510454 (0-385-51045-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group - The Broker: ISBN 0385340540 (0-385-34054-0)
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Brothers Karamazovby Fyodor DostoevskyISBN 0075535750 (0-07-553575-0)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Brothers Karamazov: Library Edition'Book summary:This novel was Dostoyevsky's last and finest work, telling the story of the four Karamazov brotherseach with his own distinct personality and desires. Driven by intense, uncontrollable emotions of rage and revenge, they all become involved in the brutal murder of their despicable father. Exploring the secret depths of humanity's struggles and sins, Dostoyevsky unfolds a grand epic which attempts to venture into mankind's darkest heart, and grasp the true meaning of existence.[via]More editions of Brothers Karamazov:
- Brothers Karamazov: ISBN 0140449248 (0-14-044924-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - Brothers Karamazov: ISBN 0374528373 (0-374-52837-3)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux - The Brothers Karamazov: Library Edition: ISBN 0393092143 (0-393-09214-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc - Brothers Karamazov: ISBN 0140445277 (0-14-044527-7)
Softcover, Penguin USA - Brothers Karamazov: ISBN 0393044262 (0-393-04426-2)
Softcover, Norton - The Brothers Karamazov: ISBN 0394604156 (0-394-60415-6)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group - The Brothers Karamazov: Library Edition: ISBN 0075535750 (0-07-553575-0)
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- Brothers Karamazov: ISBN 0140449248 (0-14-044924-8)
The Burglar on the Prowlby Lawrence BlockISBN 0061030988 (0-06-103098-8)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Clientby John GrishamISBN 038542471X (0-385-42471-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Client'Book summary:In a weedy lot on the outskirts of Memphis, two boys watch a shiny Lincoln pull up to the curb...Eleven-year-old Mark Sway and his younger brother were sharing a forbidden cigarette when a chance encounter with a suicidal lawyer left Mark knowing a bloody and explosive secret: the whereabouts of the most sought-after dead body in America. Now Mark is caught between a legal system gone mad and a mob killer desperate to cover up his crime. And his only ally is a woman named Reggie Love, who has been a lawyer for all of four years. Prosecutors are willing to break all the rules to make Mark talk. The mob will stop at nothing to keep him quiet. And Reggie will do anything to protect her client -- even take a last, desperate gamble that could win Mark his freedom... or cost them both their lives. [via]
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A Clockwork Orangeby Anthony BurgessISBN 0393312836 (0-393-31283-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Clockwork Orange'Book summary:A famous fiction about a deranged personality. [via]
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A Clockwork Orange: Play with Musicby Anthony BurgessISBN 0345354435 (0-345-35443-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Clockwork Orange: Play with Music'Book summary:"Penguin Decades" bring you the novels that helped shape modern Britain. When they were published, some were bestsellers, some were considered scandalous, and others were simply misunderstood. All represent their time and helped define their generation, while today each is considered a landmark work of storytelling. Anthony Burgess' "A Clockwork Orange" was published in 1962 and has been controversial ever since. It tells the story of fifteen-year-old Alex - whose chief preoccupations are Beethoven's Ninth and ultra-violence - as he and his droogs rampage though a dystopian future seeking thrills, until they come under the control of the state's sinister apparatus. [via]
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Coyote Waitsby Tony HillermanISBN 0061099325 (0-06-109932-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Coyote Waits'Book summary:Coyote Waits [Paperback] Tony Hillerman (Author) [via]
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Crooked Houseby Agatha ChristieISBN 031298166X (0-312-98166-X)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Cuckoo's Egg: Inside the World of Computer Espionageby Clifford StollISBN 0385249462 (0-385-24946-2)
Hardcover, Doubleday Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Cuckoo's Egg: Inside the World of Computer Espionage'Book summary:A sentimental favorite, The Cuckoo's Egg seems to have inspired a whole category of books exploring the quest to capture computer criminals. Still, even several years after its initial publication and after much imitation, the book remains a good read with an engaging story line and a critical outlook, as Clifford Stoll becomes, almost unwillingly, a one-man security force trying to track down faceless criminals who've invaded the university computer lab he stewards. What first appears as a 75-cent accounting error in a computer log is eventually revealed to be a ring of industrial espionage, primarily thanks to Stoll's persistence and intellectual tenacity. [via]
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Dark Fireby C. J. SansomISBN 0143036432 (0-14-303643-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Fire'Book summary:[via]From the acclaimed author of Dissolution comes a new sixteenth-century thriller featuring hunchback lawyer Matthew Shardlake. In 1540, during the reign of Henry VIII, Shardlake is asked to help a young girl accused of murder. She refuses to speak in her defense even when threatened with torture. But just when the case seems lost, Thomas Cromwell, the kings feared vicar general, offers Shardlake two more weeks to prove his clients innocence. In exchange, Shardlake must find a lost cache of "Dark Fire," a legendary weapon of mass destruction. What ensues is a page-turning adventure, filled with period detail and history.
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Dead of Jerichoby Colin DexterISBN 0312185111 (0-312-18511-1)
Hardcover, St Martins Pr
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Demolition Angelby Robert CraisISBN 034543448X (0-345-43448-X)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Demolition Angel'Book summary:Penzler Pick, May 2000: Like many authors with ongoing characters, Robert Crais has taken a break from his famous private eye. After eight novels featuring Elvis Cole and his loyal sidekick Joe Pike, Crais has created Carol Starkey, a bomb squad veteran now doing time as a Detective-2 with LAPD's Criminal Conspiracy Section. Three years have passed since the detonation that killed Carol's partner and lover, but she is still severely scarred both mentally and physically. She can't bear to look in the mirror, and she hasn't been with another man since David Boudreaux left her bed that last morning he went to work. She gets through the day with the help of Tagamet and alcohol.
When a bomb call takes the life of another colleague, Carol begins to investigate a series of explosions that seem to be designed to exterminate bomb technicians. She soon realizes that she's "the one that got away." With the help of an FBI agent whom she loathes professionally for interfering with her job but finds attractive anyway, Carol must track down one of the most frighteningly brilliant killers of the modern age.
This edgy thriller's protagonist is one that the reader at first may have difficulty liking, but she's got a background and history that make her truly three-dimensional. One hopes that Crais, one of the handful of young crime writers capable of writing consistently luminous prose, will continue to give us characters like Carol Starkey to star in his always powerful portraits of modern-day Los Angeles. --Otto Penzler [via]
The Devil's Feather: Library Editionby Minette WaltersISBN 0307264629 (0-307-26462-9)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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The Distant Echoby Val McDermidISBN 0312994834 (0-312-99483-4)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The Documents in the Caseby Dorothy Leigh SayersISBN 0061043605 (0-06-104360-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Documents in the Case'Book summary:The grotesquely grinning corpse in the Devonshire shack was a man who died horribly -- with a dish of mushrooms at his side.His body contained enough death-dealing muscarine to kill 30 people. Why would an expert on fungi feast on a large quantity of this particularly poisonous species. A clue to the brilliant murderer, who had baffled the best minds in London, was hidden in a series of letters and documents that no one seemed to care about, except the dead man's son. [via]
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Echo Burningby Lee ChildISBN 0425206246 (0-425-20624-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Echo Burning'Book summary:Jack Reacher is Spenser before Robert Parker domesticated his Boston PI--in fact, Reacher's even tougher than Hawk. He can inhale and exhale a few times and pump up his muscles so they make a bad character think twice about tangling with him. And he's spent enough time on the right side of the law to know how to operate in the gray zone if that's what it takes to save the fair maiden, punish the bad guys, and right any other wrongs he happens to encounter in the course of his wanderings. Echo Burning is vintage Lee Child, a smartly paced, intricately plotted, and masterfully characterized thriller starring Reacher, the ex-military cop who's so concerned about commitment to anything--a woman, possessions, a permanent address--that he only owns the clothes on his back. But he's the kind of justice-seeking guy you'd want on your side, especially if you were an abused wife trapped in a marriage you can't get out of until, and unless, somebody bumps off your old man.
Reacher's sympathetic, but he's not crazy. Nonetheless, he allows himself to be drawn into beautiful Carmen Greer's orbit, which ought to teach a guy not to hitchhike. Agreeing to protect her from the husband who's about to be released from jail and, according to Carmen, who's about to pay her back for tipping off the authorities to the tax fraud that landed him in prison, Reacher moves into the bunkhouse of the Echo, Texas, ranch that's owned by the bigoted, bitter, but powerful Greer family, which despises Carmen because she's Mexican and tolerates her only because she's Sloop Greer's wife and the mother of his child. The expected bloodshed ensues, but it's Sloop, not Carmen, who ends up with a bullet in his head. Reacher's convinced that Carmen acted in self-defense, even after other evidence comes to light that suggests there's more--and less--to her unhappy tale than even her own lawyer believes. This is the best Jack Reacher yet, smart, stylish, and convincing. If it's your first encounter with Child's work, be sure to check out his backlist--Running Blind, Tripwire, etc. --Jane Adams [via]
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The Flanders Panelby Arturo Perez-Reverte, Margaret Jull CostaISBN 0156029588 (0-15-602958-8)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Flanders Panel'Book summary:Julia, a young Madrid art restorer, is pulled into a shadowy world of metaphor when she discovers a long-covered inscription on a Flemish painting: Who killed the knight? Art, chess and murder are intertwined in this elegant, seductive mystery in the manner of The Name of the Rose. [via]
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The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crimeby Jasper FfordeISBN 0143038923 (0-14-303892-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime'Book summary:The inimitable Jasper Fforde gives readers another delightful mash-up of detective fiction and nursery rhyme, returning to those mean streets where no character is innocent. The Gingerbreadmansadist, psychopath, cookieis on the loose in Reading, but thats not who Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary are after. Instead, theyve been demoted to searching for missing journalist Goldy Hatchett. The last witnesses to see her alive were the reclusive Three Bears, and right away Spratt senses something furryuh, funnyabout their story, starting with the porridge. The Fourth Bear is a delirious new romp from our most irrepressible fabulist.[via]More editions of The Fourth Bear: A Nursery Crime:
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The Great Train Robberyby Michael CrichtonISBN 034539092X (0-345-39092-X)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Train Robbery'Book summary:"A nineteenth-century version of THE STING...Crichton fascinates us." THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW In teeming Victorian London, where lavish wealth and appalling poverty live side by side, Edward Pierce charms the most prominent of the well-to-do as he cunningly orchestrates the crime of the century. Who would suspect that a gentleman of breeding could mastermind the daring theft of a fortune in gold? Who could predict the consequences of making the extraordinary robbery aboard the pride of England's industrial era, the mighty steam locomotive? Based on fact, as lively as legend, and studded with all the suspense and style of a modern fiction master, here is a classic caper novel set a decade before the age of dynamite--yet nonetheless explosive.... [via]
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Harm Doneby Ruth RendellISBN 0375724842 (0-375-72484-2)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harm Done'Book summary:In Harm Done, Rendell has added a remarkable strand of acute social commentary to a book that still functions as an utterly compelling piece of detective fiction. In exploring the controversial subject of pedophilia, she takes the mainstay of her work--the problems of modern life--to a level of passion and commitment that gives the book a truly powerful underpinning.
Back in the familiar Sussex town of Kingsmarkham, Rendell's dogged sleuth Wexford is investigating the strange abductions of two young girls: Rachel, a bright middle-class student, and Lizzie, a mentally disabled 16-year-old living with her unsympathetic parents on a grim council estate. When both girls return home, apparently unharmed, Wexford is faced with a curious mystery: what really happened to them? As Wexford begins to uncover the disturbing truth, the dark psychological world that Rendell is so adroit at exploring suddenly comes into focus. And her gift for sharp but concise characterization remains untouchable, as in the case of a reluctant witness: '''We don't talk about that sort of thing.' She very nearly but not quite tossed her head." --Barry Forshaw, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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Hit Listby Lawrence BlockISBN 0061030996 (0-06-103099-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hit List'Book summary:Few mystery authors have a stable of protagonists as uniformly appealing as Lawrence Block's. Whether Block's taking the reader into PI Matthew Scudder's world of dimly lit bars and basement AA meetings, quirky burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr's used bookstore, or the international hot-spot hangouts of Evan Tanner, the spy who never sleeps, he always provides good company. John Keller, star of Block's 1998 story collection Hit Man, is a typical Block invention: an unassuming, get-the-job-done-and-move-on New York contract killer who collects stamps, does the morning crossword, eats Vietnamese takeout, and falls for the occasional woman.
When Keller gets off a plane in Louisville, ready to do the job he's been hired for, something about it feels wrong from the start. And when two people are killed in the motel room he's just vacated, he realizes he narrowly missed a setup, but can't figure out why. Then he goes to Boston to do another job, and afterwards dines in a coffee shop where another patron has the misfortune of leaving with Keller's raincoat:
The Globe didn't have it. But there it was in the Herald, a small story on a back page, a man found dead on Boston Common, shot twice in the head with a small-caliber weapon.
Keller's agent, Dot, puts the pieces--including the death of another contract killer she books occasionally--together and comes up with the seemingly crazy idea that a greedy hit man is knocking off the competition. In between other legit hits, romancing a commitment-shy artist, visiting an astrologer, and a long stint on jury duty, Keller slowly moves closer to the faceless nemesis he and Dot dub "Roger." But it's Dot, the woman of action, who figures out what to do about him. Though Hit List is too introspective to be a caper novel, and too funny to be noir, it's bound to find a rapt audience with fans of both subgenres. After two such engaging books, can Hit Parade be far behind? --Barrie Trinkle [via]Keller could picture the poor bastard, lying face-down on the grass, the rain washing relentlessly down on him. He could picture the dead man's coat, too. The Herald didn't say anything about a coat, but that didn't matter. Keller could picture it all the same.
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The Hot Rockby Donald E. WestlakeISBN 0445406089 (0-445-40608-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Innocent Gravesby Peter RobinsonISBN 0380820439 (0-380-82043-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Innocent Graves'Book summary:The more Chief Inspector Alan Banks investigates the murder of a schoolgirl in a church graveyard the less he likes the whole sordid affair. The vicar at St. Mary's has been allegedly seeking sex from his sexton; the vicar's wife has been seeking solace in a bottle and the arms of a schoolteacher; and those in and around the church aren't keen on anybody who doesn't view matters as they do. And there happens to be a few suspects who meet that description. Banks investigates a murder and finds religious and societal affairs stickier than those in the normal mystery. [via]
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The Karamazov Brothersby Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ignat AvseyISBN 0192835092 (0-19-283509-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Karamazov Brothers'Book summary:Dostoevsky's last and greatest novel, The Karamazov Brothers (1880) is both a brilliantly told crime story and a passionate philosophical debate. The dissolute landowner Fyodor Pavlovich Karamazov is murdered; his sons--the atheist intellectual Ivan, the hot-blooded Dmitry, and the saintly novice Alyosha--are all involved at some level. Brilliantly bound up with this psychological drama is Dostoevsky's intense and disturbing exploration of many deeply felt ideas about the existence of God, freedom of will, the collective nature of guilt, and the disastrous consequences of rationalism. Filled with eloquent voices, this new translation fully realizes the power and dramatic virtuosity of Dostoevsky's most brilliant work. [via]
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Killing Floorby Lee ChildISBN 0425205061 (0-425-20506-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Killing Floor'Book summary:When Jack Reacher suddenly decides to ask a Greyhound bus driver to let him off near the town of Margrave, Georgia, he thinks it's because his brother once mentioned that the famed blues guitarist Blind Blake died there. But it doesn't take long for the footloose ex-military policeman to discover that there are plenty of strange--and very dangerous--things going on behind Margrave's manicured lawns and clean streets that demand his attention. This first thriller by a former television writer features some of the best-written scenes of action in recent memory, a crash course in currency and counterfeiting, and a hero who is just begging to be called on for an encore. [via]
Killing the Shadowsby Val McDermidISBN 0312983387 (0-312-98338-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Kiss the Girlsby James PattersonISBN 0316693707 (0-316-69370-7)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kiss the Girls'Book summary:In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. Washington D.C.Us Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two clever pattern killers are collaborating, cooperating, competing--and they are working coast to coast. [via]
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L.A. Requiemby Robert CraisISBN 0345434471 (0-345-43447-1)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L.A. Requiem'Book summary:More than 10 years ago, I was shocked to learn that some puerile piece of fluff had won the Edgar for Best Paperback Original, when it was so obvious to me and virtually everyone else in the Western Hemisphere that the award should have gone to The Monkey's Raincoat, the book that introduced Elvis Cole, private eye, and is to this day one of the funniest books I've ever read.
The terrific Elvis Cole series has grown through the years, each book better than the last, but nothing prepared me for the quantum leap (yes, it's a cliché, but it belongs here) that Crais has made with L.A. Requiem. It's not as funny as the other books in the series, but it's a beautifully plotted detective story, rich with police procedure, and it will keep even the most sophisticated reader at sea right until the end. And that's what elevates this book to the level of literature.
This one is more about Joe Pike, Elvis's silent sidekick, than it is about Elvis. We learn, through Pike's own eyes, how his childhood made him the way he is today. It's also about a friendship so strong that it threatens Elvis's relationship with his beloved Lucy. It is a tender but dark book--a serial killer book--but it doesn't attempt to outgross the other serial killer books on the shelf. It is funny at times and chilling at other times, making it one of the rare books that can't help but linger in the memory long after it's been read and put away. --Otto Penzler [via]
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Lord Peter Views the Bodyby Dorothy Leigh SayersISBN 0061043591 (0-06-104359-1)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Lord Peter views the body in 12 tantalizing and bizarre ways in this outsanding collection. He deals with such marvels as the man with copper fingers, Uncle Meleager's missing will, the cat in the bag, the foosteps that ran, the stolen stomach, the man without a face...and with such clues as cyanide, jewels, a roast chicken and a classic crossword puzzle.
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The Man Who Went Up in Smokeby Maj Sjowall, Per WahlooISBN 0394717783 (0-394-71778-3)
Hardcover, Vintage Books
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The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Sideby Agatha ChristieISBN 0061002852 (0-06-100285-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Monk's Hoodby Ellis PetersISBN 0333294106 (0-333-29410-6)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monk's Hood'Book summary:A reissue of the third chronicle of Brother Cadfael. [via]
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The Monkey's Raincoatby Robert CraisISBN 0385470088 (0-385-47008-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Monkey's Raincoat'Book summary:Elvis Cole, a literate, wisecracking Vietnam vet, finds himself embroiled in an investigation into a missing husband and son that could cost him his life. [via]
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Morbid Taste for Bonesby Ellis PetersISBN 0333223241 (0-333-22324-1)
Hardcover, Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Morbid Taste for Bones'Book summary:A delightful detective makes his appearance in the person of Brother Cadfael, in charge of the herb-gardens in the Benedictine Monastery of Shrewsbury. Cadfael is not very unwordly, since he entered the cloister late in life. But his role becomes a very vital one when his superiors become obsessed with the notion of acquiring the bones of an obscure saint from a remote Welsh village. Miraculous powers had been attributed to this saint, and it is thought the possession of her remains will add much to the prestige of the Shrewsbury Foundation - and of its prior. The ambitious prior leads a delegation into Wales to acquire these relics. They encounter many obstacles - the worst of them murder. Dissention, the tangled affairs of two pairs of lovers, a surfeit of unwelcome miracles and visitations plague them. But in the end Brother Cadfael gets all the bones and all the bodies into the most appropriate places and makes all the survivors happy. [via]
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More Work for the Undertakerby Margery AllinghamISBN 0380705737 (0-380-70573-7)
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Morse's Greatest Mystery and Other Storiesby Colin DexterISBN 0333596900 (0-333-59690-0)
Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Ltd
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Nemesisby Agatha ChristieISBN 0061003263 (0-06-100326-3)
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Ordeal by Innocenceby Agatha ChristieISBN 0312981627 (0-312-98162-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Out on the Cutting Edgeby Lawrence BlockISBN 0380709937 (0-380-70993-7)
Softcover, Avon Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Out on the Cutting Edge'Book summary:This is a city that seduces dreamers . . . then eats their dreams.
Matthew Scudder understands the futility of his search for a longtime missing Midwestern innocent who wanted to be an actress in the vast meat-grinder called New York City. But her frantic father heard that Schudder is the bestand now the ex-cop-turned-p.i. is scouring the hell called Hell's Kitchen looking for anything that might resemble a lead. And in this neighborhood of the lost, he's finding loveand deathin the worst possible places.
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The Pelican Briefby John GrishamISBN 0385339704 (0-385-33970-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Pelican Brief'Book summary:A law student in New Orleans writes a legal brief that ends up making her enemies in high places. Movie tie-in. Reprint. NYT. Amazon.com description: Product Description: In suburban Georgetown a killer`s Reeboks whisper  on the front floor of a posh home... In a seedy  D.C. porno house a patron is swiftly  garroted to death... The next day America learns  that two of its Supreme Court justices have been  assassinated. And in New Orleans, a young law  student prepares a legal brief... To Darby Shaw it was  no more than a legal shot in the dark, a brilliant  guess. To the Washington establishment it was  political dynamite. Suddenly Darby is witness to a  murder -- a murder intended for her. Going  underground, she finds there is only one person she can  trust -- an ambitious reporter after a newsbreak  hotter than Watergate -- to help her piece together the  deadly puzzle. Somewhere between the bayous of  Louisiana and the White House`s inner sanctums, a  violent cover-up is being engineered. For somone has  read Darby`s brief. Someone who will stop at  nothing to destroy the evidence of an unthinkable  crime [via]
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Running Blindby Lee ChildISBN 0425206238 (0-425-20623-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Running Blind'Book summary:Jack Reacher is back, dragged into what looks like a series of grisly serial murders by a team of FBI profilers who aren't totally sure he's not the killer they're looking for, but believe that even if he isn't, he's smart enough to help them find the real killer. And what they've got on the ex-MP, who's starred in three previous Lee Child thrillers (Tripwire, Die Trying, Killing Floor), is enough to ensure his grudging cooperation: phony charges stemming from Reacher's inadvertent involvement in a protection shakedown and the threat of harm to the woman he loves.
The killer's victims have only one thing in common--all of them brought sexual harassment charges against their military superiors and all resigned from the army after winning their cases. The manner, if not the cause, of their deaths is gruesomely the same: they died in their own bathtubs, covered in gallons of camouflage paint, but they didn't drown and they weren't shot, strangled, poisoned, or attacked. Even the FBI forensic specialists can't figure out why they seem to have gone willingly to their mysterious deaths. Reacher isn't sure whether the killings are an elaborate cover-up for corruption involving stolen military hardware or the work of a maniac who's smart enough to leave absolutely no clues behind. This compelling, iconic antihero dead-ends in a lot of alleys before he finally figures it out, but every one is worth exploring and the suspense doesn't let up for a second. The ending will come as a complete surprise to even the most careful reader, and as Reacher strides off into the sunset, you'll wonder what's in store for him in his next adventure. --Jane Adams [via]
Sad Cypress: A Hercule Poirot Mysteryby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425098532 (0-425-09853-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sad Cypress: A Hercule Poirot Mystery'Book summary:She has everything a girl can want: beauty, brains, money, and then man she loves. But Elinor Carisle also has a murder indictment and her own criminal trial. She stands accused of ingeniously poisioning her rival, Mary Gerrard. It seems Elinor had means, motive, and opportunity. As verdict of guilty seems a foregone conclusion, she turns to Hercule Poirot for assistance. Poirot is the only one who assumes she is innocent until truely proven guilty. Only he stands between Elinor and the gallows.[via]More editions of Sad Cypress: A Hercule Poirot Mystery:
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The Sicilianby Mario PuzoISBN 0345441702 (0-345-44170-2)
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Silence of the Grave: A Thrillerby Arnaldur Indridason, Bernard ScudderISBN 0312340710 (0-312-34071-0)
Hardcover, St. Martin's Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silence of the Grave: A Thriller'Book summary:[via]Now Iceland has its own Mankell.
---Holger Kreitling, Die Welt (Germany)
Last year Jar City introduced international crime-writing sensation Arnaldur Indridason to rave reviews and a rousing welcome from American thriller fans. And now, Silence of the Grave, the next in this stunning series has won the coveted Golden Dagger Award. Presented by the British Crime Writers' Association, previous winners of this award include John Le Carre, Minette Walters, Henning Mankell, and James Lee Burke.
In Silence of the Grave, a corpse is found on a hill outside the city of Reykjavík, and Detective Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson and his team think the body may have been buried for some years.
While Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, slowly but surely he finds out the truth about another unhappy family. Few people are still alive who can tell the tale, but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever.Destined to be a classic in the world of crime fiction, Silence of the Grave is one of the most accomplished thrillers in recent years.More editions of Silence of the Grave: A Thriller:
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Stickby Elmore LeonardISBN 0380676524 (0-380-67652-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stick'Book summary:After time served for armed robbery, ex-con "Stick" Stickley is back on the outside, and down in Miami for a private family reunion. But it's tough going straight in a crooked town, especially when a crazed player chooses Stick at random to die for another man's sins. [via]
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Strangers on a Trainby Patricia HighsmithISBN 0393321983 (0-393-32198-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strangers on a Train'Book summary:From the moment that he constructs a perfect alibi, Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt and an insidious merging of his personality with that of his conspirator. [via]
Sunset Expressby Robert CraisISBN 0345454944 (0-345-45494-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Taken at the Floodby Agatha ChristieISBN 042506803X (0-425-06803-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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There Is a Tideby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440186927 (0-440-18692-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'There Is a Tide'Book summary:In the quiet English village of Warmsley Vale, a young widow of just two weeks becomes heir to a vast fortune, and an enigmatic newcomer meets s brutal death. But Hercule Poirot believes these "coincidences" are deliberate crimes--and he's determined to prove it. [via]
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The Torment of Othersby Val McDermidISBN 0312936095 (0-312-93609-5)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Torment of Others'Book summary:[via]THE VOICE SEEPS LIKE BLOOD...
Two years ago, Derek Tyler confessed to a sickening quartet of murders. Now the convicted perpetrator remains locked away, as do the gruesome, inimitable details of his crimes, which is precisely why this cant possibly be happening all over againbut it is.
SOOTHING, CAJOLING, PRAISING, COMMANDING...
One by one, mutilated corpses are turning up, each marked by the unmistakable calling card of the same warped killer. Still shattered in the wake of her own unbearable trauma, Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan is called in to make sense of the implausible scenario, with criminal psychologist Tony Hill on hand to complicate matters at every turn.
AS IMPOSSIBLE TO SILENCE AS IT IS TO DEFY.
As a seasoned profiler, Tony is convinced that the new murders arent the work of a copycat killer. Together, he and Carol prowl the mist-shrouded alleyways of tawdry Temple Fields, tracking a cunning serial killer who seems to be safely locked away yet somehow simultaneously on the loose, preparing to strike again...Val McDermid has crafted another chilling and suspenseful mystery for Tony and Carol in The Torment of Others.More editions of The Torment of Others:
Unnatural Causesby P. D. JamesISBN 0241893658 (0-241-89365-8)
Hardcover, Hamilton
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Visions in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 042520300X (0-425-20300-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Visions in Death'Book summary:A brand-new novel in the number-one New York Times-bestselling In Death series set in 2059 New York City. As technology and humanity collide, Detective Eve Dallas searches the darkest corners of Manhattan for an elusive killer with a passion for collecting souls...
On one of the city's hottest nights, New York Police Lieutenant Eve Dallas is sent to Central Park-and into a hellish new investigation. The victim is found on the rocks, just above the still, dark water of the lake. Around her neck is a single red ribbon. Her hands are posed, as if in prayer. But it is the eyes-removed with such precision, as if done with the careful hands of a surgeon-that have Dallas most alarmed.
As more bodies turn up, each with the same defining scars, Eve is frantic for answers. Against her instincts, she accepts help from a psychic who offers one vision after another-each with shockingly accurate details of the murders. And when partner and friend Peabody is badly injured after escaping an attack, the stakes are raised. Are the eyes a symbol? A twisted religious ritual? A souvenir? With help from her husband, Roarke, Dallas must uncover the killer's motivation before another vision becomes another nightmare. . . . [via]
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