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A simple assignment to write the obituary of a reclusive scholar leands reporter Paul Tomm on a search back through 900 years of alchemical history and the people who practiced the art. 375 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/8". Cover painting by Mehdi.

The Geographer's Library
Fasman, John
New York: Penguin Books, 2005.
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It's 1925, and a serial killer is murdering women in Paris. Journalist Michael Ward has just come to Paris. He's drawn into the circle of writers and artists and learns about the dark, seamy side of the city, where killers aren't the only danger. 301 pp. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4".

Murder in Montparnasse
Engel, Howard
Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press, 1999.
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The sixth novel in the Fremont Jones series. When Fremont Jones learns that her father is gravely ill, she hurries to his side. His doctor feels he has recovered enough to leave the hospital, but he dies shortly after returning home. Then Fremont's step-mother is murdered. Fremont must find the answers to the deaths of two family members. The first book in the Fremont Jones series, The Strange Files of Fremont Jones," won the Macavity Award for Best First Novel. 277 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket illustration by Joseph Daniel Fieldler.

Beacon Street Mourning: A Fremont Jones Mystery
Day, Dianne
New York: Doubleday, 2000.
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Antiques seller Emma Marsh is back. This time, she's left Boston for Central City, Colorado, to help an opera diva with a personal problem. But when the personal problem, a tenor with the opera company, turns up dead, Emma must change the focus of her investigation. First published in 1944. One of the earliest detective novels to be set in Colorado. 192 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Rob Pudim.

Murder A Mile High
Dean, Elizabeth
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2001.
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Emma Marsh is only 26 years old, but is already an accomplished seller of antiques. When the body of a rich collector is found at the shop where she works, Emma must investigate to protect her boss, and herself. Originally published in 1939. 192 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Robert Pudim.

Murder is a Collector's Item
Dean, Elizabeth
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 1998.
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Inscribed by the author on the half title page, "Mike, It was great working with you at UW Madison. Best Wishes, Tony Nagle." Two teen-aged boys discover ancient scrolls which describe what happened to Roman general Hannibal's war chest--reputed to include more gold than existed in all of Rome. Is it only historians who are interested in the tale? Not by a long shot. The search for this treasure draws in treasure hunters, the Mafia, even the CIA. 275 pp. 9" X 6".

The Augustus Conspiracy
Nagle, Anthony
Lakeville, MN: Galde Press, 2003.
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Lady Rose Summer has eschewed her high-class life, and is working as a typist. However, when Freddy Pomfret, an old friend, is murdered, Rose resumes her former life in order to more easily mingle with possible suspects in high society. 225 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 7/8". Jacket illustration by Fred Van Deelan.

Hasty Death
Chesney, Marion
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004.
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Pretty young reporter Kay Ritchie draws Berkeley professor of horticulture into an investigation with the 1939 Worlds Fair as the backdrop. Are the killers of two Japanese laborers connected to the people who are killing olive trees brought to California from Spain hundreds of years before? Originally published 1940. 160 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Rob Pudim.

Murder Loves Company
Mersereau, John
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2004.
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First published in 1943. A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery. Marina Hays plans to spend a weekend in the country with friends, but it's not a relaxing weekend--the country house is in the midst of renovation, and she's cast in the role of carpenter's helper. Most of the weekends excitement springs forth from an old doll, who is reputed to wander the house at night. Is the doll an augury of murder? And if so, whose? 160 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Rob Pudim.

The Black Rustle
Little, Constance and Gwenyth
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2003.
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Mystery writer and part-time sleuth Marjorie McClelland thinks the death of a man on a Ferris Wheel was something other than a heart attack--she thinks it was murder. Her fiance, a local police detective in this Depression-era Connecticut town, wishes Marjorie would just keep her nose out of his business. But there's not much chance of that! 304 pp. 8" X 5 1/8".

Ghost of a Chance
Meade, Patricia Amy
Woodbury, MN: Midnight Ink, 2007.
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The Tomb of Zeus introduces archaeologist Laetitia Talbot. It's 1928 when she travels to Crete to gain experience in the field by working with British archaeologist Theodore Russell in his quest to find the tomb of Zeus. Letty is soon digging for more than artifacts, however, when Russell's wife Phoebe is found dead. In 2004, Barbara Cleverly was awarded the Ellis Peters Award for Best Historical Novel for The Damascened Blade. 369 pp. 8 1/4" X 5 1/4". Cover design by Marietta Anastassatos.

The Tomb of Zeus
Cleverly, Barbara
New York: Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2007.
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Gilbert was honored with the 1994 British Crime Writers' Association' Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for lifetime achievement and the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. The Long Journey Home draws on Gilbert's own experiences in World War II, when, as an escaped prisoner of war, he made a similar journey. 232 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4".

The Long Journey Home
Gilbert, Michael
New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
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Laurie R. King is the winner of an Edgar and a Macavity award. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes taken on a mission for Holmes' older brother Mycroft, and journey to India in search of a missing British agent, disguised as magicians. The man they seek is none other than Kimball O'Hara, the model for Rudyard Kipling's Kim. 369 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4".

The Game: A Mary Russell Novel
King, Laurie R.
New York: Bantam Books, 2004.
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Signed by the author on the title page. Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Simon Puttock, thinking to put the recent violence of their lives behind them, are on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. But even shrines are not immune from violence. Sir Baldwin and Simon are among the first on the scene of the murder of a young girl. Then someone from Sir Baldwin's past appears, and more trouble follows. 364 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". Jacket illustration by Danuta Mayer.

The Templar's Penance
Jecks, Michael
London: Headline Book Publishing, 2003.
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Owen Archer is sent to Wales by the Duke of Lancaster to recruit archers for the Duke's expected invasion of France. Another, secret, task is to find out if the Duke's steward is involved in a plot to support a French invasion of Wales. They no sooner arrive than the steward's son is found dead, and his wife disappears. Owen must investigate. 303 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by David Senior.

A Gift of Sanctuary
Robb, Candace
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
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Olivia Brown is a poet and an amateur detective. First seen in Meyers' Free Love, in Murder Me Now, Olivia leaves the comfort of her Greenwich Village brownstone for a house party in Croton. The party turns deadly when the family's nanny is found hanging from a tree. Meyers evokes the ambiance of 1920s New York in this mystery series. 290 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design and illustration by Honi Werner.

Murder Me Now
Meyers, Annette
New York: Mysterious Press, 2001.
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Set in 14th Century London, Red Slayer pits Brother Athelstan of St. Erconwald and his unlikely partner in medieval detection, Sir John Cranston, the Lord Coroner of London, against the slayer of Sir Ralph Whitton, Constable of the Tower. Whitton was murdered in a locked room inside the Tower. And who is robbing the graves in St. Erconwald Cemetery? 283 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by Christopher Zacharow.

Red Slayer, Being the Second of the Sorrowful Mysteries of Brother Athelstan
Harding, Paul
New York: William Morrow, 1992.
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Decorated end papers. Sepulchre has two storylines, with a tarot deck linking the plots. In 1891, the deck belonged to the deceased uncle of a Parisian sister and brother, Leonie and Anatole Vemeir, who visit their widowed aunt in southern France. In the present day, biographer Meredith Martin sees a reproduction of the tarot cards while in the same area of France, where she is finishing a biography of Debussy. The two women, a century apart, pursue the mystery behind the cards.

Sepulchre
Mosse, Kate
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2007.
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312 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by David Baleosingh Rotstein.

Murder in the Smokehouse
Myers, Amy
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
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Nominated for the 1996 Agatha Award for Best Novel and the 1997 Barry Award for Best Novel. A historical mystery set in 1786 Maine, the book's main character is a midwife who investigates the rape and murder of a young mother. 307 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket illustration by John Collier.

Hearts and Bones
Lawrence, Margaret
New York: Avon Books, 1996.
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Tenth in the Sergeant Bragg and Constable Morton series. A 12-year-old girl is stabbed to death in 1890s London. Unexpectedly, Detective Sergeant Bragg's investigation involve the production of, and patents for, explosives. 255 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket by Amy Bernstein.

Patently Murder
Harrison, Ray
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1992.
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Someone in the Colonial Office has been feeding secrets about Britain's African strategy to the Germans. Police Superintendent Thomas Pitt has been charged with finding the traitor. He believes the crime is linked to the death of his childhood mentor, Sir Arthur Desmond. 412 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket painting by Mitzura Salgian.

Traitors Gate
Perry, Anne
New York: Fawcett Columbine, 1995.
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Eighteenth century blind magistrate John Fielding and his young protogé Jeremy Proctor are called upon to investigate a man claiming to be Lawrence Paltrow. Paltrow has been missing for years, and has now rather mysteriously reappeared from America just as his older brother is executed, and the estate to which his brother was heir is now available to an authentic claimant. Paltrow convinces his old friends and even his mother that he is who he says he is, but Fielding is not so sure. 275 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Lisa Amoroso.

Death of a Colonial
Alexander, Bruce
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999.
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Stephen Marlowe was awarded France's Prix Gutenberg for best historical novel for The Memoirs of Christopher Columbus. In The Lighthouse at the End of the World Edgar Allnn Poe, creator of the American mystery, is himself the protagonist in a mystery novel, pursued by one of his own creations, the detective C. Auguste Dupin. 325 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Mary E. O'Boyle.

The Lighthouse at the End of the World
Marlowe, Stephen
New York: Duell, Sloan, & Pierce, 1995.
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Based on an outline created by Dorothy L. Sayers before her death, newlywed Lord Peter Wimsey and his bride, Harriet Vane, travel to Parish, were they meet Laurence and Rosamund Harwell. The fair Rosamund is soon thereafter strangled, and the Wimseys' honeymoon is overtaken by paired sleuthing. 312 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Steve Snider.

Thrones, Dominations
Sayers, Dorothy L. and Jill Paton Walsh
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
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Third in the series that features Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins. They are purported to be adventures drawn from unpublished journals discovered at Collins' solicitor's office. In this outing, Dickens' mistress Ellen Ternan is accused of murder and the sleuths are drawn into the British feminist movement. 241 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by Mark Lang.

The Hoydens and Mr. Dickens: The Strange Affair of the Feminist Phantom. A Secret Victorian Journal Attributed to Wilkie Collins
Palmer, William J.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1997.
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Death to Spies brings James Bond author Ian Fleming to life in a story of Cold War spies. Fleming, supposedly retired from espionage, is living in Jamaica and working as a journalist. He is approached by British intelligence to find out who is selling nuclear secrets to the Russians. 397 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4".

Death to Spies
Fawcett, Quinn
New York: Tom Doherty Associates Books, 2002.
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Cairo, Egypt, in 1942 was a hotbed of intrigue. It was filled with people from all over Europe and northern Africa, and was also full of spies. Captain Bert Cutler, former Glaswegian policeman, was sent to Cairo to find the leak in British intelligence that is fueling Rommel's advances. But even Bert Cutler isn't who he seems. Maps on endpapers. 376 pp. 9 3/8" x 6 1/4". Jacket design and Peter Thorpe.

City of Gold
Deighton, Len
New York: Harper Collins, 1992.
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Fifth in the Sergeant Verity series. Sergeant William Clarence Verity is in Brighton this time, investigating the theft of the Shah Jehan clasp, an extremely valuable piece of jewelry. He thinks the case is well in hand, until his wife vanishes. What is the link between the theft and his wife's disappearance? 275 pp. 8 1/4" X 5 1/4". Jacket illustration by Jenny Thorne.

Sergeant Verity and the Swell Mob
Selwyn, Francis
New York: Stein and Day, 1981.
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Anne Perry has written a series of Christmas mysteries. In A Christmas Visitor, Judah Dreghorn died in a fall. Was it an accident, or murder? Judah's wife Antonia enlists the help of her godfather, Henry Rathbone, a character who also appears in Perry's William Monk series. Rathbone must determine if an old land dispute led to Judah's death. 199 pp. 7 1/2" X 5 3/8". Jacket illustration by Danilo Ducak.

A Christmas Visitor
Perry, Anne
New York: Ballantine Books, 2004.
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First Trade edition. Owen Archer, formerly a bowman in the King's army, lost an eye in the wars, and has entered a new profession as investigator for John Thoresby, the Lord Chancellor and Archbishop of York. In The Cross-Legged Knight, William of Wykeham, a bishop and former Lord Chancellor, has been assaulted, and his house set afire. As Owen tries to protect William from further attempts, the body of a midwife is discovered among the charred remains of Williams house. What is the connection between the midwife and the bishop? 321 pp. 8" X 5".

The Cross-Legged Knight: An Owen Archer Mystery
Robb, Candace
New York: Mysterious Press, 2002.
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The author's first novel, which introduces Matthew Shardlake, investigator for the crown. It's 1537. An agent of the King is found murdered, and the King's vicar-general sends lawyer Matthew Shardlake to investigate. Other deaths follow, and Shardlake himself becomes a target before he uncovers the murderer. 389 pp. 7 3/4" X 5".

Dissolution
Sansom, C. J.
New York: Penguin Books, 2003.
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Hilda Johansson is a Swedish immigrant working as a maid for the Studebaker family in South Bend, Indiana. When President McKinley is assassinated, there seems to be a link between his assassin and anarchists in South Bend. Hilda investigates. 191 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by John Rush.

Red, White, and Blue Murder
Dams, Jeanne M.
New York: Walker & Company, 2000.
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Set in Paris in the eighteenth century, this is the story of the birth and abandonment of a child and the development of a monster. The child had the unique ability to distinguish minute differences in odors, to know the origin and composition of objects. As he grew to manhood he used this power to create exquisite perfumes, and became the premier perfumer of Paris. When this pinnacle was reached, he withdrew from the world to prepare for his ultimate goal--to extract from the most perfect beings in the world--beautiful young virgins--the scent of life itself. This is the book on which the film was based. 259 pp. 8 1/2" X 6". Jacket design by Gun Larson.

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer.
Suskind, Patrick
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1986.
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In the ninth adventure of Sir John Fielding, the "blind beak" of London, Benjamin Franklin is a suspect in the theft of letters from the home of a British cabinet minister. The letters, which turn up in Massachusetts, may be pertinent to the colonial rebellion in America. Sir John's young assistant, Jeremy Proctor, acts as the magistrate's eyes and ears, gathering information which helps Sir John solve the case. 274 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Lisa Amoroso.

An Experiment in Treason
Alexander, Bruce
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
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A biography of Henry and Clare Booth Luce, one of the most famous and influential couples of their time. Illustrated with black and white photographs. 463 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4".

Henry & Clare: An Intimate Portrait of the Luces
Martin, Ralph G.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1991.
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Black pianist Benjamin January plays piano in the Salle d'Orleans in the 1830s. A widowed friend from long ago comes to the Salle to confront her husband's mistress. Benjamin offers to meet the mistress instead. When the mistress is found dead, Benjamin searches for her killer, but becomes a suspect himself. New Orleans is not a safe place for a free man of color. 312 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by Jason Seder.

A Free Man of Color
Hambly, Barbara
New York: Bantam Books, 1997.
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This anthology includes over 20 specially commissioned stories, with a focus on Roman and Celtic times, and the Middle Ages. Only one of the stories has been previously published. Authors include Cherith Baldry, Richard Butler, Mat Coward, Jean Davidson, Carole Anne Davis, Kate Ellis, Paul Finch, Margaret Frazer, Peter Garratt, Philip Gooden, Susanna Gregory, Claire Griffen, Edward D. Hoch, Michael Jecks, Michael Kurland, Mary Reed with Eric Mayer, Rosemary Rowe, Steven Saylor, Keith Taylor, Marilyn Todd, Peter Tremayne, and Derek Wilson. 500 pp. 7 3/4" X 5". Cover design by Joe Roberts.

The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits
Ashley, Mike, editor
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2001.
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Husband and wife sleuths Kate and Charles Sheridan have been invited to stay at Blenheim Palace while Kate researches a book on the affair of King Henry II and the fair Rosamund. When a Palace maid is kidnapped, then the Duke of Marlborough and his mistress disappear, Kate's writing is put aside and she must bring her investigative skills come into play. 312 pp. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". Jacket design by Teresa Fasolino.

Death at Blenheim Palace
Paige, Robin
New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2005.
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First Carroll & Graf edition. Sherlock Holmes and Watson have been summoned to Scotland to assist Queen Victoria. They are nearly murdered on the journey, then they learn of the murder of the architect and foreman who had been hired to renovate the Palace of Holyrood in Edinburgh. To Holmes, their deaths are reminders of the murder of Divid Rizzio, the "Italian Secretary" assassinated in the presence of Mary Queen of Scots three hundred years before. Has Rizzio's ghost returned to protest the disturbance of his place of death? 266 pp. 8 1/2" X 6". Cover design by Tim Byrne.

The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Carr, Caleb
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2005.
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With this book, Perry begins a new series. British intelligence agent Matthew Reavley and his Cambridge professor brother Joseph investigate their parents' death in a car crash. Their search is driven beyond normal grief when they learn that at the time of his death, their father may have been carrying a secret document linked to national security. 339 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Carl D. Galian.

No Graves as Yet: A Novel of World War I
Perry, Anne
New York: Ballantine Books, 2003.
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First Ballantine Trade Paperback Edition. Set in London in 1722, A Spectacle of Corruption is the sequel to the Edgar Award-winning "A Conspiracy of Paper," in which Benjamin Weaver was thrown into prison for a murder he did not commit. In Spectacle, Weaver escapes from prison and sets out to clear his name. His efforts find him mixing with London citizenry high and low, as the Tories and the Whigs battle for control of parliament. Skills gained during his former profession of pugilist come in handy. 399 pp. 8" X 5".

A Spectacle of Corruption
Liss, David
New York: Ballantine Books, 2004.
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Justin de Quincy is Eleanor of Aquitaine's man. His first response is to say no when Prince John asks his help and finding a document which accuses John of plotting to kill his brother, King Richard. The document is a forgery, and it must be found and disproved to save John's neck. The conspiracy behind the document leads John all over Brittany and Paris. 327 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Nellys Li.

Prince of Darkness: A Medieval Mystery
Penman, Sharon Kay
New York: Marion Wood Books, 2005.
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In 1994, a lost manuscript was discovered in Minnesota: Dr. Watson's account of Sherlock Holmes's journey to Minnesota to find the arsonist known as the Red Demon. 318 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4".

Sherlock Holmes and the Red Demon
Watson, John H., edited by Larry Millett
New York: Viking Press, 1996.
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Winner of the 2007 Barry Award for Best Mystery Novel. First Harper paperback edition. Berlin nightclub owner, "Prince Nick," exploits Anna Anderson's claim to be Anastasia, youngest daughter of the Russian Czar Nicholas. A mysterious stranger, however, is determined to eliminate Anna and everyone around her. In a second plot line, Berlin's Inspector Schmidt is pursuing a mass murderer. His efforts are thwarted, however, because the killer is apparently part of Hitler's brownshirts. 422 p. 8" X 5/14". Cover Photograph by Ken Regan.

City of Shadows
Franklin, Ariana
New York: Harper Collins, 2006.
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Dissolution
Sansom, C. J.
New York: Viking Press, 2003.
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Translated from the French by Hoyt Rogers. Winner of the French Prix Renaudot. The tale of a French town and its policeman. As if the horrors of World War I aren't enough, three deaths occur in the town--a teacher commits suicide after hearing of her lover's death in the war. A young girl is murdered and her body left by the side of the canal. And while the policeman is investigating the girls' murder, his own wife dies in childbirth. Twenty years later, the policeman is still trying to make sense of it all. 199 pp. 8 3/4" X 6". Jacket design by Abby Weintraub.

By a Slow River
Claudel, Philippe
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2006.
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In Victorian London, Miriam Gardiner disappeared after a game of croquet, and hasn't been seen since. Miriam's fiance, Lucius Stourbridge asks private investigator William Monk to find Miriam. Monk enlists the aid of his new wife Hester in the search for the truth. 346 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design by Heather Kern.

The Twisted Root
Perry, Anne
New York: Ballantine Books, 1999.
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Winner of the 2005 Crime Writers Association's Ellis Peters Historical Dagger Award. Second book in the Matthew Shardlake series. Sixteenth Century attorney Shardlake agrees to assist Thomas Cromwell in exchange for a 2-week reprieve for a woman sentenced to execution for a murder she didn't commit. Shardlake had defended her, and lost. His task: to find a missing store of Greek fire, an incendiary whose formula was secret. Shardlake and Jack Barak, employed by Cromwell, search throughout London, but murder and secrecy precede their every step. Illustrated endpapers. 503 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4".

Dark Fire
Sansom, C. J.
New York: Viking Press, 2004.
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London Magistrate John Fielding is blind, but able to see through the eyes of his young assistant, Jeremy Proctor. In Watery Grave, Fielding's stepson returns from a voyage at sea with a tale of the murder of the ship's captain. Fielding sends Jeremy out to find possible witnesses, but he has trouble doing so--the sailors are being murdered one by one. 265 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Lisa Amoroso.

Watery Grave
Alexander, Bruce
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1996.
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Large print. Temperence O'Neil works for women's rights in early 20th Century New York, covering her expenses with her inheritance. When her mother marries Angus McCairn, a wealthy Scotsman, he insists that, as an unmarried woman, she live in his household. Determined to regain her independence and career, she makes a bargain with McCairn--if she can find a wife for his son James, Angus will restore her fortune and allow her return to New York. 383 pp. 9" X 6".

Temptation
Deveraux, Jude
Massachusetts: Large Print Press, 2000.
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First St. Martin's Minotaur Edition. Fidelma of Cashel is sister to one of the Kings of Ireland. When she returns to her brother's castle, she learns that her son's nurse has been murdered and her son is missing. Fidelma begins a frantic search to find her son and the people who seized him. 276 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 3/8". Jacket design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein.

The Leper's Bell
Tremayne, Peter
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006.
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