A child of Chinese immigrants is pressed into service by a gang of roughnecks who are bent on stealing a gold mine from a shadowy villain deep in the wilderness of the Old West.
Signed by the author on the half-title page. While staving off the boredom of their jobs updating a dictionary, Billy and Mona find that someone has been lacing the dictionary files with clues to a long-unsolved murder.
Former investigative reporter Billy Povich thinks someone must have paid for a hit when when a Superior Court Judge is shot by a two-bit thief who then dies in a car crash.
Novel, 276 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
St. Martin's Minotaur - 2009 - ISBN: 0312555768 / 9780312555764
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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Bain, Donald (writing as Fletcher, Jessica)
Murder, She Wrote #32: A Fatal Feast
Scotland Yard Inspector George Sutherland joins Jessica for Thanksgiving; during an after-dinner stroll, they stumble upon the body of a man with a carving knife in his chest.
Tom's best friend Neil was working for the NSA, cracking the minds of suspected terrorists. Now it is Neil himself who has cracked and gone AWOL - to kidnap and mutilate the brains of people with a connection to Tom.
Novel, 316 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Tor - 2009 - ISBN: 0765321890 / 9780765321893
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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ID: #New001848
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Baldacci, David
True Blue
Young lawyer Roy Kingman and disgraced ex-cop Mace Perry investigate the death of a female partner at Roy's Washington law firm; their investigation takes unexpected turns through both the private and the public world of the nation's capital.
Novel, 454 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Grand Central - 2009 - ISBN: 0446195510 / 9780446195515
Book Condition: New.
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Baldacci, David
True Blue audiobook
Young lawyer Roy Kingman and disgraced ex-cop Mace Perry investigate the death of a female partner at Roy's Washington law firm; their investigation takes unexpected turns through both the private and the public world of the nation's capital.
Novel, Audio CD(s), Unabridged - 12 CDs, 14 hours, performed by Ron McLarty
Brixton Brothers #1: The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity
Ages 8 and up. When twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of the Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective, he must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr. E as he seeks a missing quilt containing coded information.
Awards: ♦ Nominated for the 2010 Edgar Award for Best Juvenile Novel
Novel, 179 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Simon & Schuster - 2009 - ISBN: 1416978151 / 9781416978152
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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Barr, Nevada
Anna Pigeon #6: Blind Descent
Anna must face her crushing fear of confined spaces when a friend is injured in a cave in Carlsbad Cavern Park.
Novel, 321 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1998)
Berkley - 2009 - ISBN: 0425230635 / 9780425230633
Book Condition: New.
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ID: #New005394
$7.99
Barrie, J.M. - of interest: Dudgeon, Piers
Neverland: J.M. Barrie, the Du Mauriers, and the Dark Side of Peter Pan (UK title: Captivated: J.M. Barrie, the Du Mauriers and the Dark Side of Neverland)
The story of J.M. Barrie's abuse and exploitation of the Du Maurier family.
Jessica and Nick's wedding is interrupted by the murder of Nick's long-lost cousin; all clues lead to an exclusive private school in Long Island.
Novel, 367 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Bantam - 2009 - ISBN: 0553592378 / 9780553592375
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ID: #New005000
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Bayard, Louis
The Black Tower
19th century Paris: Medical student Hector Carpenter and criminal turned policeman Eugene Vidocq are drawn into a dangerous search that leads them to the true story of what happened to Louis XVII, long presumed to have died a brutal death in the dreaded Temple prison of Paris.
Novel, 352 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
A family crisis draws Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy to Mansfield Park, where they become ensnared in a complex game of marriage machinations, star-crossed lovers, deceit, mistaken identity, and murder.
Novel, 286 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Tor - 2009 - ISBN: 0765358034 / 9780765358035
Book Condition: New.
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$6.99
Belzer, Richard
I Am Not a Psychic!
The veteran stand-up comedian jets off to Las Vegas, where he must unravel the conspiracy behind the untimely death of a Hollywood starlet.
Novel, 260 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Simon & Schuster - 2009 - ISBN: 1416570896 / 9781416570899
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Biggers, Earl Derr
Charlie Chan #5: Charlie Chan Carries On
A series of baffling murders plague an elite group of American travelers on an around-the-world tour; when the tour arrives in Hawaii, Chan takes over the investigation from a flummoxed Inspector Duff of Scotland Yard.
Novel, 334 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1930)
Academy Chicago - 2009 - ISBN: 0897335945 / 9780897335942
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Biggers, Earl Derr
Charlie Chan #6: Keeper of the Keys
Summoned to Lake Tahoe to investigate the matter of a long-missing child, Chan becomes embroiled in a murder inquiry when an opera singer is shot to death during a party.
Novel, 251 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1932)
Academy Chicago - 2009 - ISBN: 0897335953 / 9780897335959
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Billingham, Mark
Tom Thorne #7: Death Message
The search for a killer who is sending photos of dead men to DI Thorne's cell phone and an investigation into the deadly world of Turkish gangs come together with shocking consequences.
Novel, 455 pages, Hardcover, 1st US Edition
Harper - 2009 - ISBN: 006143275X / 9780061432750
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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Blum, Howard
American Lightning: Terror, Mystery & the Birth of Hollywood
Details a deadly explosion that ripped through the offices of the Los Angeles Times in October 1910, part of a planned assault on one hundred American cities, the investigation that followed, and the arrest and trial of two union activists for the crime.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
Nonfiction, 335 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Three Rivers Press - 2009 - ISBN: 0307346951 / 9780307346957
Book Condition: New.
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Brant, Kylie
Mindhunters #2: Waking Evil
Forensic investigator Ramsey Clark believes in evidence, not superstition - until a rural murder makes him wonder if a prophecy is being fulfilled.
Novel, 359 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
The world's attention is focused on the historic peace plans of the US and Iran. But on the African continent, one man plans to obliterate the peace by unleashing terror and global chaos - and no one sees it coming.
Novel, 471 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Harper - 2009 - ISBN: 0061713007 / 9780061713002
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Brown, Dan - of interest: Cox, Simon
Decoding The Lost Symbol
An A-to-Z guide listing the real people, organizations, and themes featured in Brown's latest novel, and explaining their histories and meanings.
Signed by Reed Farrel Coleman on the title page. Low-level wiseguys from a rough Brooklyn neighborhood, with little ambition and less of a future, Nick and Todd become players in the destruction of an international crime syndicate. Their paths are littered with the corpses of cops, snitches, lovers, and killers.
When designer Erin Gilbert is accused of strangling a building inspector with a strand of Christmas lights, the only way out is to turn detective. Includes home decorating tips.
Novel, 337 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Dell - 2009 - ISBN: 0440245036 / 9780440245032
Book Condition: New.
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Carl, JoAnna
Chocoholic #08: The Chocolate Snowman Murders
When someone puts the WinterFest art show's guest juror into a permanent state of repose, it's up to Lee and Joe to find the killer.
Novel, 217 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
