Articles about Jasper Fforde, Kelli Stanley, Louis Bayard; Lawrence Block remembers Ed McBain; more.
Magazine, 68 pages, Magazine, 1st Edition
KBS Communications - 2011 - ISBN: mystscene119
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Abernethy, Mark
Alan McQueen #1: Golden Serpent
Renowned for having shot and killed dangerous terrorist Abu Sabaya, tough Aussie spy Alan McQueen learns Sabaya is still alive and has teamed up with a rogue CIA veteran to plan a deadly nerve gas attack.
Novel, 435 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2007 Edition
When McQuaid's troubled ex-wife shows up, trouble isn't far behind; with McQuaid out of town, it's up to China to weed out the truth before danger catches up to all of them. Includes recipes.
Novel, 290 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Berkley Prime Crime - 2011 - ISBN: 0425240614 / 9780425240618
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Albert, Susan Wittig
China Bayles #19: Mourning Gloria
China stumbles upon the scene of an arson homicide; when the intern reporter covering the story disappears, China is determined to find her before she becomes a headline herself. Includes recipes.
Novel, 301 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Berkley Prime Crime - 2011 - ISBN: 0425239136 / 9780425239131
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Arthey, Vin
The Kremlin's Geordie Spy
Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Willie Fisher became one of the KGB's most effective agents. Sent to New York, he ran the network that included Julius Rosenberg and Ted Hall. He was later arrested and traded for Gary Powers, the US pilot whose spy plane was shot down in Soviet airspace.
Dialogue UK - 2010 - ISBN: 1906447144 / 9781906447144
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Atkins, Ace
Infamous
1933: Machine Gun Kelly kidnaps an Oklahoma oilman. He will live to regret it, as two of his partners cut themselves into the action, a determined former Texas Ranger makes tracking Kelly his mission, and Kelly's wife starts playing both ends against the middle.
Novel, 414 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Berkley - 2011 - ISBN: 0425239012 / 9780425239018
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Barone, Sam
Eskkar #3: Quest for Honour (alternate title: Conflict of Empires)
Eskkar and Trella must prepare their Bronze Age city-state of Akkad for war with Sumer, a power-hungry port city poised to give birth to the mightiest empire in history.
Novel, 616 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Arrow UK - 2010 - ISBN: 0099536765 / 9780099536765
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Battles, Brett
Jonathan Quinn #4: The Silenced
Hired to find and remove the remains of a body hidden twenty years ago inside the walls of a London building, professional 'cleaner' Jonathan Quinn and his team find themselves caught in the crossfire between two dangerous rivals. Quinn must unravel the identity of the body and why it still poses so great a threat.
Novel, 401 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Dell - 2011 - ISBN: 0440245672 / 9780440245674
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Beaufort, Simon
Sir Geoffrey Mappestone #8: A Dead Man's Secret
1103: Ordered by King Henry to deliver a series of letters to restless western Wales, Sir Geoffrey agrees only reluctantly. His suspicion that the mission hides something more sinister is strengthened when first the letters' scribe is murdered and then one of his traveling companions is killed.
Novel, 250 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Severn House - 2011 - ISBN: 0727869728 / 9780727869722
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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Beck, Jessica
Donut Shop #4: Evil Eclairs
Suzanne will admit that her treats aren't health food, but she doesn't think a local DJ should call her a killer. Which makes her a suspect when he turns up dead with an eclair in his mouth.
Novel, 277 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
St. Martin's Minotaur - 2011 - ISBN: 0312541074 / 9780312541071
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Bennett, Robert Jackson
The Company Man
1919: The McNaughton Corporation built the guns that won the Great War before it even began. They built the airships that tie the world together. And, above all, they built the shining metropolis of Evesden. But something is rotten at the heart of the city. Deep underground, a trolley car pulls into a station. Four minutes before, eleven men boarded at the previous station. All are dead. And all are union. There is a dark secret behind the inventions of McNaughton, and, with a war brewing between the executives and the workers, Cyril Hayes must discover the truth before the whole city burns.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the 2012 Edgar Award for Best Paperback Original ♦ Finalist for the 2011 Philip K. Dick Award
Pittsburgh homicide detective Franco Patrese and his partner Mark Beradino track a serial killer intent on killing according to the Bible to punish the sinful.
AD 609: Rome is torn apart by war, plague, and power struggles between emperor, aristocracy, and Church. Into this morass stumbles young Briton Aelric, his father murdered, his inheritance stolen, separated from the woman he loves. Naive and ambitious, determined to win back what he has lost, he unwittingly becomes involved in a heretical plot that leads to fraud, treason, and murder.
Novel, 356 pages, Trade Paperback, Later Printing
Hodder UK - 2008 - ISBN: 0340951133 / 9780340951132
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Block, Lawrence
Matthew Scudder #17: A Drop of the Hard Stuff
When a childhood friend is shot down while trying to make amends, as called for in AA's famous 12 Steps, Matthew Scudder is drawn into a murder investigation that threatens to upset his own path toward recovery - and get him killed.
Strange things have been going on in the Wyoming mountains. When Joe goes to check them out, what awaits him is like nothing he's ever dealt with; this patrol may turn out to be his last.
Novel, 320 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Berkley Prime Crime - 2011 - ISBN: 042524055X / 9780425240557
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Braddon, Mary Elizabeth
Lady Audley's Secret
A young man suspects that his uncle's beautiful new wife is not what she seems; his investigations into her murky past uncover shocking secrets in this classic Victorian 'sensation novel' of blackmail, bigamy, and murder.
Novel, 489 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1862)
Atlantic Books UK - 2009 - ISBN: 1843549069 / 9781843549062
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Brandreth, Gyles
Oscar Wilde #4: Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders (UK title: Oscar Wilde and the Nest of Vipers)
1890: Anxious to prevent scandal and panic, the Prince of Wales asks Oscar and his friend Arthur Conan Doyle to investigate when a duchess is found murdered with two tiny puncture marks on her throat. What they discover threatens to destroy not only the royal family, but Oscar's reputation.
Novel, 366 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st US Edition (simultaneous HC)
Oscar Wilde #4: Oscar Wilde and the Vampire Murders (UK title: Oscar Wilde and the Nest of Vipers)
1890: Anxious to prevent scandal and panic, the Prince of Wales asks Oscar and his friend Arthur Conan Doyle to investigate when a duchess is found murdered with two tiny puncture marks on her throat. What they discover threatens to destroy not only the royal family, but Oscar's reputation.
Forensic criminologists receive invaluable insight from Risa's prescient dreams of murder - until a tragic end to a case shatters her confidence and drives her into seclusion.
Novel, 325 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
When Harry falls ill, it's up to her cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, along with corgi Tee Tucker, to save the day and sleuth out the villain behind a vicious murder.
Novel, 223 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Bantam - 2011 - ISBN: 0553807080 / 9780553807080
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Burdett, John
Sonchai Jitpleecheep #4: The Godfather of Kathmandu (UK title: The Godfather of Siam)
Police Colonel Vikorn names Sonchai his consigliere in his ongoing battle with Army General Zinna for control of Bangkok's illegal enterprises.
Novel, 359 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Two centuries ago, Tyler became a Messenger, one who hears the final thoughts of the dying and conveys those last messages to their loved ones. Now he begins to hope that he can return to a normal mortal life, but is horrified to learn that he can only relinquish his powers by passing them on to the woman he's fallen in love with.
Novel, 377 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC
Pocket - 2011 - ISBN: 0743273885 / 9780743273886
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Cain, R.D.
Steve Nastos #1: Cherry Beach Express
Freed on bail after being wrongfully accused of murdering his dentist - a man he believes committed an unspeakable crime against his daughter - Steve Nastos sets out to track down the real killer.
1934: Ernst Rohm has Hannah and her adopted son Anton kidnapped and separated; when Rohm is killed, Hannah struggles to find Anton before the Nazis do.
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2011 Bruce Alexander Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery Novel
Novel, 320 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Forge - 2011 - ISBN: 0765328224 / 9780765328229
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Casey, Elizabeth Lynn
Southern Sewing Circle #4: Deadly Notions
When self-important pageant mom Ashley Lawson turns up dead, librarian Tori Sinclair and her sewing circle friends must figure out who killed her. Includes sewing tips and patterns.
Novel, 292 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Berkley Prime Crime - 2011 - ISBN: 0425240592 / 9780425240595
