New Mysteries
June 2009
Below is a selected list of new mystery titles added to the Belvedere-Tiburon Library's collection over the past month. Items may be requested and held for you for $0.50 using the "REQUEST" button on catalog pages.
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The Killings on Jubilee Terrace: A Novel of Suspense by Robert Barnard Published 2009 by Scribner Book Company  Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes: Diamond Dagger award winner and critically lauded crime writer Barnard returns with a beguiling new mystery set in the volatile and unpredictable world of a long-running soap opera. Vernon Watts may have been beloved by the millions of faithful viewers of the long-running soap opera "Jubilee Terrace" but his fellow cast members knew him for what he was -- an egotistical former music-hall performer whose untimely death in a pedestrian accident was not something to be universally regretted.... more...   The Language of Bees by Laurie R King Published 2009 by Bantam  Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes: In a case that will push their relationship to the breaking point, Mary Russell must help reverse the greatest failure of her legendary husband's storied past--a painful and personal defeat that still has the power to sting...this time fatally. ... more...   A Trace of Smoke by Rebecca Cantrell Published 2009 by Forge  Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes: This suspenseful first novel follows an undercover crime reporter in Berlin in 1931 as she searches for her brother's killer, a trail that leads from the city's dark underbelly to the top ranks of the rising Nazi party. Even though hardened crime reporter Hannah Vogel knows all too well how tough it is to survive in 1931 Berlin, she is devastated when she sees a photograph of her brother's body posted in the Hall of the Unnamed Dead.... more...   Intent to Kill: A Novel of Suspense by James Grippando Published 2009 by Harper  Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes: The "New York Times"-bestselling novelist delivers a compelling stand-alone thriller in which a grief-stricken husband suddenly discovers the hit-and-run that killed his wife had been no accident. A fallen baseball star must use his new skills as Boston's king of sports radio to outwit a dangerous caller and prove--live and on the air--that the hit-and-run that killed his wife was no accident.... more...   Neptune Avenue by Gabriel Cohen Published 2009 by Minotaur Books  Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes: "If we took it all personally," Brooklyn South homicide detective Jack Leightner tells his rookie NYPD partner, "there's no way we could do the job." Very soon, though, that notion gets shot to hell, as the deeply principled cop hears about the murder of an old Russian friend on Neptune Avenue---and then is disturbed to find himself increasingly drawn to the man's stunning widow, Eugenia.... more...   The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley Published 2009 by Delacorte Press  Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes: In his wickedly brilliant first novel, Debut Dagger Award winner Alan Bradley introduces one of the most singular and engaging heroines in recent fiction: eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison. It is the summer of 1950--and a series of inexplicable events has struck Buckshaw, the decaying English mansion that Flavia's family calls home.... more...   Paper Butterfly by Diane Wei Liang Published 2009 by Simon & Schuster  Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes: The second installment in the successful Mei Wang detective series offers a riveting tale of intrigue, culture clash, and missing persons in modern China. Modern-Day Beijing. Mei Wang, 31, lives and works as a private detective in China's capital city.... more...   Stone's Fall by Iain M Pears Published 2009 by Spiegel & Grau  Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes: In his most dazzling novel since the groundbreaking "New York Times" bestseller "An Instance of the Fingerpost," Pears tells the story of John Stone, a man so wealthy that in the years before World War I, he was able to manipulate world markets. A return to the form that launched Iain Pears onto bestseller lists around the world: a vast historical mystery, marvelous in its ambition and ingenius in its complexity.... more...   The Last Child by John Hart Published 2009 by Minotaur Books  Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes: Fresh off the success of his Edgar Award-winning, "New York Times" bestseller "Down River," Hart returns with the story of a young boy's hunt for his missing sister, and the dark truths he uncovers in his North Carolina hometown. John Hart's "New York Times" bestselling debut, "The King of Lies," announced the arrival of a major talent.... more...   The Case of the Missing Servant: A Vish Puri Mystery by Tarquin Hall Published 2009 by Simon & Schuster  Hardcover, English. Find this book in our catalog Jacket Notes: The first in an irresistible new detective series introduces Vish Puri, who styles himself as the best private investigator in India. His main gig is running background checks, but bigger, more sensational cases are coming his way. Meet Vish Puri, India's most private investigator.... more...