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Cornwell, Patricia  
Kay Scarpetta #01: Postmortem
In Richmond, VA, Kay Scarpetta uses the latest advances in forensic research to unmask the madman behind a series of stranglings - but her investigation is being sabotaged from within, and someone wants her dead.  
Novel, 440 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1990)  
Pocket Star - 2010 - ISBN: 1439148120 / 9781439148129  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005562 $9.99
Coughlin, Jack / Davis, Donald A.  
Sniper #2: Dead Shot
Former Marine sniper Kyle Swanson faces a legendary enemy sniper working with a fringe Islamic organization that has created a new weapon of mass destruction.  
Novel, 333 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC  
St. Martin's - 2009 - ISBN: 0312359489 / 9780312359485  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005954 $7.99
Cussler, Clive  
Dirk Pitt #14: Flood Tide
Pitt must find out why a Chinese smuggler who made his fortune selling immigrants into slavery is building a seaport in the Louisiana bayou.  
Novel, 678 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1997)  
Pocket Star - 2010 - ISBN: 1439148112 / 9781439148112  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005564 $9.99
D'Amato, Barbara / Dams, Jeanne M. / Zubro, Richard Mark  
Foolproof
A clandestine division of a software security firm, devoted to tracking down terrorists, uncovers a plot to rig voting machines and topple democracies worldwide.  
Novel, 299 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Forge - 2009 - ISBN: 0765322668 / 9780765322661  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New004781 $24.99
Dayton, Gail  
Blood Magic #2: Heart's Blood
Victorian London: Master conjurer Grey Carteret comes to in a gutter next to a street urchin and not far from the body of a man murdered by magic. Arrested for the crime, Grey must rely on the urchin for help. She wants something in exchange - to become his apprentice.  
Novel, 418 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition  
Tor - 2010 - ISBN: 0765362511 / 9780765362513  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006322 $6.99
de Lint, Charles  
Newford: Muse and Reverie
Thirteen urban fantasy stories set in the city of Newford, which could be any city in North America, bursting with music, commerce, art, love and hate, and of course magic. Magic in the sidewalk cracks, myth at the foundations of its great buildings, enchantment in the spaces between its people.
    Contents
  • Author's Note
  • Somewhere in My Mind There Is a Painting Box
  • Refinerytown
  • A Crow Girls' Christmas
  • Dark Eyes, Faith, and Devotion
  • Riding Shotgun
  • Sweet Forget-Me-Not
  • That Was Radio Clash
  • The Butter Spirit's Tithe
  • Da Slockit Light
  • The Hour Before Dawn
  • Newford Spook Squad
  • In Sight
  • The World in a Box
 
Collection, 350 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Tor - 2009 - ISBN: 0765323400 / 9780765323408  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New004827 $25.99
De Santis, Pablo  
The Paris Enigma
1889: The Twelve Detectives have been invited to the Paris World's Fair to discuss the secrets of their trade. When one of them turns up dead at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, the first in what turns into a series of grisly murders, the group's founder and a novice assistant find themselves in a race against time, encountering all manner of secret societies, solving philosophical puzzles, and trying to save a dangerously beautiful woman.  
Novel, 244 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC  
Harper Perennial - 2009 - ISBN: 0061479683 / 9780061479687  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006056 $13.99
Decharne, Max  
Hardboiled Hollywood: The True Crime Stories Behind the Classic Noir Films
Recounts the stories of real-life bank robbers, serial killers, and other criminals who inspired films.  
Nonfiction, 240 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition (simultaneous HC)  
Pegasus Books - 2010 - ISBN: 1605980838 / 9781605980836  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005642 $14.95
DeNiro, Alan  
Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead
Signed by the author on the title page. Sixteen wide-ranging short stories. A man loses his leg in a war, and a field doctor sews on a fairy tale in its place. The Byzantine army invades a small college town. Giants move in next door. The secret history of Erie - past, present, and future - is revealed.
    Contents
  • Our Byzantium
  • Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead
  • If I Leap
  • The Fourth
  • The Centaur
  • Cuttlefish
  • The Caliber
  • The Excavation
  • A Keeper
  • Fuming Woman
  • The Friendly Giants
  • Quiver
  • Child Assassin
  • The Exchanges
  • Salting the Map
  • Home of the
 
Collection, 215 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition  
Small Beer Press - 2006 - ISBN: 1931520178 / 9781931520171  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New007523 $16.00
Denning, Troy  
Forgotten Realms: Return of the Archwizards: The Summoning / The Siege / The Sorcerer
Facing annihilation at the hands of monsters, the last refuge of the elves makes a desperate pact with a group of powerful sorcerers who seem eager to destroy their foes; it becomes apparent that the motives of the sorcerers may be darker than those of the monsters.  
Omnibus, 757 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 2001 / 2001 / 2002)  
Wizards of the Coast - 2009 - ISBN: 0786953659 / 9780786953653  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005123 $14.95
Dick, Philip K.  
Puttering About in a Small Land
1950s suburban Los Angeles: The meeting between two young couples whose sons attend the same boarding school is a catalyst for a complicated series of emotions and traumas.  
Novel, 317 pages, Hardcover, Reprint (originally published in 1985)  
Tor - 2009 - ISBN: 0765316943 / 9780765316943  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New004825 $26.99
Doetsch, Richard  
The 13th Hour
Nick Quinn is given a talisman that allows him to go back in time in one-hour increments to prevent a crime from ruining his life - he must set things right by the thirteenth hour.  
Novel, 336 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Atria Books - 2009 - ISBN: 1439147914 / 9781439147917  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005509 $25.99
Dorsey, Tim  
Serge Storms #11: Nuclear Jellyfish
Serge starts a Florida Experience website for travelers, to promote his favorite haunts and provide tips on how to avoid getting killed on vacation; it catches the attention of his nemesis, Agent Mahoney. Plus guns, drugs, bloody crime scenes, historically relevant sex, library quiet time, glow-in-the-dark deformities, hotel drink coupons, a naked woman in a shark cage (studying trigonometry), John Travolta, and much more.  
Novel, 307 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC  
Harper - 2010 - ISBN: 0061432679 / 9780061432675  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006237 $13.99
Drake, David  
Lord of the Isles #9: Crown of the Isles #3 : The Gods Return
The servants of the forbidden Gods of Palomir call forth the Worm, which threatens to devour all the life in the newly formed kingdom and make way for the reign of dark Gods.  
Novel, 463 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC  
Tor - 2010 - ISBN: 0765351188 / 9780765351180  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006327 $7.99
Duncan, Dave  
Ill Met in the Arena
After his defeat by an older fighter, a young warrior of Aureity looks into the man's past, and discovers his own family wronged the man terribly. The two men face a morass of ancient injustice, could trigger a war if they make one wrong move - and are competing for the hand of a lady.  
Novel, 300 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC  
Tor - 2010 - ISBN: 0765356120 / 9780765356123  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006328 $7.99
Ekirch, A. Roger  
Birthright: The True Story of the Kidnapping of Jemmy Annesley
1728: Heir presumptive of five titles, twelve-year-old James Annesley was kidnapped by his uncle and shipped from Dublin to America as an indentured servant. He finally managed to escape after thirteen years, and returned to Ireland to bring his nemesis, the Earl of Anglesea, to justice in one of the epic trials of the century.  
Nonfiction, 258 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Norton - 2010 - ISBN: 0393066150 / 9780393066159  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005627 $24.95
Englert, J.F.  
Bull Moose Dog Run #3: A Dog at Sea
Seeking clues to Imogen's whereabouts, Randolph and his owner Harry embark on a canine cruise; murder ensues, and Randolph must catch the killer.  
Novel, 269 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition  
Dell - 2009 - ISBN: 0440245419 / 9780440245414  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New004739 $7.99
Ephron, Hallie  
Never Tell a Lie
At a couple's yard sale, a strange encounter with a woman from their high school past leads to a hellish nightmare of deceit and betrayal

Awards:
♦  Nominated for the 2010 Simon & Schuster - Mary Higgins Clark Award

 
Novel, 276 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC  
Harper - 2010 - ISBN: 0061567167 / 9780061567162  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006302 $7.99
Estleman, Loren D.  
Valentino #2: Alone
Rankin tells Valentino he's being blackmailed by his assistant over a letter Greta Garbo wrote to his late wife; Valentino finds Rankin, gun in hand, by his assistant's dead body.  
Novel, 268 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Forge - 2009 - ISBN: 0765315769 / 9780765315762  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New004779 $24.99
Evanovich, Janet  
Between the Numbers #4: Plum Spooky
Stephanie Plum and Diesel hunt a remorseless killer and a boy genius in the New Jersey Pine Barrens, surviving cranberry bogs, the Jersey Devil, sand in their underwear, and monkeys.  
Novel, 345 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC  
St. Martin's - 2010 - ISBN: 0312383347 / 9780312383343  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006312 $7.99
Faye, Lyndsay  
Dust and Shadow: An Account of the Ripper Killings by Dr. John H. Watson
Dr. Watson relates the harrowing story of Sherlock Holmes' attempt to hunt down Jack the Ripper on the gritty streets of late 19th-century London.  
Novel, 322 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC  
Simon & Schuster - 2009 - ISBN: 1416583319 / 9781416583318  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New007063 $14.00
Fforde, Jasper  
Shades of Grey
In a society where status is based on what portion of the color spectrum you can see, a low-level employee of the Color Control Agency meets a Grey Nightseer from the unlit side of the village, and comes to question the implacable hierarchy; talk gives way to revolutionary action.  
Novel, 388 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition  
Viking - 2009 - ISBN: 0670019631 / 9780670019632  
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006601 $25.95
Fforde, Jasper  
Shades of Grey audiobook
In a society where status is based on what portion of the color spectrum you can see, a low-level employee of the Color Control Agency meets a Grey Nightseer from the unlit side of the village, and comes to question the implacable hierarchy; talk gives way to revolutionary action.  
Novel, Audio CD(s), Unabridged - 11 CDs, 13.5 hours, performed by John Lee  
Penguin Audio - 2009 - ISBN: 0143143263 / 9780143143260  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New006613 $39.95
Fleming, Ian (writer) / Hern, Anthony (adaptation) / O'Donnell, Peter (adaptation) / Gammidge, Henry (adaptation) / McClusky, John (artist)  
The James Bond Omnibus
Black & white. Eleven of Bond's most dangerous missions in comic strip form.
    Contents
  • Introduction == Sir Roger Moore
  • Casino Royale
  • Live and Let Die
  • Moonraker
  • Diamonds Are Forever
  • From Russia with Live
  • Dr. No
  • Goldfinger
  • Risico
  • From a View to a Kill
  • For Your Eyes Only
  • Thunderball
 
Graphic Novel, 303 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition  
Titan Books - 2009 - ISBN: 1848563647 / 9781848563643  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005113 $16.95
Flint, Eric - of interest: DeMarce, Virginia  
Ring of Fire: 1635: The Tangled Web
The United States of Europe, an alliance between Sweden and the West Virginians from the 20th Century, has the know-how of 20th century tech, but the American traditions of freedom and justice are having an even stronger impact on Europe.  
Novel, 355 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition  
Baen - 2009 - ISBN: 1439133085 / 9781439133088  
Book Condition: New.  
Already Received   ID: #New005574 $16.00


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