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All Shall Be Wellby Deborah CrombieISBN 0684196549 (0-684-19654-9)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Angel of Darknessby Caleb CarrISBN 0679435328 (0-679-43532-8)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Angel of Darkness'Book summary:In The Angel of Darkness, Caleb Carr brings back the vivid world of his bestselling The Alienist but with a twist: this story is told by the former street urchin Stevie Taggert, whose rough life has given him wisdom beyond his years. Thus New York City, and the groundbreaking alienist Dr. Kreizler himself, are seen anew.
It is June 1897. A year has passed since Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, a pioneer in forensic psychiatry, tracked down the brutal serial killer John Beecham with the help of a team of trusted companions and a revolutionary application of the principles of his discipline. Kreizler and his friends--high-living crime reporter John Schuyler Moore; indomitable, derringer-toting Sara Howard; the brilliant (and bickering) detective brothers Marcus and Lucius Isaacson; powerful and compassionate Cyrus Montrose; and Stevie Taggert, the boy Kreizler saved from a life of street crime--have returned to their former pursuits and tried to forget the horror of the Beecham case. But when the distraught wife of a Spanish diplomat begs Sara's aid, the team reunites to help find her kidnapped infant daughter. It is a case fraught with danger, since Spain and the United States are on the verge of war. Their investigation leads the team to a shocking suspect: a woman who appears to the world to be a heroic nurse and a loving mother, but who may in reality be a ruthless murderer of children.
Once again, Caleb Carr proves his brilliant ability to re-create the past, both high life and low. As the horror unfolds, Delmonico's still serves up wondrous meals, and a summer trip to the elegant gambling parlors of Saratoga provides precious keys to the murderer's past. At the same time, we go on revealing journeys into Stevie's New York, a place where poor and neglected children--then as now--turn to crime and drugs at shockingly early ages. Peppered throughout are characters taken from real life and rendered with historical vigor, including suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton; painter Albert Pinkham Ryder; and Clarence Darrow, who thunders for the defense in a tense courtroom drama during which the sanctity of American motherhood itself is put on trial. Fast-paced and chilling, The Angel of Darkness is a tour de force, a novel of modern evil in old New York. [via]More editions of The Angel of Darkness:
The Apeman's Secretby Franklin W. DixonISBN 0671954822 (0-671-95482-2)
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Big Sleepby Raymond ChandlerISBN 0679601406 (0-679-60140-6)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Black Dogby Stephen BoothISBN 0671786040 (0-671-78604-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster, Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Black Dog'Book summary:A neat little psychological thriller in the Barbara Vine tradition, debut novelist Stephen Booth's smart, spare suspense story introduces Detective Constable Ben Cooper, an up-and-coming English policeman who fears he'll never be able to fill the shoes of his father, a police sergeant who died a hero's death on the job in Ben's own precinct. Diane Fry, Ben's new partner, is an ambitious woman who's just been transferred to the Edendale force. She's jealous of Ben's familiarity with the locals, who won't tell her anything but treat Ben like a beloved son. The pair is teamed up to investigate the brutal murder of a 15-year-old girl whose parents, like Fry, are outsiders. The old man who finds Laura Vernon's body is an enigmatic, close-mouthed man who obviously knows more than he's telling, but even Ben can't budge Harry Dickinson from his determination to keep the real story of what happened in the dark woods of England's brooding Peak District to himself. Laura's father is anxious to pin the crime on a local boy who may have had sexual designs on her and who's conveniently gone missing. But the search for the killer turns up the dark secrets of the Vernons as well as a number of other suspects who keep Ben and Diane guessing until the last page of this well-written, carefully paced, and deeply atmospheric novel. A strong first showing from a writer worth watching, with a protagonist who'd be good company in a return engagement. --Jane Adams [via]
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Black Moneyby Ross MacDonaldISBN 0679768106 (0-679-76810-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Blackwing Puzzleby Franklin W. DixonISBN 0671704729 (0-671-70472-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Bleak Houseby Charles Dickens, Hablot Knight BrowneISBN 0679405682 (0-679-40568-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bleak House'Book summary:Bleak House is a satirical look at the Byzantine legal system in London as it consumes the minds and talents of the greedy and nearly destroys the lives of innocents--a contemporary tale indeed. Dickens's tale takes us from the foggy dank streets of London and the maze of the Inns of Court to the peaceful countryside of England. Likewise, the characters run from murderous villains to virtuous girls, from a devoted lover to a "fallen woman," all of whom are affected by a legal suit in which there will, of course, be no winner. The first-person narrative related by the orphan Esther is particularly sweet. The articulate reading by the acclaimed British actor Paul Scofield, whose distinctive broad English accent lends just the right degree of sonority and humor to the text, brings out the color in this classic social commentary disguised as a Victorian drama. However, to abridge Dickens is, well, a Dickensian task, the results of which make for a story in which the author's convoluted plot lines and twists of fate play out in what seems to be a fast-forward format. Listeners must pay close attention in order to keep up with the multiple narratives and cast of curious characters, including the memorable Inspector Bucket and Mr. Guppy. Fortunately, the publisher provides a partial list of characters on the inside jacket. (Running time: 3 hours; 2 cassettes) [via]
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The Bone Is Pointedby Arthur William UpfieldISBN 0684182475 (0-684-18247-5)
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But I Wouldn't Want to Die Thereby Nancy Pickard, Linda MarrowISBN 0671723316 (0-671-72331-6)
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Captive Heartby Carolyn KeeneISBN 067188199X (0-671-88199-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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The Children of Menby P. D. JamesISBN 0679418733 (0-679-41873-3)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children of Men'Book summary:Told with P. D. James's trademark suspense, insightful characterization, and riveting storytelling, The Children of Men is a story of a world with no children and no future. The human race has become infertile, and the last generation to be born is now adult. Civilization itself is crumbling as suicide and despair become commonplace. Oxford historian Theodore Faron, apathetic toward a future without a future, spends most of his time reminiscing. Then he is approached by Julian, a bright, attractive woman who wants him to help get her an audience with his cousin, the powerful Warden of England. She and her band of unlikely revolutionaries may just awaken his desire to live . . . and they may also hold the key to survival for the human race.From the Trade Paperback edition. [via]
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Classic Illustrated Sherlock Holmes: Thirty Seven Short Stories Plus a Complete Novelby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0681401893 (0-681-40189-3)
Hardcover, Longmeadow Pr
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Clean Break: A Kate Brannigan Mysteryby Val McDermidISBN 0684804611 (0-684-80461-1)
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The Club Dumasby Arturo Pérez-Reverte, Sonia SotoISBN 0679777547 (0-679-77754-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Club Dumas'Book summary:Fallen angels, satanic manuals, and a passion for the works of Raphael Sabatini and Alexandre Dumas among others--this is the stuff of Spanish author Arturo Pérez-Reverte's engrossing novel The Club Dumas. Set in a world of antiquarian booksellers where dealers would gladly betray their own mothers to get their hands on a rare volume, The Club Dumas is a thinking person's thriller: in addition to a riveting plot, the book is full of intriguing details that range from the working habits of Alexandre Dumas to how one might go about forging a 17th-century text. Woven through these meditations is enough murder, sex, and the occult to keep both the hero, Lucas Corso, and the reader hopping.
As in his previous novel, The Flanders Panel, set in the world of art restoration, Mr. Pérez-Reverte has written a literary thriller to tease both the intellect and adrenaline gland. Lucas Corso makes a complex, ultimately sympathetic hero, and there's plenty to delight in the intricate twists and turns the story takes before the mystery of The Club Dumas is finally solved. [via]
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Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0679600078 (0-679-60007-8)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe'Book summary:Edgar Allan Poe was one of the most original writers in the history of American letters, a genius who was tragically misunderstood in his lifetime. He was a seminal figure in the development of science fiction and the detective story, and exerted a great influence on Dostoyevsky, Arthur Conan Doyle, Jules Verne, and Charles Baudelaire, who championed him long before Poe was appreciated in his own country. Baudelaire's enthusiasm brought Poe a wide audience in Europe, and his writing came to have enormous importance for modern French literature. This edition includes his most well-known works--"The Raven," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "Annabel Lee," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Murders in the Rue Morgue"--as well as less-familiar stories, poems, and essays. [via]
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The Complete Storiesby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0679417400 (0-679-41740-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Edgar Allan Poes gift for the macabrehis genius in finding the strangeness lurking at the heart of thingswas so extraordinary that he exerted a major influence on Baudelaire and French symbolism, on Freudian analysis, and also on the detective novel and the Hollywood movie. His psychologically profound stories of encounters with the marvelous, the uncanny, and the dreadful representin contrast to the optimism of writers like Emerson and Whitmanthe other, darker side of the nineteenth-century American sensibility.More editions of The Complete Stories:
Counterfeit Christmasby Carolyn Keene, Ruth AshbyISBN 0671881930 (0-671-88193-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Crime and Punishmentby Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonsky, W. J. LeatherbarrowISBN 0679420290 (0-679-42029-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Crime and Punishmentby Richard Pevear, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Larissa VolokhonskyISBN 0679734503 (0-679-73450-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crime and Punishment'Book summary:Mired in poverty, the student Raskolnikov nevertheless thinks well of himself. Of his pawnbroker he takes a different view, and in deciding to do away with her he sets in motion his own tragic downfall. Dostoyevsky's penetrating novel of an intellectual whose moral compass goes haywire, and the detective who hunts him down for his terrible crime, is a stunning psychological portrait, a thriller and a profound meditation on guilt and retribution. [via]
Dance Till You Dieby Carolyn Keene, Ruth AshbyISBN 0671794922 (0-671-79492-2)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Dangerous Relationsby Carolyn Keene, Anne GreenbergISBN 067173086X (0-671-73086-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Dead Lagoonby Michael DibdinISBN 0679753117 (0-679-75311-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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Death of a Partnerby Janet Neel, Jane CheliusISBN 0671748394 (0-671-74839-4)
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Death on Siteby Janet NeelISBN 0671735810 (0-671-73581-0)
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Death's Bright Angelby Janet NeelISBN 0671735799 (0-671-73579-9)
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Deep Sleepby Frances FyfieldISBN 0671735470 (0-671-73547-0)
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Designs in Crimeby Carolyn Keene, Anne GreenbergISBN 0671794817 (0-671-79481-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Double Indemnityby James M. CainISBN 0679723226 (0-679-72322-6)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Double Indemnity'Book summary:When smalltime insurance salesman Walter Huff meets seductive Phyllis Nirdlinger, the wife of one of his wealthy clients, it takes him only minutes to determine that she wants to get rid of her husband--and not much longer to decide to help her do it. Walter knows that accident insurance pays double indemnity on railroad mishaps, so he and Phyllis plot frantically to get Nirdlinger on--and off--a train without arousing the suspicions of the police, the insurance company, Nirdlinger's dishy daughter, her mysterious boyfriend, or Nirdlinger himself. This brief but complex novel is a perfect example of the ordinary-guy-gone-disastrously-wrong story that Cain always pulls off brilliantly. [via]
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The Emperor's Pearlby Robert Van GulikISBN 0684173182 (0-684-17318-2)
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The End of the Pierby Martha GrimesISBN 0679411267 (0-679-41126-7)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The End of the Pier'Book summary:Two murders with the same modus operandi committed one year apart lead La Porte deputy sheriff Sam DeGheyn to the conclusion that the man serving time for the first murder has been unjustly imprisoned. 100,000 first printing. Mystery Guild Main. Lit Guild Alt. [via]
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Fade the Heatby Jay BrandonISBN 0671702602 (0-671-70260-2)
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Fletchby Gregory McDonaldISBN 0672520206 (0-672-52020-6)
Hardcover, Bobbs-Merrill
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Floodby Andrew H. VachssISBN 0679781293 (0-679-78129-3)
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In Vachss's acclaimed first novel, we are introduced to Burke, the avenging angel of abused children. Burke's client is a woman named Flood, who has the face of an angel, the body of a high-priced stripper, and the skills of a professional executioner. She wants Burke to find a monster -- so she can kill him with her bare hands. In this cauterizing thriller, Andrew Vachss's renegade private eye teams up with a lethally gifted vigilante to follow a child's murderer through the catacombs of New York, where every alley is a setup for a mugging and every tenement has something rotten in the basement. Fearfully knowing, buzzing with narrative tension, and written in prose as forceful as a hollow-point bullet, Flood is Burke at his deadliest -- and Vachss at the peak of his form.
An Interview with Andrew Vachss on Another Life, the Final Book in the Burke Series
Q: There has been some discussion that this might be the last novel in the Burke series. Do you see it that way? And if so, why?Andrew Vachss: I don't just "see" it that way, I wrote it that way. Another Life is the coda to the Burke novels, the final chapter in a series that has been running since 1985. The timing was no accident. If I was to keep faith to those who gone the distance with me, I had to be true to my original promise: unlike some series in which the protagonist never ages, I set out to have each book show the main characters not only aging, but changing as well. Even dying. This series is all about "Family of Choice." All the members of Burke's family share this truth: The most righteous of parents don't want their children to "follow in their footsteps," they want their children to walk past those footsteps. Burke's family have always walked the outlaw road, and can never walk another. But as the children reach adulthood, it is the family's blood obligation to fork that road for them. And that time has now come.
Q: This is the 18th volume in the Burke series. How has the series changed? How have the issues you address in the novels changed over the years?
AV: I am not sure the series has changed... because all the changes depicted throughout have been part of the original concept. Of all of the descriptions of my books, Sonny Mehta dubbing them "investigative novels" is the one I am proudest of, because I wanted the books to be Trojan horses, a platform from which I could show people a world known only to the "Children of The Secret." I didn't know there was a name for such an intent until I won the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière and a French reporter told me the Burke series was "littérature engageé." My goal was not to raise consciousness, but to raise anger. Ours is a country where anything can be accomplished if enough people get angry... because, in America, we act on our collective anger. If you want proof of how that works, just take a look at how New York State finally closed the hated (and virtually unknown) incest exception. When I first wrote about predatory pedophiles modem-trafficking in kiddie porn, reviewers condemned the book as a product of my "sick imagination." Who would say that today? Time and time again what I have written about has "come true." This is not because I am prescient, it is that my work takes me places most citizens never see. So the issues never really change, but as more and more folks become aware of the foundational truth in my "fiction," those issues no longer flourish in the shadows. Years after the series launched, enough folks focused their rage at how children are seen as property in America to form the first PAC (Political Action Committee) solely devoted to child protection. Anyone who says "books don't change anything," or--more commonly--that crime fiction is the wrong genre for promoting social change--should take a closer look.
Q: Burke has a very close family of choice. What drew these people together, and what do you see is the future for them, beyond the series?
AV: It would be easy to say that everyone in Burke's family was a "Child of The Secret," but that would not be true. What they have most powerfully in common is a marrow-deep hatred of humans who prey on children. The rest of the question is actually answered within the book itself, and I'm not a fan of "spoilers."
Q: Over the years, you're consistently ahead of the curve in terms of spotting cultural, political, and criminal trends before they become headlines. How are you constantly able to do this? And is there anything in this new novel that you think is likely to be in tomorrow's headlines?
AV: It's no great trick to spot things you see with your own eyes, which is why I wrote about predatory pedophiles deliberately seeking work in day care centers, or organ trafficking, or cults practicing "baby-breeding"... it's a long list. Most folks had never even heard the word "piquerist" before my novel on the subject. And although it looks as if I "predicted" the use of the Internet to lure children, or what I called "noir vérité," etc., I was functioning far more as journalist than a novelist when I wrote about such things. Burke has two extraordinary skills which set him apart from his contemporaries: the "pattern-recognition software" inside his mind, and his ability to extract information. Another Life is going to showcase both of those skills far more than any previous book. As for "tomorrow's headlines," you have to remember that I wrote the book over a year ago... so some have already surfaced. Ask my scalpel-penciled editor--Edward Kastenmeier--if you doubt my word. Many times we have had to alter a manuscript because what I was "predicting" had just come to pass. I don't know how long it is going to take for some of the truth revealed in Another Life to reach public consciousness. It may be "tomorrow's headlines"... or it may be another year or two. But if you look at my track record, you'll know where to put your money down.
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Game Plan for Disasterby Franklin W. DixonISBN 0671723219 (0-671-72321-9)
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Hard Candyby Andrew H. VachssISBN 0679761691 (0-679-76169-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Haunted Monasteryby Robert Hans Van GulikISBN 068417975X (0-684-17975-X)
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Head Gamesby Christopher GoldenISBN 0671775820 (0-671-77582-0)
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Heart of Iceby Carolyn Keene, Ruth AshbyISBN 0671881949 (0-671-88194-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Innocent Bloodby P. D. JamesISBN 0684165910 (0-684-16591-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Innocent Blood'Book summary:Adopted as a child into a privileged family, Philippa Palfrey fantasizes that she is the daughter of an aristocrat and a parlor maid. The terrifying truth about her parents and a long-ago murder is only the first in a series of shocking betrayals. Philippa quickly learns that those who delve into the secrets of the past must be on guard when long-buried horrors begin to stir.
"As a crime novel," wrote the London Times, Innocent Blood is "the peak of the art." "Flawlessly crafted...profoundly, masterfully moving," Cosmopolitan concurred. [via]
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Inspector West at Homeby John CreaseyISBN 0684133962 (0-684-13396-2)
Hardcover, Macmillan Pub Co
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Island of Secretsby Carolyn KeeneISBN 0671794906 (0-671-79490-6)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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The Keys to the Streetby Ruth RendellISBN 0679774033 (0-679-77403-3)
Softcover, Random House Large Print
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Killer Inside Meby Jim ThompsonISBN 0679733973 (0-679-73397-3)
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Kiss and Tellby Carolyn Keene, Anne GreenbergISBN 0671881957 (0-671-88195-7)
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The Laughing Policemanby Maj Sjowall, Per Wahloo, Alan BlairISBN 0679742239 (0-679-74223-9)
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A Little Yellow Dog: An Easy Rawlins Mysteryby Walter MosleyISBN 0671884298 (0-671-88429-8)
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Love Notesby Carolyn KeeneISBN 0671882007 (0-671-88200-7)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
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Lucky Youby Carl HiaasenISBN 0679774513 (0-679-77451-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Lucky You'Book summary:Grange, Florida, is, famous for its miracles-the weeping fiberglass Madonna, the Road-Stain Jesus, the stigmata man. And now it has JoLayne Lucks, unlikely winner of the state lottery. Unfortunately, JoLayne's winning ticket isn't the only one. The other belongs to Bodean Gazzer and his raunchy sidekick, Chub, who want the whole $28 million jackpot to start their own underground militia.
But JoLayne Lucks has her own plans for the Lotto money, and when Bode and Chub brutally assault her and steal her ticket, she vows to track them down, take it back-and get revenge. The only one who can help is Tom Krome, a big-city investigative journalist now writing frothy features for a mid-sized newspaper. He is about to become part of a story that's bigger and more bizarre than anything he's ever covered. Chasing two heavily armed psychopaths is reckless enough, but Tom's got other problems-including his fugitive wife and his own growing fondness for the future millionairess with whom he's risking his neck.
The pursuit takes them to a buzzard-infested island deep in Florida Bay, where they finally catch up with the fledgling militia-and their baffled hostage, a Hooters waitress. The climax explodes with the hilarious mayhem that is Carl Hiaasen's hallmark. Lucky You is his funniest, most deliriously gripping novel yet. [via] -
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evilby John BerendtISBN 0679751521 (0-679-75152-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil'Book summary:John Berendt's Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil has been heralded as a "lyrical work of nonfiction," and the book's extremely graceful prose depictions of some of Savannah, Georgia's most colorful eccentrics--remarkable characters who could have once prospered in a William Faulkner novel or Eudora Welty short story--were certainly a critical factor in its tremendous success. (One resident into whose orbit Berendt fell, the Lady Chablis, went on to become a minor celebrity in her own right.) But equally important was Berendt's depiction of Savannah socialite Jim Williams as he stands trial for the murder of Danny Hansford, a moody, violence-prone hustler--and sometime companion to Williams--characterized by locals as a "walking streak of sex." So feel free to call it a "true crime classic" without a trace of shame. [via]
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Midnight In The Garden Of Good And Evil: A Savannah Storyby John BerendtISBN 0679643419 (0-679-64341-9)
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Mildred Pierceby James M. CainISBN 0679723218 (0-679-72321-8)
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Monsterby Jonathan KellermanISBN 067945960X (0-679-45960-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Monster'Book summary:Consulting psychologist Alex Delaware has a novel approach to crime-solving: he uses his training to unlock the secrets in the minds of the victims and jiggles the clues he finds there until the right scenario emerges. So when Alex's LAPD buddy Milo finds the hacked-up body of a woman psychologist named Claire Argent in an abandoned car trunk--the second such murder in eight months--Alex heads for her place of employment: the Starkweather State Hospital for the Criminally Insane.
One of Argent's patients at Starkweather is Ardis "Monster" Peake, imprisoned for the unbelievably brutal murders of his mother and the family she worked for, including a small child and a baby. There's at least one eerie similarity between the mutilation of their bodies and Argent's: in all the bodies, the eyes were taken or destroyed. But Peake, diagnosed as schizophrenic and psychotic, is a well-behaved vegetable due to a steady diet of Thorazine, and he hasn't left the hospital since his incarceration 15 years before. How is it, then, that Claire Argent's assistant, Heidi Ott, swears she heard Peake say, "Dr. A. Bad eyes in a box" soon after he hears only the bare fact of her death? And why does Alex find Peake so empathetic, in spite of his violent past and chillingly vacant mind? When other mutilated bodies turn up, Alex and Milo begin to suspect that the real monster is very much at large. Like Kellerman's 12 previous Alex Delaware mysteries, Monster builds to a big, teeth-clenching bang and ends with some very satisfying surprises. --Barrie Trinkle [via]
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Moving Targetby Carolyn Keene, Anne GreenbergISBN 0671794795 (0-671-79479-5)
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Mrs, Presumed Deadby Simon BrettISBN 0684188511 (0-684-18851-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mrs, Presumed Dead'Book summary:The second crime novel featuring Mrs Melita Pargeter in which she investigates the bizarre disappearance of the former occupants of her home. It seems they may have vanished permanently. Simon Brett is former Producer of Light Entertainment for BBC Radio and for LWT. He is also author of "A Nice Class of Corpse" which also features Mrs Melita Pargeter. [via]
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Murder in Cantonby Robert Hans Van GulikISBN 0684167379 (0-684-16737-9)
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My Phillipeby Barbara MillerISBN 0671774530 (0-671-77453-0)
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Mystery Of The Samurai Swordby Leslie H. Morrill, Franklin W. DixonISBN 0671954970 (0-671-95497-0)
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The Mystery of the Talking Skullby Robert ArthurISBN 0679832602 (0-679-83260-2)
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The Night of the Werewolfby Leslie H. Morrill, Franklin W. DixonISBN 0671955209 (0-671-95520-9)
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Not That Kind of Placeby Frances FyfieldISBN 067173945X (0-671-73945-X)
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One for the Moneyby Janet EvanovichISBN 0684196395 (0-684-19639-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One for the Money'Book summary:Stephanie Plum is so smart, so honest, and so funny that her narrative charm could drive a documentary on termites. But this tough gal from New Jersey, an unemployed discount lingerie buyer, has a much more interesting story to tell: She has to say that her Miata has been repossessed and that she's so poor at the moment that she just drank her last bottle of beer for breakfast. She has to say that her only chance out of her present rut is her repugnant cousin Vinnie and his bail-bond business. She has to say that she blackmailed Vinnie into giving her a bail-bond recovery job worth $10,000 (for a murder suspect), even though she doesn't own a gun and has never apprehended a person in her life. And she has to say that the guy she has to get, Joe Morelli, is the same creep who charmed away her teenage virginity behind the pastry case in the Trenton bakery where she worked after school.
If that hard-luck story doesn't sound compelling enough, Stephanie's several unsuccessful attempts at pulling in Joe make a downright hilarious and suspenseful tale of murder and deceit. Along the way, several more outlandish (but unrelentingly real) characters join the story, including Benito Ramirez, a champion boxer who seems to be following Stephanie Plum wherever she goes.
Janet Evanovich shares an authentic feel for the streets of Trenton in her debut mystery (she developed her talents in a string of romance novels before creating Ms. Plum), and her tough, frank, and funny first-person narrator offers a winning mix of vulgarity and sensitivity. Evanovich is certainly among the best of the new voices to emerge in the mystery field of the 1990s. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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One True Thingby Anna QuindlenISBN 0671776169 (0-671-77616-9)
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The Paperboyby Pete DexterISBN 0679421750 (0-679-42175-0)
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The Paris Connectionby Carolyn Keene, Franklin W. DixonISBN 0671746758 (0-671-74675-8)
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The Pentagon Spyby Leslie H. Morrill, Franklin W. DixonISBN 0671955705 (0-671-95570-5)
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The Picture of Guiltby Carolyn Keene, Ruth AshbyISBN 0671881922 (0-671-88192-2)
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STARTLING EVIDENCE GIVES NANCY A NEW PERSPECTIVE ON THE FINE ART OF MURDER.
Nancy's spending Thanksgiving in Paris, the city of light, love.. .and mystery. Her neighbor is Ellen Mathieson, a professor whose study of painter Josephine Solo has suddenly taken a dark and disturbing turn. Ellen's research assistant is dead -- killed in an accident exactly like the one that took Solo's life six months before!
Josephine Solo left a legacy of secrecy and scandal. . .even the possibility of a double life. But Nancy begins to suspect that some of the professor's students also have something to hide. Paris is full of powerful temptations -- forbidden romance, secret passions, financial greed -- any one of which could lead to a motive for murder. [via]More editions of The Picture of Guilt:
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Pompeii: A Novelby Robert HarrisISBN 0679428895 (0-679-42889-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pompeii: A Novel'Book summary:All along the Mediterranean coast, the Roman empire's richest citizens are relaxing in their luxurious villas, enjoying the last days of summer. The world's largest navy lies peacefully at anchor in Misenum. The tourists are spending their money in the seaside resorts of Baiae, Herculaneum, and Pompeii. But the carefree lifestyle and gorgeous weather belie an impending cataclysm, and only one man is worried. The young engineer Marcus Attilius Primus has just taken charge of the Aqua Augusta, the enormous aqueduct that brings fresh water to a quarter of a million people in nine towns around the Bay of Naples. His predecessor has disappeared. Springs are failing for the ?rst time in generations. And now there is a crisis on the Augusta's sixty-mile main line-somewhere to the north of Pompeii, on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius. Attilius-decent, practical, and incorruptible-promises Pliny, the famous scholar who commands the navy, that he can repair the aqueduct before the reservoir runs dry. His plan is to travel to Pompeii and put together an expedition, then head out to the place where he believes the fault lies. But Pompeii proves to be a corrupt and violent town, and Attilius soon discovers that there are powerful forces at work-both natural and man-made-threatening to destroy him. With his trademark elegance and intelligence, Robert Harris, bestselling author of Archangel and Fatherland , re-creates a world on the brink of disaster. [via]
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Pop. 1280by J. M. ThompsonISBN 0679732497 (0-679-73249-7)
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Postman Always Rings Twiceby James M. CainISBN 0679723250 (0-679-72325-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Postman Always Rings Twice'Book summary:Penzler Pick, April 2000: It is sometimes easy to trace a literary genre to its source, and James M. Cain's first novel, The Postman Always Rings Twice, is the noir novel that paved the way for all the noir fiction that followed. The famous film starring Lana Turner and John Garfield is notoriously dark, but the novel is even more full of despair and devoid of hope. It is a short book--little more than a novella--but its searing characterization and depiction of tawdry greed and lust is branded into every reader's memory.
Frank Chambers, a drifter, is dropped from the back of a truck at a rundown rural diner. When he spots Cora, the owner's wife, he instantly decides to stay. The sexy young woman, married to Nick, a violent and thuggish boor, is equally attracted to the younger man and sees him as her way out of her hopeless, boring life. They begin a clandestine affair and plot to kill Nick, beginning their own journey toward destruction.
Horace McCoy, David Goodis, Jim Thompson, and the other notable noir writers never achieved Cain's spare brilliance. Virtually all of his major works have been filmed, though several Hollywood studios refused to make the films, directors refused to be involved, and actors turned down roles because of their repugnance at the lack of morality inherent in all Cain's characters. Reading him may not be fit for a Sunday school class, but once you begin you will be unable to resist continuing, like picking at a painful scab or watching a tarantula inside a glass dome. --Otto Penzler [via]
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Postmortemby Patricia CornwellISBN 0684191415 (0-684-19141-5)
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Religious Convictionby Griff StockleyISBN 0671798693 (0-671-79869-3)
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The Roaring River Mysteryby Franklin W. Dixon, Betty Ann SchwartzISBN 0671730045 (0-671-73004-5)
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Secret Agentby Joseph ConradISBN 0679417230 (0-679-41723-0)
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The Secret Agent is the unsurpassed ancestor of a long series of twentieth-century novels and films which explore the confused motives that lie at the heart of political terrorism. In its use of powerful psychological insight to intensify narrative suspense, it set the terms by which subsequent works in its genre were created. Conrad was the first novelist to discover the strange in-between territory of the political exile, and his genius was such that we still have no truer map of that region's moral terrain than his story of a terrorist plot and its tragic consequences for the guilty and innocent alike.
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The Secret Historyby Donna TarttISBN 0679410325 (0-679-41032-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Secret History'Book summary:Truly deserving of the accolade a modern classic, Donna Tartts novel is a remarkable achievementboth compelling and elegant, dramatic and playful.
Under the influence of their charismatic classics professor, a group of clever, eccentric misfits at an elite New England college discover a way of thinking and living that is a world away from the humdrum existence of their contemporaries. But when they go beyond the boundaries of normal morality their lives are changed profoundly and forever, and they discover how hard it can be to truly live and how easy it is to kill.
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A Series of Murdersby Simon BrettISBN 0684190966 (0-684-19096-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Series of Murders'Book summary:Charles Paris is in clover. He has been contracted for three whole months to play brainless bobby Sergeant Clump, foil to the charismatic amateur sleuth, Stanislas Braid, in a TV series of that name. Recourse to the Bells is still needed, however, to get him through a days filmingone made all the more arduous by the pompous posturings of the shows star, and the constant outraged interruptions of the ancient author whose detective novels are being adapted. Indeed, there is plenty of friction about, but when a particularly unpromising actress is killed, crushed to death, there seems no reason to doubt it was an accidentexcept in Charless mind. Leaving behind a trail of broken resolutions and empty bottles, Charles indulges in some sleuthing of his own. He may lack the panache of the suave Stanislas Braid, but unlike the great detective the danger Paris encounters is only too real. A Series of Murders is a witty and delightful addition to Simon Bretts popular series. [via]
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Shadows on the Mirrorby Frances FyfieldISBN 0671701622 (0-671-70162-2)
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Simisolaby Ruth RendellISBN 0679765026 (0-679-76502-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Simisola'Book summary:In the quiet Sussex country town of Kingsmarkham, the daughter of Nigerian physician Raymond Akande is missing. "It's probably nothing, " says Dr. Akande to his friend and client Chief Inspector Wexford, whose help he enlists.
But the days that follow prove the doctor dreadfully wrong. A young woman is found murdered not Melanie, but the last person to have seen and spoken to her. A second woman's body is discovered, again not Melanie's, but like her, young and black. A third woman turns up beaten and unconscious; like the others, she is of Nigerian origin. As Inspector Wexford's investigation stretches from days into weeks, it becomes his unhappy obligation to counter the hopes of the doctor and his wife. In Wexford's professional opinion, Melanie, like the other young women, has become the victim of a serial killer with a horrifyingly singular objective.
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Skin Deepby Marita GoldenISBN 0671775839 (0-671-77583-9)
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When Jenna and Damon first began dating, neither worried too much about the other's skin color. After all, Somerset is a pretty liberal college environment. But when a black couple is attacked by a white man on campus, race relations become cause for frenzied peace rallies, protests, and debate for the entire student body. Suddenly Jenna has her hands full investigating the attack -- and defending her interracial romance....
Then a white student turns up dead at the hands of a black assailant.
As racial tension reaches a fever pitch on campus, the crimes continue, growing increasingly brutal. Strangely, in each case no two witnesses can form the same description of the perpetrator.
The police are looking for two young men. Until one assailant, pronounced dead at the crime scene, disappears.... [via]
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A Son of the Circusby John IrvingISBN 0679434968 (0-679-43496-8)
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Stormy Weatherby Carl HiaasenISBN 0679419829 (0-679-41982-9)
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Strip Teaseby Carl HiaasenISBN 0679419810 (0-679-41981-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strip Tease'Book summary:At the Eager Beaver, a topless bar in Fort Lauderdale, former FBI clerk Erin Grant dances nightly to pay for legal fees in her custody fight for her young daughter. There David Dilbeck, a U.S. Congressman owned by the state's sugar interests is recognized by a regular who is infatuated with Erin and initiates a blackmail plan to influence her court case. The resulting mayhem, occurring in election year, involves machinations up to the highest state level, a poignant custody battle and murder. [via]
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A Talent for Murderby Carolyn Keene, Anne GreenbergISBN 0671730797 (0-671-73079-7)
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Tales of Edgar Allan Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0681409991 (0-681-40999-1)
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Thus Was Adonis Murderedby Sarah CaudwellISBN 0684172941 (0-684-17294-1)
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The Underground Manby Ross MacDonaldISBN 0679768084 (0-679-76808-4)
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Woman in the Darkby Dashiell HammettISBN 0679722653 (0-679-72265-3)
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