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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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The novels in this omnibus edition were previously published.  Titles include:  The Man Who Was Clever; the Lawless Lady; The Saint Closes the Case; The Avenging Saint; and The Saint vs. Scotland Yard.
The Saint: Five Complete Novels
Charteris, Leslie
New York: Avenel Books, 1983.
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A collection of forty stories, gathered under such headings as:  Legendary Sleuths; Masters of the Mystery; Masters of Suspense; and Masterworks of Crime and Detection.
Masterpieces of Mystery and Suspense
Greenberg, Martin H.
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1993.
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Gabriel Allon has two careers--one as an Israeli agent, the other as an art restorer.  In The English Assassin, Allon the art restorer goes to meet a Swiss banker who may know something about Swiss assistance to the Nazis in obtaining paintings from Holocaust victims during World War II.  When Allon arrives at the banker's house, the man is dead, killed by those who want to keep the Swiss connection secret.  Allon's own life is now in danger--an English assassin has been hired to eliminate him.
The English Assassin
Silva, Daniel
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
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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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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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The Siren Song is a boat recently purchased by school teacher J. P. Griffin.  Griffin's intent is to putter about Wisconsin's Door County on his boat, but he soon learns that the boat holds dark secrets involving a hidden cache of money, and murder.  Schwandt has written several award-winning novels for young people.  This is his first adult novel.  The author was born in Wisconsin, and spends part of the year on Washington Island.
Siren Song: A Suspense Novel
Schwandt, Stephen
Bridgehampton, NY: Bridge Works Publishing Company, 2004.
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Third book in the Hannibal Lecter trilogy, Hannibal begins seven years after Lecter escaped from custody.  Mason Verger was Hannibal's sixth victim, still alive and still searching for him, as is Claire Starling.  Decorated endpapers.  This is the book on which the movie of the same name was based.
Hannibal
Harris, Thomas
New York: Delacorte Press, 1999.
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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.
The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
Le Carré, John
New York: Walker & Company, 2005.
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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.
The Fan
Abrahams, Peter
New York: Warner Books, 1995.
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Winner of the 1989 Edgar Award for Best First Mystery Novel.  Kevin and Yvonne McNulty are getting divorced, and thus liquidating and splitting their assets.  They've found a buyer for their sailboat, and delivering it themselves to save the cost of delivery.  Their passage takes them through Hell Gate at the tip of Manhattan.  Soon after, they realize that someone is following them, and are boarded by pirates, intent on seizing something hidden on the boat.
Hell Gate
Stout, David and Ruth Furie
New York: Mysterious Press, 1990.
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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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International finance has somewhat taken the place of international espionage.  In Single and Single, it's British merchant bankers against the Russian mafia.  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.
Single & Single
Le Carré, John
New York: Scribners, 1999.
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A sixty-six year old woman is killing off members of the Sons of Erin on both sides of the Atlantic.  Former IRA gunman Sean Dillon, who now works for the British Prime Minister, and Blake Johnson, a secret operative for the U.S. President, must work together to stop the assassin.
The White House Connection
Higgins, Jack
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1999.
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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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For the past seven years, Josh Redmont has been the recipient of a $1000 check each month from something called the United States Agency.  He'd never been able to find out exactly what the Agency was, and eventually just accepted the money.  Then, one day, he was informed that he was now an active agent of the Agency.  His job:  to assassinate the head of a former Soviet country.  If he does not do this, Josh's wife and children will be killed.  There is obviously no such thing as a free lunch.  Donald E. Westlake has been awarded the Grant Masters Lifetime Award from the Edgars.
Money for Nothing
Westlake, Donald E.
New York: Warner Books, 2003.
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True crime reporter Mary Cates has spent much of her life trying to prove that her father's "suicide" was not what it appeared to be.  Now new information has surfaced, and Mary wants to reopen the investigation.  At the same time in her professional life, she is researching a story on a bill before the Texas legislature that would allow citizens to carry concealed weapons, and following the lives of five homeless women, one of whom claims there's a plot to kill everyone in the state legislature.  Mary is adept at juggling multiple projects, and does that here.  Mary Willis Walker has won multiple awards for her novels, including both the Agatha and Mcavity awards for best first novel for Zero at the Bone; Red Scream won the Edgar for Best Novel in 1995; Under the Beetle's Cellar won the 1996 Macavity for Best Mystery.  All the Dead Lie Down was nominated for the Barry for Best Novel in 1999.
All the Dead Lie Down
Walker, Mary Willis
New York: Doubleday, 1998.
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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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Quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme and his assistant Amelia Sachs are looking for Thompson Boyd, a killer who is tracking Geneva Settle, a Harlem high school student.  What interest would a murderer have in a school girl?  It seems to have something to do with a paper Geneva is writing on an ancestor, a former slave who became a farmer in upstate New York.  Why would events from more than a hundred and twenty-five years ago trigger a series of murders now?
The Twelfth Card
Deaver, Jeffery
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2005.
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Movie trivia is Roy Milano's forté.  He even publishes a newsletter called Trivial Man.  He also knows a bunch of people who are as wild about Hollywood as he is.  It's one of those fans, Alan Gilbert, who calls Roy and says, "I have the Magnificent Ambersons."  Roy immediately knows Alan has acquired a print of Orson Welles' legendary movie of that name, which was never released.  A complete print of the film has been missing for decades.  When Roy hurries to Alan's to see this silver screen treasure, the front door is wide open, Alan is dead, and the print has disappeared.  Roy's background and knowledge make him uniquely equipped to find the missing film.
The Cutting Room
Klavan, Laurence
New York: Ballantine Books, 2004.
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