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Signed by the author on the title page. The author's third novel. It's summer 1969 in Barrington, Georgia, and Charley Selkirk is having a rough time of it. Nothing seems to be going right for him until he meets photographer Tallasee Tynan, returned to her home town to complete a book of portraits of mountain women. Charley is hired as Tallasee's assistant, and together they look for the missing grandson of one of the women featured in the book. The search takes them to a local commune, where they boy was last seen. A Viet Nam vet who befriended the boy becomes the chief suspect, but Charley isn't so sure, and sets out to prove it. 224 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Calvin Chu.
Blue Hole
Gearino, G. D.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Death in Blue Velvet: The Second Book in the Rhiannon Nolan Series
Buchen, Kathy
Bloomington, IN: Audio Renaissance, 2005.
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Inscribed on title page: "Dear Lisa and John, Thanks for your encouragement. Micki Hobbs." A humorous account of the first European journey of a 61-year-old grandmother from Oconomowoc, Wisconsin.
Aix Marks the Spot: An Adventure in France
Hobbs, Micki
Baltimore, MD: PublishAmerica, 2008.
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Signed by the author on title page. Sixth book in the Louis Searing and Margaret McMillan series. While crossing Lake Michigan on the ferry S.S. Badger, Michigan State University professor Peg Lott admits to fellow passenger that she is part of a group of ecoterrorists that has been burning down wealthy peoples' houses. When a woman is found murdered in Peg's stateroom on the ferry, Lou Searing investigates. 233 pp. 8 1/2" X 5/12".
A Final Crossing: Murder on the S.S. Badger. A Louis Searing and Margaret McMillan Mystery
Baldwin, Richard L.
Haslett, MI: Buttonwood Press, 2004.
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Fruits of the Poisonous Tree
Mayor, Archer
New York: Mysterious Press, 1994.
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First book in a new series. Inscribed by the author on the title page, "Judy, Best Wishes! Enjoy! Kathy Buchen." Widowed lawyer Rhiannon Nolan has just moved to New Belgium, Wisconsin, with her three sons. She's struggling to set up her new practice while contending with the nosiness inherent in a small town. When a local man dies at her best friend's house, Rhi investigates. The author is from Appleton, Wisconsin. 206 pp. 9" X 6".
Death in Chintz
Buchen, Kathy
Baltimore, MD: Publish America, 2004.
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A time travel novel, which takes 17-year-old back to the Civil War to find his sister, who was accidentally transported back to the 1860s in their father's time machine. Inscribed and dated by author on front flyleaf: "To Sarah. Thanks for reading Double Time. Vince Sescoe. 28 Sept 02." Maps on endpapers. Illustrated with black and white drawings. 191 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4".
Double Time
Sescoe, Vincent E.
Sterling, VA: Brookfield Reader, 2001.
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Signed by author on title page. An explosion at the Library of Congress was a cover for the theft of the Library's Gutenberg Bible by a German Nationalist group. Former Foreign Service officer Richard Michaelson was injured in the blast. His background comes in handy when there's another bombing and Michaelson investigates. 279 pp. 8 1/2" X 6". Jacket illustration by Jim Sullivan.
Corruptly Procured
Bowen, Michael
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1994.
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Signed by author on title page. Author's first novel, introducing Streeter, a Denver bounty hunter, who's been hired by a woman to find the money hidden by her drug-dealer boyfriend Doug, recently deceased. Streeter's not the only one looking for Doug, though, and the others have ulterior motives. 223 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 /34". Jacket illustration by Owen Smith.
The Low End of Nowhere: A Streeter Mystery
Stone, Michael
New York: Viking Press, 1996.
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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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Signed by the author on the title page. Chicago major league baseball player Scott Carpenter has just announced that he's gay. In the midst of the media frenzy, Carpenter learns that his father has had a heart attack. He and his partner, teacher Tom Mason, head to Carpenter's boyhood home in rural Georgia, where things go from bad to worse. Carpenter's family is upset over his announcement; the community is no more willing to accept the news, but conceals its own secrets. Then the local sheriff is found murdered in Tom and Scott's rental car. Tom's the chief suspect, and must conduct his own investigation to prove his innocence.
Rust on the Razor
Zubro, Mark Richard
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1996.
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Signed by the author on the title page. The author's first novel, in which Police Chief Ed MacEvoy of Peekamoose Heights, New York, investigates the murder of an elderly man--on whose farm is found stolen Nazi treasure. How did it come to be on the farm? 226 pp. 8 7/8" X 5 7/8".
Stream of Death
Stackhouse, Bill
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2001.
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Signed by author on title page. San Francisco Bay area lawyer Willa Jansson is hired to mediate a marital dispute, not knowing that the wife had been married to a terrorist years before, and whose testimony had sent him to jail. He's now out of prison and looking for her. This is a job where Willa took on far more than she bargained for. 205 pp. 8 5/8" X 5 3/4". Jacket design and illustration by Honi Werner.
Prior Convictions
Matera, Lia
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
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Introducing Cat Marsala. Signed by the author on the title page. D'Amato has won both the Anthony Award and the Agatha Awards. In Hardball, Chicago freelancer Cat Marsala is attending a symposium at the University of Chicago when a bomb explodes. Cat survives, but the woman sitting next to her, Louise Sugarman, an elderly woman activist, doesn't. Cat sets out to determine if Louise was the target of the bomb, and if so, why. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by Michael Garland.
Hardball
D'Amato, Barbara
New York: Scribners, 1990.
Price: $35.00
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