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Always a Bridesmaid by Tracy Garrity Our price: $14.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 304 ISBN: 0-595-09999-8 Published: Aug-2000	"It's dangerous to get married in Squirrel Hollow, Connecticut. In fact, it's downright deadly." Beautiful blondes are dying in Squirrel Hollow, Connecticut, and everyone in town thinks they can solve the mystery in two words: Dakotah Jones. Accused of offing the homecoming queen a decade earlier, Kody reluctantly returns to Squirrel Hollow to serve as Maid of Honor at her best friend’s wedding. The ink on the invitations is barely dry before bridesmaids start dropping and rumors start flying. Again. Time has done nothing to soften the heart of newspaper editor Justin Melrose, either, as he leads the charge to arrest Kody. Again. Someone is playing a psychotic game of déjà vu and Kody's ''it.'' Again. But now, armed only with indignation, intuition and an aunt who is a retired spy (well, that’s the word around town at any rate), Kody tries to clear her name, bring a killer to justice, figure out if she should date—or hate—the police detective on the case, and pull off the wedding of the decade ... all before the last bridesmaid dies.
Ashes to Ashes by Lillian Stewart Carl Our price: $19.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5 x 8 Pages: 352 ISBN: 0-595-09448-1 Published: Jun-2000	Rebecca comes to a replica of a Scottish castle in Ohio to catalog a collection of historical artifacts. But she's not wanted there, either by her Scottish co-worker or by the ghosts of the past. "Fans will be overjoyed!" —Rave Reviews "Not your common romance, but then, who said a romance should be common?" —Heartland Critiques	“A real page-turner of a story...characters come to life...a believable story laced by delicious humor.” —Ohioana Quarterly
Behind the Gold Star by Chief Rick Stone Our price: $17.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 364 ISBN: 0-595-09166-0 Published: Apr-2000	Seven days in the life of a Police Chief struggling against bureaucratic stupidity, personal conflicts, and his department’s collection of screw-ups, nut cases, and weird happenings. Reflective of his big city experience, the Chief tries desperately to balance competing forces in the professional and political arena of a smaller agency. Full of surprising twists and turns, with enough sex and violence to be reflective of the front page of today’s newspaper, Behind the Gold Star will keep you hanging on every page and in the end, the characters give real meaning to the phrase, “It’s not over until the fat lady sings.”
Beware the Whale's Wake by Joe Niehaus, Mary Sikora Our price: $12.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 252 ISBN: 0-595-15023-3 Published: Nov-2000	Someone is stalking the crew of a fishing ship in the small town of Bear Creek, Washington. Whoever it is, is killing them, one by one in the most grisley ways imaginable and only one man stands in the way. Detective Josh Epstein must unravel the riddle of the sea to identify the serial murderer. He finds his resources taxed as he must face the power of a Japanese cosmetics company, the doomed ship's owner and his own ghost riddled past. Can history repeat itself as Epstein finds himself up against a relentless killer, much like the one he failed to stop in his hometown of Cincinnati. Time begins to run out as the killer prepares his own timetable of death and Epstein must race against the odds to stop the final slaughter.
Black Vortex by Dennis P O'Connell Our price: $25.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 526 ISBN: 0-595-23187-X Published: Jul-2002	Julie O’Connor left the New York Police Department trying to escape her past. Manny Scanlon left Miami law enforcement running from his nightmares. As Sheriff’s deputies in a small rural Florida town they hope to leave their pasts behind. They are called upon to investigate the murder of a Federal Inspector found in his car off the side of road, an apparent drive by shooting. As they probe deeper into his death they are drawn into a world of greed, murder and political corruption that that reaches the highest echelons of government and business. Their investigation leads them deep into the Florida Everglades where their discoveries uncover a catastrophic secret. A secret whose consequence would change their way of life forever…a secret that pits them against the forces of evil driven by power and ambition. It is a tale of greed, power, murder and retribution—and one woman’s search for justice.
Bonnie Blue Murder: A Civil War Murder Mystery by Harold A Covington Our price: $15.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 232 ISBN: 0-595-17020-X Published: Jan-2001	As the opening guns of the Civil War thunder against Fort Sumter, former Charleston Police Inspector and now Confederate Officer, Major Hugo Legare and his associate Captain Redmond, hunt a killer through the cobblestoned, gaslit streets of the old city. A Confederate officer has been murdered and his secret dispatches stolen, and a man whom Legare believes innocent stands accused. But is Legarelooking for a Union spy? Or is the murder related to the many skeletons in the dead man's closet? A gripping historical mystery set at the beginning of America's most tragic yet fascinating era.	Everybody's got at least one good story in them. What about you? It has never been easier to realize your dream of being a published writer!
Buried in Quilts: A Joan Spencer Mystery by Sara Hoskinson Frommer Our price: $15.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5 x 8 Pages: 252 ISBN: 0-595-14306-7 Published: Nov-2000	Joan Spencer and the Oliver Civic Symphony are rehearsing “The Unanswered Question” when Joan finds a body. “If you like quilts, music, and low-key mystery, this one will please.” —Deadly Pleasures	“A persuasive Midwest ambience. Small-town life, big-time emotions, and the practical poetry of quilts.” —Murder in Print, the Best of New Writers, Wilson Library Bulletin
A Canvas of Flesh by Jeff Oltman Our price: $18.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 342 ISBN: 0-595-22733-3 Published: May-2002	Former detective Alexander Dick receives a grisly and taunting invitation from the serial murderer the media calls Rembrandt. Five years earlier, Alec had investigated a series of Rembrandt murders in Kansas City with devastating results to his career and family. Now, Rembrandt has tracked him down in Dallas and taken up his macabre art in the night-life haunts of the city. Through the course of the investigation, Alec is provided with unique allies: Jennifer Wilson, a psychic sometimes engaged by the police in missing persons cases, and Michael Bennett, the singer and lyricist for a local heavy metal band, Brothers Grim. As Rembrandt begins claiming victims--young women stripped nude and painted with their own blood¡ªAlec, Jennifer, and Michael must work together to try to catch Rembrandt before he kills again, a venture that hurtles them towards an inevitable encounter and a stunning conclusion.
The Charers Affair, Being a Reminiscence of Dr. John H. Watson by James R Stefanie Our price: $20.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 428 ISBN: 0-595-09926-2 Published: Jul-2000	In 1537, the Abbot Jervais Guillaume de Forrestier disappeared along with the treasures of an abbey. Over 300 years later, explorers at a neolithic site discovered the body of their expedition leader. He was found in a trench, bound to a chair. That's when Inspector MacDonald called on Sherlock Holmes. Arriving in the pleasant village of Little Stoke, Holmes learns there is more at stake than the murder of an aging academic. Two powerful families continue an age old dispute over the lands their ancestors once held. They each request that Holmes assist them in order to discover the whereabouts of the long-lost charters that granted their lands. Holmes soon finds himself surrounded by unique village personalities, strange nursery rhymes, mysterious ancient barrows, and the ruins of a mediaeval Abbey church. As he delves into the case with Watson by his side, he learns that the murder which drew him to Little Stoke was the final act in a play that has been running for over three centuries. Suppressed for over 50 years, now the story can be told—of murder, deception, the lust for power and unimagined fortune. It is the story of The Charters Affair. Winner—1994 Eaton Literary Award—Book Category.
Chastity's Virtue: A Michael Marcus Mystery by Joseph Geren Our price: $15.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 286 ISBN: 0-595-25971-5 Published: Nov-2002	A fast-paced suspense mystery set in a Mississippi River town. Chastity Milligan is missing, but so what? She ran away twice as a juvenile. She's now 19, an adult. She can come and go as she pleases. But why did she leave her purse behind? It had over $200 in it. Why did she cut her hair and leave the bleached blond tresses lying on her bed? Why did she abandon her car? Whose blood is in her bathtub? Private Detective Michael Marcus is hired to find the teen with the checkered childhood. He soon discovers that three other women disappeared on the same day in October, but in different years. Coincidence? Mike doesn't believe in coincidence. He searches for a common thread linking the four missing women. His wife Annie has psychic feelings that Chastity is alive, but being held captive in a cool, damp, dark place, like a cellar, a cave, or maybe even a mausoleum. "The bones scare Chastity," Annie says, but she doesn't know what that means. Mike scoffs at psychic "hocus-pocus," but he has little physical evidence, no eyewitnesses, and no choice. He listens to his wife and his path leads him to what must surely be the bowels of Hell.
Chocolate Sauce and Malice by Arline Potter Our price: $10.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 224 ISBN: 1-58348-849-9 Published: Feb-2000	James Vandersagen, high-profile hard-ball player in TV, newspapers and communications technology, is visiting the set of a talk show called Come Home with Kate on JGV, his prime property. A large overhead mirror breaks loose, falls on Vandersagen and kills him. Kate Cassidy, the show host, is also hurt. Kate, having been severely injured when the mirror fell, is concerned that she may have been the real target of the murderer. Later she has another brush with death. This time she's certain that it was she, not Vandersagen, who was the killer's true intended victim.
Close His Eyes by Olivia Dwight Our price: $11.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 176 ISBN: 0-595-00338-9 Published: Aug-2000	Nominated for Best First Mystery Novel by Mystery Writers of America.	A reminder. There's a book giveaway going on somewhere within these pages. Go here for a hint.
The Closet Hanging by Tony Fennelly Our price: $14.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 224 ISBN: 0-595-14237-0 Published: Oct-2000	The gay aristocrat, Matt Sinclair, the scion of an old New Orleans family, is accused of murder. The victim was found hanged in a closet owned by Matt’s family. And he can’t account for his whereabouts due to temporary amnesia caused by an epileptic seizure.
The Chochise Myth by Russ McNeill Our price: $14.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 228 ISBN: 0-595-25307-5 Published: Nov-2002	A murder mystery set in the modern day west featuring a legend of lost treasure. Two deputy sheriffs are dispatched to evict two vagrants from an abandoned farm. Neither the deputies or the vagrants are ever heard from again. Paul George, retired military, becomes drawn into the mystery because of an old friendship with the Sheriff. The case is complicated by the estranged relationship between Paul and his son, a deputy in the sheriff's department. Further complications occur when a developing romantic relationship between Paul and Susan Benton is sidetracked when she becomes a possible suspect in the case. Throw in an old legend about Cochise and the mysterious someone or something that protects the grave and you have the ingredients of a very good read.
Come Clean by Kevin J. Porter Paperback, 312 pages ISBN: 0-595-24572-2	Soon to be a motion picture! A murder, like no other, has been committed by a serial killer who believes Hannibal Lecter would envy his techniques. In tracking down the killer, Kevin Porter takes his readers on a breathless trail in and around Hollywood North (Vancouver, Canada), including the set locations of The X-Files. Because of its style, Come Clean allows readers to be a jump ahead of Porter, thus being privy to his foibles and flaws of character. As the unrelenting tension builds, Porter shares intimacies about his ten-year inter-generational relationship with a young gay man, Brent Barnes. Poignant, but often hilarious, these "personal" insights are a welcome relief from the heart-thumping suspense that builds right up to the final moments of Come Clean.	Nominated for 2003 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Novel Ex-RCMP officer, Chameleon killer, Hollywood North. Dashes of Shakespeare and X-Files and a loving gay relationship all mixed together with horror and humor.
Copp for Hire by Don Pendleton Our price: $16.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 272 ISBN: 0-595-15308-9 Published: Jan-2001	The brazen daylight hit and run murder of a vivacious stripper leads Private Investigator Joe Copp into the rough and tumble, down-and-dirty, sleazy underbelly of Southern California and on to the deadly vice pits of Honolulu’s Chinatown. There, on the dark side of paradise, Copp takes on corrupt politicians, dirty cops, the exploitation of beautiful call girls—all ensnared in a deadly game of sex for power, pleasure and profit.	“Pendleton, author of the long-running paperback Executioner series, shows in his first hardcover that hardboiled writing can be insightful as well as action-packed.”—Library Journal “Joe Copp, the toughest operator this side of Mike Hammer.” —ALA Booklist
Copp in the Dark by Don Pendleton Our price: $16.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 256 ISBN: 0-595-15319-4 Published: Jan-2001	A plea for help from a mysterious client plunges Private Eye Joe Copp into the dark shadows of legitimate theatre. The playbill includes multiple murders, kinky sex, illicit drugs, organized crime figures and corrupt politicians, and Copp, in a desperate struggle for survival, scrambles to fit the pieces together before the last bloody act.	“A fast-moving, even blurring, story of murder behind the floodlights.” —Book World “Pendleton has a great new character in Copp. His style is fresh, the pace is brisk, and there are enough twists to please any mystery fan.” —St. Petersburg Times
Copp in Deep by Don Pendleton Our price: $14.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 228 ISBN: 0-595-15322-4 Published: Jan-2001	In an adventure filled with high tension and intrigue, ex-cop turned Private Eye, Joe Copp, sinks into a world of greed and corporate corruption, treason, professional sex, and murder on demand. As the corpses pile up, Copp dodges the Feds, butts heads with traitors, romances women with questionable morals, and finds himself out in the cold, in deep, and getting deeper, in his search for truth and justice.	“A throwback to the vintage Spillane era, Pendleton knows how to keep us turning the pages.” —Publishers Weekly
Copp in Shock by Don Pendleton Our price: $17.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 260 ISBN: 0-595-15317-8	Private Investigator Joe Copp, finds himself recovering from a bout of partial amnesia after being nearly blown away with his own gun. It seems that during his lost weeks he married a woman who is now in the county morgue and the police are trying to pin her murder on widower, Joe Copp. Copp’s riveting search for answers leads him to Mammoth Lakes mountain resort where, in his darkest hour, he is in a fierce battle with his own mind and with those who want to eliminate him.	“A roller coaster ride of mayhem, murder, rollicking fun.” —Publishers Weekly
Copp on Fire by Don Pendleton Our price: $14.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 228 ISBN: 0-595-15321-6	Private Investigator, Joe Copp’s case pulls him into the corporate halls and back lots of Hollywood, behind the glamorous facade of the movie industry, where subjects of a stakeout are murdered. After an undercover narcotics officer is nearly killed, Copp is charged as an accomplice to murder, and is thrown into a real-life Hollywood scenario where death becomes the favorite plot device for the whole bloody show.	“Pendleton has a hold of something very fundamental here— as if he had seen the basic template from which all P.I.’s are cut, a truly unexpected pleasure.” —Rave Reviews
Copp on Ice by Don Pendleton Our price: $18.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5.5 x 8.5 Pages: 244 ISBN: 0-595-15312-7	“Pendleton deserves his popularity. A real whiz-bang of a story.” —Associated Press Private Eye, Joe Copp, takes on the world of corrupt cops. In the temporary role as Chief of Police of a force gone bad, Copp finds himself on an icy, downhill trail of murder, sex, drugs and dirty politics. The badge he wears offers little protection against the evil forces of corruption.	“Gripping, riveting.” —Publishers Weekly “Action filled. Copp is a likeable tough guy. An exciting, satisfying read.” —Booklist “Pendleton proves again he is the equal of Mickey Spillane when it comes to the hard-boiled mystery.” —Mystery Writer
Deadbeat by Michael K. Martin Our price: $12.95 Format: Paperback Size: 6 x 9 Pages: 232 ISBN: 0-595-14052-1	Lisa Jones, a beautiful young woman with a Caribbean accent, asks private investigator, Frank Taylor, to locate her missing brother. Without officially taking the case, Frank soon finds himself peeling through layers of fraud, lies and deceit. Before he can locate the missing brother, the man turns up murdered in a hotel room, which just happens to be registered to none other than Lisa Jones. Suddenly, Lisa is nowhere to be found, and several shadowy characters are trying to put Frank in the hospital. That's when the police get involved. That's also when Frank finds out that the dead man wasn't Lisa's brother at all. Set in New York City, Deadbeat is a fast-paced, hard-boiled thriller in the tradition of Raymond Chandler. A tightly woven page-turner from a fresh new talent.
The Dogs by Jerrold Mundis Our price: $13.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5 x 8 Pages: 240 ISBN: 0-595-14787-9 *Selection: Literary Guild; Doubleday Book Club; Field & Stream* Book Club**	The Alpha Litter. An experimental breed of canines. Keenly intelligent. Strongly assertive. Savagely aggressive. At the age of fifteen weeks, one—a male—is missing. And a hundred miles away, in a small New England town, a divorced college professor named Alex Bauer has found a puppy… “Far better than Jaws!”—Kirkus “Ferocious”—Library Journal “Relentless”—Booklist “Impressive”—The Washington Post “Finely crafted … This superb novel by a supremely gifted naturalist is uncompromising.”—Business Week
Eye to Eye - An Ashton Ford Novel by Don Pendleton Our price: $12.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5 x 8 Pages: 224 ISBN: 0-595-16394-7	Don Pendleton, creator of the popular Executioner Series, brings forth an unconventional hero with Ashton Ford and takes us into the mysterious unknown, shattering our ideas of reality. Ashton Ford has special psychic powers...powers people sometimes call supernatural, like his ability to see the future. Now both America’s and Russia’s most brilliant astronomers and space scientists have mysteriously vanished. Under the shadow of the world’s largest telescope, former naval intelligence officer, Ashton Ford takes on the most baffling case of his life- one that will offer him glimpses into worlds that not even he has ever seen.
Garden of Thorns by Lillian Stewart Carl Our price: $19.95 Format: Paperback Size: 5 x 8 Pages: 352 ISBN: 0-595-09447-3	Eighty years ago, a woman was murdered by her own husband. Tonight, another woman will hear her secrets... Mark is working at an archaeological excavation and Hilary at an art museum in Fort Worth, Texas. Their relationship is rocky enough without someone resorting to murder to keep his skeletons in the closet. "…an onionskin plot, a fine set of characters, a dash of humor and interesting realism. Each revelation sends the story in a new direction." —Timothy Lane

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