| Mystery October 2006 |
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"I quit confronting new deaths. Instead, I breathe new life into old, cold cases and track killers whose trails vanished long ago like footprints on a sea-washed beach."
~ from Edna Buchanan's Cold Case Squad |
| New and Recently Released! |
| The Mortician's Daughter - by Elizabeth Bloom |
| Publisher: Mysterious Press |
| Pub Date: 08/22/2006 |
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| ISBN: 0892967862 |
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Mystery. You can go home again...but expect everyone to be curious about you. Ginny, a small-town Massachusetts girl, moved to the big city and became one of New York's finest--until she got suspended from the force. Ending up back in her hometown, she agrees to investigate the death of her best friend's teenage adopted son/nephew. Suspects are plentiful, and so is the attention Ginny garners--not the least of which is from her old high school flame. Kirkus Reviews says that this book by Elizabeth Bloom (the pen name of mystery author Beth Saulnier) is "fast, sharp and literate." | |
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| Silence of the Grave - by Arnaldur Indriðason |
| Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books |
| Pub Date: 10/03/2006 |
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| ISBN: 0312340710 |
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Police Procedural. Iceland may not be the first place you think of when you think of crime, but this book may change that. Inspector Erlendur and his colleagues face a complex cold case (perhaps what you think of if you do connect Iceland and crime) after a skeleton is unearthed at a Reykjavik building site. Erlendur's personal life is complicated too: the crime may have ties to his own family history, and his troubled daughter is pregnant. There's also a chilling subplot involving an abusive husband and his family. Translated from Icelandic, this 2nd book in the series, after Jar City, won the British Crime Writers' Association's Gold Dagger award. | |
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| Damnation Street - by Andrew Klavan |
| Publisher: Harcourt |
| Pub Date: 09/05/2006 |
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| ISBN: 0151012172 |
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Hard-Boiled Fiction. The long-awaited showdown is here--private detective Scott Weiss is hunting a prostitute with the face of an angel (Klavan fans will remember Julie), who is in turn being hunted by a serial killer with the heart of a devil (they'll also remember Shadowman). Toss in a second P.I., Jim Bishop (yes, fans know him too), the author himself appearing as a character, add various games of one-upmanship between the killer and Weiss, and the result is a book that mixes together familiar mean elements but goes down a new street. Booklist says you'll be in "agony to know how the final shot is fired." This is the 3rd in the series after Dynamite Road and Shotgun Alley. | |
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| The Interpretation of Murder: A Novel - by Jed Rubenfeld |
| Publisher: Henry Holt |
| Pub Date: 09/01/2006 |
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| ISBN: 0805080988 |
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Historical Mystery. It's Manhattan in 1909 and a cruel murderer has killed one heiress and left another injured--but she has no memory of the attack. Sigmund Freud, during his only visit to America, is asked to help with the investigation. So, Dr. Stratham Younger, one of Freud's followers, psychoanalyzes the teenage survivor, Nora Acton, and finds more than he bargained for--there's politics, money, and, of course, sex. People are buzzing about this Yale law professor's first novel that's already a bestseller and are comparing it to Caleb Carr's The Alienist--but why don't you examine it for yourself? And if it's checked out? Try The Alienist! | |
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| Focus on: Brrr...Cold Cases |
| Cold Case Squad: A Novel - by Edna Buchanan |
| Publisher: Simon and Schuster |
| Pub Date: 05/01/2004 |
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| ISBN: 0743250532 |
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Police Procedural. Buchanan, a Pulitzer Prize-winning former crime reporter in Miami and the author of the Britt Montero series, knows of what she writes. In this initial outing for Miami's Cold Case Squad, the team members carry on several investigations, including a 12-year-old accidental death--the man's ex-wife says she thinks he was really murdered. The team follows leads that link the case to other murders and suggest that the man may still be alive. Kirkus Reviews calls this an "endless carnival of crime." Readers who enjoyed this case can pick up Shadows, which also features the cool Miami detectives. | |
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| Alone At Night - by K. J. Erickson |
| Publisher: St. Martins Press |
| Pub Date: 04/05/2005 |
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| ISBN: 0312989865 |
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Police Procedural. Minneapolis police detective Mars Bahr and his lovely young partner, Nettie Frisch, exhausted and burnt-out after dealing with a series of major homicides, are now working cold cases. The duo investigates the unsolved 16-year-old case of a missing teenage convenience store clerk. Their search for answers uncovers the subsequent death of the girl's best friend, the disappearance of the case's two primary witnesses, and unexpected danger threatening those closest to them. Could it all be coincidence? One thinks not. Kirkus Reviews calls it "excellent" and Booklist says it's "superb." 4th in the series after The Last Witness. | |
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| Steps to the Altar - by Earlene Fowler |
| Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime |
| Pub Date: 03/01/2003 |
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| ISBN: 0425189449 |
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Cozy Mystery. Love is in the air--but so are extramarital flirtations and a cold murder case. Benni Harper, a California folk art authority, as well as best friend to one bride and granddaughter to another, ironically finds her own marriage in danger of ripping apart. A rival, in the form of her husband's old police partner, brazenly makes a play for Benni's hubby Gabe, the local police chief. The busy Benni distracts herself by cataloging items belonging to a missing woman and presumed murderess. Soon she's investigating the decades-old, unsolved murder. Will Bennie get her man? Will Bennie keep her man? 9th in the series. | |
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| Big Red Tequila - by Rick Riordan |
| Publisher: Bantam Books |
| Pub Date: 07/01/1997 |
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| ISBN: 0553576445 |
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Hard-Boiled Fiction. Sometimes the cold case is personal--P.I. Tres Navarre goes home to San Antonio to investigate the decade-old murder of his father. His dad, the sheriff, was gunned down right in front of Tres. Now that Tres is back in town, not everyone is happy with his return. He encounters the mafia, corrupt police, and sneaky local politicians. Then the old girlfriend he still desires disappears. Can he save her in time? 1st in the series. Fans of hard-boiled writing should relish Riordan's way with words. Winner of the 1998 Shamus award for Best First P.I. Novel. | |
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