Blacklight Blue: The Third Enzo File
by Peter May
Published 2008 by Poisoned Pen Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781590585528

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Enzo MacLeod, a Scot teaching on a faculty in southwest France, confidently bets that he can use his expertise to crack seven notorious cold case murders. Enzo is distracted from his third case, however, when he becomes the victim of someone who seems intent on getting him arrested for murder. More...

Bright Hair about the Bone
by Barbara Cleverly
Published 2008 by Delta

Paperback, English. ISBN: 9780385339896

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Aristocratic, ambitious, and independent, young Laetitia Talbot dreams of becoming an archaeologist. But after her beloved uncle is murdered at the hands of a petty thief, Letty is determined to reveal who might have committed this crime. More...

The Fire Kimono
by Laura Joh Rowland
Published 2008 by St. Martin's Minotaur

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780312379483

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Japan, March 1700. Troops ambush and attack Lady Reiko, the wife of Sano Ichiro, the samurai detective who has risen to power and influence. The troops who have attacked Reiko appear to belong to Sano's enemy, Lord Matsudaira, who denies all responsibility. But if the rivals are not to blame, who is? More...

Ghost at Work: A Mystery
by Carolyn Hart
Published 2008 by William Morrow & Company

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780060874360

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The beloved and award-winning author pens an exciting new mystery series featuring a meddling, crime-solving ghost. More...

The Good Thief's Guide to Paris
by Chris Ewan
Published 2008 by St. Martin's Minotaur

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780312376451

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Charlie Howard--mystery writer and professional thief--is flush with the success of his Paris book-reading when he agrees to show a novice how to break into an apartment. The next day, Charlie's hired to steal an ordinary-looking oil painting--from the same address. More...

Second Violin: An Inspector Troy Thriller
by John Lawton
Published 2008 by Atlantic Monthly Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780871139917

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Lawton adds another spellbinding thriller to his Inspector Troy series with this sixth installment in the series. Moving from the Nazi-infested alleys of pre-war Vienna to the bombed out streets of 1940s London, this uncommon thriller delivers a suspenseful and intelligent spy story and historical narrative. More...

Six Geese A-Slaying
by Donna Andrews
Published 2008 by St. Martin's Minotaur

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780312536107

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Deliciously daffy . . . Andrews demonstrates her absolute mastery of the comedic mystery, deftly balancing outrageously funny scenes with well-paced suspense.--"Publishers Weekly." More...

Veil of Lies: A Medieval Noir
by Jeri Westerson
Published 2008 by St. Martin's Minotaur

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780312379773

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"A great read, through and through. Westerson's finely wrought portrait of gritty Medieval London is embued with great wit and poignancy. Crispin Guest is a knight to remember." -- Cornelia Read, author of A Field of Darkness, on Veil of Lies. Crispin Guest is a disgraced knight, stripped of his rank and his honor - but left with his life - for plotting against Richard II.... More...

The 7th Victim
by Alan Jacobson
Published 2008 by Vanguard Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781593154943

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The Dead Eyes Killer lurks in the backyard of the famed FBI Profiling Unit. His brutal murders confound the local task force, despite the gifted profiling skills of Special Agent Karen Vail. "The 7th Victim" is a page-turner with a stunning twist of an ending that will satisfy even the most discerning thriller reader. More...

By the Sword
by F. Paul Wilson
Published 2008 by Forge

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780765317070

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"By the Sword" takes up where "Bloodline" leaves off. Like its predecessor, this novel shows why Jack's saga has become the most entertaining and dependable modern horror-thriller series.--"Publishers Weekly." More...

Conspiracy of Silence
by Martha Powers
Published 2008 by Oceanview Publishing

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781933515182

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On a sunny day in July, Clare Prentice arrives in Grand Rapids, Minnesota. Although she is on assignment to interview the town's notoriously reclusive novelist Nate Hanssen, Clare is really in search of a different story-her story.Just months before, Clare was a bride-to-be, living in Chicago, and looking to the future.... More...

Dancing with Demons: A Mystery of Ancient Ireland
by Peter Tremayne
Published 2008 by St. Martin's Minotaur

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780312375645

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In the winter of 669 C.E., the High King of Ireland is murdered and all evidence points to a particular clan chieftain. Now, it's up to Fidelma to uncover the motive for the murder. More...

The Face of a Killer
by Robin Burcell
Published 2008 by Poisoned Pen Press

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9781590583746

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FBI forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick questions the guilt of the man about to be executed for her fatheras murder twenty years earlier. The first stirrings of doubt occur when one of her forensic sketches on an unrelated case brings forth memories about her fatheras homicide that shead hoped to forget.... More...

The Fourth Time Is Murder: A Posadas County Mystery
by Steven F. Havill
Published 2008 by St. Martin's Minotaur

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780312380632

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Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman gets word that a police officer has been hurt. When she arrives at the scene, it is clear by the scattered objects and marks on the ground that someone had been there after the accident. Who was this stranger and why was he there? More...

Hark! the Herald Angel Screamed: An Augusta Goodnight Mystery (with Heavenly Recipes)
by Mignon F. Ballard
Published 2008 by St. Martin's Minotaur

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780312376673

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As Augusta Goodnight and Lucy Nan Pilgrim are searching for the perfect Christmas tree in the tranquil town of Stone's Throw, South Carolina, a stranger plummets to his death off an abandoned mansion. Could the death somehow have been caused by the ghost of a girl who had fallen from the same spot long ago? More...

Moriarty
by John Gardner
Published 2008 by Harcourt

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780151012527

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Having survived the struggle with Sherlock Holmes at the Reichenbach Falls, Professor James Moriarty is alive and well and about to realize his plans to establish crime syndicates in the United States. Suddenly he is called back to London, where his vast criminal society has been overrun by a rival, the shadowy Sir Jordan Jack Idell. More...

The Paris Enigma
by Pablo De Santis
Published 2008 by Harper

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061479670

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In the tradition of Caleb Carr's "The Alienist" and Eric Larsen's "The Devil in the White City" comes a gripping tale of murder and the art of crime solving, atmospherically set during the 1889 Paris World's Fair. It is 1889, and the entire world breathlessly anticipates the Paris World's Fair and the opening of Monsieur Eiffel's iconic tower.... More...

The Price of Butcher's Meat
by Reginald Hill
Published 2008 by Harper

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780061451935

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After a close encounter with a bomb, Detective Superintendent Andy Dalziel recuperates at the Avalon Clinic in the quaint seaside resort of Sandytown. But soon he begins to suspect that those outside the convalescent home have just as many problems as the residents.... More...

Snake Dreams
by James D. Doss
Published 2008 by St. Martin's Minotaur

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780312364601

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Bestselling author Doss mixes a detective's reason and a shaman's intuition to find a killer, in the newest entry in his acclaimed Charlie Moon series. More...

The Victoria Vanishes: A Peculiar Crimes Unit Mystery
by Christopher Fowler
Published 2008 by Bantam

Hardcover, English. ISBN: 9780553805024

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Fans of Jasper Fforde's Thursday Next mysteries will delight in the latest adventures of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit. The case files of the PCU never disappoint when it comes to uniquely atmospheric and rewarding mysteries. More...