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The 2nd Deadly Sinby Lawrence SandersISBN 042512519X (0-425-12519-X)
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And Then There Were Noneby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129586 (0-425-12958-6)
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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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An Antidote for Avariceby Caroline RoeISBN 0425172600 (0-425-17260-0)
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Appointment With Deathby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425108589 (0-425-10858-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Appointment With Death'Book summary:Book Cover Boasts "Now a magnificent Star-Studded Movie Thriller Peter Ustinov returns as Hercule Poirot". STORYLINE: Hercule Poirot overhead on his first night in Jerusalem these words, "You see, don't you, that she's got to be killed"? And when a holiday tour of the Holy Land ends abruptly with murder, the words come back to haunt the legendary detective. The victim, Mrs. Boynton, had taken such pleasure in inflicting misery on her own family that everyone else on the tour hd watched in horror as the tension built. Many people had a motive for murder, but the question is, Which one was desperate enough to kill? [via]
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Artists in Crimeby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425143317 (0-425-14331-7)
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Black Rainbowby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0425124819 (0-425-12481-9)
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Body Farmby Patricia Daniels CornwellISBN 0425148637 (0-425-14863-7)
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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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By a Woman's Hand: A Guide to Mystery Fiction by Womenby Dean James, Jean SwansonISBN 0425141438 (0-425-14143-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'By a Woman's Hand: A Guide to Mystery Fiction by Women'Book summary:Here are more than 200 clear, concise profiles of women authors of mystery and suspense fiction--including Mary Higgins Clark, Sue Grafton, and many others. Focusing on writers whose work appeared from the 1970s to the present, the volume is arranged alphabetically, with each entry containing the author's best-known books, mystery heroines, pen names, writing styles, and more. [via]
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By a Woman's Hand : A Guide to Mystery Fiction by Womenby Jean SwansonISBN 0425154726 (0-425-15472-6)
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C. O. P. Outby Nancy HerndonISBN 0425162931 (0-425-16293-1)
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Casanova Crimesby Nancy HerndonISBN 0425168123 (0-425-16812-3)
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Chanceby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425157474 (0-425-15747-4)
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Chile Deathby Susan Wittig AlbertISBN 0425171477 (0-425-17147-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Chile Death'Book summary:Chile is the pepper; chili (or sometimes chilli) is the spicy stew made with it. That's the first of many lessons about food, love, and death in Susan Wittig Albert's latest mystery about China Bayles, the Texas Hill Country lawyer turned herbalist and crime solver. Although Albert lives in the Texas Hill Country herself, she swears that China's hometown, Pecan Springs (which must have a higher per capita death rate than anyplace outside of Jessica Fletcher's Maine village), is fictional. So we have to believe that nobody really killed one of the judges of the annual Cedar Choppers Chili Cook-off by adding peanuts to his tasting sample and causing a deadly allergic reaction.
But China and her lover, ex-cop Mike McQuaid, believe it--especially after the dead chili judge, Jerry Jeff Cody, turns out to have a swampful of dirty secrets. So Albert begins a clever dance, keeping Bayles and the bedridden McQuaid (shot while working for the Texas Rangers) in just enough danger to maintain an atmosphere of suspense while also slipping in enough chile lore to outfit a chain of Taco Bells. The format may be familiar, but Albert is one of the best in the business at making it look newly hatched. Other Bayles books include Love Lies Bleeding, Thyme of Death, and Rueful Death. --Dick Adler [via]
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Colour Schemeby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425146510 (0-425-14651-0)
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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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Cure for a Charlatanby Caroline RoeISBN 0425167348 (0-425-16734-8)
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Curtainby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425173747 (0-425-17374-7)
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Death and the Dancing Footmanby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425146553 (0-425-14655-3)
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Death at Bishop's Keepby Robin PaigeISBN 0425164357 (0-425-16435-7)
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Death at Daisy's Follyby Robin PaigeISBN 0425156710 (0-425-15671-0)
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Death at Devil's Bridgeby Robin PaigeISBN 0425161951 (0-425-16195-1)
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Death at Gallows Greenby Robin PaigeISBN 0425163997 (0-425-16399-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death at Gallows Green'Book summary:In Death at Bishop's Keep, Kathryn Ardleigh captured the interest of detective Sir Charles Sheridan as they solved their first case together. Now the demise of a local constable and the disappearance of a child have the sleuthing couple on the trail of deadly greed and criminal mischief once again. And with the help of a shy woman who calls herself Beatrix Potter, Kate intends to uncover the sinister secrets of Gallows Green...[via]More editions of Death at Gallows Green:
Death at the Barby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425146545 (0-425-14654-5)
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Death of the Duchessby Elizabeth EyreISBN 0425139026 (0-425-13902-6)
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A Dog Collar Crimeby Melissa ClearyISBN 0425148572 (0-425-14857-2)
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Double Deuceby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425137937 (0-425-13793-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Double Deuce'Book summary:Hawk wants Spenser to wage war on a street gang. Susan wants Spenser to move in with her. Either way, Spenser's out of his element. So why not risk both?[via]More editions of Double Deuce:
The Dumb Shall Sing : A Mystery of Colonial Timesby Stephen LewisISBN 0425169979 (0-425-16997-9)
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The Eagle Catcherby Margaret CoelISBN 0425154637 (0-425-15463-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Eagle Catcher'Book summary:When the Arapaho tribal chairman is found murdered in his tepee at the Ethete powwow, the evidence points to the chairman's nephew, Anthony Castle. But Father John O'Malley, pastor of St. Francis Mission, and Vicky Holden, the Arapaho lawyer, do not believe the young man capable of murder. Together they set out to find the real murderer and clear Anthony's name.[via]
The trail that Father John and Vicky follow winds across the high plains of the Wind River Reservation into Arapaho homes and community centers and into the fraud-infested world of Indian oil and land deals. Eventually it leads to the pastthe Old Timewhen the Arapahos were forced from their homes on the Great Plains and sent to the reservation.
There in the Old Time, Father John and Vicky discover a crime so heinous that someone was willing to commit murder more than a hundred years later to keep it hidden. As they close in a killer who does not hesitate to kill again, they discover they have become the next targets...
Critics have praised The Eagle Catcher as a tightly crafted mystery that blends Native American culture and history with contemporary issues and fast-paced action. It introduced two intelligent, compassionate sleuths: Father John O'Malley, S.J., a history scholar and recovering alcoholic, exiled to an Indian mission on the Great Plains, and Vicky Holden, an attorney who, after ten years in the outside world, has returned to the reservation to help her people.More editions of The Eagle Catcher:
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Evil Under the Sunby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129608 (0-425-12960-8)
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Eyes of Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425132048 (0-425-13204-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Eyes of Prey'Book summary:Lieutenant Davenport faces two diabolical killers in a case that could push him over the edge. [via]
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Final Curtainby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425143201 (0-425-14320-1)
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Fool's Puzzleby Earlene FowlerISBN 042514545X (0-425-14545-X)
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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] 
Grave Mistakeby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425142434 (0-425-14243-4)
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Hallowe'En Partyby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129632 (0-425-12963-2)
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Hand in Gloveby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425144852 (0-425-14485-2)
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Hangman's Rootby Susan Wittig AlbertISBN 042514898X (0-425-14898-X)
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Honky Tonk Katby Karen KijewskiISBN 0425158608 (0-425-15860-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Honky Tonk Kat'Book summary:Private eye Kat Colorado hits the road with childhood friend turned country superstar Dakota Jones. Kat recalls that Dakota always did have rotten taste in men, but would any of them be bad enough to bomb the theater where Dakota is playing in Memphis, drop a stage light on her in Atlanta and shoot a singer who looks just like her in Nashville? As the two renew their friendship on the road and endure the scary adoration of desperate fans, Kat slogs through a trail of no-account men and boozy dives, hoping to find the perpetrator before Dakota sings her last song. [via]
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Hunting Gameby Nancy HerndonISBN 042515579X (0-425-15579-X)
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Ian Fleming's Moonrakerby Ian FlemingISBN 0425134938 (0-425-13493-8)
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Into the Darknessby Barbara MichaelsISBN 042512892X (0-425-12892-X)
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Irish Chainby Earlene FowlerISBN 0425151379 (0-425-15137-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Irish Chain'Book summary:Investigating the death of the San Celina Senior Citizen Prom king, museum curator Benni Harper goes against the wishes of her police chief boyfriend and uncovers the victim's fifty-year-old affiliation with a World War II Japanese blackmailing ring. [via]
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Jack Knave and Foolby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0425171205 (0-425-17120-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jack Knave and Fool'Book summary:Bruce Alexander's books have the same addictive attention to detail as Patrick O'Brian's stories about the British navy. In fact, there really was a Sir John Fielding (1721-1780; would the Library of Congress lie?), the blind London magistrate so energetically restored to life by Alexander. And as he did in Person or Persons Unknown, Murder in Grub Street, Blind Justice, and Watery Grave, the author lets us observe Fielding from the distance of time, with middle-aged narrator Jeremy Proctor recalling his adventures as a 16-year-old alongside him. Here Jeremy plays a larger part in the investigations than he did in previous books. The two cases-- the poisoning of Lord and Lady Langinham, and the unknown identity of a severed head found in the Thames--are separated by money and class. Among the hundreds of little moments that make the book glow is Jeremy ordering coffee in a seedy dive, and being told by the waitress, "You only get that with a flash of lightning here, dearie"--meaning a shot of gin. --Dick Adler [via]
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Kansas Troublesby Earlene FowlerISBN 0425156966 (0-425-15696-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kansas Troubles'Book summary:After a whirlwind marriage to police chief Gabe Ortiz, quilter and amateur sleuth Benni Harper joins her husband on a trip to his Kansas hometown, only to become caught up in the investigation into the murder of quilter, aspiring country singer, and former Amish wife Tyler Brown. [via]
Lavender Liesby Susan Wittig AlbertISBN 0425170322 (0-425-17032-2)
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Lethal Statuesby Nancy HerndonISBN 0425153843 (0-425-15384-3)
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The Lost Birdby Margaret CoelISBN 0425170306 (0-425-17030-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Lost Bird'Book summary:Margaret Coel's mysteries "shouldn't be missed by anyone interested in either new trends in mystery writing or contemporary Indian culture. She's a master at both."--Tony Hillerman
After the murder of an elderly priest--Father John O'Malley's assistant on the Wind River Reservation--Father John thinks the bullet was meant for him. Father Joseph had been driving John's old Toyota right before he was killed. Consumed with anger and guilt, Father John is determined to find the murderer. Along the way, he teams up with Arapaho lawyer Vicky Holden when they discover Father Joseph had ties to a case of Vicky's, once again putting their lives in danger.
"Vivid western landscapes, intriguing history, compelling characters, and quick, tight writing that is a joy to read....Coel has her own voice and point of view...a unique mix of the modern and the traditional."--Booklist
"Coel is a vivid voice for the West, its struggles to retain its past and at the same time enjoy the fruits of the future."--The Dallas Morning News
"[A book] that you finish not only well entertained, but all the better for it."--The Arizona Daily Star
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Love Lies Bleedingby Susan Wittig AlbertISBN 0425166112 (0-425-16611-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Love Lies Bleeding'Book summary:As a Texas Ranger, Roy Adcock outwitted plenty of dangerous characters. But now the retired Ranger has been shot dead - with his wife's gun. The case hits close to home for China, since Dolores Adcock had been at the herb shop just that morning. But what hits even closer to home is when China's longtime boyfriend starts behaving strangely after hearing the news - and China overhears a secret phone conversation between him and another woman. Now, as clues mount and accusations fly, China must question both the Adcock marriage and her own relationship - and avoid getting caught in a deadly maze of suspicion and betrayal. [via]
The Master of Blacktowerby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0425149412 (0-425-14941-2)
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Mind Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425152898 (0-425-15289-8)
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Miss Seeton Draws the Lineby Heron CarvicISBN 0425110974 (0-425-11097-4)
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Murder at Manassasby Michael KilianISBN 0425172333 (0-425-17233-3)
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Murder in Grub Streetby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0425155501 (0-425-15550-1)
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Night at the Vulcanby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425142051 (0-425-14205-1)
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Night Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425146413 (0-425-14641-3)
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No Place for Secretsby Sherry LewisISBN 0425148351 (0-425-14835-1)
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The North Star Conspiracyby Miriam G. MonfredoISBN 0425147207 (0-425-14720-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The North Star Conspiracy'Book summary:Glynis Tryon, the delightful Seneca Falls, New York, librarian introduced in Seneca Falls Inheritance (SMP, 1992), returns, still balancing her own life against the momentous events of the times. With sure authenticity, the author evokes the atmosphere of 1854, seven years before the Civil War, and brings to life the vivid cast of characters involved. A local election is pending, from which Glynis and Elizabeth Cady Stanton hope will come gains for women's rights. A wealthy resident has started Seneca Falls's first theater, and its production of Macbeth looms large in the story. Glynis herself faces a wrenching decision: Constable Cullen Stuart wants her as his wife when he moves west to become a Pinkerton man. Warm as her regard for Cullen may be, Glynis is reluctant, knowing how her life must change after marriage. Meanwhile, Seneca Falls has become an important stop on the Underground Railroad. Fugitive slaves following the North Star to Canada find support from many of the town's inhabitants, including Glynis. It is a difficult commitment at best, and when complicated by murder, a perilous one as well. Once again, Miriam Grace Monfredo has combined historical events, a moving personal story, and an engrossing mystery in a work of extraordinary interest. [via]
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Paper Dollby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425141551 (0-425-14155-1)
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Pastimeby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425132935 (0-425-13293-5)
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Person or Persons Unknownby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0425165663 (0-425-16566-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Person or Persons Unknown'Book summary:The place: London; the time: 1770, when the wealthy denizens of the city walked through London's streets with scented handkerchiefs over their noses to disguise the stench of the poor. As if filthy streets, impoverished beggars, pickpockets, thieves, and prostitutes everywhere weren't enough of an eyesore, the mutilated bodies of young women start turning up around Covent Garden.To Sir John Fielding, a blind magistrate, the crimes are an abomination; he sets out to trap the killer with the help of his assistant, young Jeremy Proctor.
In addition to a fine mystery, author Bruce Alexander offers up a fascinating guided tour of 18th-century London, from the precincts of the Bow Street Runners to the shadowy haunts of criminals. In the characters of Sir John and Jeremy, we are gifted with the voices of experience and innocence--a potent combination in so murky a venue. [via]
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A Pocket Full of Ryeby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425130282 (0-425-13028-2)
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Point of Originby Patricia CornwellISBN 0425169863 (0-425-16986-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Point of Origin'Book summary:Virginia's chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta is getting ready for a romantic holiday with her retired-FBI-profiler boyfriend, Benton Wesley, when she receives a cryptic and foreboding letter: "Hey DOC, Tick Tock, Sawed bone and fire," it begins. Even more creepy, the taunting note has been signed by Carrie Grethen, the psychotic killer Kay helped send to a psychiatric facility for going on a murder spree with Temple Gault in Cornwell's earlier book Body Farm. Benton believes that Grethen--who also happens to be the former lover of Scarpetta's niece Lucy--has big plans for a comeback. And before Kay and Benton can leave for their trip and discuss it further, Scarpetta is called upon to don yet another professional hat, that of a "consulting forensic pathologist" for the federal government. Someone has burned a highfalutin horse ranch and all of its contents, including a human being, to the ground. Worse, Grethen has escaped and is on the loose and closer to Kay and her beloved than she knows. Point of Origin, the ninth Scarpetta thriller, is classic Cornwell: rich with detail and strong dialogue, and doused with harrowing twists. [via]
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Rapture in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0425155188 (0-425-15518-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rapture in Death'Book summary:They died with smiles on their faces. Three apparent suicides: a brilliant engineer, an infamous lawyer, and a controversial politician. Three strangers with nothing in common--and no obvious reasons for killing themselves. Police lieutenant Eve Dallas found the deaths suspicious. And her instincts paid off when autopsies revealed small burns on the brains of the victims. Was it a genetic abnormality or a high-tech method of murder? Eve's investigation turned to the provocative world of virtual reality games--where the same techniques used to create joy and desire could also prompt the mind to become the weapon of its own destruction...[via]More editions of Rapture in Death:
Remedy for Treasonby Caroline RoeISBN 0425162958 (0-425-16295-8)
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Rosemary Rememberedby Susan Wittig AlbertISBN 042515405X (0-425-15405-X)
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Rueful Deathby Susan Wittig AlbertISBN 0425159418 (0-425-15941-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rueful Death'Book summary:During a supposedly relaxing retreat at a Texas convent, herbalist China Bayles and her friend Maggie, an ex-nun, investigate the seemingly accidental death of the Mother Superior and uncover a deadly conflict within the walls of the cloister. [via]
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Rules Of Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425121631 (0-425-12163-1)
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Search the Shadowsby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0425111830 (0-425-11183-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Search the Shadows'Book summary:Abandoning her carefully planned future, Haskell Maloney seeks the truth behind her past: Who is her real father? Was her mother's fatal car crash really an accident? Her search leads her to the study of Egyptology, where watching from the shadows of a cold museum, a ruthless killer waits to strike. HC: Atheneum. [via]
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Secret Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425168298 (0-425-16829-8)
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Shadow Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425126064 (0-425-12606-4)
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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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Sleeping Bones : A Kate Delafield Mysteryby Katherine V. ForrestISBN 0425170292 (0-425-17029-2)
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Small Vicesby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425162486 (0-425-16248-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Small Vices'Book summary:While the rest of us grow older, Spenser seems suspended in perpetual early middle age. Oh, he talks about getting older, but his body is still firm, his muscles toned, and his reflexes are still hair-trigger fine. Even so, it is Spenser's body that betrays him when he is almost killed by an assassin's bullet two-thirds of the way through Robert B. Parker's latest Spenser adventure, Small Vices. Hired to discover the truth behind a four-year-old murder, Spenser soon runs afoul of "the Gray Man," who eventually shoots and partially paralyzes him. Spenser, his stalwart girlfriend Susan, and his almost mythical friend Hawk then hole up in Santa Barbara until the detective can get back on his feet again.
There's never any doubt that Spenser will get back on his feet, or that he will eventually track down the man who shot him and solve the mystery that started the whole ball rolling in the first place. What makes the Spenser mysteries interesting is Spenser himself, the thinking person's private eye, a man of honor and of conscience who understands that every action has consequences. [via]
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Smoke and Mirrorsby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0425119114 (0-425-11911-4)
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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]
Sudden Mischiefby Robert B. ParkerISBN 042516828X (0-425-16828-X)
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Sudden Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425157539 (0-425-15753-9)
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Thin Airby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425152901 (0-425-15290-1)
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Time Bombsby Nancy HerndonISBN 0425159655 (0-425-15965-5)
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The Timothy Filesby Lawrence SandersISBN 0425109240 (0-425-10924-0)
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Unnatural Exposureby Patricia CornwellISBN 0425163407 (0-425-16340-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Unnatural Exposure'Book summary:Virginia Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her hands: five headless, limbless cadavers in Ireland, plus four similar victims in a landfill back home. Is a serial butcher loose in Virginia? That's what the panicked public thinks, thanks to a local TV reporter who got the leaked news from her boyfriend, Scarpetta's vile rival, Investigator Percy Ring. But the butchered bodies are so many red herrings intended to throw idiots like Ring off the track. Instead of a run-of-the-mill serial killer, we're dealing with a shadowy figure who has plans involving mutant smallpox, mass murder, and messing with Scarpetta's mind by e-mailing her gory photos of the murder scenes, along with cryptic AOL chat-room messages. The coolest innovation: Scarpetta's gorgeous genius niece, Lucy, equips her with a DataGlove and a VPL Eyephone, and she takes a creepy virtual tour of the e-mailed crime scene.
Unnatural Exposure boasts brisk storytelling, crackling dialogue, evocative prose about forensic-science sleuthing, and crisp character sketches, both of familiar characters like Scarpetta's gruff partner Pete Marino and bit players like the landfill employee falsely accused by Ring. Plus, let's face it: serial killers are old hat. Cornwell's most vivid villains are highly plausible backstabbing colleagues like Ring, who plots to destroy Lucy's FBI career by outing her as a lesbian. Some readers object to the rather abrupt ending, but, hey, it's less jarring than Hannibal's, and it's the logical culmination of Cornwell's philosophy about human nature. To illuminate the novel's finale, read Cornwell's remarks on paranoia in her Amazon.com interview. --Tim Appelo [via]
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Vanish with the Roseby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0425138984 (0-425-13898-4)
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Watery Graveby Bruce AlexanderISBN 042516036X (0-425-16036-X)
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When in Romeby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425146561 (0-425-14656-1)
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When Last Seen Aliveby Gar Anthony HaywoodISBN 0425170276 (0-425-17027-6)
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Widow's Watchby Nancy HerndonISBN 0425149005 (0-425-14900-5)
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Wings of the Falconby Barbara MichaelsISBN 0425110451 (0-425-11045-1)
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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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Witches' Baneby Susan Wittig AlbertISBN 0425144062 (0-425-14406-2)
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A Wreath for Riveraby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425142477 (0-425-14247-7)
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