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Author's first novel, introducing Sherry Moore, a blind woman who has the extraordinary ability to touch a corpse and see the last 18 seconds of that person's life.  In this novel, Sherry assists the police in finding a serial killer, returned to the New Jersey shore, where he murdered a number of young women thirty years before.  311 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/2".
18 Seconds
Shuman, George D.
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2006.
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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 is the book on which the movie of the same name was based.  317 pp.  8 1/2" X 5 3/4".  Jacket painting and design by Wendell Minor.
A Cry in the Night
Clark, Mary Higgins
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1982.
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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 Macavity 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.  308 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 3/8".  Jacket  design and illustration by Honi Werner.
All the Dead Lie Down
Walker, Mary Willis
New York: Doubleday, 1998.
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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.  Includes an Aunt Killer bookmark and an advertising booklet.  378 pp.  9 1/4" X 6 1/4".  Jacket design and photographs by Jeneva Johns.
Aunt Killer
Johns, Jeneva
Mansfield, Ohio: DB Books, 2001.
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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!  531 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/2".  Jacket design by John Fontana.
Bag of Bones
King, Stephen
New York: Scribners, 1998.
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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!  531 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/2".  Jacket design by John Fontana.
Bag of Bones
King, Stephen
New York: Scribners, 1998.
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Fritz Tully has left the publish-or-perish world of academia after an affair with another professor's wife.  He retreats to his family's Maryland farm, and spends his time bird-watching.  One day, he sees more than birds through his camera--he witnesses a murder on his neighbor's property.  The neighbor has ties to the CIA, and takes a special interest in finding out what Tully knows.  354 pp.  8 1/2" X 5 3/4".  Jacket design by Flag.
Bird's-Eye View
Freedman, J. F.
New York: Warner Books, 2001.
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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.  260 pp.  9 1/4" X 6 1/4".  Cover illustration by Marvin Mattelson.
Blood Run: A Medical Suspense Novel
Robinson, Leah Ruth
New York: New American Library, 1988.
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Winner of the 2007 Barry Award for Best Mystery Novel.  First Harper paperback edition. Berlin nightclub owner, "Prince Nick," exploits Anna Anderson's claim to be Anastasia, youngest daughter of the Russian Czar Nicholas.  A mysterious stranger, however, is determined to eliminate Anna and everyone around her.  In a second plot line, Berlin's Inspector Schmidt is pursuing a mass murderer.  His efforts are thwarted, however, because the killer is apparently part of Hitler's brownshirts.  422 p.  8" X 5/14".  Cover Photograph by Ken Regan.
City of Shadows
Franklin, Ariana
New York: Harper Collins, 2006.
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Stories included are:  A Curious Experience, by Mark Twain; The Story of a Conscience, by Ambrose Bierce; Two Fishers, by Guy de Maupassant; The Traitor, by W. Somerset Maugham; The Diamond of Kali, by O. Henry; Somewhere in France, by Richard Harding Davis; The Phantom Fleet, by E. Phillips Oppenheim; The Informer, by Joseph Conrad; The Kingsmouth Spy Case, by Ernest Bramah; The Pigeon Man, by Valentine Williams; The Hairless Mexican, by W, Somerset Maughm; A Man's Foes, by Pearl S. Buck; The Little Lady From Servia, by E. Phillips Oppenheim; A Tall Story, by G. K. Chesterton; Strictly Diplomatic, by John Dickson Carr; The Army of the Shadows, by Eric Ambler; Flight into Disaster, by Erle Stanley Gardner; The Russian Prisoner, by Leslie Charteris; The Traitor, by Lawrence G. Blochman; Cloak and Dagger, by John Jakes; Cross-Over, by Michael Gilbert; To Slay an Eagle, by Stephen Dentinger; The Little Green Book, by Jack Ritchie; S.P.Y. in the Sky, by Bruce Cassiday, The Case of XX2, by Julian Symons; The Spy and the Bermuda Cypher, by Edward D. Hoch; The Sports Page, by Isaac Asimov; Hide and Seek-Russian Style, by Patricia McGerr; Salamander Four, by Peter O'Donnell; Non-Interference, by Janwillem van de Wettering; The Monster in the Maze, by Ron Goulart; Best-Sellers Guaranteed, by Joe R. Lansdale; Winds of Change, by John Lutz; and Charlie's Game by Brian Garfield.  580 pp.  9 1/4" X 6 1/4".  Jacket illustration by David F. Henderson.
Cloak and Dagger: A Treasury of 35 Great Espionage Stories
Pronzini, Bill and Martin H. Greenberg, eds.
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Signed by the author on the title page.  The author's first novel.  325 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 3/4".
Dangerous Attachments
Lovett, Sarah
New York: Villard Books, 1995.
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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 Desperation, a group of travelers is trapped by an evil being in a town whose inhabitants he has already killed.  One of King's scariest novels.  690 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/4".  Jacket art by Mark Ryden.
Desperation
King, Stephen
New York: Viking Press, 1996.
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Translated from the French by Mark Pollizotti.  A tale of two generations of loves lost and found, gun-running, and labor disputes, ranging from Paris to Malaysia.  Susan Ireland, in The Review of Contemporary Fiction, described Double Jeopardy as "a zany adventure story."  8 1/2" X 5 3/4".  Jacket design by Lorraine Louie.
Double Jeopardy: A Novel
Echenoz, Jean
Boston: David R. Godine, 1993.
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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 husband.  Sandra Brown has been honored as a Thrillermaster by the International Thriller Writers.  490 pp.  9 1/4" X 6 1/2".  Jacket design by George Cornell.
Envy
Brown, Sandra
New York: Warner Books, 2001.
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Thomas Railles is an artist and former CIA operative.  His wife is killed by terrorists.  When they are captured, Thomas must decide whether he will take revenge for his wife's death, or forget his past and begin a new life.  Ward Just was finalist for the National Book Award and for the Pulitzer Prize for previous books.  258 pp.  9 1/4" X 6 1/4".  Jacket design by Michaela Sullivan.
Forgetfulness
Just, Ward
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
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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.  387 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/4".  Jacket illustration by Marc Burkhardt.
Four Blind Mice
Patterson, James
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 2002.
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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. 486 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/2".  Jacket art by Craig DeCamps.
Hannibal
Harris, Thomas
New York: Delacorte Press, 1999.
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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.  218 pp.  8 1/2" X 5 /34".  Jacket illustration Bodhan Osyczka.
Hell Gate
Stout, David and Ruth Furie
New York: Mysterious Press, 1990.
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James Patterson has been awarded the International Thriller Writers' ThrillerMaster for outstanding contribution to the genre.  Singer-songwriter Maggie Bradford is accused of murdering her second husband, athlete and actor Will Shepard.  Maggie had shot her first husband after being abused by him, and she suffered abuse from Will, also.  Maggie doesn't remember the night Will was killed.  What really happened, and what secrets will come out?  356 pp.  9 1/2" X 6 1/4".  Jacket design by Andy Carpenter.
Hide & Seek
Patterson, James
Boston: Little, Brown & Co., 1996.
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Taking a short cut home one night, Harald Olufsen finds his way blocked by an extensive fenced enclosure he hadn't known was there.  The buldings and equipment inside the fence are also unusual.  Being a student of physics, he realizes he's found a German radar installation.  He also knows he has to report it to someone, but doesn't know who.  And how.  Living on a Nazi-occupied island doesn't offer many options.  Harald's only hope is a broken-down Hornet Moth airplane. Harald and his friend Karen secretly try to make the airplane air-worthy again.  Will they succeed?  Based on real events.  420 pp.  9 1/4" X 6 1/4".  Jacket design by Richard Hasselberger.
Hornet Flight
Follett, Ken
New York: Dutton, 2002.
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