Thursday, March 01, 2007
Kray, Roberta The Debt: an novel of the London Underworld
AUTHOR Kray, Roberta. TITLE The debt : a novel of the London underworld / Roberta Kray. IMPRINT New York : Carroll & Graf, 2006. DESCRIPT 351 p. ; 23 cm. SUBJECT Ex-convicts -- Fiction. Revenge -- Fiction. Murder -- Fiction. Kidnapping -- Fiction. Detective and mystery stories. ISBN 0786716991.
"An anonymous phone call was all it took to alert the police to a body at The Palace nightclub. Now, eighteen years later, Johnny Frank is coming out of jail with only one thing on his mind - to kill the man who put him there. But first he's going to make him suffer." "Jim Buckley has got everything Johnny hasn't: a comfortable life, a family, a future. Johnny moves in on him and cold-bloodedly sets about his intention of destroying the family from the inside out. And he seems to be succeeding, planting suspicion, turning wife against husband, son against father." "But his plans soon go dramatically awry. As the past returns to haunt him, a vicious murder and then a kidnap force him back on to the streets of London. He could choose to disappear if it wasn't for Simone. Buckley's cool, classy daughter-in-law has got under Johnny's skin - and with her husband's life in the balance it seems she may be willing to do just about anything to persuade Johnny to help her."--BOOK JACKET.
Hunter, Maddy G'Day to Die
AUTHOR Hunter, Maddy. TITLE G'day to die : a passport to peril mystery / Maddy Hunter. IMPRINT New York : Pocket Books, ΒΈ2006. DESCRIPT 288 p. ; 18 cm. SUBJECT Tourists -- Australia -- Fiction. Mystery fiction. ISBN 1416523790. 9781416523796. ISBN/ISSN 9781416523796.
Book annotation
When Emily Andrew lands in the Land of Oz -- Australia, that is -- she and her hearty group of world-touring seniors know they're not in Iowa anymore. Winter is summer, drains drain counterclockwise, and all the comforts of home are, well, back home. Even Emily's love life is upside down: her darling detective Etienne Miceli has yet to propose, while gorgeous tour director Duncan Lazarus is vying to be more than just mates. Emily is preoccupied calming the group's jitters about the outback's killers, from sunstroke to snake bites. But when a fellow traveler turns up dead, Emily fears something far more toxic has struck: human greed. Someone has stumbled upon a natural wonder that could turn science on its head -- was this priceless discovery the catalyst for murder? Before the dust settles, a second untimely death occurs. If Emily can't stop a killer in their tracks, this Aussie adventure just may be her last.
