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Caine, Leslie, POISONED BY GILT (Dell,<br />
$6.99). Building the most earth-friendly home in Crestview,<br />
Colorado proves more difficult when a murdered body<br />
shows up. A Domestic Bliss Mystery. PBO<br />
Daheim, Mary, SCOTS ON THE ROCKS (Avon,<br />
$6.99). Latest B&B mystery in which Judith and Renie go<br />
on location to a Scottish castle where they investigate a<br />
deadly crime and do battle with a not-so-friendly ghost.<br />
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Dereske, Jo, INDEX TO MURDER (Avon,<br />
$6.99). Librarian Helma Zukas teams up with friend and<br />
avante-garde artist Ruth Winthrop to find two paintings<br />
stolen from Ruth. PBO<br />
Englert, J.F., A DOG AMONG DIPLOMATS<br />
(Dell, $6.99). The brilliant Labrador Randolph and his<br />
not-so-brilliant master Harry penetrate the shadowy corridors<br />
of the U.N. to find a killer and clear a loved one. PBO<br />
Haines, Carolyn, HAM BONES (Kensington,<br />
$6.99). Someone has laced the lipstick of the female lead<br />
of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof with cyanide. Southern Belle<br />
Sarah Booth investigates. PBO<br />
Lovesey, Peter, THE SECRET HANGMAN<br />
(Soho Crime, $13.00). Peter Diamond is on the trail of a<br />
murderer who leaves his victims hanging in public places.<br />
It has been three years since Diamond’s wife died and he<br />
is just beginning to get interested in women again, but is his<br />
new love interest connected with his case?<br />
Michaels, Fern, HOKUS POKUS (Zebra, $6.99).<br />
The Sisterhood (seven vigilante friends) must come out of<br />
hiding and return to the U.S. to find out who is blackmailing<br />
Supreme Court Chief Justice Pearl Barnes.<br />
Myers, Tamar, DEATH OF A RUG LORD<br />
(Avon, $6.99). A carpet store owner is found dead the day<br />
after antiques dealer Abigail Timberlake Washburn finds<br />
a valuable Persian rug among her cut-rate carpets. PBO<br />
Medium-Boiled to Hard-Boiled<br />
Battles, Brett, THE CLEANER (Dell, $6.99).<br />
Jonathan Quinn cleans up messy situations including the<br />
disposal of dead bodies. But his latest assignment finds<br />
himself in over his head and cut off from his normal sources<br />
who may have betrayed him. Excellent debut thriller.<br />
Billingham, Mark, BURIED (Harper, $7.99). DI<br />
Tom Thorne investigates the disappearance of the son of<br />
a former police officer. Did he go voluntarily or was he<br />
abducted? Then the videotape arrives...<br />
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Bloch, Robert, SPIDERWEB (“Even a phony<br />
fortune teller could see danger in her future”) and<br />
SHOOTING STAR (“When murder comes to Hollywood,<br />
only a one-eyed private eye can spot the killer”) (Hard<br />
Case Crime, $7.99). Two full crime novels.<br />
Brown, Dale, STRIKE FORCE (Harper, $9.99).<br />
A rebel Iranian general is launching a coup that could<br />
topple Iran’s theocratic regime. He enlists the help of his<br />
old nemesis, U.S. Air Force Lt.-General Patrick<br />
McLanahan.<br />
Brophy, Grace, THE LAST ENEMY (Soho<br />
Crime, $13.00). When her domineering mother dies,<br />
Rita’s aristocratic relatives are aghast to learn that she is<br />
planning to live with them in Assisi. As the penitentes<br />
procession winds through the streets during Easter Week,<br />
someone smothers Rita. Commissario Cenni investigates.<br />
Bruen, Ken and Jason Starr, THE MAX<br />
(HardCaseCrime, $6.99). The continued adventures of<br />
Max Fisher and Angela Petrakos. They find themselves<br />
imprisoned – Max in Attica and Angela on the Greek island<br />
of Lesbos. PBO<br />
Byrnes, Michael, THE SACRED BONES<br />
(Harper, $7.99). A newly unearthed burial box draws<br />
American forensic scientist Charlotte Hennessey and Italian<br />
anthropologist Giovanni Bersei into unlocking secrets<br />
contained in that box.<br />
Collins, Max Allan, THE FIRST QUARRY<br />
(HardCaseCrime, $6.99). The never-before-told story of<br />
Quarry’s first job: infiltrating a college campus and eliminating<br />
a professor whose affair with one of his students is<br />
the least of his sins. PBO<br />
Dane, Jordan, NO ONE LEFT TO TELL (Avon,<br />
$6.99). A man’s body is found in a chapel with a cryptic<br />
note pinned to his chest. Detective Raven Mackenzie<br />
uncovers a connection between the dead man and a<br />
powerful female crime boss.<br />
Dane, Jordan, NO ONE LIVES FOREVER<br />
(Avon, $6.99). Christian Delacorte has seven days to<br />
rescue the father he never knew. PBO<br />
DeCandido, Keith, CSI: NY – FOUR WALLS<br />
(Pocket Star, $7.99). The crew investigate a double<br />
homicide at a medium security prison on Staten Island.<br />
PBO<br />
Dublin, D.H., FREEZER BURN (Berkley,<br />
$7.99). Crime Scene Unit rookie Madison Cross investigates<br />
a series of seemingly unrelated cases.<br />
Ellison, J.T., 14 (Mira, $6.99). The Snow White<br />
Killer who killed ten woman in the mid-1980s was never<br />
caught. Now four more bodies are found in Nashville,<br />
Tennessee, all with his signature. PBO<br />
Fox, Kathryn, SKIN AND BONE (Avon, $7.99).<br />
A mother has been murdered, a baby is missing and a<br />
teenage girl has vanished without a trace. Australian<br />
Detective Kate Farrer investigates. PBO<br />
Frimansson, Inger, THE SHADOW IN THE<br />
WATER (Caravel, $18.00). Six years have passed since<br />
Justine Dalvik killed a couple of tormentors. However, the<br />
past, especially in the form of a stubborn policeman,<br />
threatens to catch up with her. U.S. PBO