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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.
Shiny Water
Salter, Anna
New York: Pocket Books, 1997.
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Signed and dated by author on title page, May 8, 1993. Thomas and Sandy Curry head off to Africa for a photo safari and get involved in a the investigation of an American who was staying in their hotel.
Act of Faith
Bowen, Michael
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.
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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.
The Augustus Conspiracy
Nagle, Anthony
Lakeville, MN: Galde Press, 2003.
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Signed by author on title page. Sociologist Isaac Steiner is murdered at Friar's Close, a communal housing development. Police Detective Ray Koepp and his partner Margaret Loftus find no shortage of suspects despite the commune's insistance that none of the residents would do such a thing.
Mind Games
Koehler, C. J.
New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1996.
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Inscribed and dated by author on front flyleaf: "To Sarah. Thanks for reading Double Time. Vince Sescoe. 28 Sept 02." Maps on endpapers.
Double Time
Sescoe, Vincent E.
Sterling, VA: Brookfield Reader, 2001.
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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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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.
Murder off the Record
Schulenburg, Marnie
Aurora, CO: Write Way Publishing, 1998.
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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.
Death in Chintz
Buchen, Kathy
Baltimore, MD: Publish America, 2004.
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Inscribed on title page, "To Greg: enjoy a walk with 'The Dog'! John Galligan." Introduces Ned "Dog" Oglivie, a former security consultant who now spends his time traveling around the country trout fishing. When in Black Earth, Wisconsin, he discovers the body of another fisherman, then gets involved in the investigation.
The Nail Knot
Galligan, John
Madison, WI: 2003.
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The Gambit is perpetrated by four scientists who have been collectively publishing their research under a single pseudonym. Their aim is to show that scientific research can be collegial rather than competitive. All goes well until one of the four discovers a breakthrough polymerase reaction. The discovery brings about conflict within the group and points to current attitudes and practices of scientific research. Inscribed on front flyleaf by author: "For Jorge Osorio. Congratulations!"
The Bourbaki Gambit
Djerassi, Carl
Athens, GA: University of Georgia Press, 1994.
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Jenny Cain is shocked when a teeneaged boy knocks on her door one day and announces that Jenny's husband, Geoff Bushfield, is his biological father. David Mayer doesn't want a familial relationship with Geoff, but wants Geoff to investigate the deaths of his parents several months before. The two deaths were viewed as a murder/suicide, but David insists that both were murdered. Signed by author on title page.
Confession: A Jenny Cain Mystery
Pickard, Nancy
New York: Pocket Books, 1994.
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Amy Wu, a young lawyer in Dismas Hardy's law firm, fumbles badly while defending a 17-year-old aceused of murdering his girlfriend and his English teacher. Dismas, himself struggling with a loss of faith in the law, must act as "second chair" in the trial to save the case, and his law firm. Signed by author on second flyleaf.
The Second Chair
Lescroart, John
New York: Dutton, 2004.
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Signed by author on title page. Athens, America, takes on the issue of "public tragedy and private grief." How does a town, and the people in it, respond to the deaths of a teenage girl and a drug-dealer, and accusations of police negligence?
Athens, America
Baker, Larry
Eatonton, GA: First Coast Books, 2005.
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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.
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.
The Templar's Penance
Jecks, Michael
London: Headline Book Publishing, 2003.
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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?
Stream of Death
Stackhouse, Bill
Scottsdale, AZ: Poisoned Pen Press, 2001.
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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.
Blue Hole
Gearino, G. D.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1999.
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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 testimoney 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.
Prior Convictions
Matera, Lia
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
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Inscribed by author on title page: "Enjoy the journey! R. L. Edinger." A collection of short stories by Wisconsin author Edinger. The stories are linked by the protagonist, Private Investigator Andrew Knight.
Journey into the Knight
Edinger, R. L.
Madison, WI: Goblin Fern Press, 2005.
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Signed by author on title page. New York police detective Niel Hockaday's drinking is out of control, and he is forced to temporarily take time off. While he's on leave, his wife's boss is murdered and and a serial killer is targeting gay men. Hockaday can't stay away, so investigates on his own.
Devil's Heaven
Adcock, Thomas
New York: Pocket Books, 1995.
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