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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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Inscribed by the author on the half title page, "Mike, It was great working with you at UW Madison. Best Wishes, Tony Nagle." Two teen-aged boys discover ancient scrolls which describe what happened to Roman general Hannibal's war chest--reputed to include more gold than existed in all of Rome. Is it only historians who are interested in the tale? Not by a long shot. The search for this treasure draws in treasure hunters, the Mafia, even the CIA. 275 pp. 9" X 6".
The Augustus Conspiracy
Nagle, Anthony
Lakeville, MN: Galde Press, 2003.
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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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Pretty young reporter Kay Ritchie draws Berkeley professor of horticulture into an investigation with the 1939 Worlds Fair as the backdrop. Are the killers of two Japanese laborers connected to the people who are killing olive trees brought to California from Spain hundreds of years before? Originally published 1940. 160 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Rob Pudim.
Murder Loves Company
Mersereau, John
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2004.
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First published in 1943. A Rue Morgue Vintage Mystery. Marina Hays plans to spend a weekend in the country with friends, but it's not a relaxing weekend--the country house is in the midst of renovation, and she's cast in the role of carpenter's helper. Most of the weekends excitement springs forth from an old doll, who is reputed to wander the house at night. Is the doll an augury of murder? And if so, whose? 160 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Rob Pudim.
The Black Rustle
Little, Constance and Gwenyth
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2003.
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Mystery writer and part-time sleuth Marjorie McClelland thinks the death of a man on a Ferris Wheel was something other than a heart attack--she thinks it was murder. Her fiance, a local police detective in this Depression-era Connecticut town, wishes Marjorie would just keep her nose out of his business. But there's not much chance of that! 304 pp. 8" X 5 1/8".
Ghost of a Chance
Meade, Patricia Amy
Woodbury, MN: Midnight Ink, 2007.
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A historical mystery set in New York City. Detective Sergeant Frank Molloy teams up with Sarah Frank to solve the murder of Gregory Van Dyke, a wealthy man killed in an explosion.
Murder on Marble Row: A Gaslight Mystery
Thompson, Victoria
New York: Berkley Prime Crime, 2004.
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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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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. 232 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4".
The Long Journey Home
Gilbert, Michael
New York: Harper & Row, 1985.
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Laurie R. King is the winner of an Edgar and a Macavity award. Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes taken on a mission for Holmes' older brother Mycroft, and journey to India in search of a missing British agent, disguised as magicians. The man they seek is none other than Kimball O'Hara, the model for Rudyard Kipling's Kim. 369 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4".
The Game: A Mary Russell Novel
King, Laurie R.
New York: Bantam Books, 2004.
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Signed by the author on the title page. Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Simon Puttock, thinking to put the recent violence of their lives behind them, are on pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela. But even shrines are not immune from violence. Sir Baldwin and Simon are among the first on the scene of the murder of a young girl. Then someone from Sir Baldwin's past appears, and more trouble follows. 364 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 1/2". Jacket illustration by Danuta Mayer.
The Templar's Penance
Jecks, Michael
London: Headline Book Publishing, 2003.
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Owen Archer is sent to Wales by the Duke of Lancaster to recruit archers for the Duke's expected invasion of France. Another, secret, task is to find out if the Duke's steward is involved in a plot to support a French invasion of Wales. They no sooner arrive than the steward's son is found dead, and his wife disappears. Owen must investigate. 303 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by David Senior.
A Gift of Sanctuary
Robb, Candace
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998.
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Olivia Brown is a poet and an amateur detective. First seen in Meyers' Free Love, in Murder Me Now, Olivia leaves the comfort of her Greenwich Village brownstone for a house party in Croton. The party turns deadly when the family's nanny is found hanging from a tree. Meyers evokes the ambiance of 1920s New York in this mystery series. 290 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design and illustration by Honi Werner.
Murder Me Now
Meyers, Annette
New York: Mysterious Press, 2001.
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