Short Recommendations - Uncle Hugo's

Morton, Kate The House at Riverton (original title: The Shifting Fog) $16.00 (In the summer of 1924, at
a glittering party held at Riverton House, a young poet shot himself. The only witnesses were
two sisters - and young housemaid Grace. In 1999, a director making a film about the event
visits Grace, taking her back to Riverton House, where memories that she had long ago
consigned to the dark reaches of her mind begin to sneak back through the cracks.)
Mosier, John Hitler vs. Stalin: The Eastern Front, 1941-1945 (HC title: Deathride) $16.00 (Nonfiction;
historian Mosier argues that Hitler was defeated on the Eastern Front not by Soviet resources
but by Western resources, and that most previous histories accepted Stalin's lies and
distortions in claiming a Soviet triumph.)
Myers, Amy Murder on the Old Road $15.95 (Marsh & Daughter #7: Georgia and Peter Marsh encounter
a group of weirdly dressed pilgrims on the Old Road to Canterbury, who plan to reenact a
pilgrimage and theatrical production that took place decades ago - an event ended in a murder
that has never been solved.)
Nadel, Barbara Sure and Certain Death $12.95 (Francis Hancock #4: 1940: Francis finds a woman's
eviscerated body in a derelict house in East London. When two more murders follow, rumors
start to spread about a modern-day Jack the Ripper. When a fourth woman is murdered,
Francis' sister Nancy admits she knew all of the victims, and Francis sets out to find the killer.)
Naslund, Sena Jeter Adam & Eve $15.99 (An ancient codex concerning the human authorship of the Book of
Genesis is sure to threaten the foundations of three major world religions, and there are those
who will stop at nothing to suppress it.)
North, Mark Act of Treason: The Role of J. Edgar Hoover in the Assassination of President Kennedy
$16.95 (Reissue; Nonfiction; argues that President Kennedy died as the result of a plot
masterminded by Louisiana Mafia chieftain Carlos Marcello, and that FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover
knew about the plan but did nothing to stop it.)
North, Mark Betrayal in Dallas: LBJ, the Pearl Street Mafia, and the Murder of President Kennedy
$24.95 (Nonfiction; argues that President Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas because both
LBJ and the District Attorney were threatened by a covert investigation of the Dallas Mafia that
the Kennedys had initiated.)
Oldham, Nick Hidden Witness $15.95 (Henry Christie #15: Detective Superintendent Henry Christie's latest
case, the brutal murder of an old man, reunites him with old friend and FBI agent Karl
Donaldson, who is tracking a hit man believed to have entered the UK illegally. It's obvious the
two cases are connected, and it soon becomes clear there's more to the old man's murder than
underworld retribution.)
Parshall, Sandra Under the Dog Star $14.95 (Rachel Goddard #4: PBO; Pet dogs are vanishing, a pack of
feral canines is attacking livestock, and a physician has been found with his throat torn open,
apparently by a trained attack dog. Could these incidents be connected to a resurgence in
illegal dogfighting?)
Patterson, J/Paetro, M The 8th Confession $9.99 (Women's Murder Club #08: Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates
the murders of the city's most glamorous couple, and a preacher who wasn't as saintly as
everyone thought.)
Pawson, Stuart The Judas Sheep $16.95 (Charlie Priest #03: Reissue; DI Charlie Priest of the East Pennine
force is officially on sick leave, until a chauffeur is found dead, shot in the head with a
Kalashnikov. Meanwhile, big-time drug smugglers on the Hull to Rotterdam run demand his
attention. Then Charlie discovers the connection between the two cases.)
Pelecanos, George Shame the Devil $14.99 (DC Quartet #4: Reissue; At May's pizza parlor, two hitmen
executed four people, then vanished. Collateral damage: a cop was shot, and a boy was killed.
Three years later, PI Nick Stefanos has discovered the killers' identities. And learned that
they're coming back to town, where they'll be greeted by at least one loaded gun.)
Penny, Louise Bury Your Dead $14.99 (Inspector Gamache #6: Armand Gamache attends Winter Carnival
in Quebec City. Although on leave, when an obsessed historian's quest for the remains of
Quebec's founder ends in murder, Gamache cannot walk away from a crime that threatens to
ignite long-smoldering tensions between the English and the French. Meanwhile, he receives
disquieting letters from the village of Three Pines)
Perry, Anne Belgrave Square $15.00 (Thomas Pitt #12: Reissue; When a moneylender is murdered,
Inspector Pitt discovers the man was blackmailing some very distinguished Victorian
gentlemen. Charlotte Pitt's insights into London high society prove invaluable to the
investigation.)
Perry, Anne Southampton Row $15.00 (Thomas Pitt #22: Reissue; With a divisive election enflaming
passions in Victorian London, Pitt must not only solve a crime but prevent a national disaster.
The Tory candidate Charles Voisey is Pitt's archenemy. The Liberal candidate is Aubrey
Serracold, whose wife's interest in spiritualism threatens his chances - especially when, after a
late-night seance at their house, a stylish clairvoyant is found brutally murdered the next
morning.)
Perry, Anne Slaves of Obsession $15.00 (William Monk #11: Reissue; 1861: At a dinner party at the
home of a London arms dealer, tension grows between two American guests, each vying to buy
armaments. A member of the party is murdered, and two others disappear, along with the entire