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The Accusersby Lindsey DavisISBN 0712625569 (0-7126-2556-9)
Hardcover, Century
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An Advancement of Learningby Reginald HillISBN 0881500534 (0-88150-053-4)
Hardcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century Englandby Douglas HayISBN 0713909757 (0-7139-0975-7)
Hardcover, A. Lane
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Artemis Fowlby Eoin ColferISBN 0786817070 (0-7868-1707-0)
Softcover, Hyperion
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Artemis Fowl'Book summary:At last, one of the most talked-about novels of last year is now available in an accessible mass-market edition. Twelve-year-old Artemis is a millionaire, a genius-and above all, a criminal mastermind. But Artemis doesn't know what he's taken on when he kidnaps a fairy, Captain Holly Short of the LEPrecon Unit. These aren't the fairies of bedtime stories-they're dangerous! [via]
Artists in Crimeby Ngaio MarshISBN 0884114716 (0-88411-471-6)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Black Plumesby Margery AllinghamISBN 0786702907 (0-7867-0290-7)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Plumes'Book summary:The slashing of a valuable painting at the renowned Ivory Gallery in London, followed by the murder of the proprietor's son-in-law, Robert, sets the stage for another finely tuned Allingham mystery. The proprietor's mother, 90-year-old Gabrielle Ivory, holds the key to the web of intrigue and danger that permeates the gallery. [via]
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Blind to the Bonesby Stephen BoothISBN 074323796X (0-7432-3796-X)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blind to the Bones'Book summary:Family troubles of all shapes and surprises keep the cops hopping and the tension high in English novelist Stephen Booth's fourth Ben Cooper/Diane Fry mystery, Blind to the Bones.
The most affecting of this novel's three plot lines concerns the disappearance of university student Emma Renshaw, who was last seen more than two years ago while on her way home to Derbyshire. Unable to accept that their daughter isn't merely late on the train, that she's more than likely dead, Howard and Sarah Renshaw have gone to extraordinary lengths to find her, consulting psychics and "bombarding the police with theories and suggestions, pleas and demands"--all for naught. But then, suddenly, Emma's blood-stained mobile phone is found, and the Renshaws' faith seems finally to be rewarded. Or is this just another opportunity for disappointment? Meanwhile, Detective Constable Cooper--posted temporarily (he hopes) to a rural crime squad--is investigating burglaries around the depressed old village of Withens, when the battered corpse of one of Emma's ex-housemates turns up on the nearby moors, his face blackened with theatrical make-up and stolen goods left behind in his car. Inquiries lead Cooper to a clannish local family with a history of trouble-making, and put him in the sights of a shadowy group called the Border Rats.
Booth's ability over the course of a story to transform some of his least suspicious players into the most devious (or vice-versa) and his appreciative portrayal of England's scenic Peak District both make for engrossing fiction. Blind to the Bones's subtlest but most intriguing element, though, may be its third plot thread, which finds Detective Sergeant Fry's long-lost, heroin-addicted sister turning up in Edendale, where she tries to enlist Cooper's help in convincing the hard-edged Diane to stop looking for her, once and for all. This track answers several questions about DS Fry's past while raising more--and promising new levels of character development in future installments of this series. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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The Bonfire of the Vanitiesby Tom WolfeISBN 0816147450 (0-8161-4745-0)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Boy Who Followed Ripleyby Patricia HighsmithISBN 067974567X (0-679-74567-X)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Break Inby Dick FrancisISBN 0816141622 (0-8161-4162-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Break In'Book summary:A thriller in which a champion steeplechaser puts himself into a perilous situation when a smear campaign in the gutter press threatens to ruin his twin sister's life. [via]
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The Burglar in the Closetby Lawrence BlockISBN 0786205482 (0-7862-0548-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Burglar in the Closet'Book summary:From the author of BURGULAR IN THE LIBRARY, and reissued in a new cover style, a crime novel which features professional thief, Bernie Rhodenbarr. Rhodenbarr finds himself locked in a wardrobe in a bedroom he is burgling, and when he escapes he notices that not only has his proposed loot disappeared but a dead body has materialised in the room. [via]
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Cat & Mouseby James PattersonISBN 0783883455 (0-7838-8345-5)
Softcover, G K Hall & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cat & Mouse'Book summary:Alex Cross, the Porsche-driving doctor-detective-profiler-psychologist and single father of two must save his own life as well as the lives of his lover and family in a deadly game of Cat and Mouse. Cross meets up again with his old nemesis Gary Soneji, the ruthless, bloodthirsty megalomaniac from Along Came a Spider. Apparently, Soneji isn't too happy with Cross for putting him away and keeping him out of the violent crime loop for five years, so he's back with a bone to pick and a couple of fish to fry--or innocent bystanders to shoot, stab, or bludgeon. Soneji goes on a commuter killing spree in hopes of luring Cross down a bloody trail that ends at the good detective's own home. Cross is hot on the case and hot for Christine Johnson, his children's babe-a-licious principal who happens to be the widow of George Johnson, one of Soneji's victims. Never mind the coincidence; is Christine a bad-luck charm? Is there another killer? If so, is she or he in cahoots with Soneji? Once again, Patterson delivers a fast-paced, action-packed thriller that's sure to keep the pages flying. [via]
Chosen Preyby John SandfordISBN 0754091090 (0-7540-9109-0)
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City Primevalby Elmore LeonardISBN 0688169708 (0-688-16970-8)
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Courtroom 302: A Year Behind The Scenes In An American Criminal Courthouseby Steve BogiraISBN 0679752064 (0-679-75206-4)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Courtroom 302: A Year Behind The Scenes In An American Criminal Courthouse'Book summary:Steve Bogiras riveting book takes us into the heart of Americas criminal justice system. Courtroom 302 is the story of one year in one courtroom in Chicagos Cook County Criminal Courthouse, the busiest felony courthouse in the country.
We see the system through the eyes of the men and women who experience it, not only in the courtroom but in the lockup, the jury room, the judges chambers, the spectators gallery. When the judge and his staff go to the scene of the crime during a burglary trial, we go with them on the sheriffs bus. We witness from behind the scenes the highest-profile case of the year: three young white men, one of them the son of a reputed mobster, charged with the racially motivated beating of a thirteen-year-old black boy. And we follow the cases that are the daily grind of the court, like that of the middle-aged man whose crack addiction brings him repeatedly back before the judge.
Bogira shows us how the war on drugs is choking the system, and how in most instances justice is dispensedas, under the circumstances, it must berapidly and mindlessly. The stories that unfold in the courtroom are often tragic, but they no longer seem so to the people who work there. Says a deputy in 302: You hear this stuff every day, and youre like, Lets go, lets go, lets get this over with and move on to the next thing.
Steve Bogira is, as Robert Caro says, a masterful reporter. His special gift is his understanding of peopleand his ability to make us see and understand them. Fast-paced, gripping, and bursting with character and incident, Courtroom 302 is a unique illumination of our criminal court system that raises fundamental issues of race, civil rights, and justice. [via]More editions of Courtroom 302: A Year Behind The Scenes In An American Criminal Courthouse:
The Dangerby Dick FrancisISBN 0816137242 (0-8161-3724-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Death in Ecstasyby Ngaio MarshISBN 0884114783 (0-88411-478-3)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Digital Fortress: A Thrillerby Dan BrownISBN 0786259795 (0-7862-5979-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Digital Fortress: A Thriller'Book summary:In most thrillers, "hardware" consists of big guns, airplanes, military vehicles, and weapons that make things explode. Dan Brown has written a thriller for those of us who like our hardware with disc drives and who rate our heroes by big brainpower rather than big firepower. It's an Internet user's spy novel where the good guys and bad guys struggle over secrets somewhat more intellectual than just where the secret formula is hidden--they have to gain understanding of what the secret formula actually is.
In this case, the secret formula is a new means of encryption, capable of changing the balance of international power. Part of the fun is that the book takes the reader along into an understanding of encryption technologies. You'll find yourself better understanding the political battles over such real-life technologies as the Clipper Chip and PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) software even though the book looks at the issues through the eyes of fiction.
Although there's enough globehopping in this book for James Bond, the real battleground is cyberspace, because that's where the "bomb" (or rather, the new encryption algorithm) will explode. Yes, there are a few flaws in the plot if you look too closely, but the cleverness and the sheer fun of it all more than make up for them. There are enough twists and turns to keep you guessing and a lot of high, gee-whiz-level information about encryption, code breaking, and the role they play in international politics. Set aside the whole afternoon and evening for it and have finger food on hand for supper--you may want to read this one straight through. [via]
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Down in the Zeroby Andrew H. VachssISBN 0679760660 (0-679-76066-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Down in the Zero'Book summary:Andrew Vachss has reinvented detective fiction for an age in which guilty secrets are obsolete and murder isn't even worth a news headline. And in the person of his haunted, hell-ridden private eye Burke, Vachss has given us a new kind of hero: a man inured to every evil except the kind that preys on children.
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Now Burke is back, investigating an epidemic of apparent suicides among teenagers of a wealthy Connecticut suburb. There he discovers a sinister connection between the anguish of the young and the activities of an elite sadomasochistic underground, for whom pan and its accompanying rituals are a source of pleasureand power 
Endless Nightby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816145482 (0-8161-4548-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Entombedby Linda FairsteinISBN 0743482271 (0-7434-8227-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Entombed'Book summary:Series heroine Alexandra Cooper, head of Manhattan's sex crimes unit, returns in a novel that might have been titled "Nevermore,": focused as it is on the life and works of Edgar Allan Poe. When the body of a two-decades-old skeleton is found bricked up behind a wall in a soon-to-be-demolished building where Poe once lived, it looks like a very cold case indeed. But then that old murder is linked to a more current slaying, one that at first looks like the work of the Silk Stocking Rapist, Alex's old enemy, who terrorized the upper East Side of Manhattan several years ago but hasn't been heard from since. As usual, Alex and her good friends, detectives Mercer Wallace and Mike Chapman, take the reader to an area of New York most tourists never see--in this case, the Bronx Botanical Gardens and its wild, forested environs--and bring it dramatically to life. Just in case Poe ever has his own category on Alex's favorite TV show, theres enough trivia included about the master of the macabre's life and work to propel any reader to Final Jeopardy. Entombed is a smart, stylish, well-told tale. --Jane Adams [via]
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A Faint Cold Fear: A Novelby Karin SlaughterISBN 0688174582 (0-688-17458-2)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, Georgia, is called out to an apparent suicide on the local college campus. The mutilated body provides little in the way of clues-and the college authorities are eager to avoid a scandal-but for Sara and police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver, things don't add up. [via]
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False Allegationsby Andrew H. VachssISBN 0679772936 (0-679-77293-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'False Allegations'Book summary:Vachss and his quasi-hero Burke are definitely not for the squeamish, dealing largely with stories about abused children. But he is a strong and angry writer who has carved himself out a unique territory in the dark landscape of the thriller. In his 11th Burke novel, Vachss uses the work of the real Dr. Bruce Perry, the Houston psychologist and pioneer researcher into recovered memory, to center the story about a shady lawyer who specializes in getting such cases thrown out of court. [via]
Free Fall in Crimsonby John D. MacDonaldISBN 0816132720 (0-8161-3272-0)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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French Quarterby Herbert AsburyISBN 0891760288 (0-89176-028-8)
Softcover, Alexander Books
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The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violenceby Gavin De BeckerISBN 0747538352 (0-7475-3835-2)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Gift of Fear: Survival Signals That Protect Us from Violence'Book summary:Each hour, 75 women are raped in the United States, and every few seconds, a woman is beaten. Each day, 400 Americans suffer shooting injuries, and another 1,100 face criminals armed with guns. Author Gavin de Becker says victims of violent behavior usually feel a sense of fear before any threat or violence takes place. They may distrust the fear, or it may impel them to some action that saves their lives. A leading expert on predicting violent behavior, de Becker believes we can all learn to recognize these signals of the "universal code of violence," and use them as tools to help us survive. The book teaches how to identify the warning signals of a potential attacker and recommends strategies for dealing with the problem before it becomes life threatening. The case studies are gripping and suspenseful, and include tactics for dealing with similar situations.
People don't just "snap" and become violent, says de Becker, whose clients include federal government agencies, celebrities, police departments, and shelters for battered women. "There is a process as observable, and often as predictable, as water coming to a boil." Learning to predict violence is the cornerstone to preventing it. De Becker is a master of the psychology of violence, and his advice may save your life. --Joan Price
A Q&A with Gavin de Becker
Question: In todays world, where terror and tragedy seem omnipresent, the fear of violence never seems more heightened. Is the world a more violent place than it ever has been?
Gavin de Becker : Your question contains much of the answer: todays world, "where terror and tragedy seem omnipresent..." The key word is "seem." When TV news coverage presents so much on these topics, it elevates the perception of terrorism and tragedy way beyond the reality. In every major city, TV news creates forty hours of original production every day, most of it composed and presented to get our attention with fear. Hence an incident on an airplane in which a man fails to do any damage is treated as if the make-shift bomb actually exploded. It didnt. Imagine having a near miss in your car, avoiding what would have been a serious collision--and then talking about every hour for months after the fact. Welcome to TV news.
To the second part of your question, No, the world is not a more violent place than it has ever been, however we live as if it were. The U.S. is the most powerful nation in world history--and also the most afraid.
Question: You were just on the Oprah show discussing spousal homicide--can you talk about the show, and whether spousal homicide is a growing epidemic?
Gavin de Becker: Through two shows Oprah dedicated to the topic, were conveying a great deal of new information, and most of all, Oprahs announcement that a MOSAIC assessment system developed by my firm will be made available to any person who wants to use it, at no cost, via her website. This will allow anyone to diagnose a relationship to determine if it has the combination of factors most associated with escalated violence, and spousal homicide. Is spousal homicide increasing? It is not; however, the reality is more disturbing than an increase: Spousal homicide has remained a constant in our lives, such that every four hours at least one woman is killed in America by a husband or boyfriend. That uninterrupted and sad statistic can be interrupted and changed--because as explored in The Gift of Fear, spousal homicide is the single most preventable serious crime in America--largely owing to that fact that it always occurs after many warning signs, and after several people are aware of the risk.
Question: Your bestselling book The Gift of Fear gives many examples to help readers recognize what you call pre-incident indicators (PINS) of violence. What role does intuition play in recognizing these signals?
Gavin de Becker: Like every creature on earth, we have an extraordinary defense resource: We dont have the sharpest claws and strongest jaws--but we do have the biggest brains, and intuition is the most impressive process of these brains. It might be hard to accept its importance because intuition is often described as emotional, unreasonable, or inexplicable. Husbands chide their wives about "feminine intuition" and dont take it seriously. If intuition is used by a woman to explain some choice she made or a concern she cant let go of, men roll their eyes and write it off. We much prefer logic, the grounded, explainable, unemotional thought process that ends in a supportable conclusion. In fact, Americans worship logic, even when its wrong, and deny intuition, even when its right. Men, of course, have their own version of intuition, not so light and inconsequential, they tell themselves, as that feminine stuff. Theirs is more viscerally named a "gut feeling," but whatever name we use, it isnt just a feeling. It is a process more extraordinary and ultimately more logical in the natural order than the most fantastic computer calculation. It is our most complex cognitive process and, at the same time, the simplest.
Intuition connects us to the natural world and to our nature. It carries us to predictions we will later marvel at. "Somehow I knew," we will say about the chance meeting we predicted, or about the unexpected phone call from a distant friend, or the unlikely turnaround in someones behavior, or about the violence we steered clear of, or, too often, the violence we elected not to steer clear of. The Gift of Fear offers strategies that help us recognize the signals of intuition--and helps us avoid denial, which is the enemy of safety.
Question: Your latest book, Just 2 Seconds, has been called a "masterpiece" of analysis on the art of preventing assassination. It contains an entire compendium of attacks on protected persons across the globe. What motivated you to put together such a definitive reference? What tenets can be applied to ones everyday life?
Gavin de Becker: Most of all, we wrote the book we needed. My co-authors and I had long looked for an extensive collection of attack summaries from which important new insights could be harvested. Unable to find it, we committed to do the work ourselves, eventually collecting more than 1400 cases to analyze. Many new insights and concepts emerged from the study, and the one most applicable to day to day life, even for people who are not living with unusual risks, is to be in the present; pre-sent, as it were. Now is the only time anything ever happens--now is where the action is. All focus on anything outside the Now (the past, memory, the future, fantasy) detracts focus from whats actually happening in your environment. Human being have the capacity to look right at something and not see it, and in studying such a crisp event--the few seconds during which assassinations have occurred--Just 2 Seconds aims to enhance the readers ability to see the value of the present moment.
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The Goodbye Lookby Ross MacDonaldISBN 0754048586 (0-7540-4858-6)
Softcover, Chivers
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Havana Bayby Martin Cruz SmithISBN 0679426620 (0-679-42662-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Havana Bay'Book summary:In this fourth book in Martin Cruz Smith's splendid series, an amiable Irish American gangster explains to Arkady Renko what he and the other 84 wanted Americans hiding out in Cuba do with themselves. "We try to stay alive. Useful. Tell me, Arkady, what are you doing here?" "The same," says Renko--and it's true. His life as a Russian cop has become so bleak and lonely that he takes any opportunity to shake things up, even spending his own savings to fly to Havana when an old colleague is found dead--floating inside an inner tube after night-fishing in Havana Bay. Renko sets out to make himself useful in this shabby, fascinating, haunted country whose inhabitants look on Russians with the cold disdain of survivors of a nasty divorce.
As he did so well in Gorky Park, Smith again makes Renko very much a classic Russian hero in temperament and tradition, but also the eternal outsider. He is at times close to the edge of despair--but his trip to Havana restores his natural curiosity and life force.
In this hot Havana, ripe with the fruity smell of sex, Renko keeps his Moscow overcoat on--until an equally idealistic and out-of-place young female cop gets him to loosen up. There's an unusually complex plot, even for the sly strand-spinner Smith. He raises baffling questions: Why would a group of military plotters order illegal lobsters in a fancy restaurant and then not eat them? And his descriptions of Cuban life are dead-on, reminding us on every page what a superb stylist he is. --Dick Adler [via]
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Hell of a Womanby Jim ThompsonISBN 0679732519 (0-679-73251-9)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Holy Thiefby Ellis PetersISBN 0792717430 (0-7927-1743-0)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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Hot Moneyby Dick FrancisISBN 0816146330 (0-8161-4633-0)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hot Money'Book summary:Malcolm Pembroke never expected to make a million pounds without making enemies. Nor did he expect his latest wife to be brutally murdered. All the clues suggest the killer comes from close to home - but after five marriages and nine children, that still leaves the field wide open. When he finds his own life in danger, Pembroke entrusts his safety to his estranged son, Ian, an amateur jockey; and through him discovers a compulsive new outlet for his financial expertise. Soon he's playing the international bloodstock market for incredible stakes. Not the safest bet for a man on the run from avaricious relatives. Particularly when one of them got a bomb... [via]
Kisscutby Karin SlaughterISBN 0688174590 (0-688-17459-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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The Knocker on Death's Doorby Ellis PetersISBN 0786247444 (0-7862-4744-4)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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LaBravaby Elmore LeonardISBN 0688160972 (0-688-16097-2)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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Leper of Saint Gilesby Ellis PetersISBN 0786213752 (0-7862-1375-2)
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The Locked Roomby Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo, Paul Britten AustinISBN 0679742220 (0-679-74222-0)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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A Long Line of Dead Menby Lawrence BlockISBN 0688121934 (0-688-12193-4)
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Longshotby Dick FrancisISBN 0816154171 (0-8161-5417-1)
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The Man in the Queueby Josephine Tey, Robert BarnardISBN 0684815028 (0-684-81502-8)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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The Man on the Balconyby Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo, Alan BlairISBN 0679745963 (0-679-74596-3)
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Medieval Underworldby Andrew McCallISBN 0750937270 (0-7509-3727-0)
Softcover, Sutton Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Medieval Underworld'Book summary:The book explores a way of life which is both extraordinarily modern and yet totally of its period. It looks at medieval times from the point of view of those men and women who either would not or could not conform to the conventions of a society whose insistence upon conformity was obsessive. [via]
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Miss Marpleby Agatha ChristieISBN 0816141282 (0-8161-4128-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miss Marple'Book summary:A stunningly repackaged omnibus, gathering together every short story featuring one of Agatha Christie's most famous creations: Miss Marple. Described by her friend Dolly Bantry as ' the typical old maid of fiction', Miss Marple has lived almost her entire life in the sleepy hamlet of St Mary Mead. Yet, by observing village life she has gained an unparalleled insight into human nature - and used it to devasting effect. As her friend Sir Henry Clithering, the ex-Commissioner of Scotland Yard has been heard to say: 'She's just the finest detective God ever made.' - and many Agatha Christie fans would agree. Appearing for the first time in The Murder at The Vicarage (1930) her crime-fighting career spanned over forty years when she solved her final case in 1977 in Sleeping Murder. With every tale flawlessly plotted by the Queen of Crime herself, these short stories provide a feast for hardened Agatha Christie addicts as well as those who have grown to love the detective through her many film and television appearances. [via]
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Modesty Blaiseby Peter O'DonnellISBN 0892960906 (0-89296-090-6)
Softcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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The Moorby Laurie R. KingISBN 0783801629 (0-7838-0162-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Moving Toyshopby Edmund CrispinISBN 0848801040 (0-8488-0104-0)
Hardcover, Amereon Ltd
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Native Sonby WrightISBN 0816157871 (0-8161-5787-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Nightmare in Pinkby John D. MacDonaldISBN 0816163820 (0-8161-6382-0)
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On Beulah Heightby Reginald HillISBN 0708990568 (0-7089-9056-8)
Hardcover, Ulverscroft Large Print Books
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Over the Edgeby Jonathan KellermanISBN 0689116357 (0-689-11635-7)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Papillonby Henri CharriereISBN 0688022693 (0-688-02269-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Papillon'Book summary:Henri Charrière, called "Papillon," for the butterfly tattoo on his chest, was convicted in Paris in 1931 of a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he became obsessed with one goal: escape. After planning and executing a series of treacherous yet failed attempts over many years, he was eventually sent to the notorious prison, Devil's Island, a place from which no one had ever escaped . . . until Papillon. His flight to freedom remains one of the most incredible feats of human cunning, will, and endurance ever undertaken.
Charrière's astonishing autobiography, Papillon, was published in France to instant acclaim in 1968, more than twenty years after his final escape. Since then, it has become a treasured classic -- the gripping, shocking, ultimately uplifting odyssey of an innocent man who would not be defeated.
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Police at the Funeralby Margery AllinghamISBN 0786701692 (0-7867-0169-2)
Softcover, Carroll & Graf Pub
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Potshotby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0754016617 (0-7540-1661-7)
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Proofby Dick FrancisISBN 081613927X (0-8161-3927-X)
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Readings on Native Sonby Richard Wright, Hayley R. MitchellISBN 0737703202 (0-7377-0320-2)
Hardcover, Greenhaven Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Readings on Native Son'Book summary:"An anthology of essays by scholars representing various perspectives and interpretation of the novel. The book(s) provides criticism and discussions of meaning, structure, and the historical content...as well as biographical information. It is organized in such a way that will give students a plethora of information in a largely accessible format. Each chapter heading is annotated, giving readers a chance to sample the content of the essays. Furthermore, each selection is introduced with background biographical data on the essay's author alongwith a summary of the content and the particular point of view represented. A reader-friendly and comprehensive resouce for students and teachers of world literature."
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Rendezvous in Blackby Cornell Woolrich, Richard DoolingISBN 0812971450 (0-8129-7145-0)
Softcover, Times Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rendezvous in Black'Book summary:On a mild midwestern night in the early 1940s, Johnny Marr leans against a drugstore wall. Hes waiting for Dorothy, his fiancée, and tonight is the last night theyll be meeting here, for its May 31st, and June 1st marks their wedding day. But shes late, and Johnny soon learns of a horrible accidentan accident involving a group of drunken men, a low-flying charter plane, and an empty liquor bottle. In one short moment Johnny loses all that matters to him and his life is shattered. He vows to take from these men exactly what they took from him. After years of planning, Johnny begins his quest for revenge, and on May 31st of each yearalways on May 31stwives, lovers, and daughters are suddenly no longer safe.
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Richard Wright's Native Sonby Harold BloomISBN 0791041395 (0-7910-4139-5)
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The Riddle of the Third Mileby Colin DexterISBN 0804114889 (0-8041-1488-9)
Softcover, Ivy Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Riddle of the Third Mile'Book summary:"[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot."
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Inspector Morse isn't sure what to make of the truncated body found dumped in the Oxford Canal, but he suspects it may be all that's left of an elderly Oxford don last seen boarding the London train several days before. Whatever the truth, the inspector knows it won't be simple--it never is. As he retraces Professor Browne-Smith's route through a London netherworld of topless bars and fancy bordellos, his forebodings are fulfilled. The evidence mounts; so do the bodies. So Morse downs another pint, unleashes his pit bull instincts, and solves a mystery that defies all logic.
"[Dexter] is a magician with character, story construction, and the English language. . . . Colin Dexter and Morse are treasures of the genre."
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"It is a delight to watch this brilliant, quirky man deduce."
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The Rose Rentby Ellis PetersISBN 0786225696 (0-7862-2569-6)
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Sacred Clownsby Tony HillermanISBN 0786200154 (0-7862-0015-4)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Sacred Clowns/Thorndike Large Printby Tony HillermanISBN 0786200162 (0-7862-0016-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Sanctuary Sparrowby Ellis PetersISBN 0786215992 (0-7862-1599-2)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sanctuary Sparrow'Book summary:A paperback edition of a novel featuring Brother Cadfael. A young man pursued by a lynching mob seeks sanctuary at the Benedictine monastery in Shrewsbury. He is accused of robbery and murder, but Cadfael senses his innocence and sets out to prove it. Publication is to coincide with the televising of a new series based on the Cadfael chronicles. [via]
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A Shilling for Candlesby Josephine TeyISBN 0684842386 (0-684-84238-6)
Softcover, Touchstone Books
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Straightby Dick FrancisISBN 0816149917 (0-8161-4991-7)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Talking Godby Tony HillermanISBN 0792481291 (0-7924-8129-1)
Hardcover, Bdd Promotional Book Co
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A Ticket to the Boneyardby Lawrence BlockISBN 0688090702 (0-688-09070-2)
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To Love and Be Wiseby Josephine TeyISBN 0684006316 (0-684-00631-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Love and Be Wise'Book summary:Literary sherry parties were not Alan Grant's cup of tea. But when the Scotland Yard Inspector arrived to pick up actress Marta Hallard for dinner, he was struck by the handsome young American photographer, Leslie Searle. Author Lavinia Fitch was sure her guest "must have been something very wicked in ancient Greece," and the art colony at Salcott St. Mary would have agreed. Yet Grant heard nothing more of Searle until the news of his disappearance. Had Searle drowned by accident or could he have been murdered by one of his young women admirers? Was it a possible case of suicide or had the photographer simply vanished for reasons of his own? [via]
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Valediction: A Spenser Novelby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0816137021 (0-8161-3702-1)
Hardcover, G.K. Hall
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The Valley of Fear: Library Editionby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0719529492 (0-7195-2949-2)
Hardcover, J. Murray : Cape
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Voodoo Riverby Robert CraisISBN 0786889055 (0-7868-8905-5)
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A Walk Among the Tombstonesby Lawrence BlockISBN 0688103502 (0-688-10350-2)
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Watchmanby Ian RankinISBN 075286033X (0-7528-6033-X)
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The Woman in Whiteby Wilkie CollinsISBN 0765353954 (0-7653-5395-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman in White'Book summary:There, in the middle of the broad bright high-road -- there, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth or dropped from the heaven -- stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white garments, her face bent in grave inquiry on mine, her hand pointing to the dark cloud over London, as I faced her. I was far too seriously startled by the suddenness with which this extraordinary apparition stood before me, in the dead of night and in that lonely place, to ask what she wanted. The strange woman spoke first. "Is that the road to London?" she said. I looked attentively at her, as she put that singular question to me. It was then nearly one o'clock. All I could discern distinctly by the moonlight was a colorless, youthful face, meager and sharp to look at about the cheeks and chin; large, grave, wistfully attentive eyes; nervous, uncertain lips; and light hair of a pale, brownish-yellow hue. There was nothing wild, nothing immodest in her manner: it was quiet and self-controlled, a little melancholy and a little touched by suspicion; not exactly the manner of a lady, and, at the same time, not the manner of a woman in the humblest rank of life. [via]
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