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Reports on the use of the first line of a fire fighting team. Priorities for protecting lives and properties; Positioning of the hose and the firefighters according to a given situation; Set of tools which must be carried by an engine member.

Reviews the mystery `Shadow Woman,' by Thomas Perry.

Reviews the mystery `The Disappearance of Madalena Grimaldi,' by Marele Day.

The article discusses themes in historical fiction. A frequent element in romance, Christian fiction and other genres, historical recreations also feed the hungry imaginations of mystery readers. One particularly popular period, that of Tudor England, is represented in Karen Harper's captivating series featuring Elizabeth I. And contemporary history has come into its own as authors like Charlotte Carter (with her "Cook County" series) increasingly use the turbulent 1960s as the backdrop to their literary crimes.

Mentions how librarians categorize mystery novels and introduces book reviews in the mystery genre.

This article introduces a series of book reviews of mystery and detective fiction. The success of Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins series in which an unlicensed black PI investigates gritty crimes on L.A.'s meanest streets has paved the way for other African American sleuths: Valentin St. Cyr, the Creole hero of David Fulmer's Jass, solves murders in steamy New Orleans; D. Hunter, the protagonist of Nelson George's The Accidental Hunter, tackles crime in New York City's hip hop music industry; and homicide cop Marti MacAlister, the star of Eleanor Taylor Bland's A Cold and Silent Dying, patrols Lincoln Prairie, a Chicago suburb.

This article introduces the theme of several mysteries. Commercial real estate development-the destruction of old buildings and the clearing of wooded tracts for new construction-is a theme that increasingly pops up in mystery fiction. What developers might term the "highest and best use" of property often has repercussions that provide motives for murder, at least for fictional characters.

This is an introduction to book reviews of mysteries in which animals play a key role. Animals--particularly cats and dogs--have long played peripheral roles in mystery. But now there are full-fledged stars like Mrs. Murphy, Koko and Yum Yum, and Midnight Louie, all communicative in one way or another. Susan Wittig Albert carries this premise a bit further, positing thought and speech in a hedgehog, mouse, several cats and dogs, and a pair of rabbits. Alan Goldsmith, though, absolutely steps over the edge with his talking walrus and chicken that communicate directly with the hero.

This is an introduction to reviews of mystery books. Long dominated by traditional (i.e., mostly white and heterosexual) tough-guy PIs, sleuthing spinsters, persistent police detectives, and truth-seeking attorneys, mystery these days is witnessing an explosion of diverse crime-solving protagonists. From Elizabeth Sims's lesbian ex-reporter/sleuth Lillian Byrd to newcomer Joan Druett's 19th-century Maori American sailor Wiki Coffin, they reflect a growing reader interest in unusual detectives who break the mold.

Enumerates mystery books to be released in the 2004 summer season. "The Dangerous Hour," by Marcia Muller; "Judas Island: A Bay Tanner Mystery," by Kathryn Wall.

Presents the `Library Journal' Best Genre Fiction list of books for 1999. `Bones,' by Jan Burke; `Black Widow's Wardrobe,' by Lucha Corpi; `The Poyson Garden,' by Karen Harper; `White Sky, Black Ice,' by Stan Jones; 'Soft Money' by K.J.A. Wishnia; Best titles in Science fiction, and Romance.

Features trends toward adoption of asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) among switching hub and router computer software vendors. Obsolescence of shared local area networks (LAN); Expansion of LAN switching market. INSETS: Glossary.;Routers touters, by Stephen P. Klett Jr.;Intelligent hubs, by James M. Connolly..

Reviews the mystery `Bird Dog,' by Philip Reed.

Reviews the mystery `Partnerships Can Kill,' by Connie Shelton.

Reviews the mystery `Murder Ole,' by Corinne Holt Sawyer.

Reviews the mystery `Eater of Souls,' by Lynda S. Robinson.

Reviews the mystery `The Groaning Board,' by Annette Myers.

Reviews the mystery `Stonekiller,' by Robert J. Janes.

Reviews the mystery `A Fatal Glass of Beer,' by Stuart M. Kaminsky.

Reviews the mystery `Cosi Fan Tutti,' by Michael Dibdin.

Reviews the mystery `A Deadly Vineyard Holiday,' by Philip R. Craig.

Reviews the mystery collection `The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories,' by Agatha Christie.

Reviews the mystery `Hocus,' by Jan Burke.

Reviews the mystery `Night of the Panther,' by E.C. Ayres.

Reviews the mystery `The Voyeur,' by Michael Moriarty.

Reviews the mystery `The Butter Did It,' by Phyllis Richman.

Reviews the mystery `The Spirit Caller,' by Jean Hager.

Reviews the mystery `Cemetery Murders,' by Jean Marcy.

Reviews the mystery `The Way of the Traitor: A Samurai Mystery,' by Laura Joh Rowland.

Reviews the mystery `Fury's Children,' by Seymour Shubin.

Reviews the mystery `Blues for the Buffalo,' by Manuel Ramos.

Reviews the mystery `Project Death,' by Richard Bertematti.

Reviews the mystery `The Talk Show Defense,' by Ken Gross.

Reviews the mystery `Reliquary,' by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child.

Reviews the mystery `Chicago Blues,' by Hugh Holton.

Reviews the mystery `Buck Naked,' by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt.

Reviews the mystery `Secrets in Stones,' by Anna Shone.

Reviews the mystery `Dark Horse,' by Bill Shoemaker.

Reviews the mystery `A Fine Italian Hand,' by William Murray.

Reviews the mystery `Serious Intent,' by Margaret Yorke.

Reviews the mystery `Death of Blue Mountain Cat,' by Michael Allen Dymmoch.

Reviews the mystery `Murder at Wrigley Field,' by Troy Soos.

Reviews the mystery `Crystals,' by Ann Zavala.

Reviews the mystery `Most Likely To Die,' by Jaqueline Girdner.

Reviews the mystery `Winning Can Be Murder,' by Bill Crider.

Reviews the mystery `Cast in Stone,' by G.M. Ford.

Reviews the mystery `The Trouble with a Bad Fit: A Novel of Food, Fashion, and Mystery,' by Camilla T. Crespi.

Reviews the mystery `Neighborhood Watch,' by Jeff Andrus.

Reviews the mystery `I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is Getting Better,' by Sarah Shankman.

Reviews the mystery `Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor,' by Stephanie Barron.