Fall 2015 - The Bob Rosenberg Group

LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO READ BAD BOOKS
Fall 2015 Catalog
S E PTEM BER–JANUA RY
SEPTEMBER 2015
Clutch of Constables
RODERICK ALLEYN #25
BY NGAIO MARSH
We do love a man in a uniform, but the “Constables” in
question are not policemen but paintings—the landscapes,
specifically, of the 19th-century painter John Constable.
Agatha Troy (the artist wife, you’ll remember, of Inspector
Alleyn) has a special fondness for Constable’s work, so
she jumps at the chance to take a river-cruise through
“Constable Country” in the east of England. Her enthusiasm
dims a little when it becomes clear that the ticket became
available at the last minute only because a previous passenger was murdered in his cabin—and murdered, it seems,
by a notorious international criminal known as the
“Jampot.” (How we long for the days when notorious
international criminals had really cute names.)
FELONY CATEGORY: VINTAGE
September • Fiction/Mystery
240 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-042-2 • $14.95
•“Interesting characters, cosily murderous atmosphere,
the usual excellent writing.”
—Edmund Crispin, Sunday Times
When in Rome
RODERICK ALLEYN #26
BY NGAIO MARSH
FELONY CATEGORY: VINTAGE
September • Fiction/Mystery
240 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-044-6 • $14.95
In 1968 Ngaio Marsh took her own Roman holiday (in part
to research Italian police procedures) and the change seems
to have done her good: Both her British and U.S. agents
believed When in Rome to be the finest novel in her “Inspector Alleyn” series. As is so often (and so satisfyingly) the
case, the tale concerns a murder within a closed group—in
this case, a group of tourists visiting what Marsh calls the
“Basilica di San Tommaso,” who find themselves fumbling
into a complex web of blackmail and drug-smuggling. Adding
some irresistible color are depictions of both La Dolce Vita (of
which Marsh took a jaundiced view) and the student radicals
of the day, whom she seems to have found somewhat more
persuasive. All in all, a brilliant example of classic Golden Age
plotting melded with a decidedly Space Age cast.
•“Superintendent Alleyn is as devastating as ever.”
—Sunday Telegraph (UK)
SEPTEMBER 2015
Tied Up in Tinsel
RODERICK ALLEYN #27
BY NGAIO MARSH
It’s 1972, and while Elton John and Alice Cooper may be
topping the charts, Inspector Alleyn’s latest case is set in that
most gloriously retro environment: The country-house party.
A Christmas party, as it happens, where Agatha Troy is enjoying the local holiday pageant and also painting the host’s
portrait. The painting’s coming along fine, but the pageant
goes a little pear-shaped when one of the players disappears.
Could one of the party’s eccentric guests (are there any other
kind?) have been involved? Or—perhaps more likely—could
the finger of blame come to rest on one of the manor-house
servants, each of whom happens to be a recent prison parolee? What luck! Inspector Alleyn is on hand to wrap up the
questions into the perfect Christmas parcel.
FELONY CATEGORY: VINTAGE
September • Fiction/Mystery
264 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-046-0 • $14.95
•“An inviting background and a genuine puzzle…Dame
Ngaio had me honestly fooled as to the true murderer and
to the way it was done.” —New York Times
Black as He’s Painted
RODERICK ALLEYN #28
BY NGAIO MARSH
Ng’ombwana is a (fictional) African nation to have emerged
in the wake of colonialism; as it happens, its President
is Inspector Alleyn’s old school chum, the “Boomer.” Old
school ties being what they are, the Boomer—making an
official visit to London—insists that Alleyn handle his security, rather than Her Majesty’s Special Branch. The Special
Branch is not best pleased about this, as the Boomer is
known to have some very deadly enemies, and the threats
only increase when the Ng’ombwanan ambassador is
killed. Happily for the Boomer, not only is Alleyn up to the
task, but he is assisted by the rescued cat Lucy Lockett,
who may have lost her pocket but proves extremely adept at
finding clues.
FELONY CATEGORY: VINTAGE
September • Fiction/Mystery
264 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-048-4 • $14.95
•“A splendid, eccentric detective story in classic style”
—Evening Standard (UK)
NOVEMBER 2015
A Willing Victim
BY LAURA WILSON
It’s 1956 and the world is in turmoil—the Bikini Atoll, the
Suez Crisis, the Hungarian Uprising—these are just some
of the events Inspector Ted Stratton can’t help but think
about as he makes his way through a murder investigation.
The murder victim is a young man in London whose bookshelves are filled with literature on spirituality and esoteric
religions, and who had just recently left the Foundation for
Spiritual Understanding, a new age cult based in Suffolk.
Traveling to Suffolk to investigate, Inspector Stratton encounters a community of fervent believers led by an enigmatic,
charismatic leader, and a femme fatale with a shady past.
In addition to a gripping, twisty murder mystery, the book is
also a portrait of England in the mid-fifties, and a meditation on the dangerous power of faith.
FELONY CATEGORY: HISTORICAL
November • Fiction/Mystery
432 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-069-9 • $14.95
ALSO FROM LAURA WILSON
•“Wilson is as adroit at the straightforward mechanics
of the crime mystery as she is at evocative prose shot
through with a keen sense of the past.”
—The Independent (UK)
DECEMBER 2015
Death and Letters
HENRY GAMADGE #15
BY ELIZABETH DALY
Henry Gamadge is summoned to a secluded estate by way
of a crossword puzzle, the only means of communication
for a widow being held captive by her relatives. They claim
she’s lost her mind; she thinks they have shut her away
to keep her from spilling on her late husband’s suspicious
suicide. Gamadge knows that a woman who can convey
her situation in the space of a crossword is most definitely in
possession of her mental faculties. But can he sort out the
secrets of a clan so scandal-averse they would do anything
to avoid it?
•“Henry Gamadge is one of the most captivating sleuths in
detective fiction.”—New York Herald Tribune
FELONY CATEGORY: VINTAGE
December • Fiction/Mystery
216 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-072-9 • $14.95
ALSO FROM ELIZABETH DALY
JANUARY 2016
The Glass Mask
BY LENORE GLEN OFFORD
FELONY CATEGORY: VINTAGE
January • Fiction/Mystery
264 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-028-6 • $14.95
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In Skeleton Key, readers were introduced to Georgine
Wyeth, a widowed young mother in California who
stumbled across a body and walked—she emphatically
did not fall —into the arms of Todd McKinnon, a pulp
novelist living in the community where the murder took
place. It’s now a few years later, and the couple are taking
a car trip with Georgine’s daughter, Barbie. On their way
home they stop for what they fondly imagine will be a brief
visit with a most peculiar family, only to be sucked into the
family’s extremely peculiar mystery, involving a disappeared
husband, a dead old lady, and mysterious footsteps in
the night. First published in 1944, The Glass Mask is a
fascinating mix of old-fashioned puzzle-mystery and a
startlingly modern sensibility—that allows Todd and
Georgine to travel together, for example, without the
benefit of wedding rings. It’s a delight.
•“An entertaining tale, and one of Offord’s best.”
—Susan Dunlap, 1001 Midnights
Skeleton Key
BY LENORE GLEN OFFORD
LENORE GLEN OFFORD
FELONY CATEGORY: VINTAGE
240 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-032-3 • $14.95
“Grettry Rd. was no place for a housewife with a
wholesome regard for her own safety, but as the sign
said, it was ‘Not a Through Street.’ Once you were in,
you couldn’t get out….”
That was the original jacket copy for Skeleton Key, first
published in 1943. Lurid? Sure. Purple? The very purest plum.
But it doesn’t tell you that the housewife is Georgine Wyeth, a
young widow keeping house for herself and her young daughter, and paying the rent—scrambling for it—by typing for a
local academic, a scientific gentleman. Working late one night
(there’s a war on, you know), she gets caught in a blackout,
only to trip over the very dead body of an air-raid warden.
A simple accident? Or something more sinister? And could
Georgine’s work for that scientific gentleman somehow have
put her in jeopardy?
With an introduction by critic Sarah Weinman, author of
Troubled Daughters, Twisted Wives.
JANUARY 2016
Killer Instinct
CHARLIE FOX #1
BY ZOË SHARP
Charlie Fox was no good at being the nice girl her parents
wanted, so she joined Her Majesty’s military and acquired a
new set of skills. Now she puts them to use teaching selfdefense to battered women in a refuge—passing on the finer
points of roundhouse kicks, running like hell, and breaking a
cheekbone when necessary. Her skills come in even handier
when she takes a job working security at the Adelphi, a hot
new club with an enigmatic owner. And they come in handiest of all when a rapist appears to be targeting the desperate
women at the refuge, and someone with a very nasty line in
knife-work appears to be targeting Charlie’s friends.
•“The bloody bar fights are bloody brilliant…Charlie’s skills
are for real”—New York Times
FELONY CATEGORY: HARD BOILED
January • Fiction/Mystery
360 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-074-3 • $14.95
•“Sharp manages to combine blood-and-guts action with
a strongly feminist slant…this is a must for crime-fiction
fans who like it rough.”—Booklist
Riot Act
CHARLIE FOX #2
BY BY ZOË SHARP
No good deed goes unpunished. That’s what Charlie Fox
discovers when she agrees to dog-sit for a friend, only to find
that the friend’s housing complex is being terrorized by violent
gangs. Desperate and frightened, the residents have hired
a freelance “security” firm, whose bully-boy tactics aren’t a
whole lot more appealing. With her bike on hand and a big
dog by her side, Charlie is more than able to take care of
herself, until a ghost comes calling – a ghost from some of
Charlie’s very bad old days. To save the locals of the Lavender Garden estate (and incidentally, her own skin), Charlie’s
going to have to learn to trust somebody. That’s going to be a
tough lesson to learn: Trust has never been her strong suit.
FELONY CATEGORY: HARD BOILED
January • Fiction/Mystery
384 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-075-0 • $14.95
•“Ill-tempered, aggressive, and borderline psychotic, Fox
is also compassionate, introspective, and highly principled…one of the coolest heroines in contemporary mystery fiction”—Chicago Tribune
RECENT FELONIES
In the Spider’s House
(originally published in the UK as The Spider’s House)
BY SARAH DIAMOND
FELONY CATEGORY: WILD CARD
432 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-030-9 • $14.95
Mired in a dead-end job, and with a grand total of zero ideas
for a second novel, Anna is delighted when her husband’s
employer requires that they relocate to a small village in Dorset.
Maybe the move will jump-start….something. At first, it does,
as Anna becomes absorbed in researching local history. Quaint
little Abbots Newton, the town that time forgot, turns out to
have briefly been home to a notorious murderess from the 60s.
In fact, the murderess lived in Anna’s new house. In fact…
well, there’s no use borrowing trouble, is there? Not when
trouble keeps turning up on Anna’s doorstep, and her shiny
new research project—purely for the novel, she swears!—is
looking more and more like obsession.
Sarah Diamond (1976–2013) is a British author of four
suspense novels, of which The Spider’s House was the last.
•“Diamond twists the coils of supense to breaking point...
a first-class psychological thriller that’s probably best read
with the lights on.”—Daily Record
The Death Chamber
BY SARAH RAYNE
Calvary. The name does not inspire cheerful associations,
and Calvary Gaol, with its grim façade and brutal history,
does nothing to improve the reputation. On a chilly night
its ghosts can all but be heard chattering, from the doomed
political radical to the dapper ladies’ man with a knife in his
sleeve, from the blackmailed doctor to the spiritualist who
fed, like a vampire, on the misery of World War I. Calvary
is abandoned now, but those ghosts are still calling, and TV
producer Chad Ingram can’t stop listening. With a crew and
a journalist in tow, he resolves to film in the prison’s execution chamber, sure it’s spooky, but with the bustle and technology of the 21st century, surely they’ve got nothing to fear.
Sarah Rayne is the author of a number of psychological suspense novels, including A Dark Dividing and Ghost
Song. She lives in London.
FELONY CATEGORY: WILD CARD
432 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-050-7 • $14.95
•“Will have you holding your breath and listening for
noises if you read it after midnight.”—Euro Crime
•“Eruditely eerie.”—Reviewing the Evidence
RECENT FELONIES
Crooked Herring
ETHELRED & ELSIE #5
BY LC TYLER
FELONY CATEGORY: VINTAGE
240 pages • 5.5” x 8” • pb[T]
ISBN: 978-1-63194-056-9 • $14.95
ALSO FROM LC TYLER
“You don’t believe me, do you?” asked Henry. “That I might
have killed somebody.” Well, really. The genuine murderer—the real pro—tends to keep track of that sort of thing.
And he wasn’t dressed for murder. The tweed jacket, the
checked waistcoat, and above all the yellow bow tie…they
would have enabled Henry to audition as an extra in a 50s
costume drama—a dodgy bookmaker, say, or a ne’er-dowell younger brother destined for exile to one of the more
obscure colonies. They were not clothes that you would risk
wearing for a murder.
Which is fine, since there isn’t actually a body. And
yet there are an awful lot of red herrings, just begging to
be pawed through by the hapless Ethelred and Elsie, his
chocolate-chomping agent.
Len Tyler lives in London. The first two novels in his
“Elsie and Ethelred” series (The Herring-Seller’s Apprentice,
and Ten Little Herrings) were shortlisted for both the Edgar
award and the UK’s “Last Laugh” award; The Herring in the
Library won the Last Laugh.
THE FELONIOUS BACKLIST
ADAM, Paul
The Rainaldi Quartet FOREIGN
“A fascinating historical journey into the mystery of a legendary lost violin” (Sunday Telegraph, UK)
(978-1-933397-77-1; 1-933397-77-2) • $14.95
Paganini’s Ghost FOREIGN
“Superb...the full-bodied characters are captivating, and the clever plot, enriched by meticulously
detailed historical intrigues, builds to a satisfying conclusion” (Publishers Weekly)
(978-1-934609-68-2; 1-934609-68-4) • $14.95
ALFIERI, Annamaria
City of Silver HISTORICAL
Set in 1650 in the Peruvian city of Potosi, famous for its silver mines; the Washington Post called
the novel a “South American Name of the Rose” (978-1-934609-73-6; 1-934609-73-0) • $14.95
ALLINGHAM, Margery
Mystery Mile VINTAGE
CAMPION #2
“One of the top 50 mysteries of all time” (Los Angeles Times)
(978-1-933397-44-3; 1-933397-44-6) • $14.95
Look to the Lady VINTAGE
CAMPION #3 “In Margery Allingham’s hands the detective novel is transformed from a craft into an
art” (Sunday Telegraph, UK) (978-1-933397-57-3; 1-933397-57-8) • $14.95
Police at the Funeral VINTAGE
“A richly detailed, entertaining romp, with a fascinating resolution and an unusual
and winning sleuth” (Chicago Sun-Times) (978-1-933397-64-1; 1-933397-64-0) • $14.95
CAMPION #4
Sweet Danger VINTAGE
CAMPION #5
“Will keep you guessing right to the end” (Toronto Star) (978-1-933397-90-0; 1-933397-
90-X) • $14.95
Death of a Ghost VINTAGE
CAMPION #6
“Wonderfully plotted…Allingham was a rare and precious talent” (Washington Post)
(978-1-933397-82-5; 1-933397-82-9) • $14.95
Flowers for the Judge VINTAGE
CAMPION #7
“One of her best—vivid and witty” (New York Times)
(978-1-934609-12-5; 1-934609-12-9) • $14.95
THE FELONIOUS BACKLIST
Dancers in Mourning VINTAGE
CAMPION #8
“Combines humor, suspense, and great charm” (New York Times)
(978-1-933397-98-6; 1-933397-98-5) • $14.95
The Fashion in Shrouds VINTAGE
CAMPION #10
“Towers high above the ordinary mystery story…ingenious and sophisticated” (New
York Times) (978-1-934609-27-9; 1-934609-27-7) • $14.95
Traitor’s Purse VINTAGE
CAMPION #11
“You’ll be so sewed down to this one you won’t stop for anything” (New Yorker)
(978-1-934609-42-2; 1-934609-42-0) • $14.95
Pearls Before Swine VINTAGE
“A most ingenious puzzle that mingles a sense of the grim with lively humor” (Times
Literary Supplement, UK) (978-1-934609-37-8; 1-934609-37-4) • $14.95
CAMPION #12
More Work for the Undertaker VINTAGE
CAMPION #13
“A top-notch mystery, full of keen characterization” (New York Times)
(978-1-934609-48-4; 1-934609-48-X) • $14.95
The Tiger in the Smoke VINTAGE
CAMPION #14
“A splendid, gaudy, extravagant bloom, guaranteed to please” (New York Times)
(978-1-934609-57-6; 1-934609-57-9) • $14.95
The Beckoning Lady VINTAGE
“A fine, rich tangle of a cast” (New York Herald); one of the frothiest and most
deliriously charming books in the Campion series (978-1-934609-58-3; 1-934609-58-7) • $14.95
CAMPION #15
Hide My Eyes VINTAGE
“A charming novel, with admirably colorful London backgrounds and fine narrative
tension (New York Times) (978-1-934609-62-0; 1-934609-62-5) • $14.95
CAMPION #16
The China Governess VINTAGE
“Miss Allingham is very, very good and those who are not familiar with her have a
discovery awaiting them” (Los Angeles Times) (978-1-934609-63-7; 1-934609-63-3) • $14.95
CAMPION #17
The Mind Readers VINTAGE
“[Margery Allingham] has surpassed herself and all her previous endeavors with this
brilliant and cunning suspense story” (Book Week) (978-1-934609-74-3; 1-934609-74-9) • $14.95
CAMPION #18
THE FELONIOUS BACKLIST
ALLINGHAM, Margery (CONTINUED)
Cargo of Eagles VINTAGE
“Stands as a properly enjoyable literary memorial to a thriller and detective writer
who will be much missed” (Times Literary Supplement) (978-1-934609-91-0; 1-934609-91-9) • $14.95
CAMPION #19
Black Plumes VINTAGE
Set at a prestigious art gallery beset by a series of malicious attacks and centering on Gabrielle Ivory,
formidable matriarch and Victorian beauty nearing 90; one of the few non-series novels Allingham
wrote; first published in 1940 (978-1-934609-30-9; 1-934609-30-7) • $14.95
ALVTEGEN, Karin
Missing FOREIGN
Edgar nominee. The U.S. debut of Sweden’s award-winning “Queen of Crime”; “Taut, riveting,
impossible to put down” (Booklist, starred review) (978-1-934609-28-6; 1-934609-28-5) • $14.95
Betrayal FOREIGN
First U.S. publication; “Betrayal makes Patricia Highsmith look tame” (Boston Globe)
(987-1-934609-29-3; 1-934609-29-3) • $14.95
Shame FOREIGN
First U.S. publication; When two very different women with tormenting pasts come together by
accident, their memories can no longer stay contained (978-1-934609-43-9; 1-934609-43-9) • $14.95
ANTHONY, Michael David
The Becket Factor BRITISH
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL #1
“A good ecclesiastical thriller is a rarity. Grab this one. It’s a treat.”
(The Observer, UK) (978-1-933397-95-5; 1-933397-95-0) • $14.95
Midnight Come BRITISH
“An eerie, thickly plotted and satisfying mystery, embroidered with
much fascinating detail” (Publishers Weekly) (978-1-934609-26-2; 1-934609-26-9) • $14.95
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL #2
Dark Provenance BRITISH
CANTERBURY CATHEDRAL #3
“A superior example of the classic English crime novel” (The Tele-
graph, UK) (978-1-934609-83-5; 1-934609-83-8) • $14.95
THE FELONIOUS BACKLIST
BARNARD, Robert
Death and the Chaste Apprentice BRITISH
An irresistible theatrical satire by “the wryest wit and most scathing satirist in today’s mystery” (Chicago Sun-Times; “You will exult in the unexpected kicker that ends this seductive story” (Publishers
Weekly) (978-1-933397-63-4; 1-933397-63-2) • $14.95
Corpse in a Gilded Cage BRITISH
“Barnard…is a delight as he dissects the British class system…this is one of his best”
(Washington Post) (978-1-934609-04-0; 1-934609-04-8) • $14.95
Out of the Blackout BRITISH
A dark, riveting story of identity with flashbacks to London in the 1930s, by a multi-award-winning
author and eight-time Edgar nominee (978-1-933397-32-0; 1-933397-32-2) • $14.95
Skeleton in the Grass BRITISH
“Barnard is a superb stylist…the period [between the two world wars] has been captured perfectly,
and the characters are beautifully delineated in this elegant and compassionate novel”
(978-1-933397-81-8; 1-933397-81-0) • $14.95
BERKELEY, Anthony
The Poisoned Chocolates Case VINTAGE
First published in 1929; a classic of the Golden Age of mystery fiction and one of the great puzzlemysteries of all time (978-1-934609-44-6; 1-934609-44-7) • $14.95
BLUNDY, Anna
The Bad News Bible FOREIGN
First in the series featuring Faith Zanetti, a smart, damaged and hard-drinking foreign correspondent
who lives in nearly constant danger of being blown up. “This is a keeper; don’t miss it” (Booklist,
starred review) (978-1-933397-97-9; 1-933397-97-7) $14.95
Vodka Neat FOREIGN
Faith Zanetti returns to post-Soviet Moscow and the scene of her marriage to a Russian bootlegger.
“A brilliant thriller” (Publishers Weekly) (978-1-934609-34-7; 1-934609-34-X) • $14.95
Breaking Faith FOREIGN
Faith Zanetti runs into her own family’s history when she starts receiving messages from her longdead father. “Sizzles with suspense” (Publisher’s Weekly) (978-1-934609-51-4; 1-934609-51-X) • $14.95
THE FELONIOUS BACKLIST
BRETT, Simon
Blotto, Twinks and the Ex-King’s Daughter BRITISH
First in a very funny new series by the author of more than 80 mystery novels; “bubbles with
subtlety and delight” (Crime Time, UK) (978-1-934609-69-9; 1-934609-69-2) • $14.95
Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess BRITISH
Hurray for the return of the intrepid duo, stepping right into a murder at a
weekend house party with the prime suspect none other than Corky, the beloved family chauffeur
BLOTTO, TWINKS #2
(978-1-934609-92-7; 1-934609-92-7) • $14.95
Blotto, Twinks and the Rodents of the Riviera BRITISH
Blotto and Twinks are off to France to chase down the theft of portraits from
the family mansion and, in the process, rescue a film star (978-1-937384-41-8; 1-937384-41-1) • $14.95
BLOTTO, TWINKS #3
Blotto, Twinks and the Bootlegger’s Moll BRITISH
With the family in financial difficulties, Blotto is to be married off to an American canned meat heiress, and thus Blotto and Twinks find themselves in prohibition-era Chicago
with hilarious consequences (978-1-937384-92-0; 1-937384-92-6) • $14.95
BLOTTO, TWINKS #4
CAPE, Tony
The Cambridge Theorem ESPIONAGE
“Few can rival this extraordinary novel” (West Coast Review of Books) about a cop who happens on
a crime involving the Cambridge spy ring of the 1930s (978-1-933397-03-0; 1-933397-03-9) • $14.95
CHARLES, Kate
A Drink of Deadly Wine BRITISH
The first in a series set in the Church of England; “A bloodstained version of the world of Barbara
Pym” (The Guardian) (978-1-934609-82-8; 1-934609-82-X) • $14.95
COOK, Bob
Disorderly Elements ESPIONAGE
“Combines the best of espionage fiction with a ‘sting’ of classic proportions” (Library Journal)
(978-1-933397-41-2; 1-933397-41-1) • $14.95
Paper Chase ESPIONAGE
“All the elements of a proper espionage yarn, combined with wit and a pair of fine surprises in the
denouement (Publishers Weekly) (978-1-933397-80-1; 1-933397-80-2) • $14.95
THE FELONIOUS BACKLIST
CRISPIN, Edmund
The Case of the Gilded Fly VINTAGE
GERVASE FEN #1 Remarkable series by “one of the most literate mystery writers of the 20th century” (Boston Globe) (978-1-933397-00-9; 1-933397-00-4) • $14.95
Holy Disorders VINTAGE
GERVASE FEN #2
“combines a flawless plot and witty dialogue ” (New York Times)
(978-1-933397-28-3; 1-933397-28-4) • $14.95
The Moving Toyshop VINTAGE
GERVASE FEN #3
named by P.D. James as one of the best five mysteries of all time
(978-1-934609-78-1; 1-934609-78-1) • $14.95
Love Lies Bleeding VINTAGE
GERVASE FEN #5
“Shows terrific wit, and a great talent for bringing interesting characters to life”
(The New Yorker) (978-1-933397-85-6; 1-933397-85-3) $14.95
Buried for Pleasure VINTAGE
GERVASE FEN #6
“An absolute and unalloyed delight” (New York Times)
(978-1-934609-20-0; 1-934609-20-X) • $14.95
Sudden Vengeance VINTAGE
GERVASE FEN #7
“Crispin [is] a bright British light in the mystery field (New York Times)
(978-1-934609-41-5; 1-934609-41-2) • $14.95
The Long Divorce VINTAGE
GERVASE FEN #8 “Charming and witty...Crispin’s most polished performance” (New York HeraldTribune) (978-1-934609-55-2; 1-934609-55-2) • $14.95
The Glimpses of the Moon VINTAGE
GERVASE FEN #9
The deliriously funny last novel in the series (978-1-937384-03-6; 1-937384-03-9) •
$14.95
CULLEN, Robert
Soviet Sources ESPIONAGE
COLIN BURKE #1
A stunning Cold War yarn that “jolts the genre into new life” (Time) (978-1-933397-
27-6; 1-933397-27-6) • $14.95
Cover Story ESPIONAGE
COLIN BURKE #2
“Better than Gorky Park” (Los Angeles Times)
(978-1-933397-71-9; 1-933397-71-3) • $14.95
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CULLEN, Robert (CONTINUED)
Dispatch From a Cold Country ESPIONAGE
“More than an effective page-turner, this is good enough that one wishes to call it
a fine novel” (Kirkus) (978-1-933397-89-4; 1-933397-89-6) • $14.95
COLIN BURKE #3
DALY, Elizabeth
Unexpected Night VINTAGE
HENRY GAMADGE #1 In which our hero solves his first case, in a small coastal Maine town
(978-1-937384-77-7; 1-937384-77-2) • $14.95
Deadly Nightshade VINTAGE
Also set in Maine, where Gamadge must help with a case of multiple
poisonings (978-1-937384-79-1; 1-937384-79-9) • $14.95
HENRY GAMADGE #2
Murders in Volume 2 VINTAGE
HENRY GAMADGE #3 The consummate Gentleman Sleuth solves the case of a mysterious reap-
perance (with a cameo by a volume of the works of Lord Byron) (978-1-933397-01-6; 1-933397-01-2) •
$14.95
The House without the Door VINTAGE
HENRY GAMADGE #4 “You’ll have a hard time finding better reading” (New York Times)
(978-1-933397-35-1; 1-933397-35-7) • $14.95
Evidence of Things Seen VINTAGE
HENRY GAMADGE #5
“Ingenious … most readers will be completely fooled” (New York Times)
(978-1-933397-72-6; 1-933397-72-1) • $14.95
Nothing Can Rescue Me VINTAGE
“Deliciously back-biting characters, all gathered in an imposing mansion in
upstate New York…a pleasure” (New York Times) (978-1-933397-88-7; 1-933397-88-8) • $14.95
HENRY GAMADGE #6
Arrow Pointing Nowhere VINTAGE
“Told with all the skill that Miss Daly has at her command, and she has
plenty” (New York Times) (978-1-934609-24-8; 1-934609-24-2) • $14.95
HENRY GAMADGE #7
The Book of the Dead VINTAGE
HENRY GAMADGE #8
“An absorbing yarn that holds up to the end” (New York Times)
(978-1-934609-56-9; 1-934609-56-0) • $14.95
Any Shape or Form VINTAGE
“One of the best of Miss Daly’s excellent mysteries” (New York Herald
Tribune) (978-1-934609-72-9; 1-934609-72-2) • $14.95
HENRY GAMADGE #9
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Somewhere in the House VINTAGE
HENRY GAMADGE #10
“An exciting novel and an excellent mystery” (San Jose News)
(978-1-937384-04-3; 1-937384-04-7) • $14.95
The Wrong Way Down VINTAGE
HENRY GAMADGE #11
Gamadge solves the mystery of a drawing that has sudden acquired an
inscription (978-1-937384-73-9; 1-937384-73-X) • $14.95
Night Walk VINTAGE
HENRY GAMADGE #12 A small town where everyone knows everyone is rattled by the apperance of
a prowler and the ensuing murder; Gamadge sets everything right (978-1-63194-000-2; 1-63194-000-7) •
$14.95
The Book of the Lion VINTAGE
HENRY GAMADGE #13 Called to sort through the letters of a dead poet, Gamadge is intrigued
by the author’s sudden death, and decides to dig deeper (978-1-63194-026-2; 1-63194-026-0) • $14.95
And Dangerous to Know VINTAGE
Gamadge tracks down the secret life of a very proper, very boring Upper
East Side spinster who has inexplicably gone missing (978-1-63194-062-0; 1-63194-062-7) • $14.95
HENRY GAMADGE #14
DAVIES, David Stuart
Forests of the Night HISTORICAL
Set in WWII London and featuring young detective Johnny Hawke, this novel “will have fans of historical mystery eagerly awaiting a follow-up” (Library Journal) (978-1-933397-87-0; 1-933397-87-X) • $14.95
DEAN, S.F.X.
By Frequent Anguish TRADITIONAL
NEIL KELLY #1 A mystery, “with all the wit, literary allusion, and graceful writing that one could ask
for” (Library Journal) (978-1-933397-31-3; 1-933397-31-4) • $14.95
Such Pretty Toys TRADITIONAL
NEIL KELLY #2 “An erudite mystery, where the witty byplay is as important as the well done puzzle”
(Library Journal) (978-1-933397-70-2; 1-933397-70-5) • $14.95
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DICKINSON, Peter
King and Joker BRITISH
A palace whodunit with an imaginary royal family – by, arguably, the most inventive writer in the
genre; “Witty, triumphantly touching…exceptional” (Newsweek)
(978-1-933397-37-5; 1-933397-37-3) • $14.95
The Old English Peep Show BRITISH
A Gold Dagger-winner set at England’s answer to Colonial Williamsburg; “Read this tale carefully;
it’s a jewel” (New York Times) (978-1-933397-74-0; 1-933397-74-8) • $14.95
Skin Deep BRITISH
Gold-Dagger winner for Best Crime Novel; “Highly original…displays great anthropological invention and sociological wit, and real distinction” (Ross MacDonald) (978-1-934609-09-5; 1-934609-09-9) •
$14.95
Sleep and His Brother BRITISH
Yet another original thriller from the inimitable Dickinson, this time set at an institution that cares for
special needs children; “Gorgeous and eerie” (New York Times) (978-1-934609-15-6; 1-934609-15-3) •
$14.95
FLINT, Shamini
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder FOREIGN
INSPECTOR SINGH #1 “It’s impossible not to warm to the portly, sweating, disheveled, wheezing
Inspector Singh [of the Singapore police]” (The Guardian) (978-1-934609-89-7; 1-934609-89-7) • $14.95
Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul FOREIGN
The inspector is seconded to Bali, and paired with an irritating Australian
colleague (978-1-937384-35-7; 1-937384-35-7) • $14.95
INSPECTOR SINGH #2
GRAHAM, Caroline
The Killings at Badger’s Drift BRITISH
INSPECTOR BARNABY #1 The ideal “murder in the English village” mystery by “the best detective
writer since Agatha Christie” (London Times) (978-1-933397-04-7; 1-933397-04-7) • $14.95
Death of a Hollow Man BRITISH
INSPECTOR BARNABY #2
A delicious satire of community theater; “hard to praise highly enough”
(London Times) (978-1-933397-26-9; 1-933397-26-8) • $14.95
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Death in Disguise BRITISH
INSPECTOR BARNABY #3 set in a New Age commune; “Wickedly funny … evokes the golden age
of the classic detective story” (Orlando Sentinel) (978-1-933397-69-6; 1-933397-69-1) • $14.95
Written in Blood BRITISH
Takes dead aim at a pretentious writers’ group; “Very funny, with a deliciously eccentric cast of characters” (Yorkshire Post, UK) (978-1-933397-83-2; 1-933397-83-7) • $14.95
INSPECTOR BARNABY #4
Murder at Madingley Grange BRITISH
A non-series satire of country-house mystery featuring a hilariously mismatched cast of guests and
a “murder weekend” gone awry (978-1-933397-52-8; 1-933397-52-7) • $14.95
GRINDLE, Lucretia
The Faces of Angels FOREIGN
An atmospheric, Edgar-nominated thriller set in Florence. Two years ago, Mary Warren survived an
attack at the Boboli gardens; now, someone is killing women in the same terrifyingly familiar pattern
(978-1-934609-86-6; 1-934609-86-2) • $14.95
HARRIS, John Norman
The Weird World of Wes Beattie TRADITIONAL
An irresistible blend of Agatha Christie-style plotting and a P.G. Wodehouse-style tone, set in Toronto
(978-1-933397-38-2; 1-933397-38-1) • $14.95
HARROD-EAGLES, Cynthia
Orchestrated Death BRITISH
BILL SLIDER #1 A contemporary British novel remarkable for its irresistibly clever writing laced with
the very best puns. “A bravura debut” (New York Times) (978-1-934609-22-4; 1-934609-22-6) • $14.95
HEAD, Matthew
The Devil in the Bush VINTAGE
Witty and “bitingly effective” (New York Times); the 1st in the Dr. Mary Finney series featuring a lady
missionary who sidelines as the Miss Marple of colonial Africa (978-1-933397-21-4; 1-933397-21-7) •
$14.95
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HELLER, Keith
Man’s Illegal Life HISTORICAL
“An astonishing, electrifying mystery” (New York Times) set in 18th-century London, where the
death of a miser suggests that the Plague may have re-emerged (978-1-933397-10-8; 1-933397-10-1) •
$14.95
HILL, Reginald
The Spy’s Wife ESPIONAGE
A middle-class English wife learns that her husband has spent ten years as a Soviet spy;
“an extra-ordinary heroine” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) (978-1-933397-33-7; 1-933397-33-0) • $14.95
Who Guards a Prince ESPIONAGE
One stubborn British cop takes on a vast, shadowy conspiracy in this thriller by “our finest living
crime writer” (London Sunday Telegraph) (978-1-933397-02-3; 1-933397-02-0) • $14.95
Death of a Dormouse BRITISH
A painfully shy, reclusive woman, newly widowed, is forced into action by the revelation that her
husband may not have been who she thought him to be; “Splendidly intricate and involving, done
with panache and wit” (Times of London) (978-1-933397-60-3; 1-933397-60-8) • $14.95
Traitor’s Blood ESPIONAGE
Reads like a cross between Ross Thomas and James Bond; “A perfect mixture of tension and mordant humor that should satisfy the most demanding reader” (Publishers Weekly)
(978-1-934609-18-7; 1-934609-18-8) • $14.95
A Clubbable Woman BRITISH
DALZIEL & PASCOE #1 The first in the phenomenally popular series about a pair of mismatched
Yorkshire cops. With a new introduction by the author (978-1-933397-93-1; 1-933397-93-4) • $14.95
An Advancement of Learning BRITISH
The pair of mismatched detectives solve a series of campus crimes amid
mutual hostilities between the police and the student body. Introduces the fiery young woman who
will become Mrs. Pascoe later in the series (978-1-934609-08-8; 1-934609-08-0) • $14.95
DALZIEL & PASCOE #2
Ruling Passion BRITISH
Off duty and out of his jurisdiction, Pascoe stumbles upon the murder of a
group of old friends and finds himself at odds with the local police (978-1-934609-17-0; 1-934609-17-X) •
DALZIEL & PASCOE #3
$14.95
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An April Shroud BRITISH
DALZIEL & PASCOE #4 Andy Dalziel spends his holiday at a crumbling country manor, sticking his
bulbous nose into the circumstances surrounding the late owner’s demise
(978-1-934609-32-3; 1-934609-32-3) • $14.95
A Killing Kindness BRITISH
A serial killer the newspapers have dubbed “the Yorkshire Choker” is strangling women and calling newspapers to recite lines from Hamlet (978-1-934609-38-5; 1-934609-38-2) •
DALZIEL & PASCOE #6
$14.95
Deadheads BRITISH
DALZIEL & PASCOE #7 Patrick Aldermann, an accountant and rose gardener may appear to be a
contender for Most Boring Man in Yorkshire, yet senior executives at his company have the unlikely
habit of dying just in time to benefit Patrick’s career (978-1-934609-59-0; 1-934609-59-5) • $14.95
Exit Lines BRITISH
DALZIEL & PASCOE #8 Three old men meet their end on the same chilly night; nothing seems to
connect them at first, but leave it to Dalziel to trace the links (978-1-934609-60-6; 1-934609-60-9) • $14.95
Child’s Play BRITISH
An elderly widow dies leaving apparently no heirs—until a man appears at
her graveside claiming to be her long-lost son, and entitled to her substantial fortune
DALZIEL & PASCOE #9
(978-1-934609-61-3; 1-934609-61-7) • $14.95
Under World BRITISH
Set in an economically depressed mining town, the novel chronicles a
community that distrusts strangers and holds on to its secrets—with lethal effects
DALZIEL & PASCOE #10
(978-1-934609-81-1; 1-934609-81-1) • $14.95
HOLME, Timothy
The Neapolitan Streak FOREIGN
INSPECTOR PERONI #1 Introducing the dashing Inspector Peroni, the “Rudolph Valentino of the
Italian police”; “The characters are delightfully etched and Verona is bewitchingly presented” (Daily
Telegraph) (978-1-933397-96-2; 1-933397-96-9) • $14.95
A Funeral of Gondolas FOREIGN
INSPECTOR PERONI #2 Inspector Peroni is in Venice, investigating a rigged gondola race; “Filled
with an exotic gallery of Venetian grotesques” (Times Literary Supplement)
(978-1-934609-25-5; 1-934609-25-0) • $14.95
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HOUGAN, Carolyn
The Romeo Flag ESPIONAGE
An irresistible mix of WWII Shanghai, a lost heir to the Romanov throne, CIA intrigue and suspense
by a writer of “enormous talent” (San Francisco Examiner) (978-1-933397-13-9; 1-933397-13-6) • $14.95
Shooting in the Dark ESPIONAGE
An American woman in Amsterdam stumbles into international intrigue; “Stunningly good”
(San Francisco Herald) (978-1-933397-53-5; 1-933397-53-5) • $14.95
IRONSIDE, Elizabeth
Death in the Garden BRITISH
Elegant and literary, with a plot that shifts back and forth between the 1920s and present day London; one of the “12 Best Books of 2005” (National Public Radio) (978-1-933397-17-7; 1-933397-17-9) •
$14.95
The Accomplice BRITISH
A tidy English garden conceals a secret that leads back to the chaos of the Russian Revolution;
“Spellbinding” (The Telegraph, UK) (978-1-933397-50-4; 1-933397-50-0) • $14.95
A Very Private Enterprise BRITISH
A stuffy British diplomat is murdered in an oddly dramatic fashion in India; “Really excellent, with
original and interesting characters” (Times Literary Supplement) (978-1-933397-94-8; 1-933397-94-2) •
$14.95
A Good Death FOREIGN
Set in occupied France in the last months of WWII and the immediate post-war era; “Compelling
and moving” (Publishers Weekly) (978-1-934609-19-4; 1-934609-19-6) • $14.95
The Art of Deception BRITISH
A fascinating character study with a stunning surprise in its tail; “The plotting is deft, the characters
interesting, and the passages about authenticating paintings are as exciting as the book itself” (Sunday Times of London) (978-1-934609-40-8; 1-934609-40-4) • $14.95
JOEL, Maggie
The Past and Other Lies WILD CARD
British-born Australian novelist Joel brilliantly explores the way betrayals and lies from the past poison the future in this story of three generations of sisters (978-1-937384-75-3; 1-937384-75-6) • $14.95
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The Second-Last Woman in England BRITISH
With her family gathered around a newly purchased TV set to watch Queen Elizabeth’s coronation,
Mrs. Harriet Wallis shoots her husband three times. Why did she do it?
(978-1-934609-99-6; 1-934609-99-4) • $14.95
KAMINSKY, Stuart
Black Knight in Red Square FOREIGN
The Moscow international film festival is being threatened by a dangerous terrorist, and the KGB needs Inspector Rostnikov to get her before she embarrasses them in the
eyes of the international community (978-1-933397-58-0; 1-933397-58-6) • $14.95
INSPECTOR ROSTNIKOV #2
KENT, Christobel
The Drowning River FOREIGN
First in a series set in contemporary Florence. On a rainy November, formercop-turned-PI Cellini investigates the suicide of an elderly Holocaust survivor and the disappearance
of a reckless young English heiress (978-1-934609-90-3; 1-934609-90-0) • $14.95
SANDRO CELLINI #1
A Fine and Private Place FOREIGN
Cellini investigates the death of the beautiful American-Italian director of
an artists’ colony in the countryside of Florence (978-1-937384-36-4; 1-937384-36-5) • $14.95
SANDRO CELLINI #2
KOTZWINKLE, William
The Game of Thirty HARD BOILED
A classic PI novel laced with ancient Egyptian mysticism; “A perfect mystery” (Armchair Detective)
(978-1-933397-68-9; 1-933397-68-3) • $14.95
LAWRENCE, David
The Dead Sit ‘Round in a Ring BRITISH
A beautifully written London noir about a hard-drinking cop who
stumbles onto a very strange murder scene (978-1-937384-69-2; 1-937384-69-1) • $14.95
DETECTIVE STELLA MOONEY #1
LOVESEY, Peter
Bertie and the Seven Bodies HISTORICAL
BERTIE #1 A “Prince of Wales” mystery with a Christie-style plot and a splendidly pompous protagonist; “No one is more fun than Bertie!” (New York Times) (978-1-933397-36-8; 1-933397-36-5) • $14.95
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LOVESEY, Peter (CONTINUED)
Bertie and the Crime of Passion HISTORICAL
“A lively evocation of fin-de-siecle Paris … another one of Lovesey’s winning confections” (New York Times) (978-1-933397-67-2; 1-933397-67-5) • $14.95
BERTIE #2
MAITLAND, Barry
The Marx Sisters BRITISH
On London’s tiny Jerusalem Lane time seems to have slipped backwards,
its elderly émigrés still fighting ancient political battles that seem irrelevant—until the old timers start
dying (978-1-934609-31-6; 1-934609-31-5) • $14.95
BROCK AND KOLLA #1
MANN, Paul
Season of the Monsoon FOREIGN
GEORGE SANSI #1 Ideal for fans of Henning Mankell, this “classic noir thriller” (Publishers Weekly)
shows us Bombay through the eyes of a local cop (978-1-933397-07-8; 1-933397-07-1) • $14.95
The Ganja Coast FOREIGN
In this “astoundingly vivid” (New York Times) second installment, Sansi uncovers the dark side of Goa when he investigates the drug scene there (978-1-933397-29-0; 1-933397-29-2)
GEORGE SANSI #2
• $14.95
MARSH, Ngaio
A Man Lay Dead VINTAGE
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #1 A “Murder Game” at a country-house weekend turns deadly, in this first out-
ing for one of the most celebrated sleuths of the Golden Age (978-1-934609-84-2; 1-934609-84-6) • $14.95
Enter a Murderer VINTAGE
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #2
Inspector Alleyn witnesses a murder on stage during a theater performance
(978-1-934609-95-8; 1-934609-95-1) • $14.95
The Nursing Home Murder VINTAGE
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #3 For one unlucky Member of Parliament a simple visit to the hospital (the
“nursing home” of the title) proves fatal (978-1-934609-87-3; 1-934609-87-0) • $14.95
Death in Ecstasy VINTAGE
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #4 Inspector Alleyn’s occasional sidekick, journalist Nigel Bathgate, witnesses
the death of a young acolyte during a religious ceremony (978-1-937384-12-8; 1-937384-12-8) • $14.95
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Vintage Murder VINTAGE
Traveling to New Zealand, Inspector Alleyn befriends the members of a
touring theater company and witnesses an odd accident—or was it? (978-1-937384-14-2; 1-937384-14-4)
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #5
• $14.95
Artists in Crime VINTAGE
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #6 On his way back from New Zealand Inspector Alleyn meets the painter Agatha Troy, who will become his wife later in the series, and must subsequently investigate a murder
at her artist colony (978-1-937384-27-2; 1-937384-27-6) • $14.95
Death in a White Tie VINTAGE
Blackmail and murder during the London debutante season, as well as the
continuation of the Alleyn-Troy romance (978-1-937384-30-2; 1-937384-30-6) • $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #7
Overture to Death VINTAGE
It’s murder in the little English village, with a shot ringing out of the piano
during a performance of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in c-sharp minor (978-1-937384-32-6; 1-937384-32-2) •
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #8
$14.95
Death at the Bar VINTAGE
When a barrister dies after being struck by a dart in a Devon bar, Inspector
Alleyn suspects that his legal work may hold a clue to the murder (978-1-937384-51-7; 1-937384-51-9) •
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #9
$14.95
A Surfeit of Lampreys VINTAGE
The hapless Lamprey clan is broke, their only hope an inheritance from
their wealthy and loathed uncle, who just happens to be murdered during a visit to the Lamprey
abode (978-1-937384-53-1; 1-937384-53-5) • $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #10
Death and the Dancing Footman VINTAGE
A stormed-in country house full of people who hate one another.
When murder ensues, Inspector Alleyn must restore order (978-1-937384-54-8; 1-937384-54-3) • $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #11
Colour Scheme VINTAGE
Returning to New Zealand during World War II, Inspector Alleyn investigates potential spy activity. He is in disguise throughout, his identity withheld even from the readers
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #12
(978-1-937384-55-5; 1-937384-55-1) • $14.95
Died in the Wool VINTAGE
Still in New Zealand, Inspector Alleyn is called upon to solve the case of
Flossie Rubrick, member of parliament and wife of a sheep farmer, who was found dead inside one
of her own bales of wool (978-1-937384-56-2; 1-937384-56-X) • $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #13
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MARSH, Ngaio (CONTINUED)
Final Curtain VINTAGE
Inspector Alleyn’s wife, Agatha Troy, has been invited to paint the portrait
of a famous stage actor and beloved aging patriarch; When the patriarch turns up dead, Alleyn
steps in to solve the case, with his wife’s assistance (978-1-937384-57-9; 1-937384-57-8) • $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #14
Swing, Brother, Swing VINTAGE
It’s lucky Inspector Alleyn is on hand at the jazz club when one of the
band’s members (a not too popular fellow) ends up dead (978-1-937384-58-6; 1-937384-58-6) • $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #15
Night at the Vulcan VINTAGE
A theatrical mystery from one of the best practitioners of the sub-genre;
here, the events are portrayed through the eyes of a young aspiring actress from New Zealand
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #16
(978-1-937384-59-3; 1-937384-59-4) • $14.95
Spinsters in Jeopardy VINTAGE
A departure for Marsh, this novel is structured as a thriller, with Inspector
Alleyn pursuing a secretive and dangerous cult (978-1-937384-76-0; 1-937384-76-4) • $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #17
Scales of Justice VINTAGE
The New York Times called this “the best strictly formal detective story
Miss Marsh has ever written,” and indeed the setting—an English village—and characters recall
Agatha Christie (978-1-937384-99-9; 1-937384-99-3) • $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #18
Death of a Fool VINTAGE
Every solstice the village of South Mardian comes together for a traditional
fertility play and Morris dance. This time, one of the players is separated from his head during the
performance, and Inspector Alleyn puzzles out an apparently impossible crime
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #19
(978-1-63194-016-3; 1-63194-016-3) • $14.95
Singing in the Shrouds VINTAGE
Inspector Alleyn is on the track of a serial killer who leaves a flower next to
his victims; his pursuit leads him to board a ship where one of the travelers is guaranteed to be his
quarry. But which one? (978-1-63194-017-0; 1-63194-017-1)• $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #20
False Scent VINTAGE
Inspector Alleyn is back on the stage, where a celebrated London actress
is murdered on the night of her own birthday party (978-1-63194-019-4; 1-63194-019-8)• $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #21
Hand in Glove VINTAGE
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #22 No one could doubt that Mr. Percival Pyke Period was genuinely distraught
when his neighbor, Harry Cartell, turned up dead in a ditch. But how is it that Mr. Percival Pyke
came to write the letter of condolence before the body was found? (978-1-63194-022-4; 1-63194-022-8) •
$14.95
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Dead Water VINTAGE
The “Pixie Falls” spring with its reported miraculous healing properties has
been a boon to the local community. So when a new owner seeks to put an end to the trade, will
frustration boil into murderous rage? (978-1-63194-024-8; 1-63194-024-4) • $14.95
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #23
Killer Dolphin VINTAGE
INSPECTOR ALLEYN #24 The newly renovated Dolphin Theater is having a smashing season per-
forming a new play inspired by a priceless glove said to belong to Shakespeare. But then murder
takes center stage (978-1-63194-036-1; 1-63194-036-8) • $14.95
MCDOWELL, Michael
Jack & Susan in 1913 WILD CARD
A charming trilogy in which Jack & Susan are always 27, destined for one another, and solving
crimes; in 1913, they travel west to be in the movie business
(978-1-937384-38-8; 1-937384-38-1) • $14.95
Jack & Susan in 1933 WILD CARD
Jack & Susan are both married to the wrong people, and when one of them turns up dead Susan
becomes the cop’s favorite suspect and Jack saves the day (978-1-937384-39-5; 1-937384-39-X) • $14.95
Jack & Susan in 1953 WILD CARD
When word arrives that someone is trying to poison Susan’s uncle James, she and Jack must travel
to Cuba to rescue him (978-1-937384-40-1; 1-937384-40-3) • $14.95
MORGAN, Fidelis
Unnatural Fire HISTORICAL
The first in the very funny Countess Ashby de la Zouche series of 17th century London; “A lusty,
audacious historical romp” (The Guardian, UK) (978-1-934609-50-7; 1-934609-50-1) • $14.95
The Rival Queens HISTORICAL
COUNTESS ASHBY DE LA ZOUCHE #2 The Countess and her maid stumble upon the murder of a
popular leading lady of the theater and uncover corruption at the highest levels of Society
(978-1-934609-75-0; 1-934609-75-7) • $14.95
NADEL, Barbara
Belshazzar’s Daughter FOREIGN
INSPECTOR IKMEN #1 First in the extraordinary, richly atmospheric series set in Istanbul; “Intriguing,
exotic, exciting, and original” (Literary Journal, UK) (978-1-933397-49-8; 1-933397-49-7) • $14.95
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NADEL, Barbara (CONTINUED)
The Ottoman Cage FOREIGN
“Even better than Nadel’s extraordinary first novel, Belshazzar’s Daughter”
(Evening Standard, UK) (978-1-933397-84-9; 1-933397-84-5) • $14.95
INSPECTOR IKMEN #2
Arabesk FOREIGN
Set in the dramatic world of Arabesk, the throbbing, sentimental music beloved of Turkey’s working classes; “As evocative of the Middle East as the call of the muezzin” (The
Independent, UK) (978-1-934609-35-4; 1-934609-35-8) • $14.95
INSPECTOR IKMEN #3
PIESMAN, Marissa
Unorthodox Practices TRADITIONAL
“A hilarious mystery” (New York Times) featuring a Nice Jewish Girl, her nosy
mother, and the perils of New York real estate; a perfect fit for fans of Janet Evanovich
NINA FISCHMAN #1
(978-1-933397-19-1; 1-933397-19-5) • $14.95
Personal Effects TRADITIONAL
In which the utterly urban Nina impersonates an outdoorsy type in order to catch
a killer; “A lively sense of the absurd” (Publishers Weekly) (978-1-933397-76-4; 1-933397-76-4) • $14.95
NINA FISCHMAN #2
Heading Uptown TRADITIONAL
In which Nina heads up to the strange land of Great Neck, Long Island to
uncover murder in suburbia; “Pungent, perceptive, and pure fun” (San Diego Union-Tribune)
NINA FISCHMAN #3
(978-1-934609-10-1; 1-934609-10-2) • $14.95
RADLEY, Sheila
Death in the Morning BRITISH
A lovely, deeply intelligent series about a cop in an English market
town; “Almost too good to be true” (Washington Post) (978-1-933397-46-7; 1-933397-46-2) • $14.95
INSPECTOR QUANTRILL #1
The Chief Inspector’s Daughter BRITISH
INSPECTOR QUANTRILL #2 Young and depressed, Alison Quantrill develops a fascination with a
glamorous romance-writer who has a knack for stirring up unhealthy passions; “Unusually
thoughtful and entertaining” (The New Yorker) (978-1-933397-92-4; 1-933397-92-6) • $14.95
A Talent for Destruction BRITISH
INSPECTOR QUANTRILL #3 “May ruin forever your ideas of what a small English market town
should be like, but you’re certain to keep reading” (Chicago Tribune) (978-1-934609-16-3; 1-934609-161) • $14.95
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Fate Worse than Death BRITISH
INSPECTOR QUANTRILL #5 Inspector Quantrill and his deputy uncover the dark side of a verdant
English village as they investigate the case of a missing bride-to-be (978-1-934609-39-2; 1-934609-39-0)
• $14.95
RAYNE, Sarah
A Dark Dividing WILD CARD
A chilling story of two sets of conjoined twins separated by 100 years of history and brought together by a grim mansion on the Welsh border; “As sinister, dark and twisted as they come...Totally
hypnotic” (Bookseller) (978-1-934609-80-4; 1-934609-80-3) • $14.95
Ghost Song WILD CARD
The Tarleton music hall, once a glamorous Edwardian playhouse, is now empty and, legend has
it, haunted. What happened there at the beginning of World War I, and how did leading man Toby
Chance disappear? (978-1-937384-10-4; 1-937384-10-1) • $14.95
What Lies Beneath WILD CARD
Back in the 1950s, the village of Priors Bramley was shut down as part of a Cold War experiment
with chemical weapons; with the village declared fit to reopen, old stories and old crimes bubble up
to the surface, wreaking havoc on the present (978-1-937384-67-8; 1-937384-67-5) • $14.95
REYNOLDS, Bonnie Jones
The Truth About Unicorns WILD CARD
Set in upstate New York in the 1920s, this novel resembles nothing so much as Shirley Jackson’s
“The Lottery” in its portrayal of a small isolated community; “I could hardly put it down until I knew
how it all came out” (Cincinnati Enquirer) (978-1-934609-65-1; 1-934609-65-X) • $14.95
ROSS, Kate
Cut to the Quick HISTORICAL
JULIAN KESTREL #1 “Period atmosphere, polished dialog, ever-present class distinctions, and sprinklings of Regency romance” (Library Journal) mark this first in a series set in Regency England
(978-1-934609-49-1; 1-934609-49-8) • $14.95
A Broken Vessel HISTORICAL
“Ross briskly explores the sordid underbelly of the Regency period with sharply
etched characters, authentic slang and a smartly intricate plot” (Publishers Weekly)
JULIAN KESTREL #2
(978-1-934609-71-2; 1-934609-71-4) • $14.95
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ROSS, Kate (CONTINUED)
Whom the Gods Love HISTORICAL
In this “tale as sparkling as champagne (with a dash of arsenic)” (Publishers
Weekly) Kestrel investigates the murder of a popular young man (978-1-937384-05-0; 1-937384-05-5) •
JULIAN KESTREL #3
$14.95
The Devil in Music HISTORICAL
JULIAN KESTREL #4 A charming novel set in Italy, in the world of opera music, and plotted like an
opera as well—in the best way possible (978-1-937384-71-5; 1-937384-71-3) • $14.95
SHAW, Catherine
The Library Paradox HISTORICAL
A Vanessa Weatherburn mystery, set in Victorian London; “A series of interlocking mysteries involving both academia and the Jewish community of [London’s] East End … an absorbing evocation of
fin de siecle London” (The Scotsman) (978-1-934609-11-8; 1-934609-11-0) • $14.95
The Riddle of the River HISTORICAL
As she helps the police identify a young woman drowned in the river, Vanessa Weatherburn can’t
help noticing that the old notions of respectability are still there under a thin veneer of newfound
female freedoms (978-1-934609-33-0; 1-934609-33-1) • $14.95
SHELDON, Charlie
Fat Chance HARD BOILED
A deliriously clever caper; “A complex sting with a cast of memorable characters … extremely
enjoyable” (Toronto Star) (978-1-933397-45-0; 1-933397-45-4) • $14.95
SKEGGS, Douglas
The Triumph of Bacchus BRITISH
A perfect combination of art history and nail-biting suspense filled with details on the trade in stolen
paintings and the techniques used to fake them (978-1-933397-99-3; 1-933397-99-3) • $14.95
STASHOWER, Daniel
Elephants in the Distance TRADITIONAL
A traditional whodunit by an Edgar-winning author set in the world of professional magicians.
“Stashower works powerful magic of the literary kind . . . this is a model whodunit, executed with
real finesse” (New York Times) (978-1-933397-65-8; 1-933397-65-9) • $14.95
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SYMONS, Julian
The Blackheath Poisonings HISTORICAL
A beautifully written Victorian whodunit by a multi-award-winning writer; “Here, most emphatically,
is a book to relish” (The New Yorker) (978-1-933397-16-0; 1-933397-16-0) • $14.95
TASCHDJIAN, Claire
The Peking Man is Missing FOREIGN
Based on one of the great unsolved mysteries of the 20th century, the disappearance of the Peking
Man fossils from China during World War II, this novel, written by one of the last people to see the
fossils, speculates on what might have happened to them. With additional materials on the real life
mystery (978-1-934609-13-2; 1-934609-13-7) • $14.95
THOMAS, Leslie
Dangerous Davies: The Last Detective BRITISH
Mild mannered “Dangerous” Davies is not his superiors’ first choice for
detecting crime, and thus has a lot of time on his hands to pick through an ancient case that everybody else seems to have forgotten (978-1-934609-67-5; 1-934609-67-6) • $14.95
DANGEROUS DAVIES #1
TYLER, L.C.
The Herring Seller’s Apprentice BRITISH
ELSIE & ETHELRED #1 The Edgar-nominated U.S. debut of a killingly funny British series featuring Ethelred Tressider, the middle-aged writer of mediocre mysteries and his agent, the delightfully
pesky, nosy, vulgar, chocolate-chomping Elsie (978-1-934609-23-1; 1-934609-23-4) • $14.95
Ten Little Herrings BRITISH
ELSIE & ETHELRED #2 Edgar nominee. Elsie and Ethelred poke their noses into the deaths of philatelists during a stamp-collectors’ conference (978-1-934609-52-1; 1-934609-52-8) • $14.95
The Herring in the Library BRITISH
When Elsie agreed to dine with Ethelred’s pal and his wife at their country
house, she didn’t quite expect that the host would be murdered in his own library
ELSIE & ETHELRED #3
(978-1-934609-76-7; 1-934609-76-5) • $14.95
Herring on the Nile BRITISH
Lacking in inspiration, Ethelred decides to take a Nile cruise (well, it worked
for Christie), and the ubiquitous Elsie follows. And murder ensues (978-1-937384-02-9; 1-937384-02-0) •
ELSIE & ETHELRED #4
$14.95
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VERHOEF, Esther
Close-Up FOREIGN
The U.S. debut of an award-winning Dutch author; A stunning psychological thriller in the bestselling tradition of Nicci French; “Both a thriller and an always-interesting portrait of a woman groping
her way into the light” (Tangled Web) (978-1-934609-47-7; 1-934609-47-1) • $14.95
VITTACHI, Nury
The Feng Shui Detective FOREIGN
FENG SHUI DETECTIVE #1 First in a very funny series set in Singapore; Perfect for fans of The No. 1
Ladies Detective Agency (978-1-934609-53-8; 1-934609-53-6) • $14.95
The Feng Shui Detective Goes West FOREIGN
Master Wong (the titular detective) is not a fan of the West, yet he must
go to England on a very special mission: the Royal Family needs a feng shui master
FENG SHUI DETECTIVE #2
(978-1-934609-79-8; 1-934609-79-X) • $14.95
WATSON, Peter
Landscape of Lies TRADITIONAL
“A wonderful offering” (Library Journal) mixing art-history and increasingly tense suspense, as an
art-dealer races a murderer to decipher the clues in a painting and uncover a medieval treasure
(978-1-933397-18-4; 1-933397-18-7) • $14.95
WELSH, Louise
Naming the Bones BRITISH
Professor Murray Watson hopes that his biography of Archie Lunan, a poet who drowned 30 years
earlier off a remote stretch of Scottish coast, will redeem both Lunan’s reputation and his own. But
the more he learns about Lunan’s sordid life, the more unlikely redemption appears
(978-1-934609-66-8; 1-934609-66-8) • $14.95
WESTLAKE, Donald (writing as Samuel Holt)
One of Us Is Wrong HARD BOILED
SAM HOLT #1 First in a series of fast, funny, “blood-and-blunder” thrillers, by one of the great masters of the genre (978-1-933397-40-5; 1-933397-40-3) • $14.95
I Know a Trick Worth Two of That HARD BOILED
“In a field where amateur detectives are a dime a dozen, here’s one worth at least a
buck” (New York Times) (978-1-933397-43-6; 1-933397-43-8) • $14.95
SAM HOLT #2
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What I Tell You Three Times Is False HARD BOILED
SAM HOLT #3
“A suspenseful tale from a writer who seems to improve with every outing” (Booklist)
(978-1-933397-55-9; 1-933397-55-1) • $14.95
The Fourth Dimension Is Death HARD BOILED
SAM HOLT #4
“Great fun…Entertainment with a capital ‘E’!” (As Crime Goes By)
(978-1-933397-56-6; 1-933397-56-X) • $14.95
WILSON, Laura
The Lover HISTORICAL
Based on the true story of the “Blackout Ripper”, a meticulously researched thriller set in 1940
London during the Blitz; “A tense and intelligent psychological thriller” (The Guardian, UK)
(978-1-934609-88-0; 978-1-934609-88-9) • $14.95
The Innocent Spy HISTORICAL
INSPECTOR STRATTON #1 Originally published as Stratton’s War, this award-winning historical
novel tells the parallel stories of a working-class cop and a society lady doing intelligence work during the London Blitz (978-1-937384-09-8; 1-937384-09-8) • $14.95
An Empty Death HISTORICAL
It’s almost the end of the war, and Stratton is investigating an odd series
of murders at a hospital while his wife helps bombing victims (978-1-937384-37-1; 1-937384-37-3) •
INSPECTOR STRATTON #2
$14.95
The Wrong Man HISTORICAL
Although the war is over, life is not too cheerful for Inspector Stratton,
who is nursing his depression like an old war wound. And there is one crime in particular Stratton
just can’t shake. Based on a true story, this is “Historical crime fiction at its best” (The Guardian)
INSPECTOR STRATTON #3
(978-1-937384-83-8; 1-937384-83-7) • $14.95
WRIGHT, L.R.
The Suspect FOREIGN
The Edgar-winning debut of the series set in the sunshine coast of Canada; “Every bit as good as the novels of P.D. James and Ruth Rendell” (People) (978-1-934609-07-1; 1-934609-
KARL ALBERG #1
07-2) • $14.95
A Chill Rain in January FOREIGN
KARL ALBERG #3
Another character-based psychological study in the vein of The Suspect;
(978-1-934609-36-1; 1-934609-36-6) • $14.95
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WRIGHT, L.R. (CONTINUED)
Fall from Grace FOREIGN
“Alberg continues to be a most appealing protagonist—akin to P.D. James’ Dalgliesh and Ruth Rendell’s Wexford, but with a quintessentially Canadian voice” (Publishers Weekly)
KARL ALBERG #4
(978-1-934609-64-4; 1-934609-64-1) • $14.95
Youngman-Carter, Philip
Mr. Campion’s Farthing VINTAGE
Originally published in 1969 and based on an idea by Margery Allingham.
The penultimate appearance of Albert Campion, the novel is a Cold War update of the series with
elements of espionage and international intrigue (978-1-63194-001-9; 1-63194-001-5) • $14.95
ALBERT CAMPION #20
Mr. Campion’s Falcon VINTAGE
Mr. Campion’s final adventure points (like so many good mysteries) to the
past, as first an archeologist is murdered and then a geologist disappears
ALBERT CAMPION #21
(978-1-63194-002-6; 1-63194-002-3) • $14.95 Ordering Information
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