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Thicker Than Water

14 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Lindy Cameron

£8.99 14 Aug 2008 Paperback Bywater Books

"Kit O'Malley is smart-mouthed, sharp-witted, and sexy."-Val McDermid

Kit O'Malley, the Australian PI with the mean right hook, is smarter, tougher, and more dangerous than ever, and she is on the scene when a corpse belonging to a member of a notorious Melbourne crime family is found at her local bar. Asking the right questions of the wrong people sees Kit and her friends dragged into serious danger. Blood Guilt and Bleeding Hearts, the first two Kit O'Malley mysteries, are also available from Bywater Books.

Lindy Cameron lives on the Mornington Peninsula outside Melbourne, Australia.

Sudden Death Sudoku

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Katie McDonald Mystery

By Shelley Freydont

£13.99 07 Aug 2008 Hardback Running Press

Presents a murder mystery which is based around the hugely popular Sudoku craze. Featuring heroine Katie McDonald - a member of 'the Institute of Theoretical Mathematics' and master puzzle solver - this title features Sudoku puzzles.

The Sudoku Murder

07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Katie McDonald Mystery

By Shelley Freydont

£7.99 07 Aug 2008 Paperback Running Press

Katie McDonald takes some time off from her job and returns to her hometown to help her mentor try to save the Avondale Puzzle Museum. But when she finds her friend dead at his desk, she becomes the de facto curator of the museum and chief suspect in the professor's murder.

The Glass Devil

05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Helen Tursten

£7.99 05 Aug 2008 Paperback Soho Press Inc

"An exciting account of a triple homicide."-"The New York Times Book Review"

"Highly recommended."-"Library Journal" (starred)

Pastor Sten Schyttelius, his wife, and his son, a schoolteacher, have been shot dead. Could this be the work of a cult of Satanists, as the clues left by the murderer indicate? Detective Inspector Irene Huss is on the case.

Helene Tursten's Irene Huss mysteries have been highly praised and have been made into a film and a TV series. Tursten was born in Gteborg, Sweden, where she now lives with her husband and daughter.

Death of a Garage Sale Newbie

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Sharon Dunn

£18.95 04 Aug 2008 Hardback Thorndike Press

Since when do three women, bonded together by the need to clip coupons and be first at door buster sales, solve crimes? Since the fourth member of the Bargain Hunters Network was found dead.

Pussyfoot

04 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Carole Nelson Douglas

£6.99 04 Aug 2008 Paperback Saint Martin's Press Inc.

Midnight Louie is on the prowl again - and the game is definitely afoot when petite public relations freelancer Temple Barr finds herself at a striptease convention, up to her spike heels in muscle-bound males, siliconed females... and murder. As Temple tracks the killer, Midnight Louie pursues his own investigation.

If It's Not One Thing, It's a Murder

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Wolfe, Liz

£4.37 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Medallion Press

Skye Donovan has a life of structure and predictability after 22 years of marriage. Upon discovering another woman's underwear in her home, she suspects her husband is fooling around. She realizes her suspicions are both right and wrong when she walks in on him--and his boyfriend. Skye now finds herself confronting a new reality--she needs to start life over, find a new job, move to a new place, break the news to her teenage daughter, and worst of all, start dating again. Just when Skye thinks she has her best friend to help her through it all, corpses begin turning up--and that same friend is the prime suspect. To make things worse, she soon finds herself dealing with a handsome detective, a sexy writer, a pagan wedding, an unexpected pregnancy, and a new career. Now, amidst the chaos, she must exonerate her friend before the murderer strikes even closer to home.

The Painted Man

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Graham Masterton

£10.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Severn House Publishers Ltd

When an elevator in the semi-abandoned Giley Building sticks at floor fifteen during a May lunchtime, it's no great surprise to the office-workers whose lunches are getting cold. But when the elevator car shudders to the ground floor and the doors open to reveal the body of a middle-aged man, who has been stabbed repeatedly.

A Taste to Die for

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By J.G. Goodhind

£10.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Severn House Publishers Ltd

Chefs can be arrogant, competitive and downright murderous at times, so when Bath International Taste Extravaganza (BITE for short) organize a best chef competition, Honey Driver, the Hotels' Association police liaison officer, senses trouble. Her instinct proves correct when the winning chef is found dead in his own kitchen.

False Charity

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Heley, Veronica

£10.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Severn House Publishers

Newly widowed and back in London from a prolonged stay in New Zealand, sixty-something Bea Abbot must decide what to do with her husband's business. The Abbot Agency is an exclusive organization which handles domestic crises such as house clearances, staff problems and entertaining. Their byword is discretion, at all costs.

Mummy Dearest

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hess, Joan

£41.20 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Playaway

Playaway is the simplest way to listen to audio on the go. Each Playaway comes with the digital content already pre-loaded on it and a battery to make it play. Simply plug in earbuds and enjoy. Each ultra-portable Playaway weighs only two ounces and comes packaged with earbuds and a standard AAA battery to allow for immediate listening. Every Playaway comes ready to shelve in drop-box friendly packaging, complete with title inserts and instructions. Playaway is being circulated in over 11,000 public, academic, military and government libraries with a 99% library customer satisfaction rate. With 70 respected publishing partners, a growing collection of over 1,500 titles across 30 genres is available. No Cassettes. No CD's. No downloads. Just Play.

Through a Glass, Deadly

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Atwell, Sarah

£14.26 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Gale Cengage

Glassblower Emmeline Dowell has made a home for herself among the artists of Tucson's Warehouse District. But her friendship with a troubled newcomer takes a dangerous turn after the woman's husband turns up dead in Em's studio. This first title in a new series includes recipes and glassblowing resources. Original.

From Dead to Worse

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harris, Charlaine

£18.10 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Gale Cengage

Searching for a Starry Night

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Verstraete, Christine

£6.04 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Quake

Bitter Pill

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Klemstein, Stacey

£7.41 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Echelon Press Publishing

Justice for the Damned: A Medeival Mystery

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Royal, Priscilla

£8.21 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Poisoned Pen Press

In May of 1272 Prioress Eleanorrecovering from a near fatal winter feverreturns to Amesbury Priory to visit her aunt and to continue her recovery. Instead, Death seems to lurk around every corner. When a man is decapitated near the river, Eleanor suspects a human hand at work, but her aunt is reticent to investigate. Who is this restless spirit? Is it a ghost? A demon? A human? This is the fourth novel in the Medeival Mystery series.

Forsaken Soul: A Medeival Mystery

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Royal, Priscilla

£12.61 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Poisoned Pen Press

Sweeping Up Glass

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Wall, Carolyn D.

£12.61 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Poisoned Pen Press

Sweeping Up Glass

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Wall, Carolyn D.

£13.71 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Poisoned Pen Press

This may be the coldest winter on record in Kentucky, but that doesn't keep the elusive Hunt Club from tracking silver-faced wolves on Olivia's strip of mountain. It falls to her and Will'm to figure out why as the hunters turn their sights on them, too, in this searing and surprising debut novel.

Ten Lords A-Leaping: A Robert Amiss Mystery

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Edwards, Ruth Dudley

£8.21 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Poisoned Pen Press

The House of Lords will never be the same again. Disinclined to watch her language or moderate her manners, Jack Troutbeck, assisted by her old friend Robert Amiss, plots vigorously with others to scupper an anti-hunting bill of which she violently disapproves. But she hadnt reckoned with the campaign of intimidation mounted by the animal activists and the attempt on the life of one of her allies, shortly followed by scenes of horrifying carnage amongst the peers...

Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gilman, Dorothy

£21.57 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Audio

The one and only Mrs. Emily Pollifax is a part-time CIA operative and full-time garden-clubbing grandmother from New Jersey. In this adventure, she is off to the Sicilian countryside on a daring mission to rescue John Sebastian Farrell, a former CIA comrade, who was shot while trying to track down a document that allegedly bears the signature of Julius Caesar. With the aid of Kate Rossiter, a feisty young CIA agent who happens to be vacationing there, Mrs. Pollifax and Farrell discover the truth about the Caesar document, and in the process reveal the identities of the members of a secret - and deadly - cartel.

Mrs. Pollifax and the Second Thief

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gilman, Dorothy

£13.71 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Corporation

How to Murder Your Mother-In-Law

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cannell, Dorothy

£21.57 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Audio

The Thin Woman - Ellie Haskell - is back, in the most mischievous, marvelous mystery to hit the marital pike yet. Ellie's mum-in-law Magdalene has moved in permanently and poor Ellie finds herself up to her formerly fat neck in crocheted doilies and cheap statues of Catholic saints. As Magdalene runs her finger over every surface in Merlin's Court (checking, undoubtedly, for dust), Eillie discovers that she isn't the only woman in Chitterdon Fells with the ultimate mother-in-law problem - three others are experiencing the same living hell.
One tipsy evening, four imaginary plots to bump off the resident in-laws are hatched and those plots start coming lethally true in real life. Ellie once again plunges into a desperate chase to outwit a killer.

How to Murder Your Mother-In-Law

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cannell, Dorothy

£13.71 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Corporation

Mrs. Pollifax Pursued

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gilman, Dorothy

£21.57 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Audio

All Mrs. Pollifax wants on this spring day is the peace and quiet of her Connecticut greenhouse. Then she discovers that a young woman, Kadi Hopkirk, has been hiding in her junk closet for two days. Kadi spills out an improbable story - that since a chance meeting with a childhood friend she has been followed by persons unknown in a sinister van. She's convinced that the henchmen inside are hellbent on finding her. A little experiment on Mrs. P's part proves at least this part of the story correct.
Kadi soon confides the rest of the story - a close tie with an assassinated foreign president and an item in her possession that makes both her and our sleuth moving targets for - someone. When Mrs. P puts in a call for help to her old CIA crony Carstairs, he's wrapped up in the kidnap of a wealthy financier. Before she knows it, what began as a dash for safety and a call for help expands into an assignment that leads to hair-trigger violence in exotic places.

Mrs. Pollifax Pursued

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Gilman, Dorothy

£13.71 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Corporation

A Walk Through the Fire

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Muller, Marcia

£21.57 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Audio

P.I. Sharon McCone investigates the sabotage of a documentary being filmed on a Hawaiian island. The sabotage escalates into violence and the matriarch of a wealthy family falls to her death during a shoot. McCone's investigation takes her into a world of family secrets, drug dealing, political insurgency and murder. Abridged standard play recording.

A Walk Through the Fire

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Muller, Marcia

£13.71 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Corporation

While Other People Sleep

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Muller, Marcia

£21.57 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Audio

It starts when Sharon McCone's acquaintance tells her that someone was pretending to be McCone at a party. The mysterious woman is handing out McCone's business cards, advising clients, and picking up men for intimate encounters. The woman's physical resemblance is uncanny. Her knowledge of McCone's life is chilling.
To make matters worse, McCone's office manager, Ted Smalley, has been acting oddly. As she reluctantly decides to investigate Ted's behavior, McCone's double breaks into her house, interferes with her family, and leads McCone in a terrifying game of cat and mouse through the bizarre nightlife of San Francisco. McCone begins to uncover Ted's desperate problem, but the imposter escalates her dirty tricks. The determined PI must pull out all the stops to defeat the criminal hitting too close to home.

While Other People Sleep

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Muller, Marcia

£13.71 01 Aug 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Corporation

The Bordeaux Betrayal: A Wine Country Mystery

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Crosby, Ellen

£13.74 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Scribner Book Company

Following the success of "The Merlot Murders" and "The Chardonnay Charade," Crosby's third tale of suspense set amidst the vines of Virginia wine country involves a 200-year-old bottle of Bordeaux that may just be a wine to die for.

A Job to Kill for: A Lacy Fields Mystery

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kaplan, Janice

£13.19 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Touchstone Books

The "New York Times"-bestselling author follows up her hit novel "Looks to Die For" with a heady new cocktail of smart and sassy storytelling, featuring Lacy Fields--fledgling super-sleuth and expert interior designer.

Tacked to Death

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Scott, Michele

£16.46 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Gale Cengage

Sudoku Puzzle Murders

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hall, Parnell

£17.55 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Gale Cengage

Antiques to Die for

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Cleland, Jane K.

£17.01 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Gale Cengage

The Sempster's Tale

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Frazer, Margaret

£47.50 01 Aug 2008 Compact Disk Isis

Since the death of her husband, Anne Blakhall has carried on their shared tailoring business in the heart of London. Rather than remarry, she has taken on a lover - Daved Weir, a foreign merchant who must conceal the fact he is a Jew, or face deadly peril. Dame Frevisse of St Frideswide's nunnery is in London to arrange funeral vestments for her cousin's murdered husband, the Duke of Suffolk. She encounters Anne and Daved - but her duty and their love become more dangerous as a rebel army approaches the city. Threatened by the Inquisition, Dame Frevisse must find out who is guilty and whether anyone at all is innocent.

The Sempster's Tale

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Frazer, Margaret

£41.95 01 Aug 2008 Audio Cassette Isis

The Soul Catcher

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kava, Alex

£2.74 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Mira Books

When a young woman is found murdered after a public prayer meeting held at the FDR Memorial in Washington, D.C., FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell is led to the charismatic Reverend Everett, who conducted the meeting, and learns her own mother is involved with Everett.

At the Stroke of Madness

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kava, Alex

£2.74 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Mira Books

FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell learns that the body of an unidentified woman has been found buried in a 55-gallon drum in an abandoned rock quarry in Connecticut. Maggie heads there on "unofficial" business, and realizes this case is more twisted than anyone imagines.

A Perfect Evil

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Kava, Alex

£2.74 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Mira Books

The first four books in Kava's "New York Times"-bestselling Maggie O'Dell series are now reissued with striking new cover art. Alex Kava has crafted . . . a winning character in Agent O'Dell.--"Washington Post Book World." Reissue.

Hounded to Death

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Berenson, Laurien

£6.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Kensington Publishing Corporation

While Peg and Melanie's sister-in-law Bertie welcome the opportunity to socialize with the dog world's elite, the very pregnant Melanie embraces the chance to simply unwind. But when renowned judge Charles Evans delivers a keynote address that irritates many of the attendees, the symposium's agenda takes a deadly turn.

Poisoned Tarts

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By G.A. McKevett

£16.99 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Kensington Publishing

What happens when too rich and too thin becomes too deadly? Voluptuous P.I. Savannah Reid is about to find out as she delves into the disappearance of a celebrity hanger-on that soon leads to something more sinister. As Halloween draws near, Savannah will have to learn a killer's deadly "tricks" before someone else is "treated" to murder.

Shadow of Death: A Sister Agnes Mystery

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Joseph, Alison

£6.99 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Allison & Busby

Agnes is up to her neck in books. Having been asked to help sort out the library of the Order in Bermondsey before the building is sold, she is trawling through piles of Victoriana and mawkish lives of the saints. However, the 17-century Hawker archive, a collection of books on spells and magic as well as hand-written journals, does catch her eye.

Dead Slow Ahead

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Stella Whitelaw

£18.99 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Severn House Publishers Ltd

Cruise Entertainments Director Casey Jones is back on board the Countess Georgina for the Mediterranean cruise. She has a new deputy - the charming Lee Williams - and a fresh troupe of entertainers, dancers, singers and lecturers to entertain the guests. However, things on board don't always run smoothly.

Dead Man Dancing

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Marcia Talley

£18.99 01 Aug 2008 Hardback Severn House Publishers Ltd

Driving a wedge between Ruth and her fiance, Hutch, is not what Hannah intends when she recommends J&K Dance Studios to her sister. Ruth is determined to shine on her wedding day. But when Kay Giannotti, the svelte, stunning half of J&K floats across the floor to greet Hutch with a kiss, it's clear this isn't the first time they've met.

Hard Row

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Maron, Margaret

£4.39 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Grand Central Publishing

For Judge Deborah Knott, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are brewing in the countryside. When mutilated bodies are found, Deborah's search for the killer leads her to a desperate realm of undocumented farm workers exploited for cheap labor.

One Bad Apple: An Orchard Mystery

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Connolly, Sheila

£3.84 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Berkley

Meg Corey arrives in Granford, Massachusetts, to sell her mother's old colonial home and apple orchard. Instead, she becomes embroiled in development plans that include her land--and her former flame from Boston. When he's found dead, Meg must find a killer. This first title of a new series includes recipes. Original.

Dead Over Heels

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Harris, Charlaine

£4.39 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Berkley

A dead body falls out of the Georgia sky on the first page of this rollicking, romantic Southern mystery starring librarian/sleuth Aurora Teagarden, "a heroine as capable and potentially complex and P.D. James's Cordelia Gray" ("Publishers Weekly"). Reissue.

Knitting Bones

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ferris, Monica

£3.84 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Berkley

The stitchers of the Embroiderers Guild are thrilled to have raised over $20,000 for charity, but they're less pleased when the representative who accepts the check disappears with it. Includes a knitting pattern.

Strangers in Death

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robb, J. D.

£4.39 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Berkley

New York may be a different place in 2060, but some events still receive more attention than others--especially those that involve the murder of a prominent businessman. Now Lt. Eve Dallas is about to discover how ties that bind strangers can kill.

Closer Still: A Brodie Farrell Mystery

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bannister, Jo

£13.71 01 Aug 2008 Hardback St. Martin's Minotaur

The Brodie Farrell mystery series will make you laugh, snort or blink back tears . . . [with] the most tormented continuing cast outside "The Sopranos" ("Kirkus Reviews").

Damage Control

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jance, J. A.

£21.95 01 Aug 2008 Compact Disk HarperAudio

Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady returns to confront a pair of complex cases, in this sizzling and suspenseful mystery from the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Justice Denied." Unabridged. 10 CDs.

The Lace Reader

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Barry, Brunonia

£13.71 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Harperluxe

Trojan Gold: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peters, Elizabeth

£5.49 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Harper

Silhouette in Scarlet: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peters, Elizabeth

£5.49 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Harper

Street of Five Moons: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peters, Elizabeth

£5.49 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Harper

Borrower of the Night: A Vicky Bliss Novel of Suspense

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Peters, Elizabeth

£5.49 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Harper

Four classic titles by "New York Times"-bestselling author Peters are now reissued in tall Premium Editions, to tie in with the release of her newest hardcover, "The Laughter of Dead Kings." Reissue.

Vi Agra Falls

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Daheim, Mary

£13.16 01 Aug 2008 Hardback William Morrow & Company

Murder hits a little too close to home for Judith McMonigle Flynn in this latest enchanting whodunit in the acclaimed Bed and Breakfast series.

Damage Control: A Novel of Suspense

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jance, J. A.

£14.26 01 Aug 2008 Paperback Harperluxe

Damage Control: A Novel of Suspense

01 Aug 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jance, J. A.

£14.26 01 Aug 2008 Hardback William Morrow & Company

Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady returns to confront a pair of complex cases in this sizzling and suspenseful mystery from the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Justice Denied."

Lye in Wait

31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Home Crafting Mystery

By Cricket McRae

£9.99 31 Jul 2008 Paperback Llewellyn Publications,U.S.

Cocoa butter soap, check. Lemon lip balm, check. A dead body? That's just what Sophie Mae Reynolds finds in her workroom. He died from drinking lye, something she has in good supply. But the police don't suspect Sophie Mae. Instead they call it a suicide. But why would a man with lottery cash and a loving fiancee kill himself?

The Black Widow Agency

31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Felicia Donovan

£9.99 31 Jul 2008 Paperback Llewellyn Publications,U.S.

The ladies at the Black Widow Agency aim to bring justice to wronged women like themselves, using a lethal blend of computer forensics, surveillance technology, and women's intuition. When the Black Widows hear Amber Gordon's story of sexual harassment they vow to spin a trap for the sexist automotive company run by Amber's former father-in-law.

Selective Memory

26 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Kistine Ashe Mystery

By Jennifer L. Jordan

£10.99 26 Jul 2008 Paperback Spinsters Book Co ,U.S.

Killer Knots

25 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Nancy J. Cohen

£16.99 25 Jul 2008 Hardback Kensington Publishing

Sleuth Marla Shore is looking forward to a cruise with her fiance Dalton Vail. Too bad Dalton's daughter and his parents are along for the ride. Marla meets the in-laws and hopes that nothing goes too terribly wrong. It's a vain hope. A mysterious envelope stuck into her cabin door reads: I know what you did and I have what you want.

Bleeding Hearts

09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Kit O'Malley Mystery

By Lindy Cameron

£8.99 09 Jul 2008 Paperback Bywater Books

The Hades Project

09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Cotton Stone Mystery

By Lynn Sholes, Joe Moore

£10.99 09 Jul 2008 Paperback Llewellyn Publications,U.S.

Forged by the seventh generation grandson of Adam, used to pierce the side of Christ at the Crucifixion, and possessed by some of history's most powerful men-Constantine, Attila the Hun, Adolf Hitler, Harry Truman - the Holy Lance is about to be used again.

A Novel Way to Die

07 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Karen Hanson Stuyck

£17.99 07 Jul 2008 Hardback Five Star Trade

Lessons in Murder

04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

The 1st Detective Inspector Carol Ashton Mystery

By Claire McNab

£10.99 04 Jul 2008 Paperback Bella Books

On a hot summer day at Bellwhether High School in Sydney, Australia, teacher Bill Paget lies murdered, the hole in his head accomplished with neat efficiency by a Black and Decker drill. Detective Inspector Carol Ashton investigates, bringing with her a formidable reputation for competence.

The Vendetta

04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jenny Pitman

£13.00 04 Jul 2008 Audio Cd Pan Macmillan

When Jan Hardy triumphs at Cheltenham little does she know that the year ahead will be the most traumatic and exciting of her life. Wealthy businessman A D O Hagan wants Jan to train one of his most promising young horses, The Frozen North. Nervous and terrified of travelling, the thoroughbred seems impossible to train.

Twanged

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Carol Higgins Clark

£2.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Little, Brown Book Group

* New Regan Reilly mystery in which a precious violin is a catalyst for murder.

Snagged

03 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Carol Higgins Clark

£2.99 03 Jul 2008 Paperback Little, Brown Book Group

This second installment in the Regan Reilly detective series is being reissued with a new cover and a special price!

Library Paradox: Vanessa Duncan

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Shaw, Catherine

£8.21 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Felony & Mayhem

First U.S. edition; Combines strong place and time--Victorian England at the time of the Dryfuss affair--pulls together mathmatics puzzle with history, with Victorian England and anti-semitism, with unusual female sleuth, author lives in UK, is an academic in mathmatics

Heading Uptown: #3 Nina Fischman Mystery

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Piesman, Marissa

£8.21 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Felony & Mayhem

She's savvy, she's funny, and for some reason, she's single. She's a Jewish lawyer on Manhattan's Upper West Side whose simple case of probate leads to murder. Nina finds herself investigating the suspicious death of the primary executor to her mother's best friend's will, and what she finds are some very un-kosher goings-on.

Dead Hot Shot

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Houston, Victoria

£8.21 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Bleak House Books

Next Door to Murder

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Anthea Fraser

£10.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Severn House Publishers Ltd

Looking for a new subject for her popular series on local family businesses, Rona is pleased when her friend Georgia offers to engineer an introduction to Julian Willow, of the long-standing furniture emporium. Julian and his wife Felicity welcome Rona's interest, and offer her all the help she needs to write her article.

The Blood Ballad

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By MacPherson, Rett

£17.55 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Center Point Large Print

Murder in the Rue de Paradis

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Black, Cara

£14.26 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Wheeler Publishing

Beat Up a Cookie

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Dietz, Denise

£13.71 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Wheeler Publishing

Ellie Bernstein and her friends are big fans of the TV show "M*A*S*H*, " and once attended a bash in which they dressed up as their favorite characters from the show. Now someone is killing the show's look-alikes and Ellie is dying to see what twisted motive lies behind the murders.

French Pressed

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Coyle, Cleo

£14.26 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Wheeler Publishing

Clare Cosi's daughter Joy is interning--and falling--for a top New York chef when his kitchen turns cutthroat, and Joy becomes a murder suspect. Clare knows she must catch the real killer--even if it lands her in the hottest water of her life. Includes recipes and coffee-making tips. Original.

Wild Goose Chase

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Thayer, Terri

£14.26 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Wheeler Publishing

Dewey Pellicano would rather swallow needles than run a quilt shop. But Dewey's mom, who died suddenly just six months ago, left Quilter Paradiso to her. This last tie to her mother is spoiled by a conniving employee who's also Dewey's baby-talking sister-in-law. During a national quilt show, Dewey decides she's had enough and agrees to sell Quilter Paradiso to quilting celebrity Claire Armstrong. Her plan unravels when she finds Claire fatally slashed by a rotary cutter. This gruesome tragedy brings homicide detective and old family friend Buster Healey into Dewey's life. Their reunion turns into a hot romance — until another murder takes place.
A mysterious notebook written in code helps Dewey thread together the not-so-secret illegal transactions of Claire . . . and her startling connection to Dewey's mom. Can Dewey come to terms with her mother's death, patch things up with Buster, and sew up the case before the killer strikes again?

Murder in Miniature

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Grace, Margaret

£14.26 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Wheeler Publishing

Geraldine Porter thought that being the chairwoman of the local Dollhouse and Miniatures Fair would give her leisure time to spend on her favorite craft. That was before a fellow miniatures aficionado is suspected of murder, leaving Gerry to prove the womans innocence--or die trying. First in a new series. Original.

Decorated to Death

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Marberg, Peg

£14.26 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Wheeler Publishing

Patterns of a deadly kind emerge when the wealthy new client of decorator Jean Hastings is murdered, in this second title in a new series. Includes decorating tips. Original.

Tell Me, Pretty Maiden

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Bowen, Rhys

£16.76 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Wheeler Publishing

Edgar Award finalist and Agatha Award winner Bowen captures early 20th-century New York as PI Molly Murphy tracks down some of Broadway's brightest stars and Fifth Avenue's richest families.

Mummy Dearest

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hess, Joan

£17.01 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Wheeler Publishing

A honeymoon trip to Luxor, Egypt ends up with Claire Malloy wrapped up in a most unconventional mystery.

Bones to Ashes

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Reichs, Kathy

£7.66 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Large Print Press

In her most riveting thriller yet, Reichs--bestselling author, forensic anthropologist, and producer of the television hit "Bones," based on her Temperance Brennan books--pits Brennan against an enigma out of her own past.

Queen of the Flowers (Large Print): A Phryne Fisher Mystery

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Greenwood, Kerry

£12.61 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Poisoned Pen Press

Queen of the Flowers: A Phryne Fisher Mystery

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Greenwood, Kerry

£13.71 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Poisoned Pen Press

One of Phryne Fisher's flower maidens has vanished during the Flower Parade. And so, Phryne is off to investigate aided by Bert and Cec and her trusty little beretta, in this 14th book in the Phryne Fisher series.

Fisherman's Bend

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Greenlaw, Linda

£21.57 01 Jul 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Audio

In Greenlaw's second novel, the follow-up to the bestselling "Slipknot," Jane Bunker finds out that the idyllic little town of Green Haven, Maine, harbors some dark secrets--and she finds out the hard way that they are darker than most. Unabridged. 1 MP3 CD.

Fisherman's Bend

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Greenlaw, Linda

£13.71 01 Jul 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Corporation

Fisherman's Bend

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Greenlaw, Linda

£47.94 01 Jul 2008 Compact Disk Brilliance Audio

Fisherman's Bend

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Greenlaw, Linda

£16.46 01 Jul 2008 Compact Disk Brilliance Corporation

Fisherman's Bend

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Greenlaw, Linda

£45.19 01 Jul 2008 Audio Cassette Brilliance Audio

J.D. Robb CD Collection 3: Holiday in Death, Conspiracy in Death, Loyalty in Death

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Robb, J. D.

£19.20 01 Jul 2008 Compact Disk Brilliance Corporation

Fuzzy Navel

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Konrath, J. A.

£21.57 01 Jul 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Audio

Chicago police woman Jack Daniels is back, and this time shea (TM)s locked up in her mothera (TM)s home, along with her fiancA(c), her mom, and one of the scariest psychos ever to escape from prison. Theya (TM)re being held hostage by a group of vigilantes on a murderous spree, who have gone from killing bad guys to wanting to take down a cop. The suspense is killing everyone.

Fuzzy Navel

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Konrath, J. A.

£13.71 01 Jul 2008 Non-Book Item Brilliance Corporation

Fuzzy Navel

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Konrath, J. A.

£45.19 01 Jul 2008 Compact Disk Brilliance Audio

Fuzzy Navel

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Konrath, J. A.

£16.46 01 Jul 2008 Compact Disk Brilliance Corporation

Fuzzy Navel

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Konrath, J. A.

£40.80 01 Jul 2008 Audio Cassette Brilliance Audio

The Last Embrace

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Hamilton, Denise

£14.29 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Scribner Book Company

The Chardonnay Charade

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Crosby, Ellen

£3.84 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Pocket Books

Following the success of "The Merlot Murders," Crosby returns with another tale of suspense set amidst the vines of the Virginia wine country, as Lucie Montgomery discovers that uncovering a killer can bring a harvest of danger.

Demons Are a Ghoul's Best Friend

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Laurie, Victoria

£17.01 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Thorndike Press

In this follow-up to "What's a Ghoul to Do?," medium M.J. Holliday, Gilley, and Dr. Stephen Sable head to Lake Placid to vanquish a demon by the name of Hatchet Jack, who is terrorizing a boarding school. Original.