Uncle Edgar's Newsletter 110
Recently Received & Forthcoming Books
Alphabetical by Author
Mystery Scene #138
Articles about Rizzoli & Isles; Michael Sears; legal thrillers; more.
Magazine, 68 pages, Magazine, 1st Edition
KBS Communications - 2015 - ISBN: mystscene138
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New031363
$7.50
Mystery Scene #139
Articles about John Sandford; Cara Black; streaming TV crime; more.
Magazine, 68 pages, Magazine, 1st Edition
KBS Communications - 2015 - ISBN: mystscene139
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New031959
$7.50
Bai, Xiao
French Concession
1931: In the wake of a visiting Nationalist Party official's assassination, a Franco-Chinese photographer is coerced into spying for the authorities, and discovers that in the devious world of Shanghai, no one is who they appear to be.
Novel, 351 pages, Hardcover, 1st US Edition
Harper - 2015 - ISBN: 0062313452 / 9780062313454
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030890
$27.99
Bell, Gertrude
A Woman in Arabia: The Writings of the Queen of the Desert
Gertrude Bell turned her back on Victorian society to study at Oxford and travel the world. Mountaineer, archaeologist, Arabist, writer, poet, linguist, and spy, she championed the Arab cause, and became chief architect of British policy in the Middle East after World War I. This volume brings together her letters, military dispatches, diary entries, and travel writing.
1944: When an unidentified corpse washes ashore on England's southern coast, US Army Captain Billy Boyle and his partner Kaz are assigned to investigate. The beach is home to the top-secret rehearsal for the upcoming D-Day invasion, the area is restricted, and no one seems to know where the body could have come from.
Novel, 325 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
On a voyage to America, Georgie's mother is offered a role by a Hollywood mogul, while Georgie and her beau Darcy investigate a suspected jewel thief. The trail leads to the mogul's Hollywood home - where the mogul winds up dead.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the 2014 Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel ♦ Finalist for the 2015 Bruce Alexander Memorial Award for Best Historical Mystery
Novel, 284 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
Berkley Prime Crime - 2015 - ISBN: 042526064X / 9780425260647
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030845
$7.99
Box, C.J.
Cassie Dewell #2: Badlands
Publisher's signed edition with signature on front free endpaper; 'Signed Copy' sticker on front of jacket. Cassie Dewell is the new deputy sheriff of Grimstad, a tiny town now booming as the oil capital of North Dakota. When the temperature drops to 30 below and a gang war heats up, Cassie realizes she may be in over her head - and the key to it all might be twelve-year-old Kyle Westergaard, who has been written off as 'slow' - and who keeps showing up where he doesn't belong.
Novel, 278 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
St. Martin's Minotaur - 2015 - ISBN: 0312583214 / 9780312583217
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New031144
$26.99
Burke, Alafair
Ellie Hatcher #5: All Day and a Night
NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher and her partner JJ Rogan are tapped to reassess the investigation that led to Anthony Amaro's murder conviction. The case takes them, and Amaro's lawyer, to the dead woman's hometown, where a brutal attack makes it clear that someone has gotten too close to the truth.
Novel, 350 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
Harper - 2015 - ISBN: 006220839X / 9780062208392
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030904
$15.99
Carlson, Caroline
Very Nearly Honorable League of Pirates #2: The Terror of the Southlands
Ages 8 and up. Despite Hilary's magical know-how and daring, the VNHLP is not convinced she is worthy to be the Terror of the Southlands. When Miss Pimm disappears, Hilary and her crew set off on a high seas adventure to find the missing Enchantress and protect Augusta's magic.
Novel, 319 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
Katie investigates when a meeting of the spellbook club is interrupted by a stranger collapsing on the shop floor, mumbling about a voodoo talisman. Includes recipes.
Novel, 304 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Authorized by the Christie estate. Poirot plunges into a mystery in 1920s London, a diabolically clever puzzle that will test his brilliant skills.
Novel, 302 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
William Morrow - 2015 - ISBN: 0062297228 / 9780062297228
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030902
$14.99
Clark, Simon (editor)
The Mammoth Book of Sherlock Holmes Abroad
Holmes and Watson pursue truth and justice in fifteen original stories set around the globe, from searing deserts to the backstreets of Paris to a sultan's palace to the long Arctic night.
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction == Simon Clark
The Monster of Hell's Gate == Paul Finch
The Case of the Maltese Catacombs == William Meikle
The Adventure of the Colonel's Daughter == Denis O. Smith
The Mystery of the Red City == Alison Littlewood
The Doll Who Talked to the Dead == Nev Fountain
A Concurrence of Coincidences == David Moody
The Strange Death of Sherlock Holmes == Andrew Darlington
The Climbing Man == Simon Clark
The Curse of Guangxu == Sam Stone
The Case of the Revenant == Johnny Mains
The Adventure of the Mummy's Curse == Cavan Scott
The Case of the Lost Soul == Paul Kane
The Lunacy of Celestine Blot == Stephen Volk
The Crimson Devil == Mark Morris
The Draugr of Tromsø == Carole Johnstone
The Contributors
Anthology, 476 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st US Edition
Manhattan, 1799: When Quaker Elma Sands was found murdered, suspicion fell on one of her suitors, carpenter Levi Weeks. Bitter rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr teamed up to defend him.
Awards: ♦ Finalist for the 2014 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime
Nonfiction, 289 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2013 HC
Depression-era Montreal: Struggling writer Dave Manley's luck turns, for good and bad, when he meets Cherie, a looker who does dirty work for a crime boss. It isn't long before Dave is learning all there is to know about the slot machine and liquor rackets. Dave and Cherie both want out, but there is no easy escape from The Mayor.
Novel, 127 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1950)
Several local women have left the rural Thai village of Maprao without a word, leaving their possessions behind. These include Dr. Sumlak, who never returned from a conference, and the Thai wife of Conrad Coralbank, an Englishman who writes award-winning crime novels. All of which looks a bit suspicious, especially to Jimm's ex-cop grandfather, who notices Coralbank's interest in Jimm with a very jaundiced eye.
Novel, 312 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
Quercus UK - 2014 - ISBN: 1780877005 / 9781780877006
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New031904
$16.99
Creasey, John (aka Marric, J.J.)
George Gideon #07: Gideon's Fire
Commander George Gideon of Scotland Yard has to deal with a mass murderer, a depraved maniac, and the deaths of a family in an arson attack on an old building south of the river.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the 1962 Edgar Award for Best Novel
Novel, 198 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1961)
House of Stratus - 2010 - ISBN: 0755114043 / 9780755114047
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030199
$14.95
Creasey, John
Richard Rollison #04: Here Comes the Toff
As a killer's pace and confidence grow, every social call brings Richard Rollison, aka the Toff, closer to death.
Novel, 164 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1940)
House of Stratus - 2012 - ISBN: 0755135725 / 9780755135721
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030198
$12.95
Creasey, John
Richard Rollison #12: The Toff and the Deadly Priest (alternate title: The Toff and the Curate / The Toff and the Deadly Parson)
Reverend Ronald Kemp went to London's East End with definite ideas of right and wrong, but the East Enders had ideas of their own, and his world was torn apart as he met murderers, prize fighters, and the law-bending Richard Rollison, aka the Toff. Can the Toff save the Reverend, and himself, from an untimely end?
Novel, 170 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1944)
House of Stratus - 2012 - ISBN: 0755118553 / 9780755118557
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030263
$12.95
Creasey, John
Roger West #10: The Creepers (alternate title: Inspector West Cries Wolf)
She lay across the bed, with coagulated blood on and around her. Her husband was in the next bed, his throat cut. Inspector West must come to grips with a spreading web of violence, but where to start? What clues are there?
Novel, 244 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1950)
House of Stratus - 2011 - ISBN: 0755123875 / 9780755123872
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030264
$16.95
Creasey, John (aka Marric, J.J.)
George Gideon #18: No Relaxation at Scotland Yard (alternate title: Gideon's Men)
Gideon deals with a murder, for which a bicycle with a loose-fitting mudguard holds a clue. Moreover, a collapsed building has trapped many, and a man serving a sentence for a crime he hadn't committed is about to receive an unauthorized visitor.
Novel, 184 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1972)
House of Stratus - 2012 - ISBN: 0755123409 / 9780755123407
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030265
$14.95
Crombie, Deborah
Kincaid & James #16: To Dwell in Darkness
Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his Camden murder squad investigate a deadly bombing at St. Pancras Station. And Kincaid is still questioning the reasons behind his transfer; when his former boss is attacked, he sets out to untangle that mystery.
Novel, 324 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
William Morrow - 2015 - ISBN: 006227161X / 9780062271617
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030903
$13.99
Daly, Elizabeth
Henry Gamadge #12: Night Walk
When murder intrudes on a small, sedate village in upstate New York, Henry Gamadge arrives to solve the mystery and restore order.
Novel, 194 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1947)
It looks like a routine job for Henry Gamadge: examine the papers of a poet and playwright who was murdered in Central Park. But add in a dead witness and the family's odd behavior? Something decidedly criminal is afoot.
Novel, 185 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1948)
Yorkshire, 1980s: A child's death is only the first in a series of apparently motiveless crimes; DI Paul Snow and his team must discover the pattern to stop a desperate murderer.
Novel, 221 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Edition
Mystery Press UK - 2015 - ISBN: 0750960515 / 9780750960519
Book Condition: New.
Already Received
ID: #New030648
$14.95
Davis, Lindsey
Flavia Albia #2: Enemies at Home
When two Romans are murdered in their homes, the law decrees that all their slaves will be put to death if the killer can't be identified. When the slaves take refuge at the Temple of Ceres, the authorities turn to Flavia Albia to solve the murders.
Novel, 342 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2014 HC
St. Martin's Minotaur - 2015 - ISBN: 1250068487 / 9781250068484
