New Arrivals

First Plume printing. The fourth novel in the Elm Creek Quilts series. Sylvia Compson is looking for her great-grandmother's log cabin quit, which was supposedly used as a signal on the Underground Railroad in the 1850s. This was the same period of time in which Elm Creek Manor was established. As Sylvia follows clues hidden in the quilt's pattern, she also discovers a family secret. 329 pp. 8" x 5 1/4". Cover design and art by Honi Werner.
The Runaway Quilt
Chiaverini, Jennifer
New York: Plume Books, 2003.
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The author's first novel, but the third to be translated and published in the U.S. This is a multi-generational family saga, spanning four hundred years of Danish history. It tells the stories of four families whose lives are joined by happenstance and eventually marriage. Hoeg's second novel, Smilla's Sense of Snow, was received with great acclaim. 356 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Cynthia Krupat.
The History of Danish Dreams, translated by Barbara Haveland
Hoeg, Peter
New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1995.
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Mystery Writers of America Lawrence Block asked thirteen current mystery authors to select their own personal best stories, and also to choose the one story that had inspired them most. Mary Higgins Clark selected her own "The Man Next Door" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Tell-Tale Heart." Joyce Carol Oates selecter her own "Lover" and Edgar Allan Poe's "The Black Cat." Joe Gores selected his own "The Criminal" and John Russell's "The Knife." Doug Allyn chose his own "Puppyland" and William Banker's "Child of Another Time." Ian Rankin chose his own "Adventures in Babysitting" and Mat Coward's "No Night by Myself." Reginald Hill chose his own "True Thomas" and Robert Louis Stevenson's "Markheim." Carolyn Wheat chose her own "Cousin Cora" and Susan Glaspell's "A Jury of Her Peers." Stuart Kaminsky chose his own "Adele" and the anonymous "The Death of Colonel Thoureau." Edward D. Hoch chose his own "The Detective's Wife" and Stanley Ellin's "You Can't Be a Little Girl All Your Life." Sharyn McCrumb chose her own "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and Saki's "Sredni Vashtar." Clark Howard chose his own "The Last One to Cry" and Jack Ritchie's "The Absence of Emily." Evan Hunter chose his own "The Interview" and Robert Turner's "Eleven O'Clock Bulletin." And Lawrence Block chose "Soetimes They Bite" and Frederic Brown's "Cry Silence." 369 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket art by Segal Design.
Master's Choice Volume II: Mystery Stories by Today's Top Writers and the Masters Who Inspired Them
Block, Lawrence, ed.
New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2000.
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Third book in the series. British agent Philis is eager to transfer out of the "dirty business" branch of SR(2). His opportunity comes when he's assigned to be bodyguard to the beautiful Catherine Zafferelli. Philis thinks it likely that he's dealing with the Mafia, and his fears soon prove true. When Zaferelli is kidnapped, Philis soon finds himself dodging not only the Mafia, but also the FBI, who are interested in papers Zaferelli had been carrying.
Ticket to Ride
Perry, Ritchie
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1974.
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Seventh in the Benni Harper series of mysteries. Benni's visit to the ranch of her stepson's future in-laws ends in tragedy when a family member is murdered. The investigation reveals deep family problems, among them great distrust of the murdered man. Benni's has her own family problems when her husband's ex-wife appears in San Celina. 308 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Jacket art by Cherul Griesbach and Stanley Martucci.
Seven Sisters
Fowler, Earlene
New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2000.
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Elizabeth MacPherson is a forensic anthropologist, accustomed to solving medical mysteries. But the puzzle she must solve now invovles her lawyer brother, who was hired to sell an antebellum mansion for a group of elderly ladies. She's charged with fraud when the ladies disappear and the money from the sale is deposited in an off-shore account. 260 pp. 8 1/4" X 5 1/4". Jacket painting by Stanislaw Fernandez.
MacPherson's Lament
McCrumb, Sharyn
New York: Ballantine Books, 1992.
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On an island off the coast of France, a feared art critic sits for his portrait, to be painted by an old friend who had left the art world ar the height of his success. The relationship between the men alters during the course of the sitting. Which portrait will emerge? 211 pp. 7 3/4" X 5 1/4". Jacket design by Honi Werner.
The Portrait
Pears, Iain
New York: Riverhead Books, 2005.
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Gregor Ragusic, owner of the U.S. World Cup soccer team, is found murdered on the eve of the competition. Who hated him enough to kill him? 318 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2". Cover design by Edward C. Carenza.
The World Cup Murder
Pelé, with Herbert Resnicow
New York: Wynwood Press, 1988.
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Amidst the canals of Venice, Bill Fitzgerald, a war correspondent, and Vanessa Stewart, wife of a show biz lawyer, begin an affair. Will the relationship survive as they return to New York and resume their usual lives? 180 pp. 8" X 6". Jacket design and illustration by Honi Werner.
A Secret Affair
Bradford, Barbara Taylor
New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
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Pendergrass' autobiography, discussing his childhood in Philadelphia, his music career, and the accident which left him a quadriplegic. Includes black and white photographs. 319 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Mike Stromberg.
Truly Blessed
Pendergrass, Teddy and Patricia Romanowski
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998.
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The first book in the Dingilliad trilogy for young adults. Life is tough enough for teenager Charles "Chigger" Dingilliad. The 21st century world in which he lives is a disaster--it's over-populated, and international corporations battle for control. Then the usual 2-week summer vacation with his father and two brothers turns weird. His father seems to have a secret agenda, but Chigger can't figure out if his father has set out to kidnap his sons to keep them from their mother, or if his father has become a smuggler of corporate intelligence. Winner of the 2001 Hal Clement Award for Young Adult fiction, and nominated for the Lambda Award, and the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America's Nebula Award . 285 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket art by Royo.
Jumping Off the Planet
Gerrold, David
New York: Tor Books, 2000.
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The third book in the Dingilliad trilogy. Charles "Chigger" Dingilliad and his brothers Doug and Bobby have narrowly escaped capture by interplanetary corporations who have chased them across the lunar landscape. The boys, exiled from Earth after divorcing their parents, must find a new home. Headed for Outbeyond, a colony of planet Earth, the discover they are still being pursued, this time because Chigger is carrying a Harlie--an artificial intelligence device intended to help build a better world Outbeyond. 316 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket art by Royo.
Leaping to the Stars
Gerrold, David
New York: Tor Books, 2002.
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The second book in the Dingilliad trilogy. Charles "Chigger" Dingilliad and his two brothers, Doug and Bobby, have fled earth for the orbital Geosynchronous Station, where they successfully instigate a divorce from their severely dysfunctional parents. Before they can decide what to do next, however, they find themselves pursued by interplanetary corporate spies, intent on seizing a microchip embedded in Bobby's animatronic toy money. Their only hope is to enlist the aid of a rogue lunar conman. It's a battle for their very survival. 319 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket art by Royo.
Bouncing Off the Moon
Gerrold, David
New York: Tor Books, 2001.
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By the author of "Girl With a Pearl Earring." In 1490, a French nobleman commissions a group of unicorn tapestries from the talented artist Nicolas des Innocents. Master-weaver George de la Chapelle of Brussels is commissioned to weave the tapestries. These beautiful tapestries, and the artist who designed them, change the lives of everyone with whom they come in contact. 250 pp. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Richard Hasselberger.
The Lady and the Unicorn
Chevalier, Tracy
New York: Dutton, 2004.
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First Downtown Press trade paperback edition. A new twist on Jane Austen's Emma. Lina Ray is a matchmakerin San Francisco. When Lina goes to her sister's wedding in India, her aunt tries a little matchmaking of her own. In desperation, Lina announces that she's engaged, then has to scramble to find a man to match her imaginary fiancé before her aunt's visit to California. 246 pp. 8 1/4 X 5 3/8". Cover design by Regina Starace.
Imaginary Men
Banerjee, Anjali
New York: Downtown Books, 2005.
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Seattle lawyer Dana Hill seems to have it all--great career and great family. But when her brother is murdered, and she tries to figure out why, she also reassesses her life. 406 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Anne Twomey.
Damage Control
Dugoni, Robert
New York: Warner Books, 2007.
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Author's first mystery novel. Susan Beckett inherited the "Beckett's of Belmore" antique store from her father, Hank Beckett. When Joe Foster, one of Hank's former customers, dies, the appraisal Hank did of a highboy that Joe bought years ago is called into question. To preseve her father's good name in the antiques community, Susan determines to find out the truth behind the appraisal. 155 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Sue Lobel.
Antique and Deadly
Flynn, Lucine Hansz
New York: Walker & Company, 1988.
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Stories and short novels included in this compilation are: Chief Dragon of the Island, by Joy Chant; The Dragon's Boy, by Jane Yolen; The Knight With the Two Swords, by John Steinbeck; Morte d'Alain, by Maxey Brooke; King's Man, by Sasha Miller; Sir Percivale of Wales, by Roger Lancelyn Green; For to Achieve Your Adventure, by Theodore G. Roberts; The King's Damosel, by Vera Chapman; The Lady of the Fountain, from the Maginogion; Buried Silver, by Keith Taylor; Jaufry the Knight and the Fair Brunissende, translated by Alfred Elwes; Son of the Morning, by Ian McDowell; The Lady of Belec, by Phylliss Ann Karr; Artos, Son of Marius, by Andre Norton; An Entry That Did Not Appear in the Domesday Book, by John Brunner; and Midnight, Moonlight, and the Secret of the Sea, by Darrell Schweitzer. 396 pp. 8 1/2" X 6". Cover illustration by Les Edwards.
The Pendragon Chronicles: Heroic Fantasy from the Time of King Arthur
Ashley, Mike, ed.
New York: Peter Bedrick Books, 1990.
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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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First published in 1947. The author's last published book. The village of Long Greeting has suffered a rash of suicides far beyond the expected rate. The local constabulary calls in Scotland Yard to assist. Villagers are notoriously suspicious of strangers, but soon realize that Detective-Inspector Raikes is their greatest hope to solving the crimes when the suicides are followed by murder. 191 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Rob Pudim.
The Bells of Old Bailey
Bowers, Dorothy
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2006.
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First SFBC Science Fiction edition. The four novels in this omnibus edition are: Alanna: The First Adventure; In the Hand of the Goddess; The Woman Who Rides Like a Man; and Lioness Rampant. 569 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket art by Greg Newbold.
Song of the Lioness
Pierce, Tamora
New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2002.
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First SFBC Science Fiction edition. Four novels are included in this omnibus edition: Wild Magic; Wolf-Speaker; Emperor Mage; The Realms of the Gods. 657 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket art by Greg Newbold.
The Immortals
Pierce, Tamora
New York: Science Fiction Book Club, 2003.
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The first novel in the Gideon Fell series. Dr. Fell accompanies the Reverend Saunders as they await the return of Martin Starbeth, who must fulfiil a family tradition of spending an hour in the ruins of the Chatterham Prison before he can inherit the family fortune. Unfortunately, the Starberth heirs don't always come back alive from their vigils. 161 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Cover art by Digital Stock.
Hag's Nook
Carr, John Dickson
New York: Mystery Guild, n.d..
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A collection of twenty short stories, including: The Good Samaritan, by Isaac Asimov; A Man With a Fortune, by Peter Lovesey; There Are No Snakes in Ireland, by Frederick Forsyth; A Great Sight, by Janwillem van de Wetering; Greektown, by Loren Estleman; Father's Day, by Ruth Rendell; The Worst Crime Known to Man, by Reginald Hill; A Case of Chivas Regal, by George V. Higgins; Lucky Penny, by Linda Barnes; As Good as a Rest, by Lawrence Block; Chee's Witch, by Tony Hillerman; Hit and Run, by Susan Dunlap; King's X, by Brian Garfield; Skin Deep, by Sara Paretsky; Stacked Deck, by Bill Pronzini; More Final Than Divorce, by Robert Barnard; The Dakar Run, by Clark Howard; The Reason Why, by Ed Gorman; Blood Types, by Julie Smith; Deadly Fantasies, by Marcia Muller. 311 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". Jacket art by Marvin Mattelson.
A Century of Mystery 1980-1989. The Greatest Stories of the Decade.
Muller, Marcia and Bill Pronzini, eds.
New York: MJF Books, 1996.
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The author's first book. Each of the 20 chapters covers a different crime, which took place between 1911 and 1985. 163 pp. 9" X 6".
Wisconsin Crimes of the Century
Balousek, Marv
Madison, WI: Straus Printing Company, 1989.
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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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Author Baden is a former New York City medical examiner, and forensic pathologist for the State of New York. This is his first novel. Attorney "Manny" Manfreda is hired to represent the family of a body found on a construction site. Chief medical examiner Jake Rosen investigates. Together, Manny and Jake work together on the crime, and find themselves drawn to each other in the process. 232 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 3/4". Jacket design by Carole Devine Carson.
Remains Silent
Baden, Michael and Linda Kenney
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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Stories included are: A Curious Experience, by Mark Twain; The Story of a Conscience, by Ambrose Bierce; Two Fishers, by Guy de Maupassant; The Traitor, by W. Somerset Maugham; The Diamond of Kali, by O. Henry; Somewhere in France, by Richard Harding Davis; The Phantom Fleet, by E. Phillips Oppenheim; The Informer, by Joseph Conrad; The Kingsmouth Spy Case, by Ernest Bramah; The Pigeon Man, by Valentine Williams; The Hairless Mexican, by W, Somerset Maughm; A Man's Foes, by Pearl S. Buck; The Little Lady From Servia, by E. Phillips Oppenheim; A Tall Story, by G. K. Chesterton; Strictly Diplomatic, by John Dickson Carr; The Army of the Shadows, by Eric Ambler; Flight into Disaster, by Erle Stanley Gardner; The Russian Prisoner, by Leslie Charteris; The Traitor, by Lawrence G. Blochman; Cloak and Dagger, by John Jakes; Cross-Over, by Michael Gilbert; To Slay an Eagle, by Stephen Dentinger; The Little Green Book, by Jack Ritchie; S.P.Y. in the Sky, by Bruce Cassiday, The Case of XX2, by Julian Symons; The Spy and the Bermuda Cypher, by Edward D. Hoch; The Sports Page, by Isaac Asimov; Hide and Seek-Russian Style, by Patricia McGerr; Salamander Four, by Peter O'Donnell; Non-Interference, by Janwillem van de Wettering; The Monster in the Maze, by Ron Goulart; Best-Sellers Guaranteed, by Joe R. Lansdale; Winds of Change, by John Lutz; and Charlie's Game by Brian Garfield. 580 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket illustration by David F. Henderson.
Cloak and Dagger: A Treasury of 35 Great Espionage Stories
Pronzini, Bill and Martin H. Greenberg, eds.
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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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The author's first novel, which introduces Joe Pickett, the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming. Twelve Sleep is a place where everyone hunts, but may not follow the rules. Pickett does follow the rules, however, which tdoesn't make him the most popular guy in town, so when a local hunter is found dead in his back yard, Pickett takes it personally. Open Season won the 2001 New York Times Notable Book Award, and the 2002 Anthony, Barry, and Macavity Awards. 293 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Royce M. Becker.
Open Season
Box, C. J.
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001.
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Bookman Cliff Janeway is hired to appraise the library of a noted collector of children's books. Janeway find the collection oddly ravaged--some valuable books have been replaced with inexpensive reprints, but other, equally valuable, copies still remain. What caused this inexplicable plundering of the collector's estate? 339 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket art by Mark Yankus.
The Bookwoman's Last Fling
Dunning, John
New York: Scribners, 2006.
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The Korean War is the setting for this novel of a marine's love for his men, his country, and his family. Captain Tom Verity leaves his life in Georgetown to join MacArthur's last campaign at the Chosin Reservoir. 274 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design by David Berry.
The Marines of Autumn
Brady, James
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2000.
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Includes two dozen short stories by noted cartoonist Wilson. Titles are: The Cleft, Phyllis, Leavings, [Spot?], Sea Gulls, The Casino Mirago, The Frog Prince, The Manuscript of Dr. Arness, Hansel and Grettel, The Sea Was Wet as Wet Could Be, Mister Ice Cold, Traps, Yesterday's Witch, Them Bleaks, The Marble Boy, End Game, A Gift of the Gods, It Twineth Around Thee in Joy, The Book, M-1, Come One Come All, Best Friends, Campfire Story, and The Power of the Mandarin. Illustrated by the author.
The Cleft and Other Odd Tales
Wilson, Gahan
New York: Tor, 1998.
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Park ranger Anna Pigeon suffers from claustrophobia, but battles her fears as she tries to help a fellow ranger involved in an accident in New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns. Decorated endpapers. 341 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/2". Jacket design and illustration by Honi Werner.
Blind Descent
Barr, Nevada
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1998.
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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. 259 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket illustration by Greg Harlin.
Shiny Water
Salter, Anna
New York: Pocket Books, 1997.
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Preceded by a limited trade edition by Dennis McMillan. Officer Hanson is a Viet Nam vet turned cop in Portland, Oregon. The streets of Portland aren't so different from what he experienced in Viet Nam. His past comes back to haunt him when the only other survivor of his Special Forces unit appear in Portland, and someone on the police force sets out to use his past against him. 416 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design by Tom Tafuri.
Night Dogs
Anderson, Kent
New York: Bantam Books, 1998.
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P. D. James has been honored with Lifetime Achievement Awards from both the British Crimewriters Association (the Cartier Golden Dagger), and the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar. In the Lighthouse, Nathan Oliver, an obnoxious writer, falls to his death while at a private island retreat. Everyone on the island had a reason to disllike the man, so there is no shortage of suspects when Adam Dalgliesh arrives to investigate. 339 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design by Peter Mendelsund.
The Lighthouse
James, P. D.
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2005.
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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 Hunting Badger, Jim Chee and now-retired Joe Leaphorn are in search of a group of militiamen who robbed a Ute tribal casino and the murder of the head of the casino's security team, and the wounding of a Navajo police officer moonlighting as a security guard. The book is based on true events. Brown paper over pumpkin boards. 275 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 3/8". Jacket design and illustration by Peter Thorpe.
Hunting Badger
Hillerman, Tony
New York: Harper Collins, 1999.
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Inscribed by the author on the title page, "For Arlene (finally). Walter Mosley." This is the third novel featuring black private detective Easy Rawlins. Set in 1950s Los Angeles, Rawlins investigates the murder of a white University of California coed. He is startled to learn that the student had another life as a stripper; her stage name was "White Butterfly." Is there a link between this girl's murder and that of three black prostitutes? 272 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4".
White Butterfly
Mosley, Walter
New York: W. W. Norton, 1992.
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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. 304 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Gail Cross.
Murder off the Record
Schulenburg, Marnie
Aurora, CO: Write Way Publishing, 1998.
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Photographs by Derry Brabbs. A beautiful tour of the landscape made famous by popular author and veterinarian James Herriot. Color photographs. Text by James Herriot.
James Herriot's Yorkshire
Herriot, James
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1979.
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The second Easy Rawlins Mystery. 284 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4".
A Red Death
Mosley, Walter
New York: W. W. Norton, 1991.
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Private Detective Aaron Asherfeld is hired to look into the death of a philosophy professor at a northern California university. He finds that the halls of academe are rife with politics and racism. Nobody liked the dead professor, but with all the secrets and hidden lives, Asherfeld has trouble finding anyone who actually killed him. 194 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by Neil Shigley.
Less Than Meets the Eye
Berlinski, David
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
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The fourteenth book in the Carl Wilcox series. Lilybell Fox came to Corden, South Dakota, to work on the genealogy of Corden's Cutter family. Unexpectedly, this researcher of dead people turns up dead herself, in the Wilcox family hotel. In order to find her killer, Carl takes up her research, and finds that the Cutter family history is rife with motives for Lillybell's murder. Another Carl Wilcox novel, The Man Who Was Taller than God, wond the 1993 Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel. 181 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 1/4". Jacket design by Krystyna Skalski.
The Ice Pick Artist: A Carl Wilcox Mystery
Adams, Harold
New York: Walker & Company, 1997.
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Signed by author on title page. The fifteenth book in the Carl Wilcox series. A local minister asks Carl Wilcox to find the man responsible for the rape and murder of his teen-age niece. While investigating the crime, suspicion falls on the husband of the school librarian. A side benefit of his task is a romance with the librarian herself. No Badge, No Gun was nominated for the 1999 Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel. Another Carl Wilcox novel, The Man Who Was Taller than God, won the 1993 Shamus Award for Best P.I. Novel. 203 pp. 8 1/2: X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Krystyna Skalski.
No Badge, No Gun: A Carl Wilcox Mystery
Adams, Harold
New York: Walker & Company, 1998.
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In 1989, Dick Francis won the British Crime Writer's Association Cartier Golden Dagger Award for Lifetime Achievement, and he's been racking up awards ever since. In 1996, he received the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Grand Masters Lifetime Award, and in 2000, the Malice Domestic Agatha Award for Lifetime Achievement. A former steeplechase jockey, Francis' mysteries all involve horses in some manner, but each has a slightly different twist. In Odds Against, ex-jockey Sid Halley investigates a case involving land speculation, stock manipulation, and fraud. In Flying Finish, Henry Grey takes a job as head groom for a horse transport company. While on the job, he discovers an international scheme of intrigue, treason, and the smuggling of classified secrets. In Blood Sport, government security agent Gene Hawkins combines a vacation in the United States with a search for a missing race horse. The journey takes him to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, and Las Vegas, Nevada. In Rat Race, former commercial pilot Matt Shore is now flying for a small air-taxi service. His plane is blown up on the ground in between stops at race courses, and Shore finds himself in the midst of a horse-insurance swindle. 597 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4".
Four Complete Novels: Odds Against, Flying Finish, Blood Sport, and Rat Race.
Francis, Dick
New York: Avenel Books, 1984.
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A collection of 35 short stories by the king of the western. Bound in brown faux leather with gold lettering. 424 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4".
The Collected Short Stories of Louis L'Amour: The Frontier Stories, Volume 1
L'Amour, Louis
New York: Bantam Books, 2003.
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Inscribed by author on front flyleaf: "Inscribed with pleasure for Mr & Mrs Adler who helped celebrate the 93rd birthday of Mrs Rose Fureed at St Louis 6-12-41. C. B. Nash" 39 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2".
Along the Trail with C. B. N., reprinted from the American "Standard" News
Nash, C. B.
Pittsburgh, PA: American Radiator & Standard Sanitary, 1941.
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Scrapbooker Kiki Lowenstein's ordinary life begins to fall apart when her husband George's body is found naked in a hotel room. Things get even worse when George's former lover turns up dead and Kiki's the prime suspect. Can she piece together the truth? 327 pp. 8" X 5 1/8".
Paper Scissors Death
Slan, Joanna Campbell
Woodbury, Minnesota: Murder Ink, 2008.
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Set in Iowa during the Civil War, young bride Alice Bullock is left to run the family farm with only her mother-in-law to help. Then Alice is accused of a local murder. Inscribed by author on front flyleaf: "To Joan, All the Best. Sandra Dallas, Breckinridge, Colo. Sept. 28, 2002." 246 pp. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2".
Alice's Tulips
Dallas, Sandra
New York: St. Martin's Griffin, 2000.
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