Articles about Nancy Pickard, James Ellroy, Nevada Barr, Nero Wolfe, James R. Benn, global gumshoes, book collecting; more.
Magazine, 72 pages, Magazine, 1st Edition
KBS Communications - 2009 - ISBN: mystscene111
Book Condition: New.
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Adams, John Joseph (editor)
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Twenty-eight stories (two original to this volume) in which Holmes and Watson investigate ghosts, aliens, pirates, dinosuars, shape-shifters, evil gods, and criminal masterminds.
Contents
Introduction == John Joseph Adams
A Sherlockiana Primer == Christopher Roden
The Doctor's Case == Stephen King
The Horror of the Many Faces == Tim Lebbon
The Case of the Bloodless Sock == Anne Perry
The Adventure of the Other Detective == Bradley H. Sinor
A Scandal in Montreal == Edward D. Hoch
The Adventure of the Field Theorems == Vonda N. McIntyre
The Adventure of the Death-Fetch == Darrell Schweitzer
The Shocking Affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland == Mary Robinette Kowal
The Adventure of the Mummy's Curse = H. Paul Jeffers
The Things That Shall Come Upon Them == Barbara Roden
Murder to Music == Anthony Burgess
The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor == Stephen Baxter
Mrs Hudson's Case == Laurie R. King
The Singular Habits of Wasps == Geoffrey A. Landis
The Affair of the 46th Birthday == Amy Myers
The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey == Peter Tremayne
The Vale of the White Horse == Sharyn McCrumb
The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger == Michael Moorcock
The Adventure of the Lost World == Dominic Green
The Adventure of the Antiquarian's Niece == Barbara Hambly
Dynamics of a Hanging == Tony Pi
Merridew of Abominable Memory == Chris Roberson
Commonplaces == Naomi Novik
The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil's Cape == Rob Rogers
The Adventure of the Green Skull == Mark Valentine
The Human Mystery == Tanith Lee
A Study in Emerald == Neil Gaiman
You See But You Do Not Observe == Robert J. Sawyer
Night Shade Books - 2009 - ISBN: 1597801607 / 9781597801607
Book Condition: New.
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Alderman, P.J.
Port Chatham #1: Haunting Jordan
Jordan Marsh discovers that the Victorian house she just bought comes with two garrulous ghosts who want her to look into a century-old murder.
Novel, 421 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Bantam - 2009 - ISBN: 0553592106 / 9780553592108
Book Condition: New.
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Alexander, Bruce
Sir John Fielding #01: Blind Justice
London, 1768: Blind magistrate Sir John Fielding, founder of the Bow Street Runners, takes in orphaned thirteen-year-old Jeremy Proctor, who assists in the investigation of an aristocrat's suspicious death.
Recommended by Elizabeth.
Novel, 314 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1994)
Berkley Prime Crime - 2009 - ISBN: 0425232743 / 9780425232743
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New005333
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Baldacci, David
Camel Club #4: Divine Justice
With their leader Oliver Stone in hiding, the members of the Camel Club risk everything to save one of their own.
Novel, 523 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Jo Bellamy arrives at Sissinghurst to study the White Garden, hoping to heal the wounds of her gardener grandfather's suicide. Her quest takes her into the troubled life of Virginia Woolf, whose connection to the White Garden was devastating.
Novel, 324 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Bantam - 2009 - ISBN: 0553385771 / 9780553385779
Book Condition: New.
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Bartlett, Allison Hoover
The Man Who Loved Books Too Much
The story of an infamous rare book thief, his victims, and the book dealer with a penchant for detective work who was driven to catch him.
Pietro Brnwa is a hitman for the mob, now in witness protection. Dr. Peter Brown has a talent for medicine and a past he'd prefer to keep hidden. New patient Eddy Squillante thinks that Peter and Pietro might just be the same person . . .
Novel, 304 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC
Back Bay - 2009 - ISBN: 0316032212 / 9780316032216
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New005147
$14.99
Bebris, Carrie
Mr. & Mrs. Darcy #3: North by Northanger, or, The Shades of Pemberley
A summons to Northanger Abbey involves the young couple in intrigues that threaten the Darcy legacy and good name - and Mr. Darcy's freedom as well.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the 2007 Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Romantic Suspense ♦ Winner of the 2006 Romantic Times Award for Best Historical Mystery
Novel, 318 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2006 HC
Tor - 2009 - ISBN: 0765323826 / 9780765323828
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New004804
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Bernhardt, William
Nemesis: The Final Case of Eliot Ness
Hired to eliminate Cleveland's widespread crime and corruption, famed lawman Eliot Ness finds his new job complicated by the discovery of a series of carefully dissected corpses.
Novel, 388 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC
A rainy night in south London. A gun is fired into a car, which swerves into a bus stop. It seems that a gang initiation has cost the life of an innocent victim. But the reality is far more sinister.
Novel, 401 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Faith Zanetti is Moscow correspondent because as a teenager she married a Russian. It was bad, and now, fifteen years later, those days are back to get her. When she's arrested for murder, she knows she's going to have to get her present and her past in order.
Novel, 308 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Detective Owen McKenna protects a woman from killers who already murdered her father, and discovers that the crimes are linked to an art forgery of old-master paintings.
Cass & Max-Ernest #2: If You're Reading This, It's Too Late
Ages 8 and up. The kids stumble upon the Museum of Magic, and get caught up in an adventure involving a Sound Prism, the nefarious Lord Pharaoh, and a homunculus who could unlock the secret for which they've been searching.
Novel, 385 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Little, Brown - 2009 - ISBN: 0316113689 / 9780316113687
Book Condition: New.
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Brandreth, Gyles
Oscar Wilde #3: Oscar Wilde and the Dead Man's Smile
Embarking on a lecture tour in the US, Wilde meets P.T. Barnum, is involved in a saloon shootout, and entertains Broadway's brightest stars. Aboard an ocean liner for Paris, he becomes entangled with the LaGrange acting dynasty, whose frequent random tragedies add up to a horrifying secret.
When a Master of Hounds is murdered, a popular vet dies suspiciously, and a pet food manufacturer disappears, it's up to Sister Jane and her circle of human, canine, and equine friends to stop the crime spree.
Novel, 276 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Publisher's signed edition with signature on front endpaper; 'Signed 1st Edition' sticker on front of jacket. Gretchen is still on the loose, and Archie is still hospitalized after his ploy to catch her went spectacularly wrong. They've entered a detente of sorts - Archie has agreed not to kill himself if she agrees not to kill anyone else. Then a zealous fan of Gretchen's pays homage to the Beauty Killer by luring Archie and reporter Susan Ward to the scene of a grisly murder. At least they hope it's the work of someone new, for the prospect of Gretchen breaking her promise to him is more than Archie can bear.
Novel, 306 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
St. Martin's Minotaur - 2009 - ISBN: 0312368488 / 9780312368487
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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Campbell, J.R. (editor) / Prepolec, Charles (editor)
Gaslight Grimoire: Fantastic Tales of Sherlock Holmes
Eleven original tales of mystery and dark fantasy.
Contents
Foreword: Ghosts May Apply == David Stuart Davies
Introduction == Charles V. Prepolec
The Lost Boy == Barbara Hambly
His Last Arrow == Christopher Sequeira
The Things That Shall Come Upon Them == Barbara Roden
The Finishing Stroke == M.J. Elliott
Sherlock Holmes in the Lost World == Martin Powell
The Grantchester Grimoire == Chico Kidd & Rick Kennett
In a corrupt America reeling from an economic collapse, a twenty-something urban guerrilla and a billionaire entrepreneur face off in a struggle for the future.
Novel, 422 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Picador - 2009 - ISBN: 0312429053 / 9780312429058
Book Condition: New.
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Cutler, Judith
Tobias Campion #2: Shadow of the Past
Happily settled as vicar at Moreton Priory, Tobias and his friend Dr. Hansard must adopt their sleuthing cloaks again when a stranger's body is found in the river.
Novel, 346 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Charlie Howard #2: The Good Thief's Guide to Paris
Mystery writer and burglar Charlie Howard agrees to show a novice how to break into an apartment. The next day, Charlie is hired to steal a painting at the same address. Coincidence?
Novel, 280 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
St. Martin's Minotaur - 2009 - ISBN: 0312578059 / 9780312578053
