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
Albert Campion #08: 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 ♦ Finalist for the 2009 Edgar Award for Best Novel
Novel, 295 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
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
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, 329 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 2008)
Hard Case Crime - 2011 - ISBN: 0857683241 / 9780857683243
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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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Baantjer, A.C.
Inspector DeKok #6: DeKok and the Dead Harlequin
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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Balzo, Sandra
Maggy Thorsen #3: Bean There, Done That
Novel, Hardcover, 1st Edition
Severn House - 2008 - ISBN: 0727866532 / 9780727866530
Book Condition: New. Jacket Condition: New.
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Barrett, Lorna (aka Bartlett, Lorraine)
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 Bass, Dr. Bill / Jefferson, Jon)
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.
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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Berenson, Alex
John Wells #2: The Ghost War
A power play in China causes deadly repercussions, and a mole within the CIA prepares to propel the world toward annihilation; this time, there may be no way for John Wells to stop it.
Novel, 539 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Jove - 2009 - ISBN: 0515145823 / 9780515145823
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Bernhardt, William
Ben Kincaid #16: Capitol Conspiracy
When a terrorist attack kills the First Lady and 11 others, the president calls for contitutional reforms that will compromise civil liberties. Renegade senator Ben Kincaid's wife Christina is suspicious, and launches an investigation.
Novel, 396 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Las Vegas is facing a string of ritual murders. The killer is leaving behind parts of the victims' bodies and obscure mathematical formulas written in their blood. Police behaviorist Susan Pulaski and autistic savant Darcy O'Bannon must unravel the killer's twisted thoughts and tackle a numerological mystery that stretches back hundreds of years.
Novel, 397 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2007 HC
Cotton Malone, former U.S. Justice Dept. agent turned rare-book dealer, is pitted against the cunning despot of the newly emergent Central Asian Federation whose biological weapons threaten millions; it's a perilous race to the serum kept secret by a puzzle buried in the long-lost tomb of Alexander the Great
Novel, 550 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint of 2007 HC
Academy Chicago - ISBN: 0897335783 / 9780897335782
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Biggers, Earl Derr
The House Without a Key
Classic Charlie Chan reprint
Novel, Trade Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1925)
Academy Chicago - 2008 - ISBN: 0897335791 / 9780897335799
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Birmajer, Marcelo
Three Musketeers
A former Argentinean, returning from Israel to try to find two fellow Jews who were also part of a Peronist guerrilla group back in the 1970s and 1980s, is attacked as soon as he reaches the airport; why is Israeli Intelligence involved?
Novel, Hardcover
ISBN: 1592641938 / 9781592641932
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Black, Benjamin
Quirke #2: The Silver Swan
Irascible Dublin pathologist Quirke gets in over his head when an old acquaintance asks him to investigate the apparent suicide of his young wife and Quirke uncovers some dangerous secrets
Novel, 292 pages, Trade Paperback, Reprint of 2008 HC
Picador - 2009 - ISBN: 0312428243 / 9780312428242
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Blair, Annette
Vintage Magic #1: A Veiled Deception
Maddie Cutler's sister's wedding hits a snag when her nemesis is found strangled with the bride-to-be's veil. Determined to investigate, Maddie's best witness may be an antique wedding dress that magically reveals to her the secrets of those who have worn it.
Novel, 246 pages, Mass Market Paperback, 1st Edition
Berkley Prime Crime - 2009 - ISBN: 0425226409 / 9780425226407
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Block, Lawrence
Killing Castro
There were five of them, each prepared to kill, each with his own reasons for accepting what might be a suicide mission. The pay? $20,000 apiece. The mission? Find a way into Cuba and kill Castro.
Novel, 204 pages, Mass Market Paperback, Reprint (originally published in 1961) (with a new ISBN/price sticker on the back cover and inside front cover)
Hard Case Crime - 2009 - ISBN: 0857683314 / 9780857683311
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Block, Lawrence
One Night Stands and Lost Weekends
Twenty-eight short stories and novellas of mystery and suspense from early in his career.
One Night Stands
The Bad Night
The Badger Game
Bargain in Blood
Bride of Violence
The Burning Fury
The Dope
A Fire at Night
Frozen Stiff
Hate Goes Courting
I Don't Fool Around
Just Window Shopping
Lie Back and Enjoy It
Look Death in the Eye
Man with a Passion
Murder is My Business
Nor Iron Bars a Cage
One Night of Death
Package Deal
Professional Killer
Pseudo Identity
Ride a White Horse
A Shroud for the Damned
Sweet Little Racket
The Way to Power
You Can't Lose
The Lost Cases of Ed London
The Naked and the Deadly
Stag Party Girl
Twin Call Girls
Collection, 366 pages, Trade Paperback, 1st Thus reprint of his 1991 and 2001 collections
