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Stephen King has been awarded both the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar Allan Poe Award for Grand Masters Lifetime Achievement in 2007, and the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2002. In addition, Bag of Bones was the winner of the 1998 Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel. The protagonist of the novel is Michael Noonan, a prolific author who suffers from writer's block after his wife dies. Trying to jump-start his muse, he moves to his summer cottage in western Maine, only to find that it is . . . haunted. Of course!
Bag of Bones
King, Stephen
New York: Scribners, 1998.
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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, her 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 of the same name was based.
A Cry in the Night
Clark, Mary Higgins
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982.
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When Detective Francis X. Loughlin was new on the police force, a young doctor was murdered and Julian Vega, her apartment manager, was convicted and sent to prison. Twenty years later, Vega is released from prison on a technicality. Another doctor is murdered, and fingers point to Vega again. The DNA test is a shocker--the blood under the new victim's fingernails isn't that of Vega, but of the woman murdered twenty years before. Peter Blauner won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, Slow Motion Riot.
Slipping into Darkness
Blauner, Peter
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 2006.
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James Patterson has been awarded the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster for outstanding contribution to the genre.
Hide & Seek
Patterson, James
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996.
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The Eye of Horus
Thurston, Carol
New York: William Morrow, 2000.
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Shelley Reinish was an accomplished doctor, wife, and mother. When she unexpectedly dies and is quickly passed off as a suicide, her colleague Dr. Evelyn Sutcliffe doesn't believe it. When she starts looking at Shelley's life just before her death, she finds disturbing evidence that all was not well. The deeper she probes, the more worried she becomes. And then she realizes that someone is following her, with murderous intent. The author's first novel.
Blood Run: A Medical Suspense Novel
Robinson, Leah Ruth
New York: New American Library, 1988.
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The disappearance of a local doctor is linked to the case of another missing person more than sixty years before. Episcopal priest Claire Ferguson joins forces with the police chief to investigate the crimes in this small Adirondack town.
Out of the Deep I Cry
Spencer-Fleming, Julia
New York: Thomas Dunne Books, 2004.
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Kate Rashid holds British agent Sean Dillon, White House operative Blake Johnson, and President Cazelet responsible for ther brothers' deaths. Having sworn vengeance against them, Kate sets in motion a series of events aimed at discrediting the President and killing Dillon. It's an international race against time to foil her plan.
Midnight Runner
Higgins, Jack
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
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Maps on endpapers. Pan American Airlines' Flying Clipper is the most luxurious airplane ever built. A few days after Britain declared war on Germany in 1939, the Clipper left England for its last trans-Atlantic flght. The passengers were all wealthy, some were eccentric, but all had their own agendas. In a flight that lasted over 24 hours, tensions were sure to rise.
Night Over Water
Follett, Ken
New York: William Morrow, 1991.
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Bag of Bones
King, Stephen
New York: Scribners, 1998.
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A local sheriff is held hostage by a white supremicist. John T. Bannister is brought back from retirement to handle the case.
The Standoff
Hogan, Chuck
New York: Doubleday, 1995.
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In Thief of Souls, acclaimed author Ann Benson brings us another novel of parallel tales--one in 15th century France, the other in 21st century Los Angeles. In each tale, a serial killer is targeting children. In the 15th century, Guillemette le Drappiere, companion to the Bishop of Nantes investigates; in 2002, L. A. detective Lany Dunbar, is being sought by the very suspect she is pursuing.
Thief of Souls
Benson, Ann
New York: Delacorte Press, 2002.
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First Carroll & Graf edition. Author's first novel.
The Snowman's Children
Hirshberg, Glen
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 2002.
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This book marks novelist Hoffman's departure into the realm of mystery and suspense. Recluse Charles LeBlanc, estranged from his family for years, is chief suspect in the murder of his brother's entire family when a bomb explodes at a family gathering. All he wants is to be left alone, but he learns that isn't possible until he discovers who really committed the crime. Nominated for the 1999 Barry Award for Best First Mystery Novel.
Tidewater Blood
Hoffman, William
Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 1998.
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Signed by the author on the title page.
Dangerous Attachments
Lovett, Sarah
New York: Villard Books, 1995.
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Is homeless man Billy Blake really banker James Streeter, who disappeared ten years ago with missing millions? Why did he die in Amanda Powell's garage? Journalist Michael Deacon doesn't think the location is a coincidence, and sets out to prove it.
The Echo
Walters, Minette
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1997.
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S. J. Rozan has won multiple awards for her writing, including the Edgar, Shamus, and McAvity. In This Rain revolves around the corruption in New York City's construction industry. Ann Montgomery, a New York city investigator, and her former partner, Joe Cole, join forces to investigate multiple accidents at a construction site, including one death. Are the accidents due to negligence on the part of the building contractor, or is he being set up for a fall?
In This Rain
Rozan, S. J.
New York: Delacorte Press, 2006.
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This novel has some autobiographical features: the main character, Eva Johnson, lived in Mansifeld, Ohio, and Daytona Beach, Florida; so did author Jeneva Johns. Eva suffered from viral encephalitis, and lost some of her short-term memory; so did Jeneva Johns. Luckily, the similarities stop there; a killer stalks Eva, but not author Johns. Signed by author on title page.
Aunt Killer
Johns, Jeneva
Mansfield, Ohio: DB Books, 2001.
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James Patterson has been awarded the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster for outstanding contribution to the genre. Alex Cross agrees to go to North Carolina to help John Sampson look into the circumstances surounding the charge of murder against one of Sampson's oldest friends. Their investigation leads them to a group of ruthless killers. Meanshile, Alex grows increasingly concerned about his grandmother.
Four Blind Mice
Patterson, James
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2002.
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Maris Matherly-Reed, VP at Matherly Press, discovers the manuscript of a book she suspects is not entirely fiction. She travels to a remote island to meet the author. Her fascination with the book distracts her from events happening at home--her philandering husband is about to sell off Press. Even worse, she doesn't know that there's a connection between the reclusive author and her husban. Sandra Brown has been honored as a Thrillermaster by the International Thriller Writers.
Envy
Brown, Sandra
New York: Warner Books, 2001.
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