New Arrivals

When law professor Natalie Greco is invited to give a lecture at a local prison, she doesn't envision anything more than a new audience. Her lecture has hardly begun, however, when a riot breaks out. She goes to the aid of a dying prison guard, an is entrusted with a message to the guard's wife. Delivering the message proves not only difficult, but life-threatening to Naalie.

Daddy's Girl
Scottoline, Lisa
New York: Harper Collins, 2007.
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Fourteen short stories about the boxing world. Authors include: Doug Allyn, Andrew Bergman, Lawrence Block, Brendan DuBois, Thomas H. Cook, Loren D. Estelman, James Grady, Edward H. Hoch, Clark Howard, Stuart M. Kaminsky, Mike Lupica, Joyce Carol Oates, John Shannon, and F. X. Toole.

Murder on the Ropes: Original Boxing Mysteries
Penzler, Otto, editor
Beverly Hills: New Millennium Press, 2001.
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First trade paperback edition. An engaging biography of the racehorse that captured America's imagination during the dark days of the 1930s. Illustrated with black and white photographs.

Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Hillenbrand, Laura
New York: Ballantine Books, 2002.
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Translated from the French by Richard Howard. The author used 16th-century sources to portray the culture clash of the Old World and the New in the Spanish conquest of Central America.

The Conquest of America
Todorov, Tzvetan
New York: Harper Perennial, 1992.
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The author's fiction debut, which won the 1998 Arizona Adult Author of the Year award. The novel is based on on family stories about the author's great grandmother, a feisty 17-year-old when she moved to Arizona Territory. The novel follows her life for the next 20 years through marriage, the births of her children, and deaths of family members. A Publisher's Weekly review described the novel as "a compelling portrait."

These is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901. Arizona Territories. A Novel.
Turner, Nancy E.
New York: Regan Books, 1999.
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Welgeval was a real farming community in South Africa, established by a Dutch Reformed Church missionary in 1864. The farm was intended to provide land for the traditionally landless African tribes in the area. The People of Welgeval is based on the family history of the author, a teacher and later the first Secretary General of the South African National Commission for UNESCO.

The People of Welgeval
Tema, Botlhale
Cape Town, South Africa: Zebra Press, 2006.
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Inscribed by the author on the title page, "Arlene, Best Wishes. Anna Salter." Forensic psychologist Michael Stone is an advocate for children in child abuse cases. She testifies in a custody fight in which the father is suspected of molesting the children. Then the children are found murdered, and their mother is accused of the crime. Michael is drawn into the case, and into danger. The author's first novel. Author lives in Madison, Wisconsin.

Shiny Water
Salter, Anna
New York: Pocket Books, 1997.
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Inscribed by the author on the title page, "To Marcia--Breaking into the genre with my book--I am honored! Marie Schulenburg." The Riverview, Wisconsin, newspaper editor has instituted a new policy--the paper will no longer publish anything about serial killers, whom the editor believes kill only for the publicity. The policy backfires, however, when it sparks a spate of murders. This is the author's first novel. Author is from Madison, Wisconsin.

Murder off the Record
Schulenburg, Marnie
Aurora, CO: Write Way Publishing, 1998.
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Prairie Classics No. 1. The story of a boy in Wisconsin at the time of the Peshtigo Fire of 1871. The author was an engineer and surveyor in Wisconsin. The Landlooker won awards from the Friends of American Writers and the American Association of State and Local History.

The Landlooker
Steuber, William
Madison, WI: Prairie Oak Press, 1991.
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First book in a new series. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "Judy, Best Wishes! Enjoy! Kathy Buchen." Widowed lawyer Rhiannon Nolan has just moved to New Belgium, Wisconsin, with her three sons. She's struggling to set up her new practice while contending with the nosiness inherent in a small town. When a local man dies at her best friend's house, Rhi investigates. The author is from Appleton, Wisconsin.

Death in Chintz
Buchen, Kathy
Baltimore, MD: Publish America, 2004.
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Wisconsin's New Deal Art
Wausau, WI: Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum, 1980.
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Short biographies of more than 80 Wisconsin women. They range from pioneers such as Rosaline Willard Peck, who set up housekeeping in a cabin located on the shore of Lake Monona in 1837 to Olympian Beth Heiden. Some were educators, such as Clarissa Tracy of Ripon College, and Sister Joel Reed, president of Alverno College. Some were lawyers, like Kate Pier, who graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School in 1887; others were legislators, such as XX. Frances Cline was a doctor; Edna Ferber, Zona Gale, and Marguerite Henry were authors. Georgia O'Keeffe was an artist, Roberta Boorse a ballerina, Ada Deer an activist for Native American rights. As Lee Sherman Dreyfus stated in his preface, "these women can be role models for men as well as women." Illustrated with black and white photographs and drawings.

Wisconsin Women: A Gifted Heritage. A Project of the Wisconsin State Division of the American Association of University Women
Goggin, Jeannine, Patricia Alland Manske, Andrea Bletzinger, and Anne Short
Wisconsin: The Division, 1982.
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The Siren Song is a boat recently purchased by school teacher J. P. Griffin. Griffin's intent is to putter about Wisconsin's Door County on his boat, but he soon learns that the boat holds dark secrets involving a hidden cache of money, and murder. Schwandt has written several award-winning novels for young people. This is his first adult novel. The author was born in Wisconsin, and spends part of the year on Washington Island.

Siren Song: A Suspense Novel
Schwandt, Stephen
Bridgehampton, NY: Bridge Works Publishing Company, 2004.
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This is the Author's first novel, and it was the winner of the 2004 St. Martin's Press Best First Private Eye Novel contest. Kronenwetter has written a number of books and articles on politics, many of them geared for young adult readers. First Kill was described by one critic as a "soft-boiled" mystery. In it, P.I. Hank Berlin searches for answers about the death of his childhood friend, Jack Drucker. Jack was an investigative reporter on the Pinery Falls, Wisconsin, newspaper. Was Jack's death a result of uncovering a secret that someone didn't want revealed? The author lives in Wausau, Wisconsin.

First Kill
Kronenwetter, Michael
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2005.
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First Vintage Books Edition. This biography of Lincoln focuses on the years 1831-1842, and how he focused his life and energies to bring him from rural obscurity to a point from which he began his road to the White House.

Honor's Voice: The Transformation of Abraham Lincoln
Wilson, Douglas L.
New York: Vintage Books, 1998.
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Translated by Ingrid Christophersen. Author Seierstad spend four months living with the family of Afghan bookseller Shah Mohammed Rais. This book is her account of daily life in Afghanistan, and of a man whose public persona is at odds with his own household.

The Bookseller of Kabul
Seierstad, Asne
New York: Back Bay Books, 2003.
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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.

The Tomb of Zeus
Cleverly, Barbara
New York: Delta Trade Paperbacks, 2007.
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The fourth perimeter of the title is the final line of defense around the President of the United States. It consists of his personal bodyguards, made up of Secret Service agents. Kurt Ford, a former Secret Service agent, is now a security consultant. When his son Collin, also a Secret Service agent, dies by what appears to be his own. Kurth knows that Collin would never kill himself, so he begins to investigate the circumstances of Collin's death.

The Fourth Perimeter
Green, Tim
New York: Warner Books, 2002.
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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.

The Long Journey Home
Gilbert, Michael
New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
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Signed by the author on the title page. Coffee house owner Maggy Thorsen returns and discovers another body--this one under a table at a trade conference for which Maggy's the conference coordinator. Is this a case of taking business competition too far? First world edition.

Grounds for Murder: A Maggy Thorsen Mystery
Balzo, Sandra
New York: Severn House, 2008.
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Inscribed on title page, "To Greg: enjoy a walk with 'The Dog'! John Galligan." Introduces Ned "Dog" Oglivie, a former security consultant who now spends his time traveling around the country trout fishing. When in Black Earth, Wisconsin, he discovers the body of another fisherman, then gets involved in the investigation.

The Nail Knot
Galligan, John
Madison, WI: 2003.
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A young girl is killed in her North Oxford home. Inspector Morse and Sergeant Lewis investigate. The death of such a person in such a place would seem to have no relation to the dreaming spires of Oxford University, but before the case is solved, the the investigation leads Morse and Lewis back to Lonsdale College. This novel was made into a PBS Mystery movie.

Death Is Now My Neighbor: An Inspector Morse Novel
Dexter, Colin
New York: Crown Publishers, 1996.
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The scientific investigation that ensued following the disocvery of the body of a 5,000 year old Neolithic hunter discovered in the Alps in 1991. Scientific research conducted on this body was the basis for a PBS Nova episode.

The Man in the Ice: the Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age
Spindler, Konrad
New York: Harmony Books, 1994.
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A poignant story of a yellow labrador retriever and the family who loved him. This is the book on which the movie starring Owen Wilson and Jennifer Anniston was based.

Marley & Me: Live and Love With the World's Worst Dog
Grogan, John
New York: William Morrow, 2005.
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A dozen and a half short stories by such authors as Nicholas Blake, Edmund Crispin, and Leslie Charteris, selected by Ellery Queen as representative examples of the evolution of the mystery in the decade of the 40s.

Masterpieces of Mystery. The Forties. Selected by Ellery Queen
Queen, Ellery, compiler.
Davis Publications, 1978.
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In March 1943, cryptographer Thomas Jericho has been called to Bletchley Park to work on the decoding of the Nazi's most impossible code, Enigma. Jericho's former lover Claire is suspected of being a German spy, and he also falls under suspicion. When Claire disappears, Jericho must work against the clock to crack the code before U-boats can take out any more ships in the Atlantic. This is the book on which the movie was based.

Enigma
Harris, Robert
New York: Random House, 1995.
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Project Argus has for years has listened to the universe, waiting for a message from some intelligent life form. A last, it has been received. Life for Eleanor Arroway, director of Argus, will never be the same, as she decodes the message and plans how to respond. This is the book on which the film starring Jodie Foster was based.

Contact
Sagan, Carl
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1985.
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Tony Hillerman has been racking up awards for more than two decades, both for individual books and for his cumulative work. It started in 1974 with the Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Novel for Dance Hall of the Dead, and included two Doctorates of Literature. In Coyote Waits, Navajo tribal police officer Delbert Nez is killed. Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee search for Nez's killer, and also the killer of a history professor and former South Vietnamese military officer. Are the murders related? Coyote Waits was made into a PBS Mystery movie.

Coyote Waits
Hillerman, Tony
New York: Harper & Row, 1990.
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Third book in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, Hannibal begins seven years after Lecter escaped from custody. Mason Verger was Hannibal's sixth victim, still alive and still searching for him, as is Claire Starling. Decorated endpapers. This is the book on which the movie of the same name was based.

Hannibal
Harris, Thomas
New York: Delacorte Press, 1999.
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John Le Carré has been awarded the British Crime Writers' Association Cartier Diamond Dagger Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allan Poe Award for Lifetime Achievement. In addition, The Spy Who Came In from the Cold won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for the Best Crime Novel, and the Edgar award for Best Novel. A very nice reprint of the 1964 classic, which was the basis for the movie by the same name starring Richard Burton.

The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Le Carré, John
New York: Walker & Company, 2005.
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This remarkable book details the life of Martha Ballard, a midwife in late 18th century Massachusetts (later to become Maine). Martha's diary describes not only her life as a midwife, but also the day to day life of women at that time. The book won both the Bancroft and Pulitzer Prizes. The book was also the basis for an episode of American Experience on PBS.

A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812
Ulrich, Laurel Thatcher
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990.
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Jenny McPartland, a divorced mother of two girls, marries the man of her dreams. Or so she thinks. After their marriage, he new husband, artist Erich Krueger, takes Jenny and her girls to his home in Minnesota. Living in the elegant mansion is exciting at first, but it soon turns into a terrifying prison. Jenny must unravel the house's history to save her life and that of her children. This the book on which the movie was based.

A Cry in the Night
Clark, Mary Higgins
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982.
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Bobbie Rayburn is a baseball player extraordinaire. Gil Renard is a fan who will do anything to support his team. Anything. This is the book on which the movie starring Robert de Niro and Wesley Snipes was based.

The Fan
Abrahams, Peter
New York: Warner Books, 1995.
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Under the guise of adventure, members of the Zerzura Club, traveled throughout the African desert, searching for lost oases and legendary cities and civilization. However, information gained on these excursions provided intelligence during World War II. The author interviewed survivors and used newly-discovered documentary sources. It's history that reads like a thriller. The book on which the movie, The English Patient, was based. Includes black and white photographs and maps.

The Lost Oasis: The Desert War and the Hunt for Zerzura. The True Story Behind "The English Patient"
Kelly, Saul
Boulder, CO: Westview Press, 2002.
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Former baseball player and cop Alex Knight lives in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Alex and his pal Leon Prudell are close at hand when three men crash their boat in Lake Superior. Being good Samaritans can complicate one's life, however. Alex and Leon are accused of stealing a locked box from the boat. And that's just the beginning of Alex's troubles. A Cold Day in Paradise, Hamilton's first novel, introduced Alex Knight, and won an Edgar for best first mystery.

A Stolen Season
Hamilton, Steve
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2006.
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Blindfold Game is a departure from Stabenow's usual Kate Shugak series. It begins with a terrorist bomb in Thailand, then travels across the world to involve the CIA in Washington, DC, and a Coast Guard vessel off the coast of Alaska.

Blindfold Game
Stabenow, Dana
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2006.
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Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Richard Jury's investigation into the death of a five-year-old child immerses him into the world of pedophiles.

The Winds of Change: A Richard Jury Mystery
Grimes, Martha
New York: Viking Press, 2004.
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This novel provides the background to the events which led up to the murder of Inspector Lynley's wife in George's previous mystery.

What Came Before He Shot Her
George, Elizabeth
New York: Harper Collins, 2006.
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Emily Stone is a Florida journalist assigned to cover Branson, Missouri, the country western mecca of America. When a young singer dies in a fall from the balcony of a mega-mansion at a promotion party, Emily soon finds a more sinister side to the city. The author's first novel.

No One Dies in Branson
Buckstaff, Kathryn
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
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Advance Reader's Edition. Third in a series of naval technothrillers featuring National Security Advisor Admiral Arnold Morgan and his archrival Iraqi Commander Benjamin Adnam.

H. M. S. Unseen
Robinson, Patrick
New York: Harper Collins, 1999.
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Blood Feud
Thomas, Annabel
Knoxville, TN: University of Tennessee Press, 1998.
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Jacob Winter is a former military intelligence officer who now specializes in what he calls "forensic bureaucracy"--he looks into problems at the top levels of government. This time, he's looking into the disappearance of a U.S. Senator, Lincoln Bowe. Bowe soon turns up dead, in extremely unusual circumstances, which leads to a bizarre solution. Read by Richard Ferrone.

Dead Watch
Sandford, John
New York: Penguin Audio, 2006.
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Richard is a man who spends so much time working that he has little time for his family. An elderly woman for whom he cares urges him to reconsider his priorities. The story was adapted for television in 1995, and won an Emmy.

The Christmas Box
Evans, Richard Paul
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.
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Hell Gate
Stout, David and Ruth Furie
New York: Mysterious Press, 1990.
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Until the End of Time
Whitney, Polly
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995.
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The Gambit is perpetrated by four scientists who have been collectively publishing their research under a single pseudonym. Their aim is to show that scientific research can be collegial rather than competitive. All goes well until one of the four discovers a breakthrough polymerase reaction. The discovery brings about conflict within the group and points to current attitudes and practices of scientific research. Inscribed on front flyleaf by author: "For Jorge Osorio. Congratulations!"

The Bourbaki Gambit
Djerassi, Carl
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1994.
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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.

Thrones, Dominations
Sayers, Dorothy L. and Jill Paton Walsh
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
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Dorothy Sayers has an unexpected guest--there is a dead man sitting at her typewriter. Sayers' friend and fellow writer Agatha Christie undertakes to solve the crime.

Dorothy and Agatha
Larsen, Gaylord
New York: Dutton, 1990.
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A handsome new curate comes to Carsely. The ladies of the parish are panting after him, but the vicar isn't much pleased--attendance at services has soared, which puts the vicar's nose out of joint. The curate is found dead in the vicar's study. Who's the perp? Was it the jealous vicar? Or a jealous husband? Agatha Raisin, at loose ends since her husband left, decides to investigate.

Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate
Beaton, M. C.
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003.
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Simon Childs is a serial killer who picks his victims because of their phobias, and then kills them by means that utlize their greatest fears. The FBI has received a letter from a phobic woman who thinks the deaths of several phobic friends are suspicious. Agents E. L. Pender and Linda Abruzzi investigate.

Fear Itself
Nasaw, Jonathan
New York: Atria Books, 2003.
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