Book Releases and Reprints October

Mystery Books

A Killing Kindness (©1980) 304 pp.
	Mystery Police Procedural Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB Author(s): Reginald Hill Series: Dalziel & Pascoe # 6

A Place of Execution (©1999) 416 pp.
	Mystery Police Procedural Amazon US TPB Amazon US HC Amazon UK PB Amazon UK HC Amazon Canada TPB Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner] Author(s): Val McDermid Location: London, England Nominated for 2001 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Novel of 2000) Winner 2001 Dilys Award Winner 2001 LA Times Mystery/Thriller Book Award Winner 2001 Anthony Award (Best Novel) Winner 2001 Macavity Award (Best Mystery Novel) Winner 2000 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel) Comment: Recently (Late 2009) seen as a 2 part "Masterpiece Contemporary" on PBS. The 2009 trade paperback cover is from the PBS show. "a stunning book! --vj" - Webspinner - RAM "P.O.E. was my first delve into McDermid's world. Not a bad way to start, although I did feel some of the spoilers were predictable. Doesn't matter. The glimpse into this pastoral world is worth every page. --Bridget" - Bridget - RAM

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Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Val McDermid
Location: London, England
Nominated for 2001 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Novel of 2000)
Winner 2001 Dilys Award
Winner 2001 LA Times Mystery/Thriller Book Award
Winner 2001 Anthony Award (Best Novel)
Winner 2001 Macavity Award (Best Mystery Novel)
Winner 2000 Barry Award (Best British Crime Novel)
Comment: Recently (Late 2009) seen as a 2 part "Masterpiece Contemporary" on PBS. The 2009 trade paperback cover is from the PBS show.
"a stunning book! --vj" - Webspinner - RAM
"P.O.E. was my first delve into McDermid's world. Not a bad way to start, although I did feel some of the spoilers were predictable. Doesn't matter. The glimpse into this pastoral world is worth every page. --Bridget" - Bridget - RAM

	A Touch of Dead (©2009) 192 pp.
		Mystery Fantasy Horror Vampire Supernatural Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Charlaine Harris Series: Sookie Stackhouse # 10

At Empire's Edge (©2009) 320 pp.
	Science Fiction Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): William C. Dietz

Blood Game (©2009) 352 pp.
	Mystery Woman Main Character Thriller Serial Killer Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Iris Johansen Series: Eve Duncan / Joe Quinn

Dead Men’s Dust (©2009) 336 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon UK PB Amazon UK HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Gina Metz - RAM] [Pat Reid - RAM] Author(s): Matt Hilton Comment: Features: Joe Hunter, an ex–military officer and former CIA agent.

Dipped, Stripped, and Dead (©2009) 288 pp.
	Mystery Woman Main Character Amateur Sleuth Cozy Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB Author(s): Elise Hyatt Comment: A Daring Finds Mystery Book Description / Blurb Divorced and strapped for cash, Candyce "Dyce" Dare starts up Daring Finds, a furniture refinishing business. But when she goes dumpster diving for discarded furniture-and uncovers a corpse-Dyce may find herself redecorating a jail cell.

Doubleback (©2009) 300 pp. (Recently Added)
	Mystery Woman Main Character Private Investigator Amazon US TPB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada TPB Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Caryn St. Clair] [Pat Reid - RAM] Author(s): Libby Fischer Hellmann Comment: Features PI Georgia Davis with video producer Ellie Foreman. Sequel to Easy Innocence.

Faded Steel Heat (©1999) 368 pp.
	Fantasy Mystery Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB Author(s): Glen Cook Series: Garrett, P.I

Final Approach (©2009) 250 pp.
	Mystery Amateur Sleuth Woman Main Character Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Rachel Brady Book Description / Blurb Sometimes clues just fall from the sky. Four years ago, Emily Locke's life was shattered when her infant daughter and husband were lost in an inexplicable accident. She has nearly rebuilt her fragile mental health when a disgraced former police detective, now working as a P.I., resurfaces to ask for help-reconnaissance at a Texas skydiving establishment over a thousand miles away. Emily knows better than to work with Richard Cole again, but can't refuse when she learns it's about a missing boy.

Mystery Amateur Sleuth Woman Main Character Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Rachel Brady

Book Description / Blurb

Sometimes clues just fall from the sky. Four years ago, Emily Locke's life was shattered when her infant daughter and husband were lost in an inexplicable accident. She has nearly rebuilt her fragile mental health when a disgraced former police detective, now working as a P.I., resurfaces to ask for help-reconnaissance at a Texas skydiving establishment over a thousand miles away. Emily knows better than to work with Richard Cole again, but can't refuse when she learns it's about a missing boy.

Ghost at Work (©2008) 304 pp.
	Mystery Fantasy Woman Main Character Paranormal Amateur Sleuth Cozy Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Caryn St. Clair] Author(s): Carolyn G. Hart Series: Bailey Ruth Mysteries # 1

Heat Lightning (©2008) 400 pp.
	Mystery Thriller Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Lynn Harnett] Author(s): John Sandford Series: Virgil Flowers # 2 Location: Minnesota, USA

Inspector Singh Investigates: Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder (©2009) 381 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US TPB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada TPB Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Luke Croll - RAM] Author(s): Shamini Flint Location: Malaysia

Judgement and Wrath (©2009) 352 pp.
	Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon UK PB Amazon UK HC Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Gina Metz - RAM] [Pat Reid - RAM] Author(s): Matt Hilton Book Description / Blurb Joe Hunter doesn't like bullies. So his latest job - saving a young woman from her bully boyfriend - is a no-brainer. Hunter's only worry is that the man who hired him is looking for more than protection for his daughter. One thing Hunter has never been, and never will be, is a killer-for-hire. As it turns out, the vengeful father isn't the only one who wants the boyfriend dead. Soon Hunter is face-to-face with a contract killer who takes his work very seriously.

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Reviews Available by: [Gina Metz - RAM] [Pat Reid - RAM]
Author(s): Matt Hilton

Book Description / Blurb

Joe Hunter doesn't like bullies. So his latest job - saving a young woman from her bully boyfriend - is a no-brainer. Hunter's only worry is that the man who hired him is looking for more than protection for his daughter. One thing Hunter has never been, and never will be, is a killer-for-hire. As it turns out, the vengeful father isn't the only one who wants the boyfriend dead. Soon Hunter is face-to-face with a contract killer who takes his work very seriously.

Locked In (©2009) 288 pp.
	Mystery Private Investigator Woman Main Character Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Marcia Muller Series: Sharon McCone # 27

Merry, Merry Ghost (©2009) 288 pp.
	Mystery Fantasy Woman Main Character Paranormal Amateur Sleuth Cozy Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Carolyn G. Hart Series: Bailey Ruth Mysteries # 2

Midnight Fugue (©2009) 368 pp. (Recently Added)
	Mystery Police Procedural Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Lynn Harnett] Author(s): Reginald Hill Series: Dalziel & Pascoe # 24

Murder Had a Little Lamb (©2009) 368 pp.
	Mystery Woman Main Character Veterinarian Amateur Sleuth Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB Author(s): Cynthia Baxter Series: Reigning Cats and Dogs

My Dead Body (©2009) 336 pp.
	Mystery Fantasy Hard Boiled Private Investigator Vampire Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner] Author(s): Charlie Huston Series: Joe Pitt # 5 Location: New York City

Necessary as Blood (©2009) 384 pp.
	Mystery Police Procedural Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Caryn St. Clair] Author(s): Deborah Crombie Series: Kincaid & James # 13

Nine Dragons (©2009) 384 pp.
	Mystery Thriller Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Pat Reid - RAM] Author(s): Michael Connelly Series: Harry Bosch # 15 Comment: Bosch investigates a homicide in the Asian community in L.A. then the action moves to Hong Kong where his daughter has gone missing.

No Doors, No Windows (©2009) 288 pp.
	Fiction Mystery Horror Amateur Sleuth Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner] Author(s): Joe Schreiber

Pursuit of Honor (©2009) 432 pp.
	Mystery Political Intrigue Thriller Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Vince Flynn Series: Mitch Rapp # 11

Rebels and Traitors (©2009) 736 pp.
	Mystery Historical Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Lindsey Davis Book Description / Blurb "Rebels and Traitors" is a ground-breaking departure for this most admired of British authors, returning to Lindsey's first love in historical fiction, the English Civil War. Sweeping in scope and fraught with the same drama and passion, Lindsey's epic novel does the same for this conflict as Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" did for the American Civil War. "Rebels and Traitors" is a masterpiece of historical storytelling which tells with startling realism what it was like to have fought in the front line of the battles and politics of the era. It tells the story of a man, Gideon Jukes and a woman Juliana Lovell, caught on opposite sides of the Parliamentarian/Royalist divide but fated to be brought together by adversity, loss and mutual attraction. But before this can happen, the terrible events of the seven years that King Charles waged war on his own people must be endured, and then, the day in January 1649 when the world was turned upside down and the King was executed. It is in this crucible that Gideon and Juliana love will be forged.

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Author(s): Lindsey Davis

Book Description / Blurb

"Rebels and Traitors" is a ground-breaking departure for this most admired of British authors, returning to Lindsey's first love in historical fiction, the English Civil War. Sweeping in scope and fraught with the same drama and passion, Lindsey's epic novel does the same for this conflict as Margaret Mitchell's "Gone with the Wind" did for the American Civil War. "Rebels and Traitors" is a masterpiece of historical storytelling which tells with startling realism what it was like to have fought in the front line of the battles and politics of the era. It tells the story of a man, Gideon Jukes and a woman Juliana Lovell, caught on opposite sides of the Parliamentarian/Royalist divide but fated to be brought together by adversity, loss and mutual attraction. But before this can happen, the terrible events of the seven years that King Charles waged war on his own people must be endured, and then, the day in January 1649 when the world was turned upside down and the King was executed. It is in this crucible that Gideon and Juliana love will be forged.

Tempest Rising (©2009) 368 pp.
	Fantasy Mystery Woman Main Character Paranormal Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner] Author(s): Nicole Peeler Comment: Debut Novel

The Gift of Murder (©2009) 278 pp. (Recently Added)
	Mystery Holiday [Short Stories] Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB Reviews Available by: [Pat Reid - RAM] Editor(s): John M. Floyd Comment: An Anthology of Holiday Crime stories to Benefit Toys for Tots Foundation.

The Price of Butcher's Meat (©2008) 528 pp.
	Mystery Police Procedural Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Reginald Hill Series: Dalziel & Pascoe # 23

The Professional (©2009) 304 pp.
	Mystery Private Investigator Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Robert B. Parker Series: Spenser # 37

The Scarpetta Factor (©2009) 512 pp.
	Mystery Police Procedural Thriller Woman Main Character Forensics Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Patricia Cornwell Series: Kay Scarpetta # 17

Trick or Treat 250 pp.
	Mystery Amateur Sleuth Woman Main Character Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Kerry Greenwood Series: Corinna Chapman Book Description / Blurb When a cut-price franchise bakery opens its doors just down the street from Earthly Delights and crowds flock to purchase the bread, Corinna Chapman is understandably nervous. Meanwhile, the gorgeous Daniel's old friend Georgiana Hope has temporarily set up residence in his house, and it doesn't take Corinna long to work out that she's tall, blonde, gorgeous and up to something. Daniel is making excuses and Corinna is worried about his absences and also the strange outbreak of madness which seems to be centred on Lonsdale Street.

Trick or Treat 250 pp.

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Author(s): Kerry Greenwood
Series: Corinna Chapman

Book Description / Blurb

When a cut-price franchise bakery opens its doors just down the street from Earthly Delights and crowds flock to purchase the bread, Corinna Chapman is understandably nervous. Meanwhile, the gorgeous Daniel's old friend Georgiana Hope has temporarily set up residence in his house, and it doesn't take Corinna long to work out that she's tall, blonde, gorgeous and up to something. Daniel is making excuses and Corinna is worried about his absences and also the strange outbreak of madness which seems to be centred on Lonsdale Street.

	True Blue (©2009) 464 pp.
		Mystery Thriller Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): David Baldacci Location: Washington, DC, USA

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

	A Touch of Dead (©2009) 192 pp.
		Mystery Fantasy Horror Vampire Supernatural Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Charlaine Harris Series: Sookie Stackhouse # 10

At Empire's Edge (©2009) 320 pp.
	Science Fiction Mystery Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): William C. Dietz

Blood Kin (©2009) 336 pp.
	Fantasy Romance Paranormal Vampire Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner] Author(s): Maria Lima Location: Canada

Faded Steel Heat (©1999) 368 pp.
	Fantasy Mystery Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB Author(s): Glen Cook Series: Garrett, P.I

Ghost at Work (©2008) 304 pp.
	Mystery Fantasy Woman Main Character Paranormal Amateur Sleuth Cozy Amazon US PB Amazon US HC Amazon Canada PB Amazon Canada HC Reviews Available by: [Caryn St. Clair] Author(s): Carolyn G. Hart Series: Bailey Ruth Mysteries # 1

	In Great Waters (©2009) 416 pp.
		Fantasy Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner] Author(s): Kit Whitfield

Kris Longknife: Undaunted (©2009) 368 pp.
	Science Fiction Military Woman Main Character Space Opera Amazon US PB Amazon Canada PB Author(s): Mike Shepherd Series: Kris Longknife # 7

Merry, Merry Ghost (©2009) 288 pp.
	Mystery Fantasy Woman Main Character Paranormal Amateur Sleuth Cozy Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Carolyn G. Hart Series: Bailey Ruth Mysteries # 2

My Dead Body (©2009) 336 pp.
	Mystery Fantasy Hard Boiled Private Investigator Vampire Amazon US TPB Amazon Canada TPB Reviews Available by: [Harriet Klausner] Author(s): Charlie Huston Series: Joe Pitt # 5 Location: New York City

	Star Wars: Death Troopers (©2009) 288 pp.
		Science Fiction Fiction Military Horror Amazon US HC Amazon Canada HC Author(s): Joe Schreiber