Black & white illustrations throughout. A superficial look at fifty baffling cases, from how Edgar Allan Poe died, to Natalee Holloway's fate.
Nonfiction, 128 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Life Books - 2009 - ISBN: 1603200819 / 9781603200813
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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Alexander, Karl
Jaclyn the Ripper
Sequel to Time After Time. Without telling H.G. Wells, Amy Robbins travels from 1906 London to 2009 LA to visit her family. Her time travel frees Jack the Ripper from his prison in the far future, and when her DNA mixes with his, Jack becomes Jaclyn, and begins a new killing spree, vowing revenge on Wells and Robbins. Wells follows Amy to LA, where he must deal with cell phones, the internet, and identity theft, and find Amy before the Ripper can slay her.
Novel, 334 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Forge - 2009 - ISBN: 0765318946 / 9780765318947
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Allan, Barbara
Trash 'n' Treasures #3: Antiques Flee Market
Brandy and her mom Vivian investigate when an old flame of Vivian's dies suspiciously and a rare book he owned disappears.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the Romantic Times 2008 Toby Bromberg Award for Most Humorous Mystery
Novel, 270 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
The British Security Service MI5 has opened its archives to an independent historian for the first time, without placing any restrictions on the judgments made by the author.
Nonfiction, 1032 pages, Hardcover, 1st US Edition
Knopf - 2009 - ISBN: 0307263630 / 9780307263636
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Andrews, Donna
Meg Langslow #10: Six Geese A-Slaying
Parade organizer Meg and wise man Chief Burke must solve the murder of the local curmudgeon who was playing Santa and save the annual Christmas parade.
Novel, 316 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
St. Martin's - 2009 - ISBN: 0312536119 / 9780312536114
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$6.99
Archer, Jeffrey
Kane & Abel
Novel, 637 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1979)
St. Martin's - 2009 - ISBN: 0312942729 / 9780312942724
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Ash, Maureen
Templar Knight #4: Murder for Christ's Mass
Templar Bascot de Marins investigates when a clerk from the local mint is murdered.
Novel, 291 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Berkley Prime Crime - 2009 - ISBN: 0425231577 / 9780425231579
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Atkins, Ace
White Shadow
Tampa, 1955: A city pulsing with gangsters and violence is shocked by the murder of retired kingpin Charlie Wall, a man whose secrets could destroy a criminal empire and ignite a revolution.
Novel, 375 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 2006)
Berkley - 2009 - ISBN: 0425230546 / 9780425230541
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Auswaks, Alex (editor / translator)
Sherlock Holmes in Russia
Seven Russian Sherlock Holmes stories, available in English for the first time.
Contents
Introduction == George Piliev
The Brothers' Gold Mine == P. Orlovetz
The Railroad Thieves == P. Orlovetz
The Strangler == P. Nikitin
The Elusive Gang == P. Nikitin
The Pearl of the Emir == P. Nikitin
The Commercial Centre Mystery == P. Nikitin
The Mark of Tadjidi == P. Nikitin
Anthology, 224 pages, Hardcover, Later Printing
Robert Hale UK - 2008 - ISBN: 0709080077 / 9780709080077
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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Bain, Donald (writing as Fletcher, Jessica)
Murder, She Wrote #02 / #11: Murder Never Takes a Holiday: Manhattans & Murder / A Little Yuletide Murder
Manhattans & Murder: For Jessica, a book tour means Christmas in Manhattan, where she witnesses a murder.
A Little Yuletide Murder: When a Cabot Cove man is shot dead on his farm, everyone suspects his longtime enemy, but Jessica means to prove otherwise.
Omnibus, 504 pages, Hardcover, Reprint (originally published in 1994 / 1998)
A resigned victim presents an uncompromising description of small-town southern Italy under the control of the Camorra organized crime network.
Novella, 158 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st US Edition
Melville House - 2009 - ISBN: 1933633808 / 9781933633800
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$13.00
Barbieri, Maggie
Murder 101 #3: Quick Study
When a friend asks her to find his nephew, English professor Alison Bergeron enlists the assistance of her boyfriend, NYPD detective Bobby Crawford, only to discover that the missing boy has turned up dead in the Hudson, a suspicious suicide.
Novel, 324 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
St. Martin's Minotaur - 2009 - ISBN: 0312376766 / 9780312376765
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Barrett, Lorna
Booktown #3: Bookplate Special
After putting up with her uninvited college roommate for weeks, Tricia finally kicks Pammy out, only to have her turn up dead that same day. Includes recipes.
Novel, 301 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Berkley Prime Crime - 2009 - ISBN: 0425231194 / 9780425231197
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Beres, Michael
Traffyck
When a Kiev video store is torched, the prime suspect hires PI Janos Nagy; his investigation into his client's past leads to an international human trafficking ring.
Cotton Malone learns that his father actually died on a classified submarine mission in Antarctica (not the North Atlantic), and that strange clues discovered in Charlemagne's tomb link his father's ill-fated voyage to a revelation of immense consequence for humankind.
Novel, 546 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
The parking lot murder of a passing acquaintance draws gay PI Russell Quant to a poem that just might be a treasure map. But is it treasure or extortion that he's trailing?
With deaths due to preventable medical errors on the rise, Dr. Morgan Connolly suspects that someone is cutting a path of vengeance through the hospital.
Novel, 401 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Jove - 2009 - ISBN: 0515147206 / 9780515147209
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Bliss, Miranda
Cooking Class #5: Murder Has a Sweet Tooth
Annie Capshaw and her best friend Eve are planning Annie's big day with Jim - but murder takes the cake. Includes recipes.
Novel, 243 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Berkley Prime Crime - 2009 - ISBN: 0425231607 / 9780425231609
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Bogard, Dale
Pardon My Body
From the moment he sees Julia's lovely legs in his headlights, trouble moves in on Dale - and stays.
Novel, 186 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1951)
2014: Rapid climate change leads to riots in China; the new premier plans to relieve pressure by marching on traditional enemies in Southeast Asia. Ultimately the US must fight to preserve world peace.
Novel, 415 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Forge - 2009 - ISBN: 0765321378 / 9780765321374
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Boswell, Joan
Hollis Grant #2: Cut to the Chase
Danson Lafleur's been on a crusade, investigating deported criminals who return undetected to Canada. Now he's disappeared, but the police aren't taking it seriously, so Danson's sister turns to amateur sleuth Hollis Grant.
Nine months after adopting a baby, Jack and Melissa are devastated when their daughter's teenage birth father and her grandfather, a powerful Denver judge, seek to put aside the adoption. Jack and Melissa suspect their motivations are sinister, and will risk everything to protect their child.
Novel, 350 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC
St. Martin's - 2009 - ISBN: 031236573X / 9780312365738
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Bradley, James
The Imperial Cruise
In 1905 President Roosevelt sent a US diplomatic mission to the Far East. Secret agreements were made that he thought would secure America's push into the Pacific; instead, damage was done that would catalyze WWII in the Pacific, the Chinese Communist Party, the Korean War, and other tensions that affect our lives today.
Nonfiction, 387 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Little, Brown - 2009 - ISBN: 0316008958 / 9780316008952
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Brant, Kylie
Mindhunters #3: Waking the Dead
A former forensic anthropologist and an outdoor guide search for clues to seven deaths in the Oregon wilderness. As desire burns between them, a killer closes in.
Novel, 326 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Mrs. Jeffries #26: Mrs. Jeffries & the Yuletide Weddings
As Inspector Witherspoon's staff prepares for Betsy and Smythe's long-awaited wedding, a Yuletide murder investigation reveals a web of lies, intrigue, and long-buried secrets.
Novel, 264 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Berkley Prime Crime - 2009 - ISBN: 0425230465 / 9780425230466