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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Winner of the 2005 Quill Book Award for the best Mystery/Suspense/Thriller. This is the eleventh book in the series featuring Trenton, New Jersey, Stephanie Plum, who works for her cousin Vinnie as a fugitive apprehension agent (a.k.a., bounty hunter). Or a former bounty hunter. Plum has decided it's time for a "normal" job. But normal doesn't necessarily mean safe. Cars are still getting blown up, and now someone's stalking her. Perhaps bounty hunting wasn't so bad after all. 310 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Jerry Todd.
Eleven on Top
Evanovich, Janet
New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005.
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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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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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