[bookshare-discuss] Fw: Mystery September 2010

From: "Amber Wallenstein" <amber.wallens@xxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 17:11:43 -0700
New and Recently Released!
Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows - by Nick Drake
Publisher: Harper
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Pub Date: 06/29/2010
ISBN-13: 9780060765927
ISBN-10: 0060765925
Historical Mystery. In Ancient Egypt, Thebes' Chief Detective, Rahotep, is 
called to examine a murder victim whose eyes have been removed, his lids covered
with gold leaves. He's also summoned by Tutankhamun's wife, Ankhesenamun, who 
wants him to find out who's been placing threatening objects around the royal
palace. When more mutilated bodies are found, it's clear that a serial killer 
is work--and it's also soon obvious that someone is trying to end the reign
of the teenage Pharaoh. This is the 2nd well-written book, after Nefertiti, in 
a planned trilogy by poet and playwright Nick Drake.
Something Borrowed, Something Bleu: A Home Crafting Mystery - by Cricket McRae
Publisher: Midnight Ink
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Pub Date: 07/01/2010
ISBN-13: 9780738719962
ISBN-10: 073871996X
Cozy Mystery. Leaving her Washington State home to the renovators, newly 
engaged Sophie Mae Reynolds visits her parents in Colorado, where she discovers
artisanal cheese making (previously, she's learned about creating soap, 
preserves, and yarn). During Sophie's visit, her mother tells her about a 
cryptic--and
newly discovered--suicide note that her brother wrote years earlier...and then 
someone murders one of her late brother's friends. Suddenly, amateur sleuth
Sophie has more on her plate than just bleus and cheddars. For another cozy 
look at cheese and crime, try Avery Aames's recently released debut, The Long
Quiche Goodbye.
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Angel with Two Faces: A Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey - by Nicola Upson
Publisher: Harper
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Pub Date: 06/29/2010
ISBN-13: 9780061451577
ISBN-10: 0061451576
Mystery. Looking for inspiration for her second mystery novel during the summer 
of 1935, author Josephine Tey leaves London for Cornwall. She's visiting
her friend, Scotland Yard Inspector Archie Penrose, whose family estate is rife 
with legends. While there, she gets more ideas than she bargained for when
a murder--and then another--occurs. Teaming up with Penrose, Tey uncovers 
deadly secrets. Fans of Golden Age mysteries will certainly want to pick up one
of Nicola Upson's novels featuring Tey, who, along with Agatha Christie, 
Dorothy Sayers, and Ngaio Marsh, was one of the era's great writers.
The Taken: A Hazel Micallef Mystery - by Inger Ash Wolfe
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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Pub Date: 07/15/2010
ISBN-13: 9780151013531
ISBN-10: 0151013535
Mystery. Reluctantly living with her ex-husband--and his new wife--after major 
back surgery, 60-something Ontario Detective Inspector Hazel Micallef lies
bedridden in the basement. To help keep herself sane, she reads the local 
paper, which is currently running a serialized crime novel about a body found
in a lake. Then, a local fisherwoman actually reels in a body. Coincidence? Not 
on your life--and Hazel's soon hobbling around, working the case. Though
The Taken was published in Canada in 2009, it's now available for U.S. readers 
who've been waiting to read more about unlikely heroine Hazel after meeting
her in The Calling.
The Art of Murder
To the Hilt - by Dick Francis
Publisher: Berkley
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Pub Date: 05/01/2004
ISBN-13: 9780425196816
ISBN-10: 042519681X
Mystery. A reclusive young Scottish artist, Alexander Kinloch, simply wants to 
paint. But when he's called to London after his stepfather has a heart attack,
he's attacked, before he can even depart for England, by thugs asking for "it." 
Knowing that he'll need to take care of some things before he'll be allowed
to paint in peace, Alexander tries to save the family brewery (the finance 
director has ran off with all the business's money) and figure out what "it"
is. This intricately plotted novel, which is chock full of wonderful 
characters, will have readers turning the pages at a clip.
The Garden of Evil - by David Hewson
Publisher: Dell
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Pub Date: 02/24/2009
ISBN-13: 9780440242987
ISBN-10: 0440242983
Mystery. The revolutionary Italian artist Caravaggio, who died in 1610, was 
known for his warts-and-all style of realistic painting. In modern Rome, the
discovery of two corpses next to what appears to be an unknown Caravaggio 
masterpiece of "frightful beauty" sets off a chain of events that sends 
Detective
Nic Costa on a personal quest to find the killer. Does the newly discovered 
painting conceal secrets? Is there a powerful group--a cult, even?--reliving
scenes from Caravaggio's work and life? This 6th book in Hewson's well-done, 
suspenseful series will please readers who like art history in their modern
mysteries.
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The Genius - by Jesse Kellerman
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
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Pub Date: 04/10/2008
ISBN-13: 9780399154591
ISBN-10: 0399154590
Mystery. Acquiring a treasure trove of works by a reclusive Queens artist who's 
disappeared, New York art dealer Ethan Muller mounts an exhibition of the
missing man's work to great acclaim. But Ethan is soon mounting an 
investigation as well, after a retired NYPD detective sees the face of a 
long-dead boy
in the sketches, a boy whose killer was never caught. And then other murdered 
faces are recognized in the man's artwork. A page-turning, well-written mystery,
The Genius is also "a knowing, ironic, and at times, howlingly funny take on 
the art world" (Booklist, starred review)
A Grave Talent - by Laurie R. King
Publisher: Random House
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Pub Date: 12/01/1996
ISBN-13: 9780553573992
ISBN-10: 0553573993
Mystery. San Francisco police detective Kate Martinell and her new partner, 
veteran cop Alonzo Hawkin, are assigned a high-profile case: two little girls
have been killed and another is missing. Kate and Al focus on the area where 
the children's bodies were discovered--a colony of eccentrics. What they 
discover
is a talented female artist...who's also a convicted child killer. But is the 
woman guilty of the new murders? Laurie R. King's character-centered Kate
Martinelli mysteries take place in the Bay Area, and like bestselling author 
Marcia Muller, she portrays the moody background to perfection.
The Careful Use of Compliments - by Alexander McCall Smith
Publisher: Pantheon Books
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Pub Date: 08/21/2007
ISBN-13: 9780375423017
ISBN-10: 037542301X
Mystery. Edinburgh philosopher Isabel Dalhousie has just become a mother late 
in life...and the doting father is her niece's ex-boyfriend, making relations
between aunt and niece frosty. Professionally, Isabel's world isn't much better 
as an ambitious colleague attempts to usurp her position as editor of the
Review of Applied Ethics. So, it's a good thing she has her amateur sleuthing 
to take her mind off things--she sees two paintings sold at auction is convinced
they are forgeries. Readers who enjoy character-focused stories should like 
this charming tale, the 4th in the Sunday Philosophy Club series.
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The Immaculate Deception - by Iain Pears
Publisher: Scribner
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Pub Date: 05/01/2005
ISBN-13: 9780743272414
ISBN-10: 0743272412
Mystery. Flavia di Stefano, the acting head of Italy's Art Theft Squad, has to 
find a valuable Claude Lorraine painting--and quickly--without using public
funds for ransom (that's illegal in Italy). The stolen artwork, on loan from 
the Louvre, turns out to be the beginning of Flavia's troubles as she's soon
dealing with a murder, even as her new husband, art historian Jonathan Argyll, 
checks out another painting, one that may also be tied to a crime. The 
Immaculate
Deception is the 7th--and apparently last--book in an "outstanding series" 
(Booklist).
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