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Emerson, Kathy Lynn. Face Down Beneath the Eleanor Cross. St. Martin's. Mar. 2000. c.272p. ISBN 0-312-20544-9. $23.95. M Susanna, Lady Appleton (Face Down in the Marrow-Bone Pie), grieves over the [...]

Nevins, Francis M. Beneficiaries' Requiem. Five Star. Mar. 2000. c.256p. ISBN 0-7862-2373-1. $20.95. M According to the will of her great uncles, Heather Dennison forfeits a healthy trust income if [...]

Borthwick, J. S. Coup de Grace. Minotaur: St. Martin's. 2000. c.352p. ISBN 0-312-25313-3. $24.95. M With a new doctorate and a new job teaching at a girls' boarding school, Sarah [...]

Fraser, Anthea. The Ten Commandments. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Mar. 2000. c. 192p. ISBN 0-312-20915-0. $22.95. M British police inspector David Webb, of the long-running series, here competes with a well-known [...]

Doherty, Paul. The Horus Killings. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Mar. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-24263-8. $22.95. M Doherty continues his newest historical series (Mask of Ra) with another visit to the complicated [...]

Bland, Eleanor Taylor. Scream in Silence. Minotaur: St. Martin's. 2000. c.290p. ISBN 0-312-20378-0. $23.95. M Mystery's first African American female homicide detective joins partner Matthew Jessenovik in tracking down a [...]

Girdner, Jaqueline. Murder, My Deer. Prime Crime: Berkley. Mar. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 0-425-17328-3. $21.95. M Series sleuth Kate Jasper (Death Hits the Fan) and her new husband get in trouble [...]

Bowen, Rhys. Evan and Elle. Minotaur: St. Martin's. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-25244-7. $22.95. M Constable Evans and Sgt. Watkins investigate arson and murder in the Welsh village of Llanfair after [...]

Gebhard, Pat. Motives for Murder. Creative Arts. 2000. c.282p. ISBN 0-88739-268-7. pap. $14.95. M Lucy Metzger, whose popular professor husband is poisoned during a solo business trip to New York, [...]

Wooley, Marilyn J. Jackpot Justice. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Apr. 2000. c.352p. ISBN 0-312-25455-5. $24.95. M Biting prose, easy-to-hate villains, and a forceful-but-sympathetic protagonist result in this appealing winner of St. [...]

Cail, Carol. Who Was Sylvia? Deadly Alibi. 2000. c.180p. ISBN 1-886199-04-3. pap. $16.99. M Boulder, CO, reporter Maxey Burnell, whose main squeeze works as an arson investigator for the fire [...]

Sawyer, Clyde Lynwood & Frances Witlin. An Uncertain Currency. Avocet. 2000. c.351p. ISBN 0-9661072-7-6. pap. $14.95. M Itinerant psychic performer Mario Castigliani and police chief Beaufort Tyler join forces in [...]

Matthews, Alex. Cat's Claw. Intrigue. Apr. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 1-890768-22-7. $22.95. M Matthews hits her stride in this exciting addition to the Cassidy McCabe series. Here, the Chicago psychotherapist chides [...]

Kahn, Sharon. Never Nosh a Matzo Ball. Scribner. Mar. 2000. c.304p. ISBN 0-684-84738-8. $22. M Ruby Rothman, widow of Eternal's (TX) previous rabbi (Fax Me a Bagel), runs a bagel [...]

Cockey, Tim. The Hearse You Came in On. Hyperion, dist. by Little, Brown. Mar. 2000. c.320p. ISBN 0-7868-6570-9. $22.95. M Crisp prose, witty repartee, incipient romance, and political scandal color [...]

McCown, Marjorie. Death by Design. Creative Arts. Mar. 2000. c. 182p. ISBN 0-88739-244-X. pap. $13.95. M The daughter of an Oscar-nominated Hollywood costume designer hires private eye Maggie McGrath, a [...]

Simpson, Dorothy. Dead and Gone. Scribner. Feb. 2000. c.256p. ISBN 0-684-86336-7. $22. M Inspector Luke Thanet (Once Too Often) puzzles over another classic case of murder: a local barrister's wife [...]

Gilman, Dorothy. Mrs. Pollifax Unveiled. Ballantine. Feb. 2000. c.224p. ISBN 0-345-43652-0. $23. M This exciting addition to the popular series takes Mrs. Pollifax, an occasional CIA agent, to Syria, where [...]

Jellison, Jerry. Measure of Vengeance. Write Way. Feb. 2000. c.295p. ISBN 1-885173-72-5. $24.95. M Intellectual beauty and book editor Megan Roark, horrified by graphic descriptions of murder sent to her [...]

Ashford, Jeffrey. An Honest Betrayal. Severn House. Feb. 2000. c.224p. ISBN 0-7278-5459-3. $26. M Although ordered by his superiors to drop his investigation of a hit-and-run case, policeman Ballard believes [...]

Shaber, Sarah P. Snipe Hunt. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Mar. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-25337-0. $23.95. M A relaxing trip to North Carolina's fictional Pearlie Beach turns into much more for professor [...]

Billheimer, John. Highway Robbery. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Feb. 2000. c.304p. ISBN 0-312-25247-1. $24.95. M In his second mystery after The Contrary Blues, largely unemployed risk consultant Owen Allison returns to [...]

Tremayne, Peter. Valley of the Shadow. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Mar. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-20939-8. $23.95. M Seventh-century Irish princess Fidelma (The Spider's Web), late of the sisterhood at Kildare, negotiates [...]

Hamilton, Lyn. The Celtic Riddle. Berkley: Penguin/Putnam. Feb. 2000. c.304p. ISBN 0-425-17235-X. $21.95. M Toronto antiques dealer and amateur sleuth Lara McClintoch (The Moche Warrior) accompanies co-worker Alex--and two other [...]

Cannon, Taffy. Guns and Roses. Perseverance. Mar. 2000. c.240p. ISBN 1-880284-34-0. pap. $12.95. M Temporarily on leave, policewoman Roxanne Prescott has decided to work for her aunt as a tour [...]

Haddam, Jane. Skeleton Key. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Feb. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-20909-6. $23.95. M Connecticut police consult series sleuth and ex-FBI agent Gregor Demarkian when Bennis Hannaford (Demarkian's love interest) [...]

Henderson, Lauren. Freeze My Margarita. Crown. Feb. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 0-609-80487-1. pap. $12.95. M As in Black Rubber Dress, London artist/sleuth Samantha 'Sam' Jones lets her art lead her to [...]

Tishy, Cecelia. Fall to Pieces. Dowling. Jan. 2000. c.319p. ISBN 1-8918470-7-4. $24. M Nashville and country music once more provide the background and subject matter for murder. Magazine editor Kate [...]

Beaton, M.C. Agatha Raisin and the Witch of Wyckhadden. Minotaur: St. Martin's. 1999. c.208p. ISBN 0-312-20494-9. $21.95. M After losing her hair in her last adventure (Agatha Raisin and the [...]

Vukcevich, Ray. The Man of Maybe Half-a-Dozen Faces. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Feb. 2000. c.256p. ISBN 0-312-24652-8. $22.95. M Brian Dobson, the multiple-personality gent of the rifle, uses his plural personae [...]

Ford, G.M. The Deader the Better. Twilight: Avon. Feb. 2000. c.384p. ISBN 0-380-97723-0. $22. M Seattle private investigator Leo Waterman travels with girlfriend Rebecca to a friend's place in the [...]

Walker, David J. A Beer at a Bawdy House. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Jan. 2000. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-25242-0. $23.95. M A Chicago bishop hires investigative husband-and-wife team Kirsten and Dugan to [...]

McKevett, G.A. Sugar and Spite. Kensington. Jan. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 1-57566-493-3. $20.M Delightful and spunky, California private detective Savannah Reid, always enticed by food, turns her talents toward clearing her [...]

Murphy, Shirley Rousseau. Cat to the Dogs. HarperCollins. Jan. 2000. c.256p. ISBN 0-06-105097-0. $23. M Joe Grey, the talking cat (Cat in the Dark), and friend Dulcie help police solve [...]

Gorman, Ed. Wake Up Little Susie. Carroll & Graf. Jan. 2000. c.256p. ISBN 0-7867-0665-1. $22.95. M Iowa lawyer/private investigator Sam McCain has plenty of clues and suspects in the murder [...]

Harper, Karen. The Tidal Poole. Delacorte. Jan. 2000. c.287p. ISBN 0-385-33284-X. $22.95. M In London but two months, the newly crowned Elizabeth I and her 'Privy Plot Council' of four [...]

Boyle, Gerry. Cover Story. Prime Crime: Berkley. Jan. 2000. c.384p. ISBN 0-425-16893-X. $22.95. M Maine investigative reporter Jack McMorrow visits New York intending to work freelance for the New York [...]

Frazer, Margaret. The Reeve's Tale. Prime Crime: Berkley. 1999. c.288p. ISBN 0-425-17232-5. $21.95. M Landholdings in the village of Prior By-field belong either to the St. Frideswide nunnery or to [...]

Hamilton, Steve. Winter of the Wolf Moon. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Feb. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-25295-1. $23.95. M After subbing in an amateur ice hockey game for some Indian friends, sometime [...]

Temple, Lou Jane. The Cornbread Killer. Minotaur: St. Martin's. 1999. c.241p. ISBN 0-312-20605-4. $23.95. M Restaurant-owner, chef, and part-rime sleuth Heaven Lee mixes herself up with trouble in Kansas City--again. [...]

Harrison, Jamie. Blue Deer Thaw. Hyperion, dist. by Little, Brown. Feb. 2000. c.288p. ISBN 0-7868-6422-2. $22.95. M As a disillusioned archaeologist turned lawman, Sheriff Jules Clement (Going Local) seems ill-suited [...]

Brown, Steve. Color Her Dead. Chick Springs. Jan. 2000. c.259p. ISBN 0-9670273-1-4. pap. $13.95. M Susan Chase works as a lifeguard on Myrtle Beach's Grand Strand, but she also specializes [...]

Dain, Catherine. Angel in the Dark. Five Star. Dec. 1999. c.222p. ISBN 0-7862-2251-4. $19.95. M Mariana Morgan, unraveled by her husband's 'random' murder and the loss of her job, turns [...]

Cohen, Nancy J. Permed to Death. Kensington. Dec. 1999. c.304p. ISBN 1-57566-482-8. $20. M When a rather nasty woman dies of poisoning in Marla Shore's Palm Harbor beauty shop, police [...]

Macdonald, Marianne. Smoke Screen. Minotaur: St. Martin's. 1999. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-24243-3. $23.95. M While negotiating for a collection of old and rare books, London antiquarian bookseller Dido Hoare (Ghost Walk, [...]

Kellogg, Marne Davis. Birthday Party. Doubleday. Dec. 1999. c.272p. ISBN 0-385-49333-9. $21.95. M Newly married Lilly Bennett, marshal of Bennett's Fort, WY, chases a murderer who has targeted a local [...]

Mayor, Archer. Occam's Razor. Mysterious. 1999. c.352p. ISBN 0-89296-682-3. $23.95. M Series homicide detective Joe Gunther (The Disposable Man) investigates two separate but particularly grisly murders in Brattleboro. An anonymous [...]

Haywood, Gar Anthony. All the Lucky Ones Are Dead. Putnam. Jan. 2000. c.240p. ISBN 0-399-14540-0. $23.95. M L.A. private investigator Aaron Gunner (When Last Seen Alive) works two cases concurrently. [...]

Braun, Lilian Jackson. The Cat Who Robbed a Bank. Putnam. Jan. 2000. c.256p. ISBN 0-399-14570-2. $23.95. M Newspaper columnist Jim Qwilleran investigates the murder of a visiting jeweler, one of [...]

Buckley, Fiona. Queen's Ransom. Scribner. Jan. 2000. c.352p. ISBN 0-684-86267-0. $22. M One of Queen Elizabeth's ladies-in-waiting, Ursula Blanchard, spies for her sovereign (as in To Shield the Queen), this [...]