[bksvol-discuss] Fw: Mystery May 2009
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- Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 10:47:38 -0400
Manna from Hades: A Cornish Mystery - by Carola Dunn
Publisher: Minotaur Books
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Pub Date: 03/17/2009
ISBN-13: 9780312379452
ISBN-10: 0312379455
Cozy Mystery. Rejoice, Carola Dunn fans--the British-American author, who
writes novels featuring the vibrant Daisy Dalrymple, is debuting a new series!
In a small Cornish village in the late 1960s, widow Eleanor Trewynn, who once
traveled the world with her husband, now quietly owns and runs a secondhand
store for charity with her dog, Teazle, by her side. But then she finds an
unwanted deposit in her stockroom--the dead body of a longhaired,
scruffy-looking
young fellow--and discovers that some donated fake jewelry is actually very
real, very expensive, and the haul from a violent London robbery. Booklist
says that Dunn "has another charming winner here."
The Bellini Card: A Novel - by Jason Goodwin
Publisher: Sarah Crichton Books
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Pub Date: 03/03/2009
ISBN-13: 9780374110390
ISBN-10: 0374110395
Historical Mystery. Yashim, a eunuch living in 1840 Turkey who works for the
country's new sultan, is sent to Venice to investigate rumors that a missing
Bellini masterpiece has resurfaced (the sultan wants to buy it). Unwilling to
leave the Ottoman court while upheaval is at hand, Yashim delegates the task
to his friend, the Polish ambassador to Istanbul. But he soon needs Yashim's
help since a killer is prowling the Italian city and it appears that the deaths
are related to the painting. This 3rd book in the Yashim series is just as good
as the first two, The Janissary Tree and The Snake Stone. If you want to
know more about the history behind the novels, read Goodwin's well-received
1998 nonfiction book, Lords of the Horizons: A History of the Ottoman Empire.
Starvation Lake: A Mystery - by Bryan Gruley
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
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Pub Date: 03/03/2009
ISBN-13: 9781416563624
ISBN-10: 1416563628
Mystery. In award-winning journalist Bryan Gruley's "wonderfully polished and
assured first novel" (Booklist), which more than one reviewer has compared
favorably to Dennis Lehane's books, Gus Carpenter is having a tough time. He's
given up his big-city journalism dreams to work at his hometown paper, but
unfortunately, many of his Michigan neighbors remember that Gus was the hockey
goalie who lost the state championship for the town's youth team. So when
pieces from a yellow snowmobile, the very one that Gus' former coach was riding
when he fell into a lake and died a decade ago, are discovered--miles from
the scene and in a different lake--Gus hopes to salvage his reputation by
investigating the man's death.
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Life Sentences - by Laura Lippman
Publisher: William Morrow
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Pub Date: 03/10/2009
ISBN-13: 9780061128899
ISBN-10: 0061128899
Literary Mystery. Laura Lippman, author of the Tess Monaghan series, has penned
another stand-out stand-alone novel (after her bestselling What the Dead
Know). In this leisurely paced, character-centered novel, 50ish Cassandra
Fallows, who has written two successful memoirs, looks to her past for more
stories.
She focuses on the unsolved case of a former grade-school classmate who ended
up in jail for contempt when her baby mysteriously disappeared and she refused
to say a word about what happened. Returning to Baltimore, Cassandra tries to
reconnect with old friends, but learns that memories are in the mind of the
beholder.
Shadow and Light - by Jonathan Rabb
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
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Pub Date: 03/31/2009
ISBN-13: 9780374261948
ISBN-10: 0374261946
Historical Mystery. This 2nd book in Jonathan Rabb's planned Berlin trilogy
(after Rosa) finds Kriminalpolizei chief inspector Nikolai Hoffner investigating
the suspicious death of a film studio executive. Since it's 1927, films are
just "light and shadow," but there are rumors about sound revolutionizing the
business, and it turns out that a recording device may be a cause for murder.
Hoffner begins an affair with an American working for MGM, who also wants
the recorder, and there's trouble for him on the home front as his older son
falls under the sway of Joseph Goebbels. Film buffs will smile when they
discover
appearances by director Fritz Lang and actor Peter Lorre. If you enjoy Rabb's
books, try Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir series.
The Pain Nurse - by Jon Talton
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
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Pub Date: 04/10/2009
ISBN-13: 9781590586242
ISBN-10: 1590586247
Mystery. It's hard enough to solve crimes when you are healthy, so imagine the
difficulties that ex-cop Will Borders faces when someone is murdered at
Cincinnati
Memorial Hospital while he's there having surgery to remove a tumor from his
spinal cord. Partially bedridden and dealing with recovery, Will, who thinks
the scene is reminiscent of an old serial killer's work, teams up with Cheryl
Beth Wilson, the pain nurse specialist who found the dead doctor...and who
was having an affair with the deceased's husband. This "strong series launch"
(Library Journal, starred review) is perfect reading for anyone who's ever
been a hospital patient.
Liars Anonymous: A Novel - by Louise Ure
Publisher: Minotaur Books
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Pub Date: 04/14/2009
ISBN-13: 9780312375867
ISBN-10: 0312375867
Crime Novel. Jesse Dancing, a roadside assistance operator at HandsOn
Emergency, thought she left her past--which includes standing trial for
murder--behind
when she moved from Tucson to Phoenix and changed her last name. But when
Darren Markson's Cadillac is rear-ended in Tucson and she answers the automatic
call, she hears what sounds like Markson being killed. When the police get to
the scene they find lots of blood, but no Markson. To add to the confusion,
Markson's wife claims she spoke to him...the next day. But Jesse knows
something is up and starts looking into things herself. The reviewers love Ure's
latest--it received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews,
Library Journal, and Booklist.
If you like Carolyn Hart...
Award-winning author Carolyn Hart (whose name sometimes appears as Carolyn G.
Hart) writes delightful cozy mysteries brimming with charm and humor. People
who enjoy Hart's books love her great plotting and amateur sleuths who find
their killers among a small group of suspects. Hart is the author of three
popular series: the Death on Demand novels, which focus on Annie Laurance
Darling, a young mystery book store owner, and her husband; the Henrie O books,
which feature a widow who's also a retired Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter; and
the latest addition, the Bailey Ruth Raeburn series, which has a ghost
detective. Dare to Die, the 19th Death on Demand mystery, was recently
released--if you've read it already, check out one (or several!) of the
following:
Murder at the Vicarage: A Miss Marple Mystery - by Agatha Christie
Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
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Pub Date: 09/30/2006
ISBN-13: 9781579126254
ISBN-10: 1579126251
Classic Mystery. If you're a fan of Carolyn Hart and haven't read any books by
Agatha Christie, you must stop what you are doing immediately (okay, okay,
just make a note to do it soon) and pick up a Miss Marple novel. This is
especially the case for those of you who adore Henrie O, since, like Henrie,
Miss
Marple is an older lady who uses a combination of charm and homespun wisdom to
unravel crimes. In Murder at the Vicarage, Miss Marple's very 1st book,
one of St. Mary Mead's most disliked villagers is killed--but when multiple
confessions confound the authorities, it's up to that clever spinster, Miss
Marple, to sort out the stunning truth.
Strangled Prose - by Joan Hess
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
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Pub Date: 11/01/1998
ISBN-13: 9780312968649
ISBN-10: 0312968647
Cozy Mystery. Readers who love mysteries set in the world of books will want to
try Joan Hess' Claire Malloy Mysteries. Like Hart's Death on Demand novels,
these humorous books feature a bookstore-owning amateur sleuth who manages to
get into all kinds of predicaments. In the college town of Farberville,
Arkansas,
Claire runs the Book Depot, deals with her dramatic teenage daughter Caron, and
manages to cross paths with attractive cop Peter Rosen. In Strangled Prose,
the 1st in the series, Claire hosts a book signing for a romance author, and
the woman manages to offend almost everyone there before she is killed later
that night.
Bootlegger's Daughter - by Margaret Maron
Publisher: Mysterious Press
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Pub Date: 06/01/1993
ISBN-13: 9780446403238
ISBN-10: 0446403237
Mystery. Deborah Knott is the bootlegger's daughter of the title, but she's not
a lawbreaker herself--in this, her 1st outing, she's an attorney who's
attempting
to infiltrate North Carolina's ol' boy network by running for district judge.
She's also helping a young woman look into her mother's decades-old unsolved
murder. Deborah finds new evidence about the small-town death...and stirs up
some new killings, too. Readers who enjoy the Southern setting in Hart's Death
on Demand books should also like Maron's novels, which are rich in quirky
characters and wonderful descriptions of North Carolina.
Million Dollar Baby: A Marjorie McClelland Mystery - by Amy Patricia Meade
Publisher: Midnight Ink
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Pub Date: 04/01/2006
ISBN-13: 9780738708607
ISBN-10: 0738708607
Historical Mystery. In the midst of the Great Depression in 1930s Connecticut,
Marjorie McClelland is a single, independent-minded mystery author who is
managing on her own just fine. That's not to say that she'll be alone for
long--Creighton Ashcroft, a rich Brit, has just moved to town and is smitten
with Marjorie. Toss in a dead body on Creighton's new estate, competition for
Marjorie's attention in the form of a handsome police detective, and you've
got what Booklist calls "a winner." Fans of Carolyn Hart who love the romance
between the Darlings in the Death on Demand books will relish Amy Patricia
Meade's series, of which this is the 1st.
The Body in the Belfry - by Katherine Hall Page
Publisher: Avon Books
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Pub Date: 04/01/1991
ISBN-13: 9780380713288
ISBN-10: 0380713284
Cozy Mystery. Ex-New Yorker Faith Fairchild moved to the sleepy village of
Aleford, Massachusetts, when she married Tom, the town's young minister. Now
she has a five-month-old named Benjamin and a case of homesickness for the
bustling city. But some excitement finally occurs when she happens upon a dead
body--someone has killed Cindy Shepherd, who, it turns out, liked to blackmail
people. Another murder follows, and before you know it, Faith is in hot
water. If you like spending time with Carolyn Hart's Annie Laurance Darling, a
series sleuth with plenty of personality, you just might enjoy visiting
sassy Faith in New England.
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