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A woman calling herself as Jessie Potter has just won the jackpot at a Tahoe casino. She seeks lawyer Nina Reilly's help in claiming the money without revealing her true identity. The Gaming Commission aren't the only ones who are interested. Several parties are pursuing the money, and Jessie. Then Nina realizes that she, too, is in danger. Will she and Jessie be able to claim the money without losing their lives? Maps on endpapers.
Writ of Execution
O'Shaughnessy, Perri
New York: Delacorte Press, 2001.
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The second book in the second trilogy about British agent Bernard Samson. Samson is hiding out in Berlin after the events of the previous book, Spy Hook. He thinks all is forgiven when he is invited back to London, but then realizes he has yet again played into their hands when he is given an apparent inconsequential assignment in Vienna. There he meets an American who seems familiar. Who is he? Where did they meet? And does he have anything to do with Samson's assignment? 291 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Mark Falls.
Spy Line
Deighton, Len
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1989.
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An American film company making a movie in Prague has been receiving threats. They hire the "ex-hippie dick," Moses Wine, to go to Prague and investigate the threats. Then the film's director is kidnapped, and the threats take on a terrorist aspect. Moses finds himself going far beyond detecting--he also fills in for the missing director. 241 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Larry Rostant.
Director's Cut: A Moses Wine Novel
Simon, Roger L.
New York: Atria Books, 2003.
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A blight which could destroy the entire Napa Valley wine industry has struck. Is this a natural disaster, or a man-made one? Fiddler investigates. 230 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by Stanislaw Fernandes.
Gatsby's Vineyard
Maxwell, A. E.
Garden City: Doubleday, 1987.
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First paperback edition. Two Danish sailors, Ulf and Torben, are handed a log-book by a sailor who then disappears. In it, reveals the existence of something called the Celtic Ring. Intrigued, they they set off across the North Sea for Scotland. Along the way they barely survive several accidents. Or are they accidents? Things get even more dangerous when they reach Scotland, where they encounter Celtic nationalists and a revived Druid cult. Reviewers in Cruising and Sailing magazines praised the plot and the authentic descriptions of sailing.
The Celtic Ring
Larsson, Bjorn, translated by George Simpson
Dobbs Ferry, NY: Sheridan House, 2000.
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Michael Garrick, a White House lawyer, is on a dream date with the First Daughter, Nora Hartson, a girl who seems to thrive on inappropriate behavior. That behavior gets her, and Garrick, into a dangerous situation, which results in Garrick becoming a suspect in the murder of his boss. No longer able to trust anyone, Garrick must prove his innocence. 481 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Shasti O'Leary Soudant.
The First Counsel
Meltzer, Brad
New York: Warner Books, 2001.
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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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Christmas is no time for murder, but that's the time of year when Boston medical examiner Maura Isles and Detective Jane Rizzoli investigate the murder of a young woman found surrounded by symbols of Satanic ritual. Aspects of the scene point to an exclusive group known as the Mephisto Club, which has dedicated itself to the study of evll. Does the Devil really exist on earth? 336 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 /34". Jacket design by Carl D. Galian.
The Mephisto Club
Gerritsen, Tess
New York: Ballantine Books, 2006.
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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. 338 pages. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". In addition to his well-known thrillers, Peter Abrahams has also written a series of young adult mysteries. He won the 2005 Agatha Award for Best Young Adult Mystery for Down the Rabbit Hole. The follow-up to that novel, Behind the Curtain, was nominated for an Agatha. Jacket design by Jackie Meyer Merri.
The Fan
Abrahams, Peter
New York: Warner Books, 1995.
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This is Dan Brown's first novel. It was inspired by an event that happened to one of Brown's students at Phillips Exeter Academy. TRNSLTR is an NSA supercomputer that cracks encrypted codes. Former NSA programmer Ensei Tankado creates an unbreakable code, then dies in Spain wearing a golden decoder ring. Will the ring be lost forever, or retrieved in time to prevent the loss of national secrets? 372 pp. 8 1/4" X 5 1/2". Cover design by Scott Levine.
Digital Fortress
Brown, Dan
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 1998.
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J. D. Stanton, a retired Navy Captain and historian, must determine what happened to the USS Triggerfish, a submarine that disappeared during World War II. She has just turned up on a San Diego beach, her crew missing, but some evil presence inhabits her. 329 pp. 8" X 5 1/4". Cover illustration by Kerri Gibbs.
A Ship Possessed. A J. D. Stanton Mystery
Gansky, Alton
Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1999.
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Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. Third book in the Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series. In The Sinner, one nun is found brutally murdered in a convent chapel, another critically injured nun beside her. Homicide detective Rizzoli and medical examiner Isles work together to track down the killer. 531 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Carl D. Galian.
The Sinner
Gerritsen, Tess
New York: Ballantine Books, 2003.
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Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. James Patterson has been awarded the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster for outstanding contribution to the genre. The murder of Alex Cross's wife Maria has never been solved. Cross is a former DC cop, a successful crime writer, and had worked with the FBI. In order to spend more time with his children, he returns to private practice as a psychologist. When his friend John Sampson asks for his help in tracking down a serial rapist, Cross agrees, then finds the rapist may have ties to Maria's death. 499 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4".
Cross
Patterson, James
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2006.
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Charter boat captain takes an end-of-season booking from Sally Moffit, who is making a documentary on dolphins. While filming, they enounter the yacht of an eccentric American millionaire, and a mysterious underwater behemoth. 341 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Richard L. Aquan.
Sea Hunter
Garrison, Paul
New York: William Morrow, 2003.
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A powerful weapon is stolen from Iraq and brought to the United States. The planned use of this weapon is concealed behind another plot, and CIA agent Ryan Kealy must operate outside the usual channels in a race for time to prevent this disaster. 506 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Janice Rossi Schaus.
The Assassin
Britton, Andrew
New York: Kensington Books, 2007.
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Patty Bigelow was a compassionate ER nurse. On her deathbed, she confesses to a murder. She wants her niece to request the help of psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware. Delaware, in turn, asks LAPD detective Milo Sturgis to help him find the victim of a crime they're not sure ever happened. 347 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Carl D. Galian.
Obsession
Kellerman, Jonathan
New York: Ballantine Books, 2007.
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Straight-arrow judge Richard Quinn presides over the case of a U.S. Senator accused of murdering her husband. Did she do it, or was she set up to take the fall? Quinn learns he may have to vary from the straight and narrow to find the truth. 312 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design by Evan Gaffney.
The Undertaker's Widow
Margolin, Phillip
New York: Doubleday, 1998.
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Fourth in the Jack Novak series of thrillers, Izmir finds Jack on brink of marrying his long-suffering Melody, but must dash off to rescue his former DEA partner and best friend, who has been kidnapped by South American drug smugglers. 233 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 3/8". Jacket design by Loretta Trezzo.
Izmir
Hunt, E. Howard
New York: Donald I. Fine Books, 1996.
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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. 223 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4".
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Le Carré, John
New York: Walker & Company, 2005.
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Joseph Finder has been nominated for the Crime Writers of America's Ian Fleming Steel Dagger Award, the Barry Award for Best Thriller, and the International Thriller Writers' Thriller Award for Best Novel. Criminal defense attorney Claire Heller Chapman is stunned to learn that her husband, a man she thought she knew very well--he one had a different name, a different face, a different life. He's been accused of a horrible crime. Which persona is the real one? High Crimes was made into a movie starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd. 341 pp. 9 1/2 X 6 1/4". Jacket illustration by Alan Ayers.
High Crimes
Finder, Joseph
New York: William Morrow, 1998.
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