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The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murdersby Nancy PickardISBN 0440216419 (0-440-21641-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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32 Cadillacsby Joe GoresISBN 0446403601 (0-446-40360-1)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Alley Kat Bluesby Karen KijewskiISBN 0553573152 (0-553-57315-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Alley Kat Blues'Book summary:She's a hard-boiled Sacramento P.I. with a soft spot for the unlucky, the unloved, and one special cop named Hank. Her name is Kat Colorado, and in her business curiosity can be more than an occupational hazard--it can be murder.
Kat Colorado knows the dangers of letting a case get too big a piece of your soul. But some cases don't give you a choice, like the death of twenty-two-year-old Courtney Dillard. Kat found her battered body on a dark Sacramento freeway, an apparent hit-and-run victim. Courtney's mother is convinced her death was no accident, and hires Kat to find the truth. As sweet and good-hearted as she was, Courtney had no shortage of enemies, Kat learns. And they make no secret of their belief in blood vengeance.
Kat's also looking for the truth about her relationship with Hank, who's wrestling with his own soul-eating case. A serial killer is stalking the Vegas Strip, and Hank's investigation is taking him over the line. His obsession could cost him both Kat and his career--while Kat's could cost her her life. [via]More editions of Alley Kat Blues:
Anastasia Syndrome and Other Storiesby Mary Higgins ClarkISBN 0671701231 (0-671-70123-1)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Ask the Cards a Questionby Marcia MullerISBN 0445408499 (0-445-40849-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Back Spinby Harlan CobenISBN 0440222702 (0-440-22270-2)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Back Spin'Book summary:Kidnappers have snatched the teenage son of super-star golfer Linda Coldren and her husband, Jack, an aging pro, at the height of the U.S. Open. To help get the boy back, sports agent Myron Bolitar goes charging after clues and suspects from the Main Line mansions to a downtown cheaters' motel--and back in time to a U.S. Open twenty-three years ago, when Jack Coldren should have won, but didn't. Suddenly Myron finds him self surrounded by blue bloods, criminals, and liars. And as one family's darkest secrets explode into murder, Myron finds out just how rough this game can get.
In novels that crackle with wit and suspense, Edgar Award winner Harlan Coben has created one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction--Myron Bolitar--a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent who grows more and more engaging and unpredictable with each page-turning appearance. [via]More editions of Back Spin:
The Barbarous Coastby Ross MacDonaldISBN 0446358827 (0-446-35882-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Better Read Than Dead: A Psychic Eye Mysteryby Victoria LaurieISBN 0451215583 (0-451-21558-3)
Softcover, Signet
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The Big Napby Ayelet WaldmanISBN 0425184528 (0-425-18452-8)
Softcover, Prime Crime
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Nap'Book summary:A public defender turned stay-at-home mom, Juliet Applebaum has her hands full with her two rowdy kids. But her life just gets more hectic when her newborn son's babysitter-a beautiful young Chasidic woman-vanishes without a trace.... [via]
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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]
Blood Rainby Michael DibdinISBN 0571202888 (0-571-20288-8)
Softcover, Faber & Faber Ltd
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Blood Will Tellby Dana StabenowISBN 0425157989 (0-425-15798-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood Will Tell'Book summary:At the request of her grandmother, a matriarch of her Aleut clan, Kate Shugak travels to Anchorage to investigate the mysterious deaths of several Council members just before a crucial meeting to determine the fate of some disputed tribal lands. Mystery Guild Alt. [via]
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The Bottomsby Joe R. LansdaleISBN 0446677922 (0-446-67792-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Bottoms'Book summary:Joe Lansdale, author of several horror novels, Westerns, and some outrageous thrillers, is something of a cult writer. The Bottoms, which may be the breakout book that moves Lansdale beyond the genre category, is a resonant and moving novel. Though there is a mystery at its core, it is at heart a coming-of-age story, with a more literary bent than Lansdale usually demonstrates.
Harry, an elderly man, tells the story of a series of events that occurred in his 11th year, when the mutilated, murdered bodies of Negro prostitutes began turning up in the county where his father was the local constable. Harry and Tom, his younger sister, find the first one. Only their father, Jacob Crane, seems to care about finding justice for the victims, who are dismissed out of hand as unimportant by the local branch of the Ku Klux Klan, which warns Jacob off any further investigations. Harry and Tom think they know who's responsible: the Goat Man, a creature who's said to lurk beneath the swinging bridge that crosses the Sabine River, where the first body was found. In fact, the Goat Man has something to do with the murders, and the secret of who he is and what he really did is the key to the unsolved slayings. But that takes second place to the artfully explicated character of Jacob and Harry's changing relationship with him in the course of the loss of his boyish innocence. This is a masterfully told story and a very good read. --Jane Adams [via]
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Complete Poems and Selected Essaysby Edgar Allan Poe, Richard GrayISBN 0460872613 (0-460-87261-3)
Softcover, Tuttle Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Complete Poems and Selected Essays'Book summary:This book is part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins and easy-to-read type and includes a themed introduction, a chronology of the life and times of the author, a plot summary, annotated reading list and critical response. This selection presents all of Poe's poetry, and includes the less well known poems written before he was 20, among them "To Helen", which Poe said was written in boyhood for the woman whose death caused him "with half his heart to inhabit other worlds". The selected essays are illuminating in relation to Poe's life and times. [via]
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Cross Your Heart And Hope To Dieby Nancy MartinISBN 045121532X (0-451-21532-X)
Softcover, Signet
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The Day the Rabbi Resignedby Harry KemelmanISBN 0449219089 (0-449-21908-9)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Dead Cat Bounceby Sarah GravesISBN 055357857X (0-553-57857-X)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Deal Breaker: Library Editionby Harlan CobenISBN 0440220440 (0-440-22044-0)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Double for Deathby Rex StoutISBN 0553763008 (0-553-76300-8)
Softcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Doublet Affairby Fiona BuckleyISBN 067101532X (0-671-01532-X)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Evan and Elleby Rhys BowenISBN 0425178889 (0-425-17888-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Evans Aboveby Rhys BowenISBN 0425166422 (0-425-16642-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Foul Matterby Martha GrimesISBN 0451212932 (0-451-21293-2)
Softcover, New Amer Library
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Four Complete Philip Marlowe Novelsby Raymond ChandlerISBN 0517618117 (0-517-61811-7)
Hardcover, Avenel Books
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Freaky Deakyby Elmore LeonardISBN 0446350397 (0-446-35039-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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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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Glitzby Elmore LeonardISBN 0446343439 (0-446-34343-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Gone Fishin'by Walter MosleyISBN 0671010115 (0-671-01011-5)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gone Fishin''Book summary:Gone Fishin' actually marks the first appearance of Ezekiel "Easy" Rawlins, as well as his homicide-prone sidekick Raymond "Mouse" Alexander. But the story takes place in 1939, when both protagonists are still living in Houston. This is no tightly plotted mystery, but an atmospheric coming-of-age story, which gives the reluctant Easy an education in sex and death, family and forgiveness. As always, Mosley's prose is a marvel: musical, funny, and full of no-frills lyricism. And the unfolding of Easy's character is every bit as gripping as the breakneck plotting of the later installment. [via]
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The Gun Sellerby Hugh LaurieISBN 067102082X (0-671-02082-X)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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Hercule Poirot's Early Casesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0553350455 (0-553-35045-5)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The House With a Clock in Its Wallsby John BellairsISBN 0440437423 (0-440-43742-3)
Softcover, Random House Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House With a Clock in Its Walls'Book summary:Lewis always dreamed of living in an old house full of secret passageways, hidden rooms, and big marble fireplaces. And suddenly, after the death of his parents, he finds himself in just such a mansion--his Uncle Jonathan's. When he discovers that his big friendly uncle is also a wizard, Lewis has a hard time keeping himself from jumping up and down in his seat. Unfortunately, what Lewis doesn't bank on is the fact that the previous owner of the mansion was also a wizard--but an evil one who has placed a tick-tocking clock somewhere in the bowels of the house, marking off the minutes until the end of the world. And when Lewis accidentally awakens the dead on Halloween night, the clock only ticks louder and faster. Doomsday draws near--unless Lewis can stop the clock!
This is a deliciously chilling tale, with healthy doses of humor and compassion thrown in for good measure. Edward Gorey's unmistakable pen and ink style (as seen in many picture books, including The Shrinking of Treehorn and Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats) perfectly complements John Bellairs's wry, touching story of a lonely boy, his quirky uncle, and the ghost of mansions past. (Ages 9 to 12) --Emilie Coulter [via]
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Hunting Fearby Kay HooperISBN 0553585983 (0-553-58598-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Hunting Fear'Book summary:There's a new psychic on the scene, and he's ready for action: introducing Lucas Jordan, the latest addition to Noah Bishop's crackerjack Special Crimes Unit.
Lucas Jordan has an extraordinary psychic skill that police all over the country find invaluable: he locates missing people. And since being recruited by Noah Bishop for his FBI Special Crimes Unit, Lucas has learned to hone his remarkable ability so that what he does seems little short of miraculous.
He's called in on what appear to be a series of ordinary kidnappings-for-ransom, but almost immediately Lucas realizes the situation is far from ordinary -- and more deadly than anything he's ever faced before. Because a brilliant, twisted madman is out to win a sick game, matching his wits against the best hunter he can find: Lucas. [via] -
Ice: A Major New Novel about the World of the 87th Precinctby Ed McBainISBN 0446603902 (0-446-60390-2)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Ice: A Major New Novel about the World of the 87th Precinct'Book summary:Stephen King and Nelson DeMille on Ed McBain
I think Evan Hunter, known by that name or as Ed McBain, was one of the most influential writers of the postwar generation. He was the first writer to successfully merge realism with genre fiction, and by so doing I think he may actually have created the kind of popular fiction that drove the best-seller lists and lit up the American imagination in the years 1960 to 2000. Books as disparate as The New Centurions, The Friends of Eddie Coyle, The Godfather, Black Sunday, and The Shining all owe a debt to Evan Hunter, who taught a whole generation of baby boomers how to write stories that were not only entertaining but that truthfully reflected the times and the culture. He will be remembered for bringing the so-called "police procedural" into the modern age, but he did so much more than that. And he was one hell of a nice man. --Stephen King
Way back in the mid-1970s, when I was a new writer and police series were very big, my editor asked me to do a series called Joe Ryker, NYPD. I had no idea how to write a police detective novel, but the editor handed me a stack of books and said, These are the 87th Precinct novels by Ed McBain. Read them and youll know everything you need to know about police novels. After I read the first book--which I think was Lets Hear It for the Deaf Man--I was hooked, and I read every Ed McBain I could get my hands on. Then I sat down and wrote my own detective novel, The Sniper, featuring Joe Ryker. My series never reached the heights of the 87th Precinct series, but by reading those classic masterpieces, I learned all I needed to know about urban crime and how detectives think and act. And I had a hell of a time learning from the master. Years later, when I actually got to meet Ed McBain/Evan Hunter, I told him this story, and he said, I would have liked it better if my books inspired you to become a detective instead of becoming my competition. Evan and I became friends, and I was privileged to know him and honored to be in his company. I remain indebted to him for his good advice over the years. But most of all, I thank him for hundreds of hours of great reading. --Nelson DeMille To read about how Ed McBain influenced other mystery and thriller writers, visit our Perspectives on McBain page.
For a complete selection of 87th Precinct novels available from Thomas & Mercer, visit our Ed McBain's 87th Precinct Booklist.
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The Instant Enemyby Ross MacDonaldISBN 0446358959 (0-446-35895-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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The Last Good Kiss: A Novelby James CrumleyISBN 0671498894 (0-671-49889-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Legacy of the Deadby Charles ToddISBN 0553583158 (0-553-58315-8)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Mint Julep Murderby Carolyn G. HartISBN 0553572024 (0-553-57202-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mint Julep Murder'Book summary:One of America's most beloved mystery writers, Carolyn G. Hart, the Agatha, Anthony, and Macavity Award-winning author, returns to her original mystery
series that features Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand Bookstore, and her husband, Max, with Mint Julep Murder.
Normally, Annie Laurence Darling would be eagerly awaiting her trip to Head Island, where this year's Dixie Book Festival is being held. But this year Annie has agreed to be the author liaison to five authors honored with the much-coveted Dixie Book Festival Medallions, and she fears she is going to have her hands full juggling murderous egos. What Annie doesn't count on is the untimely death of ambitious Mint Julep Press publisher Kenneth Hazlitt. Hazlitt arrives at the Festival peddling a proposal for Song of the South, a trashy roman clef that details the indiscretions of some famous Southern authors at a writers' conference--writers who more than resemble the Dixie Festival Medallion winners. When Hazlitt drops dead after drinking a hit of bourbon from his private stock, the evidence points to Annie--the fatal glass is imprinted with her fingerprints. As more and more evidence points her way, Annie and Max must act fast to catch a wily killer...before the police throw the book at Annie! [via]More editions of Mint Julep Murder:
Mistletoe Mysteriesby Charlotte MacLeodISBN 0445409207 (0-445-40920-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Mr Campion's Falconby Youngman CarterISBN 0434109916 (0-434-10991-6)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Murder of a Small-Town Honeyby Denise SwansonISBN 0451200551 (0-451-20055-1)
Softcover, Signet
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Murder on St. Mark's Placeby Victoria ThompsonISBN 0425173615 (0-425-17361-5)
Softcover, Prime Crime
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Murder Without Icingby Emma LathenISBN 0671492020 (0-671-49202-0)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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The Music of the Spheresby Elizabeth RedfernISBN 042520538X (0-425-20538-X)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Needled to Deathby Maggie SeftonISBN 0425207064 (0-425-20706-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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The Night Managerby John Le CarreISBN 0517396165 (0-517-39616-5)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Night Manager'Book summary:Enter the new world of espionage, where the skills forged by generations of spies during the darkest days of the Cold War are put to even more terrifying use. Penetrate the secret world of ruthless arms dealers and drug smugglers who have risen to unthinkable power and wealth. The sinister master of them all is an untouchable Englishman named Roper, the charming, unstoppable ruler of a corrupt world all his own.
Slipping into this maze of peril is a former British soldier, Jonathan Pine, who knows Roper well enough to hate him more than he hates any other man on earth. Now personal vengeance is only part of the reason Pine is willing to help the men at Whitehall bring Roper down.
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The Odd Jobby Charlotte MacLeodISBN 0446403970 (0-446-40397-0)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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Olivia Joules and the Overactive Imaginationby Helen FieldingISBN 0670033332 (0-670-03333-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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Our Gameby John Le CarréISBN 0517396319 (0-517-39631-9)
Hardcover, Random House Value Publishing
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Pleading Guiltyby Scott TurowISBN 0446365505 (0-446-36550-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pleading Guilty'Book summary:Returning to the now-renowned locale of Kindle County, Scott Turow gives us Mack Malloy, ex-cop, not-quite-ex-drunk, and partner-on-the-wane in one of the country's most high-powered law firms. A longtime ally of the wayward, Mack is on the trail of a colleague, his firm's star litigator, who has vanished with more than five million dollars of a client's money. Mack will descend into the enthralling and ominous heart of a city...taking you with him on his final, desperate, and courageous crusade to reinvent himself from the depths of his own shattered soul. [via]
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Queen of the Southby Arturo Perez-Reverte, Andrew HurleyISBN 0452286549 (0-452-28654-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Raymond Chandler 4 Complete Philip Marlowe Novels the Big Sleep/Farewell, My Lovely/the High Window/the Lady in the Lakeby Raymond ChandlerISBN 0517060124 (0-517-06012-4)
Hardcover, Random House Value Pub
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The Red Screamby Mary Willis WalkerISBN 0553571729 (0-553-57172-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Red Scream'Book summary:In this 1995 winner of the Edgar Award for best mystery novel, crime reporter Molly Cates has chronicled the exploits of Louie Bronk, a brutal serial killer scheduled for execution, for her first book. With his execution just a few days away, Molly decides to write the closing chapter on her disturbing relationship with the man known as the Texas Scalper. Strangely, both her boss and the husband of the woman whose murder got Bronk the death penalty pressure her to back off the story. When she receives a chilling anonymous letter and another body is found, she begins to suspect that Bronk is not the killer at all. Her quest for the truth, she discovers, not only discredits her work, but places her own life on the line. [via]
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The Reeve's Taleby Margaret FrazerISBN 0425176673 (0-425-17667-3)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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As reeve of the small village of Pryor Byfield, Simon Perryn must rule on many local disputes - a task he often shares with the steward of St. Frideswide's nunnery. But when the steward is accused of dishonesty and forced to step aside, the worldly Dame Frevisse is sent to replace him.
Her new duties thrust the reluctant Frevisse into the conflicts, rivalries, and domestic dramas of the locals - and when a plague sweeps through the town, the overworked nun must stay so as not to expose the nunnery to the disease. But after two villagers are brutally killed, Frevisse must divide her time between tending for the sick and searching for the truth.
As death casts a cloud over Prior Byfield, fear and suspicion reign - and Frevisse's keen deductions lead her ever closer to the disturbing truth...
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"Offers a brilliantly realized vision of a typical medieval English village... Suspenseful from start to surprising conclusion... another gem." - Publisher's Weekly (starred review) [via] 
Repair To Her Grave: A Home Repair Is Homicide Mysteryby Sarah GravesISBN 0553582259 (0-553-58225-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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Ripley's Gameby Patricia HighsmithISBN 0434335142 (0-434-33514-2)
Hardcover, Heinemann
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Seize the Nightby Dean R. KoontzISBN 0553580191 (0-553-58019-1)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Seize the Night'Book summary:Chris Snow, the light-phobic, oddball hero of Dean Koontz's Fear Nothing, is once again caught in the middle of something ugly. The children (and pets) of Moonlight Bay, California, are disappearing. The first to go is Jimmy Wing, the son of Snow's former girlfriend, Lilly. Then Snow's own hyper-intelligent dog goes missing. Snow decides that he will find them, but what he uncovers is more than just a simple kidnapping; before he can turn back, he's up against an age-old vendetta, an active time machine, and a genetic experiment gone awry.
Seize the Night offers up the same eclectic mix of characters that appeared in Fear Nothing: boardhead Bobby, disc jockey Sasha, Snow, and all of their friends band together to find the missing kids and figure out why the people of Moonlight Bay are morphing into demonic versions of their former selves. They outsmart corrupt cops, outrun genetically enhanced monkeys, and outlive a time warp with a vengeance--all between nightfall and sunrise, the only time that Snow can be outside.
Though the premise is a little bit hard to believe, and the surf lingo occasionally irritating, Seize the Night is ultimately fun to read. Koontz successfully draws you in and keeps you entertained through an unexpected climax and an enlightening resolution. --Mara Friedman [via]
The Shape of Dreadby Marcia MullerISBN 0445409169 (0-445-40916-9)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demonby Larry Millett, John H. WatsonISBN 0670870390 (0-670-87039-0)
Hardcover, Penguin Group USA
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To Say Nothing of the Dogby Connie WillisISBN 0553575384 (0-553-57538-4)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'To Say Nothing of the Dog'Book summary:To Say Nothing of the Dog is a science-fiction fantasy in the guise of an old-fashioned Victorian novel, complete with epigraphs, brief outlines, and a rather ugly boxer in three-quarters profile at the start of each chapter. Or is it a Victorian novel in the guise of a time-traveling tale, or a highly comic romp, or a great, allusive literary game, complete with spry references to Dorothy L. Sayers, Wilkie Collins, and Arthur Conan Doyle? Its title is the subtitle of Jerome K. Jerome's singular, and hilarious, Three Men in a Boat. In one scene the hero, Ned Henry, and his friends come upon Jerome, two men, and the dog Montmorency in--you guessed it--a boat. Jerome will later immortalize Ned's fumbling. (Or, more accurately, Jerome will earlier immortalize Ned's fumbling, because Ned is from the 21st century and Jerome from the 19th.)
What Connie Willis soon makes clear is that genre can go to the dogs. To Say Nothing of the Dog is a fine, and fun, romance--an amused examination of conceptions and misconceptions about other eras, other people. When we first meet Ned, in 1940, he and five other time jumpers are searching bombed-out Coventry Cathedral for the bishop's bird stump, an object about which neither he nor the reader will be clear for hundreds of pages. All he knows is that if they don't find it, the powerful Lady Schrapnell will keep sending them back in time, again and again and again. Once he's been whisked through the rather quaint Net back to the Oxford future, Ned is in a state of super time-lag. (Willis is happily unconcerned with futuristic vraisemblance, though Ned makes some obligatory references to "vids," "interactives," and "headrigs.") The only way Ned can get the necessary two weeks' R and R is to perform one more drop and recuperate in the past, away from Lady Schrapnell. Once he returns something to someone (he's too exhausted to understand what or to whom) on June 7, 1888, he's free.
Willis is concerned, however, as is her confused character, with getting Victoriana right, and Ned makes a good amateur anthropologist--entering one crowded room, he realizes that "the reason Victorian society was so restricted and repressed was that it was impossible to move without knocking something over." Though he's still not sure what he's supposed to bring back, various of his confederates keep popping back to set him to rights. To Say Nothing of the Dog is a shaggy-dog tale complete with a preternaturally quiet, time-traveling cat, Princess Arjumand, who might well be the cause of some serious temporal incongruities--for even a mouser might change the course of European history. In the end, readers might well be more interested in Ned's romance with a fellow historian than in the bishop's bird stump, and who will not rejoice in their first Net kiss, which lasts 169 years! [via]
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Too Many Magiciansby Randall GarrettISBN 0441816983 (0-441-81698-3)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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Triple Zeckby Rex StoutISBN 0670731307 (0-670-73130-7)
Hardcover, Viking Press
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Tularosaby Michael McGarrityISBN 067100252X (0-671-00252-X)
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Uncertain Voyageby Dorothy GilmanISBN 0449216284 (0-449-21628-4)
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Uncommon Clayby Margaret MaronISBN 0446610879 (0-446-61087-9)
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Untitledby Julie KaewertISBN 0553577174 (0-553-57717-4)
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Vanishing Actby Thomas PerryISBN 0679435360 (0-679-43536-0)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Vanishing Act'Book summary:JANE WHITEFIELD is . . .
. . . in the one-woman business of helping the desperate disappear. Thanks to her membership in the Wolf Clan of the Seneca tribe, she can fool any pursuer, cover any trail, and then provide her clients with new identities, complete with authentic paperwork. Jane knows all the tricks, ancient and modern; in fact, she has invented several of them herself. But when Jane opens a door out of the world for an attractive fugitive named John Felker, she walks into a trap that will take all her heritage and cunning to escape. . . .
"A unique heroine, an ultracompetent woman attuned to the ancient ways of her ancestors and to the harsh realities of the modern, bureaucratic world."
--San Francisco Chronicle
"A compelling, multifaceted protagonist. Whitefield is as tough as Sam Spade, as tender as Jo in Little Women and as resourceful as Robinson Crusoe's Friday."
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"Strong-willed . . . [A] most singular creation."
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"Entertainingly resourceful."
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"One sharp and tough cookie."
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Watchers of Timeby Charles ToddISBN 0553583166 (0-553-58316-6)
Softcover, Bantam Books
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The Way Some People Dieby Ross MacDonaldISBN 0446359025 (0-446-35902-5)
Softcover, Grand Central Pub
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While Other People Sleepby Marcia MullerISBN 0446607215 (0-446-60721-5)
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Wicked Fixby Sarah GravesISBN 0553578596 (0-553-57859-6)
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A Wild and Lonely Placeby Marcia MullerISBN 0446603287 (0-446-60328-7)
Softcover, Grand Central Publishing
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