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Masquerade Author: Gayle Lynds Published: February 14, 1996 by Doubleday Category: espionage thriller Main Character: Sarah Walker, Asher Flores, Liz Sansborough An international assassin, the Carnivore, is the object of an intense hunt by his niece and a rogue CIA operative. A People magazine "Page-Turner of the Week" and listed by Publishers' Weekly as one of the top ten all-time great spy novels. Click for more info. |
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With Child Author: Laurie R. King Published: February 1, 1996 by St Martin's Press/Bantam Paperbacks/Poisoned Pen Press UK Series Name: Kate Martinelli Category: Mystery/ police Main Character: Kate Marinelli; Al Hawkin; Lee Cooper Edgar Award nominee; Orange Award nominee. Kate’s SFPD partner is getting married, and Kate agrees to take his new step-daughter during the honeymoon. Only the girl, already caught up in a missing persons case, goes missing herself. (Kate Martinelli #3) To see a more complete description, photographs, a bibliography, and an excerpt from the book, see the Books and Reviews page of Laurie King’s web site at http://www.laurierking.com/books_and_reviews.php#tad Click for more info. |
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I, Claudia Author: Marilyn Todd Published: November 6, 1995 by Macmillan / Pan Series Name: I, Claudia Claudia Seferius has successfully inveigled her way into marriage with a wealthy wine merchant. But when her secret gambling debts spiral, she takes to offering ‘personal services’ to high-ranking Roman officials. One by one, they start turning up dead. "An enormous triumph." Ms London. "Great." The Bookseller. "One of the best and most amusing historical detective narratives of the last year." Crime Time. "Injects life into a well-worn formula." Scotland on Sunday. "An endearing adventuress who regards mortal danger as just another bawdy challenge." She. Click for more info. |
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Penance Author: David Housewright Published: September 30, 1995 by Foul Play Press Series Name: Holland Taylor 1996 EDGAR AWARD WINNER FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL FROM MYSTERY WRITERS OF AMERICA; SHAMUS NOMINEE BEST FIRST NOVEL FROM PRIVATE EYE WRITERS OF AMERICA -- Twin Cities gumshoe Holland Taylor is the first to be called in for interrogation when a pivotal figure from his past is found murdered - a man he once threatened in front of a slew of witnesses. Reluctantly taking on the case, Taylor follows a trail that leads to the headquarters of gubernatorial candidate Carol Catherine (C.C.) Monroe. Beautiful and ambitious, C.C. |
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A Monstrous Regiment of Women Author: Laurie R. King Published: September 1, 1995 by St Martin's Press/Picador/Poisoned Pen Press UK Series Name: Mary Russell Category: Historical Main Character: Mary Russell, Sherlock Holmes (Nero Award.) Russell, just twenty-one, meets a charismatic feminist mystic in London and faces a choice about the future. (Mary Russell #2--For a more complete description, photographs, a bibliography, and an excerpt from the book, see the Books and Reviews page of Laurie King’s web site at http://www.laurierking.com/books_and_reviews.php#tad) Click for more info. |
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