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pleased. He knows it is the kind of knee-jerk response
people will come to regret, like Japanese internment
camps, and he needs to find a way to kill the bill before it
exposes a secret he wants to keep. So Mahoney calls his
man DeMarco. DP
**FIDELITY, Perry, Thomas (Harcourt, $25.00). When
Phil Kramer is shot dead on a deserted suburban street in
the middle of the night, his wife, Emily, is left with an
emptied bank account and a lot of questions. How could
Phil leave her penniless? What was he going to do with the
money? And, most of all, who was he if he wasn’t the man
she thought she married? DP, BL & LJ
**DON’T TELL A SOUL, Rosenfelt, David (St. Martin’s
Minotaur, $24.95). Tim Wallace’s wife died in a boating
accident several months ago. Tim was the only eye witness,
and one New Jersey cop is sure he killed her. He didn’t and
the police eventually clear his name, On New Year’s Eve,
his two best friends and business partners finally convince
him to go out for the first time since Maggie’s death, and
at their neighborhood pub. “Can you keep a secret? A
really big one?” a drunken stranger asks him. Before Tim
can say anything or turn away, the man confesses to a
months-old murder, even offering as proof the location of
the woman’s body. “Now it’s your problem,” he says and
walks away. LJ, PW, BL & DP
**TIMEBOMB, Seymour, Gerald (Bantam, £14.99). A
disgruntled KGB security man steals a suitcase bomb,
smuggles it out and buries it in his backyard. Sixteen years
later the ageing former security agent decides to put it on
the market to the highest bidder. DP
BEST PAPERBACK ORIGINAL
**OSCAR WILDE AND A DEATH OF NO IMPOR-
TANCE, Brandeth, Gyles (Touchstone, $14.00). One of
Britains premier royal biographers pens the first in a series
of fiendishly clever historical murder mysteries, featuring
Oscar Wilde as the detective. Booklist & DP
**THE PRINCE OF BAGRAM PRISON, Carr, Alex
(Mortalis/Random House, $14.00). Jamal is a CIA
informant on the run from his former bosses. Little does
he know that he holds the key to expose a CIA dirty secret.
Some of his former handlers risk their lives and careers to
help him. DP
**THE FIRST QUARRY, Collins, Max Allan
(HardCaseCrime, $6.99). The never-before-told story of
Quarry’s first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating
a professor whose affair with one of his students is
the least of his sins. PBO DP
**CALUMET CITY, Newton, Charlie (Touchstone,
$14.00). Among the most self-assured and sharply
crafted debuts in recent years, Calumet City detonates a
hard-nosed cocktail of character-driven suspense and
Chicago-ghetto intrigue. BL & LJ
**VIENNA BLOOD, Tallis, Frank (Random House,
$15.00). In 1902, a serial killer in Vienna embarks upon
a bizarre campaign of murder. Detective Inspector Oskar
Rheinhardt summons Dr. Max Liebermann to assist him
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with the case. The investigation draws them into the sphere
of Vienna’s secret societies, in this second novel to feature
literatures first psychoanalytic detective.
Booklist, PW & Kirkus
CWA Dagger Award Winners
Duncan Lawrie Dagger
Frances Fyfield -- BLOOD FROM STONE
(Little,Brown)
Duncan Lawrie International Dagger
Dominique Mannoti -- LORRAINE
CONNECTION (Arcadia)
The CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger
Tom Rob Smith -- CHILD 44 (Simon & Schuster)
The CWA New Blood Dagger
Matt Reys -- THE BETHLEHEM MURDERS
(Atlantic )
The CWA Dagger in the Library
Craig Russell
The Debut Dagger
Amer Anwar -- WESTERN FRINGES
The Short Story Dagger
Martin Edwards --
"The Bookbinder's Apprentice"
The Mammoth Book of Best British Mysteries
In the next issue, Larry Gandle will critique all of the
nominees and winners. Congratulations to DP contributor
Martin Edwards on his Dagger win!