Articles about Donna Andrews, Baroness Orczy, Sean Chercover, Emma Lathen, the arts & crafts of crime (sleuths with hobbies), puzzle mystery movies of the 1930s, 2008 holiday gift guide, plus industry news, reviews, columns, and more.
Magazine, 80 pages, Magazine, 1st Edition
KBS Communications - 2008 - ISBN: mystscene107
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Allingham, Margery
The Case of the Late Pig
Classic reprint; six months after Pig Peters, the bully who tormented Albert Campion (9) when he was young, is buried, Pig's body really turns up, and Campion investigates
Sibylla's life of anonymity as a homeless woman in Stockholm is shattered when a businessman dies after she spends the night with him, forcing her to turn to her privileged past for help.
Awards: ♦ Winner of the 2001 Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel ♦ Nominated for the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Novel
Novel, 295 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Meg Langslow #01 / #02: A Murder Hatched: Murder with Peacocks / Murder with Puffins
The first two entries in the award-winning humorous mystery series
Omnibus, Trade Paperback
ISBN: 0312541902 / 9780312541903
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Anthony, Michael David
Canterbury Cathedral #2: Midnight Come
Richard Harrison, administrator of Canterbury Cathedral, stumbles on a double murder; to find the truth he will have to ask hard questions of the Church
Novel, 318 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint from 1998
If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson on any other day, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But when the prosecution witnesses happen to be a group of four upper-crust college friends, who is going to believe Danny's side of the story? Danny is sentenced to 22 years in the highest-security jail in the land. But the four witnesses all underestimate Danny's determination to seek revenge - and the extent to which Beth will go in pursuit of justice.
Novel, 618 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
St. Martin's Paperbacks - 2008 - ISBN: 0312944098 / 9780312944094
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Archer, Jeffrey
Shall We Tell the President?
As US President Florentyna Kane gives her inaugural speech, her enemies are waiting in the shadows to destroy her. Only one man, FBI Special Agent Mark Andrews, can expose the deadly conspiracy and save the nation.
Novel, 326 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1977)
St. Martin's Press - 2009 - ISBN: 0312933517 / 9780312933517
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Ardai, Charles
Fifty-to-One
A shady book publisher and a showgirl with an artistic streak must escape both the cops and the mob after publishing a made-up account of a robbery at a mob-run club.
Novel, Mass Market Paperback
Hard Case Crime - ISBN: 0843959681 / 9780843959680
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Arruda, Suzanne
The Serpent's Daughter
In 1920, Jade del Cameron (3) is in Tangier with her mother; her mother is kidnapped and Jade is accused of murdering a man, Jade must find her mom and clear her name
Novel, Trade Paperback
ISBN: 0451224655 / 9780451224651
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Atherton, Nancy
Aunt Dimity #13: Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter
Investigating stories of a cloaked figure with bloodstained lips lurking in the woods, Lori Shepherd turns up a cast of eccentric characters and a 40-year-old unsolved murder.
Novel, 295 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Penguin - 2009 - ISBN: 0143114794 / 9780143114796
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Atherton, Nancy
Aunt Dimity #14: Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon
When a Renaissance festival sets up shop in Finch, Lori Shepherd discovers a sinister stalker, a jealous saboteur, and an evil assassin behind the scenes. With some of Aunt Dimity's otherworldly guidance, she has to prevent the medieval revelry from ending in modern-day tragedy.
Novel, 232 pages, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Viking - 2009 - ISBN: 0670020508 / 9780670020508
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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Atkins, Charles
Risk Factor
The body count keeps growing in the psychiatric unit for adolescents where Dr. Molly Katz works; the lives of Molly and the children are threatened as she seeks the killer.
Novel, 292 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1999)
Leisure - 2009 - ISBN: 084396085X / 9780843960853
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Axler, James
Death Lands #84: Empire of Xibalba #1: Plague Lords
Post-apocalyptic adventure.
Novel, 314 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
To solve a double murder at an Amsterdam hotel, DeKok must unravel clues from two unexpected characters: a six-year old girl who has trouble sleeping, and a respected accountant seeking DeKok's advice on committing the perfect crime.
Novel, 218 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in English in 1992)
Speck - 2009 - ISBN: 1933108274 / 9781933108278
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Ballard, Michaele G.
Beauty Sleep
The possible murder of a middle-aged woman who went into the hospital for routine plastic surgery and ended up dead.
Nonfiction, 245 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Edward Moon, stage magician and detective, and his silent sidekick, the Somnambulist, investigate a series of bizarre murders terrorizing turn-of-the-century London
Novel, 353 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Harper - 2009 - ISBN: 006137539X / 9780061375392
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Barrett, Lorna
Booktown #2: Bookmarked for Death
When a bestselling author is found dead in the washroom, Tricia Miles, owner of Haven't Got A Clue bookstore, must read between the lines to solve the mystery.
Novel, 297 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Berkley Prime Crime - 2009 - ISBN: 0425226417 / 9780425226414
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Barron, Stephanie
A Flaw in the Blood
Summoned by Queen Victoria, Patrick Fitzgerald and his ward Dr. Georgiana Armistead are attacked on the road; they must untangle a devastating royal secret if they are to survive
Novel, 289 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Bantam - 2009 - ISBN: 0553384449 / 9780553384444
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Bass, Jefferson (aka Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson)
Body Farm #3: The Devil's Bones
Forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton investigates a victim's remains that were found in a burned car; his psychotic nemesis Garland Hamilton escapes from custody.
Novel, 295 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Harper - 2009 - ISBN: 0060759909 / 9780060759902
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Beaton, M.C.
Agatha Raisin #01 / #02: Introducing Agatha Raisin: The Quiche of Death / The Vicious Vet
Omnibus reprint
Omnibus, Trade Paperback
ISBN: 0312544537 / 9780312544539
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Beaton, M.C.
Hamish Macbeth #24: Death of a Gentle Lady
When elderly Mrs. Gentle dies under mysterious circumstances, Hamish Macbeth begins uncovering the truth behind this lady's gentle exterior.
Novel, 237 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Grand Central - 2009 - ISBN: 044661548X / 9780446615488
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Beattie, Robert
Language of Evil
When Kansas City professor Tom Murray seduced, married, and murdered student Carmin Ross, he thought he had committed the perfect crime - until small-town deputy sheriff Doug Wood tackled the investigation.
Nonfiction, 341 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Signet - 2009 - ISBN: 0451225309 / 9780451225306
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Bennett, Alan
The Uncommon Reader
Satiric novella; when the Queen stumbles onto a mobile library while searching for her corgis, she borrows a book and discovers over time the joy of reading
