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Murder in the manuscript room : a 42nd Street Library mystery
by Cornelius Lehane
Unofficially investigating the murder of a young woman staffer at New York City's iconic 42nd Street Library, Raymond Ambler, the library's curator of crime fiction, finds his efforts complicated by his growing feelings for Adele, Adele's interest in a darkly handsome Islamic scholar and the determination of the police to shut him out of the case.
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The alienist
by Caleb Carr
In 1896 New York, psychologist--or in period terminology, an alienist--Laszlo Kreizler joins forces with journalist John Schuyler Moore to track a vicious serial killer. A first novel. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild Feat. Tour.
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The People vs. Alex Cross
by James Patterson
Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Alex Cross is wrongly portrayed as a trigger-happy corrupt cop while he struggles to prove to a skeptical jury and dwindling supporters that his actions were in self defense. By the award-winning author of Alex Cross, Run. (suspense). Simultaneous.
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| The Shadow District by Arnaldur IndridasonPolice Procedural. When a 90-year-old man is smothered to death, retired Reykjavik police detective Konrad is asked to look into the case by an old friend on the force. He soon discovers that the death is linked to the murders of two women years ago, during the occupation of Iceland by Allies in World War II, and that some locals claimed the killings were the work of the "hidden people" of Icelandic folk tales. This fascinating 1st in the Reykjavik Wartime series by the bestselling author of the Erlendur Sveinsson mysteries is a good bet for fans of parallel storylines, evocative settings, and well-plotted tales. |
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Insidious intent
by Val McDermid
A latest entry in the best-selling series by the award-winning author of Splinter the Silence finds Tony Hill and Carol Jordan on the trail of a serial killer who targets single women at weddings
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The body in the casket : a Faith Fairchild mystery
by Katherine Hall Page
Catering the lavish birthday party of a Broadway legend, Faith Fairchild is astonished when her client reveals that he hired her less for her culinary prowess and more for her skills as a detective and that one of his guests is trying to kill him. Includes recipes. By the Agatha Award-winning author of The Body in the Birches. 25,000 first printing
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Ginger snapped : a spice shop mystery
by Gail Oust
When their town's Realtor of the Year, a suspected romantic interest for police chief Wyatt McBride, is found murdered, Wyatt is targeted with suspicion and suspended from his post, compelling Piper Prescott to launch an investigation to clear his name. By the author of Rosemary and Crime
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Nightblind : a thriller
by Ragnar Jónasson
A U.S. release of an international best-seller follows the murder of a policeman with a haunted past and the arrival of a mysterious young woman whose own secrets threaten the safety of everyone in a tight-knit Northern Iceland fishing village.
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