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Life The second in Paul Charles’ new detective series set in Donegal in the west of Ireland “Small-town stories featuring crimes of a more personal nature and starring an unassuming, methodical protagonist.... Charles is a fine storyteller, and this shapes up to be a fine series, different in tone from the Kennedy novels but equally involving.”—Booklist As the Sweeney clan gathers at Liam Sweeney’s farm in County Donegal to celebrate his birthday, the banter and storytelling are abundant. But with the arrival of Inspector Starrett it becomes clear that all is not well with the Sweeneys as the body of one family member has just been discovered in suspicious circumstances. Starrett’s investigation leads him into the weird and wonderful politics of family life as he discovers that many of his suspects are relatives. On top of which, it appears to Starrett’s team that every Sweeney has a secret or two they’d like to keep hidden.
January 2010, 5½ x 8½, 334 pages (Brandon) |
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Dark Place The second installment in Sam Millar’s gritty hardboiled series featuring PI Karl Kane. “While it’s hard to come up with much new in a serial killer plot, Millar distinguishes himself from many of his contemporaries in the genre with taut writing and a memorable lead character.”—Publishers Weekly “Hard-edged crime with a vengeance, but it is handled with a finesse and deftness that Chandler devotees will admire greatly.”—Booklist Young homeless women and drug addicts are being abducted before being brutally mutilated and murdered, and a city is held in the grip of unspeakable terror. The cops are unable – or unwilling – to apprehend the elusive serial killer who has never once made a mistake in his grisly calling – until now. By abducting Katie, the young daughter of private investigator Karl Kane, the killer has just made his first mistake, which could well turn out to be his last.
January 2010, 6 x 9, 256 pages (Brandon) |
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not Poison The death of ill-natured Lord Wickerston in a fire leads Georgiana Grey to ask questions. Who would want Lord Wickerston dead? Does her brother Edward know more than he is willing to say? And how is the notorious highwayman known as the Crimson Cavalier involved?
Praise for The Crimson Cavalier, the first in the series:
March 2010, 5 x 8, 288 pages (Creme de la Crime) |
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Fall Girl Accidental P.I. Lexy Lomax is investigating a suspicious death in a decidedly spooky cottage. Kinky, her truculent chihuahua, hates the place, but he seems to be in a minority. She’s hindered by her obnoxious ex, and a mysterious beast that dogs her footsteps. And dark forces are running amok… Praise
for Dead Woman’s Shoes, the first in the series: March
2010, 5 x 8, 288 pages (Creme de la Crime) |
