Rex Stout

Light Paperback (1 lb or less)

Oklahoma

When a millionaire businessman hires Nero Wolfe to probe the background of his daughter’s boyfriend, it seems like just another case of an overprotective father. But when a powerful gangland boss “counsels” the detective to drop the matter, Wolfe receives a warning: a burst of machine-gun fire through the windows of his orchid room. Then the lawyer boyfriend turns up dead, leaving Archie the number one suspect. Throw in drugged drinks, two man-killing debutantes, and officials of a highly un-American party and Wolfe finds himself involved in a case where he must quickly solve one murder to prevent another: his own. Introduction by William G. Tapply “It is always a treat to read a Nero Wolfe mystery. The man has entered our folklore.”—The New York Times Book Review A grand master of the form, Rex Stout is one of America’s greatest mystery writers, and his literary creation Nero Wolfe is one of the greatest fictional detectives of all time. Together, Stout and Wolfe have entertained—and puzzled—millions of mystery fans around the world. Now, with his perambulatory man-about-town, Archie Goodwin, the arrogant, gourmandizing, sedentary sleuth is back in the original seventy-three cases of crime and detection written by the inimitable master himself, Rex Stout.

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Mary Jane Clark

A tension-filled thriller from a rising star writer,Let Me Whisper in Your Ear is Mary Jane Clark's best book yet.

Reporter Laura Walsh's KEY News colleagues jokingly call her the "Angel of Death" because of her uncanny ability to have celebrities' obituaries ready to roll-even for people who are not expected to die. It seems someone's been "whispering" in Laura's ear, tipping her off to secrets about some of the rich and famous who don't have long to live.

When the remains of a 12-year old boy, missing for 30 years, are discovered buried where the legendary Palisades Amusement Park once stood, Laura sees her chance to move beyond the obits to "Hourglass," KEY News' answer to "60 Minutes." But when glamorous "Hourglass" host Gwyneth Gilpatric meets a devastating end, Laura's ready-to-air obit raises not only the suspicions of her co-workers, but of the police as well.

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June Thomson

A Question of Identity  3721

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Denise Swanson

Skye Denison, school psychologist, investigates when Gabriel Scumble, the great-great-grandnephew of Scumble River's founder, is murdered with a pickax during Scumble River's bicentennial days, and her ex-fiance, Luc St. Amant, is a suspect.

Murder of a Snake in the Grass  3720

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Simon Brett

In the seaside hamlet of Fethering, Carole Seddon maintains a quiet life and doesn't have the tolerance to deal with her bohemian neighbor, Jude. Carole discovers a dead body on the beach with two wounds to the neck, but police dismiss her story when they can't find the body. When a stranger warns Carole to keep quiet, she confides in Jude.

The Body on the Beach  3719

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Investigating a story on "girls who cry wolf," KEY News correspondent Diane Mayfield interviews a woman whose tale of being abducted and held for three days is not believed by authorities. When a second woman disappears, Diane soon finds herself in mortal danger.

Dancing in the Dark  3718

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Eliot Pattison

Heavy Paperback (2 to 4 lbs)

An original and spiritual thriller from the Edgar Award-winning author of "The Skull Mantra." Tense and moving, filled with the holy and geographical landscapes of the oppressed land of Tibet, this is a spectacular book from a rising star of modern crime fiction. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.

Bone Mountain  4231

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Richard Forrest

Light Hardcover (1 lb or less)

Lyon Wentworth wakes up with his clothes torn and bloodstained, from what he thinks is a dream in which he is pursued by a monk wielding a sword. Then, a long-standing friend is murdered in his Winnebago camper.

Death at King Arthur's Court  2450

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Richard North Patterson

Hardcover (1 to 2 lbs)

Can an honest man become president? In this timely and provocative novel, a maverick candidate takes on his political enemies and the ruthless machinery of American politics   Corey Grace - a handsome and charismatic Republican senator from Ohio - is plunged by an act of terrorism into a fierce presidential primary battle with the favorite of the party establishment and a magnetic leader of the Christian right. A decorated Gulf War Air Force pilot known for speaking his mind, Grace's reputation for voting his own conscience rather than the party line - together with his growing romance with Lexie Hart, an African-American movie star - has earned him a reputation as amaverick and an iconoclast. But Grace is still haunted by a tragic mistake buried deep in his past, and now his integrity will be put to the test in this most brutal of political contests, in which nothing in his past or present life is off-limits. Depicting contemporary power politics at its most ruthless, The Race takes on the most incendiary issues in American culture:  racism, terrorism, religious fundamentalism, gay rights, and the rise of media monopolies with their own agenda and lust for power. As the pressure of the campaign intensifies, Grace encounters betrayal, excruciating moral choices, and secrets that can destroy lives. Ultimately, the race leads to a deadlocked party convention where Grace must resolve the conflict between his romance with Lexie and his presidential ambitions - anddecide just who and what he is willing to sacrifice.

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The recently renovated Pentimento, located in New York's exclusive moneyed enclave of Tuxedo Park, is no ordinary estate. Strange secrets have been ingeniously built into its fountains, frescoes, statues, and architecture—clues to a bizarre mystery that is first brought to light when the owner commits suicide during a lavish gala. Eliza Blake, co-anchor of the popular morning television show KEY to America, is present when the party is cut short by the host's sudden, macabre death—and she's the first to discover that Pentimento is a giant "puzzle house." But each piece is leading Eliza and her KEY News colleagues—producer Annabelle Murphy, cameraman B. J. D'Elia, and psychiatrist Margo Gonzalez—deeper into darkness, toward a killer who believes that some puzzles must never be solved. And it soon becomes shockingly clear that no amount of wealth or privilege can keep the residents of Tuxedo Park safe . . . and alive.

Dying for Mercy  3717

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When a human skeleton is unearthed, Carole Seddon and her bohemian neighbor Jude must risk tarnishing the reputation of a beloved author to learn whether his sword is mightier than his pen.

Murder in the Museum  3716

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Thomas Adcock

Devil's Heaven  4228

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Joanne Harris

As the new term gets under way at the elite St. Oswald's Grammar School for Boys, a number of increasingly devastating incidents occurs, leaving the unraveling school in the hands of the only person who can save it, Roy Straitley.

Gentlemen and Players  4225

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Barbara Paul

In-Laws and Outlaws  4219

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Earlene Fowler

In the seventh book of the Benni Harper Mystery series, the sleuthing quilter becomes entangled in a feuding family's tragic past and investigates a brutal crime that hits perilously close to home.

Seven Sisters  4218

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Abigail Padgett

Child abuse investigator Bo Bradley takes up the search for the family of a Native American boy, a quest that leads her to a multi-national medical company, where she uncovers a conspiracy of greed and murder.

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Jan Coffey

Counting down to a Chernobyl-scale disaster, the clock starts now...

Tick...Scientist Marion Kagan is the sole survivor after gunmen attack the facility where her team was working on a top secret project. Wounded and trapped in a collapsed building, Marion must stop radioactive test samples from leaking out and killing millions.

...tick...In a Connecticut psychiatric hospital, Marion's twin sister, who has been in a comalike state for years, begins to thrash violently in her bed. When an experimental program is used on her to read the images of her brain, researchers are shocked at what they find.

...tick...An American soldier just back from Iraq is searching for direction in his life. While he watches the news about the research facility explosion, he is unaware that fate has just chosen a direction for him--straight into a deadly game of international corporate intrigue.



Blind Eye  3715

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When Constance Young, the undisputed star of morning television, is found dead at the bottom of her swimming pool, her colleague Eliza Blake is shocked. Determined to discover who wanted Constance out of the way—and why—she enlists the aid of three coworkers: Annabelle Murphy, who can switch from producing to sleuthing at a moment's notice; cameraman extraordinaire B.J. D'Elia to add brains, brawn, and a much-needed male perspective to the team; and Dr. Margo Gonzalez, on-air psychiatrist, who understands the complex puzzles of the human mind. Calling themselves the "Sunrise Suspense Society," they set out to get to the bottom of the heinous murder, in a case that will test their ingenuity and their courage to the very limits. The only sure thing is that Constance Young made a lot of enemies—and now one of them is Eliza's enemy as well. And the closer she and the Society get to unmasking the murderer, the less chance they have of making it through each night alive . . .

When Day Breaks  3713

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Max Allan Collins

Nate Heller finds himself facing perhaps the most dangerous question in his life: Who was the man shot down in the alley next to the Biograph Theater, the man the FBI had identified as John Dillinger? With a new Introduction by the author. Martin's Press.

True Crime  3712

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Jim Thompson

The Kill-Off  3711

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The Rip-Off  3710

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Sandra Brown

From the #1 New York Times bestsellng author of Seeing Red comes a "scorching...action-filled" (Publishers Weekly) tale of corruption and betrayal, revenge, and reversal. When newswoman Britt Shelley wakes up to find herself in bed with Jay Burgess, a star detective in the Charleston PD, she remembers nothing of how she got there—or how Jay wound up dead. Handsome, hard-partying Jay was one of four heroic city officials who risked their lives five years earlier to lead others to safety from a catastrophic fire. His lifelong friend, Raley Gannon, was later assigned to investigate the blaze. But Raley never finished the inquiry because one calamitous night his career was destroyed by scandal. Now, the newswoman whose biased reporting helped bring about Raley's downfall might be his only chance to vindicate himself and get justice for the fire's victims. But the more Raley and Britt discover about that fateful day, the more perilous the situation becomes, until they're not only chasing the truth but running for their lives.

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