Friday, December 05, 2003
AUTHOR Lippman, Laura, 1959-
TITLE Every secret thing / by Laura Lippman.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : William Morrow, c2003.
DESCRIPT 388 p. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECT Missing children -- Fiction.
Ex-convicts -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0060506679.
"On a July afternoon two little girls, banished from a birthday party, take a wrong turn onto an unfamiliar Baltimore street - and encounter an abandoned stroller with a baby inside it. Dutiful Alice Manning and unpredictable Ronnie Fuller only want to be helpful, to be good. People like children who are good, Alice thinks. But whatever the girls' real intentions, things go horribly awry and three families are destroyed." "Seven years later Alice and Ronnie are heading home again - only separately this time, their fragile bond long shattered, their secrets still closely kept. Advised to avoid each other, they enter a world where they essentially have no past. In exchange, they are promised a fresh start, the chance to mold their own future." "That promise is broken when a child disappears, under disturbingly similar circumstances. And the adults in Alice's and Ronnie's lives - the parents, the lawyers, the police - realize that they must now confront the shattering truths they couldn't face seven years earlier. Or another mother will lose her child." "Homicide detective Nancy Porter was a rookie cop when she solved the original case with a bit of freakish luck - and almost derailed her own career. Adept at finding the small things that can make or break a homicide case, now she must master the larger picture in order to understand where guilt truly lies. For no one is innocent in this world. Not even the children."--BOOK JACKET.
TITLE Every secret thing / by Laura Lippman.
EDITION 1st ed.
IMPRINT New York : William Morrow, c2003.
DESCRIPT 388 p. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECT Missing children -- Fiction.
Ex-convicts -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0060506679.
"On a July afternoon two little girls, banished from a birthday party, take a wrong turn onto an unfamiliar Baltimore street - and encounter an abandoned stroller with a baby inside it. Dutiful Alice Manning and unpredictable Ronnie Fuller only want to be helpful, to be good. People like children who are good, Alice thinks. But whatever the girls' real intentions, things go horribly awry and three families are destroyed." "Seven years later Alice and Ronnie are heading home again - only separately this time, their fragile bond long shattered, their secrets still closely kept. Advised to avoid each other, they enter a world where they essentially have no past. In exchange, they are promised a fresh start, the chance to mold their own future." "That promise is broken when a child disappears, under disturbingly similar circumstances. And the adults in Alice's and Ronnie's lives - the parents, the lawyers, the police - realize that they must now confront the shattering truths they couldn't face seven years earlier. Or another mother will lose her child." "Homicide detective Nancy Porter was a rookie cop when she solved the original case with a bit of freakish luck - and almost derailed her own career. Adept at finding the small things that can make or break a homicide case, now she must master the larger picture in order to understand where guilt truly lies. For no one is innocent in this world. Not even the children."--BOOK JACKET.
Monday, December 01, 2003
AUTHOR GoodWeather, Hartley, 1943-
TITLE DreadfulWater shows up / Thomas King writing as Hartley
GoodWeather.
EDITION 1st Scribner ed.
IMPRINT New York : Scribner, 2003.
DESCRIPT 259 p. ; 24 cm.
NOTE "Originally published in Canada in 2002 by HarperCollins
Publishers Ltd."--T.p. verso.
SUBJECT Cherokee Indians -- Fiction.
Ex-police officers -- Fiction.
Photographers -- Fiction.
Casinos -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0743243927.
Canadian author King (Medicine River) adopts a transparent pseudonym for his first venture into the mystery field, with agreeable results. Thumps DreadfulWater, an ex-California cop and a Cherokee Indian, ekes out a living as a photographer in the little Pacific Northwest community of Chinook. A self-described "self-unemployed" fine arts photographer, he also does crime scene photography for the local police on occasion. When a murder victim turns up in a condo of the tribe's new Buffalo Mountain Resort casino complex that's getting ready for its grand opening, a reluctant Thumps soon finds himself looking for his sometime girlfriend's hotheaded son, a prime suspect. King's wry humor ("Thumps liked women who knew what they wanted, but... like most men, he liked them better in theory than in practice") goes over well, as does Thumps's laconic but effective investigative style. King's quirky characters play some lively variations on familiar stereotypes, from the wise Indian sage who always knows when to expect visitors to the lady coroner who refers to the morgue as her "kitchen." The author's mostly gentle satire evokes appreciative chuckles rather than belly laughs. Readers who'd like to see more of Thumps and the denizens of Chinook will be pleased to note several clues suggestive of a sequel.
TITLE DreadfulWater shows up / Thomas King writing as Hartley
GoodWeather.
EDITION 1st Scribner ed.
IMPRINT New York : Scribner, 2003.
DESCRIPT 259 p. ; 24 cm.
NOTE "Originally published in Canada in 2002 by HarperCollins
Publishers Ltd."--T.p. verso.
SUBJECT Cherokee Indians -- Fiction.
Ex-police officers -- Fiction.
Photographers -- Fiction.
Casinos -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0743243927.
Canadian author King (Medicine River) adopts a transparent pseudonym for his first venture into the mystery field, with agreeable results. Thumps DreadfulWater, an ex-California cop and a Cherokee Indian, ekes out a living as a photographer in the little Pacific Northwest community of Chinook. A self-described "self-unemployed" fine arts photographer, he also does crime scene photography for the local police on occasion. When a murder victim turns up in a condo of the tribe's new Buffalo Mountain Resort casino complex that's getting ready for its grand opening, a reluctant Thumps soon finds himself looking for his sometime girlfriend's hotheaded son, a prime suspect. King's wry humor ("Thumps liked women who knew what they wanted, but... like most men, he liked them better in theory than in practice") goes over well, as does Thumps's laconic but effective investigative style. King's quirky characters play some lively variations on familiar stereotypes, from the wise Indian sage who always knows when to expect visitors to the lady coroner who refers to the morgue as her "kitchen." The author's mostly gentle satire evokes appreciative chuckles rather than belly laughs. Readers who'd like to see more of Thumps and the denizens of Chinook will be pleased to note several clues suggestive of a sequel.
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AUTHOR Gardner, Lisa.
TITLE The killing hour / Lisa Gardner.
IMPRINT New York : Bantam Books, 2003.
DESCRIPT vi, 324 p. ; 25 cm.
SUBJECT Government investigators -- Fiction.
Women detectives -- Fiction.
Serial murders -- Fiction.
Kidnapping -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0553802526.
"Each time he struck, he took two victims." "Day after day, he waited for the first body to be discovered - a body containing all the clues the investigators needed to find the second victim, who waited ... prey to a slow but certain death." "The clock ticked - salvation was possible." "The police were never in time." "Years have passed; but for this killer, time has stood still. As a heat wave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two girls have disappeared ..." "and the clock is ticking." "Rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy knows the killer's deadline can be met. But she'll have to break some rules to beat an exactingly vicious criminal at a game he's had time to perfect." "For the Killing Hour has arrived."--BOOK JACKET.
Publishers Weekly Review
A cold case grows hot again in Gardner's sixth high-octane page-turner, a romantic thriller that features rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy. Kimberly is the daughter of Pierce Quincy, former FBI profiler turned PI, last seen in The Next Accident. She's a tough, troubled young woman still recovering from the murders of her mother and sister six years earlier. During week nine of the FBI Academy's 16-week training program in Virginia, she discovers the body of a young woman who looks like her late sister. Since the corpse has been dumped on a secured Marine base, the Naval Criminal Investigation Service is in charge, but determined Kimberly soon takes a leave of absence so she can team up with Michael "Mac" McCormack, visiting Georgia Bureau of Investigations Special Agent, along with her father and his partner, Rainie Connor, to prevent another death. Mac receives taunting mail and cell phone messages ("planet dying... animals weeping... rivers screaming... can't you hear it? Heat kills") that lead him to suspect a serial eco-killer who last struck in Georgia three years earlier, leaving seven dead women and one survivor. Sparks fly between Kimberly and Mac as they rush to rescue the eco-killer's latest victim, Tina Krahn. Gardner offers riveting glimpses of Tina's struggle to survive in an environmentally hazardous locale. With tight plotting, an ear for forensic detail and a dash of romance, this is a truly satisfying sizzler in the tradition of Tess Gerritsen and Tami Hoag.
AUTHOR Gardner, Lisa.
TITLE The killing hour / Lisa Gardner.
IMPRINT New York : Bantam Books, 2003.
DESCRIPT vi, 324 p. ; 25 cm.
SUBJECT Government investigators -- Fiction.
Women detectives -- Fiction.
Serial murders -- Fiction.
Kidnapping -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0553802526.
"Each time he struck, he took two victims." "Day after day, he waited for the first body to be discovered - a body containing all the clues the investigators needed to find the second victim, who waited ... prey to a slow but certain death." "The clock ticked - salvation was possible." "The police were never in time." "Years have passed; but for this killer, time has stood still. As a heat wave of epic proportions descends, the game begins again. Two girls have disappeared ..." "and the clock is ticking." "Rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy knows the killer's deadline can be met. But she'll have to break some rules to beat an exactingly vicious criminal at a game he's had time to perfect." "For the Killing Hour has arrived."--BOOK JACKET.
Publishers Weekly Review
A cold case grows hot again in Gardner's sixth high-octane page-turner, a romantic thriller that features rookie FBI agent Kimberly Quincy. Kimberly is the daughter of Pierce Quincy, former FBI profiler turned PI, last seen in The Next Accident. She's a tough, troubled young woman still recovering from the murders of her mother and sister six years earlier. During week nine of the FBI Academy's 16-week training program in Virginia, she discovers the body of a young woman who looks like her late sister. Since the corpse has been dumped on a secured Marine base, the Naval Criminal Investigation Service is in charge, but determined Kimberly soon takes a leave of absence so she can team up with Michael "Mac" McCormack, visiting Georgia Bureau of Investigations Special Agent, along with her father and his partner, Rainie Connor, to prevent another death. Mac receives taunting mail and cell phone messages ("planet dying... animals weeping... rivers screaming... can't you hear it? Heat kills") that lead him to suspect a serial eco-killer who last struck in Georgia three years earlier, leaving seven dead women and one survivor. Sparks fly between Kimberly and Mac as they rush to rescue the eco-killer's latest victim, Tina Krahn. Gardner offers riveting glimpses of Tina's struggle to survive in an environmentally hazardous locale. With tight plotting, an ear for forensic detail and a dash of romance, this is a truly satisfying sizzler in the tradition of Tess Gerritsen and Tami Hoag.
AUTHOR Barr, Nevada.
TITLE Flashback / Nevada Barr.
IMPRINT New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2003.
DESCRIPT 387 p. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECT Pigeon, Anna (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Dry Tortugas National Park (Fla.) -- Fiction.
Women park rangers -- Fiction.
Florida -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0399149759.
Running from a proposal of marriage, Anna Pigeon takes a post as a temporary supervisory ranger on remote Garden Key in Key West. When a mysterious boat explosion--and the discovery of unidentifiable body parts--keeps her anchored to the present, Anna finds crimes of past and present closing in on her.
Publishers Weekly Review
When it comes to a vibrant sense of place, Barr has few equals, as deliciously demonstrated in her 11th Anna Pigeon novel (after 2002's Hunting Season), set in little-known Dry Tortugas National Park, 70 miles off Key West in the Gulf of Mexico. Anna takes up her new post on Garden Key, home to Fort Jefferson, a notorious Union prison during the Civil War, after fleeing a marriage proposal from just-divorced Sheriff Paul Davidson. As she goes about her duties, Anna quickly becomes ensnared in one life-threatening situation after another. Anna's fans expect no less; all her postings somehow turn dangerous. Indeed, the contrast between the natural beauty of the landscapes and the human evils within them is a recurring theme. But this one has an added twist: a mystery concerning alleged Lincoln assassination conspirator Dr. Samuel Mudd interweaves with current crimes. In a coincidence best left unscrutinized, Anna's great-great-great-aunt was the wife of the fort's commanding officer, and her letters, relating a story of intrigue and murder, have surfaced. The two stories are told in alternating chapters, and only Barr's skill keeps this familiar device fresh. The pitch-perfect 19th-century phrasing in the letters makes it easy to forgive the occasional over-the-top prose in the modern scenes. But this is a quibble. Those who already admire the doughty National Park ranger will rejoice in this double-layered story with its remarkable setting, passionately rendered; new readers have a treat in store.
TITLE Flashback / Nevada Barr.
IMPRINT New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, c2003.
DESCRIPT 387 p. ; 24 cm.
SUBJECT Pigeon, Anna (Fictitious character) -- Fiction.
Dry Tortugas National Park (Fla.) -- Fiction.
Women park rangers -- Fiction.
Florida -- Fiction.
Mystery fiction.
ISBN 0399149759.
Running from a proposal of marriage, Anna Pigeon takes a post as a temporary supervisory ranger on remote Garden Key in Key West. When a mysterious boat explosion--and the discovery of unidentifiable body parts--keeps her anchored to the present, Anna finds crimes of past and present closing in on her.
Publishers Weekly Review
When it comes to a vibrant sense of place, Barr has few equals, as deliciously demonstrated in her 11th Anna Pigeon novel (after 2002's Hunting Season), set in little-known Dry Tortugas National Park, 70 miles off Key West in the Gulf of Mexico. Anna takes up her new post on Garden Key, home to Fort Jefferson, a notorious Union prison during the Civil War, after fleeing a marriage proposal from just-divorced Sheriff Paul Davidson. As she goes about her duties, Anna quickly becomes ensnared in one life-threatening situation after another. Anna's fans expect no less; all her postings somehow turn dangerous. Indeed, the contrast between the natural beauty of the landscapes and the human evils within them is a recurring theme. But this one has an added twist: a mystery concerning alleged Lincoln assassination conspirator Dr. Samuel Mudd interweaves with current crimes. In a coincidence best left unscrutinized, Anna's great-great-great-aunt was the wife of the fort's commanding officer, and her letters, relating a story of intrigue and murder, have surfaced. The two stories are told in alternating chapters, and only Barr's skill keeps this familiar device fresh. The pitch-perfect 19th-century phrasing in the letters makes it easy to forgive the occasional over-the-top prose in the modern scenes. But this is a quibble. Those who already admire the doughty National Park ranger will rejoice in this double-layered story with its remarkable setting, passionately rendered; new readers have a treat in store.
