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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425098389 (0-425-09838-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:The most recognized detective in all of literature, Sherlock Holmes emerged on the crime scene in A Study in Scarlet in 1887. His deductive reasoning, keen insight, skillful observations, and investigative tactics became the tools necessary to solve riveting and intriguing crimes that continue to delight generations of readers. Discover or rediscover the joys of these fascinating mysteries. Now Signet Classics, the Chamberlain Bros. edition presents Sherlock Holmes in this compelling collection, which contains such classics as:[via]
- A Scandal in Bohemia
- The Red-Headed League
- The Boscombe Valley Mystery
- The Adventure of the Dancing Men
- The Five Orange Pips
- The Man with the Twisted Lip
- The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
- The Adventure of the Speckled Band
- The Adventure of the Empty House
- The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
- The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
- The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
@KeepDiggingWatson Why are the lights at 221 Baker Street so damn bright in the morning? Why does Watson talk so loud? Elementary, my dear STFU!
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyerby Mark Twain, Michael Ploog, Willie Schubert, Mark PloogISBN 0425122417 (0-425-12241-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'Book summary:The adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century. Presented in comic book format. [via]
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Anonymous Rex : A Detective Storyby Eric GarciaISBN 0425178218 (0-425-17821-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Antony and Cleopatraby William Shakespeare, John WildersISBN 0415011035 (0-415-01103-5)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antony and Cleopatra'Book summary:John Wilders brings to life the range of approaches that have bee taken to the play's performance throughout its history, together with the insights and changing views which critics have offered. Commentary on the play provides invaluable guidance to the play's classical references and short biographies are given of the play's historical characters. The edition also includes an accessible discussion of the decisions involved in establishing an edited text, opening up Arden's scholarship to the general reader. [via]
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- Antony and Cleopatra: ISBN 0415026806 (0-415-02680-6)
Softcover, Routledge Kegan & Paul - Antony and Cleopatra: ISBN 0415011027 (0-415-01102-7)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning - Antony and Cleopatra: ISBN 0416472907 (0-416-47290-7)
Hardcover, Methuen - Antony and Cleopatra: ISBN 0415011035 (0-415-01103-5)
Softcover, Thomson Learning
- Antony and Cleopatra: ISBN 0415026806 (0-415-02680-6)
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Antony and Cleopatraby Maurice R. RidleyISBN 0416476309 (0-416-47630-9)
Softcover, Routledge
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Antony and Cleopatra'Book summary:278 pages [via]
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The Barbie Murders and Other Storiesby John VarleyISBN 0425045803 (0-425-04580-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Behold, Here's Poisonby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425103544 (0-425-10354-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Behold, Here's Poison'Book summary:Inspector Hannasyde faces the deadliest test of his career when members of the wealthy Matthews clan begin to die, one by one. With motives everywhere, it is no easy case for the inspector to solve. Heyer is one of the best known writers of the "cozy" subgenre of mysteries and her whimsical dialogue and fascinating characters abound in this black comedy of a thriller. "Rarely have we seen humor and mystery so perfectly blended." The New York Times [via]
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The Bernini Bustby Iain PearsISBN 0425178846 (0-425-17884-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Big Troubleby Dave BarryISBN 0425178102 (0-425-17810-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Big Trouble'Book summary:Dave Barry, the only newsman to win a Pulitzer for exemplary use of words like booger, will please humor and crime-fiction fans alike with this racy debut novel. The scene is Miami. In ritzy Coconut Grove, the teen son of Eliot, a newsman turned adman, sneaks up to spritz a cute girl with a Squirtmaster 9000 to win a high school game called Killer. Meanwhile, two hit men sneak up to kill the girl's abusive stepdad, Arthur. Arthur cheated his bosses at corrupt Penultimate, Inc., which equipped a Florida jail with automatic garage-opener gates that accidentally freed prisoners in a lightning storm.
Farcical confusion ensues, witnessed by a saintly bum named Puggy, camped in a tree in Arthur's yard. Puggy works at the Jolly Jackal Bar & Grill, which has no grill and actually sells guns and bombs to an offshoot of the Crips and Bloods called the Cruds, and to Penultimate (which plans to conquer Cuba). But when dim thugs Eddie and Snake rob the Jolly Jackal and Arthur tells them it's a Russian mob front selling bombs, the proprietor snorts, "Bombs, pfft! No bombs! Is bar."
Can Snake and Eddie spirit a suitcase nuke through Miami, "where most motorists obeyed the traffic and customs of their individual countries of origin"? Can Eliot and cop Monica Rodriguez save the day? And how do the 300-pound hallucinogenic Enemy Toad, the 13-foot-long python Daphne, highway goats, and the Denture Adventure seniors' theme park fit in? Everything fits perfectly, including a few dark passages new to Barry's work. But one warning: if you read this book while drinking milk, at some point it will spurt out of your nostrils. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Blue Smoke: Library Editionby Nora RobertsISBN 0399153063 (0-399-15306-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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A Blunt Instrumentby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425096416 (0-425-09641-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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A Case of Lone Starby Kinky FriedmanISBN 0425111857 (0-425-11185-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Case of Lone Star'Book summary:The legendary Lone Star Cafe, a little corner of Texas right in the heart of New York City, where every great country music star stops for a gig. At one time or another everyone from the Rolling Stones to Willie Nelson has jammed there. But this night, Thanksgiving eve, there's a different type of jam at the Lone Star. Larry Barkin, half of the headlining Barkin Brothers, is found dead in his dressing room, his head bashed in with his own guitar and a two dollar bill stuffed in his shirt pocket. It's Kinky they call for help, but the fast-talking cigar-smoking country singer turned amateur detective has other plans.
"The world's funniest, bawdiest and most politically incorrect music singer turned mystery writer." (New York Times Book Review)
"To borrow a Kinkyism, this book is Killer Bee." (The Washington Post)
"Smart, funny and tough." (Robert B. Parker, author)
"A true Texas legend."(President George W. Bush)
"Dear Kinky, I have now read all of your books. More, please. I really need the laughs." (former) President Bill Clinton)
"The Sam Spade of South Texas. Only soft boiled. And hipper. And funnier." (Sunday Mail)
This is the second of Kinky Friedman's internationally acclaimed mystery novels, republished with a new introduction by the author.
From the Author's Introduction: "A Case of Lone Star, my second novel, was begun in New York and completed in Texas. Its setting is the legendary Lone Star Cafe in Manhattan where I performed for many years sometimes walking on my knuckles or having to be wheeled onstage on a gurney. The book deals with cats, cocaine, cigars, country music, and anything else that begins with a "c". It also deals heavily with the Hillbilly Shakespeare, the Jesus of the Bible Belt, the Anne Frank of the Louisiana Hayride, Hank Williams, who passionately intermingled his life and his work, the latter being beautiful beyond words and music, the former ending officially on January 1, 1953, crucified in a Cadillac on a lost highway at age twenty-nine which was a little younger than Jesus but a little older than John Keats..."
Vandam Press is proud to be able to make this remarkable novel available to Kinkys old friends and to those readers who are discovering Kinky Friedman for the first time.
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Chromosome 6by Robin CookISBN 0425161242 (0-425-16124-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chromosome 6'Book summary:Behind the headlines on cloning--Dr. Robin Cook blends fact with fiction in one of his most terrifying bestsellers...[via]Chromosome 6 is a prophetic thriller that challenges the medical ethics of genetic manipulation and cloning in the jungles of equatorial Africa, where one mistake could bridge the gap between man and ape--and forever change the genetic map of our existence...
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Chronicle of 20th Century Murder: 1900-1938by Brian LaneISBN 0425146499 (0-425-14649-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Chronicle of 20th Century Murder: 1939-1992by Brian LaneISBN 0425148327 (0-425-14832-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Colour Schemeby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425146510 (0-425-14651-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Colour Scheme'Book summary:England at war means "spy fever" for a quarrelsome collection of patriots at a shabby New Zealand resort, resulting in a macabre murder that shocks even Scotland Yard. Reissue. [via]
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Dead Anglerby Victoria HoustonISBN 0425173550 (0-425-17355-0)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dead Angler'Book summary:In Wisconsin's Northwoods, fishing is a way of life -- and when the muskies are biting, life couldn't be better. But when Doc Osborne catches more than he bargained for, he winds up in the middle of a murder mystery -- and only Chief of Police Lew Ferris can get him out of it. [via]
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Death at the Barby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425040828 (0-425-04082-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Death of a Dancing Ladyby Ray HarrisonISBN 0425110478 (0-425-11047-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Death of a Foolby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425143031 (0-425-14303-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Death of a Peerby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425143538 (0-425-14353-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death of a Peer'Book summary:Inspector Alleyn probes the untimely death of Charles Lamprey's wealthy older brother and uncovers a ruthless killer among members of the British aristocracy. Reissue. [via]
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Death of an Honourable Memberby Ray HarrisonISBN 042511189X (0-425-11189-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death of an Honourable Member'Book summary:very good story [via]
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Death on the Downsby Simon BrettISBN 0425179532 (0-425-17953-2)
Hardcover, Prime Crime
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death on the Downs'Book summary:From Simon Brett, "one of today's most literate and witty mystery writers," (Booklist) comes this second mystery featuring the practical Carole Seddon and her bohemian neighbor Jude.
While out exploring the South Downs of a wealthy town, Carole discovers the bones of a human skeleton. Jude fears it may be the remains of a young woman who once practiced her alternative therapy. It turns out the woman is alive-and living with a charismatic New Age healer. Now Jude and Carole have two mysteries to solve. Why is the woman hiding out? And if the skeleton wasn't hers...whose was it? [via]More editions of Death on the Downs:
Deathwatchby Ray HarrisonISBN 0425113922 (0-425-11392-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Dragon Tearsby Dean R. KoontzISBN 0425140032 (0-425-14003-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Empress Fileby John SandfordISBN 0425135020 (0-425-13502-0)
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Find Me: A Mallory Novelby Carol O'ConnellISBN 0399153950 (0-399-15395-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Flowers under Iceby Jean R. EwingISBN 0425170365 (0-425-17036-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Fool's Puzzleby Earlene FowlerISBN 042514545X (0-425-14545-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Fool's Puzzle'Book summary:Leaving behind memories of her late husband, Benni Harper is making a fresh start...Moving to the trendy California town of San Celina, she takes an exciting new job as director of a folk-art museum. While setting up an exhibit of handmade quilts, she stumbles upon the body of a brutally stabbed artist. Hoping to conduct an investigation on her own, she crosses paths with the local police chief, who thinks this short and sassy cowgirl should leave detecting to the cops and join him for dinner. But it's hard to keep a country girl down, and soon Benni uncovers an alarming pattern of family secrets, small-town lies--and the shocking truth about the night her husband died...[via] -
Footsteps in the Darkby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425087697 (0-425-08769-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Footsteps in the Dark'Book summary:Guests spending the summer at an ancient priory mansion find it has a charm all its own--no modern conveniences, but it does have a resident ghost. In this case, however, the things that go bump in the night are flesh and blood . . . and deadly! [via]
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Funhouseby Dean R. KoontzISBN 0425142485 (0-425-14248-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Generalby Patrick A. DavisISBN 0425168042 (0-425-16804-2)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Grave Mistakeby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425142434 (0-425-14243-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Hallowe'En Partyby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129632 (0-425-12963-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Hard Caseby Barbara D'AmatoISBN 0425150097 (0-425-15009-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Storiesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425165159 (0-425-16515-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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His Last Bowby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425104915 (0-425-10491-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0425104052 (0-425-10405-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:very good reading copy--pb--one minor cover scratch--ships quick--eao65r [via]
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Hush Moneyby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425174018 (0-425-17401-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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I, Claudiusby Robert GravesISBN 0413370704 (0-413-37070-4)
Hardcover, Eyre Methuen
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Innocent in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0399154019 (0-399-15401-9)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Kat Scratch Feverby Karen KijewskiISBN 0425163393 (0-425-16339-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kat Scratch Fever'Book summary:The pompous lawyer Kat Colorado works for orders her into his office immediately. "Yo, Carter," she says to him on the phone. "Yesterday I found a body, dealt with a hysterical woman, searched a house, got little more than three hours of sleep on an uncomfortable couch, and you're telling me to be in your office minutes from now?" Faced with this burst of logic and attitude, the lawyer backs down. (Wouldn't you?) Karen Kijewski's latest book about the former Sacramento, California, bartender turned tough, compassionate private eye is built from these same materials--a mysterious death logically probed and eventually solved, and an attitude toward life, love, and murder that manages to be acerbic, sensible, and totally sympathetic. Other books in this pungent series available in paperback include: Alley Kat Blues, Copy Kat, Honky Tonk Kat, Kat's Cradle, Katapult, Katwalk, and Wild Kat. [via]
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The Keyby Jun Ichiro TanizakiISBN 0399505229 (0-399-50522-9)
Hardcover, Perigee Books
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King Henry IVby William ShakespeareISBN 0415027500 (0-415-02750-0)
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Mask of Raby P. C. DohertyISBN 042518093X (0-425-18093-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Mass Murder: America's Growing Menaceby Jack Levin, James Alan FoxISBN 0425124436 (0-425-12443-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Murder on Astor Placeby Victoria ThompsonISBN 0425168964 (0-425-16896-4)
Softcover, Prime Crime
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Murder on Gramercy Parkby Victoria ThompsonISBN 0425178862 (0-425-17886-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder on Gramercy Park'Book summary:As a midwife in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City, Sarah Brandt has seen her share of suffering and joy, birth and death. Now, she learns that crime doesnt discriminate, when the highest echelons of society are rocked by murder&[via]A Gaslight Mystery
At a summons from Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, Sarah arrives at the elegant home of famed magnetic healer Edmund Blackwell to find his wife in laborand the good doctor dead from an apparent suicide. Only Malloy sees what no one else wants to: that Blackwell was murdered in his own home&
After a successful delivery, the Blackwell baby falls mysteriously ill. Relying on her nurses training and womans intuition, Sarah discovers the source of the babys sicknessand discovers a scandal that leads Malloys investigation down a gilded path paved with greed, deception, and desire&
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Murder under Palmsby Stefanie MattesonISBN 0425160351 (0-425-16035-1)
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Narcissus in Chainsby Laurell K. HamiltonISBN 0425181685 (0-425-18168-5)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Narcissus in Chains'Book summary:"I've never read a writer with a more fertile imagination - and fewer inhibitions about using it." (Diana Gabaldon)
Six months of celibacy have made Anita crave the two men in her life like never before. But merging their powers together will give this mortal woman a taste of immortal hunger that she'll never be able to forget... [via]More editions of Narcissus in Chains:
No Wind of Blameby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425102319 (0-425-10231-9)
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Parker Pyne Investigatesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425087700 (0-425-08770-0)
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Past Reason Hatedby Peter RobinsonISBN 0425144895 (0-425-14489-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Past Reason Hated'Book summary:In the fifth novel of the British detective series, Chief Inspector Alan Banks explores the turbulent life of a cafe manager and amateur actress who becomes the victim of a crime of passion. Reprint. AB. K. NYT. PW. [via]
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Penhallowby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425097781 (0-425-09778-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Penhallow'Book summary:"Miss Heyer's characters act and speak with an ease and conviction that is as refreshing as it is rare in the ordinary mystery novel."
-Times Literary Supplement"The characters are...among the most complex and believable characters she has created."
-Boston Evening TranscriptA family tyrant whose murder has shocking and far-reaching consequences...
Hated for his cruel and vicious nature, yet ruling his family with an iron hand from his sickbed, tyrannical patriarch Adam Penhallow is found murdered the day before his birthday. His entire family had assembled for his birthday celebration, and every one of them had the ways and means to commit the crime. As accusation and suspicion turn in one direction, then another, the claws and backstabbing come out, and no one is exempt from the coming implosion.
What readers are saying:
"The psychology of the suspects was fascinating."
"An impressive piece of writing, darker than Heyer's other mysteries."
Georgette Heyer wrote over fifty books, including Regency romances, mysteries, and historical fiction. Her barrister husband, Ronald Rougier, provided many of the plots for her detective novels, which are classic English country house mysteries reminiscent of Agatha Christie. Heyer was legendary for her research, historical accuracy, inventive plots, and sparkling characterization.
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Picnic on Nearsideby John VarleyISBN 0425071200 (0-425-07120-0)
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The Pledgeby Friedrich Durrenmatt, Jack Nicholson, Sean PennISBN 0425178986 (0-425-17898-6)
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Point Blank: An FBI Thrillerby Catherine CoulterISBN 0399153225 (0-399-15322-5)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Point Blank's propulsive story takes off when FBI agents Dillon Savich and Dane Carver are nearly killed while trying to rescue popular entertainer Pinky Womack from kidnappers. Lured to a motel in Pumis City, Virginia, by a known snitch, the only thing the agents discover is a glowing red timer. The place is demolished in a catastrophic explosion, but everyone survives.
The same snitch leads them to Arlington National Cemetery, promising the agents Pinky's safe return. The search is interrupted when Savich takes a fateful call on his cell. The mysterious caller taunts Savich with other threats-against him, and against his wife, fellow agent Lacey Sherlock. Up against an untraceable foe-not even MAX can locate him-Savich and Sherlock find themselves fighting an unstable villain with a very long memory.
At the same time, Agent Ruth Warnecki's passion for treasure hunting leads her to Winkel's Cave and a cave chamber that really shouldn't exist-as well as a dead student from Stanislaus Music School, left there for eternity. Some students have wandered quite far from the beaten path, with terrible consequences.
An edge-of-your-seat thriller as exhilarating and frightening as anything she's ever written, Point Blank is Catherine Coulter's finest achievement. [via]More editions of Point Blank: An FBI Thriller:
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Poodle Springsby Raymond Chandler, Robert B. ParkerISBN 042512343X (0-425-12343-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Poodle Springs'Book summary:When Raymond Chandler died in 1959, he left behind the first four chapters of a new Philip Marlowe thriller. Now three decades later, Robert B. Parker, the bestselling creator of the Spenser detective novels, has completed Poodle Springs in a full-length masterpiece of criminal passion.[via]"More than just an impressive homage, this is a first-rate detective novel with all of the suspense, action, and human drama that we have come to expect from the best."--Playboy
Philip Marlowe is alive and well and living in Poodle Springs, California. He's married to a wealthy heiress now. But living in the lap of luxury hasn't made a dent in Marlowe's cynicism--or his talent for attracting trouble. Soon he's on a trail of greed, lust, and murder as dark and cunning as any he's ever seen. Philip Marlowe is back in business.
"Raymond Chandler fans, throw away your dog-eared copies of The Big Sleep...Philip Marlowe has returned!"--Milwaukee Journal
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Replenishing Jessicaby Maxwell BodenheimISBN 040411363X (0-404-11363-X)
Hardcover, Ams Pr Inc
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Revenger's Tragedyby TourneurISBN 0413166104 (0-413-16610-4)
Softcover, Greenwood Pub Group
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Rules Of Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425121631 (0-425-12163-1)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Seaby Yukio MishimaISBN 0399504893 (0-399-50489-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea'Book summary:"The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With the Sea" tells of a band of savage thirteen-year-old boys who reject the adult world as illusory, hypocritical, and sentimental, and train themselves in a brutal callousness they call 'ojectivity'. When the mother of one of them begins an affair with a ship's officer, he and his friends idealize the man at first; but it is not long before they conclude that he is in fact soft and romantic. They regard their disappointment in him as an act of betrayal on his part and react violently. [via]
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Scales of Justiceby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425144879 (0-425-14487-9)
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Secret Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425168298 (0-425-16829-8)
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Serial Killers: Death and Life in America's Wound Cultureby Mark SeltzerISBN 0415914817 (0-415-91481-7)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Seventh Commandmentby Lawrence SandersISBN 042513329X (0-425-13329-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Shell Gameby Carol O'ConnellISBN 0425176037 (0-425-17603-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shell Game'Book summary:There has always been a touch of magic, a whiff of deception and illusion about Mallory, the New York homicide detective who never lets anyone call her Kathy. In highly praised books such as Killing Critics, Mallory's Oracle, and The Man Who Cast Two Shadows, Carol O'Connell has wrapped her fascinating, frustrating character in a cloak of myth. So it's no surprise that in her fifth adventure, Mallory is literally surrounded by magic and magicians, trying to find out why an old illusionist was killed while re-creating a famous trick involving four crossbows.
All of the suspects are magicians themselves, connected to the past and each other by events in Paris during World War II. One of them, a self-declared madman named Malakhai, lives in a mental hospital and maintains an elaborate fantasy involving his dead wife. There's a marvelous set piece early on--a poker game at which this invisible woman not only takes a seat but also makes bets, wins hands, and smokes lipsticked cigarettes. Of course Mallory is largely on her own in the investigation: she insults her only two friends and alienates all her police colleagues with her weird, unorthodox methods.
O'Connell is a richly poetic writer who fills her books with fleeting samples of everyone from Rilke and T.S. Eliot to Billie Holiday. Even if you're not deeply interested in how magicians work their magic, you should find enough other pleasures here to enjoy the author's superb bag of tricks. --Dick Adler [via]
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Silent Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425137562 (0-425-13756-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Silent Prey'Book summary:Michael Bekker, the psychopath Lucas Davenport captured in Eyes of Prey, escapes--Davenport should have killed Bekker when he had the chance. [via]
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Snow Blindby P. TracyISBN 039915339X (0-399-15339-X)
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Southern Crossby Patricia Daniels CornwellISBN 0425172546 (0-425-17254-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Southern Cross'Book summary:In their first appearance (Hornet's Nest, 1997), Chief Judy Hammer, Deputy Virginia West, and reporter-turned-rookie-cop Andy Brazil battled a serial killer in Charlotte, North Carolina. Now, in Patricia Cornwell's Southern Cross, the trio are dispatched to Richmond, Virginia--via an NIJ (National Institute of Justice) grant--to quell the growing gang problem and modernize the beleaguered Richmond PD. They bring with them a sophisticated computer program for tracking criminal activity and a tried-and-true methodology for reforming Richmond's men and women in blue. Unfortunately, Hammer, Brazil, and West could not have been prepared for the resentment they would confront... or the bizarre cast of characters they would find upon their arrival: Lelia Ehrhart--wealthy (and nosey) chair of the Blue Ribbon Crime Commission--whose heavy European accent renders her English dangerously hilarious; Butner "Bubba" Flunk IV--tobacco industry worker, gun collector, and UFO aficionado; Smoke--the sociopathic leader of the Pikes gang; and Weed Gardener--14-year-old painter turned master graffiti artist.
Unlike Cornwell's usual fare, Southern Cross is driven almost exclusively by an interest in these strange personalities and their surreal hometown, rather than in fast-paced thrills. The novel becomes a satire on city politics, Southern culture, the ever-tense relationship between the police and the public, and the struggles of the average man and woman with computer technology. Cornwell does fall down in a few places. First, her description of the computer virus that somehow infects police department Web sites from Richmond to New York seems a bit far-fetched. Also, her narrative, divided among three major characters, loses its focus and sags at several points. In the end, though, Southern Cross is redeemed by Cornwell's inimitable renderings of police work and the quotidian life of Richmond's many odd denizens. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Stray Kat Waltzby Karen KijewskiISBN 042516988X (0-425-16988-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Stray Kat Waltz'Book summary:"No. Oh God, no!" In the opening pages of Stray Kat Waltz, readers discover that Kat Colorado has suffered a devastating personal loss, and Kat fans are in for a tragic treat as Karen Kijewski takes her tough-talking heroine to a deeper level.
Sara Bernard, a battered wife who fears for her life, pleads with Kat to take her case. Kat refuses at first, fleeing to Tahoe for a reprieve from her pain. Gradually, however, Kat cannot resist Sara's determination to escape from her policeman-husband, Jed. She tutors Sara in the subtleties of disguise and evasion. But, when Kat meets Jed, the story becomes even more complicated. Jed insists that he has never harmed his wife, and all of his colleagues on the police force back him up.
Kijewski unfolds a shifting tale that directs and misdirects the reader, and early uncertainties in character are thoroughly resolved by the carefully twisted plot. All the while, Kijewski explores the web of deception that inevitably surrounds the hot-button topic of spousal abuse. The acerbic dialogue of the earlier Kat adventures is still here, as well as a few steamy dream sequences that punctuate the early grimness. New readers will also want to read Kat Scratch Fever to ground themselves in Ms. Colorado and her relationships. Other books in the series available in paperback include Alley Kat Blues, Copy Kat, Honky Tonk Kat, Kat's Cradle, Katapult, Katwalk, and Wild Kat. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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The Street of Crocodilesby Simon McBurneyISBN 0413738701 (0-413-73870-1)
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The Third Deadly Sinby Lawrence SandersISBN 042510429X (0-425-10429-X)
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Thyme of Deathby Susan Wittig AlbertISBN 0425140989 (0-425-14098-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Thyme of Death'Book summary:China Bayles has it all - a prestigious Houston law practice, money, power - but it's not enough. She's smart, she's tough, she's confident, and she knows she wants something more out of life than the fast track offers. Something like the Thyme and Seasons herb shop in Pecan Springs, Texas. Realizing that her career is turning her into somebody she doesn't like, China does what many people only dream of doing: She relocates to a small town to begin a new and, she hopes, a gentler, more fulfilling life. But even in Pecan Springs, evil can occur among ordinary people living everyday lives. China soon learns that while she can move from the city, she can't escape the world of moral choice. When China's good friend, Jo Gilbert, apparently commits suicide, China is more than puzzled. Jo had been suffering from a terminal disease, but wasn't the type to take her own life. And, to a lawyer like China, some revealing letters that Jo leaves behind shout blackmail and murder, not suicide. But why would anybody want to kill a woman who will die soon anyway? And what about the scent of perfume in Jo's house? When another mysterious death occurs, China is sure she's dealing with homicide. Helped by her best friend, New-Ager Ruby Wilcox, and with support from lover Mike McQuaid, a former-cop-turned-professor, China follows a trail of greed and fear to discover some unsettling answers. Thyme of Death marks the memorable debut of one of the most original and appealing new female sleuths to come along in years. Readers will identify with China Bayles as she makes the kind of tough decisions that confront us all. [via]
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Titus Andronicusby William ShakespeareISBN 0415027063 (0-415-02706-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Titus Andronicus'Book summary:Shakespeare's most violent and gory play, Titus Andronicus was written in 1592, and represents the dramatist's first foray into the popular genre of revenge tragedy (many editors argue with at least one other collaborator). The result was spectacular, including scenes of murder, human sacrifice, rape, bodily mutilation and cannibalism. Set in late-imperial Rome, the action begins with the Roman general Titus Andronicus and his triumphant return from wars with the Goths. Leading Queen Tamora and her sons as prisoners, Titus stumbles into a power struggle between Saturninus and his brother Bassianus. Titus fatally backs Saturninus, who rapidly turns on the old general and marries Tamora. The implications for the Andronicus family are disastrous. More of Titus' sons are killed, his daughter Lavinia is brutally raped by Tamora's sons, and as Titus begins his descent into madness and despair he even has his own hand cut off in an act of awful trickery. As Titus plots his bloody revenge, he reflects that "Rome is but a wilderness of tigers". The ending is one of the most gruesome conclusions to any dramatic tragedy, and leaves Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs looking quite restrained. Although the play has put audiences off for centuries due to its apparently gratuitous violence, more recently critics have discerned something more to it than pure shock, but that might say more about us than the Elizabethans. .--Jerry Brotton [via]
The Under Dog and Other Storiesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425068080 (0-425-06808-0)
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Vectorby Robin CookISBN 0425172996 (0-425-17299-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vector'Book summary:Lorsque le médecin légiste Jack Stapleton est réveillé à quatre heures et demie du matin par un coup de téléphone de son amie Laurie, il reste interloqué. Alors que leurs bureaux sont tout proches, avait-elle besoin de l'appeler si tôt simplement pour l'inviter à dîner au restaurant ? N'arrivant pas à se rendormir, il enfourche son vélo et rallie la morgue de Manhattan où l'attend une journée chargée. Il doit autopsier Jason Papparis, un négociant en tapis mort brusquement, suite à des difficultés respiratoires. Grande est sa surprise lorsqu'il découvre que l'homme a succombé à la maladie du charbon. De son côté, Laurie examine le corps mutilé de Brad, un jeune skinhead membre de l'"Armée du peuple aryen" qui renseignait le FBI sur ce mouvement. Les responsables de ce groupuscule, Curt Rogers et Carl Ryerson, tous deux gradés chez les pompiers, ont éliminé Brad pour éviter que soit compromis l'infernal projet mis au point pour se venger du gouvernement. Grâce à Youri Davydov, immigré russe spécialiste en microbiologie, ils ont mis au point un attentat qui va permettre de répandre dans la ville des milliers de bactéries mortelles. Comment stopper ce "vecteur" mortel ?
De nouveau, Jack Stapleton et Laurie Montgomery, le couple fétiche de l'Américain Robin Cook, se trouvent aux premières loges pour mettre à jour une diabolique machination. Ce roman, où suspense et romance sont judicieusement dosés, captive le lecteur jusqu'à la dernière page. --Claude Mesplède [via]
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Visionby Dean R. KoontzISBN 0425098605 (0-425-09860-5)
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When in Romeby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425146561 (0-425-14656-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'When in Rome'Book summary:In a subterranean grotto of Mithraic sacrifice, a member of a guided tour vanishes, and Inspector Alleyn must forego his holiday to investigate. Reissue. [via]
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When the Cats Awayby Kinky FriedmanISBN 0425118304 (0-425-11830-4)
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Who Murdered Chaucer?: A Medieval Mysteryby Terry JonesISBN 0413759105 (0-413-75910-5)
Hardcover, Methuen
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Why Shoot a Butler?by Georgette HeyerISBN 0425093239 (0-425-09323-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Why Shoot a Butler?'Book summary:Amateur sleuth Frank Amberley stumbles upon a bizarre murder case when he finds the butler at Norton Manor dead from a gunshot wound. Reissue. [via]
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Winter Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425141233 (0-425-14123-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Winter Prey'Book summary:Lucas Davenport searches the icy woods of rural Wisconsin for a brutal killer known only as the Iceman. [via]
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The Witness for the Prosecutionby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425068099 (0-425-06809-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Witness for the Prosecution'Book summary:Shocking testimony turns an open-and-shut murder case upside down in the title story of a mystery anthology that also includes ""S.O.S,"" ""Sing a Song of Sixpence,"" ""The Fourth Man,"" ""The Mystery of the Spanish Shawl,"" and six other tales. Reissue." [via]
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Witness In Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425173631 (0-425-17363-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Witness In Death'Book summary:Writing as J.D. Robb, Nora Roberts presents the tenth book in the New York Times bestselling series. When a celebrity is killed right before her eyes, New York detective Eve Dallas takes a new place in crime--as both officer and witness to murder....[via]More editions of Witness In Death:
Woyzeckby George BuchnerISBN 0413388204 (0-413-38820-4)
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You've Got Murderby Donna AndrewsISBN 042518191X (0-425-18191-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'You've Got Murder'Book summary:When a workaholic techie misses work for several days, his friend, Turing, does the only neighborly thing and checks in on Zack. She checks to see if he's logged in from home. No luck. Then she skims the databases of local banks. Nothing. Next she searches hospital records throughout the state. No Zack.
Turing is no crazed stalker: she is an artificial intelligence personality of Zack's creation. But, unlike other AIPs, Turing is sentient-and she senses foul play. She finds clues, but Zack's enemies may well lie in the real world-outside the planet of the AIPS-where Turing has no ability to move. [via]More editions of You've Got Murder:
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