Articles about Randy Wayne White, P.D. James, Father Brown, 2010 Edgar Award nominees, more.
Magazine, 72 pages, Magazine, 1st Edition
KBS Communications - 2009 - ISBN: mystscene113
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Adam, Paul
Max Cassidy #1: Escape from Shadow Island
Ages 10 and up. Fourteen-year-old Max is the world's foremost escape artist. Two years after his father was murdered and his mother imprisoned for the crime, a mysterious man tells him that his mother is innocent and his father is still alive. A clue he provides takes Max from London to a sinister fortress on the Isla de Sombra in search of the truth.
Archaeologist Daniel Knox discovers that a dig site in Alexandria may hold clues to the burial site of Alexander the Great. Now the race is on to find Alexander.
Novel, 431 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC
Grand Central - 2010 - ISBN: 0446404705 / 9780446404709
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Allan, Barbara (aka Collins, Max Allan & Collins, Barbara)
Trash 'n' Treasures #4: Antiques Bizarre
Brandy gets sucked into her mom Vivian's plan to organize a citywide antiques bazaar; when murder enters the mix, they must slip into detective mode to find a killer.
The Barnabas publishing dynasty hires Campion to investigate when a cousin is found dead in a locked basement and the police suspect another family member.
Novel, 293 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1936)
WWII England: Injured in an apparent accident, Campion doesn't remember his manservant, his fiance - or killing a policeman. But he's quite sure that the fate of the British Empire is somehow cradled in his bandaged hands. Escaping the hospital in a stolen car, he begins to remember bits of his mission, something to do with the number 15, and also with the town of Bridge, which he dimly recalls is run by an ancient, hereditary, and extremely secretive sect.
Novel, 243 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1941)
Albert Campion #12: Pearls Before Swine (alternate title: Coroner's Pigeon)
Near the end of WWII, Campion returns home on leave, planning to join his wife and child in the country; unfortunately, he discovers a dead girl in his empty flat.
Novel, 263 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1945)
Campion takes temporary lodgings in Apron Lane - a little bit of Dickensian London that's still flourishing in In post-WWII London - in an effort to identify the source of the omnipresent violence there and, incidentally, lend a hand with the eccentric Palinode family's beloved crossword puzzles.
Novel, 291 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1948)
Two very different women, Monika and Maj-Britt have one thing in common. Both are tormented by memories that only the most excruciating vigilance can suppress. And when chance brings the women together, the memories cannot be contained.
A family secret takes Boston-based reporter Peter Frost to Sweden, where he uncovers a mystery with roots going back to pre-WWII Germany and Scandinavia.
Lori Shepherd travels to New Zealand to look for the Pym sisters' brother Aubrey, a scoundrel who was banished by his family long ago. With the help of a charming Kiwi and Aunt Dimity's otherworldly guidance, she unravels a web of secrets that has haunted the Pym family for generations.
Novel, 215 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Viking - 2010 - ISBN: 067002144X / 9780670021444
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Aubert, Rosemary
Ellis Portal #1: Free Reign
Once a promising lawyer at the top of Toronto society, Ellis has fallen hard. Homeless, cut off from his family, he lives in the shadows and has almost forgotten his past. And then one day he discovers a dead body wearing an unmistakable signet ring. And, against his will, Ellis begins to remember.
Novel, 306 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1997)
Bureau of Land Management agent Jamaica Wild wonders if a recent, dramatic death she witnessed was part of a ritual by a secret religious group.
Novel, 297 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Berkley Prime Crime - 2010 - ISBN: 0425232328 / 9780425232323
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Baantjer, A.C.
DeKok and the Dead Lovers
Inspector DeKok and his partner Vledder are ordered to protect an Amsterdam art exhibit. While they are called away to a nearby building where a young man is chained to some pipes, a priceless silver jug is stolen.
A daring kidnapping turns a children's birthday party at Camp David into a national security nightmare; the First Lady enlists the services of Sean King and Michelle Maxwell to bring the child back safely.
Novel, 609 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC
Grand Central - 2010 - ISBN: 0446539740 / 9780446539746
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Banks, Ray
Cal Innes #3: No More Heroes
PI Cal Innes has taken a job evicting families on behalf of local slumlord Donald Plummer. When one of Plummer's properties is fire-bombed, he hires Innes to track down the arsonists.
Seventeen-year-old Sydney is spending the summer with her dad Tim, and working at a local hotel. When she doesn't come home from work, Tim goes to the hotel, but the manager claims Syd never worked there. Grilling Syd's friends gets Tim no results - except for threats against his life. But he's going to keep searching, no matter how high the stakes get.
Novel, 512 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC
Bantam - 2010 - ISBN: 0553591754 / 9780553591750
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Bebris, Carrie
Mr. & Mrs. Darcy #5: The Intrigue at Highbury, or, Emma's Match
On their way to Highbury, the Darcys are robbed; a guest is poisoned at a party given by the Knightleys; when the Darcys and the Knightleys join forces to investigate, they find the crimes may be connected.
Novel, 317 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Tor - 2010 - ISBN: 0765318482 / 9780765318480
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Bell, James Scott
Ty Buchanan #2: Try Darkness
A woman is evicted from a transient hotel represented by his old firm; Ty plans to defend her, but when she ends up dead, the case moves from the courts to the streets.
Novel, 292 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Center Street - 2010 - ISBN: 1599952432 / 9781599952437
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Benson, Michael
Killer Twins
Identical twins Robert and Stephen Spahalski both become murderers.
Nonfiction, 340 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Publisher's signed edition with signature page tipped in; 'Signed Copy' sticker on front of jacket. Wells must find out who is killing members of an interrogation team that was disbanded in the wake of public controversy; the trail of blood leads in an unexpected direction.
Novel, 385 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Putnam - 2010 - ISBN: 0399156208 / 9780399156205
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Berenson, Alex
John Wells #4: The Midnight House audiobook
Wells must find out who is killing members of an interrogation team that was disbanded in the wake of public controversy; the trail of blood leads in an unexpected direction.
Novel, Audio CD(s), Unabridged - 9 CDS, 11 hours, performed by George Guidall
Sir Eustace is a cad, and the list of people who might want to do him in could fill a London phone book. But which one actually sent the chocolates? Enter the Crime Circle, a group of society intellectuals who expect to succeed where the police have failed. Each member produces a tightly reasoned solution - but each solution identifies a different murderer.
Novel, 221 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1929)
A baron and his sons are found dead at Stonehenge. King Arthur's potential heirs begin to die mysteriously. And only Merlin can prove that something more sinister than the plague is at work.
Novel, 311 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Berkley Prime Crime - 2010 - ISBN: 042523312X / 9780425233122
