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Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curateby M. C. BeatonISBN 0312990618 (0-312-99061-8)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hellby M. C. BeatonISBN 0312983182 (0-312-98318-2)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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But Now Her Life Is Nothing Short Of A Nightmare...
The honeymoon is most definitely over for Agatha Raisin and her new husband, James Lacey. It's only been a short time since their wedding-and already they aren't getting on. But his wandering eye and her God-awful housekeeping are the least of their problems. Just days after a very public, very ugly marital row, James disappears-and when his mistress is later found murdered, he's the prime suspect. Agatha just doesn't buy it. Sure, he's a liar and a sneaky, low-down cheat. But a murderer? That's bloody impossible! And as some speculate on the role Agatha may have played in his vanishing, the forever-feisty Mrs. Raisin must piece together the most unsavory parts of the dead woman's past to clear James's name-and her own...More editions of Agatha Raisin and the Love from Hell:
Baroque and Desperateby Tamar MyerISBN 0380802252 (0-380-80225-2)
Softcover, Twilight
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Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimovby Isaac AsimovISBN 0385197837 (0-385-19783-7)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Blood On The Moonby James EllroyISBN 038069851X (0-380-69851-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Blood On The Moon'Book summary:Detective Sergeant Lloyd Hopkins can-t stand music, or any loud sounds. He-s got a beautiful wife, but he can-t get enough of other women. And instead of bedtime stories, he regales his daughters with bloody crime stories. He-s a thinking man-s cop with a dark past and an obsessive drive to hunt down monsters who prey on the innocent. Now, there-s something haunting him. He sees a connection in a series of increasingly gruesome murders of women committed over a period of twenty years. To solve the case, Hopkins will dump all the rules and risk his career to make the final link and get the killer. [via]
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Bloody Kinby Margaret MaronISBN 0385232314 (0-385-23231-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Body in the Big Appleby Katherine H. PageISBN 0380731304 (0-380-73130-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Body in the Bogby Katherine Hall PageISBN 0380727129 (0-380-72712-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Bone Hunterby Sarah AndrewsISBN 0312973179 (0-312-97317-9)
Softcover, Minotaur Books
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The Buck Passes Flynnby Gregory McDonaldISBN 0375713603 (0-375-71360-3)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Buck Passes Flynn'Book summary:On medical leave from the Boston Police Department, the eccentric Police Inspector and offbeat operative, Francis Xavier Flynn might have his most perplexing assignment yet. Someone is giving away hundreds of millions of dollars, and Flynn has to find out who in a hurry. As he races from Texas to Las Vegas, from Massachusetts to Russia, Flynn quickly discovers that this is not the pastime of an eccentric billionaire, nor is it a nefarious counterfeiting scheme. Someone is looking to wreck the nations economy and bizarrely enough, spending a lot of money to do it. With every lead going nowhere, Flynns most dizzying logic is put to the test, but the clue he needs could be somewhere in his own murky past. [via]
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Cabalby Michael DibdinISBN 0375707700 (0-375-70770-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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The Case of the Dangerous Dowagerby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0345331923 (0-345-33192-3)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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The Case of the Deadly Toyby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0345437845 (0-345-43784-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Case of the Glamorous Ghostby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 034530781X (0-345-30781-X)
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The Case of the Long-Legged Modelsby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0345378768 (0-345-37876-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Case of the Restless Redheadby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0345331990 (0-345-33199-0)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Case of the Screaming Womanby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 034537875X (0-345-37875-X)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Case of the Substitute Faceby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0345343778 (0-345-34377-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Case of the Waylaid Wolfby Erle Stanley GardnerISBN 0345366905 (0-345-36690-5)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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City of Glassby Bob Callahan, Paul Auster, Art Spiegelman, David Mazzucchelli, Paul KarasikISBN 038077108X (0-380-77108-X)
Softcover, HarperCollins Publishers
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of Glass'Book summary:I cannot possibly offer enough praise for David Mazzucchelli and Paul Karasik 's adaptation of City of Glass. While some critics found it to be a dry choice of books to turn into a comics, I think the interplay between image and text only heightens the original metafictional narrative. The treatment of the first speech by the crazy antagonist, Peter Stillman--in which the word balloons trail from random objects such as a broken television and a bottle of ink--is brilliant. Neon Lit: Paul Auster's City of Glass deftly illustrates why comics is a perfect format for exploring fictions about text: the words become visible objects of the story. [via]
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City of Lightby Lauren BelferISBN 0385337647 (0-385-33764-7)
Softcover, Delta
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› Find signed collectible books: 'City of Light'Book summary:City of Light is quite simply electrifying. Not that there's anything simple about this rich novel, which is first and foremost an examination of illusion, invisibility, and power--physical and personal. Set in the spring of 1901, as preparations for the Pan-American Exposition would seem to promise Buffalo, New York, a permanent place in the world, Lauren Belfer's book is narrated by the never-married headmistress of a fashionable girls' school. At 36, Louisa Barrett does her best to free her charges from their societal shackles. "I'm rather ashamed of all the things I've been able to give my students through the subterfuge of training them to be better wives," she says proudly. What Louisa is most concerned about, however, is her 9-year-old goddaughter, Grace Sinclair, who has grown increasingly unstable since her mother's sudden death. Meanwhile, Grace's father is heading up Buffalo's hydroelectric power plans with dangerous zeal--much to the chagrin of local conservationists who oppose any exploitation of Niagara Falls. Will Tom's intensity, which smacks of fanaticism, extend so far as murder?
But this offers only the barest idea of Belfer's complex grid. In 500 fast pages, she creates a fascinating, disquieting world in which nothing is what it seems. As Louisa battles against her instinct for self-preservation, her past--particularly a vile encounter with the corpulent Grover Cleveland--threatens to undermine her carefully created persona and loose her greatest secret. Looking back on the events of 1901 from the safety (and disappointment) of 1909, Louisa is the most astringent and intriguing of narrators. To Lauren Belfer's endless credit, City of Light is panoramic, subtle, and very physical. In her first novel, she makes us feel the rush of water, the thrill of light, the snap, crackle, and pop of social tension, and--alas for Louisa--the despair of tragic inevitability. --Sophie Atherton [via]
Cooking School Murdersby Virginia RichISBN 0345345037 (0-345-34503-7)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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Darkest Fearby Harlan CobenISBN 0385334338 (0-385-33433-8)
Hardcover, Dell Publishing
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Darkest Fear'Book summary:Myron Bolitar's father's recent heart attack brings Myron smack into a midlife encounter with issues of adulthood and mortality. And if that's not enough to turn his life upside down, the reappearance of his first serious girlfriend is. The basketball star turned sports agent, who does a little detecting when business is slow, is saddened by the news that Emily Downing's 13-year-old son is dying and desperately needs a bone marrow transplant; even if she did leave him for the man who destroyed his basketball career, he wouldn't wish tsuris like that on anyone. And he's not at all interested in getting involved with Emily again, not even to track down the one mysterious donor who may be able to save the boy. But when Myron learns that Jeremy Downing is his own son, conceived the night before Emily and Greg Downing married, he embarks on a search for someone who disappeared a lifetime ago. And what he finds leads him to a powerful family determined to keep an old secret, a disgraced reporter who may have plagiarized a novel to create a serial killer, a very interested FBI agent, and a missing child.
This is the seventh outing in a series that's been gaining in popularity since Bolitar's first appearance, in Harlan Coben's Deal Breaker. Myron's a bit of a baby, but he's not afraid to get rough when the situation calls for it, he's eminently likable, and his heart's in the right place. The fireworks are supplied by his friend and partner, Win, who really deserves a series of his own, and Esperanza, the lesbian wrestler-lawyer who has finally talked Myron into making her a partner in the business. Like Coben's other Bolitar novels, she's worth every penny. --Jane Adams [via]
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Dear Miss Demeanorby Joan HessISBN 0312973136 (0-312-97313-6)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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At Farberville High, its reading, writing...and murder.
Who knows what evil lurks in the halls of Farbervilles high school-or what blackmail is hidden in Miss Demeanors Falcon Crier advice column? Certainly not bookstore owner and amateur sleuth Claire Malloy-until her daughter Caron persuades her to substitute for disgraced column editor and journalism teacher Emily Parchester. Surely Miss Parchester cannot be guilty of embezzlement. But the petty charges graduate to murder when Principal Weiss gets his last licks from Miss Parchesters peach compote. Miss Parchester herself, last seen at a local sanitarium, is suddenly missing. And now its up to Claire to find someone whos been schooled in the fine art of murder... 
Death in Disguiseby Caroline GrahamISBN 0380712962 (0-380-71296-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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The Difficult Saint : A Catherine Levendeur Mysteryby Sharan NewmanISBN 0312869665 (0-312-86966-5)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Difficult Saint : A Catherine Levendeur Mystery'Book summary:In The Difficult Saint, Sharan Newman returns to medieval France and the murder-haunted Catherine LeVendeur, heroine of this acclaimed series. After a harrowing stay with Catherine's in-laws in Scotland, Catherine and her husband, Edgar, have returned home with their two small children to live a life of peace at last--or so they hope. But soon the safety of those they love is questioned as anti-Jewish sentiment begins to grow in Paris. Raised Catholic by her father, Hubert, who poses as a Christian while practicing Judaism in secret, Catherine fears that the violence of the most recent crusade will repeat itself, victimizing members of her family. but before she can put too much thought into that, fate interrupts.[via]
Catherine's estranged younger sister, Agnes, has returned to Paris with the news that she has been promised in marriage to a German lord. Bitter about their religious differences Agnes wants no part of Catherine or Hubert--except for the sizable dowry that Hubert can provide. When Catherine and Hubert arrange for Agnes to be escorted to Germany with her dowry, they assume that they have seen the last of her.
But then one of Agnes's escorts returns to Paris with terrible news: Agnes's new husband appears to have been murdered by poisoning, and Agnes is the prime suspect. In spite of their differences, Catherine believes in her innocence, and knows that she must do everything she can to save her sister's life. And when Catherine and her brood travel to Germany to begin sleuthing in a dangerously anti-Semetic climate, it becomes clear that Catherine and Edgar's long-dreamt of life of peace remains in the distant future--if they live to see it at all.More editions of The Difficult Saint : A Catherine Levendeur Mystery:
Downtownby Ed McBainISBN 0380707616 (0-380-70761-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Estate of Mindby Tamar MyersISBN 0380802279 (0-380-80227-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Failure to Appearby J.A. JanceISBN 0380758393 (0-380-75839-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Fear Itselfby Walter MosleyISBN 0316591122 (0-316-59112-2)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Full Bloomby Charlotte Hughes, Janet EvanovichISBN 0312934300 (0-312-93430-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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The temperature's on "sizzle" again in Beaumont, South Carolina, where peach trees are in season and ripe for the picking. So is its newest entrepreneur, Annie Fortenberry, who has inherited her grandmother's B&B (and its eccentric handyman Erdle Thorney). According to a local psychic she also inherited a spirit from its glory days as a brothel-not the kind of publicity the Peach Tree Bed & Breakfast needs if it's hosting millionaire Max Holt's upcoming wedding! If rumors of a naughty, prank-playing ghost aren't stressful enough, a mysterious man has arrived with an eye on Annie and her master suite. Wes Bridges is all leather and denim, sporting a two-day beard, straddling a Harley, and sending the B&B's testosterone level through the roof. Annie's cool demeanor may be dropping as fast as Wes's jeans, but leave it to her missing ex-husband to dampen the passion! Turns out someone has done him in, and all evidence points to Annie! Wrapped up in a murder plot, Annie must find the killer, save her own neck, and get back to where she was-wrapped up in Wes's strong loving arms...
We guarantee that you're going to have as much fun reading Full Bloom as we had writing it! (Even if we were surprised by the ending!) And you won't want to miss the hair-raising shenanigans when Fleas, the hound dog, meets the most cantankerous, snooty, bad-tempered, twenty-two pound orange cat....
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A Gift of Sanctuaryby Candace RobbISBN 0312974779 (0-312-97477-9)
Softcover, Minotaur Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Gift of Sanctuary'Book summary:Mayhem and miracles in Wales beckon Owen Archer back to his roots...and to a ruthless killer.[via]
In the wet spring of 1370, a time of political unrest, a murdered man is left outside the gates of St. David's, Wales. Not far away, a wounded stranger, drenched in blood-- not all of it his own-- is carried to sanctuary by a wandering bard. And a mystery linked to warring passions for a woman and a nation begins for Owen Archer.
Owen, leaving his family behind, has undertaken a holy pilgrimage to Wales with his ailing father-in-law and his friend Geoffrey Chaucer-- and has agreed to carry out a mission for the English king. But he is unexpectedly moved by his return to his native land. And when asked to investigate the killing at St. David's, Owen-- sharp at discerning truth from falsehood-- begins to see the momentous import of a fugitive shrouded in secrecy, a lady betrayed by love, and the ties binding a man's soul...that tighten to torment his heart.More editions of A Gift of Sanctuary:
Grasshopperby Barbara VineISBN 0375726500 (0-375-72650-0)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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A Graveyard for Lunaticsby Ray BradburyISBN 0380812002 (0-380-81200-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Graveyard for Lunatics'Book summary:Halloween Night, 1954. A young, film-obsessed scriptwriter has just been hired at one of the great studios. An anonymous investigation leads from the giant Maximus Films backlot to an eerie graveyard separated from the studio by a single wall. There he makes a terrifying discovery that thrusts him into a maelstrom of intrigue and mysteryand into the dizzy exhilaration of the movie industry at the height of its glittering power.
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Hell to Payby George P. PelecanosISBN 0316695068 (0-316-69506-8)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Hokkaido Popsicleby Isaac AdamsonISBN 0380812924 (0-380-81292-4)
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Honest Doubtby Amanda CrossISBN 0345440110 (0-345-44011-0)
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A Hovering of Vulturesby Robert BarnardISBN 0380776537 (0-380-77653-7)
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How Town: A Henry Rios Mysteryby Michael NavaISBN 0345369874 (0-345-36987-4)
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Howliday Innby James HoweISBN 0380645432 (0-380-64543-2)
Softcover, Harpercollins Childrens Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Howliday Inn'Book summary:Harold and Chester could hardly believe it. The Monroe family was going on vacation without them! Bunnicula, the family rabbit, would be boarded with a neighbor. But they, the family's loyal dog and cat, were to stay with strangers at the foreboding Chateau Bow-Wow...
No sooner had Harold and Chester settled into their bungalows than Louise, a French poodle involved in a messy love triangle, disappeared. Chester believed the six other guests were capable of anything -- even murder. Would you trust a pair of dachshunds who howled at the moon and were rumored to be part werewolf? Or crazy Lyle, a cat convinced he was a secret agent?
All Harold and Chester knew was that in spite of themselves they had entered the crime detection business and neither foul play nor foul weather would stop them from finding out whodunit!
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Killing Time : A Novel of the Futureby Caleb CarrISBN 0375430768 (0-375-43076-8)
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Kissby Ed McBainISBN 0380713829 (0-380-71382-9)
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Miss Zukas in Death's Shadowby Jo DereskeISBN 0380804727 (0-380-80472-7)
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Murder at Madingley Grangeby Caroline GrahamISBN 0380712954 (0-380-71295-4)
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Murder on Capitol Hillby Margaret TrumanISBN 0345443802 (0-345-44380-2)
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My Sweet Untraceable Youby Sandra ScoppettoneISBN 0345391624 (0-345-39162-4)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Naming of the Deadby Ian RankinISBN 0316057576 (0-316-05757-6)
Hardcover, Little Brown & Co
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Not a Creature Was Stirringby Jane HaddamISBN 0385470363 (0-385-47036-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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O' Artful Deathby Sarah TaylorISBN 0312985940 (0-312-98594-0)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Outfoxedby Rita Mae BrownISBN 0345428196 (0-345-42819-6)
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Ovidby David WishartISBN 0340646837 (0-340-64683-7)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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A Painted Houseby John GrishamISBN 0385337930 (0-385-33793-0)
Softcover, Delta
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Painted House'Book summary:Ever since he published The Firm in 1991, John Grisham has remained the undisputed champ of the legal thriller. With A Painted House, however, he strikes out in a new direction. As the author is quick to note, this novel includes "not a single lawyer, dead or alive," and readers will search in vain for the kind of lowlife machinations that have been his stock-in-trade. Instead, Grisham has delivered a quieter, more contemplative story, set in rural Arkansas in 1952. It's harvest time on the Chandler farm, and the family has hired a crew of migrant Mexicans and "hill people" to pick 80 acres of cotton. A certain camaraderie pervades this bucolic dream team. But it's backbreaking work, particularly for the 7-year-old narrator, Luke: "I would pick cotton, tearing the fluffy bolls from the stalks at a steady pace, stuffing them into the heavy sack, afraid to look down the row and be reminded of how endless it was, afraid to slow down because someone would notice."
What's more, tensions begin to simmer between the Mexicans and the hill people, one of whom has a penchant for bare-knuckles brawling. This leads to a brutal murder, which young Luke has the bad luck to witness. At this point--with secrets, lies, and at least one knife fight in the offing--the plot begins to take on that familiar, Grisham-style momentum. Still, such matters ultimately take a back seat in A Painted House to the author's evocation of time and place. This is, after all, the scene of his boyhood, and Grisham waxes nostalgic without ever succumbing to deep-fried sentimentality. Meanwhile, his account of Luke's Baptist upbringing occasions some sly (and telling) humor:
I'd been taught in Sunday school from the day I could walk that lying would send you straight to hell. No detours. No second chances. Straight into the fiery pit, where Satan was waiting with the likes of Hitler and Judas Iscariot and General Grant. Thou shalt not bear false witness, which, of course, didn't sound exactly like a strict prohibition against lying, but that was the way the Baptists interpreted it.
Whether Grisham will continue along these lines, or revert to the judicial shark tank for his next book, is anybody's guess. But A Painted House suggests that he's perfectly capable of telling an involving story with nary a subpoena in sight. --James Marcus [via]More editions of A Painted House:
Personal Injuriesby Scott TurowISBN 0374281947 (0-374-28194-7)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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Phantom Ladyby Cornell WoolrichISBN 034530652X (0-345-30652-X)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Phantom Lady'Book summary:A man tries to prove his innocence when he is accused of strangling his wife to death. He claims to have been with someone else for the whole evening, but the bartender, waiter, cab driver, and usher all claim not to have seen them. [via]
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Philly Stakesby Gillian RobertsISBN 0345482913 (0-345-48291-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Philly Stakes'Book summary:"The central pleasure is Pepper and her catalogue of urban woes, delivered with self-depracting savagery and humor in a scathing first person."
THE PHILADELHPIA INQUIRER
Book two in the Amanda Pepper mystery series.
Amanda Pepper, an English teacher at school for Philadelphia's filthy rich, is determined to teach the kids a lesson about the true spirit of Christmas. She intends to have them cook and serve a meal to the homeless, but unfortunately a powerful parent takes over, and the simple meal turns into a catered affair--topped off by murder. Of course, Amanda wants to solve the crime with her sometime boyfriend and cop C.K. Mackenzie. She's equally determeind to teach the the elusive killer a lesson or two, as well.
From Gillian Roberts, the Anthony Award- winning author of CAUGHT DEAD IN PHILADELPHIA, I'D RATHER BE IN PHILADELPHIA, WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE. . . , and HOW I SPENT MY SUMMER VACATION.
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The Poyson Garden : An Elizabethan Mysteryby Karen HarperISBN 0385332831 (0-385-33283-1)
Hardcover, Dell Publishing
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The Rattle-Ratby Janwillem Van de WeteringISBN 0345328728 (0-345-32872-8)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Rattle-Rat'Book summary:Douwe Scherjoen was a well-to-do livestock dealer from the remote Dutch province of Friesland. Then his corpse was found, half-charred by flames, floating in a dory in Amsterdam's harbor. No one knows why he was in the nation's capital, far from the bucolic pleasures of his native village of Dingjum. But since Grijpstra is Friesian by birth and can understand the dialect, he and his partner de Gier are dispactched to find the killeror at least the motive for the crime. And they discover that while no one, not even his wife, liked the victim, the culprit is the unlikliest suspect of all. [via]
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Riding the Rapby Elmore LeonardISBN 0385324170 (0-385-32417-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Riding the Rap'Book summary:In this sequel to Pronto, Harry Arno has retired from bookmaking but is still closing out some of his outstanding debts. But then his collection agent, an ex-con by the name of Bobby Deo, goes to pick up $1,800 from Chip Ganz and ends up getting hired for a hostage-taking operation (like kidnapping "in a way," Chip tells him, "only different. A lot different.") When Harry's taken by his own man, it's up to United States Marshal Raylan Givens to track him down, in the same methodically relentless fashion he tracked Harry that time he ran off to Italy. Throw in a henchman named Louis Lewis with plans of his own and an attractive young psychic named Reverend Dawn, and you've got yet another crime story that'll keep you on the edge of your seat--occasionally chuckling to yourself--straight through to the finish. (And bonus points to loyal Leonard fans who can spot the crossover elements from Rum Punch and Maximum Bob.) --Ron Hogan [via]
Sex, Murder and a Double Latteby Kyra DavisISBN 0373895801 (0-373-89580-1)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sex, Murder and a Double Latte'Book summary:When a mystery writer cries bloody murder, everyone blames her overactive imagination . . .
Thriller scribe Sophie Katz is as hard-boiled as a woman who drinks Grande Caramel Brownie Frappuccinos can be -- maybe it's from a lifetime of fielding dumb comments about her half-black, half-Jewish ethnicity. ("My sister married a Polynesian! I just love your culture!") So Sophie knows it's not paranoia, or post-divorce, living-alone-again jitters, when she becomes convinced that a crazed reader is sneaking into her apartment to reenact scenes from her books. The police, however, can't tell a good plot from an unmarked grave.
When a filmmaker friend is brutally murdered in the manner of a death scene in one of his movies, Sophie becomes convinced that a copycat killer is on the loose -- and that she's the next target. If she doesn't solve the mystery, her own bestseller will spell out her doom. Cursing her imagination (why, oh, why did she have to pick the axe?), Sophie engages in some real-life gumshoe tactics. The man who swoops in to save her in dark alleys at night is mysterious new love interest Anatoly Darinsky. Of course, if this were fiction, Anatoly would be her prime suspect . . .
With a story as delicious as designer coffee -- and with twice the jolt -- Davis and her muse, Sophie Katz, will blow you away with sex, murder and hilarity!
First-time novelist Kyra Davis has spent her life in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area, where she currently lives with her young son. Now a full-time parent and writer, Davis previously divided her time between a career in the fashion industry and various artistic endeavors such as acting, singing and creative writing. In her free time she indulges in lattes, Frappuccinos and anything else that will feed her caffeine addiction. [via]
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Shake Hands Foreverby Ruth RendellISBN 0375704957 (0-375-70495-7)
Softcover, Random House Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shake Hands Forever'Book summary:The bed was neatly made, and the woman on top neatly strangled.
According to all accounts, Angela Hathall was deeply in love with her husband and far too paranoid to invite an unknown person into their home. So who managed to gain entry and strangle her without a struggle? That is the problem facing Inspector Wexford in Shake Hands Forever. Perhaps it was the mystery woman who left her fingerprints on the Hathall's bathtub? Perhaps it was Angela's husband who lied about a stolen library book? And why was the Hathall home, usually so unkempt, exqisitely clean the day of Angela's death? Then a neighbor--friendly, knowing, disarmingly beautiful--offers Wexford her assistance. And what begins as a rather tricky case turns into an obsession that threatens to destroy the Inspector's career--as well as his marriage.
Maddeningly addictive, smart and surprising, Shake Hands Forever showcases Ruth Rendell at the height of her storytelling powers. [via] -
Sins of the Fathersby Ruth RendellISBN 0345342534 (0-345-34253-4)
Softcover, Ballantine Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sins of the Fathers'Book summary:It was a brutal, vicious crime -- sixteen years old. A helpless old woman battered to death with an axe. Harry Painter hung for it, and Chief Inspector Wexford is certain they executed the right man. But Reverend Archery has doubts . . . because his son wants to marry the murderer's beautiful, brilliant daughter. He begins unravelling the past, only to discover that murder breeds murder -- and often conceals even deeper secrets . . . [via]
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A Sleeping Lifeby Ruth RendellISBN 0375704930 (0-375-70493-0)
Softcover, Vintage Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sleeping Life'Book summary:The body found under the hedge was that of a middle-aged woman. The gray eyes were wide and staring, and in them Inspector Wexford thought he saw a sardonic gleam. But that must have been his imagination. The woman was a stranger. There was nothing to give him her address, name or occupation, let alone any clues that might lead to her killer. Unabridged. September '98 publication date. [via]
Somebody Else's Musicby Jane HaddamISBN 0312983069 (0-312-98306-9)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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Spqr IIby John Maddox RobertsISBN 0380759950 (0-380-75995-0)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Stud Ritesby Susan ConantISBN 0385477244 (0-385-47724-4)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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The Student Bodyby J.S. BorthwickISBN 0312926057 (0-312-92605-7)
Softcover, St Martins Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Student Body'Book summary:The campus of Maine's Bowmouth College looks like a picture postcard of New England-snow-covered lawns, students in colorful ski parkas, icicles dangling on the ivied halls. Sarah Deane-English Fellow with an honorary degree in sleuthing-expects to spend a quiet term here taking some graduate courses and doing a little teaching.[via]
But then Sarah finds that someone's organized an advanced course in murder. The first lesson comes when a woman student is found frozen into a prize-winning snow sculpture during Carnival weekend. The second is served up with a cozy cup of poisoned cocoa. And when the clues point straight to an English department already rife with rivalries, Sarah realizes that a little learning can be a very dangerous thing...More editions of The Student Body:
Swan Songby Edmund CrispinISBN 0380551454 (0-380-55145-4)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Sweet Dreams, Ireneby Jan BurkeISBN 0380723506 (0-380-72350-6)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Sweet Dreams, Irene'Book summary:At his son's request, Irene Kelly tries to prevent a smear campaign against a candidate for District Attorney and uncovers more than dirty politics when a satanic cult and a ritually butchered corpse come into the picture. Reprint. LJ. [via]
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Taking the Fifthby J.A. JanceISBN 0380751399 (0-380-75139-9)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Talking to Strange Menby Ruth RendellISBN 0345351746 (0-345-35174-6)
Softcover, Random House Publishing Group
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The Terrible Tideby Alisa CraigISBN 0385187009 (0-385-18700-9)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Terrible Tideby Charlotte MacLeodISBN 038070336X (0-380-70336-X)
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Tree of Handsby Ruth RendellISBN 0345312007 (0-345-31200-7)
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The Twylight Tower : An Elizabeth I Mysteryby Karen HarperISBN 038533477X (0-385-33477-X)
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Under the Beetle's Cellarby Mary Willis WalkerISBN 0385468598 (0-385-46859-8)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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Vendettaby Michael DibdinISBN 0385421206 (0-385-42120-6)
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Vermillionby Nathan AldyneISBN 0345327063 (0-345-32706-3)
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The Weight of Waterby Anita ShreveISBN 0316780375 (0-316-78037-5)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Weight of Water'Book summary:A newspaper photographer, Jean, researches the lurid and sensational ax murder of two women in 1873 as an editorial tie-in with a brutal modern double murder. (Can you guess which one?) She discovers a cache of papers that appear to give an account of the murders by an eyewitness. The plot weaves between the narrative of the eyewitness and Jean's private struggle with jealousies and suspicions as her marriage teeters. A rich, textured novel. [via]
Widowsby Ed McBainISBN 0380713837 (0-380-71383-7)
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A Woman's Eyeby Sara ParetskyISBN 038530000X (0-385-30000-X)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group
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