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The 4th Deadly Sinby Lawrence SandersISBN 0425090787 (0-425-09078-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The 4th Deadly Sin'Book summary:Lawrence Sanders's masterpieces, The First Deadly Sin, The Second Deadly Sin, and The Third Deadly Sin set a standard for today's novels of psychological suspense. Now, Sanders's hero, Captain Edward X. Delaney, returns to play mind games with a killer, and uncover the most shocking sin yet. [via]
Accidental Death of an Anarchistby Dario Fo, Peter KennardISBN 0413156109 (0-413-15610-9)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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Advantage Miss Seetonby Hampton CharlesISBN 0425122379 (0-425-12237-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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All Shall Be Wellby Deborah CrombieISBN 0425147711 (0-425-14771-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'All Shall Be Well'Book summary:When a close friend and neighbor is found dead, Scotland Yard Superintendent Duncan Kincaid rejects the initial consensus of suicide and implores a reluctant Sergeant Gemma Jones to help him uncover the truth. Reprint. AB. K. PW. [via]
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Battle Cryby Leon UrisISBN 0399100725 (0-399-10072-5)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Battle Cry'Book summary:Battle Cry is the riveting Marine epic by the bestselling author of such classics as Trinity and Exodus. Originally published in 1953, Leon Uris's Battle Cry is the raw and exciting story of men at war from a legendary American author. This is the story of enlisted men - Marines - at the beginning of World War II. They are a rough-and-ready tangle of guys from America's cities and farms and reservations. Led by a tough veteran sergeant, these soldiers band together to emerge as part of one of the most elite fighting forces in the world. With staggering realism and detail, we follow them into intense battles - Guadalcanal and Tarawa - and through exceptional moments of camaraderie and bravery. Battle Cry does not extol the glories of war, but proves itself to be one of the greatest war stories of all time. [via]
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Blue Smoke: Library Editionby Nora RobertsISBN 0399153063 (0-399-15306-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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A Blunt Instrumentby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425096416 (0-425-09641-6)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Born in Deathby J. D. RobbISBN 0399153470 (0-399-15347-0)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Broken Preyby John SandfordISBN 0399152725 (0-399-15272-5)
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Buddy Boysby Mike McAlaryISBN 0399132953 (0-399-13295-3)
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Cards on the Tableby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425105679 (0-425-10567-9)
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Cold Bloodby Theresa MonsourISBN 0399151567 (0-399-15156-7)
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Cop Without a Shieldby Lillian O'DonnellISBN 0399128727 (0-399-12872-7)
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The Dangerby Dick FrancisISBN 0399128905 (0-399-12890-5)
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Dead Famous: Library Editionby Carol O'ConnellISBN 0399150846 (0-399-15084-6)
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Death in a White Tieby Ngaio MarshISBN 0425144089 (0-425-14408-9)
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Death in Paradiseby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425187063 (0-425-18706-3)
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Death in the Stocksby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425093387 (0-425-09338-7)
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Death Investigation: A Handbook for Police Officersby Terry L. CastlemanISBN 0398071055 (0-398-07105-5)
Softcover, Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
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Dying Breathby Sarah J. MasonISBN 0425142450 (0-425-14245-0)
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Escape Clauseby James O. BornISBN 0399153349 (0-399-15334-9)
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Forty Words For Sorrowby Giles BluntISBN 0425185168 (0-425-18516-8)
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Gallows Viewby Peter RobinsonISBN 0425156729 (0-425-15672-9)
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Rick GearyISBN 042512021X (0-425-12021-X)
Softcover, Putnam Berkley
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:After harsh early years, Pip, an orphan growing up in Victorian England, is given the means to become a gentleman by an unknown benefactor and learns that outward appearances can be deceiving. Presented in comic book format. [via]
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The Hostageby W. E. B. GriffinISBN 0399153144 (0-399-15314-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hostage'Book summary:By Order of the President, the first novel in W.E.B. Griffin's crackling new Presidential Agent series, won immediate acclaim from critics and fans alike.
Charley Castillo works with the Department of Homeland Security, but more and more he is the man to whom the president turns when he needs an investigation done discreetly. And no situation demands discretion more than the one before them now.
An American diplomat's wife is kidnapped in Argentina, and her husband murdered before her eyes. Her children will be next, she is warned, if she doesn't tell them where her brother is-a brother, as it turns out, who may know quite a bit about the burgeoning UN/Iraq oil-for-food scandal. There is an awful lot of money flying around, and an awful lot of hands reaching out to grab it-and some of those hands don't mind shedding as much blood as it takes.
Brimming with rich characters, strong action, and cutting-edge drama, this is Griffin writing at the height of his powers. [via]More editions of The Hostage:
The Inspector and Mrs. Jeffriesby Emily BrightwellISBN 0425136221 (0-425-13622-1)
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Killing Criticsby Carol O'ConnellISBN 0399141685 (0-399-14168-5)
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Killing Floorby Lee ChildISBN 0399142533 (0-399-14253-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Killing Floor'Book summary:When Jack Reacher suddenly decides to ask a Greyhound bus driver to let him off near the town of Margrave, Georgia, he thinks it's because his brother once mentioned that the famed blues guitarist Blind Blake died there. But it doesn't take long for the footloose ex-military policeman to discover that there are plenty of strange--and very dangerous--things going on behind Margrave's manicured lawns and clean streets that demand his attention. This first thriller by a former television writer features some of the best-written scenes of action in recent memory, a crash course in currency and counterfeiting, and a hero who is just begging to be called on for an encore. [via]
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L Etrangerby Albert Camus, Germaine Bree, Carlos LynesISBN 0423846108 (0-423-84610-8)
Hardcover, Methuen Educational
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L Etranger'Book summary:LÉtranger est un roman dAlbert Camus, paru en 1942. Il prend place dans la trilogie que Camus nommera « cycle de labsurde » qui décrit les fondements de la philosophie camusienne : labsurde. Cette trilogie comprend également lessai philosophique intitulé Le Mythe de Sisyphe ainsi que les deux pièces de théâtre Caligula et Le Malentendu. Le roman a été traduit en quarante langues et une adaptation cinématographique a été réalisée par Luchino Visconti en 1967.
En 1999. La revue Le Monde classa ce roman premier parmi les 100 romans du siècle.
Meursault, le narrateur, employé de bureau algérois, apprend la mort de sa mère. Il prend l'autobus pour se rendre à l'asile où elle a fini ses jours et assiste avec indifférence à la veillée et à l'enterrement. Le lendemain, samedi, il rencontre Marie dans un établissement de bains, l'emmène au cinéma et passe la nuit avec elle. Le dimanche s'étire dans l'ennui et le désoeuvrement. Meursault retrouve son bureau et ses voisins: Céleste le restaurateur, le vieux Salamano qui bat son chien, et Raymond Sintès, dont on dit dans le quartier qu'il «vit des femmes». Celui-ci demande à Meursault de rédiger une lettre destinée à une femme qui l'a trompé. Le samedi suivant, Meursault se rend à la plage avec Marie. Au retour, ils assistent à une scène violente au cours de laquelle Raymond frappe sa maîtresse. La police étant intervenue, Meursault accepte de témoigner en faveur de Raymond ... Meursault et Marie vont passer le dimanche à la plage, avec Raymond. Deux Arabes les ont suivis. L'un est le frère de la femme que Raymond a maltraitée. Une dispute éclate: Raymond est blessé d'un coup de couteau. Un peu plus tard, par une chaleur accablante, il revient provoquer son agresseur. Meursault, qui lui, a pris son revolver par précaution, se retrouve seul face à l'Arabe. Aveuglé par le soleil et l'éclat du couteau que celui-ci a sorti de sa poche, il tire sur lui...
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Last Precinctby Patricia CornwellISBN 0399146253 (0-399-14625-3)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Last Precinct'Book summary:Patricia Cornwell's legendary crime fiction creation, Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, has logged a host of fans among mystery readers and, within the bounds of her fictional world, an equally impressive tally of individuals intent on causing her grievous physical or psychological harm.
The 11th Scarpetta novel, The Last Precinct, doesn't add any new names to the second roster. Instead, in a sweeping narrative gesture toward retrospection (less-than-fervent fans might whisper "or stagnation"), the novel depends largely on ground already covered in its predecessors, Black Notice and, to a lesser extent, Point of Origin. All the familiar faces--friend and foe--are here: police captain Marino, Kay's niece Lucy, the so-called Werewolf murderer, and (in memoriam) Kay's lover Benton Wesley and his killer, Carrie Grethen. Kay, who nearly killed the Werewolf in self-defense as Black Notice came to a close, now finds herself the target of a corrupt police investigation that will dredge her darkest secrets from the deepest corners of her past.
Torn between a desire to clear her name and the instinct of a wounded animal to turn against even its would-be rescuers, Kay sifts through the forensic evidence that seems to link Chandonne to other horrific events in her past, up to and including Wesley's murder. Physical analysis, however, will not be enough to right her up-ended world. Instead, Kay must rely on the strategic support of her niece, cofounder of the Last Precinct (an odd, ill-defined organization that is, in the words of its motto, "where you go when there is nowhere left"), and on her willingness to examine her own fears, misconceptions, and anything-but-altruistic motives. The most important setting in this novel is not the morgue--it's the living room where Kay's therapist forces her to address (you guessed it) "unresolved issues."
The novel's focus on Kay's emotional evolution does not, unfortunately, mask the leaps of illogic that pepper the plot's murky stew. More disturbing than these occasional lapses, however, is the feeling that Cornwell has written herself into a corner. The Scarpetta of The Last Precinct is a far cry from the irritably independent woman of previous books. Her often over-inflated musings are more tiresome than tantalizing. Cornwell's impressive track record makes this excursion a bit disappointing, but that same record means that loyal fans will race to acquire the book anyway and that the odds of her returning to her usual stellar form next time are (hurrah!) favorable. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Last Precinctby Patricia Daniels CornwellISBN 0425180638 (0-425-18063-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Last Precinct'Book summary:Patricia Cornwell's legendary crime fiction creation, Virginia's Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta, has logged a host of fans among mystery readers and, within the bounds of her fictional world, an equally impressive tally of individuals intent on causing her grievous physical or psychological harm.
The 11th Scarpetta novel, The Last Precinct, doesn't add any new names to the second roster. Instead, in a sweeping narrative gesture toward retrospection (less-than-fervent fans might whisper "or stagnation"), the novel depends largely on ground already covered in its predecessors, Black Notice and, to a lesser extent, Point of Origin. All the familiar faces--friend and foe--are here: police captain Marino, Kay's niece Lucy, the so-called Werewolf murderer, and (in memoriam) Kay's lover Benton Wesley and his killer, Carrie Grethen. Kay, who nearly killed the Werewolf in self-defense as Black Notice came to a close, now finds herself the target of a corrupt police investigation that will dredge her darkest secrets from the deepest corners of her past.
Torn between a desire to clear her name and the instinct of a wounded animal to turn against even its would-be rescuers, Kay sifts through the forensic evidence that seems to link Chandonne to other horrific events in her past, up to and including Wesley's murder. Physical analysis, however, will not be enough to right her up-ended world. Instead, Kay must rely on the strategic support of her niece, cofounder of the Last Precinct (an odd, ill-defined organization that is, in the words of its motto, "where you go when there is nowhere left"), and on her willingness to examine her own fears, misconceptions, and anything-but-altruistic motives. The most important setting in this novel is not the morgue--it's the living room where Kay's therapist forces her to address (you guessed it) "unresolved issues."
The novel's focus on Kay's emotional evolution does not, unfortunately, mask the leaps of illogic that pepper the plot's murky stew. More disturbing than these occasional lapses, however, is the feeling that Cornwell has written herself into a corner. The Scarpetta of The Last Precinct is a far cry from the irritably independent woman of previous books. Her often over-inflated musings are more tiresome than tantalizing. Cornwell's impressive track record makes this excursion a bit disappointing, but that same record means that loyal fans will race to acquire the book anyway and that the odds of her returning to her usual stellar form next time are (hurrah!) favorable. --Kelly Flynn [via]
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Leave the Grave Greenby Deborah CrombieISBN 0425153088 (0-425-15308-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Leave the Grave Green'Book summary:When a body pulled from the Thames brings back an old tragedy, Superintendent Duncan Kincaid becomes entangled in the Asherton family history and dangerously drawn to the prime suspect, while Sergeant Gemma Jones struggles with her feelings for Kincaid. Reprint. AB. PW. LJ. [via]
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Liberty Square : A Kate Delafield Mysteryby Katherine V. ForrestISBN 0425158993 (0-425-15899-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Liberty Square : A Kate Delafield Mystery'Book summary:Long before high-profile lesbian cops such as Laurie R. King's Kate Martinelli were fighting for our attention, a former Marine turned Los Angeles police detective named Kate Delafield was doing some quietly effective ground-breaking of her own under the expert guidance of Katherine V. Forrest. In Liberty Square, Delafield is in Washington, D.C., for the 25th anniversary reunion of her old Vietnam outfit. When all hell breaks loose, it's Kate the cop who has to sort it out. Forrest's writing is spare and her characters come to life quickly. Other Delafield books in paperback include Amateur City, The Beverly Malibu, Murder at the Nightwood Bar, and Murder by Tradition. [via]
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Lover Bewareby Katherine Sutcliffe, Eileen Wilks, Fiona Brand, Christine FeehanISBN 0425189058 (0-425-18905-8)
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Mercyby Jodi PicoultISBN 039914160X (0-399-14160-X)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Miss Seeton at the Helmby Charles HamptonISBN 0425122646 (0-425-12264-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Miss Seeton by Appointmentby Hampton CharlesISBN 0425121003 (0-425-12100-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Miss Seeton by Moonlightby Hamilton CraneISBN 042513265X (0-425-13265-X)
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Miss Seeton Goes to Batby Hamilton Crane, Heron CarvicISBN 0425135764 (0-425-13576-4)
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Miss Seeton Paints the Townby Hamilton CraneISBN 0425128482 (0-425-12848-2)
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Miss Seeton Plants Suspicionby Hamilton CraneISBN 0425137023 (0-425-13702-3)
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Miss Seeton Singsby Heron Carvic, Kathy FowlerISBN 0425107140 (0-425-10714-0)
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Miss Seeton Undercoverby Hamilton CraneISBN 0425144054 (0-425-14405-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Miss Seeton Undercover'Book summary:A retired art teacher and unlikely amateur sleuth, Miss Emily Seeton steps in to investigate when a woman is found dead after a gang of thieves plunders a fortune in antiques from the village of Plummergen. [via]
Mourn Not Your Deadby Deborah CrombieISBN 0425157784 (0-425-15778-4)
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Mrs. Jeffries Pleads Her Caseby Emily BrightwellISBN 0425189473 (0-425-18947-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mrs. Jeffries Pleads Her Case'Book summary:When a magistrate rules Harlan Westover's death a suicide, something smells fishy. Amidst a sea of unanswered questions, the clever Mrs. Jeffries wants to get to the bottom of it-and make sure someone doesn't stage another "suicide"... [via]
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Mrs. Jeffries Rocks the Boatby Emily BrightwellISBN 0425169340 (0-425-16934-0)
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Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Cakeby Emily BrightwellISBN 0425157245 (0-425-15724-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Stage'Book summary:It was a most peculiar murder. A man's body was found in the canal - but the evidence showed that he had drowned in a bathtub. A theatre critic known for his savage reviews, the victim had had a full cast of enemies. While Inspector Witherspoon scoured the theatre, Mrs. Jeffries uncovered the critic's secret past: a real - life drama more compelling than any stage play... [via]
Murder on Astor Placeby Victoria ThompsonISBN 0425168964 (0-425-16896-4)
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Murder on Gramercy Parkby Victoria ThompsonISBN 0425178862 (0-425-17886-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder on Gramercy Park'Book summary:As a midwife in the turn-of-the-century tenements of New York City, Sarah Brandt has seen her share of suffering and joy, birth and death. Now, she learns that crime doesnt discriminate, when the highest echelons of society are rocked by murder&[via]A Gaslight Mystery
At a summons from Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, Sarah arrives at the elegant home of famed magnetic healer Edmund Blackwell to find his wife in laborand the good doctor dead from an apparent suicide. Only Malloy sees what no one else wants to: that Blackwell was murdered in his own home&
After a successful delivery, the Blackwell baby falls mysteriously ill. Relying on her nurses training and womans intuition, Sarah discovers the source of the babys sicknessand discovers a scandal that leads Malloys investigation down a gilded path paved with greed, deception, and desire&
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Murder on Mulberry Bendby Victoria ThompsonISBN 0425189104 (0-425-18910-4)
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Murder on St. Mark's Placeby Victoria ThompsonISBN 0425173615 (0-425-17361-5)
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Murder on the Orient Expressby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425173755 (0-425-17375-5)
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"Christie keeps her readers enthralled and guessing to the end."-- Times Literary Supplement (from the original 1934 review) [via]More editions of Murder on the Orient Express:
Murder on Washington Squareby Victoria ThompsonISBN 0425184307 (0-425-18430-7)
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The Mysterious Affair at Stylesby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129616 (0-425-12961-6)
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Night Passageby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0425183963 (0-425-18396-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Night Passage'Book summary:Fans often feel uneasy when the creator of a popular character ventures into new turf, and sometimes their trepidation is justified. But readers of Robert B. Parker's immensely popular Spenser series can breathe a sigh of relief: while Night Passage doesn't feature Spenser, his usual gang of associates, or a Boston setting, it's vintage Parker--fast, witty, suspenseful, and engaging. Told in short, crisp chapters, it's the story of Jesse Stone, a 34-year-old ex-cop who just lost his L.A. policeman's job and his marriage due to a drinking problem. The book opens as Stone leaves California for his new job as chief of police in the picturesque town of Paradise, Massachusetts.
But Paradise isn't as placid as it seems--in fact, it's a festering mass of petty corruption, right-wing militia, sexual scandal, and bad guys who favor strong-arm tactics. Night Passage boasts a delicious, classic setup: the lone lawman, new in town, must make his stand to clean the place up. Stone has been picked for the job because the town fathers figured he'd be weak and malleable; as he gradually pulls himself together, it turns out they have a surprise in store. Stone's qualities may remind you of Spenser's--he's taciturn, fearless, good-looking, and compassionate--and in the end the plot's pleasing complexities get resolved a bit simply. But Robert B. Parker is in fine form in Night Passage, with his smart-aleck wit under control and his prose at its economical best. Spenser fans and Parker neophytes alike will find plenty to enjoy here. And the setting is, after all, not far from Boston--dare we hope for a Spenser-Stone meeting in future books? [via]
Orchid Bluesby Stuart WoodsISBN 0399147772 (0-399-14777-2)
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Past Reason Hatedby Peter RobinsonISBN 0425144895 (0-425-14489-5)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Past Reason Hated'Book summary:In the fifth novel of the British detective series, Chief Inspector Alan Banks explores the turbulent life of a cafe manager and amateur actress who becomes the victim of a crime of passion. Reprint. AB. K. NYT. PW. [via]
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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]
The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984by Michael Zander, Great BritainISBN 042140860X (0-421-40860-X)
Hardcover, Sweet & Maxwell
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A Preparation Guide for the Assessment Center Methodby Tina Lewis RoweISBN 0398076405 (0-398-07640-5)
Softcover, Charles C Thomas Pub Ltd
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A Private Crimeby Lillian O'DonnellISBN 0399135855 (0-399-13585-5)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Pushoverby Lillian O'DonnellISBN 0399136746 (0-399-13674-6)
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Rainbow Sixby Tom ClancyISBN 0425170349 (0-425-17034-9)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Rainbow Six'Book summary:For many readers, Jack Ryan embodies the essence of the modern American hero. Morally centered, disciplined, humble yet powerful, Ryan (and his onscreen incarnations in Alec Baldwin and Harrison Ford) has made Tom Clancy one of the most popular writers in the world. But as Clancy has constructed the Ryan mythology, he has quietly established Ryan's shadow double, John Clark. Appearing in The Cardinal of the Kremlin, Clear and Present Danger, and Without Remorse, Clark has many of Jack Ryan's most appealing traits, but he is also a darker figure embodying the more paranoid sensibilities of the late '90s. As is made clear from the opening pages of Rainbow Six, ex-Navy SEAL Clark and his colleagues believe violent, deadly force to be the best deterrent for terrorism.
Clark (a.k.a. Rainbow Six) has left the CIA to create an England-based organization code-named "Rainbow." Its mission: deploy an elite squad of American operatives combined with handpicked British, French, and German agents to stop terrorism in its tracks. Rainbow's emergence could not be more timely: in quick succession, the force diffuses three attempted terrorist actions. But Clark becomes suspicious when Russian agents suddenly show interest in Rainbow's work.
Rainbow Six appeals on all the levels that Clancy fans could hope for. The Rainbow operatives, from Navy SEALs to German mountain-leader school graduates, are rendered to inspire with their physical and mental prowess. The book is infatuated with the latest gadgets for scrambling, transmitting, and decoding secrets. And, in a carefully woven narrative that simultaneously traces the Rainbow team, a former KGB agent named Popov, the Australian Olympic security team, and a sinister group of American scientists, Clancy artfully reveals the mystery of "Shiva" at the center of the novel. How does Clark measure up against Jack Ryan? He may be the perfect hero for a world with hidden villains. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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Ruc: A Force Under Fireby Chris RyderISBN 0413153401 (0-413-15340-1)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Sea Change: A Jesse Stone Novelby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0399152679 (0-399-15267-9)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Secret of Chimneysby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425068021 (0-425-06802-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Secret Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425168298 (0-425-16829-8)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Secret Prey'Book summary:John Sandford is back with his dapper, dangerous Minneapolis deputy police chief Lucas Davenport for a ninth "preyer" meeting. Fans of the series will be glad to hear that it's full of smart suspense and deduction as well as explosive action. Davenport and his fellow cops are still recovering from the deadly revenge scheme that maimed them in Sudden Prey, which seems to have ended the relationship between Lucas and his doctor lady friend. This accounts for the depression that dogs him as he is sent to investigate the killing of top banking executive Daniel Kresge in a hunting lodge north of Minneapolis. Any of Kresge's four fellow hunters--all employees at his Polaris Bank--could have shot him, and all had motives, as did his almost ex-wife. About halfway through the book we find out who the real killer is, just a few pages before Lucas does, and that villain is a masterful creation, an example of the banality of evil worthy of Hannah Arendt. This is where Sandford's beautifully honed skills at creating suspense really kick in: he keeps us fascinated as Davenport, revitalized by an affair with a jaunty colleague, tries to turn what we all know into hard evidence. --Dick Adler [via]
The Sentinelby Gerald PetievichISBN 0425188795 (0-425-18879-5)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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A Share In Deathby Deborah CrombieISBN 0425141977 (0-425-14197-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Share In Death'Book summary:Scotland Yard Detective Inspector Duncan Kincaid vacations incognito at a time-share house in the north of England but must assume his true identity once again when a new acquaintance is found murdered in the hotel whirlpool. Reprint. NYT. AB. [via]
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Shell Gameby Carol O'ConnellISBN 0425176037 (0-425-17603-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shell Game'Book summary:There has always been a touch of magic, a whiff of deception and illusion about Mallory, the New York homicide detective who never lets anyone call her Kathy. In highly praised books such as Killing Critics, Mallory's Oracle, and The Man Who Cast Two Shadows, Carol O'Connell has wrapped her fascinating, frustrating character in a cloak of myth. So it's no surprise that in her fifth adventure, Mallory is literally surrounded by magic and magicians, trying to find out why an old illusionist was killed while re-creating a famous trick involving four crossbows.
All of the suspects are magicians themselves, connected to the past and each other by events in Paris during World War II. One of them, a self-declared madman named Malakhai, lives in a mental hospital and maintains an elaborate fantasy involving his dead wife. There's a marvelous set piece early on--a poker game at which this invisible woman not only takes a seat but also makes bets, wins hands, and smokes lipsticked cigarettes. Of course Mallory is largely on her own in the investigation: she insults her only two friends and alienates all her police colleagues with her weird, unorthodox methods.
O'Connell is a richly poetic writer who fills her books with fleeting samples of everyone from Rilke and T.S. Eliot to Billie Holiday. Even if you're not deeply interested in how magicians work their magic, you should find enough other pleasures here to enjoy the author's superb bag of tricks. --Dick Adler [via]
Show Stopperby Mary Monica PulverISBN 0425158284 (0-425-15828-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Silent Preyby John SandfordISBN 0425137562 (0-425-13756-2)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Snow Blindby P. TracyISBN 039915339X (0-399-15339-X)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Stone Cold: A Jesse Stone Novelby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0399150870 (0-399-15087-0)
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The Streetbirdby Janwillem Van De WeteringISBN 0399128085 (0-399-12808-5)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Terry Pratchett's the Fifth Elephantby Terry Pratchett, Stephen BriggsISBN 0413771156 (0-413-77115-6)
Softcover, Methuen Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Terry Pratchett's the Fifth Elephant'Book summary:Terry Pratchett has a seemingly endless capacity for generating inventively comic novels about the Discworld and its inhabitants, but there is in the hearts of most of his admirers a particular place for those novels that feature the hard-bitten captain of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch, Samuel Vimes. Sent as ambassador to the Northern principality of Uberwald where they mine gold, iron, and fat--but never silver--he is caught up in an uneasy truce between dwarfs, werewolves, and vampires in the theft of the Scone of Stone (a particularly important piece of dwarf bread) and in the old werewolf custom of giving humans a short start in the hunt and then cheating.
Pratchett is always at his best when the comedy is combined with a real sense of jeopardy that even favorite characters might be hurt if there was a good joke in it. As always, the most unlikely things crop up as the subjects of gags--Chekhov, grand opera, the Caine Mutiny--and as always there are remorselessly funny gags about the inevitability of story:
They say that the fifth elephant came screaming and trumpeting through the atmosphere of the young world all those years ago and landed hard enough to split continents and raise mountains.
No one actually saw it land, which raised the interesting philosophical question: when millions of tons of angry elephant come spinning through the sky, and there is no one to hear it, does it--philosophically speaking--make a noise?
As for the dwarfs, whose legend it is, and who mine a lot deeper than other people, they say that there is a grain of truth in it.
All this, the usual guest appearances, and Gaspode the Wonder Dog. --Roz Kaveney, Amazon.co.uk [via]
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They Found Him Deadby Georgette HeyerISBN 0425095657 (0-425-09565-7)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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Towards Zeroby Agatha ChristieISBN 0425129594 (0-425-12959-4)
Softcover, Berkley Pub Group
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A Christie classic, featuring Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard. . . . It's murder most foul when someone at the Gull's Point guesthouse kills Mr. Treves, leaving Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard with a number of suspects--and zero evidence... [via]More editions of Towards Zero:
Traceby Patricia CornwellISBN 0399152199 (0-399-15219-9)
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Trouble in Paradiseby Robert B. ParkerISBN 0399144331 (0-399-14433-1)
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L Etrangerby Albert Camus, Ray DavisonISBN 0415025869 (0-415-02586-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'L Etranger'Book summary:Condamné à mort, Meursault. Sur une plage algérienne, il a tué un Arabe. À cause du soleil, dira-t-il, parce qu'il faisait chaud. On n'en tirera rien d'autre. Rien ne le fera plus réagir : ni l'annonce de sa condamnation, ni la mort de sa mère, ni les paroles du prêtre avant la fin. Comme si, sur cette plage, il avait soudain eu la révélation de l'universelle équivalence du tout et du rien. La conscience de n'être sur la terre qu'en sursis, d'une mort qui, quoi qu'il arrive, arrivera, sans espoir de salut. Et comment être autre chose qu'indifférent à tout après ça ?
Étranger sur la terre, étranger à lui-même, Meursault le bien nommé pose les questions qui deviendront un leitmotiv dans l'oeuvre de Camus. De La Peste à La Chute, mais aussi dans ses pièces et dans ses essais, celui qui allait devenir Prix Nobel de littérature en 1957 ne cessera de s'interroger sur le sens de l'existence. Sa mort violente en 1960 contribua quelque peu à rendre mythique ce maître à penser de toute une génération. --Karla Manuele [via]
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