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Abductionby Robin CookISBN 0754016048 (0-7540-1604-8)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Adventures of Sherlock Holmesby Arthur Conan DoyleISBN 0755334353 (0-7553-3435-3)
Softcover, Headline Book Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Adventures of Sherlock Holmes'Book summary:(Please note that all Timeless Classic Books have been carefully formatted manually with full annotation and proper photo and/or illustration placement since our start in 2010/2011. Each cover is designed with paid or public domain artwork that is pertinent to the title. Each and ever cover is unique. None have ever been used twice.)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1891-92) brings together the first twelve short stories Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote about Holmes and Watson. These follow Holmes's introduction in the first two novels, A Study in Scarlet and The Sign of the Four. [via]More editions of Adventures of Sherlock Holmes:
Among the Shadowsby L.M. Montgomery, Rea WilmshurstISBN 0771061528 (0-7710-6152-8)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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Anita Blake Vampire Hunter 1: Guilty Pleasuresby Laurell K. Hamilton, Stacie M. Ritchie, Brett BoothISBN 0785127232 (0-7851-2723-2)
Hardcover, Marvel Enterprises
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Anita Blake Vampire Hunter 1: Guilty Pleasures'Book summary:New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton brings Anita Blake to the world of graphic novels. Anita Blake lives in a world where vampires, zombies and werewolves have been declared legal citizens of the United States. Anita Blake is an "animator" - a profession that involves raising the dead for mourning relatives. But Anita is also known as a fearsome hunter of criminal vampires, and she's often employed to investigate cases that are far too much for conventional police. But as Anita gains the attention of the vampire masters of her hometown of St. Louis, she also risks revealing an intriguing secret about herself - the source of her unusual strength and power. This hardcover edition contains an all-new, original, never-before-published short story by Laurell K Hamilton. [via]
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Behind Closed Doorsby Shannon McKennaISBN 0758203187 (0-7582-0318-7)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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The Big Sleepby Raymond ChandlerISBN 0762188804 (0-7621-8880-4)
Hardcover, Scriptorium Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Big Sleep'Book summary:"His thin, claw-like hands were folded loosely on the rug, purple-nailed. A few locks of dry white hair clung to his scalp, like wild flowers fighting for life on a bare rock." Published in 1939, when Raymond Chandler was 50, this is the first of the Philip Marlowe novels. Its bursts of sex, violence, and explosively direct prose changed detective fiction forever. "She was trouble. She was tall and rangy and strong-looking. Her hair was black and wiry and parted in the middle. She had a good mouth and a good chin. There was a sulky droop to her lips and the lower lip was full." [via]
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Black Iceby Anne StuartISBN 0778321711 (0-7783-2171-1)
Softcover, Mira Books
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Blithe Imagesby Nora RobertsISBN 0754073203 (0-7540-7320-3)
Hardcover, Chivers
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Bloodlinesby Dinah MccallISBN 0778321614 (0-7783-2161-4)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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Bloodlinesby Ruth RendellISBN 0770427359 (0-7704-2735-9)
Softcover, Bantam Books of Canada Ltd
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The Bookman's Promiseby John DunningISBN 0743476298 (0-7434-7629-8)
Softcover, Pocket Star
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Cold As Iceby Anne StuartISBN 0778323560 (0-7783-2356-0)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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Copycatby Erica SpindlerISBN 0778323129 (0-7783-2312-9)
Hardcover, Harlequin Books
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The Daughter of Timeby Josephine TeyISBN 076218888X (0-7621-8888-X)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Daughter of Time'Book summary:Josephine Tey is often referred to as the mystery writer for people who don't like mysteries. Her skills at character development and mood setting, and her tendency to focus on themes not usually touched upon by mystery writers, have earned her a vast and appreciative audience. In Daughter of Time, Tey focuses on the legend of Richard III, the evil hunchback of British history accused of murdering his young nephews. While at a London hospital recuperating from a fall, Inspector Alan Grant becomes fascinated by a portrait of King Richard. A student of human faces, Grant cannot believe that the man in the picture would kill his own nephews. With an American researcher's help, Grant delves into his country's history to discover just what kind of man Richard Plantagenet was and who really killed the little princes. [via]
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Double Imageby David MorrellISBN 0783801440 (0-7838-0144-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Drawing of the Threeby Stephen KingISBN 0785701370 (0-7857-0137-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Drawing of the Three'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. A chilling tale of Roland, the world's last, living gunslinger, follows the renegade gunman as he is thrust into the drug-and-crime-ridden world of the 20th-century and dark uncertainty. [via]
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Edgar Allan PoeISBN 0785814531 (0-7858-1453-1)
Hardcover, Book Sales
Find This BookBook summary:The life of American writer Edgar Allan Poe was characterized by a dramatic series of successes and failures, breakdowns and recoveries, personal gains and hopes dashed through, despite which he created some of the finest literature the world has ever known. Over time his works have influenced such major creative forces as the French poets Charles Baudelaire and Andre Gide, filmmaker D.W. Griffith and modern literary legend Allen Ginsberg.[via]
Best known for his poems and short fiction, Poe perfected the psychological thriller, invented the detective story, and rarely missed transporting the reader to his own supernatural realm. He has also been hailed posthumously as one of the finest literary critics of the nineteenth century.
In Edgar Allan Poe: Complete Tales and Poems fans may indulge in all of Poe's most imaginative short-stories, including The Fall of the House of Usher, The Murders in Rue Morgue, The Tell-Tale Heart, Ligeia and Ms. In a Bottle. His complete early and miscellaneous poetic masterpieces are here also, including The Raven, Ulalume, Annabel Lee, Tamerlane, as well as select reviews and narratives.More editions of Edgar Allan Poe:
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Edgar Allen Poeby Edgar Allen PoeISBN 0785813500 (0-7858-1350-0)
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End of the Rainbowby V. C. AndrewsISBN 0754016943 (0-7540-1694-3)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Enduring Loveby Ian McEwanISBN 0754021106 (0-7540-2110-6)
Softcover, Chivers North Amer
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The Essential Phantom Of The Operaby Leonard Wolf, Gaston Leroux, Max DouglasISBN 0743498364 (0-7434-9836-4)
Softcover, Pgw
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Essential Phantom Of The Opera'Book summary:The Essential Phantom of the Opera is the most comprehensive edition ever produced of the classic 1911 novel of romance, mystery, and psychological suspense, fully annotated with thousands of fascinating facts and legends. Here is the complete, authoritative edition of literature's most bizarre tale of love, obsession, and aberration-a story that has held an irresistible fascination for audiences and readers for nearly a century. [via]
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Everyday, Average Jonesby Suzanne BrockmannISBN 0778320146 (0-7783-2014-6)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Everyday, Average Jones'Book summary:All her life Melody Evans has wanted to marry a plain, average man who didn't take risks. But when the foreign embassy where she works as an aide is taken over by terrorists and she's rescued by a daring navy SEAL, Melody blames the extreme circumstances for their ensuing passion. When it comes to ordinary, Harlan "Cowboy" Jones is anything but, and their encounter leaves Melody with a little more than just memories . . .
Seven months later when Cowboy pays Melody a visit, he's surprised to find her pregnant -- with his child. Now all he has to do is convince her that they are meant to be together. That he can be as ordinary as the next guy. The only problem is, once a hero, always a hero . . . [via]
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The Fallsby Karen HarperISBN 0778323293 (0-7783-2329-3)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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Fast Forwardby Judy MercerISBN 078381495X (0-7838-1495-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Final Jeopardyby Linda FairsteinISBN 0743467329 (0-7434-6732-9)
Softcover, Simon & Schuster
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Gatewaysby F. Paul WilsonISBN 0765346052 (0-7653-4605-2)
Softcover, Tor Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gateways: A Repairman Jack Novel'Book summary:Following last year's successful The Haunted Air, F. Paul Wilson returns with another riveting episode in the saga of Repairman Jack, the secretive, ingenious, and heroic champion of those whose problems no one else can solve. As Dean Koontz says, "Repairman Jack is one of the most original and intriguing characters to arise out of contemporary fiction in ages. His adventures are hugely entertaining."[via]
In Gateways, Jack learns that his father is in a coma after a car accident in Florida. They've been on the outs, but this is his dad, so he heads south. In the hospital he meets Anya, one of his father's neighbors. She's a weird old duck who seems to know an awful lot about his father, and even a lot about Jack.
Jack's arrival does not go unnoticed. A young woman named Semelee, who has strange talents and lives in an isolated area of the Everglades with a group of misshapen men, feels his presence. She senses that he's "special," like her.
Anya takes Jack back to Dad's senior community, Gateways South, which borders on the Everglades. Florida is going through an unusual drought. There's a ban on watering; everything is brown and wilting, but Anya's lawn is a deep green.
Who is Anya? Who is Semelee, and what is her connection to the recent strange deaths of Gateways residents-killed by birds, spiders, and snakes-during the past year? And what are the "lights" Jack keeps hearing about-? Lights that emanate twice a year from a sinkhole deep in the Everglades . . . lights from another place, another reality.
If he is to protect his father from becoming the next fatality at Gateways, there are questions Jack must answer, secrets he must uncover. Secrets . . . Jack has plenty of his own, and along the way he learns that even his father has secrets.
A Grave Mistakeby Stella CameronISBN 0778323536 (0-7783-2353-6)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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Guilty Pleasuresby Laurell K. HamiltonISBN 0785776184 (0-7857-7618-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Guilty Pleasures'Book summary:Anita Blake may be small and young, but vampires call her the Executioner. Anita is a necromancer and vampire hunter in a time when vampires are protected by law--as long as they don't get too nasty. Now someone's killing innocent vampires and Anita agrees--with a bit of vampiric arm-twisting--to help figure out who and why.
Trust is a luxury Anita can't afford when her allies aren't human. The city's most powerful vampire, Nikolaos, is 1,000 years old and looks like a 10-year-old girl. The second most powerful vampire, Jean-Claude, is interested in more than just Anita's professional talents, but the feisty necromancer isn't playing along--yet. This popular series has a wild energy and humor, and some very appealing characters--both dead and alive. [via]
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The Halo Effectby M. J. RoseISBN 0778321975 (0-7783-2197-5)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fireby J. K. RowlingISBN 074754624X (0-7475-4624-X)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire'Book summary:Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire CD Set tells the story of Harry's fourth year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry in 18 CDs. The audio book is also available in two volumes, Part 1 and Part 2, each containing 9 CDs.
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire is the long-awaited, heavily hyped fourth instalment of a phenomenally successful series that has captured the imagination of millions of readers, young and old, across the globe. For J K Rowling the pressure is certainly on to continue to come up with thrilling, pacey storylines that allow her hero to mature into a young man without detracting from the magical secret that has made Harry into a superstar. In this book, the teenage Harry has a certain gawky charm that fits well with his advancing adolescence. As the story moves on, Harry too moves on to a new level of maturity that leaves the reader wondering how he will learn from his experiences, and liking him all the more as a character.
Once returned to Hogwarts after his summer holiday with the dreadful Dursleys and an extraordinary outing to the Quidditch World Cup, the 14-year-old Harry and his fellow pupils are enraptured by the promise of the Triwizard Tournament: an ancient, ritualistic tournament that brings Hogwarts together with two other schools of wizardry--Durmstrang and Beauxbatons--in heated competition. But when Harry's name is pulled from the Goblet of Fire, and he is chosen to champion Hogwarts in the tournament, the trouble really begins. Still reeling from the effects of a terrifying nightmare that has left him shaken, and with the lightning-shaped scar on his head throbbing with pain (a sure sign that the evil Voldemort, Harry's sworn enemy, is close), Harry becomes at once the most popular boy in school. Yet, despite his fame, he is totally unprepared for the furore that follows.
This is a hefty volume: 636 pages, of which probably at least 200 could have been cut without detracting from the story. The weight and complexity of the book is perhaps a hint that Rowling now has her eye sharply focused on her adult audience, and the average child-reader (particularly one who is coming to Harry Potter for the first time) may well find its girth daunting. Rowling's ironic and pointed observations on tabloid journalism and the nature of media hype is just one of the references littered through the book that will tickle the grown-ups but may well fly over the heads of her young fans.
However, after a slow start, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire really starts to sparkle halfway through with Rowling's familiar magic (and yes, there is a death--sudden and tragic--and yes, Harry does start to notice girls). The crux of this story, however, is Harry's gradual coming-of-age and his handling of the increasingly determined threats to his own life.
This book is pivotal, not just for the author for whom the heat is well and truly on, but for Harry and his readers who, by the last chapter, are left in little doubt that there is much more to come. (Ages 10 to adult) --Susan Harrison [via]
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkabanby J. K. RowlingISBN 0747546347 (0-7475-4634-7)
Softcover, Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban'Book summary:The worry, when faced with the follow-up to books as good as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (both winners of the Nestlé Smarties Prize Gold Award), is that it won't be as good. With J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban any concerns are banished from page one. This, the third in the series, continues where the previous two left off and is a fantastic adventure of mystery, magic and mayhem combined with liberal doses of humour and plenty of suspense.
Forced to do his homework in the dead of night and forbidden to refer to his magic skills or his life at Hogwarts school, Harry Potter is forced to endure the summer holidays with the dreaded Dursleys. The arrival of Aunt Marge is the final straw and, in a fit of anger, Harry breaks all the rules and casts a spell on her, causing her to blow up like a balloon. Running away from his dreaded relatives, Harry expects to be expelled from Hogwarts for his blatant flaunting of the rule not to use magic outside term time. However, the arrival of the mysterious Knight Bus and a meeting with Cornelius Fudge, the Minister of Magic, result in Harry enjoying the rest of the holidays in the wonderful surroundings of the Leaky Cauldron.
The escape of Sirius Black--one time friend of Harry's parents, implicated in their murder and follower of "You- Know-Who"--from Azkaban, has serious implications for Harry for it would appear that Black is bent on revenge against Harry for thwarting "You-Know-Who". Back at Hogwarts, Harry's movements are restricted by the presence of the Dementors--guards from Azkaban on the look out for Black--however, this doesn't stop him throwing himself into the new Quidditch season and going about his normal business--or at least attempting to. Despite warnings Harry is determined to get to the bottom of the mystery surrounding Sirius Black--how could this one-time close friend of his parents become the cause of their deaths?
And why does the presence of the Dementors have such a devastating effect on him, causing him to hear the last moments of his mother's life?
With another four Harry Potter novels planned, Jo Rowling is creating a series of books which will become classics to rival C.S. Lewis'Chronicles of Narnia--books written for children but loved by adults too. (Ages 9 and up) --Philippa Reece [via]
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Harvard's Educationby Suzanne BrockmannISBN 0778320790 (0-7783-2079-0)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Harvard's Education'Book summary:THE MAN AND HIS MISSION As a navy SEAL, Harvard had seen his share of trainees before, but P.J. Rogers managed to pack more fire in her five-foot-two-inch body than all the men he'd ever worked with. And he couldn't help hoping for some more personal contact. One thing always-in-control P.J. Rogers couldn't afford to do was let herself get sidetracked. Not now, when her goal was finally within reach. Unfortunately, so was Harvard -- every hard-muscled, pure-male, irresistible inch of him. TALL, DARK & DANGEROUS: They're who you call to get you out of a tight spot -- or into one! [via]
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Haunted Groundby Erin HartISBN 0743470990 (0-7434-7099-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Hawkes Harborby S. E. HintonISBN 0765344726 (0-7653-4472-6)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Heirby Paul RobertsonISBN 076420324X (0-7642-0324-X)
Hardcover, Bethany House Pub
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Hidden Jewelby V. C. AndrewsISBN 0783816960 (0-7838-1696-0)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Hippopotamus Poolby Elizabeth PetersISBN 0783817266 (0-7838-1726-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hippopotamus Pool'Book summary:Is the Hippopotamus Pool a legend? Or Amelia's nemesis! A masked stranger offers to reveal an Egyptian queens' lost tomb - and Amelia Peabody and her irascible archaeologist husband Emerson are intrigued, to say the least. When the guide mysteriously disappears before he can tell them his secret, the Peabody-Emersons sail to Thebes to follow his trail, helped - and hampered - by their teenage son Rameses, and beautiful ward Nefret. Before the sands of time shift very far, all of them will be risking their lives foiling murderers, kidnappers, grave robbers, and ancient curses. off once again on a rollicking adventure involving archaeology, murderers, kidnappers, grave robbers and ancient curses. And the hippopotamus Pool? It's a legend of war and wits that Amelia is translating, one that alerts her to a hippo of a different type - a nefarious, overweight art dealer who is on course to become her new arch-enemy! [via]
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Hopscotchby Brian GarfieldISBN 0765309203 (0-7653-0920-3)
Hardcover, Doherty Associates, LLC, Tom
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Hopscotchby Brian Wynne GarfieldISBN 0765309211 (0-7653-0921-1)
Softcover, Forge
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The Hound of the Baskervillesby Arthur Conan Doyle, Pam SmyISBN 0763630640 (0-7636-3064-0)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Hound of the Baskervilles'Book summary:We owe 1902's The Hound of the Baskervilles to Arthur Conan Doyle's good friend Fletcher "Bobbles" Robinson, who took him to visit some scary English moors and prehistoric ruins, and told him marvelous local legends about escaped prisoners and a 17th-century aristocrat who fell afoul of the family dog. Doyle transmogrified the legend: generations ago, a hound of hell tore out the throat of devilish Hugo Baskerville on the moonlit moor. Poor, accursed Baskerville Hall now has another mysterious death: that of Sir Charles Baskerville. Could the culprit somehow be mixed up with secretive servant Barrymore, history-obsessed Dr. Frankland, butterfly-chasing Stapleton, or Selden, the Notting Hill murderer at large? Someone's been signaling with candles from the mansion's windows. Nor can supernatural forces be ruled out. Can Dr. Watson--left alone by Sherlock Holmes to sleuth in fear for much of the novel--save the next Baskerville, Sir Henry, from the hound's fangs?
Many Holmes fans prefer Doyle's complete short stories, but their clockwork logic doesn't match the author's boast about this novel: it's "a real Creeper!" What distinguishes this particular Hound is its fulfillment of Doyle's great debt to Edgar Allan Poe--it's full of ancient woe, low moans, a Grimpen Mire that sucks ponies to Dostoyevskian deaths, and locals digging up Neolithic skulls without next-of-kins' consent. "The longer one stays here the more does the spirit of the moor sink into one's soul," Watson realizes. "Rank reeds and lush, slimy water-plants sent an odour of decay ... while a false step plunged us more than once thigh-deep into the dark, quivering mire, which shook for yards in soft undulations around our feet ... it was as if some malignant hand was tugging us down into those obscene depths." Read on--but, reader, watch your step! --Tim Appelo [via]
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A Hovering of Vulturesby Robert BarnardISBN 078620141X (0-7862-0141-X)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Thingsby Jon McGregorISBN 0747558337 (0-7475-5833-7)
Hardcover, Bloomsbury
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In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequencesby Truman CapoteISBN 0785777636 (0-7857-7763-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'In Cold Blood: A True Account of a Multiple Murder and Its Consequences'Book summary:"Until one morning in mid-November of 1959, few Americans--in fact, few Kansans--had ever heard of Holcomb. Like the waters of the river, like the motorists on the highway, and like the yellow trains streaking down the Santa Fe tracks, drama, in the shape of exceptional happenings, had never stopped there." If all Truman Capote did was invent a new genre--journalism written with the language and structure of literature--this "nonfiction novel" about the brutal slaying of the Clutter family by two would-be robbers would be remembered as a trail-blazing experiment that has influenced countless writers. But Capote achieved more than that. He wrote a true masterpiece of creative nonfiction. The images of this tale continue to resonate in our minds: 16-year-old Nancy Clutter teaching a friend how to bake a cherry pie, Dick Hickock's black '49 Chevrolet sedan, Perry Smith's Gibson guitar and his dreams of gold in a tropical paradise--the blood on the walls and the final "thud-snap" of the rope-broken necks. [via]
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The Islandby Heather GrahamISBN 0778324249 (0-7783-2424-9)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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The Jasmine Tradeby Denise HamiltonISBN 0786015233 (0-7860-1523-3)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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Jupiter's Bonesby Faye KellermanISBN 0783887833 (0-7838-8783-3)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jupiter's Bones'Book summary:Faye Kellerman's 11th Peter Decker-Rina Lazarus mystery takes police lieutenant Decker into the enclave of a Heaven's Gate-style pseudoscientific religious cult, the Order of the Rings of God. The cult's leader, a former world-class physicist who styles himself Jupiter, has died of an ungodlike combination of liquor and prescription drugs, but whether it was accident, suicide, or murder is suspiciously murky. The death is mysteriously reported by Jupiter's estranged daughter Europa, a scientist who has nothing to do with the cult, and when the police arrive on the scene, they find that Jupiter's followers, particularly his four unpleasantly ambitious personal attendants, range from uncooperative to downright hostile. Decker's suspicions kick into high gear when two other cult members go missing and another body turns up. But with the tense situation threatening to unravel as explosively as Jonestown or Waco, it's Marge, Decker's professional sidekick, who penetrates the cult's inner sanctum and effects a scary eleventh-hour rescue.
For Decker, as always, the mystery serves to offset the tempestuous Orthodox Jewish family life that he married into. Sammy, Rina's older son, wants to study in a politically unstable region of Israel, and Jake, the younger, is teetering on the edge of a most unorthodox social scene of girls, porn movies, and pot. Kellerman knows how to craft a compelling mystery, but it's the honesty of Decker's unique religious and family struggles that keeps mystery fans interested book after book. If you're new to this series, you'll want to begin at the beginning with The Ritual Bath. --Barrie Trinkle [via]
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Kissing the Gunner's Daughterby Ruth RendellISBN 0770425151 (0-7704-2515-1)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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The Last Bulletby Merline LovelaceISBN 0778321819 (0-7783-2181-9)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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The Last to Knowby Wendy Corsi StaubISBN 0786011963 (0-7860-1196-3)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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The Last Victimby Kevin O'BrienISBN 0786016620 (0-7860-1662-0)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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Lostby Joy FieldingISBN 0743467647 (0-7434-6764-7)
Hardcover, Pocket Books
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Lost Boyby Noel Hynd, Kensington Publishing Corporation StaffISBN 0786010142 (0-7860-1014-2)
Softcover, Kensington Publishing Corporation
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Love Her Madlyby Mary-Ann Tirone SmithISBN 0786016574 (0-7860-1657-4)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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Lullaby And Goodnightby Wendy Corsi StaubISBN 0786016426 (0-7860-1642-6)
Softcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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A Maiden's Graveby Jeff DeaverISBN 0783816219 (0-7838-1621-9)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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The Manolo Matrixby Julie KennerISBN 0743496140 (0-7434-9614-0)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Manolo Matrix'Book summary:USA Today bestselling author of The Givenchy Code Julie Kenner reloads for her second novel of high-heeled thrills as another woman gets pulled into a mysterious world of extreme gaming where she must play or die.
Aspiring actress Jennifer Crane knows all about games -- the games girls play to get a guy; the games actresses play to land a part; and the good old game of credit-card roulette. (How else is a girl supposed to afford her shoes?) But she never expected to be playing a game with life-or-death consequences. Unable to successfully score an acting gig, she has, instead, been cast in the role of reluctant bodyguard to a real-life assassin's target -- a dashing FBI agent of all people! -- and must embark with him upon a scavenger hunt across Manhattan in search of the ultimate prize: survival. Before this, Jenn's definition of fighting dirty has been elbowing her way to the front of the line at a Manolo sample sale. Now, if she wants to stay alive, she's going to have to learn a few new uses for her stilettos. . . and they ain't pretty.
Fast, flirty, and full of great footwear, The Manolo Matrix is another electrifying adventure in this breakout series for fashionistas who love a perfectly appointed mystery. [via]
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Medusa's Childby John J. NanceISBN 0783880561 (0-7838-8056-1)
Hardcover, G K Hall & Co
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The Midnight Clubby Christopher PikeISBN 0785724079 (0-7857-2407-9)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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A Necessary Evilby Alex KavaISBN 0778324346 (0-7783-2434-6)
Softcover, Mira Books
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Never Look Backby Linda Lael MillerISBN 0743470486 (0-7434-7048-6)
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Northanger Abbeyby Jane AustenISBN 0755331443 (0-7553-3144-3)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Northanger Abbey'Book summary:Though Northanger Abbey is one of Jane Austen's earliest novels, it was not published until after her death--well after she'd established her reputation with works such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility. Of all her novels, this one is the most explicitly literary in that it is primarily concerned with books and with readers. In it, Austen skewers the novelistic excesses of her day made popular in such 18th-century Gothic potboilers as Ann Radcliffe's The Mysteries of Udolpho. Decrepit castles, locked rooms, mysterious chests, cryptic notes, and tyrannical fathers all figure into Northanger Abbey, but with a decidedly satirical twist. Consider Austen's introduction of her heroine: we are told on the very first page that "no one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy, would have supposed her born to be an heroine." The author goes on to explain that Miss Morland's father is a clergyman with "a considerable independence, besides two good livings--and he was not in the least addicted to locking up his daughters." Furthermore, her mother does not die giving birth to her, and Catherine herself, far from engaging in "the more heroic enjoyments of infancy, nursing a dormouse, feeding a canary-bird, or watering a rose-bush" vastly prefers playing cricket with her brothers to any girlish pastimes.
Catherine grows up to be a passably pretty girl and is invited to spend a few weeks in Bath with a family friend. While there she meets Henry Tilney and his sister Eleanor, who invite her to visit their family estate, Northanger Abbey. Once there, Austen amuses herself and us as Catherine, a great reader of Gothic romances, allows her imagination to run wild, finding dreadful portents in the most wonderfully prosaic events. But Austen is after something more than mere parody; she uses her rapier wit to mock not only the essential silliness of "horrid" novels, but to expose the even more horrid workings of polite society, for nothing Catherine imagines could possibly rival the hypocrisy she experiences at the hands of her supposed friends. In many respects Northanger Abbey is the most lighthearted of Jane Austen's novels, yet at its core is a serious, unsentimental commentary on love and marriage, 19th-century British style. --Alix Wilber [via]
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One False Moveby Alex KavaISBN 0778321894 (0-7783-2189-4)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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Opening Nightby Ngaio MarshISBN 0745171796 (0-7451-7179-6)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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A Perfect Evilby Alex KavaISBN 0778322335 (0-7783-2233-5)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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Playing With Fireby Peter RobinsonISBN 077107607X (0-7710-7607-X)
Softcover, McClelland & Stewart Ltd
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Prayers for the Deadby Faye KellermanISBN 0783819102 (0-7838-1910-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Raising Atlantisby Thomas GreaniasISBN 0743491912 (0-7434-9191-2)
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Relentlessby Robin ParrishISBN 0764202219 (0-7642-0221-9)
Hardcover, Bethany House Pub
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The Rosewood Casketby Sharyn McCrumbISBN 0783818262 (0-7838-1826-2)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Secret Sinsby Jasmine CresswellISBN 0778323706 (0-7783-2370-6)
Softcover, Harlequin Books
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Serpent's Toothby Faye KellermanISBN 0783883234 (0-7838-8323-4)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Shaker Runby Karen HarperISBN 0778321177 (0-7783-2117-7)
Softcover, Harlequin Enterprises, Limited
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Shaker Run'Book summary:Kate Marburn thought her recovery from her former husband's betrayel was a new beginning. A quiet and controlled life as the gose gardener on the estate of Sarah Denbigh, a wealthy widow, seemed the perfect escape.
But when Sarah dies under mysterious circumstances, leaving Kate the unexpected heir to Sarah's vast fortune in Shaker furniture, the police suspect Kate might have had something to do with Sarah's death. Looking for a refuge again, Kate accepts a job as gardener at Shaker Run, a historic and once celibate Shaker village.
But something strange and deadly dangerous is going on beneath the flawless surface of the idyllic town. Kate's hoping Jake Kilcourse, the mysterious and rugged furniture builder who also lives at Shaker Run, can help her figure out what -- but is he only using her to pursue his own agenda?
Kate's dream job just might become her worst nightmare . . . [via]
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A Shilling for Candlesby Josephine TeyISBN 0745171141 (0-7451-7114-1)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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Shiverby Lisa JacksonISBN 075821393X (0-7582-1393-X)
Hardcover, Kensington Pub Corp
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The Sign of the Book: A Cliff Janeway Bookman Novelby John DunningISBN 0743482476 (0-7434-8247-6)
Softcover, Pocket Books
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Spyder Webby Tom GraceISBN 0756782910 (0-7567-8291-0)
Hardcover, Diane Pub Co
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A Stir of Echoesby Richard MathesonISBN 0765308711 (0-7653-0871-1)
Softcover, Tor Books
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The Stone Forestby Karen HarperISBN 0778323242 (0-7783-2324-2)
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Surrenderby Sonya HartnettISBN 0763627682 (0-7636-2768-2)
Hardcover, Candlewick Pr
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Talented Mr. Ripleyby Patricia HighsmithISBN 0762188561 (0-7621-8856-1)
Hardcover, Readers Digest
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Talented Mr. Ripley'Book summary:One of the great crime novels of the 20th century, Patricia Highsmith's The Talented Mr. Ripley is a blend of the narrative subtlety of Henry James and the self-reflexive irony of Vladimir Nabokov. Like the best modernist fiction, Ripley works on two levels. First, it is the story of a young man, Tom Ripley, whose nihilistic tendencies lead him on a deadly passage across Europe. On another level, the novel is a commentary on fictionmaking and techniques of narrative persuasion. Like Humbert Humbert, Tom Ripley seduces readers into empathizing with him even as his actions defy all moral standards.
The novel begins with a play on James's The Ambassadors. Tom Ripley is chosen by the wealthy Herbert Greenleaf to retrieve Greenleaf's son, Dickie, from his overlong sojourn in Italy. Dickie, it seems, is held captive both by the Mediterranean climate and the attractions of his female companion, but Mr. Greenleaf needs him back in New York to help with the family business. With an allowance and a new purpose, Tom leaves behind his dismal city apartment to begin his career as a return escort. But Tom, too, is captivated by Italy. He is also taken with the life and looks of Dickie Greenleaf. He insinuates himself into Dickie's world and soon finds that his passion for a lifestyle of wealth and sophistication transcends moral compunction. Tom will become Dickie Greenleaf--at all costs.
Unlike many modernist experiments, The Talented Mr. Ripley is eminently readable and is driven by a gripping chase narrative that chronicles each of Tom's calculated maneuvers of self-preservation. Highsmith was in peak form with this novel, and her ability to enter the mind of a sociopath and view the world through his disturbingly amoral eyes is a model that has spawned such latter-day serial killers as Hannibal Lecter. --Patrick O'Kelley [via]
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The Tenth Circle: A Novelby Jodi PicoultISBN 074349671X (0-7434-9671-X)
Softcover, Atria Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tenth Circle: A Novel'Book summary:Bestselling author Jodi Picoult's The Tenth Circle is a metaphorical journey through Dante's Inferno, told through the eyes of a small Maine family whose hidden demons haunt every aspect of their seemingly peaceful existence. Woven throughout the novel are a series of dramatic illustrations that pay homage to the family's patriarch (comic book artist Daniel Stone), and add a unique twist to this gripping, yet somewhat rhetorical tale.
Trixie Stone is an imaginative, perceptive 14 year old whose life begins to unravel when Jason Underhill, Bethel High's star hockey player, breaks up with her, leaving a void that can only be filled by the blood spilled during shameful self-mutilations in the girls' bathroom. While Trixie's dad Daniel notices his daughter's recent change in demeanor, he turns a blind eye, just as he does to the obvious affair his wife Laura, a college professor, is barely trying to conceal. When Trixie gets raped at a friend's party, Daniel and Laura are forced to deal not only with the consequences of their daughter's physical and emotional trauma, but with their own transgressions as well. For Daniel, that means reflecting on a childhood spent as the only white kid in a native Alaskan village, where isolation and loneliness turned him into a recluse, only to be born again after falling in love with his wife. Laura, who blames her family's unraveling on her selfish affair, must decide how to reconcile her personal desires with her loved ones' needs.
The Tenth Circle is chock full of symbolism and allegory that at times can seem oppresive. Still, Picoult's fans will welcome this skillfully told story of betrayal and its many negative, and positive consequences. --Gisele Toueg [via]
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The Titian Committeeby Iain PearsISBN 0786201703 (0-7862-0170-3)
Softcover, Thorndike Pr
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Tom Clancy's Op-Centerby Tom Clancy, Steve R. PieczenikISBN 0786206187 (0-7862-0618-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Tom Clancy's Op-Center'Book summary:The Cold War is over. And chaos is setting in. The new president of Russia is trying to create a democratic regime. But there are strong elements within the country that are trying to stop him: the ruthless Russian mafia, the right-wing nationalists, and those nefarious forces that will do whatever it takes to return Russia to the days of the Czar.
Op-Center, the newly-founded but highly successful crisis management team, begins a race against the clock and against the hardliners. Their task is made even more difficult by the discovery of a Russian counterpart... but this one's controlled by those same repressive hardliners and represents everything Op-Center stands for. Two rival Op-Centers, virtual mirror images of each other. But if this mirror cracks, it'll be more than seven years of bad luck.... [via]
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Toxinby Robin CookISBN 0783801300 (0-7838-0130-0)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Toxin'Book summary:Just when you thought it was safe to eat a hamburger again, Robin Cook--master of medical mysteries, deadly epidemics, and creepy comas--returns with an all too likely villain drawn right from current headlines: the American meat industry. If you've ever wondered where the E. coli bacteria comes from, and exactly how it can ravage the human body, destroying everything in its path, this is the book for you. As usual, Cook delivers solid information, well-researched medical arcana, and a scathing indictment of managed health care.
His protagonist, Kim Regis, is an all-too-typical ego-driven surgeon, whose arrogance and invulnerability set him up to be brought low by the deadly toxin that takes the life of his young daughter. Sparing no time and barely a paragraph to reflect on his loss, Regis goes right after the culprit, a meat-packing behemoth that brings dead and diseased animals to the slaughterhouse, breaking every health regulation in the book. The scenes set on the killing floor and in the boning rooms will make a vegetarian out of the most confirmed red-meat eater. Toxin is a heart-pounding thriller that hits very close to home. --Jane Adams [via]
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Transgressionsby Joyce Carol Oates, Ed McBain, Sharyn McCrumb, Anne PerryISBN 0765354195 (0-7653-5419-5)
Softcover, Tor Books
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Waiting Sandsby Susan HowatchISBN 0751533114 (0-7515-3311-4)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square
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White Sharkby Peter BenchleyISBN 078576531X (0-7857-6531-X)
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