where do you get these newsletters that you forward? I am just curious. They are pretty enteristing. Have a blessed day. Sincerely, Melissa R. Green Facebook: Melissa Green northern colorado Skype: melissa5674 Messenger: graduate1531@xxxxxxx Twitter: melissa5674 Live journal: topaz5674 You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself. ----- Original Message ----- From: Amber Wallenstein To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 9:01 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Fw: Mystery April 2009 "The wicked envy and hate; it is their way of admiring." ~ Victor Hugo (1802-1885), French author New and Recently Released! Grave Goods: A Mistress of the Art of Death Novel - by Ariana Franklin Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/19/2009 ISBN-13: 9780399155444 ISBN-10: 0399155449 Historical Mystery. Will King Arthur ever return? The rebellious 12th-century Welsh think he will, but King Henry II wants to destroy those hopes. So when a box of bones containing the remains of a male and a female are discovered after Glastonbury Abbey is burned down, the king sends Adelia Aguilar, an Italian medical doctor who studies bones and corpses, to (hopefully) determine that the skeletons are those of the once and future king, Arthur, and his queen, Guinevere. Readers who enjoy CSI and books by Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell should enjoy this old-school look at forensic science. This is the 3rd in this entertaining series; to examine the 1st, pick up Mistress of the Art of Death. The Renegades - by T. Jefferson Parker Publisher: Dutton Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/10/2009 ISBN-13: 9780525950950 ISBN-10: 0525950958 Police Procedural. If you enjoyed T. Jefferson Parker's L.A. Outlaws, it's your lucky day--Charlie Hood rides again (albeit in a different location)! Now patrolling a rural section of America's West that he finds just as dangerous as L.A., Charlie finds his preference for working alone overruled when he is assigned to partner with Terry Laws, a popular cop nicknamed Mr. Wonderful. But when someone uses a machine gun to kill Laws their first night out, Charlie finds out that Mr. Wonderful may not have been such a great guy after all. The Renegades is an "engrossing tale of justice and redemption" (Library Journal, in a starred review) where the good guys are sometimes the bad guys too. The Samaritan's Secret: An Omar Yussef Mystery - by Matt Beynon Rees Publisher: Soho Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/01/2009 ISBN-13: 9781569475454 ISBN-10: 1569475458 Mystery. In his 3rd outing, Omar Yussef, a history teacher who lives in Bethlehem, travels to Nablus, on the northern West Bank, in order to attend his friend Sami's wedding. Once he arrives, Sami (a policeman) tells him about a couple of cases: a sacred scroll has been stolen and a Samaritan who was in charge of millions of dollars in government money has been killed...and the money is missing. Matt Beynon Rees' latest novel is "a tearjerker as well as a page-turner" (Kirkus Reviews) and it gives a fascinating glimpse at modern life in Palestine. If you're intrigued, pick up the first two books in this critically acclaimed series, The Collaborator of Bethlehem and A Grave in Gaza. Murder at the Academy Awards: A Red Carpet Murder Mystery - by Joan Rivers with Jerrilyn Farmer Publisher: Pocket Books Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/03/2009 ISBN-13: 9781416599371 ISBN-10: 1416599371 Humorous Mystery. The Academy Awards ceremony always has beautiful celebrities and the best (and worst!) that fashion has to offer--but this year, death shows up too. A troubled young Best Actress nominee who's fresh out of rehab dies from an apparent overdose right in front of celebrity reporter Maxine Taylor (who is modeled, of course, on Joan Rivers). Max, who heard the teenager's whispered last words, is sure the actress was killed. The critics really like Murder at the Academy Awards--Kirkus Reviews calls it "brisk" and "funny" and, in a starred review, Publishers Weekly calls it "impressive." If you're a fan of Joan Rivers and love Hollywood, we nominate this book for you to read. First Chapter All the Colors of Darkness - by Peter Robinson Publisher: William Morrow Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 03/01/2009 ISBN-13: 9780061362934 ISBN-10: 006136293X Police Procedural. Mark Hardcastle, a set designer for a theater company, is found hanging from a tree. His partner, Laurence Silber, is soon discovered beaten to death in his expensive apartment. Some think this is a clear case of a lovers' quarrel turned into a murder-suicide, but DCI Alan Banks and DI Annie Cabbot don't agree...especially when they learn that Silber was a former spy. Fans of spy novels (like those written by John le Carré) will enjoy All the Colors of Darkness, the 18th in a long-running mysteries, as should series regulars--in a starred review, Library Journal says that Robinson "branches out into new territory in what may be his best novel yet." Revelation: A Matthew Shardlake Mystery - by C.J. Sansom Publisher: Viking Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/05/2009 ISBN-13: 9780670020515 ISBN-10: 0670020516 Historical Mystery. In 1543, King Henry VIII rules England and plots to take Catherine Parr as his sixth wife. Meanwhile, a serial killer seems to be at work and one of his victims is a friend of hunchbacked London lawyer Matthew Shardlake. Matthew, at the behest of his friend's wife, looks into the man's death and discovers that the murder is being covered up by powerful people and that it might be linked to the soon-to-be-queen's household as well as to a young religious fanatic whom Matthew is representing. This is the 4th outing for Shardlake, and readers who've enjoyed his previous cases will know to expect well-researched historical details about life in London as well as deft plotting. Oh, Those "Wicked" Ways Wicked City - by Ace Atkins Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 04/10/2008 ISBN-13: 9780399154577 ISBN-10: 0399154574 Historical Crime Novel. In 1954, criminals had the run of Phenix City, Alabama, both on the streets and in the government--a magazine even called it "the wickedest city in America." But when the newly elected state attorney general, Albert Patterson, is killed in cold blood in one of the town's alleys, some of the townspeople have had enough. Led by the dead man's son and his friend, family man Lamar Murphy, they take on killers, brothel madams, professional gamblers, and corrupt cops. Challenging the underworld is always a dangerous proposition, but what adds extra oomph to this gripping story is the fact that it's based on real events. Even the Wicked: A Matthew Scudder Novel - by Lawrence Block Publisher: HarperCollins Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 02/01/1998 ISBN-13: 9780380725342 ISBN-10: 0380725347 Mystery. A vigilante serial killer named "the Will of the People" is at work in New York City, ridding the Big Apple of people who aren't very nice--a child molester, a Mafia don, and the like. The high-profile murderer pens letters that he sends to the media, announcing his next victim. Next up? A prominent defense lawyer. The attorney, who has been quite successful at keeping his clients free, now needs Matthew Scudder to help him save himself; Scudder, who's also working the case of a bizarre killing of a dying AIDS victim, agrees. In this 13th entry in the series, recovering alcoholic Scudder is more balanced and less violent, but the plotting is just as good (in a starred review, Kirkus Reviews calls it "an ingenious whodunit"). Blood of the Wicked - by Leighton Gage Publisher: Soho Press Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 12/26/2007 ISBN-13: 9781569474709 ISBN-10: 1569474702 Police Procedural. Chief Inspector Mario Silva of Brazil's Federal Police is assigned a high-profile case: figuring out who assassinated Bishop Dom Felipe Antunes while he was visiting the remote town of Cascatas do Pontal for a church consecration. Silva and his nephew Hector Costa, who's also a federal officer, travel to the rural town to investigate the killing, but they are soon involved in local politics, as tensions between wealthy landowners and landless workers threaten to erupt. Toss in street crime, Silva's troubled past, lots of violence, more deaths, and you've got "a gripping and brutal tale of murder and vengeance" (Library Journal). The 2nd book in this series, Buried Strangers, was just released. No Peace for the Wicked - by Pip Granger Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 01/01/2006 ISBN-13: 9781590582169 ISBN-10: 1590582160 Historical Mystery. In 1956 London, Lizzy, who lives above the Soho nightclub run by Bandy Bunyan and Sugar Plum Flaherty, offers to take in her neighbor's part-Chinese teenage niece, Peace...who soon disappears. If you enjoy fresh, interesting characters in your mysteries, this book has you covered--in a starred review, Booklist calls Lizzy "lovable" and says that "a more unusual and likable group of misfits would be hard to find in any mystery series." Though this is the 4th Soho book that Granger has written, they can be read in any order as they are not chronological and feature various characters in the lead roles. First Chapter Wicked Fix: A Home Repair is Homicide Mystery - by Sarah Graves Publisher: Bantam Books Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 05/01/2000 ISBN-13: 9780553578591 ISBN-10: 0553578596 Cozy Mystery. You might think that a fresh corpse hanging on a cemetery gate would unsettle a small town, but it doesn't when the town is Eastport, Maine, and the body belongs to troublemaker Reuben Tate. Manhattan transplant Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree finds Reuben's remains and is further pulled into the case when her ex-husband, Victor, is arrested for the murder (while the man is annoying, he is unquestionably innocent). If you enjoy Diane Mott Davidson's Goldy Bear mysteries, check out this series--like Goldy, Jake often gets help from her ex-husband, teenage son, and best friend. Wicked Fix is Jake's 3rd outing; the 12th, A Face at the Window, was recently published. Wicked Break: A Noah Braddock Novel - by Jeff Shelby Publisher: Penguin Group USA Check Library Catalog Pub Date: 06/05/2007 ISBN-13: 9780451412416 ISBN-10: 0451412419 Mystery. Surfer and private investigator Noah Braddock reluctantly (he'd rather be riding waves) accepts a case involving missing 19-year-old San Diego State University student Linc Pluto. Did the kid just run away? Noah quickly discovers that the teenager has dubious ties to a white supremacist group and a room full of illegal weapons. When Linc's coed neighbor is killed after talking to Noah, he knows something sinister is going on, but there'll be at least one more dead body and a brutal beating before he figures it all out. If you're a fan of witty banter and hard-boiled detectives, you'll like Noah (who's appeared in one other book, Killer Swell). ____________________________________________________________ Can't pay your bills? Click here to learn about filing for bankruptcy. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTLjhc1YkJqX0jQG0trYMxTLG6I6DRb6wHD8wplysnQxoMjSR1wpn6/