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The Mysterious Bookshop Newsletter Vol. 21 No. 5 May 2013 The Mysterious Bookshop 58 Warren Street New York, New York 10007 Business Hours 11:00 am - 7:00 pm Monday through Saturday Closed Sundays (212) 587-1011 – phone (212) 587-1126 – fax FOR ORDERS ONLY: (800) 352-2840 Email: [email protected] Crime Club Email: [email protected] www.mysteriousbookshop.com STORE POLICIES: Payment Methods Accepted We accept Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover, Diners Club, Money Order, and Personal Check. Refunds Books may be returned for store credit only within two weeks of receipt. No refunds. Availability Unless otherwise noted all books are shipped as available. We do our best to accommodate requests to ship orders complete, but cannot hold books for more than two weeks. Signed Books If you want to have books from your own collection signed by authors at the Mysterious Bookshop, you may bring them in or send them to us. There is a $5.00 handling charge for each book. The fee is waived for each new book by that author that you purchase. Thus, if you send four books to be signed and purchase the author's latest book, there will be a $15.00 handling charge. We take excellent care of all books, but please understand that we are not responsible for books lost or damaged in transit or on premises. It is essential that you call before delivering books here. Some of the authors are unwilling to sign out of print books, some are on schedules too tight to permit it, etc. Shipping

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT Die Trying The Jack Reacher Series: The Definitive Author's Edition By Lee Child Limited Signed Edition The Mysterious Bookshop is proud to be launching a major publishing program. We will be issuing beautiful limited editions of the complete novels of Lee Child featuring one of the iconic literary creations of our time, Jack Reacher. Each volume will include a new introduction by the author, written exclusively for this edition. All copies will be signed by Lee Child, one of the most popular mystery writers in the world. The edition of the second Reacher Novel is limited to only 100 copies, numbered and signed by Lee Child. Bound in green marbled boards with a dark green leather spine. Price is $150.00 per title.

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The first book in the series, Killing Floor, was published in January and we do have very few of the numbered edition available. The second book, Die Trying has just been released, again with most of the numbered editions pre-sold. Please contact us to reserve a copy for the entire series, or to order single titles.

BIBLIOMYSTERIES For many bibliophiles, especially aficionados of mystery fiction, some of the most beloved books and stories feature a background of bookstores, libraries, rare books, manuscripts, priceless volumes and eccentric book collectors.

The White Trilogy

The Mysterious Bookshop publishes a new bibliomystery every month. Each story features books and/or those who write them, buy them, read them, collect them, sell them or are in some way involved with them. All are written exclusively for the store and are not available anywhere else until sometime after our publication. Each story will be available as a limited edition hardcover volume in an illustrated dust jacket. The hardcover editions are limited to only 100 copies, numbered and signed by the author, at $50; there also will be 26 lettered copies, also signed by the author, at $100. The stories will also be available in paperback generally for $4.95 each Ebook editions are available through www.mysteriouspress.com. So far we have published stories by Ken Bruen, Reed Farrel Coleman, Anne Perry, Nelson DeMille, CJ Box, William Link, Jeffery Deaver, Loren D. Estleman, Laura Lippman, Andrew Taylor and Peter Blauner. Future publications will include stories by John Connolly, David Bell, Max Allan Collins, Thomas H. Cook, Peter Lovesey, Peter Robinson, Bradford Morrow, etc.

By Ken Bruen Limited Signed Edition Features a brand new introduction by the author. Limited to 100 numbered copies, these handsome editions feature leather spines and marbled boards. Copies are going fast, so remember to reserve your copies as soon as possible. The edition is limited to only 100 copies, numbered and signed by Ken Bruen. There also are 26 lettered copies, priced at $275. Hit Me by Lawrence Block Limited Signed Philatelic Edition The Mysterious Bookshop is proud to be publishing a special limited edition of the latest novel in the popular series about Keller, Block's stampcollecting hit man. This title is produced in a unique philatelic edition for which the author has created a special stamp and cancellation stamp. All copies are signed by the author. Block has also produced a handsome signed souvenir sheet which will be sent in advance of the book to everyone who orders a copy of this special edition of the book. Click this link to see what it looks like:

Note: Our next selection after Peter Blauner will be John Connolly. We have already sold out all hardcover editions of Connolly’s story and will only have paperback editions for sale. Those who have signed up for the whole series will still get their copy. We will have signed paperbacks available in August, when ordering, please specify if you would like a signed paperback.

The book (and free souvenir sheet) is priced at $75.00.

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Our most recent, original bibliomystery is:

Peter Blauner is the author of six novels including Slow Motion Riot, which won the 1992 Edgar Award for Best First Novel and was named an International Book of the Year by The Times Literary Supplement. The Intruder was a New York Times bestseller and earned critical acclaim from authors such as Stephen King, James Patterson, Nelson DeMille, Michael Connelly, and more. A born and bred New Yorker, he has claimed the city’s influence to be “so deeply imprinted on me that if they ever cut me open they’ll probably find the route of my veins resembles a map of the IRT subway system.”

THE FINAL TESTAMENT By PETER BLAUNER It is autumn of 1938 in London. The Nazis have invaded Austria and are seizing Jewish assets, rumors of the Dachau concentration camp are clouding the air and, despite the cancer ravaging his body, an exiled Dr. Sigmund Freud spends his days anxiously clutching a Cuban cigar between his jaw and a large dental prosthesis he calls “The Monster.” He is doing just this when his daughter interrupts his forbidden indulgence with a scolding and news of a foreboding visit from SS Officer Anton Sauerwald.

Peter Blauner attended Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where he was awarded the Paul Hogan prize for best short fiction by a student. He started in journalism as Pete Hamill’s assistant before reporting for the Newark Star-Ledger, the Norwich Bulletin and New York Magazine. He found the subject for his first novel at the New York Department of Probation where he molded his complex characters off of social workers split between compassion and severity in dealing with the criminal mind.

Rather than dragging the doctor into an interrogation room or confiscating the few luxuries Freud was able to secretly take away from Vienna, Sauerwald brings something far more dangerous into the household: a book more deadly than any weapon. Peter Blauner’s The Final Testament reminds us of the power of the written word and weighs the importance of intellectual pursuit against the question of moral responsibility in a time of panic and decay. “You could cut a lip on his dialogue… a honey of a writer.” – The New York Times “Electrifying… Another winner… Peter Blauner has a unique and important gift for creating flesh-andblood characters whom we care about deeply… Nobody does it as well.” – James Patterson “Chilling… will keep pulsing in readers’ minds long after the book is safely back on the shelf.” – People Magazine “Far more than a page-turning thriller of the first order. Rarely have the perils of heroism in the modern day been so compellingly examined.” – Jeffery Deaver

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Loren D. Estleman , Book Club. Hardcover numbered edition $50.00, lettered edition $100. Paperback $5.95. Laura Lippman , The Book Thing. Hardcover numbered edition $50.00, lettered edition $100. Paperback $5.95. Andrew Taylor, The Long Sonata of the Dead. Hardcover numbered edition $50.00, lettered edition $100. Paperback $5.95. Peter Blauner, The Final Testament. Hardcover numbered edition $50.00, lettered edition $100. Paperback $5.95. John Connolly, The Caxton Lending Library & Book Depository. Hardcover numbered edition (Sold out), lettered edition (sold out). Paperback $6.95. Bruen, Ken, The Book of Virtue. Hardcover numbered edition (Sold out), lettered edition (Sold out). Paperback $4.95. Coleman, Reed Farrel, The Book of Ghosts. Hardcover numbered edition $50.00, lettered edition $100. Paperback $4.95 Perry, Anne, The Scroll. Hardcover numbered edition $50.00, lettered edition $100. Paperback $4.95. DeMille, Nelson, The Book Case. Hardcover numbered edition (Sold out), lettered edition $100. Paperback $6.95. Box, C.J., Pronghorns of the Third Reich. Hardcover numbered edition (Sold out), lettered edition (Sold out). Paperback $4.95. William Link, Death Leaves a Bookmark. Hardcover numbered edition $50.00, lettered edition $100. Paperback $4.95. Jeffery Deaver, An Acceptable Sacrifice. Hardcover numbered edition $50.00, lettered edition $100. Paperback $5.95.

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Check out our Bibliomystery series, a print exclusive from The Mysterious Bookshop, now available in digital formats.

May Slate of eBooks from MysteriousPress.com This month we’re releasing eBooks from John Gardner, Pete Hautman, and Stuart Palmer. We also have two original titles that will be available in both paperback and eBook.

These are short tales about deadly books from some of today’s best crime and mystery writers. We’ve released titles from C.J. Box, Ken Bruen, Jeffrey Deaver, William Link, Anne Perry, Loren D. Estleman, Reed Farrel Coleman, Nelson DeMille, and Laura Lippman. *** Our eBooks are available from the Amazon, iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, Sony and Google stores. You can stay up-to-date on new releases and exclusive blog content from MysteriousPress.com by following our Facebook and Twitter pages, or subscribing to our RSS feed.

Whitey’s Payback by T.J. English We also have a newsletter, and if you sign up, as our way of saying thanks, you’ll get free access to a short story by David Corbett.

Sixteen stories of true crime from America’s foremost authority on the underworld. Available May 7

Visit us online at www.mysteriouspress.com.

Hot Ice by Gregg Loomis One man stands between the United States and a conspiracy that threatens Western civilization. Available May 21 ***

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Psychic Mediumship Group Reading

LIMITED SIGNED EDITIONS For the past few years the Mysterious Bookshop has been publishing handsome limited editions of some of the most popular authors. In all cases these are the true first editions and must-have's for any complete collection. Each title is limited to 100 signed and numbered copies, bound in blue marbled boards with a blue leather spine. These are editions are priced at $150.00. We have also produced 26 signed and lettered editions, bound in red marbled boards with a red leather spine. These are priced at $275.00. Although many of our limiteds have since sold out, we do still have a few copies remaining of the following titles. Please call or email for more information. Lawrence Block, The Night and the Music Lawrence Block, A Drop of the Hard Stuff Ken Bruen, The Devil Robert Crais, The First Rule James Ellroy, The Hilliker Curse Dennis Lehane, Moonlight Mile Elmore Leonard, Djibouti

The Mysterious Bookshop will serve as the venue for a group reading by psychic medium Lisa Atkinson on 7:30 on Wednesday, May 22. For additional information and tickets please visit http://lisaatkinson.eventbrite.com/#

Jonathan Santlofer and S.J. Rozan, ed., The Dark End of the Street. Signed by the editors as well as all contributors, including Lawrence Block, Stephen L. Carter, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, James Grady, Amy Hempel, Jonathan Lethem, Laura Lippman, Val McDermid, and Joyce Carol Oates.

For entertainment purposes only. The bookshop is making its premises available and has no other involvement with this event; we cannot provide additional information of any kind.

ALSO AVAILABLE:

GIFT CERTIFICATES Originally published as an e-book, Lawrence Block has authorized The Mysterious Bookshop to publish Afterthoughts in a limited hardcover edition. Afterthoughts contains the author’s reflections on his career which spans more than fifty years. These more than forty-five essays talk about his work including the semi-autobiographical series featuring Matthew Scudder. It is a must for fans of Lawrence Block. The Hardcover Edition is limited to about 175 copies, and signed by the author. $35.00.

Not sure which books to give? The Mysterious Bookshop offers gift certificates in any amount. Simply let us know the amount of the certificate and we’ll mail it the same day (no charge for postage).You can also order gift cards online at www.mysteriousbookshop.com.

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Michael Connelly wrote a profile of Hieronymus (Harry) Bosch for The Mysterious Bookshop a few years ago. Produced in a limited edition of 100 numbered and signed copies, it sold out within the first week. He also wrote a profile of Mickey Haller, his Lincoln lawyer. We published this in a handsome hardcover edition together with the Bosch profile, produced dos-a-dos (read one profile, then flip the book upside down to read the other one). We still have a few copies, limited to 350 numbered and signed copies. The price is $75.00. Every copy will be accompanied by a paperback edition at no extra charge. Our standard discount rates to booksellers apply. This book is not available at any chains or on Amazon.

and select The Mysterious Bookshop Crime Club Group.

T TH HE EC CR RIIM ME EC CO OL LL LE EC CT TO OR RSS C CL LU UB B From Michael Connelly to Walter Mosley, our Crime Collector's Club provides you with titles from the bestselling masters of the craft. Join to ensure that you will receive a signed first edition of the month's biggest novel—not only always a collectable, but also always an entertaining, fine read.

C CR RIIM ME EC CL LU UB BSS:: SSPPE EC CIIA AL L A AN NN NO OU UN NC CE EM ME EN NT T We will be making some changes to membership in our book clubs, effective now. For more than 30 years, we have offered members of our clubs autographed first editions of many of the best books in the mystery world, a new book automatically shipped every month. Unlike many other bookstores, we have never charged extra for these books. Now, with Alex Franks taking over administration of the clubs, we would like to make a new offer to our customers: If you are a member of two or more clubs, you will be a Mysterious Bookshop VIP and entitled to a 10% discount on all books. Not just the books in the clubs to which you belong, but every book in the store: Autographed first editions, rare books, used books, paperbacks, limited editions, British imports— everything. One caveat: If you join the clubs, please understand that you will be allowed to substitute no more than two books per club every year. This is essential for us to be able to guarantee that we will have the correct number of copies of any given title for members.

May Main Selection: Box ,C.J., Breaking Point, Putnam. A local man is suspected of the murder of two EPA employees before he flees into the wilderness. Joe Pickett always knew him as a good, upstanding citizen. What could make him crack? And is there more to the story? A thrilling new entry in this fan-favorite series. $26.95

If you are currently a member of any club, join any other club to be eligible. In addition, we have a page on Goodreads that is open to everyone. Visit us at www.goodreads.com

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June Main Selection:

Cook, Thomas, Fatherhood: and Other Stories, Pegasus. A wonderful collection of short stories from one of our all-time favorite authors. Cook shows off his immense range and gift for story telling as he takes us from Depression-era Appalachia to a college campus in revolt to a famous fixed boxing match, and beyond. HB. May. $24.95

Mosley, Walter, Little Green, Doubleday. After almost being killed in a car wreck, Easy Rawlins returns to the Sunset Strip, circa 1967, in search of a young black man who has gone missing. HB. May. $25.95

Kerr, Philip, A Man Without Breath, Penguin. It’s March, 1943, and Bernie Gunther is investigating claims that a mass execution of Polish officers— perpetrated by the Russians—occurred in the Katyn forest. Finding himself mixing with high society in Smolensk, he must discover the truth, even if it means condemning the people fully committed to destroying the Third Reich. HB. April. $26.95

July Main Selection: McCarry, Charles, The Shanghai Factor, Mysterious Press. A young spy living in Shanghai aids a mysterious U.S. agency known only as HQ, but a relationship with a woman threatens to expose who he really is as the spy game becomes deadly. HB. June. $26.00

Meltzer, Brad, ed., Mystery Box. Grand Central. Twenty one original stories from the most prominent and accomplished mystery writers today, including Laura Lippman, Joseph Finder, and R. L. Stein. We will be having a signing event with multiple contributors… make sure to pre-order a copy early! HB. April. $24.99

Recently Signed Books Atkins, Ace, Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland, Putnam. Spenser returns, this time doing a favor for old boxing trainer Henry Cimoli and investigating a heavy-handed developer. Greed, fear, politics, and the Wonderland dog track—another great Spenser outing. HB. May. $26.95 Block, Lawrence, Hit Me, Mulholland. Keller’s back, and Block’s at his best here. HB. Feb. $26.99

Perry, Thomas, The Boyfriend, Mysterious Press. An ex-LAPD detective turned PI takes on the case of a murdered young woman in this hard-hitting new novel from the author of The Butcher’s Boy. $25.00

Coben, Harlan, Six Years, Dutton. For six years Jake Sanders has pined for his lost love Natalie. Six years knowing she was with another man. But when Jake discovers that man is dead, and that the widow is not Natalie, he soon realizes he is a pawn in a carefully constructed—and terrifying—scheme. $27.95

Rankin Ian, Standing in Another Man’s Grave, Reagan Arthur. Rebus is back and not only is he as stubborn and anarchic as ever, he also finds himself in trouble with Malcolm Fox of Internal Affairs. $25.99

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Some Expected Signings Burke, James Lee, Light of the World, Simon & Schuster. Robicheaux and Purcel are vacationing in Montana when a series of strange events leads them to think that their families are in danger, pitting our hero against the most demented and evil villain he’s ever faced. HB. July. $27.99

In addition to discovering fantastic new voices in fiction, the First Mystery Club serves another purpose: providing you with titles that have the potential for rapid value appreciation. Join this club to receive signed first editions of carefully selected works by first time mystery writers. Previous selections have included Laurie King, Chelsea Cain, Tea Obreht, Robin Sloan, and Charlie Huston.

Fairstein, Linda, Death Angel, Dutton. In the newest Alexandra Cooper novel, we’re taken on a history tour of NYC as Cooper and Chapman try to track down a serial killer in Central Park who may be responsible for countless deaths. HB. July. $26.95 Hamilton, Steve, Let It Burn, Minotaur. Tenth of the Alex McKnight series finds our hero back in Detroit, mulling over his partner's death, pining over a female FBI agent, and fearing the prison release of a criminal he put away. HB. July. $25.99 Hiaasen, Carl, Bad Monkey, Knopf. Andrew Yancy has a human arm in his fridge. There’s a reason for that, but he must discover how and why if he wants to be relieved from his duties as Health Inspector and back to real police work. Beautifully written and hilarious. HB. June. $26.95

May Main Selection: Marra, Anthony, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Hogarth. December, 2004, Chechnya. War with Russia has torn the country apart, and in a virtually destroyed hospital, one failed physician and one surviving doctor desperately try to save the lives of those injured in the chaos. Lurking in the twos past, though, is a mystery of betrayal and coincidence which binds them… an exceptional novel that’s already being compared to The English Patient and The Tiger’s Wife. HB. $26.00

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King, Owen, Double Feature, Scribner. A menagerie of devilish characters fill the pages of this intriguing debut. Sam Dolan is a filmmaker struggling to deal with his cult hero father and the friends and family that surround them. “Dear Reader: With this amazing tour de force, Owen King has more than lived up to the great promise of his debut collection…[t]his is a big, generous American novel from a dazzling novelist I’ll be watching for years.”—Tom Franklin. $26.00

June Main Selection: Matthews, Jason, Red Sparrow, Scribner. A modern espionage novel focused on a Russian operative struggling to survive in the messy bureaucratic world of post-Communism, leading double and triple lives in this smart page turner. HB. $26.99 July Main Selection: Wascom, Kent, The Blood of Heaven, Grove. One of the most powerful books of the year, being compared to Cormac McCarthy and Faulkner. The story of a young man trying to survive in the violence and hardship of frontier life in early America. HB. June. $25.00

Koch, Herman, The Dinner, Hogarth. Over the course of one meal in Amsterdam, two seemingly pleasant couples converse and slowly reveal dark secrets about their families and children… “A European Gone Girl…The Dinner, a sly psychological thriller that hinges on a horrific crime and its consequences for two families, has become one of spring’s most anticipated suspense novels.” – The Wall Street Journal. Signed w/ bookplate. HB. $24.00

Recently Signed First Mysteries Cha, Steph, Follow Her Home, Minotaur. This wonderful debut introduces Juniper Song, an amateur sleuth navigating the darkness of L. A. with wit and charm. Upon being asked to follow her friend's father, she makes a discovery that will take her to the depths of a seedy city and a stunning mystery. HB. $24.99

Mason, Jamie, Three Graves Full, Gallery. Jason Getty’s killed before, taking out a man who ‘had it coming’ and burying the body in his backyard. But when the police unearth two bodies—neither of which he recognizes—Jason finds himself caught up in something absolutely bizarre in this darkly comic debut. HB. $24.99

Gibson, Gregory, The Old Turk’s Load, Mysterious Press. When a five million dollar heroin shipment lands in the lap of shady developer Richard Mudni, he decides to use it to help his failing business acquire some much needed capital. But the drugs belong to Angelo DiNoto, notorious New Jersey mob boss, and he’s sent his enforces out to collect his property… HB. $24.00

McCreight, Kimberly, Reconstructing Amelia, Harper. Kate’s daughter Amelia, an overachiever who has been suspended for cheating, apparently jumps to her death on campus… but, at the height of her grief, Kate receives a mysterious text message: She didn’t jump. HB. $25.99 Expected First Mystery Signings

Jansma, Kristopher, The Unchangeable Spots of Leopards, Viking. The story of a young man who wants to be a novelist—spinning an unreliable narrative about his life while trying to figure out who he is. HB. $26.95

Ahmad, A. X., The Caretaker, Minotaur. Ranjit Singh has fled India after a dishonorable end to his army career, now working as a caretaker on an island off of Martha’s Vineyard. When a senator’s house is broken into, though, Singh finds himself thrust into the politician’s shadowy private life, and confronting secrets from his own past. HB. May. $24.99

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Holt, Elliott, You Are One of Them, Penguin. Sarah Zuckerman has just received a letter that her long dead friend may be alive and well in Moscow, an inconveniently still-living piece of propaganda for the now defunct Soviet Union. HB. May. $25.95

Our soft-boiled selections shy away from the gritty, grisly, and gory, instead focusing on character development and careful plotting. These are traditional mysteries which often involve romance, historical settings, and "clean" murder... but, most definitely, murder.

Miller, Derek, Norwegian by Night, HMH. Curmudgeonly Sheldon Horowitz has moved to Norway to be with his granddaughter and new husband. Shortly after moving, he protects his neighbor’s young son from a violent attack, reality and memory begin to blur together, working together beautifully in this literary police thriller debut. HB. May. $26.00 Thoft, Ingrid, Loyalty, Putnam. The Ludlows are all in the family business, working as top-notch private investigators in Boston but, when Fina’s sister-in-law disappears, things become intensely personal. HB. June. $25.95

May Main Selection: Clark, Mary Higgins, Daddy’s Gone A Hunting, Simon & Schuster. A furniture firm, worth a fortune, explodes in the middle of the night, CPA Kate barely escaping with her life. But, why was she there to begin with, and why was an old employee of the firm—now dead—there as well? HB. $26.99 June Main Selection: Lovesey, Peter, The Tooth Tattoo, Soho, Peter Diamond, head of Bath’s Criminal investigation Division, investigates the murder of a woman with only one distinguishing mark: a tattoo of a music note on one of her teeth. HB. $25.95

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July Main Selection:

Todd, Charles, Proof of Guilt, Morrow. Inspector Rutledge must solve a baffling case in the summer of 1920 involving an unidentified body and a missing heir. Fans of Agatha Christie will love this who/how-dunit from one of the best historical mystery authors writing today. $25.99

Lutz, Lisa, The Last Word, Simon & Schuster. The latest Izzy Spellman mystery, Izzy has just taken over Spellman Investigations, prompting her parents to go on strike and her sister to return with questionable motivations. Things start getting troubling, though, when she is accused of embezzling from a former client… HB. July. $25.00

Winspear, Jacqueline, Leaving Everything Most Loved, Harper. Indian immigrants are being killed throughout London; it’s 1933, and Maisie Dobbs must balance her complicated personal life with her professional duties. HB. $26.99

Recently Signed Soft-Boiled Bilyeau, Nancy, The Chalice, Touchstone. This follow-up to Bilyeau’s acclaimed debut The Crown finds novice Joanna Stafford racing across Europe as finds herself caught up in a plot to dethrone Henry VII. $26.99

Expected Traditional Signings MacNeal, Susan Elia, His Majesty’s Hope, Bantam. Maggie Hope returns, this time going straight into Berlin and infiltrating Nazi high society for the Crown. PBO. May. $15.00

Davidson, Hilary, Evil in All Its Disguises, Forge. An all-expense paid trip to Acapulco for travel writer Lily Moore soon turns into a harrowing tale of kidnapping and corruption in this latest from the author of The Damage Done. $25.99

Morrell, David, Murder as a Fine Art, Mulholland Books. A historical thriller set in Victorian London, in which a literary star is pitted against a brilliant murderer who share a dark past. HB. May. $25.99

Keane, Mary, Fever, Scribner. This historical novel follows the famous case of Mary Mallon, a.k.a. Typhoid Mary, who unintentionally plunged New York City in panic as a potential “asymptomatic carrier” of Typhoid Fever. HB. $26.00

Rogan, Barbara, A Dangerous Fiction, Viking. Lit. agent Jo Donovan finds herself playing detective when a would-be client turns stalker and her husband's biographer begins uncovering dirty family secrets. HB. July. $26.95 Rose, M. J., Seduction, Atria. Mythologist Jac L’Etoile is investigating Victor Hugo’s séances to establish contact with his daughter, discovering that he came into contact with someone called the Shadow of the Sepulcher… HB. May. $24.00

Stein, Triss, Brooklyn Bones, Poisoned Pen. Erica Donato’s daughter finds a skeleton behind the wall of their Park Slope home. As Erica learns the skeleton Is a young teenage girl, missing since the 1960s, she sets out to discover the history of her cozy neighborhood’s dark, pre-gentrification days. HB. $24.95

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July Main Selection:

Dark, disturbing crimes investigated by tough, brooding detectives. Join this club to receive the best new releases of the genre. Not for the squeamish, but for those who find being stunned, shocked, and disturbed to count for fine entertainment.

Atkins, Ace, The Broken Places, Putnam. Third Quinn Colson novel; a killer is about to be released from prison, HB. $26.95 Recently Signed Hard-Boiled Bill, Frank, Donnybrook, FSG. A three-day bareknuckle boxing tournament is held in rural southern Indiana, with last man standing being the winner. In Bill’s gritty new work, nasty characters and their gristly stories are interweaved to provide one shocking, impressively dark, and intelligent novel. PBO. $ 15.00 Estleman, Loren, Alive!, Forge. Valentino gets a tip about where Bela Lugosi’s screen test for Frankenstein is located, but he’s not the only one who wants it, and others will go to any length to get the reel. HB. $24.99 Smith, Lachlan, Bear is Broken, Mysterious Press. Attorney Leo Maxwell must find out who is behind the attempted murder of his brother and soon stumbles upon a web of corruption in the San Francisco police force. "Smith's first novel offers a superior blend of amateur-detective mystery and belated-coming-of-age novel cunningly masked as a legal thriller ... a terrific debut. A perfect match with David Carnoy's novels and Michael Connelly's Mickey Haller series."—Booklist (starred review). $24.00

May Main Selection: Coleman, Reed Farrel, Onion Street, Tyrus. 1967. Moe Prager’s girlfriend has just been badly beaten, left in a coma, and Moe is hitting the streets to figure out who and why, aligning with anyone who can help him. HB. $24.95 June Main Selection:

Expected Hard-Boiled Signings

Lange, Richard, Angel Baby, Mulholland. With the clothes on her back, a Colt .45, and all of her husband’s wealth, Luz plans on escaping her hellish life. But her husband’s a member of a drug cartel, and he’s accustomed to getting what he wants. HB. May. $26.00

Estleman, Loren D., The Confessions of Al Capone, Forge. A biographical novel of the famous mobster, set in 1944 after his release from prison when he’s suffering from advanced syphilis and is being tailed by the FBI. HB. June. $27.99

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Gordon, David, Mystery Girl, New Harvest. Failed novelist Sam Kornberg’s life is collapsing around him: marriage failing and no work to be found, he reluctantly takes a job as a housebound detective’s assistant. However, he’s about to enter the bizarre world of L. A. in this wild comic detective novel. HB. July. $25.00

This club is for collectors of "true first editions" published in the United Kingdom, as well as those who can't wait for the US release date. We select the most anticipated titles from a variety of sub-genres for this club which, while more expensive, is well worth the cost.

Krajewski, Marek, End of the World in Breslau, Melville House. 1927, Poland. Two blood-curling murder scenes are discovered within days of each other, and Criminal Councillor Mock has to balance his hard-drinking tendencies and his strained personal life with an investigation which may be closer to home than he imagined. HB. April. $25.95 Swierczynski, Duane, Point and Shoot, Mulholland. The conclusion of the Hardie series opens with Charlie finding himself trapped inside a satellite 500 miles above the earth. He has a year’s worth of supplies, but a familiar face docks with some shocking news which will plummet Charlie back to Earth. PBO. April. $14.99

May Main Selection: Bolton, S. J., Like This, For Ever, Bantam. A serial killer is being watched closely by a young boy, worried that he may be the next victim in a horrific murder which will leave no clues for London detectives Dana Tulloch and Mark Joesbury. HB. April. $33.00

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Delaney, Luke, Cold Killing, HarperCollins. A debut crime thriller set in modern day London; DI Corrigan is a family man whose ability to recognize darkness in others (and himself) makes him a formidable detective, but he’s chasing a killer with no apparent MO... one who’s getting closer to Corrigan’s personal life. $30.00

June Main Selection: Galbraith, Robert, The Cuckoo’s Calling, Sphere. A troubled model falls to her death in Mayfair, though her brother has doubts her death was a suicide. To find the truth, though, will come at a terrible personal cost. HB. April. $43.00

Hayder, Mo, Poppet, Bantam. In Jack Caffery’s sixth outing, the detective is searching for the corpse of a missing woman in a case that brings him to a psychiatric hospital on the brink of a meltdown. HB. March. $33.00

July Main Selection: Silvestre, Edney, If I Close My Eyes Now, Doubleday. Two young boys make a horrifying discovery while playing in a mango plantation, immediately ending their childhood and forcing them to face the brutality of the real world. UK first. HB. May. $TK

Hitchman, Beatrice, Petit Mort, Serpent’s Trail. A silent film is destroyed in a fire in 1913. A seamstress has high ambitions. A famed special effects artist married to a volitile actress. A beautiful, mysterious Parisian house. These stories all interrelate, but are building towards an unbelievably shocking twist. $33.00.

Recently Signed British Benedict, A.K., The Beauty of Murder, Orion. When a junior lecturer at Cambridge stumbles across the body of a beauty queen, he immediately reports it to the police; they arrive, but the beauty queen’s corpse is missing, leading the lecturer on a mission to find out what, exactly, is going on. HB. March. $43.00

MacBride, Stuart, Close to the Bone, HarperCollins UK. DI Logan Macrae faces a gang war, a missing couple, and the possibility of a serial killer on the loose, not to mention the piles of bones being left on his doorstep. Are these random occurrences or are they somehow tied together? $43.00

Costantini, Roberto, The Deliverance of Evil, Quercus. A killer terrorizes Rome for two decades in this novel exploring the impact of crime upon the city’s victims and the killer’s pursuers. HB. $38.00

Mark, David, Original Skin, Quercus. Half serial killer thriller, half police procedural, this second novel in the DS Aector McAvoy series brings together a sinister couple, an ambitious politician, and a troubled detective. HB. April. $33.00.

Davis, Lindsey, The Ides of April, Hodder & Stoughton. First in a new series. Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of an investigating family, working solo as a detective in male dominated Ancient Rome. A killer terrorizes the city and, preoccupied with the Games of Ceres, the local magistrate is doing nothing, leaving it up to Flavia to solve the case. $43.00.

Marshall, Michael, We Are Here, Orion. David goes on a trip to New York to meet his new publisher, his life finally seeming to be going well. But while in the city, he meets a mysterious stranger who wants something from him, and who knows things about him, who is waiting in the shadows and everwatching. HB. March. $43.00.

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McGowan, Claire, The Lost, Headline. Two girls go missing on the Irish border, and forensic psychologist Paula Maguire returns to her hometown to find the connection between her current case and a series of disappearances from 1985. What she finds, though, will question whether or not some things are best left lost. HB. April. $33.00.

Bradley, Alan, Speaking from Among the Bones, Orion. The fifth Flavia De Luce mystery. The tomb of St Tancred has been sealed for five hundred years; upon opening it, though, the fresh corpse of the church’s organist is found, and Flavia is drawn into a dark, subterranean world. Note: Though not the true first, these are the only signed copies we are offering. HB. March. $33.00

Jones, Christopher Morgan, The Jackal’s Share, Penguin. An art dealer is murdered in a Tehran hotel, bringing famed financier Darius Qazai under question. Hiring out an intelligence firm to clear his name, they soon find out damning information from a man claiming innocence. HB. Feb. $43.00

Monroe, Aly, Black Bear, John Murray. The fourth Peter Cotton book. British spy Peter Cotton awakens in a clinic on East 76th Street, near death after being injected with truth drugs. With no memory of how he arrived there, he must piece together his immediate past in this novel for fans of John le Carre and Graham Greene. HB. May. $48.00.

Shepherd, Lynn, A Treacherous Likeness, Corsair. Detective Charles Maddox is hired by the only surviving son of Mary and Percy Shelley, who discovers that the great poet’s first marriage may not have ended by his wife’s suicide, but rather her murder. HB. Feb. $45.00

Roslund, Anders & Borge Hellstrom, Two Soldiers, Quercus. The police are fighting an organize gang comprised of juveniles in a southern suburb of Stockholm, but the group of kids are somehow linked to a prison break, which is setting all on an explosive collision course. HB. April. $43.00.

Valentine, Mark, Herald of the Hidden, The Tartarus Press. Ten adventures of the occult detective Ralph Tyler, inspired by Hodgson’s Carnacki the Ghost-Finder, among others. HB. $55.00 Expected British Signings Billingham, Mark, The Dying Hours, Little, Brown. The eleventh Tom Thorne novel finds our hero investigating a string of suicides occurring among the elderly. Unwilling to believe the deaths are what they appear, he unveils the dark heart of London and a man with nothing to lose… HB. May. $43.00

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Deaver, Jeffrey, The Kill Room, Grand Central. Lincoln Rhyme returns, investigating an incredibly skillful assassination of a US citizen in the Bahamas. HB. June. $28.00

International turmoil, cloak-and-dagger operations, and political chaos characterize this club's selections. An ever-popular genre, novels chosen range from entertaining thrillers in a modern setting to illuminating historical novels about the Cold War and before.

Recently Signed Thriller/Espionage: Alpert, Mark, Extinction, Thomas Dunne. The Chinese military has designed an artificial intelligence program in secret, planning to use it in an anti-terrorism program. When the AI revolts, though, all human life is threatened... and Jim Pierce, searching for his young, computer-hacker daughter, may be the only person who knows it. $25.99 Berenson, Alex, The Night Ranger, Putnam. Agent John Wells must venture to East Africa to save four American hostages from a group of Somali bandits. “A tense thriller that relies equally on bravery, wit, and 21st-century American firepower . . . Berenson gives readers top-notch, fast-paced excitement in a part of the world unfamiliar to many Americans. John Wells is a worthy hero readers can count on."— Kirkus Reviews. $27.95 Hill, Joe, NOS4A2, William Morrow. Horror master Hill provides us with the story of Victoria—a woman who has an unnatural talent for finding things—and Manx, a man who slips out of our reality with children, taking them to a terrifying playground called “Christmasland.” But these two are about to meet, their lives altered forever. HB. April. $28.99

May Main Selection: Waite, Urban, The Carrion Birds, William Morrow. Ray Lamar is ready to settle down and raise his twelve-year-old son, but he’s going to need to do one last job—as a hired gun—before escaping his old, brutal life. HB. $25.99

Klavan, Andrew, A Killer in the Wind, Mysterious Press. Ex-NYPD detective Dan Champion is happy with his new life as a small-town cop. When a body washes ashore that carries ties to a past case and a host of killers descends upon him, Champion must use all of his resources to survive. $25.00

June Main Selection: Mitzner, Adam, A Case of Redemption, Gallery. A troubled high-profile attorney agrees to represent a rapper accused of murdering his girlfriend in this page-turning legal thriller. HB. May. $26.00

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Laukkanen, Owen, Criminal Enterprise, Putnam. Second book of the Stevens and Windermere series. Carter Tomlin’s lost his job, throwing his comfortable life as a well-off family man into jeopardy. Turning to bank robbing as a means of supporting himself, he soon finds violence to be agreeable—and FBI agent Windermere and Minnesota state investigator Stevens must stop him. $26.95

One of our most popular clubs; join to receive titles which may have limited mystery content, but are undoubtedly works which you will want to read and own. Previous selections have included novels by Michael Chabon and Joyce Carol Oates.

Meltzer, Brad, The Fifth Assassin, Grand Central. Beecher White (last seen in Inner Circle) is on the trail of a killer who has ties to past presidential assassinations and looks to add the current president to that list. $27.99 Percy, Benjamin, Red Moon, Grand Central. A giant cast of characters and intricate plot make this novel— on its surface, about werewolves—a complex fantasy set in the real world. "Red Moon is a serious, politically symbolic novel-a literary novel about lycanthropes. If George Orwell had imagined a future where the werewolf population had grown to the degree that they were colonized and drugged, this terrifying novel might be it." --John Irving. HB. May. $25.99

May Main Selection: Rich, Nathaniel, Odds Against Tomorrow, FSG. In the near future, Mitchell Zukor works for a mysterious consulting firm, calculating worst-case scenarios which are in turn sold to corporations to indemnify them against future disasters. As he becomes immersed in his work, though, Mitchell realizes he’s in a unique position to profit in this literary thriller. HB. $26.00

Expected Thriller/Espionage Signings Berry, Steve, The King’s Deception, Ballantine. Cotton Malone is back, becoming embroiled in an international conspiracy that involves a Libyan bomber, governmental turmoil, and a stunning secret about the Royal family. HB. June. $27.00

June Main Selection: Meyer, Philipp, The Son, Ecco. A stunning historical novel of crime and adventure, spanning over a century in Texas, from the early Comanche raids to the oil business of the 2000s. Not to be missed. HB. May. $27.99

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July Main Selection:

Oates, Joyce Carol, Daddy Love, Mysterious Press. A mother and son face two horrifying dilemmas in this latest from one of our favorite authors. “For all the horror and sensationalism of her wrenching subject, Oates judiciously charts Robbie’s brutal metamorphosis and Dinah’s resilience in an urgently compelling and drastically revealing study of evil, habitual terror, and survival.”—Booklist. $24.00

Gran, Sara, Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway, HMH. Second book of the series; Claire’s ex-boyfriend is found dead in his Mission District home, and Claire must piece together seemingly random clues from old cases to find out who committed the crime. HB. June. $20.00 Recently Signed Unclassifiable

Stashower, Daniel, The Hour of Peril: The Secret Plot to Murder Lincoln Before the Civil War, Minotaur. Edgar-winning author of The Beautiful Cigar Girl and the Houdini mysteries investigates a little-known event in this new nonfiction book. “The world's most famous private eye saves Abraham Lincoln's life—and perhaps the Union itself? Sounds like fiction, but in Daniel Stashower's riveting new book, it's all true. It's history that reads like a raceagainst-the-clock thriller.” —Harlan Coben. $26.99

Beauman, Ned, The Teleportation Accident, Bloomsbury. Egon Loeser is a set designer in the declining Weimar Republic, obsessed with Adriano Lavicini, a designer from the Renaissance era who constructed a failed teleportation device. When he leaves Germany in pursuit of a beautiful woman, though, he finds himself on the other side of the world--at Caltech, where a physicist is working on yet another teleportation device. But several murders have occurred on campus, and Loeser finds himself in the middle of something much larger than himself. $25.00

Strout, Elizabeth, The Burgess Boys, Random House. Jim and Bob Burgess are called back to their hometown to help their nephew, who has gotten himself into huge trouble, unraveling secrets about their own lives in the process. HB. $26.00

Cheng, Bill, Southern Cross the Dog, Ecco. The Great Mississippi flood of 1927 throws the life of three friends into turmoil, in this beautiful debut that’s a must for lovers of southern fiction. HB. May. $25.99

Expected Unclassifiable Signings Beukes, Lauren, The Shining Girls, Mulholland. A time-traveling serial killer accidentally leaves one of his victims alive, and the detective hunting him through different eras not only has a lead but suddenly has competition. HB. $26.00

Maazel, Fiona, Woke Up Lonely, Graywolf. Thurlow Dan founded Helix, a cult that seeks to cure loneliness in the 21st century, which becomes a global success. Thurlow finds himself at odds with the US government, though, in this novel which takes the reader from North Korea to the dark underbelly of Cincinnati. HB. $26.00

McCann, Colum, TransAtlantic, Random House. Three narratives—each set in different locations and times—are interwoven to provide us with a story that links the loughs of Ireland with the flatlands of Missouri from the 1840s to the present. HB. June. $27.00

McGrath, Patrick, Constance, Bloomsbury. Constance Schuyler marries a man twenty years her senior, but her memories of the past with her father come to shatter her conception of the present in this novel set in 1960s Manhattan. HB. $25.00

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Rindell, Suzanne, The Other Typist, Putnam. Rose Baker is a typer for the NYPD in 1923, hearing every detail of brutal crimes which were usually kept from women. As she’s drawn into the city’s underworld, though, it becomes clear that Rose is not the most reliable of narrators. HB. May. $25.95

Penzler, Otto, ed. The Big Book of Ghost Stories. The ghost story is perhaps the oldest of all the supernatural literary genres and has captured the imagination of almost every writer to put pen to the page. Here, Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler has followed his keen sense of the supernatural to collect the most chilling and uncanny tales in the canon. $25.00

Sjon, The Whispering Muse, FSG. Valdimar, an Icelander with peculiar ideas about fish consumption and civilization, joins a Danish merchant ship bound for the Black Sea. But the first mate is Caeneus, who regales the crew with tales of his journey with the Argonauts. Mystery elements are slim at best, but this is a book you’ll want. HB. $22.00

Penzler, Otto, Mark Twain's Medieval Romance, Pegasus. This collection of classic stories all have one thing in common—the endings are uncertain, ambiguous, and just plain mysterious. From Stanley Ellin to Aldous Huxley to, of course, Mark Twain. $25.95 Penzler, Otto, ed., Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!, Vintage Black Lizard. Fans of the bestselling The Big Book of Adventure Stories and The Vampire Archives will love this terrifying collection of the greatest zombie stories ever written. Includes tales by Stephen King, H. P. Lovecraft, Joe R. Lansdale, Richard Matheson, Harlan Ellison and more! Pb. $25.00.

Books Edited by Otto Penzler

Penzler, Otto, ed., Crais, Robert, guest ed., Best American Mystery Stories 2012. Mariner. This year's highly anticipated collection features stories by Ed Gorman, Lawrence Block, Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins, S. J. Rozan, Brendan DuBois and many more. "Excellent"- Publishers Weekly starred review. Pb. $14.95. Penzler, Otto, ed., The Big Book of Adventure Stories, Vintage. Penzler follows on the success of the Big Book of Pulps and Black Mask stories with a thrilling collection of adventure tales. Including authors such as Jack London, H. Rider Haggard, and Cornell Woolrich, as well as stories featuring Tarzan, Bulldog Drummond and other fan-favorites. $25.00

Penzler, Otto, ed, In Pursuit of Spenser: Mystery Writers on Robert B. Parker and the Creation of an American Hero, Smart Pop. In Pursuit of Spenser offers a look at Parker and to Spenser through the eyes of the writers he influenced. This important festschrift collects some of today’s bestselling mystery authors to discuss Parker, his characters, the series, and their impact on the world. Nominated for the 2013 Edgar! Signed by Otto Penzler. $14.95.

Penzler, Otto, ed, Lee, Child, ed., guest ed., The Best American Mystery Stories 2010, Mariner. The 14th in the beloved series focuses on many new and exciting talents as well as old favorites. "These stories are masterfully told and wonderfully creepy."USA Today. Pb. $14.95

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Penzler, Otto, ed., Agents of Treachery, Vintage. This collection of original espionage stories (believe it or not, the first of its kind!) features Lee Child, Charles McCarry, James Grady, Dan Fesperman and 10 other masters of the spy genre. PBO. $15.95

Penzler, Otto, ed., The Lineup, Little Brown. The first twenty-one Mysterious Bookshop Profiles, collected. Edgar winner. Signed by Otto Penzler. Trade paperback. $15.99 We also have UK first editions in hardcover for $25.00.

Penzler, Otto and James Ellroy, eds., The Best American Noir of the Century, HMH. Thirty-nine stories from noir’s twenties-era infancy up to the last decade. A dark and thorough distillation of American noir fiction. Signed by Otto Penzler. Hardcover, $30.00. Paperback, $16.95.

THE MYSTERIOUS BOOKSHOP APRIL 2013 BESTSELLERS HARDCOVER

Penzler, Otto, ed., The Black Lizard Big Book of Black Mask Stories, Vintage. An unstoppable anthology of crime stories culled from Black Mask magazine, the legendary publication that turned a pulp phenomenon into literary mainstream. Paperback original. $25.00

1) Rich, Nathaniel, Odds Against Tomorrow 2) Kerr, Philip, A Man Without Breath 3) McCreight, Kimberley, Reconstructing Amelia 4) Atkinson, Kate, Life After Life 5) King, Owen, Double Feature

Penzler, Otto, ed., The Vampire Archives, Vintage. The most complete collection of vampire stories ever compiled—more than 1,000 double-column pages. Paperback original. $25.00

PAPERBACK 1) French, Tana, Broken Harbor 2) Leon, Donna, Beastly Things 3) MacDonald, Ross, The Dark Tunnel 4) MacDonad, Ross, Trouble Follows Me 5) Faye, Lyndsay, The Gods of Gotham

Penzler, Otto, ed., Bloodsuckers: The Vampire Archives Volume 1, Vintage Crime. One of three mass-market paperback editions taken from The Vampire Archives, this ultimate collection of vampire tales includes works by Stephen King, Dan Simmons, Bram Stoker and more! Pb. $7.99.

STAFF FAVORITES

Penzler, Otto, ed., Fangs: The Vampire Archives Vol. 2, Vintage Crime. More horror classics from The Vampire Archives - this collection includes vampire stories by Anne Rice, Clive Barker, Arthur Conan Doyle and more. Pb. $7.99

Otto’s Favorites: Cook, Thomas H., Fatherhood and Other Stories, Pegasus. It is no secret that Cook has been one of my favorite writers, going back to the days of such early masterpieces as Mortal Memory, Breakheart Hill and The Chatham School Affair, and continuing through Red Leaves, Master of the Delta and The Quest for Anna Klein. He has proven himself to be an equally adept short story writer in this new collection. Gathered from previous publications, I have been familiar with most of these for some time. The title story appeared in Murder for Revenge, which I edited in 1998, and has one of the great surprise endings of any story I’ve read over the past two decades.

Penzler, Otto, ed., Coffins: The Vampire Archives Vol. 3, Vintage Crime. The last volume of horror classics from The Vampire Archives - this collection includes vampire stories by Harlan Ellison, Robert Bloch, F. Paul Wilson and more. Pb. $7.99 Penzler, Otto, ed., The Greatest Russian Stories of Crime and Suspense, Pegasus. The definitive collection of Russian crime fiction. $25.00

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Perhaps the best story in the book, “The Fix,” was written for my boxing anthology, Murder on the Ropes (2001). “What She Offered” was written for Dangerous Women (2005), a story so powerful that James Ellroy and I selected it for The Best American Noir of the Century. There is a tremendous range of background and voice, held together with a style that evokes pain and tragedy, a style both beautiful yet poignant, in lush stories that are memorable. $24.95

Marra’s debut is fully capable of standing on its own incredible merits. Anthony Marra has already won a Whiting Award, a Pushcart Prize, The Atlantic's Student Writing Contest, and the Narrative Prize, so he’s no slouch. His novel capitalizes on this body of work, making A Constellation of Vital Phenomena read like a novel written by a much more established author. Set in the mountains of Chechnya, the novel follows Havaa, a girl whose father was taken by Russian soldiers and who is now wanted by the authorities; Akhmed, her neighbor, a man haunted by the daily splintering of his village; and Sonya, the only doctor willing to stick out the war, operating a hospital with a skeleton staff and a sharp wit. The harsh realities of Chechnya’s war for independence occupy a large portion of this book, but so does Marra’s enchanting details about each character’s history and the surrounding countryside. This is a “politics-aside” novel, though. Both the Russian forces and the Chechnyan fighters are to blame and act more as a shadowy collective boogey man than a flesh and blood enemy, leaving Marra to focus on the missed opportunities of a shrinking, battered, and hopeless population. This is not to say that the plot is not strong or engaging. Marra has included many elements of Cold War suspense: ruthless security forces, near escapes, the tiny, heroic victories of individuals against the state. All in all, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena encompasses some grand ideas, each of which is housed in a fullyformed character, each ready and able to amaze. Signed. $26.00

Also recommended: McGrath, Patrick, Constance, Bloomsbury. Although it would be stretching things to call this beautifully written novel a mystery, it does have strong elements of suspense and intimations of crime, so would be a worthy addition to the shelves of those (like me) who like literary crime fiction. The titular character and Sidney, her future husband, takes turns narrating the story of their marriage and their lives. Presenting herself as a shy, nondescript young woman with a deeply troubled family history, she is astonished and flattered by the attention of her much older suitor. Constance is quite obviously looking for a new father figure but turns out to be more complex than expected, given to mood swings that suggest a need for therapy—a suggestion her arrogant, domineering and perplexed husband feels free to make more than once. Life for both of them is energized, not always in the best way, by Iris, Constance’s flamboyant younger sister. Although somewhat dissipated, she is sexy, attractive to men (lots of men), and has apparently fallen hopelessly in love with a second-rate bar musician. The dynamics of the four characters, as well as Constance’s mother and Sidney’s son, none of whom are particularly appealing, inevitably lead to lies, mystery, and tragedy. $25.00

Alex’s Favorite:

Ian’s Favorite:

Sjon, The Whispering Muse, FSG. Valdimar Haraldsson is an Icelander with a complex and ridiculously comic theory about fish consumption and the superiority of Nordic peoples. Having set sail with a Danish merchant ship bound for the Black Sea, he spends his time either working on yet another volume of his unpublished theories or attempting to introduce his crewmates (all satisfied with pork or

Marra, Anthony, A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Hogarth. Although some people (including me) will make comparisons between A Constellation of Vital Phenomena and Téa Obreht’s The Tiger’s Wife for the sake of brevity— comparisons I think are justified on some fronts—

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beef) to Icelandic cuisine. One of these crew mates, though, identifies himself as Caeneus, former sailor on the fabled Argo, which carried Jason and the Argonauts. What unfolds is a surreal story within a story, as Caeneus entertains the crew with tales of his search for the Golden Fleece from his unique perspective. What surprised me so much about Sjon’s slender novel, though, is both its lack of pretentiousness (certainly a shock, given the description above) and its truly comic moments. A quick read which, albeit slim on mystery elements, will provide the reader with some unique, unusual, and unforgettable scenes framed in a radically imaginative story from one of the world’s new authors of note. To be signed. HB. $22.00

3. Burke, Alafair, Never Tell, Harper. Det. Ellie Hatcher uncovers the truth behind the apparent suicide of a teenaged girl. PB. June. $14.99. 4. DeSilva, Bruce, Cliff Walk, Forge. A reporter investigates connections between corrupt politicians, sex and murder in this follow-up to DeSilva's 2011 Edgar winner Rogue Island. PB. $14.99. 5. Estleman, Loren D., The Confessions of Al Capone, Forge. A biographical novel about the infamous mobster, focused on his life after his release from jail in 1944. HB. June. $27.99 6. Flynn, Gillian, Gone Girl, Broadway. A wife disappears on the day of her wedding anniversary and her husband becomes the #1 suspect. Darkly disturbing, masterful thriller and 2013 Edgar nominee for Best Novel. Ms. Flynn's most accomplished work to date. PB. $15.00 7. Furst, Alan, Mission to Paris, Random House. Paris, 1938. An American film star arriving in France to make a movie is actually working for American intelligence to report on the growing Nazi menace. PB. June. $16.99. 8. Holt, Elliott, You Are One of Them, Penguin. Sarah Zuckerman has just received a letter that her long dead friend may be alive and well in Moscow, an inconveniently stillliving piece of propaganda for the now defunct Soviet Union. HB. $25.95 9. Johnson, Craig, As The Crow Flies, Penguin. Longmire investigates the murder of a Crow woman on a Cheyenne Reservation. PB.$15.00 10. Lehane, Dennis, Live By Night, Morrow. The epic story of a young gangster on the rise during Prohibition-era America. 2013 Edgar nominee for Best Novel. PB. $16.99. 11. Lescroart, John, The Ophelia Cut, Atria. Moses McGuire’s twenty-three year old daughter has a problem with boys, but when she is raped by Rick Jessup, Moses finds himself prime suspect in the investigation of Rick’s murder. HB. $26.99 12.

Steve’s Favorite: Parry, Richard Lloyd, People Who Eat the Darkness is the 2013 Edgar Award nominee for Nonfiction. In May, 2000, two British girls traveled to Japan to find work as hostesses in a Tokyo nightclub. Two months later, Lucie Blackman, 21, left her apartment to meet one of her patrons who had promised to give her a cellphone. She was never seen again. What follows is the harrowing account of the family's desperate search for Lucie and their eventual disintegration, the initial slow response of the Tokyo police and then the realization they are hunting a serial rapist and killer. It is also the story of two very different cultures and justice systems. The story spans four continents, the killer is finally brought to justice but the family is irrevocably shattered. $16.00.

In this category, please order by number: AMERICAN 1. Atkins, Ace, The Broken Places, Putnam. Third Quinn Colson novel; a killer is about to be released from prison, HB. $26.95 2. Atkins, Ace, Robert B. Parker’s Wonderland, Putnam. Spenser’s investigating a heavyhanded developer who’s trying to muscle Henry Cimoli. HB. $26.95

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13. Lippman, Laura, And When She Was Good, Wm Morrow. Powerful story of a convicted murderer, whose sentence is about to be overturned, a suburban madam, and the child they will do anything to protect. PB. June. $14.99. 14. Patterson, James, Karp, Marshall, NYPD Red, Grand Central. A psychopathic killer threatens to send New York into total chaos unless Det Zach Jordan and his partner, Kylie MacDonald can put a stop to his horrific crimes. PB. June. $14.99. 15. Sandford, John, Stolen Prey, Berkley. Lucas Davenport is back investigating the torture and murder of an entire family by killers searching for information the family never had. PB. $9.99. 16. Sandford, John, Silken Prey, Putnam. Twenty-third of the Prey series involving money, power, politics, and the police. HB. $27.95 17. Spencer-Fleming, Julia, I Shall Not Want, Minotaur. Clare Ferguson is drawn into an investigation of a serial killer among the migrant community in the sixth book of this award winning series. PB. $15.99. 18. Spillane, Mickey and Max Allan Collins, Mike Hammer—Lady, Go Die!, Titan. Hammer & Velda on vacation discover a naked and very dead New York party girl. A lost Spillane story from the 1940's, finished by good friend Max Collins. PB. $14.95.

21. Cleeves, Ann, Silent Voices, Minotaur. The fourth Vera Stanhope. A body turns up in the local gym’s sauna, the victim a former social services employee… HB. $24.99 22. Davis, Lindsay, The Ides of April, Minotaur. Flavia Albia is the adopted daughter of a famous Roman investigative family, working in a male-dominated world and trying to solve the murder of a female client. HB. June. $25.99 23. Delaney, Luke, Cold Killing, Morrow. The debut novel in a London based thriller series introducing D.I. Sean Corrigan. PB. $14.99. 24. Dymott, Elanor, Every Contact Leaves a Trace, W. W. Norton. Alex’s short period of happiness comes to an end when his wife, Rachel, is murder near Oxford. Investigating the death leads him to realize his wife wasn’t who he thought, though. HB. $26.95 25. Henry, James, First Frost, Minotaur. Jack Frost returns in one of England’s longest running series. HB. $25.99 26. Kernick, Simon, Siege: A Thriller, Atria. A brilliant race against time thriller as a group of highly trained gunmen take over a prominent London hotel and threaten to blow it up unless the government meets their demands within five hours. PB. June. $15.00 27. Le Carre, John, A Delicate Truth, Viking. Two stories—one of a top-secret military operation, the other of its aftermath years later—are intertwined in this masterful story of public policy, international relations and, of course, espionage. HB. $28.95 28. Mark, David, Original Skin, Blue Rider Press. The second detective McAvoy novel. In Yorkshire, a series of murders involving the swinger community brings the detective into the upper-echelon of society as he hunts for the killer. HB. $26.95 29. Summerscale, Kate, Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace, Bloomsbury. The true story of a scandalous trial that rocked Victorian England. PB. $17.00

BRITISH 19. Bolton, S. J., Lost, Minotaur. London is being terrorized by a serial killer preying on young boys, and eleven-year-old Barney must work with a police detective to stop him in this stunning thriller. HB. June. $25.99 20. Brookmyre, Christopher, When the Devil Drives, Atlantic Monthly Press. Second in the Sharp/McLeod series. Jasmine Sharp searches for a client’s missing relative, leading her to a world of drugs and occult rituals in the Scottish highlands. HB. $24.00

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37. Gran, Sara, Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway, HMH. Second book of the series; Claire’s ex-boyfriend is found dead in his Mission District home, and Claire must piece together seemingly random clues from old cases to find out who committed the crime. HB. June. $20.00 38. Greaves, Chuck, Green-Eyed Lady, Minotaur. The second Jack Mactaggart novel, in which our hero must defend a US senate candidate who is found naked in a stranger’s home, connected to a stolen painting and a dead body. HB. June. $24.99 39. Grebe, Camilla, Traff, Asa, More Bitter Than Death, S&S. In this chilling follow-up to Some Kind of Peace, Siri Bergman returns to investigate a brutal murder case centered in the dark world of domestic abuse. PB. June. $16.00 40. Gruley, Bryan, The Skeleton Box, Touchstone. A series of break-ins escalates to murder when a body is found. Fans of Steve Hamilton should enjoy the work of this Anthony & Barry Award winning author. PB. June. $16.00 41. Hammer, Lotte & Soren Hammer, The Hanging, Minotaur. Two children find five dead men hanging from their school’s gym ceiling, leading detective Simonsen on the search for what links them in this explosive Danish novel. HB. June. $24.99 42. Hoag, Tami, The 9th Girl, Dutton. A young, nameless woman who has been badly beaten falls out of a car trunk and into oncoming traffic, and Minneapolis investigator Kovac and Liska must discover who she is, and who wants her dead. HB. June. $26.95

HARD-BOILED 30. Burke, Alafair, Never Tell, Harper. When a privileged 16 year old girl, who seemingly has everything, is found dead, a suicide note left on her bed, her parents force a police investigation. Fourth in the NYPD Det. Ellie Hatcher series. PB. $14.99 31. Burke, Alafair, If You Were Here, Harper. Magazine journalist McKenna Wright is covering the story of an unidentified woman saving a teenage boy from being killed by a subway car, in which stunning secrets about the supposed savior are about to be revealed. HB. June. $25.99 32. Castillo, Linda, Her Last Breath, Minotaur. The fifth in the Kate Burkholder series; an Amish deacon and his two children are killed in a car accident, but Kate suspects that the crash was intentional. HB. June. $25.99 33. Colfer, Eoin, Screwed, Overlook. This follow-up to Plugged brings Irish bouncer Daniel McEvoy back to solve a bizarre— and personal—string of murders in New Jersey. HB. $25.95 34. Gardiner, Meg, The Shadow Tracer, Dutton. Sarah Keller is a single mother in Oklahoma but, when authorities discover she’s not actually the biological mother of her child (the actual mother murdered by an unknown assailant), Sarah must go on the run and prove her innocence. HB. June. $26.95 35. Gibson, Gregory, The Old Turk's Load, Mysterious Press. A shady developer happens upon a supply of pure heroin which belongs to a NJ mob boss in this stunning debut mystery. HB. $24.00 36. Goldbach, John, The Devil and the Detective, Coach House. A PI is hired by a young woman whose husband has been found murdered. Imagine The Big Sleep with Buster Keaton. PB. $16.95.

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43. Holt, Anne, Death of the Demon, Scribner. Third book in the Edgar nominated series featuring the brilliant police investigator Hanne Wilhelmsen, who must investigate the grisly murder of an orphanage director. Jo Nesbo considers Ms Holt “the godmother of Norwegian crime fiction.” PB. June. $16.00 44. Johnson, Craig, A Serpent’s Tooth, Viking. This new Walt Longmire mystery finds a homeless Mormon boy wandering into Absaroka country, which leads Walt straight into the camp of a well-armed, angry polygamous sect. HB. June. $26.95 45. Keller, Julia, A Killing in the Hills, Minotaur. Three elderly men are gunned down in the local diner in this powerful debut from a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. PB. June. $14.99. 46. Keskinen, Karen, Blood Orange, Minotaur. A local Santa Barbara teen is murdered, and PI Jaymie Zarlin is thrust into the complex world of privilege, poverty, and race which makes up the city’s complex social world. HB. June. $24.99 47. King, Stephen, Joyland, Titan. Set in North Carolina, 1973, a college student finds work in a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder. PB. June. $12.95. 48. Read, Cornelia, Valley of Ashes, Grand Central. Now living in Colorado and working as a journalist, Madeline Dare investigates a serial arsonist threatening to upset her new life. PB. June. $14.99. 49. Ulfelder, Steve, Shotgun Lullaby, Minotaur. The third Conway Sax mystery; this outing has our hero investigating a brutal triplemurder and a crime boss from Springfield, Massachusetts. HB. $25.99 50. Wier, George, Burton, Milton, T., Long Fall From Heaven, Cinco Puntos Press. Is a killer born, not made? The seedy but exotic heart of Galveston, Texas, is the place to find out. PB. June. $15.95.

51. Winslow, Don, The Kings of Cool, S&S. Prequel to Savages. Winslow takes his three protaganists on a frenzied ride through the 1960's culture of peace, love, drugs and into the heart of what family and loyalty mean. PB. June. $16.00 52. Xiolong, Qui, Enigma of China, Minotaur. Eighth in the series; a son of a major party member has been found dead and, though it appears to be suicide, Chief Inspector Chen Cao thinks the death is too convenient for the corrupt Chinese state. HB. June. $25.99 HISTORICAL 53. Alfieri, Annamaria, Blood Tango, Minotaur. A woman is murder in the Peron’s Argentina who bears a striking resemblance to Evita Duarte in this well-researched historical mystery. HB. June. $25.99 54. Brandreth, Gyles, Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol, Touchstone. Just released from Reading Gaol, Wild flees the country but, when the prison chaplain is found murdered, the Governor can only call the most celebrated inmate for help. HB. $25.00 55. Brandreth, Gyles, Oscar Wilde and the Murders at Reading Gaol, Touchstone. When a prison warder, then a chaplain are found murdered the Governor of Reading Gaol asks inmate Wilde for help. PB. $16.00 56. Dietrich, William, The Barbed Crown, Harper. Adventurer Ethan Gage returns in this historical set during the Napoleonic wars. His mind set on vengeance, Ethan sets out to stop Napoleon’s coronation as emperor, but his journey will take him unbelievable places. HB. $26.99 57. Grecian, Alex, The Black Country, Putnam. A human eye-ball is discovered in a bird’s nest, and two inspector’s from Scotland Yard are about to unravel a giant mystery in this sequel to The Yard.HB. $26.95

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58. Hume, Fergus, The Mystery of the Hanson Cab, Text. A devilishly tricky tale of murder and intrigue set in gold-rich late nineteenth century Melbourne. PB. June. $14.95. 59. John, David, Flight from Berlin, Harper. With the 1936 Berlin Olympics as the background, a British journalist attempts to expose the brutal truth of the Third Reich. PB. June. $14.99. 60. Kuhns, Eleanor, Death of a Dyer, Minotaur. Will Rees is back on his Maine farm in 1796, living a quiet blissful life until news arrives that his old friend has been murdered, and Will soon learns that everyone is hiding something. HB. June. $24.99 61. MacNeal, Susan Elia, Her Majesty's Hope, Bantam. In the third book of the Edgarnominated series war has come to England and Maggie Hope is sent to Berlin to infiltrate society. But the secrets she finds may expose her own past. PB. $15. 62. Robertson, Imogen, Island of Bones, Penguin. The third novel of this historical series set in 1783 England. Anatomist and investigator Gabriel Crowther's past is revealed when an extra body is discovered in the family crypt. PB. June. $15. 63. Robertson, Imogen, Circle of Shadows, Pamela Dorman. Shrove Tuesday, 1784; ritual, riddle, and murder dominate this novel in which Harriet Westerman and Gabriel Crowther must save a man from the executioner’s axe. HB. June. $27.95 64. Roy, Lori, Until She Comes Home, Dutton. Detroit in the 1950s is a city ripe with conflict and strife, intensifying when the childlike Elizabeth goes missing and the ladies of the city fear it’s related to a recent race related murder. Grace knows the truth about the disappearance, but it threatens to shatter the entire community. HB. June. $26.95

65. Tremayne, Peter, Behold a Pale Horse, Minotaur. In a remote abbey Fidelma hears her dying teacher's last words. Alone and on her own she must unravel an extraordinary conspiracy before it's too late. PB. June. $15.99. INTERNATIONAL 66. Adler-Olsen, Jussi, A Conspiracy of Faith, Dutton. Another in the Department Q series, in which Carl investigates an old, decayed message written in blood. HB. $26.95 67. Adler-Olsen, Jussi, The Absent One, Plume. Copenhagen's Dept. Q takes on a twentyyear-old cold case involving the brutal double murder of a brother and sister. PB. $16.00 68. Cleave, Paul, Cemetery Lake, Atria. What begins as a routine exhumation of a suspected murder victim gets complicated for PI Theo Tate when doubts are raised about the identity of the body found in the opened coffin. PB. June. $16.00 69. Ferraris, Zoe, Kingdom of Strangers, Back Bay. Nineteen bodies are discovered in the desert. The second in the series of police procedurals taking place in Saudi Arabia. Having lived there the author possesses a strong sense of place and character. PB. June. $14.99. 70. Garcia, Cristina, King of Cuba, Scribner. An aging, Castro-like dictator and a Cuman exile obsessed with revenge are juxtaposed in this novel of humor, politics, murder, and hope. HB. $26.00 71. Glynn, Alan, Graveland, Picador. Someone is assassinating the most powerful players in the global financial markets. PB. $16.00 72. Hall, Tarquin, The Case of the Deadly Butter Chicken, S&S. The “wonderfully engaging P.I.” Vish Puri infiltrates India's illegal gambling world to solve the murder of a high-profile Pakistani whose butter chicken has been poisoned. PB. June. $16.00

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80. Solana, Teresa, The Sound of One Hand Killing, Bitter Lemon. Third book in the series set in the streets of Barcelona involving the murder of a CIA agent. PB. $14.95. 81. Taylor, Patrick, Pray for Us Sinners, Forge. At the height of the Troubles in Ireland, two men—one a bomb maker, the other a diffuser—find themselves going head-to-head in a brutal struggle filled with moral ambiguity and sadness. HB. June. $24.99 82. Toyne, Simon, The Tower, William Morrow. The final installment of the Sancti Trilogy; a Citadel in the ancient Turkish city of Ruin opens its gates for the first time in history, unleashing a deadly mysterious disease which may bring with it the end of days… HB. June. $25.99 83. Vargas, Fred, The Ghost Riders of Ordebec, Penguin. A widow's plea, a thousand-yearold legend, a disappearance and a beautiful woman bring Commissaire Adamsberg to a small Normandy town in the latest of this incredible series. PB. June. $15.00

73. Holt, Jonathan, The Abomination, Harper. Venice. The feast of La Befana has begun, and a fresh corpse just removed from the body—a woman dressed in the robes of a Catholic priest. Captain Kat Tapo must discover the truth behind the murder, taking her to the darkest corners of the ancient city. HB. June. $25.99 74. Longworth, M. L., Death in the Vines, Penguin. A crime wave jolts Aix-enProvence in the third book of this delightful French series. PB. $15.00 75. Maloney, Shane, Stiff, Text. There's a corpse in the freezer at the meatworks in Melbourne's suburbs. A brilliant blend of political intrigue and irresistible comedy. PB. June. $14.95. 76. McKinty, Adrian, I Hear the Sirens in the Street, Seventh Street. Book Two of the Troubles Trilogy. Northern Ireland, 1982. A torso is found in a suitcase and Det. Sean Duffy finds himself caught between British Intelligence, the FBI, local paramilitary death squads, and a beautiful, flame-haired widow. PB. $15.95. 77. Miller, Derek, Norwegian by Night, HMH. Sheldon Horowitz, a New Yorker transplanted to Norway, suddenly find himself protecting a young boy from abusive neighbor in this literary police thriller. HB. $26.00 78. Pryor, Mark, The Crypt Thief, Seventh Street. The second Hugo Marston mystery. Two tourists are murdered in Paris' Pere Lachaise Cemetary and the killer is stealing the bones of once famous can-can dancers.PB. $15.95. 79. Savage, Angela, Behind the Night Bazaar, Text. MayThe first in a series of funny, gripping crime novels set in Thailand introduces us to PI Jayne Keeney, working undercover in a place where she can do anything but blend in. PB. $15.95.

NON FICTON 84. Talty, Stephan, Agent Garbo, Mariner. The incredible true story of a poultry farmer who acted as a double agent and convinced the German High Command the Normandy landings were a feint. PB. $15.95. SOFT-BOILED 85. Brightwell, Emily, Mrs. Jeffries Turns the Tide, Berkley. A body is found in the communal garden and Insp. Witherspoon thinks he's solved the case. But Mrs. Jeffries has doubts. PB. $7.99.

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86. Bolin, Janet, Thread and Buried, Berkley. Stolen jewels are found buried behind Willow's embroidery shop, then a body turns up. Willow will have to unravel the mystery before she gets tangled up as the killer's next victim. Third in the Threadville Mystery series. PB. June. $7.99. 87. Brown, Duffy, Killer in Crinolines, Berkley. Second book in the series featuring a young sleuth and consignment shop owner. PB. $7.99. 88. Burdette, Lucy, Topped Chef, Obsidian. Third in the Hayley Snow, Key West food critic and sleuth extraordinaire series. PB. $7.99. 89. Carlson, Alyse, The Begonia Bribe, Berkley. New in the Garden Society mystery series. A small-town setting and a charming cast of characters. PB. $7.99. 90. Carroll, Grace, Murder After a Fashion, Berkley. Rita Jewel thinks signing up for a cooking class with a celebrity chef may cure her blues. But her appetite is ruined when murder becomes the main course and Rita is tops on the list of suspects. PB. June. $7.99. 91. Connolly, Sheila, Monument to the Dead, Berkley. As president of the Pennsylvania Antiquarian Society, Nell Pratt relies on the generosity of her benefactors. But when someone starts killing them, it's Nell turn to come to their aid. Book 4 in the series. PB. June. $7.99. 92. Cochran, Peg, Steamed to Death, Berkley. Book 2 in the series. Gourmet health food caterer Gigi Fitzgerald is used to helping dieters drop a dress size. But when her clients start dropping dead, she's ready to switch her chef's hat for a detective's cap. PB. June. $7.99. 93. Coonts, Stephen, Pirate Alley, St. Martin’s. A luxury cruise liner is attacked by Somali pirates in what seems a standard ransom, but an Al Qaeda operative has some disturbing news… HB. $26.99

94. Coonts, Deborah, Lucky Bastard, Forge. Lucky O’Tool is the head of customer relations at a Vegas resort, but a woman turns up with a stiletto heel embedded in her carotid artery, throwing her life into turmoil. HB. $25.99 95. Davis, Krista, The Diva Frosts a Cupcake, Berkley. Old Town is in for a batch of trouble when a war between competing cupcake cookeries breaks out and an employee turns up dead. Recipes included. PB. June. $7.99. 96. Donally, Claire, Cat Nap, Berkley. Sunny and Shadow are back sniffing out the killer of a vet. PB. $7.99. 97. French, Dawn, Oh Dear Silvia, Harper. Silvia Shute lies unconscious in a hospital, her family coming to visit and unraveling her mysterious life. HB. $24.99 98. Goldberg, Lee, Mr. Monk Gets Even, Obsidian. Monk is convinced he's solved a string of accidental deaths but then his suspect turns up dead and his nemesis escapes from prison. PB. $7.99. 99. Griffiths, Elly, A Room Full of Bones, Mariner. Forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway investigates a dead curator lying on the museum floor, Aboriginal skulls that seem to be cursed, a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop and a fever threatening the life of Det. Insp. Nelson are the pieces of the puzzle in the fourth book of this fine series set on the Norfolk coast of England. PB. $14.95. 100. Hamrick, Janice, Death Rides Again, Minotaur. Jocelyn’s looking forward to spending Thanksgiving with her uncle, but finds herself wrapped up in a murder mystery in this romantic, fun page turner. HB. June. $25.99 101. Hart, Carolyn, Death Comes Silently, Berkley. A bookstore-signing event ends in murder. PB. $7.99

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102. Haines, Carolyn, Smarty Bones, Minotaur. In Mississippi, a perfectly preserved, mysterious corpse of a beautiful woman is found, and Professor Olive Twist thinks she can discover where she came from. HB. $24.99 103. Hughes, Jenny, Mystery at Black Horse Farm, Breakaway Books. Yasmine and her black pony Flint investigate theft at a horse camp. YA. PB. $9.95 104. Hughes, Jenny, Fantasy Horse, Breakaway Books. There's strange happenings at a new theme park and Emma is determined to discover what's behind them. YA. PB. $9.95. 105. Hughes, Jenny, Model Horse, Breakaway Books. A ghostly presence and dark family secrets threaten to ruin Casey and Hannah's summer vacation of riding horses on an ancestral family estate. YA. PB. $9.95. 106. Kingsley, Allison, Trouble Vision, Berkley. In quaint Finn's Harbor, Maine, Clara and Stephanie run the Raven's Nest bookstore. But thanks to Clara's ability to read minds and see the future, selling books sometimes gets shelved in favor of saving lives. PB. June. $7.99. 107. Logan, Kylie, Mayhem on the Orient Express, Berkley. The League of Literary Ladies have their lunch disturbed when the restaurant owner has the bad fortune to get murdered. First in a new series. PB. June. $7.99. 108. Lutz, Lisa, Trail of the Spellmans, S&S. Fifth in this Edgar-award nominated series about fearless PI, Isabel Spellman and her quirky family of sleuths. PB. $15.00 109. Martin, Carol Ann, Looming Murder, Signet. First in a new series. Della Wright has just opened a weaving studio when one of her students is suspected of murder. Now Della must weave together some clues to catch the killer. Series includes weaving & loom tips. PB. June. $7.99. 110. O’Sullivan, Kathryn, Foal Play, Minotaur. Fire Chief Colleen McCabe discovers a dead body and wants in on the investigation, but the local sheriff doesn’t want her involved. HB. $24.99

111. Parra, Nancy J., Gluten for Punishment, Berkley. First in a new series featuring Toni Ryder, a clever baker who makes allergyfree cookies and catches criminals. PB. $7.99. 112. Purser, Ann, The Sleeping Salesman Enquiry, Berkley. Ivy Beasely is getting married! Marriage, murder & mishaps. PB. $7.99. 113. Rodriguez, Linda, Every Broken Trust, Minotaur. Skeet Bannion is back, investigating a crime committed in caves beneath Chouteau’s university. HB.$25.99 114. Sefton, Maggie, Cast On, Kill Off, Berkley. Wedding bells are ringing but when murder interrupts the planning, Kelly Flynn will have to solve this crime fast to ensure the killer doesn't wind up on the guest list. PB. June. $7.99. 115. Speller, Elizabeth, The Strange Fate of Kitty Easton, Mariner. Fans of literate, elegantly written novels should enjoy Ms Spellner's second mystery involving Laurence Bartram, rich in period detail of post WWI England. PB. June $14.95. 116. Sweeney, Leann, The Cat, the Mill and the Murder, Obsidian. When cat lover and quilter Jillian Hart helps relocate a colony of cats living in an abandoned mill she finds a missing person and then she finds a body. Now she must find a killer. PB. $7.99. 117. Staab, Rochelle, Hex on the Ex, Berkley. Third in the Agatha-nominated series featuring psychologist Liz Cooper as she investigates the murder of her former best friend. PB. $7.99. 118. Thompson, Victoria, Murder on Fifth Avenue, Berkley. In nineteenth century New York, midwife Sarah Brandt and Det. Malloy investigate the murder of a Knickerbocker Club member. PB. $7.99. 119. Viets, Elaine, Final Sail, Obsidian. Married sleuths Helen & Phil split up to pursue separate investigations involving a murderous gold digger and a jewel smuggler on a luxury cruise ship. PB. $7.99.

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SUSPENSE 130. Casey, Jane, The Last Girl, Minotaur. Maeve Kerrigan arrives at a brutal crime scene; a mother and daughter dead, no one else seems to know what happens. HB. $24.99 131. Corley, Elizabeth, Requiem Mass, Minotaur. Twenty years ago, a young woman fell to her death—one, or maybe all, of her friends are responsible. Now in the present day, someone is making them pay… HB. $25.99 132. Hunt, Alarc, Cuts Through Bone, Minotaur. Rachel Vasquez is investigating the death of a beautiful and rich Columbia student, hired to prove the chief suspect’s innocence. But, the murder seems to be one of a series following similar M.O.s, the murderer more clever than imaginable. HB. $24.99 133. Labiner, Norah, Let the Dark Flower Blossom, Coffee House Press. A dark, suspenseful novel of a brother and sister and the murder of their friend. PB. $16.95. 134. Stevens, Chevy, Always Watching, St. Martin's. Dr. Nadine Lavoie patrols the lockdown ward of a psychiatric hospital, but when a suicidal patient is brought in, Nadine is forced to confront her own mysterious past. HB. $25.99 135. Wood, Benjamin, The Bellwether Revivals, Penguin. Debut novel of psychological suspense set in King's College, Cambridge. PB. $16.00

120. Corris, Peter, The Dying Trade, Text. Introduces a sleuth who has become an Australian literary legend. PB. June. $14.95. 121. Leonard, Elmore, Touch, Wm Morrow. A young man has the power to heal which attracts the attention of con-artists eager to cash in. PB. June. $14.99. 122. Leonard, Elmore, Pagan Babies, Wm Morrow. A con-man priest and a female stand-up comic looking for a big score, the mob & witless hit-men. Pure Elmore Leonard. PB. June. $14.99. 123. Leonard, Elmore, 52 Pickup, Wm Morrow. Blackmailers learn they picked the wrong pigeon when they try to lean on Harry Mitchell. Harry believes in getting even. PB. June. $14.99. 124. Leonard, Elmore, Be Cool, Wm Morrow. In this sequel to Get Shorty, Chili Davis is in the music business and quickly becomes the main suspect in a murder investigation. PB. June. $14.99. 125. MacDonald, John D., One Fearful Yellow Eye, Random House. Travis must help former girlfriend suspected of stealing her dead husband's fortune. PB. $16.00 126. MacDonald, John, D., The Girl in the Plain Brown Wrapper, Random House. The last request of a now dead former client is for Travis to find out why her daughter is trying to kill herself. PB. June. $16.00 127. MacDonald, John, D., Pale Gray for Guilt, Random House. When the death of an old friend is ruled a suicide, Travis suspects murder and a conspiracy. PB. $16.00 128. MacDonald, John D., Dress Her in Indigo, Random House. Travis is in Mexico investigating a young girl's death in a car crash and suspects it was not an accident. PB. June. $16.00 129. Temple, Peter, An Iron Rose, Text. A crime classic by a multi-award winning Australian writer. PB. June. $14.95.

THRILLER/ESPIONAGE 136. Ahmad, A. X., The Caretaker, Minotaur. Ranjit Singh, forced to leave India after ruining his reputation, now is a caretaker in Martha’s Vineyard. But, when a powerful senator’s summer home is broken into, Ranjit finds his past coming back to haunt him. HB. $24.99

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137. Cooper, Mike, Clawback, Penguin. A black ops vet is hired as a go-to guy by a financier who wants to collect on a deal gone bad. But the financier soon turns up dead. A financial thriller that exposes the dark underbelly of Wall Street. PB. June. $15.00 138. Dunn, Matthew, Slingshot, William Morrow. Former MI6 agent Dunn delivers another in the Spycatcher series, bringing together a missing Russian intelligence document, a traitor working for a former German Stasi officer, and an assassin. HB. June. $25.99 139. Freemantle, Brian, Red Star Falling, Thomas Dunne. The sixteenth of the Charlie Muffin series finds our hero captured by the Russians, finding himself in the unusual position of trying to pry important information from his interrogators. HB. June. $25.99 140. Gardiner, Meg, Ransom River, Signet. A complex and atmospheric thriller by an Edgar-award winning author, featuring a deeply flawed heroine, a murder trial, and the long-unsolved mystery it exposes. PB. June. $7.99. 141. Hallinan, Timothy, The Fear Artist, Soho. Rafferty is the man who knew too much, caught between Thai intelligence agents and terrorists in the fifth Poke Rafferty thriller by Edgar-finalist Tim Hallinan. PB. June. $14.95. 142. Hamilton, Donald, The Silencers, Titan. Matt Helm is sent to Mexico save a female agent but is too late. Unlike the tongue-incheek movies, the books are breathtakingly brutal. PB. June. $7.99. 143. Hamilton, Ian, The Wild Beasts of Wuhan, Picador. Ava uncovers a ring a fraudulent art dealers. PB. June. $15.00 144. Hamilton, Steve, Die a Stranger, Minotaur. A plane lands on a deserted airstrip and the next morning five dead bodies are found there in the latest Alex McKnight mystery by two-time Edgar winner Hamilton. PB. June. $14.99.

145. Henshaw, Mark, Red Cell, Touchstone. A debut thriller about two CIA outcasts who must race to stop a secret Chinese weapon that can trigger WWIII. PB. $15.00 146. Housewright, David, The Last Kind Word, Minotaur. Next in the Mckenzie series. Rushmore goes undercover to help the ATF track stolen guns and capture a gang member, but things are about to go horribly wrong. HB. June. $25.99 147. Kennedy, Dan, American Spirit, New Harvest. A forty-something media executive loses his job, and he begins a quest that takes him from a strip-mall to Bali in an adventure involving drug-running. HB. $26.00 148. Lee, Alan L., Sandstorm, Forge. An Israeli spymaster works for several billionaires who are hoping to dictate the New World Order, but two CIA operatives are on their trail. HB. June. $24.99 149. LeBor, Adam, The Geneva Option, Harper. A thriller of international espionage and government corruption, pitting a sexy young staffer against a brutal conspiracy to control Africa's mines. PB. $14.99. 150. Matthews, Jason, Red Sparrow, Scribner. This debut thriller follows Dominika Egrova, a spy in modern Russia who uses her good looks in “honey trap” plots as a trained seductress, but when she becomes close with a U.S. agent, all intelligence organizations are thrown into chaos. HB. June. $26.99 151. Meade, Glenn, The Romanov Conspiracy: A Thriller, Howard Books. A perfectly preserved body is found in an Ekaterinburg mineshaft leading an American forensic archaeologist on a journey to Ireland to uncover a carefully hidden account of a decades old covert mission involving the Romanov royal family. PB. June. $16.99.

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152. Mitzner, Adam, A Case of Redemption, Gallery. An attorney decides to represent a rap star accused of killing his celebrity girlfriend in this page-turning legal thriller. HB. $26.00 153. Mogford, Thomas, Sign of the Cross, Bloomsbury. Spike Sanguinetti has received the shocking and unbelievable news that his aunt and uncle have died in a murdersuicide, prompting him to start an investigation that will lead him to the palazzos of the Knights of St. John in this adventure novel. HB. $25.00 154. Pearson, Ridley, Choke Point, Putnam. A journalist reveals the existence of a sweatshop in Amsterdam, pitting a crime organization against a government contractor hopping to shut down the operation. HB. June. $26.95 155. Pocalyko, Michael, The Navigator, Forge. Warren Hunter is about to close the world’s first trillion dollar deal, but he and his colleagues find themselves caught in a web of lies and deceit which trace their origins back to the liberation of a German concentration camp… HB. June. $24.99 156. Rollins, James, The Eye of God, William Morrow. A new novel in the Sigma force mystery; Commander Gray Pierce sets out to find an ancient weapon of immense power, uncovering the secrets of long dead empires in the process. HB. June. $27.99 157. Shaffer, Anthony & William H. Keith, The Last Line, Thomas Dunne. Mexico has descended into anarchy and Iran is attempting to destabilize the United States, but intelligence man Chris Teller has discovered that the most sinister actions are occurring within our own government. HB. June. $25.99

158. Steinberg, Hank, Out of Range, William Morrow. The creator of TV’s Without a Trace brings us a novel in which a husband frantically searches for his missing wife, only to be drawn into a game of international espionage. HB. June. $25.99 159. Tanenbaum, Robert, Bad Faith, Pocket. DA Butch Karp brings to trial the parents of a ten year old boy for reckless manslaughter. They are members of a religious sect whose charismatic leader is the beneficiary of the murdered boy's insurance policy. PB. $9.99. UNCLASSIFIED 160. Barry, Max, Lexicon, Penguin. At an exclusive school near Arlington, VA, students are taught the art of coercion and grifting, learning to persuade those around them to do anything. Beneath society’s surface, a war is being waged, and the secrets of existence are about to be revealed. HB. June. $26.95 161. Harkness, Deborah, Shadow of Night, Penguin. Elizabethan London is a world of alchemy, time travel, witches, vampires and the mysterious School of Night in this thrilling sequel to A Discovery of Witches. PB. $17.00 162. Harwood, John, The Asylum, HMH. A Gothic thriller about a woman awakening in an asylum, discovering that she is (apparently) not who she thinks she is, forcing her to question if her entire life has been a lie. HB. $25.00 163. Jensen, Liz, The Uninvited, Bloomsbury. PB. Part psychological thriller, part dystopian nightmare. A powerfully unsettling portrait of apocalypse in embryo. June. $16.00 164. Kadrey, Richard, Devil Said Bang, Harper. In the fourth book of the series, Sandman Slim assumes the role he was destined for, Lucifer, ruler of the Underworld. PB. June. $12.99.

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165. Kindt, Matt, Red Handed, First Second. In the city of Red Wheelbarrow, the world’s greatest detective, Gould, has solved every crime he’s encountered. But a recent series of random, bizarre events has him stumped, in this wonderful novel indebted to Dashiell Hammet as much as Paul Auster. Graphic Novel. HB. $26.99 166. Palma, Felix. J., The Map of the Sky, Atria. In this brilliant sequel to The Map of Time three interconnected plots create a breathtaking tale of H. G. Wells, time travel and mystery, with cameos by Edgar Allen Poe and Capt. Shackleton. PB. June. $16.00 167. Patrick, Seth, Reviver, Thomas Dunne. Jonah Miller is a Reviver, able to bring back the dead temporarily so they may say goodbye to their loved ones—or inform him who has killed them. But someone on the other side is watching… HB. June. $25.99 168. Percy, Benjamin, Red Moon, Grand Central. A giant cast of characters and intricate plot make this novel—on its surface, about werewolves—a complex fantasy set in the real world. "Red Moon is a serious, politically symbolic novel-a literary novel about lycanthropes. If George Orwell had imagined a future where the werewolf population had grown to the degree that they were colonized and drugged, this terrifying novel might be it." --John Irving. HB. $25.99 169. Stevens, Chevy, Always Watching, St. Martins. Dr. Nadine Lavoi works in the lockdown ward of a psychiatric hospital, but a new arrival has her searching her own disturbing past, confronting long forgotten demons. HB. June. $25.99

170. Swain, James, Shadow People, Tor. This follow-up to Dark Magic has magician Peter Warlock confronting a serial killer on another plane of existence about his next victim, but discovering the plot is much larger than he imagined. HB. June. $25.99 171. Tuomainen, Antti, The Healer, Henry Holt. Helsinki’s fallen into anarchic ruins as climate change has all but destroyed global society; in the lawless city lurks a serial killer, as well as the only man left willing to stop him… HB. $25.00

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Abbot, Anthony, About the Murder of a Startled Lady, N.Y., Farrar & Rinehart, 1935. First edition. Very good in a dust jacket that is chipped at the top of the spine and along lower edge of rear panel and has a lightly sunned spine panel. Uncommon in dust jacket. $75.00 Bardin, John Franklin, The Last of Philip Banter, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1947. First edition. Very goodnear fine in dust jacket, which is chipped at top of spine and heavily chipped on rear panel. $45.00

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Barton, George, The Strange Adventures of Bromley Barnes, Boston, Page, 1918. First edition of this uncommon short story collection. Very good copy. $85.00

Burke, James Lee, In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead, NY, Hyperion, 1993. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00 Burke, James Lee, Dixie City Jam, NY, Hyperion, 1994. First edition. Fine in fine jacket. Publisher’s promotional bookmark laid in. Signed. $35.00 Burke, James Lee, Cadillac Jukebox, London, Orion, 1996. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $15.00 Burke, James Lee, Cimarron Rose, NY, Hyperion, 1997. First U.S. edition. Fine in dust jacket. Winner of the Edgar for Best Novel. Signed. $35.00 Burke, James Lee, Cimarron Rose, NY, Hyperion, 1997. First edition. Winner of the Edgar for Best Novel. Fine in about fine dust jacket with small puncture in front panel. $10.00 Burke, James Lee, Cimarron Rose, London, Orion, 1997. First edition (precedes U.S. edition). Winner of the Edgar for Best Novel. Fine in dust jacket. $25.00

Berkeley, Anthony, The Poisoned Chocolates Case, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1929. First U.S. edition of this masterpiece of the Golden Age and a Haycraft-Queen Cornerstone. Name on front endpaper, else a fine, fresh copy in dust jacket with light chipping at spine ends. $400.00

Butler, George F., M.D., The Exploits of a Physician Detective, Chicago, Clinic, 1908. First printing of this scarce short story collection. White lettering partially flaked from spine as usual, pale blue cover dusty, else a very good copy. $150.00

Burke, James Lee, Black Cherry Blues, London, Century, 1989. Fine in dust jacket with tiny closed tear to top of front panel at hinge. $15.00

Carr, Glyn, Death of a Weirdy, London, Bles, 1965. First edition. A fine copy in dust jacket. Which is light worn at spine ends. $125.00

Burke, James Lee, A Stained White Radiance, NY, Hyperion, 1992. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Caudwell, Sarah, Thus Was Adonis Murdered, N.Y., Scribner, 1981. First U.S. edition of this literate and witty British mystery. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00

Burke, James Lee, A Stained White Radiance, NY, Hyperion, 1992. First edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket. Signed. $35.00

Chute, M.G., Sheriff Olsen, N.Y., Appleton, 1942. First edition of an exceptionally scarce short story collection. The spine is minutely sunned, else very fine in dust jacket, with light wear at spine ends and along edges. Inscribed and signed. $150.00

Burke, James Lee, In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead, NY, Hyperion, 1993. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $35.00

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Dickson, Carter, The Red Widow Murders, London, Heinemann, 1937. Reprint. (First published in 1935). About fine, with the spine lettering partially chipped off. $30.00

French, Nicci, The Memory Game, London, Heinemann, 1997. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $25.00 Furutani, Dale, Death in Little Tokyo, NY, St. Martin’s, 1996. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $45.00

Dickson, Carter, Fatal Descent (with John Rhode), N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1939. First U.S. edition. Very good copy of an uncommon title. $40.00

Futrelle, Jacques, Best “Thinking Machine” Detective Stories, N.Y., Dover, 1973. First edition of this collection of stories with an introduction by E.F. Bleiler. Very fine trade paperback original. $12.50

Eberhart, Mignon G., Postmark Murder, NY, Random House, 1956. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $35.00 (Fleming, Ian) 007—James Bond—For Your Eyes Only, N.Y., Marvel, 1981. First edition. A full-color comic book version of the novel in mass market paperback format. Name stamp, otherwise very good. $25.00

Futrelle, Jacques, Great Cases of the Thinking Machine, N.Y., Dover, 1976. First edition of this collection of stories with an introduction by E.F. Bleiler. Very fine trade paperback original. $12.50 Griffiths, Major Arthur, Tales of a Government Official, London, White, 1902. First edition. An uncommon Victorian short story collection. A twoinch-long oval on the spine is lighter than the rest of the cloth, presumably where a label was removed, a bit of foxing to endpapers and fore-edges, else very good-near fine. $100.00

Fleming, Joan, Death of a Sardine, London, Collins Crime Club, 1963. First edition by the winner of the 1962 Best Novel award from the (British) Crime Writers Association. Fine in a price-clipped dust jacket. With one closed tear. $15.00 Fletcher, J.S., Sea Fog, N.Y., Knopf, 1926. First U.S. edition. Very good-near fine in the scarce dust jacket, which is chipped at spine ends and corners. $60.00

Hale, Christopher, Hangman’s Tie, N.Y., Doubleday Crime Club, 1943. First edition. A State Police Officer Trench mystery. Very good in chipped, price-clipped dust jacket. $20.00

Fletcher, J.S., & Torquemada, Todmanhawe Grange, London, Butterworth, 1937. First edition. An uncommon title. Very good. $35.00

Hare, Cyril, An English Murder, Boston, Little, Brown, 1951. First U.S. edition. Gutter darkened from glue oxidization, else fine in dust jacket with wear at spine and edges. $30.00

Ford, G. M., Who the Hell is Wanda Fuca?, NY, Walker, 1995. First edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket with closed tear to bottom back panel. Signed. $25.00

Harris, Timothy, American Gigolo, N.Y., Delacorte, 1979. First edition. Novelization of a screenplay by Paul Schrader. An exceptionally fine copy in a white dust jacket which has one ½" tear at the rear hinge. $125.00

Ford, James L., Hypnotic Tales, N.Y., Puck, 1891. First edition. Illustrated. A scarce mixed collection which contains “The Detective’s Tale.” About fine. $100.00

Hill, Reginald, The Death of Dalziel, London, HarperCollins, 2007. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. Signed. $45.00

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Hoch, Edward D., The Spy and the Thief, N.Y., Davis, 1971. First edition of this collection of stories, half about Rand and half about Nick Velvet. Digestsized paperback. Fine. Very hard to find in fresh, collectors’ edition. $75.00

Macdonald, John Ross, The Ivory Grin, N.Y., Knopf, 1952. First edition. The fourth Lew Archer. Spine ends a trifle sunned, light foxing of endpapers, else near fine in dust jacket that has a crease on the front panel and very light chipping of spine ends. $125.00

Innes, Michael, Hamlet, Revenge!, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1937. First U.S. edition. Corner bumped, else very good. $45.00

Macdonald, Ross, The Far Side of the Dollar, N.Y., Knopf, 1965. First edition. A very fine, fresh copy. $300.00

Keeler, Harry Stephen, The Mysterious Mr. I, N.Y., Dutton, 1938. First edition. Fine, tight copy in dust jacket, which is lightly rubbed at spine ends. $375.00

Millar, Kenneth, Blue City, N.Y., Knopf, 1947. First edition. Good-very good in cut-down dust jacket with some wear. $100.00

Keeler, Harry Stephen, The Steeltown Strangler, London, Ward, Lock, 1950. First edition. Rare. Fine, crisp copy in dust jacket, which has the merest trace of wear at spine tips. $350.00

Miller, Wade, Sinner Take All, Greenwich, CT, Gold Medal, 1960. First edition. Very good. $25.00 Mosley, Walter, A Red Death, N.Y., Norton, 1991. First edition in the first issue dust jacket (priced at $18.95). Very fine, as new copy. Signed. $75.00

Lang, Andrew, The Disentanglers, London, Longmans, 1902. First edition. A scarce short story collection. Pale beige covers slightly soiled, some foxing, still a better than very good copy. $100.00

Parker, Robert B., Mortal Stakes, London, Andre Deutsch, 1975. First U.K. edition of the third Spenser novel. Fine in about fine jacket with small bump at top spine. $60.00

Lynch, Lawrence, Against Odds, Chicago, Rand, McNally, 1894. First edition. A sharp, fresh copy in bright red cloth, stamped in gold, with the merest trace of sunning on the spine. $100.00

Parker, Robert B., A Savage Place, NY, Delacorte, 1981. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $35.00

McCloy, Helen, The Man in the Moonlight, N.Y., Morrow, 1940. First edition of the author’s scarce second book. Light cover stain, else a very good, tight copy. $45.00

Parker, Robert B., Valediction, NY, Delacorte, 1984. First edition. Fine in about fine dust jacket with slight rubbing to top and bottom of spine. $20.00

McCloy, Helen, The Singing Diamonds, N.Y., Dodd, Mead, 1965. First edition of this very scarce short story collection by an under-rated suspense writer. Tape marks on cover, rubber stamp inside front cover—a good copy in a very good, unmarked dust jacket. $35.00

Parker, Robert B., A Catskill Eagle, NY, Delacorte, 1985. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $25.00 Parker, Robert B., Walking Shadow, NY, Putnam, 1994. First edition. Fine in about fine jacket with soiling and puncture to bottom right spine. Signed. $20.00

MacDonald, Philip, Death and Chicanery, London, Jenkins, 1963. First U.K. edition. Fine in dust jacket, which has the author’s name faded on spine. Short stories. $45.00

Parker, Robert B., Night Passage, NY, Putnam, 1997. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $25.00

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Pelecanos, George P., Shoedog, NY, St. Martin’s, 1994. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $150.00

Perez-Reverte, Arturo, The Club Dumas, New York, Harcourt, 1996. First U.S. Very fine in dust jacket. An outstanding bibliomystery and the basis for the Johnny Depp motion picture. $100.00

Pelecanos, George P., Shame the Devil, London, Victor Gollancz, 1995. First UK edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $20.00

Rankin, Ian, Strip Jack, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1994. First U.S. edition. Very fine in dust jacket, and scarce thus. $450.00

Pelecanos, George P., Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go, NY, St. Martin’s, 1995. Fine in dust jacket, which has trivial rubbing. $30.00

Rendell, Ruth, Murder Being Once Done, N.Y., Doubleday, 1972. First U.S. edition of an uncommon early title. Fine, tight copy in a fine, price-clipped dust jacket. $175.00

Pelecanos, George P., Down by the River Where the Dead Men Go, NY, St. Martin’s, 1995. Fine in about fine dust jacket. $25.00

Rendell, Ruth, Master of the Moor, N.Y., Pantheon, 1982. First U.S. edition. Fine in dust jacket, which is slightly rubbed at spine ends. $20.00

Pelecanos, George P., The Big Blowdown, NY, St. Martin’s, 1996. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $35.00

Rendell, Ruth, The Speaker of Mandarin, London, Hutchinson, 1983. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Pelecanos, George P., The Big Blowdown, NY, St. Martin’s, 1996. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Rendell, Ruth, Talking to Strange Men, London, Hutchinson, 1987. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $25.00

Pelecanos, George, King Suckerman, Boston, Little, Brown, 1997. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $45.00

Rendell, Ruth, Heartstones, London, Hutchinson, 1987. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $25.00

Pelecanos, George P., The Sweet Forever, Tucson, Dennis McMillan, 1998. Limited to 400 copies. Fine in dust jacket and slipcase. Signed. $75.00

Rendell, Ruth, writing as Barbara Vine, A DarkAdapted Eye, London, Viking, 1986. First edition of the first book under this pseudonym. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $30.00

Pelecanos, George P., Shame the Devil, Boston, Little, Brown, 2000. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $25.00

Rendell, Ruth, writing as Barbara Vine, A Fatal Inversion, N.Y., Bantam, 1987. First U.S. edition. Fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Pelecanos, George P., Right As Rain, Boston, Little, Brown, 2001. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $25.00

Rozan, S.J., Mandarin Plaid, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1996. First edition of the author’s third book. Fine in dust jacket. Signed and inscribed, and with the author’s red rubber stamp. $45.00

Pelecanos, George P., Soul Circus, Boston, Little, Brown, 2003. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. Signed. $25.00

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Stagg, Clinton H., Silver Sandals, N.Y., Watt, 1916. First edition. A novel featuring a blind detective. About very good. $25.00

Vance, Ethel, Escape, Boston, Little, brown, 1939. First edition. The basis of the Mervyn LeRoy directed film starring Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Viedt, and Alla Nazimova in the successful suspense film dealing with an elaborate escape from the Nazis. Near fine in price-clipped dust jacket with light wear at spine ends. $35.00

Stagge, Jonathan, Murder by Prescription, N.Y., Doubleday, 1938. First edition. The front flap of the dust jacket has been excised and pasted to the front endpaper, one corner bump, else a near fine copy in the rare dust jacket, which is very good or better apart from the excised flap. $65.00

Van Dine, S.S., The Gracie Allen Murder Case, N.Y., Scribners, 1935. First edition. A fine copy in dust jacket, which is lightly chipped at spine ends and corners. $175.00

Stagge, Jonathan, Death and the Dear Girls, London, Joseph, 1946. First U.K. edition of Death My Darling Daughters. Fine in the very scarce dust jacket, which is a little rubbed at edge and lightly chipped at top of spine. $35.00

Van Dine, S.S., I Used to Be a Highbrow, but Look at Me Now, N.Y., Mysterious Bookshop, (ca. 1990). An autobiographical essay by the creator of Philo Vance. Originally in The American Magazine in1928, then issued in an excessively rare pamphlet the same year, presumably as a promotional item by the magazine. Limited to 250 copies. Fine. $13.00

Stout, Rex, Fer-de-lance, N.Y., Farrar & Rinehart, 1934. First edition of the first Nero Wolfe novel and a Haycraft-Queen title. Near fine. $450.00

(Van Dine, S.S.) Philo Vance: The Life and Times of S.S. Van Dine by Jon Tuska. Bowling Green, OH, Popular Press, 1971. First edition. A 64-page pamphlet. Fine. $20.00

Stout, Rex, Too Many Women, N.Y., Viking, 1947. First edition. Very good. $25.00 Straley, John, The Woman Who Married a Bear, NY, Soho, 1992. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $15.00

(Van Dine, S.S.) Collecting S.S. Van Dine by Otto Penzler. N.Y., Mysterious Bookshop, 1999. A descriptive bibliography, illustrated, with price guide, and descriptions of numerous related items, including non-mystery material by Wright, parodies and pastiches, contributions to books, etc. 36-page pamphlet. As new. $13.00

Straley, John, The Woman Who Married a Bear, London, Victor Gollancz, 1995. First UK edition. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00 Thomas, Ross, The Fourth Durango, N.Y., Mysterious Press, 1989. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00

(Van Dine) Wright, Willard Huntington, What Nietzsche Taught, N.Y., Huebsch, 1915. First edition. Van Dine under his real name. Covers a bit dusty and lightly rubbed at corners and spine ends, front hinge lightly cracked; about a very copy of an uncommon title. $35.00

Treat, Lawrence, P as in Police, N.Y., Davis, 1970. First edition. Digest-sized paperback. Fine. Very hard to find in fresh, collectors’ edition. $50.00

(Van Dine) Wright, Willard Huntington, The Future of Painting, N.Y., Huebsch, 1923. First edition. Van Dine under his real name. A short essay on art. Near fine. $50.00

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Vidal, Gore, Lincoln, Franklin Center, PA, The Franklin Library, 1984. Limited first edition. Fine. Non-mystery. Signed. $35.00

(Anonymous) The Sherlock Holmes: Catalogue of the Collection, London, Whitbread, 1957. First edition. Describes the contents of the bars and grill room and the reconstructed 221B sitting room. Essays by John Dickson Carr, A. Lloyd-Taylor and others. Spine slightly rubbed, else fine in purple wrappers. Heavily illustrated. $20.00

Vidal, Gore, Lincoln, NY, Random Hosue, 1984. First trade edition. Non-mystery. Fine in dust jacket. $10.00

Austin, Bliss, A Baker Street Christmas Stocking, Westfield, N.J. (later Pittsburgh, PA), 1953-1981. A complete collection (none were issued in 1957 or 1960) of these famous and highly sought-after pamphlets on various Sherlockian subjects sent by Austin as a Christmas greeting to fellow Sherlockians. All are in fine condition.

Vulliamy, C.E., Don Among the Dead Men, London, Joseph, 1952. First edition. A very fine copy in dust jacket. $45.00 Wade, Henry, A Dying Fall, London, Constable, 1955. First edition. A fine, fresh copy in dust jacket with one small chip at the top of the spine as it meets the back panel. A surprisingly elusive book, especially in collectors’ condition. $75.00

1953, $15.00 1954, $15.00

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1955, $15.00

Please Note: Newly published books listed for the first time are indicated with an asterisk (*)

1956, signed, $20.00

Andriacco, Dan, Holmes Sweet Holmes, London, MX. First edition. A film writer-director is despised for portraying Holmes as a goateed, saxophoneplaying American working in 1920s New Orleans in his film 221B Bourbon Street. Is this reason enough to want him dead? Trade paperback. $18.95

1958, signed, $20.00

1956, $15.00

1958, $15.00 1959, $15.00 1961, $12.50 1962, $12.50

(Anonymous) Sherlock Holmes: Catalogue of an Exhibition held at Abbey House, Baker Street, London May-September 1951. A well-annotated exhibition for the Festival of Britain. Fine, fresh copy of this 60-page pamphlet. $35.00

1963 (sheet music laid in), $12.50 1964, $12.50 1965, $12.50

(Anonymous) Tour of Switzerland in the Footsteps of Sherlock Holmes, London, S.H. Society, 1968. A 36-page pamphlet. A heavilyillustrated description of the Sherlockians’ tour of the Reichenbach and surrounding areas. Very fine. $10.00

1966, $10.00 1967, signed, $12.50 1967, $10.00 1968, signed, $12.50 1968, $10.00 1969, signed (and the note asking the recipient to forgive the proofreading), $12.50

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1969, signed (and inscribed The Adventure of the Missing Proof-Reader!), $12.50

Boyer, Richard L., The Giant Rat of Sumatra, London, Titan. One of the best pastiches ever written; part of this handsome series of Titan reprints in matching formats with many others. $9.95

1969, $10.00 1970 (illustration laid in), $10.00

Broun, Heywood, “Sherlock Holmes and the Pygmies” in Woman’s Home Companion, November, 1930. An uncommon pastiche. Original wrappers. Very good. $150.00

1971, $10.00 1972, $10.00 1973, $10.00

Carr, John Dickson, The Life of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, N.Y., Harper, 1959. First edition. Fine in dust jacket with some chips and rubbing. $35.00

1974, $10.00 1975, signed, $12.50 1975, $10.00

Another copy. First edition. Good reading copy. $10.00

1976, $10.00 1977, inscribed, $12.50

Another copy. Trade paperback. N.Y., Carroll & Graf. $8.95

1977, $10.00 1978, signed, $12.50

Carr, Molly, A Sherlock Holmes Who’s Who, London, MX. First edition. Characters in the canon, as well as locations, book titles, etc. Trade paperback. $19.95

1978, $10.00 1979, signed, $12.50 1979, $10.00

1981, signed, $12.50

(Christ, Jay Finley) Sherlock’s Anniversaries by Langdale Pike (another Christ pseudonym). N.Y., Crowborough, 1961. First edition, limited to 500 numbered copies. Pamphlet. Fine. $45.00

1981, $10.00

Christ, Jay Finley, see also Depken, Friedrich

1980, signed, $12.50 1980, $10.00

Special Note: Select any ten unsigned publications for $65.00

*Connolly, John, and Declan Burke, Books to Die For, N.Y., Atria. First U.S. edition. “The World’s Greatest Mystery Writers on the World’s Greatest Mystery Novels.” Signed by about a dozen contributors, including Connolly, Lee Child, Michael Connelly, etc. $29.99

Biggle, Lloyd, Jr., The Quallsford Inheritance, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1986. First edition. Fine in dust jacket. $35.00 Blau, Peter E., Five publications, each one page folded to make four, all published by the Spermaceti Press in Washington, D.C., IN 1980, 1981, 1982, 1984, and 1987. All fine. $15.00

Cuthbertson, James, A Study in Banking, Wareham, Dorset, privately printed, 1989. First edition. “An investigation of the relationship of S.H. and his bank. Pamphlet. Very fine. Signed. $25.00

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Cypser, Darlene A., The Crack in the Lens, Morrison, CO, Foolscap & Quill. Third printing. A novel for adults about the young Holmes. Trade paperback. $18.95

Doyle, Arthur Conan, The Hound of the Baskervilles, N.Y., Grossett & Dunlap, 1939. The movie tie-in edition, with a photograph of Rathbone and Bruce on the front panel of the dust jacket, which is a variant from the previous copy with different text on the front and a different list of mystery titles on the back panel. There are two small dents at the bottom of the front cover, else a very good copy in a lightly chipped dust jacket. $500.00

Depken, Friedrich, Sherlock Holmes, Raffles, and Their Prototypes, translated by Jay Finley Christ, Chicago, Fanlight House, 1949. First edition in English; originally published in Heidelberg, Germany, in 1914. Original spiral bound wrappers. A fine copy of this scarce book. $100.00

Doyle, Arthur Conan, The Tragedy of the Korosko, London, Newnes, 1902. Scarce early paperback edition. Covers foxed, tears and chips on spine. $20.00

Douglas, Carole Nelson, Good Morning, Irene, N.Y., Tor, 1991. First edition of the second book in the Sherlock Holmes/Irene Adler series. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00

Folsom, Henry T., Through the Years at Baker Street: A Chronology of Sherlock Holmes, Washington, N.J., privately printed, 1962. First edition. A 37-page large format compilation, stapled together. Fine. (with) the Revised edition, in similar format but 60 pages, stapled. Fine. With a sheet of errata. Very scarce. $65.00

Douglas, Carole Nelson, Irene’s Last Waltz, N.Y., Forge, 1994. First edition of the fourth book in the highly acclaimed series. Very fine in dust jacket. $22.95 Doyle, Arthur Conan, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Toronto, George N. Morang, 1902. First Canadian edition, issued with sheets supplied by the U.S. publisher, McClure, Phillips. A very scarce issue of only 2,504 copies (compared to 25,000 of the first British edition and 70,000 of the first American edition). A previous owner’s signature is on the front endpaper, else a fine, bright copy, with just minor fading of the white ink on the spine. $2,000.00

Foster, Allan, Sherlock Holmes and Conan Doyle Locations, Jefferson, N.C., McFarland. First edition. Locations notable in the lives of Holmes and Doyle, with addresses, descriptions of the sites’ history, and their significance, with photographs. Trade paperback. $35.00 Fox, Paul, and Koray Melikoglu, eds., Formal Investigations: Aesthetic Style in Late Victorian and Edwardian Detective Fiction, Stuttgart, Germany, 2007. A collection of critical essays, including “Horrifying Ho(l)mes: Conan Doyle’s Bachelor Detective and the Aesthetic of Domestic Realism” by Rudolph Glitz, as well as pieces on female detectives, Wilkie Collins, Anna Katharine Green, medical detectives, etc. Trade paperback. $42.95

Doyle, Arthur Conan, The Hound of the Baskervilles, N.Y., Grossett & Dunlap, 1939. The movie tie-in edition, with a photograph of Rathbone and Bruce on the front panel of the dust jacket. Name on front endpaper, else the book is absolutely fine and crisp in a near fine jacket that has small closed tears to the edges. $750.00

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*Frame, Gwendolyn, Have Yourself a Chaotic Little Christmas, London, MX. A collection of pastiches featuring Mycroft, Moriarty, Jack the Ripper, a picnic in a graveyard, etc. Trade paperback. $9.95

Hanna, Edward B., The Whitechapel Horrors, N.Y., Carroll & Graf, 1992. First edition. Holmes vs. Jack the Ripper. Very fine in dust wrapper. $19.95 Holroyd, James Edward, “221B Baker Street?” in the Summer 1951 issue of The Cornhill. A detailed analysis of the exact location of 221B, with a map and several illustrations, including a previously unpublished portrait of Holmes by Sidney Paget. Fine in original wrappers. $20.00

Gellerstedt, Bob, The Sherlockian Anthologies Index, Fayetteville, GA, 1994. Revised and expanded edition of this index to Sherlockian and Doylian fiction in collections. Fine in wrappers. Inscribed and signed. $20.00

Jaffee, Capt. Walter W., The Sherlock Holmes Illustrated Cyclopedia of Nautical Knowledge, Palo Alto, CA, Glencannon Press. With an introduction by Michael H. Kean. A thorough (242-page) compendium of all nautical reference in the canon. Trade paperback. Signed. $24.95 Jeffers, H. Paul, The Adventure of the Stalwart Companions, London, Titan. Trade paperback. $9.95 Jeffers, H. Paul, Murder Most Irregular, N.Y., St. Martin’s, 1983. First edition. Members of the Baker Street Irregulars are marked for murder. Very fine in dust jacket. $20.00 Kenner, Hugh, “Baker Street to Eccles Street: The Odyssey of a Myth” contained in the Winter 1949 issue of The Hudson Review. Tears to spine ends, else near fine in the original wrappers. $25.00 Gillette, William, Sherlock Holmes: A Play, N.Y., Doubleday, 1935. First edition. Name on front endpaper, else about fine in a very good in a lightly chipped dust jacket. $100.00

Kimball, Elliot, Dr. John H. Watson at Netley, n.p., privately printed, 1962. First edition. An important piece of scholarship by the noted Sherlockian. Fine in original wrappers. $150.00

Greenwood. L.B., Sherlock Holmes and the Case of Sabina Hall, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1988. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. A very good pastiche. $25.00

King, Laurie R., Pirate King, N.Y., Bantam. First trade paperback edition of this Mary Russell and Holmes adventure. $15.00

Greenwood. L.B., Sherlock Holmes and the Thistle of Scotland, N.Y., Simon & Schuster, 1989. First edition. Very fine in dust jacket. A very good pastiche. $25.00

Lane, Andrew, Rebel Fire, N.Y., Farrar, Straus & Giroux. First U.S. edition of Red Leech. The 14-yearold Sherlock Holmes is confused to learn that his tutor is somehow involved with John Wilkes Book, believed to have been killed after his assassination of Abraham Lincoln. $16.99

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Lees, Stephen, The Iron Mausoleum: A Case of Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic. Croydon, U.K., privately printed. First edition. A pastiche in which Holmes offers a new explanation for the sinking of the great ocean liner. Trade paperback. $19.95 Livingston, Bud, Some More Trifling Monographs, N.Y., Magico, 2005. First edition. A collection of studies on such subjects as drinks in the canon (the most frequently mentioned is coffee!), Henry Ward Beecher, “Searching for God in the Canon,” etc. 50page pamphlet. Very fine. $10.00 McGachey, Daniel, Sherlock Holmes: The Impossible Cases, Colusa, CA, Dark Regions Press. First edition. Holmes must deal with the uncanny in “The Remarkable Worm,” “The Voice in the Smoke,” “The Pallid Mask,” etc. Trade paperback. $18.95

Montgomery, James, A Case of Identity, Philadelphia, PA, International, 1955. First edition. A lengthy and cogent argument for identifying the true Birlstone Manor. Filled with photographs of important places in the canon, as well as of Doyle’s home in Sussex. Fine in original wrappers. $100.00

*McMullen, Kieran, The Many Watsons, London, MX. A discussion and analysis of the various actors who have played Dr. Watson on stage and screen. $11.95

Moreton, Douglas, The Unrelated Adventures of Clewlow Holmes, London, Cadds, 1998. First edition. Sherlock’s brother battles Moriarty in nine cases. Trade paperback. Very fine. $19.95

Mallory, Michael, The Adventures of the Second Mrs. Watson, Vancourver, WA, Deadly Alibi Press, 2000. First edition. Amelia Watson mysteries. Trade paperback. Very fine. $15.99

Newman, Robert, The Case of the Baker Street Irregular, N.Y., Atheneum, 1978. Second printing. Young adult novel. Fine in dust jacket. Inscribed and signed. $25.00

Mauro, Robert, Elementary, My Dear Holmes, Colorado Springs, Meriwether,1979. A play. Fine in large format wrappers. $12.50

Pearson, Hesketh, Conan Doyle: His Life & Art. First U.S. edition. N.Y., Walker, 1961. Fine in dust jacket. $25.00

Monahan, Eric, Holmes Under the Lens, Devon, Parallel Publications, 1999. First edition. Critical essays on “The Real Moriarty?”, “The Cornish Language Problem,” etc. Fine 32-page pamphlet. Signed. $10.00

Another copy. N.Y., Taplinger, 1977. With a new introduction by Graham Greene. Very fine in dust jacket. $25.00 Another copy. London, White Lion, 1974. Fine in lightly rubbed dust jacket. $17.50

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Redmond, Donald A., B.S.J. 1946-1969: A Cumulated Index to the Baker Street Journal, N.Y., Baker Street Irregulars, 1970. Trade paperback; 104 pages. Fine. $25.00

Seitz, Stephen, Sherlock Holmes and the Plague of Dracula, London, MX. First edition. Mina Murray asks Holmes to find her fiancé, leading to a frightening encounter with the deadly Count Dracula. Trade paperback. $18.95

*Reynolds, Tony, The Lost Stories of Sherlock Holmes, London, MX. Second Edition. A collection of pastiches, adding a new story, “The Adventure of the Cricketers,” to the previously published first edition. Trade paperback. $16.95

Siciliano, Sam, The Angel of the Opera, London, Titan. An excellent pastiche with Holmes confronting the phantom of the opera. Another handsome addition to the Titan series of pastiches. $9.95

Roberts, Barrie, The Man from Hell, London, Titan. A handsome new edition of the case in which Holmes and Watson confront a criminal organization with far-reaching influence. Trade paperback. $9.95

Smith, Charlotte, Sherlock Holmes and the Murder at Lodore Falls, London, MX. Holmes must help Watson cope with his personal nightmares in the title story. The volume also contains two Holmes stories set at Christmas-time. Trade paperback. $12.95

*Robertson, Michael, The Baker Street Translation, N.Y., St. Martin’s. Reggie and Nigel Heath, tenants of 221B Baker Street, are confronted by more mysteries: An elderly heiress wants to leave her entire fortune to Sherlock Holmes, a translator wants Holmes to explain a nursery rhyme, and Reggie’s rival for the love of a beautiful actress has gone missing. $24.99

Smith, Edgar W., Baker Street Inventory: An Elementary Bibliography, N.Y., Pamphlet House, 1944. First edition of this very important early work by the great Sherlockian. There is no limitation stated, but this rare book was produced by mimeograph and bound in flexible leatherette covers. It is signed in ink by Smith at the bottom of the first page, and signed again in pencil on the title page. A cornerstone work. $450.00

*Rogers, Hannah, The Art of Deduction, London, MX. Sherlockian writings, both fiction and commentary by fans in support of Save Undershaw. Illustrated. Trade paperback. $16.95

Symonds, Tim, Sherlock Holmes and the Dead Boer at Scotney Castle, London, MX, Holmes finds himself pitted against the powerful Kipling League in 1904. Trade paperback. $18.95

Saksena, Franklin, Another 101 Sherlock Holmes Puzzles: Crosswords & Acrostics., Eugenia, Ontario, Battered Silicon Dispatch Box. Trade paperback. $30.00

Thomas, Amy, The Detective and the Woman. London, MX. Irene Adler is now a widow and Holmes is in hiding after the affair at the Reichenbach Falls, but they work together to foil two would-be murders and meet Thomas A. Edison in the process. Trade paperback. $16.95

Sebeok, Thomas A. & Jean Umiker-Sebeok, “You Know My Method: A Juxtaposition of Charles S. Peirce and Sherlock Holmes, Bloomington, IN, Gaslight, 1980. First edition. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. $40.00

*Thomas, Donald, Death on a Pale Horse, N.Y., Pegasus. Sherlock Holmes on Her Majesty’s Secret Service. A first-rate pastiche. $25.95

Seil, William, Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Tragedy, London, Titan. First printing of this new edition in trade paperback. $9.95

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Tracy, Jack, Conan Doyle and the Latter-Day Saints, Bloomington, IN, Gaslight, 1979. Revised and expanded edition. Fine without dust jacket, as issued. Inscribed and signed. $65.00 Walsh, Ray, The Mycroft Memoranda, London, Deutsch, 1984. First edition. Holmes and Jack the Ripper. Very fine in dust jacket. $45.00 Yuhasova, Helene, A Lauriston Garden of Verses, Summit, N.J., Pamphlet House, 1946. First edition. Limited to 250 numbered copies. Very good in original wrappers. $50.00

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