New Mysteries - February 2008
Big Boned
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
In the third hilarious Heather Wells mystery, life finally seems to be settling down for the pop-star-turned-amateur sleuth--until she finds her third boss in one year facedown in his morning latte. Its back to business as usual as she must find her bosss killer and keep from getting killed.
Absolution
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
When no less an authority on the crime genre than Val McDermid grants the royal seal of approval to a novel, attention must be paid. Caro Ramsay's Absolution is the latest recipient of the McDermid largesse, and this is undoubtedly one of the most impressive debut novels in the field in some time. Of course, the Glasgow setting is familiar territory for aficionados of the tough modern crime novel (and hard-edged Scottish crime writing has been pretty thoroughly colonised by such writers as Ian Rankin), but Ramsay shows that there is still new work to be done in this area. The Crucifixion Killer is cutting a bloody swathe through luckless female victims, leaving them to bleed to death with their arms outstretched. The case is a hot potato for DCI Alan McAlpine and his associates -- and not just because of the imperative of catching a savage killer. In 1984, McAlpine was just a PC on the beat, assigned to guard a woman whose face been mutilated by an acid attack. Disaster followed this assignment, and McAlpine has been living with the consequences ever since. But as he gets closer to the truth about this more modern monster (aided by his colleagues DS Anderson and DS Costello), it's clear that he needs to settle accounts with ghosts from his own past.
The Book of Old Houses
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
Once upon a time, Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree was a hotshot money manager to Manhattan's rich and dreadful--until she left city life behind for a centuries-old fixer-upper in the quaint seaside town of Eastport, Maine. But even this tiny haven has its hazards--and they can be astonishingly deadly.
Blood and Honey
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
The discovery of a headless corpse in the sea beneath the cliffs is a grim beginning for Detective Inspector Joe Farraday's latest investigation on the Isle of Wight. Identifying the body proves impossible, but the disappearance of a young delivery driver who's fallen foul of a local nursing-home owner--an ex-soldier with a violent temper--gives the team an important lead.
City of the Absent
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
In the final days of the Grand Exposition of 1893 in Chicago, Inspector Alastair Ransom returns to hunt down a murderer responsible for killing two of Ransoms acquaintances.
Dream Chasers
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
A seventeen year-old sets out to meet her secret lover by the cliffs of Ottawa' s Hogs Back Falls. Three days later her nude body washes up in the shallows downstream. When no one comes forward and the autopsy reveals she was dead before she hit the water, the public fears a sexual predator is on the loose.
Hand of Evil
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
A deserted stretch of road is the perfect place to drive a man to his grave--literally. The "New York Times" bestselling author of "Web of Evil" returns with a chilling new novel of spine-tingling suspense.
Memories Are Murder
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
Gary Myers, who is a zoologist and Belle Palmer' s high school boyfriend, is studying the behavior of elk released in the nearby wilderness. When his partner arrives, Gary is found drowned near his research camp. Did he fall and hit his head, or did a more sinister event occur? The partner and Belle start to compile Gary' s research.
Missing
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
Janet Florin has been gone for almost a week. Husband Mark reported her missing when she failed to collect their two young children from school. Family friend, Trisha Marlowe, desperate for news of Janet, hires Sal Kilkenny to track her down. What led Janet to abandon everything she holds dear? Ramin??'s brother, Berfan, is missing, too.
The Night Climbers
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
This suspenseful, superbly engaging debut offers a fascinating look at upper-class ambitions as a group of four thrill-seeking Cambridge students commits a daring crime.
A Pale Horse
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
A body found in the ruins of an ancient abbey sends Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge after a brutal killer in another superb atmospheric mystery by the author of "A False Mirror."
Sisters on the Case: Celebrating Twenty Years of Sisters in Crime
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
The 20th anniversary of Sisters in Crime, an international organization for female crime and mystery writers, is commemorated with this anthology containing 25 stories of suspense by some of todays best-known authors, including Susan Dunlap, Charlotte MacLeod, and Patricia Sprinkle.
The Snake Stone
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
When a French archaeologist arrives in 1830s Istanbul determined to track down a lost Byzantine treasure, the local Greek communities are uncertain how to react. Yashim Togalu, who brilliantly solved the mysterious murders in "The Janissary Tree," is once again enlisted to investigate.
The Snow Empress: A Thriller
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
Samurai detective Sano Ichiro has risen to power and influence in the shoguns court, and has attracted dangerous rivals. After their son is kidnapped, Sano and his wife, Reiko, set off on a desperate search, only to find themselves caught up in an intricate scheme involving racial tensions, jealous husbands, and murderous intrigue.
Third Strike
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
The winning Marthas Vineyard Mysteries team partners up again for another installment of the Brady Coyne/J. W. Jackson series--and this time the crime they need to crack could have global consequences.
The Tomb of Zeus
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
Headstrong Laetitia Talbot, Cleverlys precocious new heroine, is an aspiring archaeologist with a passion for adventure and mystery. Its 1928, and Letty arrives at an archaeological dig on the isle of Crete. But something goes amiss, and the site becomes a stage for murder.
Too Hot to Handle: A Fiona Silk Mystery
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
Poor Fiona Silk is broke again. Her romance writing career is tanking, her ex-husband's stalling with her divorce settlement and her tiny house may be sold for unpaid taxes. But Fiona's new agent, Lola, has a plan. Fiona can write an erotic cookbook....
Touchstone
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
Hailed for her rich and powerful works of psychological suspense as well as her "New York Times" bestselling mysteries, Laurie R. King now takes us to a remote cottage in Cornwall where a gripping tale of intrigue, terrorism, and explosive passions begins with a visit to a recluse upon whom the fate of an entire nation may rest.
Why Mermaids Sing
Find this item in our catalogue.
Jacket Notes:
In 1811, murder has jarred Londons elite. The sons of prominent families have been found dead, their bodies discovered at dawn in public places. Sebastian St. Cyr is struck by the oddness of their murders and is determined to track down the assassin--even at the risk of his own life.