William Monk #09: A Breach of Promise (UK title: Whited Sepulchres)
In a sensational breach-of-promise case, two wealthy social climbers are suing on behalf of their beautiful daughter Zillah. The defendant is young architect Killian Melville, who adamantly declares that he cannot marry her. Baffled by his client's refusal, barrister Sir Oliver Rathbone turns to detective William Monk and nurse Hester Latterly. But even as they scout London for clues, the case suddenly ends, in an outcome that no one - except a ruthless murderer - could have foreseen.
Novel, 374 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1998)
Police superintendent William Monk notices a young couple engaged in an intense discussion. Seconds later, the two plunge to their deaths in the Thames. Accident, suicide, or murder? The woman planned to marry the man who shared her fate, and her father had recently died in a supposed suicide. But after the woman's friends share their suspicions, Monk and his intrepid wife Hester search for answers to mysteries surrounding all three deaths.
Novel, 340 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 2006)
Rogue operative Gideon Crew is assigned to tail a Chinese scientist and steal the plans for a new weapon of mass destruction. When the scientist is killed and the plans stolen, Gideon follows a trail of clues to an uninhabited island, where he comes face to face with his nemesis - and learns that what he thought was the ultimate weapon is something far more frightening.
Novel, 380 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2011 HC
Nobody likes The Complaints - cops who investigate other cops. It's where Malcolm Fox works. He's a serious man with frustrating problems: a father in a nursing home and a sister who persists in an abusive relationship. Cop Jamie Breck is dirty, but no one can prove it. When Fox is given the case, he learns that there's more to Breck than anyone thinks - dangerous knowledge, especially when a vicious murder takes place far too close to home.
Novel, 438 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2011 HC
Back Bay Books - 2011 - ISBN: 031607876X / 9780316078764
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Raymond, Derek
Factory #1: He Died with His Eyes Open
When it comes to the brutal killing of a middle-aged alcoholic dumped outside of town, Scotland Yard has more important cases to deal with. It's a job for the never-named Detective Sergeant of the Department of Unexplained Deaths. With only a box of cassette-tape diaries as evidence, he has no choice but to listen to the haunting voice of the victim for clues.
Novel, 211 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1984)
Melville International Crime - 2011 - ISBN: 1935554573 / 9781935554578
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Raymond, Derek
Factory #2: The Devil's Home on Leave
A body abandoned in a warehouse by the Thames is obviously the work of a contract killer, but why would a pro leave the body to be discovered? The Detective Sergeant stands up to both mobsters and his superiors to get to the truth, and soon finds himself in a harrowing cat-and-mouse game with a psychopathic killer who seems to have ties to the highest levels of the government.
Novel, 218 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1985)
Melville International Crime - 2011 - ISBN: 1935554581 / 9781935554585
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Raymond, Derek
Factory #3: How the Dead Live
The Detective Sergeant visits a decrepit country house to look into the disappearance of the lady of the manor, whose husband seems to love her, and yet seems reluctant to find her.
Novel, 213 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1986)
Melville International Crime - 2011 - ISBN: 193555459X / 9781935554592
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Raymond, Derek
Factory #4: I Was Dora Suarez
The gentle Dora Suarez was dying of AIDS, so why kill her? The Detective Sergeant's investigation uncovers vile human exploitation and institutional corruption.
Novel, 202 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1990)
Melville International Crime - 2011 - ISBN: 1935554603 / 9781935554608
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Reece, Christy
Last Chance Rescue #2: Sweet Revenge
Jamie Kendrick went on a trip to hell at the hands of a monster protected by money and power. Now, asking for LCR's help, Jamie plans her revenge. And Dylan Savage, one of LCR's most skilled operatives, is given an assignment - train the lovely Jamie, but thwart her revenge plot at all costs.
Novel, 386 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
John Malone #01: 8 Faces at 3 (alternate titles: Death at Three / Murder Stops the Clock)
After Holly Inglehart is discovered unconscious, next to the dead body of the aunt who was about to disinherit her for marrying band leader Dick Drayton, it's up to Chicago lawyer John Malone to keep her from going to the chair. Malone teams up with Drayton's press agent Jake Justus and Holly's best friend Helene Brand. But can this trio of wisecracking sleuths find the real killer?
Novel, 159 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1939)
Rue Morgue - 2011 - ISBN: 1601870620 / 9781601870629
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Roberts, Les
The Strange Death of Father Candy
1985: When his oldest brother - beloved by every Italian Catholic in Youngstown as 'Father Candy' - dies, Vietnam veteran Dominick Candiotti returns home for the funeral. Dissatisfied with the verdict of suicide, his search for the truth uncovers secrets.
Novel, 274 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
St. Martin's Minotaur - 2011 - ISBN: 0312566336 / 9780312566333
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Robinson, Peter
Alan Banks #19: Bad Boy
When a distraught woman reports that she found a loaded gun hidden in her daughter Erin's bedroom, it turns out her daughter's best friend is DCI Banks' daughter Tracy - who was last seen racing off to warn the gun's owner, a very bad boy indeed. To save Tracy's life, Banks and his partner will have to outsmart this smooth and devious psychopath.
Novel, 387 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Harper - 2011 - ISBN: 0061362964 / 9780061362965
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Roker, Al / Lochte, Dick
Billy Blessing #2: The Midnight Show Murders
Billy is on the West Coast, playing sidekick on a new late-night talk show. When the host is murdered, Billy's sleuthing takes him into Hollywood's back rooms, and into his own past.
Novel, 357 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Dell - 2011 - ISBN: 0440245818 / 9780440245810
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Sands, Stella
The Dating Game Killer
Rodney Alcala is accused of seven murders, and the list may grow as new DNA evidence continues to be uncovered.
Nonfiction, 404 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
St. Martin's - 2011 - ISBN: 0312535899 / 9780312535896
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Schwartz, Stephen Jay
Hayden Glass #1: Boulevard
LAPD detective and recovering sex addict Hayden Glass links a series of murders to a sadistic sexual predator - and finds he's being targeted by his quarry.
Novel, 365 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2009 HC
Forge - 2011 - ISBN: 0765362880 / 9780765362889
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Simenon, Georges
Act of Passion
After a life of impeccable bourgeois conformity, a middle-aged French doctor's liaison with an enigmatic young drifter precipitates a spiritual awakening - and sets the stage for tragic disintegration.
Novel, 217 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1947)
New York Review Books - 2011 - ISBN: 1590173856 / 9781590173855
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Sobol, Donald J.
Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Secret UFOs
Ages 7 and up. With a knack for trivia, Encyclopedia Brown solves mysteries for the neighborhood kids through his detective agency. But his dad is also the chief of police, and every night Encyclopedia helps him solve his most baffling crimes. Join Encyclopedia as he solves ten confounding new mysteries: stolen stamps, missing medallions, a shipwreck, and more. And with the clues given in each case, you can solve the mysteries too!
Novel, 84 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Puffin - 2011 - ISBN: 0142419338 / 9780142419335
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Spillane, Mickey / Collins, Max Allan
The Consummata
A hard-as-nails criminal on the run agrees to help desperate members of Miami's Cuban-American community track down money that was stolen from them - and winds up neck-deep in murder.
Novel, 246 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Hard Case Crime - 2011 - ISBN: 0857682881 / 9780857682888
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Stevens, Taylor
Vanessa Munroe #1: The Informationist
A billionaire has hired Vanessa Munroe to find his daughter, who vanished four years ago. It's not her usual line of work - she usually deals in expensive information - but she can't resist the challenge. She finds herself back in the African lands of her childhood, betrayed and left for dead. To escape the jungle, she must come face to face with the past she's tried to forget.
Novel, 307 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2011 HC
1805: When political machinations lead to the impeachment of the head of the Navy, Commander Thomas Kydd is forced to take sides, and decides to join Nelson's squadron. At the Battle of Trafalgar, the Royal Navy must prove once and for all that it rules the seas.
Novel, 319 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Left for dead after a shootout that blew the lid off a billion-dollar conspiracy, ex-cop Charlie Hardie quickly realizes that when you're dealing with The Accident People, things can get worse. He awakens to find himself captive in a secret prison that houses the most dangerous criminals on earth.
A new US counter-terrorism unit recruits top-level female athletes to be trained and deployed as elite female warriors.
Novel, 396 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
Pocket - 2011 - ISBN: 1439192979 / 9781439192979
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Vargas, Fred
Commissaire Adamsberg #6: An Uncertain Place
To solve a ghastly and highly unusual murder, Adamsberg delves into the victim's disturbed psyche, and finds himself on a path that takes him deep into the haunted past of Eastern Europe, where a centuries-old horror has come to life and is claiming victims far and wide.
Novel, 408 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st US Edition
Penguin - 2011 - ISBN: 0143120042 / 9780143120049
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Waites, Martyn
Joe Donovan #4: Speak No Evil
When Anne Marie was eleven, she killed a little boy. Forty years later, she tries to make peace with her past by telling her story to journalist Joe Donovan. Then another boy is murdered . . .
Novel, 390 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2010 HC
The scream Lena Riddle hears in the woods behind her house is enough to curdle her blood - she has no doubt that a woman is in real danger. Unfortunately, with no physical evidence, the local cops in Ash, Kentucky, dismiss her claim. Ezra King, on leave from the state police, hears Lena's story; his instincts tell him that Lena's life is also at risk - and his desire to protect her is as fierce as his need to possess her.
Novel, 387 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
