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Acts of Maliceby Perri O'ShaughnessyISBN 0440225817 (0-440-22581-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Acts of Malice'Book summary:Nobody in the exploding field of legal thrillers catches the day-to-day life of a working lawyer better than the O'Shaughnessy sisters--lawyer Pamela and writer Mary, who collaborate under the joint byline of Perri. This is the fifth in their series about lawyer Nina Reilly. O'Shaughnessy expertly balances Reilly's life between the working half and the private half (raising her 16-year-old son as a single mother and finding the time and place for romance). The fact that both parts take place in the heavenly venue of Lake Tahoe only adds to the reading pleasure.
Acts of Malice begins with a jolt: the manager of one of the area's largest ski resorts is charged with the murder of his brother, and hires Nina to defend him. But this will not be an easy case for Nina since the prosecutor, Collier Hallowell, is the man who shook up her life so violently by walking out on her a year before. Also, Nina and her immediate circle find themselves in danger from the very client that they are defending.
Other examples of the O'Shaughnessy expertise include Breach of Promise and Motion to Suppress. --Dick Adler [via]
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At Riskby Patricia Daniels CornwellISBN 0425214761 (0-425-21476-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'At Risk'Book summary:[via]A Massachusetts state investigator is called home from Knoxville, Tennessee, where he is completing a course at the National Forensic Academy. His boss, the district attorney, attractive but hard-charging, is planning to run for governor, and as a showcase she's planning to use a new crime initiative called At Risk-its motto: "Any crime, any time." In particular, she's been looking for a way to employ cutting-edge DNA technology, and she thinks she's found the perfect subject in an unsolved twenty-year-old murder-in Tennessee. If her office solves the case, it ought to make them all look pretty good, right?
View the trailer for "Patricia Cornwell's At Risk", premiering on Lifetime on April 10, 2010.
Her investigator is not so sure-not sure about anything to do with this woman, really-but before he can open his mouth, a shocking piece of violence intervenes, an act that shakes up not only both their lives but the lives of everyone around them. It's not a random event. Is it personal? Is it professional? Whatever it is, the implications are very, very bad indeed . . . and they're about to get much worse.
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The Birthday Murdererby Jay BennettISBN 0440905761 (0-440-90576-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Birthday Murderer'Book summary:"Happy Birthday, Murderer," the card read. Shan Rourke is shocked, then horrified: the message is in his own handwriting. Is this a gag? He didn't write it - or did he? Shan is seventeen, on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Could he have contributed to his father's fatal illness? Why does his mother's boyfriend, Paul Lambert, make Shan feel so uneasy? And what really happened to Lambert's son on his seventeenth birthday? If Shan had a part in that death too, why not kill again to prevent his own murder? Shan knows what he has to do - he must find the answers to these questions from his past before he can live out his future. [via]
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Blood Sportby Dick FrancisISBN 0425199169 (0-425-19916-9)
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Body Farmby Patricia Daniels CornwellISBN 0425201449 (0-425-20144-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Body Farm'Book summary:New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell brings back Kay Scarpetta, consulting forensic pathologist for the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, in her grittiest and most compelling novel. In rural North Carolina, the brutal murder of eleven-year-old Emily Steiner has shaken a small town. But more disturbing are the details of the crimes, chillingly reminiscent of the handiwork of a serial killer who has eluded the unit for years. Into this volatile atmosphere comes Scarpetta's ingenious, rebellious niece Lucy, an FBI intern with a promising future in Quantico's computer engineering facility--until she is accused of a shocking security violation. While coming to terms with Lucy, Kay must conduct a grisly forensic investigation at a clandestine research facility in Tennessee known as the Body Farm. There she will find more answers to Emily Steiner's murder--and evidence that paints a picture of a crime more horrifying than she imagined . . . [via]
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Boltby Dick FrancisISBN 0425202887 (0-425-20288-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bolt'Book summary:[via]Kit Fielding will do whatever it takes to stop the killing of racehorses. Not an easy task considering that the woman he adores is leaving him, an international arms dealer is threatening him, and Kit's nemesis has plans to knock him off the trackand plant him under it.
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Bonecrackby Dick FrancisISBN 0425208850 (0-425-20885-0)
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Cause of Deathby Patricia Daniels CornwellISBN 0425213382 (0-425-21338-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cause of Death'Book summary:Patricia Cornwell's heroine Dr. Kay Scarpetta is back; this time to solve the mystery of the death of an Associated Press reporter who was killed while nosing about in a decommissioned navy yard. Scarpetta's involvement in the case leads her to be targeted for murder herself by a nasty little neo-fascist cult with delusions of grandeur that include a plan to "kill and maim, frighten, brainwash and torture" all who oppose their plan to rule the world. Helping Scarpetta is her niece Lucy, an F.B.I. agent whose computer expertise leads to a heart-stopping journey into cyberspace. [via]
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Come to Griefby Dick FrancisISBN 0425207188 (0-425-20718-8)
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A Corpse in a Gilded Cageby Robert BarnardISBN 0440114659 (0-440-11465-9)
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Crewel Yuleby Monica FerrisISBN 0425206351 (0-425-20635-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crewel Yule'Book summary:Usa today bestselling needlecraft mystery series--with pattern included. Part-time sleuth and full-time owner of the needlework shop crewel world, betsy devonshire prepares for a chilling holiday season filled with mistletoe--and murder [via]
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Crocodile Birdby Ruth RendellISBN 0440218659 (0-440-21865-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Crocodile Bird'Book summary:A mother and a daughter live quietly in the rustic gatehouse of Shrove House, an isolated British estate. Their life seems perfectly ordinary except that daughter Liza has been kept isolated from the outside world for all of her sixteen years. And that he has seen her beautiful mother commit murder... more than once. Now, as the police come searching for a missing man, Liza's sheltered, strange world begins to fall apart. Piece by piece she will reveal her mother's tale of betrayal, desire, and obsession. Step-by-step we discover how much like mother, like daughter she is. [via]
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Cyteen Pt. 1: The Betrayalby C. J. CherryhISBN 0445204524 (0-445-20452-4)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cyteen Pt. 1: The Betrayal'Book summary:The first part of C.J. Cherryh's award-winning triad introduces the planet and complex politics of Cyteen, part of the Alliance/Union universe. Resources are limited and the scientific compound of Reseune, which produces computer-trained clones called azis, is a major power center. Reseune's lead scientist, the fierce and cruel Dr. Ariane Emory, has dominated Cyteen's political scene for decades. When she is assassinated, Reseune officials railroad a suspect and then experiment by creating a personal duplicate of Ariane. The bad news is, a clone isn't good enough. They want to recreate Dr. Emory's mind as well, and devise an artificial life for the little Ariane who'll be raised just like the original. [via]
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Dark Placeby Aaron ElkinsISBN 0425204022 (0-425-20402-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Darkest Fearby Harlan CobenISBN 0440235391 (0-440-23539-1)
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Deal Breaker: Library Editionby Harlan CobenISBN 0440220440 (0-440-22044-0)
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The Death of Colonel Mannby Cynthia PealeISBN 0440235650 (0-440-23565-0)
Softcover, Dell Publishing
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Deciderby Dick FrancisISBN 042519938X (0-425-19938-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Decider'Book summary:[via]Architect Lee Morris has plans to restore Stratton Park racecourse to its former grandeur. But the combative Stratton heirs have violent plans of their own.
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Deep Coverby RACHEL BUTLERISBN 0440241219 (0-440-24121-9)
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Disordered Mindsby Minette WaltersISBN 0425199355 (0-425-19935-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Edgeby Dick FrancisISBN 0425204391 (0-425-20439-1)
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Fellowship Of Fearby Aaron J. ElkinsISBN 0425203115 (0-425-20311-5)
Softcover, Prime Crime
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Flying Finishby Dick FrancisISBN 0425205258 (0-425-20525-8)
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Forfeitby Dick FrancisISBN 0425201910 (0-425-20191-0)
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From Potter's Fieldby Patricia Daniels CornwellISBN 0425204693 (0-425-20469-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'From Potter's Field'Book summary:Upon examining a dead woman found in snowbound Central Park, Kay Scarpetta immediately recognizes the grisly work of Temple Gault, a bold and brilliant killer from her past. Now she must hunt down a psychopath whose string of horrible murders is leading inexorably to his ultimate prey: Scarpetta herself. Even with the help of the FBI, Scarpetta knows the endgame is hers alone to play -- and it will be played on Gault's home turf, the subway tunnels beneath New York City. [via]
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Good Bloodby Aaron J. ElkinsISBN 0425199983 (0-425-19998-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Grave Surpriseby Charlaine HarrisISBN 0425214702 (0-425-21470-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Grave Surprise'Book summary:Charlaine Harris is already a star and a New York Times bestseller with her vampire mysteries starring Sookie Stackhouse and her Lily Bard mysteries. This second installment to her new supernatural mystery series might just be her biggest hit yet. Grave Sight's Harper Connelly is back, and her ability to find the dead and see their last moments is in higher demand than ever...
A college class gets more than it bargained for when Harper gives a demonstration of her uncanny talent. Instead of just finding one body in an old grave, she finds two: the original occupant and a recently deceased girl whom Harper had tried, and failed, to find two years previously. To dispel suspicions about her own innocence, Harper and her stepbrother Tolliver undertake their own hunt to find the killer-only to find yet another body in the same grave. [via] 
Great Stories of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0440931908 (0-440-93190-8)
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The Gun Sellerby Hugh LaurieISBN 0434003751 (0-434-00375-1)
Softcover, Heinemann
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Hallowed Bonesby Carolyn HainesISBN 0440241316 (0-440-24131-6)
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Hannibalby Thomas HarrisISBN 0440224675 (0-440-22467-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hannibal'Book summary:Horror lit's head chef Harris serves up another course in his Hannibal "The Cannibal" Lecter trilogy, and it's a pièce de résistance for those with strong stomachs. In the first book, Red Dragon (filmed as Manhunter), Hannibal diabolically helps the FBI track a fascinating serial killer. (Takes one to know one.) In The Silence of the Lambs, he advises fledgling FBI manhunter Clarice Starling, then makes a bloody, brilliant escape.
Years later, posing as scholarly Dr. Fell, curator of a grand family's palazzo, Hannibal lives the good life in Florence, playing lovely tunes by serial killer/composer Henry VIII and killing hardly anyone himself. Clarice is unluckier: in the novel's action-film-like opening scene, she survives an FBI shootout gone wrong, and her nemesis, Paul Krendler, makes her the fall guy. Clarice is suspended, so, unfortunately, the first cop who stumbles on Hannibal is an Italian named Pazzi, who takes after his ancestors, greedy betrayers depicted in Dante's Inferno.
Pazzi is on the take from a character as scary as Hannibal: Mason Verger. When Verger was a young man busted for raping children, his vast wealth saved him from jail. All he needed was psychotherapy--with Dr. Lecter. Thanks to the treatment, Verger is now on a respirator, paralyzed except for one crablike hand, watching his enormous, brutal moray eel swim figure eights and devour fish. His obsession is to feed Lecter to some other brutal pets.
What happens when the Italian cop gets alone with Hannibal? How does Clarice's reunion with Lecter go from macabre to worse? Suffice it to say that the plot is Harris's weirdest, but it still has his signature mastery of realistic detail. There are flaws: Hannibal's madness gets a motive, which is creepy but lessens his mystery. If you want an exact duplicate of The Silence of the Lambs's Clarice/Hannibal duel, you'll miss what's cool about this book--that Hannibal is actually upstaged at points by other monsters. And if you think it's all unprecedentedly horrible, you're right. But note that the horrors are described with exquisite taste. Harris's secret recipe for success is restraint. --Tim Appelo [via]
Hard Truthby Nevada BarrISBN 0425208419 (0-425-20841-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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High Stakesby Dick FrancisISBN 0425209148 (0-425-20914-8)
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0440937582 (0-440-93758-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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In the Frameby Dick FrancisISBN 042520958X (0-425-20958-X)
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Interlude in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425210626 (0-425-21062-6)
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The Keys to the Streetby Ruth RendellISBN 044022392X (0-440-22392-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Keys to the Street'Book summary:For the snobbish, upper-crust that live around London's Regent's Park, the homeless are an eye-sore and a nuisance. Only Mary Jargo, a meek, sensitive young woman who has recently moved into the neighborhood to house-sit shows compassion. She often shares food and conversation with the unfortunates, particularly Effie, Dill, Roman, and Pharaoh. When someone starts murdering members of Regent's homeless community and lancing them on the spiked fencing that encloses the park, only Mary seems to notice or care. Through her quest to discover the murderer, she embarks on a journey to overcome what she perceives to be her own insecurities and passivity. [via]
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Knock Downby Dick FrancisISBN 0425210243 (0-425-21024-3)
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Le Testament / the Testamentby John GrishamISBN 0440234743 (0-440-23474-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Le Testament / the Testament'Book summary:Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelan's three ex-wives, their grasping spawn, a legion of lawyers, several psychiatrists, and a plethora of sound technicians wait breathlessly, all eyes glued to digital monitors as they watch the old man read his verdict. But Phelan shocks everyone with a bizarre, last-gasp attempt to redistribute the spoils, setting in motion a legal morality tale of a contested will, sin, and redemption.
Our hero, Nate O'Riley--a washed-up, alcoholic litigator with two ruined marriages in his wake and the IRS on his tail--is dispatched to the Brazilian wetlands in search of a mysterious heir named in the will. After a harrowing trip upriver to a remote settlement in the Pantanal, he encounters Rachel Lane, a pure-hearted missionary living with an indigenous tribe and carrying out "God's work." Rachel's grave dedication and kindness impress the jaded lawyer, so much that a nasty bout of dengue fever leads him to a vision that could change his life.
Back in the States, the legal proceedings drag on and Grisham has a high time with Phelan's money-hungry descendents, a regrettable bunch who squandered millions, married strippers, got druggy, and befriended the Mob. The youngest son, Ramble, is a multi-pierced, tattoo-covered malcontent with big dreams for his rock band, the Demon Monkeys. Will Nate get straight with Rachel's aid? Do the greedy heirs get theirs? What's the real legacy of a lifetime's work? The Testament is classic Grisham: a down-and-out lawyer, a lot of money, an action-packed pursuit, and the highest issues at stake. It's not just about great characters; it's about the question of what character is. --Rebekah Warren [via]
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The Man with a Load of Mischiefby Martha GrimesISBN 0440153271 (0-440-15327-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Man with a Load of Mischief'Book summary:[via]At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out on the beam of the pubs sign, replacing the mechanical man who kept the time. Two pubs. Two murders. One Scotland Yard inspector called in to help. Detective Chief Inspector Richard Jury arrives in Long Piddleton and finds everyone in the postcard village looking outside of town for the killer. Except for one Melrose Plant. A keen observer of human nature, he points Jury in the right direction: into the darkest parts of his neighbors hearts&
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Martyn Pigby Kevin BrooksISBN 0439507529 (0-439-50752-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Martyn Pig'Book summary:A stunning debut by first time novelist Kevin Brooks, this riveting black comedy wowed readers and reviewers alike. Now in a dynamic new Kevin Brooks repackaging![via]
Meet Martyn Pig. His name may be bad, but his life is worse.
Martyn's life is miserable, and it always has been. His mother is gone. His father hates him. But at least things can't get any worse. Or so he thought.
When his father dies in a sudden accident, Martyn realizes that for the first time in his life, he has a choice. Sure, he could report what happened - and move in with his horrible Aunty Jean. Or he could get rid of the body and move on with the rest of his life. So Martyn comes up with a foolproof plan to hide the body. Hey, what could go wrong? 
Memory in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425210731 (0-425-21073-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Midnight in Death: Library Editionby J. RobbISBN 0425208818 (0-425-20881-8)
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Mister Parker Pyne, Detectiveby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440158885 (0-440-15888-5)
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Murder for Christmasby Thomas GodfreyISBN 0445406755 (0-445-40675-5)
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Murder in the Queen's Armesby Aaron ElkinsISBN 0425206386 (0-425-20638-6)
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Murdered, My Sweetby Joan Lowery NixonISBN 0440419883 (0-440-41988-3)
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Nerveby Dick FrancisISBN 0425206300 (0-425-20630-0)
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Occasion of Revengeby Marcia TalleyISBN 0440235200 (0-440-23520-0)
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Old Bones: A Gideon Oliver Mysteryby Aaron ElkinsISBN 042520748X (0-425-20748-X)
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The Old Fox Deceiv'dby Martha GrimesISBN 0440167477 (0-440-16747-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Old Fox Deceiv'd'Book summary:When Gemma Temple is found dead on Twelfth Night, it is a murder so bizarre that Scotland Yard are called in. Arriving at the bleak Yorkshire fishing village, Inspector Richard Jury is confronted with unrequited loves, unavenged wrongs and undiscovered murders. [via]
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On Beulah Heightby Reginald HillISBN 0440225906 (0-440-22590-6)
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One False Move: A Myron Bolitar Novelby Harlan CobenISBN 0440225442 (0-440-22544-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'One False Move: A Myron Bolitar Novel'Book summary:As readers who have enjoyed his appearances in original paperbacks already know, Harlan Coben's former professional basketball star Myron Bolitar is not your everyday testosterone-enriched jock. Myron is a mild-mannered guy who drinks chocolate soda and until very recently lived at home with his parents in suburban New Jersey. In his hardcover debut, we find Myron sharing a New York apartment with his longtime lady friend, writer Jessica Culver, and still running MB SportsReps, where he ostensibly manages the careers of other athletes, but really spends most of his time playing private eye. The arrival in Myron's life of rising pro basketball star Brenda Slaughter seriously tests his commitment to Jessica, who is in Hollywood working on a movie. It seems that Brenda's father Horace--Myron's old coach--has disappeared, and Brenda is receiving death threats that might involve a gangster family's plans for a new female professional basketball league. Or the threats might have something to do with Brenda's mother's connection to a wealthy New Jersey political family. Myron and his banker friend Win, a preppy with a penchant for violence, are more than enough to double-team the bad guys. Previous Myron Bolitar games in paperback include Backspin, Deal Breaker, Drop Shot, and Fade Away. [via]
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Origin In Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 042520426X (0-425-20426-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Proofby Dick FrancisISBN 042520393X (0-425-20393-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Rat Raceby Dick FrancisISBN 0425210766 (0-425-21076-6)
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The Recycled Citizenby Charlotte MacLeodISBN 0445406895 (0-445-40689-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Red Dragonby Thomas HarrisISBN 0440206154 (0-440-20615-4)
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Reflexby Dick FrancisISBN 0425206955 (0-425-20695-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Regatta Mystery: And Other Storiesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440173361 (0-440-17336-1)
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Risk: Library Editionby Dick FrancisISBN 0425211037 (0-425-21103-7)
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The Rule Of Fourby Ian Caldwell, Dustin ThomasonISBN 0440241359 (0-440-24135-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rule Of Four'Book summary:An ivy league murder, a mysterious coded manuscript, and the secrets of a Renaissance prince collide memorably in The Rule of Four-a brilliant work of fiction that weaves together suspense and scholarship, high art and unimaginable treachery.It's Easter at Princeton. Seniors are scrambling to finish their theses. And two students, Tom Sullivan and Paul Harris, are a hair's breadth from solving the mysteries of the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili-a renowned text attributed to an Italian nobleman, a work that has baffled scholars since its publication in 1499. For Tom, their research has been a link to his family's past-and an obstacle to the woman he loves. For Paul, it has become an obsession, the very reason for living. But as their deadline looms, research has stalled-until a long-lost diary surfaces with a vital clue. And when a fellow researcher is murdered just hours later, Tom and Paul realize that they are not the first to glimpse the Hypnerotomachia 's secrets. Suddenly the stakes are raised, and as the two friends sift through the codes and riddles at the heart of the text, they are beginnning to see the manuscript in a new light-not simply as a story of faith, eroticism and pedantry, but as a bizarre, coded mathematical maze. And as they come closer and closer to deciphering the final puzzle of a book that has shattered careers, friendships and families, they know that their own lives are in mortal danger. Because at least one person has been killed for knowing too much. And they know even more.From the streets of fifteenth-century Rome to the rarified realm of the Ivy League, from a shocking 500 year-old murder scene to the drama of a young man's coming of age, The Rule of Four takes us on an entertaining, illuminating tour of history-as it builds to a pinnacle of nearly unbearable suspense.From the Hardcover edition. [via]
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Sea Change: A Jesse Stone Novelby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425214427 (0-425-21442-7)
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The Second Vespersby Ralph M. McInernyISBN 0441757243 (0-441-75724-3)
Softcover, Ace Books
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Second Wind: Library Editionby Dick FrancisISBN 0425206777 (0-425-20677-7)
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Sharks, Jellyfish and Other Deadly Thingsby Nancy TeslerISBN 0440224098 (0-440-22409-8)
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Shatteredby Dick FrancisISBN 0425201481 (0-425-20148-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shattered'Book summary:After 41 novels, most writers run out of energy before the final gallop. But Dick Francis's latest thriller is as good as his earliest. Perhaps it's because this one is dedicated to the Queen Mother, who celebrated her centennial in 2000, and who, like her famously horsey daughter, shares Francis's passion for the races. Or maybe he's just found his stride again, after a few less-than-outstanding starts. Here he does one of his best tricks: lures you into a somewhat arcane area you might know little about and explicates it so brilliantly that you don't even realize how much you've learned (in this case, about glass blowing) while a mystery is unraveled, a crime is solved, and the hero gets the girl.
This time the mise en scène is the glass blowing studio owned by Gerard Logan, friend of the late Martin Stukely, a jockey who takes a fatal fall at the Cheltenham steeplechase during the last race of the century. Still mourning Martin, Gerard is savagely beaten, his workshop ransacked, and his life threatened by a gang of thugs. Investigating, Gerard discovers that the gang includes a domineering woman who's the daughter of Martin's valet and a scientist who's stolen valuable data from the laboratory that formerly employed him. They believe Gerard has possession of a videotape entrusted to him by Martin before his death and that the secrets on the tape are worth Gerard's life.
It's a good set up, with just enough of the usual horse lore and a pleasant love story involving Gerard and a pretty policewoman, neither of which overshadow the taut pacing and the well-worked-out plot. Francis's protagonists may be accidental heroes, but they're not antiheroes; they're usually eminently decent, likable men, and their sense of self is always interesting. Here's Gerard at home, in a break from the action, thinking about the new woman in his heart in a typical Francis love scene:
I walked deliberately through all the rooms, thinking about Catherine, wondering both if she would like the place, and whether the house would accept her in return. Once in the past the house had delivered a definite thumbs-down, and once I'd been given an ultimatum to smother the pale plain walls with brightly patterned paper as a condition of marriage, but to the horror of her family I'd backed out of the whole deal, and, as a result, I now used the house as arbiter and had disentangled myself from a later young woman who'd begun to refer to her and me as "an item" and to reply to questions as "we." We think. No, we don't think.
And, a few pages later,The speed of development of strong feeling for one another didn't seem to me to be shocking but natural, and if I thought about the future it unequivocally included Catherine Dodd. "If you want to cover the pale plain walls with brightly patterned paper, go ahead," I said.
It may be Francis's English reticence that keeps him, mercifully, from spoiling a good mystery with what other writers consider the obligatory sex scene, or it just may be the mastery of his form that few of his peers approach. In every page of this terrific new book, he's at the top of it. --Jane Adams [via]She laughed. "I like the peace of pale walls. Why should I want to change them?"
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The Shortest Way to Hadesby Sarah CaudwellISBN 0440212332 (0-440-21233-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Shortest Way to Hades'Book summary:It seemed the perfect way to avoid three million in taxes on a five-million-pound estate: change the trust arrangement. Everyone in the family agreed to support the heiress, ravishing raven-haired Camilla Galloway, in her court petition -- except dreary Cousin Deirdre, who suddenly demanded a small fortune for her signature. Then Deirdre had a terrible accident. That was when the young London barristers handling the trust -- Cantrip, Selena, Timothy, Ragwort, and Julia -- summoned their Oxford friend Professor Hilary Tamar to Lincoln's Inn. Julia thinks it's murder. Hilary demurs. Why didn't the heiress die? But when the accidents escalate and they learn of the naked lunch at Uncle Rupert's, Hilary the Scholar embarks on the most perilous quest of all: the truth.... [via]
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Sing It to Her Bonesby Marcia TalleyISBN 0440235170 (0-440-23517-0)
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Sins And Needles: A Needlecraft Mysteryby Monica FerrisISBN 0425210030 (0-425-21003-0)
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The Sirens Sang of Murderby Sarah L. CaudwellISBN 0440207452 (0-440-20745-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sirens Sang of Murder'Book summary:Young barrsiter Michael Cantrip has skipped of to the Channel Islands to take on a tax-law case that's worth a fortune -- if Cantrip's tax-planning cronies can locate the missing heir. But Cantrip has waded in way over his head. Strange things are happening on these mysterious, isolated isles. Something is going bump in the night -- and bumping off members of the legal team, one by one. Soon Cantrip is telexing the gang at the home office for help. And it's up to amateur investigator Hilaray Tamar (Oxford don turned supersleuth) to get Cantrip back to safety of his chambers -- alive! [via]
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Slave to Sensationby Nalini SinghISBN 0425212866 (0-425-21286-6)
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Smokescreenby Dick FrancisISBN 0425210251 (0-425-21025-1)
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Snapshotby Linda BarnesISBN 0440212200 (0-440-21220-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Snapshot'Book summary:Snapshots of one child at different stages of life sent to her address prompt private eye Carlotta Carlyle to find out what happened to the child, and she soon discovers a deadly conspiracy involving a New England hospital. Reprint. NYT. [via]
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Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novelby Robert B. ParkerISBN 042519874X (0-425-19874-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novel'Book summary:[via]Tony and Brianna Lincoln just moved into Paradise, but friendly they aren't. In fact, these urbane thrill killers are knocking off the neighbors one by one, and Jesse Stone is next.
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Straightby Dick FrancisISBN 042520846X (0-425-20846-X)
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Sweet And Deadlyby Charlaine HarrisISBN 0425214621 (0-425-21462-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sweet And Deadly'Book summary:Now best known for her New York Times bestselling Sookie Stackhouse novels, Charlaine Harris hit "a home run the first time out" (Birmingham News) with the story of a murder that embroils a small-town reporter in mystery that hits close to home... Catherine Linton has returned to her hometown of Lowfield, Mississippi, unconvinced that the death of her parents in a car crash six months earlier was an accident. And her suspicions are confirmed when she stumbles upon the dead and beaten body of her doctor-father's longtime nurse. There are secrets being kept in Lowfield. And the town where Catherine grew up may be the same place where she is sent to her grave... [via]
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The Thief Takerby T. F. BanksISBN 0440236967 (0-440-23696-7)
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Thirteen Clues for Miss Marpleby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440187559 (0-440-18755-9)
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Thirteen for Luckby Agatha ChristieISBN 0440187532 (0-440-18753-2)
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Traceby Patricia CornwellISBN 0425204200 (0-425-20420-0)
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The Treatmentby Mo HayderISBN 0440236177 (0-440-23617-7)
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Trial Runby Dick FrancisISBN 0425199835 (0-425-19983-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Trial Run'Book summary:[via]Veteran horseman Randall Drew travels to Mosow to help the Russian royal family--but ends up caught in a world of jealousy, sabotage, and murder.
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Twice Shyby Dick FrancisISBN 0425198774 (0-425-19877-4)
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Unbreathed Memoriesby Marcia TalleyISBN 0440235189 (0-440-23518-9)
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Visions in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 042520300X (0-425-20300-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Visions in Death'Book summary: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.[via]
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...More editions of Visions in Death:
Whip Handby Dick FrancisISBN 0425203549 (0-425-20354-9)
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The White Crowby Cynthia PealeISBN 0440235669 (0-440-23566-9)
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Winter Roseby Patricia A. McKillipISBN 0441009344 (0-441-00934-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Winter Rose'Book summary:Winter Rose begins as the seemingly simple story of Rois and Laurel Melior and their understandable fascination with young Corbet Lynn, returned to rebuild his abandoned ancestral home, Lynn Hall. Laurel is drawn to Corbet's beauty, Rois to the mystery of his past. But the past holds more than one mystery, and as Rois fights her way into the wood around Lynn Hall, seeking answers for herself, Laurel, and Corbet, she risks losing everything, for all of them, forever.
Traces of Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market, of Tam Lin, and of a dozen other legends and tales color Rois's story. Patricia McKillip's consummate mastery of language means that every word counts in a complex, sweetly painful story of human love and timeless, indifferent power. [via]
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