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Agatha Christie's Murder at the Vicarageby Agatha Christie, Barbara Toy, Moie CharlesISBN 0573012911 (0-573-01291-1)
Hardcover, French
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And Then There Were Noneby Agatha ChristieISBN 0613354478 (0-613-35447-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'And Then There Were None'Book summary:Considered the best mystery novel ever written by many readers, And Then There Were None is the story of 10 strangers, each lured to Indian Island by a mysterious host. Once his guests have arrived, the host accuses each person of murder. Unable to leave the island, the guests begin to share their darkest secrets--until they begin to die. [via]
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The Art of Detectionby Laurie R. KingISBN 0553588338 (0-553-58833-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Art of Detection'Book summary:In this thrilling new crime novel that ingeniously bridges Laurie R. Kings Edgar and Creasey Awardswinning Kate Martinelli series and her bestselling series starring Mary Russell, San Francisco homicide detective Kate Martinelli crosses paths with Sherlock Holmesin a spellbinding dual mystery that could come only from the intelligent, witty, and complex mind of New York Times bestselling author Laurie R. King&.
Kate Martinelli has seen her share of peculiar things as a San Francisco cop, but never anything quite like this: an ornate Victorian sitting room straight out of a Sherlock Holmes storycomplete with violin, tobacco-filled Persian slipper, and gunshots in the wallpaper that spell out the initials of the late queen.
Philip Gilbert was a true Holmes fanatic, from his antiquated décor to his vintage wardrobe. And no mere fan of fictions great detective, but a leading expert with a collection of priceless memorabiliaa collection some would kill for.
And perhaps someone did: In his collection is a century-old manuscript purportedly written by Holmes himselfa manuscript that eerily echoes details of Gilberts own murder.
Now, with the help of her partner, Al Hawkin, Kate must follow the convoluted trail of a killerone who may have trained at the feet of the greatest mind of all times. [via]
Ashes to Ashesby Lillian Stewart CarlISBN 0595094481 (0-595-09448-1)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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At Bertram's Hotelby Agatha ChristieISBN 0613359046 (0-613-35904-6)
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Back to Bolognaby Michael DibdinISBN 0571227759 (0-571-22775-9)
Hardcover, Faber
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Back to Bologna'Book summary:When the corpse of the shady industrialist who owns the local football team is found both shot and stabbed with a Parmesan knife, Italian police inspector Aurelio Zen is called to Bologna to oversee the investigation. Recovering slowly from surgery, and fleeing an equally painful crisis in his personal life, Zen is only too happy to take on what at first appears to be a routine and relatively undemanding assignment. But soon a world-famous university professor is shot with the same gun, immediately after publicly humiliating Italy's leading celebrity television chef, the case - intertwined with the fates of an earnest student of semiotics and a mysterious young immigrant who claims to be from Ruritania - spins out of control, and Zen is in no condition to rise to the challenge. There's also a wild card in the pack - Tony Speranza, Bologna's most flamboyant private detective. Back to Bologna is dazzlingly plotted, features a cast of vivid and idiosyncratic characters, and along the way delivers both comic and serious insights into the realities of today's Italy. [via]
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Blood Shotby Sara ParetskyISBN 0613132912 (0-613-13291-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood Shot'Book summary:V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back to her old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promise is something she always keeps. Caroline, a childhood friend, has a dying mother and a problem -- after twenty-five years she wants V.I. to find the father she never knew. But when V.I. starts probing into the past, she not only finds out where all the bodies are buried -- she stumbles onto a very new corpse. Now she's stirring up a deadly mix of big business and chemical corruption that may become a toxic shock to a snooper who knows too much. [via]
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Bloody Bonesby Laurell K. HamiltonISBN 0613123395 (0-613-12339-5)
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Bloody Murderby Julian SymonsISBN 0571094651 (0-571-09465-1)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Bloody Murder'Book summary:This revised and updated study of crime fiction contains a detailed postscript which deals with the most recent work of British crime writers, including P.D. James and Ruth Rendall, writing as Barbara Vine, and considers American trends in crime writing over the past decade by writers such as James Ellroy and Thomas Harris. Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" and other books like Paul Auster's "New York Trilogy", which treat the crime story as a metaphysical joke, also come in for sharp comment. In 1990, Julian Symonds was awarded the Cartier Diamond Dagger for services to crime literature. [via]
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Bunniculaby Deborah HoweISBN 0606101519 (0-606-10151-9)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Calendar Papersby Cynthia VoigtISBN 0606189475 (0-606-18947-5)
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The Children of Menby P. D. JamesISBN 0571167411 (0-571-16741-1)
Hardcover, Faber and Faber
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Children of Men'Book summary:Set in the future, this book portrays an England where human infertility has spread. By 2021 no babies have been born for 25 years - the aged are being driven to despair and suicide, the final generation are beautiful but violent and cruel and the middle-aged are trying to sustain normality. [via]
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The Chimney Sweeper's Boyby Barbara VineISBN 060960287X (0-609-60287-X)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Chimney Sweeper's Boy'Book summary:Writing as Ruth Rendell, Barbara Vine has earned the Grand Master Award for lifetime achievement. In The Chimney Sweeper's Boy, Vine proves herself the equal of her alter ego and a master of the psychological thriller--as well as the police procedural--in this riveting novel. Why bestselling novelist Gerald Candless assumed a new identity years before his marriage and the birth of his two daughters isn't revealed until the penultimate chapter of the book, but the effect of his deception on his family drives Vine's deft character studies. In Gerald's wife, Ursula, and his daughters, Hope and Sarah, Vine has created three complex women in the thrall of an equally complicated and compelling man. As Sarah unravels the mystery of her father's deception, Gerald gradually becomes a more sympathetic figure. But Ursula, whose strange marital bargain with Gerald and whose distant relationship with her daughters tug at the heart, stays with the reader long after this distinguished, literary mystery is finished. --Jane Adams [via]
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Chronicles of Pernby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0606283765 (0-606-28376-5)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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A Cold Treacheryby Charles ToddISBN 0553586610 (0-553-58661-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Cold Treachery'Book summary:Integral to most crime tales is the unearthing of concealed and unfavorable facts about suspected malefactors. But the mother-son duo who write under the nom de plume "Charles Todd" are particularly adept, in their historical novels featuring Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge, at exploiting painful secrets as tools in developing both character and plot. It's rare, in a Todd tale, that even the innocent should escape unscathed. The authors demonstrate their skills once more in A Cold Treachery, which sends the shell-shocked and lonely Rutledge to probe the winter massacre of a sheep-farming family in northern England, at the same time as he searches for the missing and only witness to that chilling savagery.
"It was beyond comprehension," we're told of the December 1919 violence, near the rustic Lake District town of Urskdale, that left Gerald and Grace Elcott and three of their progeny shot to death. A fourth child, 10-year-old Josh Robinson, is nowhere to be found. He's thought to have fled from the scene, only to have perished in a recent blizzard. Coming off the grim proceedings recalled in A Fearsome Doubt, Rutledge--shackled as always to the nattering ghost of Hamish MacLeod, a Scotsman he'd ordered executed on a World War I battlefield--must determine whether the murderer was a passing stranger, or a local who'd previously concealed his or her aptitude for barbarity--and might kill again. Gerald Elcott's less-successful brother, Paul, has ample motive (hes next in line to inherit their clan's farm), as does Grace's sister, Janet Ashton, who just happens to arrive in Urskdale with a gun in hand (supposedly to protect her sibling from Paul's anger). Yet there's another, more frightening possibility--that Josh, Gerald's stepson, upset by the breakup of his parents, committed these atrocities. Desperate for clues, and with his impatient superior threatening to replace him on this case, Rutledge still can't claim to know who, or what, was behind the carnage.
After their disappointing standalone, The Murder Stone, it's a relief to see the Todd pair return to the "gloomy, defeated and exhausted" postwar England of Ian Rutledge, where no end of dire dramas appear to lurk. Like its half-dozen predecessors, stretching back to A Test of Wills, A Cold Treachery satisfies with its copious period details, characters traumatized by fate and failures, and a bedeviled young protagonist who must solve other people's problems before his own. And even as Hamish seems here to slip further into the background, there's finally the prospect of Rutledge finding companionship of a more corporeal sort. --J. Kingston Pierce [via]
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A Cry in the Nightby Mary Higgins ClarkISBN 0613035399 (0-613-03539-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Cry in the Night'Book summary:Talented Erich Krueger seemed like the answer to Jenny's prayers, but after their marriage, she began to notice his obsession with his dead mother, and his possessiveness. Stumbling across old family secrets about a string of deaths, Jenny fears for herself and her children. [via]
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Curtains for Threeby Rex StoutISBN 055376294X (0-553-76294-X)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Dark Matter : The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton: A Novelby Philip KerrISBN 0609609815 (0-609-60981-5)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Dark Matter : The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton: A Novel'Book summary:I swore not to tell this story while Newton was still alive.
1696, young Christopher Ellis is sent to the Tower of London, but not as a prisoner. Though Ellis is notoriously hotheaded and was caught fighting an illegal duel, he arrives at the Tower as assistant to the renowned scientist Sir Isaac Newton. Newton is Warden of the Royal Mint, which resides within the Tower walls, and he has accepted an appointment from the King of England and Parliament to investigate and prosecute counterfeiters whose false coins threaten to bring down the shaky, war-weakened economy. Ellis may lack Newtons scholarly mind, but he is quick with a pistol and proves himself to be an invaluable sidekick and devoted apprentice to Newton as they zealously pursue these criminals.
While Newton and Ellis investigate a counterfeiting ring, they come upon a mysterious coded message on the body of a man killed in the Lion Tower, as well as alchemical symbols that indicate this was more than just a random murder. Despite Newtons formidable intellect, he is unable to decipher the cryptic message or any of the others he and Ellis find as the body count increases within the Tower complex. As they are drawn into a wild pursuit of the counterfeiters that takes them from the madhouse of Bedlam to the squalid confines of Newgate prison and back to the Tower itself, Newton and Ellis discover that the counterfeiting is only a small part of a larger, more dangerous plot, one that reaches to the highest echelons of power and nobility and threatens much more than the collapse of the economy.
Dark Matter is the lastest masterwork of suspense from Philip Kerr, the internationally bestselling and brilliantly innovative thriller writer who has dazzled readers with his imaginative, fast-paced novels. Like An Instance of the Fingerpost, The Name of the Rose, and Kerrs own Berlin Noir trilogy, Dark Matter is historical mystery at its finest, an extraordinary, suspense-filled journey through the shadowy streets and back alleys of London with the brilliant Newton and his faithful protégé. The haunted Tower with its bloody history is the perfect backdrop for this richly satisfying tale, one that introduces an engrossing mystery into the volatile mix of politics, science, and religion that characterized life in seventeenth-century London. [via]More editions of Dark Matter : The Private Life of Sir Isaac Newton: A Novel:
Dead Canaries Don't Singby Cynthia BaxterISBN 0553586416 (0-553-58641-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Dead Famousby Ben EltonISBN 0593048059 (0-593-04805-9)
Softcover, Bantam Press
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Dead Waterby Barbara HamblyISBN 0553581562 (0-553-58156-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Death Comes As the Endby Agatha ChristieISBN 060612246X (0-606-12246-X)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Death of a Dudeby Rex StoutISBN 0553762958 (0-553-76295-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Die upon a Kissby Barbara HamblyISBN 0553581651 (0-553-58165-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Dust to Dustby Lillian Stewart CarlISBN 0595094465 (0-595-09446-5)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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Dying to Tellby Robert GoddardISBN 0593047621 (0-593-04762-1)
Softcover, Bantam Press
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Egyptian Cross Mysteryby Ellery QueenISBN 0575006161 (0-575-00616-1)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detectiveby Donald J. SobolISBN 0553600397 (0-553-60039-7)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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Eyre Affairby Jasper FfordeISBN 0606284095 (0-606-28409-5)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Familiar Friendby Cristina SumnersISBN 0553584324 (0-553-58432-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Father Huntby Rex StoutISBN 0553762974 (0-553-76297-4)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Fires of Heavenby Robert JordanISBN 0606120785 (0-606-12078-5)
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Fool's Puzzleby Earlene FowlerISBN 0606227830 (0-606-22783-0)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Freedom's Ransomby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0593048326 (0-593-04832-6)
Hardcover, Bantam Press
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Glimpses of the Moonby Edmund CrispinISBN 0575022590 (0-575-02259-0)
Hardcover, V. Gollancz
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Glimpses of the Moon'Book summary:Professor Gervase Fen is in Devon working on his masterpiece critique of the modern novel, but keeps getting distracted - by the local animals (several pigs, a mildly insane cat, a horse with sleeping sickness), by the spectacular failures of the local electrical board, by the vicar's practical jokes, by the retired major yearning for another jolly war. Oh, and by the dismembered body, found in a nearby field, whose head keeps turning up in the most unlikely places.
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Goneby Lisa GardnerISBN 0553588079 (0-553-58807-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gone'Book summary:From New York Times bestseller Lisa Gardner, author of Alone and The Killing Hour, comes a thriller that goes from heartbreaking to heartstopping in the blink of an eye.&
When someone you love vanishes without a trace, how far would you go to get them back?
For ex-FBI profiler Pierce Quincy, its the beginning of his worst nightmare: a car abandoned on a desolate stretch of Oregon highway, engine running, purse on the drivers seat. And his estranged wife, Rainie Conner, gone, leaving no clue to her fate.
Did one of the ghosts from Rainies troubled past finally catch up with her? Or could her disappearance be the result of one of the cases theyd been workinga particularly vicious double homicide or the possible abuse of a deeply disturbed child Rainie took too close to heart? Together with his daughter, FBI agent Kimberly Quincy, Pierce is battling the local authorities, racing against time, and frantically searching for answers to all the questions hes been afraid to ask.
One man knows what happened that night. Adopting the alias of a killer caught eighty years before, he has already contacted the press. His terms are clear: he wants money, he wants power, he wants celebrity. And if he doesnt get what he wants, Rainie will be gone for good.
Sometimes, no matter how much you love someone, its still not enough.
As the clock winds down on a terrifying deadline, Pierce plunges headlong into the most desperate hunt of his life, into the shattering search for a killer, a lethal truth, and for the love of his life, who may forever be&gone.
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Hallowe'En Partyby Agatha ChristieISBN 0606123210 (0-606-12321-0)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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Hannibalby Thomas HarrisISBN 0613278658 (0-613-27865-8)
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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]
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Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secretsby J. K. RowlingISBN 0613287142 (0-613-28714-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets'Book summary:What makes the Harry Potter series so successful? Maybe it's the fact that J.K. Rowling doesn't write children's books, she writes children's stories, more in the tradition of the Brothers Grimm than Dr. Seuss. The exploits of Harry and his friends captivate even the shortest attention spans by engaging the imagination with vivid characters and fast-moving action, instead of trying to merely catch the eye with colorful pictures or pop-up effects. Not surprisingly, the Potter tales sound wonderful read aloud, and adapt to the audiobook format extremely well. Broadway actor Jim Dale's impressive vocal range gives each character in the book its own distinctive voice--a considerable task, given the pantheon of witches, warlocks, ghosts, ghouls, dwarves, and elves that Harry encounters in his second outing. And thankfully, since the book is read unabridged, no one's favorite character is omitted. Engaging for children without being childish, the audio version of Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is worthy addition to the deservedly popular series. (Running time: 9 hours, 7 CDs) --Andrew Nieland [via]
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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stoneby J. K. Rowling, Mary GrandPréISBN 0590353403 (0-590-35340-3)
Softcover, Scholastic Canada, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone'Book summary:Paperback edition about 5"x8"x1/2" book that looks just as the picture indicated in the photo of Harry Potter. [via]
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The Hell You Sayby Josh LanyonISBN 0595385125 (0-595-38512-5)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc
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How to Know God: The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of Mysteriesby Deepak ChopraISBN 0609805231 (0-609-80523-1)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Know God: The Soul's Journey into the Mystery of Mysteries'Book summary:God is not a person or a thing but rather a process, according to world-renowned author and spiritual leader Deepak Chopra. The purpose of this ambitious book is to assure readers that anyone can engage in this process--"it isn't a matter of faith, religious teaching, innate goodness, luck or some other mysterious factor," Chopra explains. "Our brains are hardwired to find God." This hardwiring is deftly explored as Chopra lists the seven ways humans know God and how they correspond to the anatomy of our human brains. He devotes a chapter to each of the seven visions of God: "Protector," "Almighty," "God of Peace," "Redeemer," "Creator," "God of Miracles," and "Pure Being--I am." In every chapter he asks and answers the same questions for the readers: "Who am I?" "How do I fit in?" "How do I find God?" The format works well, helping to tame this broad discussion while also illuminating the different personality types that are attracted to these seven different visions.
Fortunately, Chopra is a gifted narrator, able to make human anatomy and quantum physics understandable while also keeping spiritual and metaphysical discussions grounded. As he drifts through the cloudy realms of ESP, telepathy, clairvoyance, miracles, obedience, loyalty, evil, ego, addictions, and mentors, readers can trust that there is a competent pilot at the helm, deftly guiding this excellent book. Plan to take some time with this one. It is perhaps his best yet and as such deserves a slow and steady commitment. --Gail Hudson [via]
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If Death Ever Sleptby Rex StoutISBN 0553762966 (0-553-76296-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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In Cold Bloodby Truman CapoteISBN 0606207201 (0-606-20720-1)
Hardcover, Demco Media
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In Pale Battalionsby Robert GoddardISBN 0593014103 (0-593-01410-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Press
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In Pursuit of the Proper Sinnerby Elizabeth GeorgeISBN 0553840266 (0-553-84026-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Into the Blueby Robert GoddardISBN 0593018087 (0-593-01808-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Press
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Invitation to a Funeralby Molly BrownISBN 0575061324 (0-575-06132-4)
Hardcover, Victor Gollancz
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The Killing Hourby Lisa GardnerISBN 0553584529 (0-553-58452-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Killing Hour'Book summary:Each time he struck, he took two victims. Day after day, he waited for the first body to be discovered--a body containing all the clues the investigators needed to find the second victim, who waited...prey to a slow but certain death. The clock ticked--salvation was possible.
The police were never in time.
Years have passed; but for this killer, time has stood still. As a heat wave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two girls have disappeared...and the clock is ticking.
Rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy knows the killers deadline can be met. But shell have to break some rules to beat an exactingly vicious criminal at a game hes had time to perfect.
For the Killing Hour has arrived....
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L A Confidentialby James EllroyISBN 0582364736 (0-582-36473-6)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L A Confidential'Book summary:James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential is film-noir crime fiction akin to Chinatown, Hollywood Babylon, Raymond Chandler, Dashiell Hammett, and Jim Thompson. It's about three tortured souls in the 1950s L.A.P.D.: Ed Exley, the clean-cut cop who lives shivering in the shadow of his dad, a legendary cop in the same department; Jack Vincennes, a cop who advises a Police Squad- like TV show and busts movie stars for payoffs from sleazy Hush-Hush magazine; and Bud White, a detective haunted by the sight of his dad murdering his mom.
Ellroy himself was traumatized as a boy by his party-animal mother's murder. (See his memoir My Dark Places for the whole sordid story.) So it is clear that Bud is partly autobiographical. But Exley, whose shiny reputation conceals a dark secret, and Vincennes, who goes showbiz with a vengeance, reflect parts of Ellroy, too.
L.A. Confidential holds enough plots for two or three books: the cops chase stolen gangland heroin through a landscape littered with not-always-innocent corpses while succumbing to sexy sirens who have been surgically resculpted to resemble movie stars; a vile developer--based (unfairly) on Walt Disney-- schemes to make big bucks off Moochie Mouse; and the cops compete with the crooks to see who can be more corrupt and violent. Ellroy's hardboiled prose is so compressed that some of his rat-a-tat paragraphs are hard to follow. You have to read with attention as intense as hisand that is very intense indeed. But he richly rewards the effort. He may not be as deep and literary as Chandler, but he belongs on the same top-level shelf. [via]
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Lead A Horse To Murder: A Reigning Cats & Dogs Mysteryby Cynthia BaxterISBN 0553586432 (0-553-58643-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The League of Frightened Menby Rex StoutISBN 0553762982 (0-553-76298-2)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Lost...and Never Foundby Anita LarsenISBN 0590444476 (0-590-44447-6)
Softcover, Scholastic Paperbacks
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Might As Well Be Deadby Rex StoutISBN 0553763032 (0-553-76303-2)
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The Mousetrap and Other Playsby Agatha ChristieISBN 0606191976 (0-606-19197-6)
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Murder by the Bookby Rex StoutISBN 0553763113 (0-553-76311-3)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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A Murder of Qualityby John Le CarreISBN 0575033681 (0-575-03368-1)
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Murder on the Orient Expressby Agatha ChristieISBN 060612439X (0-606-12439-X)
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Mystic Riverby Dennis LehaneISBN 0593044762 (0-593-04476-2)
Hardcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mystic River'Book summary:Dennis Lehane's Mystic River takes the material of the ordinary police procedural thriller and shapes it into heart-break. As boys, Jimmy, Dave and Sean were friends, until one day Dave was abducted by two men pretending to be cops, and was never quite the same again. As men, Dave is a damaged fantasist, safe in a quietly happy marriage; Jimmy a retired criminal making a good respectable living for the sake of his children; and Sean is the homicide cop who finds himself investigating the murder of Jimmy's eldest daughter Katie. This is not just a book about what becomes of the children who grow into adults; it is about what happens to a neighbourhood when the rules change, when an old established working-class district acquires gentrified espresso bars at one end and the beats of the city's most dangerous whores at the other. It is also a book about the tragedy of all sudden violent deaths; we never forget our sense of Katie as she was, dancing on the last night of her life--she is never just the corpse here, never just the object of mourning and investigation. --Roz Kaveney [via]
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Nerilka's Storyby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0606283889 (0-606-28388-9)
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Night Trainby Martin AmisISBN 0609601288 (0-609-60128-8)
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North Star Conspiracyby Miriam Grace MonfredoISBN 0613293118 (0-613-29311-8)
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Oh! Where Are Bloody Mary's Earringsby Robert PlayerISBN 0575014296 (0-575-01429-6)
Hardcover, Gollancz
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Our Man in Camelotby Anthony PriceISBN 057502013X (0-575-02013-X)
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Painting the Darknessby Robert GoddardISBN 0593014138 (0-593-01413-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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A Place of Hidingby Elizabeth GeorgeISBN 0553582372 (0-553-58237-2)
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Please Pass the Guiltby Rex StoutISBN 0553763083 (0-553-76308-3)
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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Michael Hardwick, Mollie HardwickISBN 0583118135 (0-583-11813-5)
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The Remorseful Dayby Colin DexterISBN 0609502956 (0-609-50295-6)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Remorseful Day'Book summary:Over 13 novels and a popular television series later, Colin Dexter's Inspector Morse has taken his place alongside Sherlock Holmes, Hercule Poirot, Lord Peter Wimsey, Philip Marlowe, and a handful of other famous sleuths. Like most of them, Morse possesses an uncanny intelligence, especially in matters of crime and crosswords, but Dexter has always made sure that his detective remains fully a man--flawed and uncertain despite an outward bravado. In this final, difficult story, Morse's humanity unfolds much as his cases do: with the slow revelation of secrets and surprises that frequently catch the reader off guard.
The novel begins with events now a year old. Yvonne Hamilton had been found in her home murdered--handcuffed and naked. The Thames Valley Police had supposed robbery, but their suspects had dissolved and all the leads had dried up. A year later, while Morse is on furlough, two anonymous calls to Chief Superintendent Strange open the possibility of a new line of inquiry. Strange wants his best man on the case. Morse, however, shows a surprising reluctance to embroil himself in what seems to be a classic Morsean puzzle. When he finally does reopen the investigation, his unorthodox approach worries even his longtime sidekick, Sergeant Lewis--who begins to suspect that his boss has a personal connection to the victim. What could Morse be up to? And--as many readers will be asking throughout--what could possibly bring his career to a close?
Like the work of few other mystery writers, Dexter's Morse series has consistently blended the dignity of high art with the grimness of crime and punishment. While it's a cliché to say that he transcends the genre, he has certainly expanded its range to novels that entertain while they instruct--even when that instruction is grammatical. The Remorseful Day is indeed a remorseful farewell, a delicately handled conclusion to a series that will now remain artfully complete, not lingering beyond its time. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
Road Rageby Ruth RendellISBN 0609600567 (0-609-60056-7)
Hardcover, Crown Publishing Group
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The Robber Brideby Margaret AtwoodISBN 0606208879 (0-606-20887-9)
Hardcover, Tandem Library Books
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The Rubber Bandby Rex StoutISBN 0553763091 (0-553-76309-1)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Tales to Give You Goosebumpsby R. L. StineISBN 0590489933 (0-590-48993-3)
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Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poeby Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0590422936 (0-590-42293-6)
Softcover, Scholastic
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ten Great Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe'Book summary:The Pit and the Pendulum...The Purloined Letter...The Tell-Tale Heart...A Descent into Maelstrom...and six other choice chillers by the acknowledged master of mystery, fantasy, and horror. These ten absorbing stories, selected by a famed anthologist of science-fiction and the supernatural, prove that even after a century Poe's imagination still works it macabre magic. 210 pages [via]
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Ten Little Indiansby Agatha ChristieISBN 0573616396 (0-573-61639-6)
Softcover, Samuel French Inc Plays
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ten Little Indians'Book summary:Mystery / 8m, 3f / Int. In this superlative mystery comedy statuettes of little soldier boys on the mantel of a house on an island off the coast of Devon fall to the floor and break one by one as those in the house succumb to a diabolical avenger. A nursery rhyme tells how each of the ten "soldiers" met his death until there were none. Eight guests who have never met each other or their apparently absent host and hostess are lured to the island and, along with the two house servants, marooned. A mysterious voice accuses each of having gotten away with murder and then one drops dead---poisoned. One down and nine to go! The excitement never lets up in this ideal play for schools, colleges and little theatres. [via]
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A Time to Killby John GrishamISBN 0582364108 (0-582-36410-8)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Time to Kill'Book summary:This addictive tale of a young lawyer defending a black Vietnam war hero who kills the white druggies who raped his child in tiny Clanton, Mississippi, is John Grisham's first novel, and his favorite of his first six. He polished it for three years and every detail shines like pebbles at the bottom of a swift, sunlit stream. Grisham is a born legal storyteller and his dialogue is pitch perfect.
The plot turns with jeweled precision. Carl Lee Hailey gets an M-16 from the Chicago hoodlum he'd saved at Da Nang, wastes the rapists on the courthouse steps, then turns to attorney Jake Brigance, who needs a conspicuous win to boost his career. Folks want to give Carl Lee a second medal, but how can they ignore premeditated execution? The town is split, revealing its social structure. Blacks note that a white man shooting a black rapist would be acquitted; the KKK starts a new Clanton chapter; the NAACP, the ambitious local reverend, a snobby, Harvard-infested big local firm, and others try to outmaneuver Jake and his brilliant, disbarred drunk of an ex-law partner. Jake hits the books and the bottle himself. Crosses burn, people die, crowds chant "Free Carl Lee!" and "Fry Carl Lee!" in the antiphony of America's classical tragedy. Because he's lived in Oxford, Mississippi, Grisham gets compared to Faulkner, but he's really got the lean style and fierce folk moralism of John Steinbeck. --Tim Appelo [via]
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To Ride Pegasusby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0606012281 (0-606-01228-1)
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Too Many Cooksby Rex StoutISBN 0553763067 (0-553-76306-7)
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The Tower and the Hiveby Anne McCaffreyISBN 0613281071 (0-613-28107-1)
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Triple Jeopardyby Rex StoutISBN 0553763075 (0-553-76307-5)
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Wet Graveby Barbara HamblyISBN 0553581597 (0-553-58159-7)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wet Grave'Book summary:In such stunning novels of crime and character as Die Upon a Kiss, Sold Down the River, and A Free Man of Color, Benjamin January tracked down killers through the sensuous, atmospheric, dangerously beautiful world of Old New Orleans. Now, in this new novel by bestselling author Barbara Hambly, he follows a trail of murder from illicit back alleys to glittering mansions to a dark place where the oldest and deadliest secrets lie buried . . .
Wet Grave
Its 1835 and the relentless glare of the late July sun has slowed New Orleans to a standstill. When Hesione LeGros--once a corsairs jeweled mistress, now a raddled hag--is found slashed to death in a shanty on the fringe of New Orleanss most lawless quarter, there are few to care. But one of them is Benjamin January, musician and teacher. He well recalls her blazing ebony beauty when she appeared, exquisitely gowned and handy with a stiletto, at a demimonde banquet years ago.
Who would want to kill this woman now--Hessy, they said, would turn a trick for a bottle of rum--had some quarrelsome customer decided to do away with her? Or could it be one of the sexual predators who roamed the dark and seedy streets? Or--as Benjamin comes to suspect--was her killer someone she knew, someone whose careful search of her shack suggests a cold-blooded crime? Someone whose boot left a chillingly distinctive print . . .
His inquiries at taverns, markets, and slave dances reveal little about Hellfire Hessy since her glory days in Barataria Bay, once the lair of gentlemen pirates. Then the murder is swept from his mind by the delivery of a crate filled with contraband rifles--and yet another telltale boot print left by its claimant. When a murder swiftly follows, Ben and Rose Vitrac, the woman he loves, fear the workings of a serpentine mind and a treacherous plot: one only they can hope to thwart in time.
All too soon they are fugitives of color in the stormy bayous and marshes of slave-stealer country, headed for smugglers haunts and sinister plantations, where one false step could be their last toward a...Wet Grave.
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Where There's a Willby Rex StoutISBN 0553763016 (0-553-76301-6)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Why Didn't They Ask Evans?by Agatha ChristieISBN 0606009639 (0-606-00963-9)
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Wickedby Gregory Maguire, Douglas SmithISBN 060631184X (0-606-31184-X)
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Winter's Heartby Robert JordanISBN 060628396X (0-606-28396-X)
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The Woman in Whiteby Wilkie Collins, Anne CollinsISBN 0582364132 (0-582-36413-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Woman in White'Book summary:One night on the road to London, a young drawing master, Walter Hartright, meets a mysterious woman dressed all in white and answers her pleas for help. But who is she and why is she being followed by two men? And what is her connection with his pupil Laura Fairlie, the woman he secretly loves? Wilkie Collins' masterpiece of terrible secrets, concealed identities, abductions, fraud, cruel aristocrats and sinister foreigners is a mesmerising read and now also a powerful television drama starring Tara Fitzgerald and Simon Callow. [via]
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