New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Macmillan 2004 Jan-March
File Updated: 16/12/2006
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Macmillan JAN-MARCH 2004

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Simon Brett The Hanging in the Hotel Published March 2004 by Macmillan at £15.99 ISBN: 0333908538

The Hopwicke Country House Hotel, owned by Jude's glamorous friend Suzy Longthorne, is to host an event for the all-male society, The Pillars of Sussex. On the night, Jude helps Suzy serve dinner, and in the early hours of the morning they watch with relief as the guests drag themselves to their beds. The next morning, one young solicitor does not come down for breakfast. Jude heads for Nigel Ackford's room, presuming he is feeling the effects of the night before. It soon becomes apparent, however, that Nigel has been spared his hangover. For Jude finds him hanging from the beams of his four-poster bed...Convinced it was not suicide, Carole and Jude must now find out the truth behind an elaborate attempt to cover up a simple, cold-blooded murder...


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Anne Cleeves Burial of Ghosts Published February 2004 by Macmillan at £18.99 ISBN: 1843951746
See Review by Martin Edwards - author of the highly acclaimed Harry Devlin Mysteries
See Review by Cath Staincliffe author of the popular Sal Kilkenny mysteries and the series creator of TV Blue Murder

For Lizzie Bartholomew, a holiday in Morocco will change life forever. But not in the way she had hoped... Lizzie had planned her trip to Marrakech as the perfect escape from her life - and her nightmares - in Northumberland. Abandoned as a baby, and having spent her childhood moving between foster homes, Lizzie certainly has much to escape from. And for Lizzie, Morocco is the exotic paradise that she had imagined. Especially when she finds herself on a bus sitting next to a fellow tourist, who is also travelling to fulfil his dreams. After a brief affair, Lizzie returns to England. In the days that follow, she is distracted by thoughts of her mysterious lover, hoping against hope that Philip might come and find her. But suddenly she receives a letter from a firm of solicitors. Philip Samson has died. In his will, he has left Lizzie a gift of [pound]15,000. But there are conditions attached to this unexpected legacy. Conditions that will alter the course of Lizzie's life forever.

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James Herbert Portent Published January 2004 by Macmillan at £17.99 ISBN: 0333761286

Another classic James Herbert chiller, reissued by Macmillan Pan.
It is the near future and signs of an impending global disaster are multiplying. Earthquakes, floods and volcanic eruptions sweep the earth. As the storms and tempests rage, a series of ominous events signal the emergence of a new and terrifying force. While scuba-diving on the Great Barrier Reef a diver watches fascinated as a tiny light floats past him towards the surface. Moments later he is torn to pieces as the reef erupts with colossal power. On the banks of the Ganges, a young boy pauses from his back-breaking labours, transfixed by the play of a mysterious light amidst the monsoon rains, before a towering geyser of boiling water bursts from beneath the streets, scalding him to death. In the Chinese city of Kashi travellers bring back reports of a strange light seen shining above the endless dunes of the Taklimakan Desert. And as the city's inhabitants watch for its return, the desert rises up to engulf them in a tidal wave of sand. All have seen a portent. A sign of unimaginable powers about to be unleashed. A sign that something incredible is about to begin...

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Philip Rickman The Prayer of the Night Shepherd Published March 2004 by Macmillan at £16.99 ISBN: 0333908066
See Review by Bernard Knight ex Home Office Pathologist and author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series

In a Victorian mansion-turned-hotel, Ben Foley hosts unprofitable murder mystery weekends and strives to prove that his hotel is the house on which Sir Arthur Conan Doyle based his famous Baskerville Hall. Foley's dabbling uncovers more than he can handle.

A redundant TV producer has taken on a Victorian mansion on the Welsh border to use for murder mystery weekends. Convinced that the mansion is the site of Conan Doyle's Baskerville story, he invites trouble when his meddling in the spiritual realm attracts an unwholesome force that is far from fictional.


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Peter Robinson Playing with Fire Published January 2004 by Macmillan at £15.99 ISBN: 0333989325
See Review by Bernard Knight ex Home Office Pathologist and author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series

'All Banks knew, as he forced himself to be detached and concentrate on the job at hand, was that a fire scene was unique and presented a number of problems he simply didn't encounter at other crime scenes. Not only was fire itself incredibly destructive, but the act of putting out a fire is destructive, too.'
In the early hours of the morning, a man reports a fire on two old canal boats. One of the firefighters notices the use of accelerant at the scene and calls the police, but by the time Inspector Banks arrives, the fire brigade have put out the flames and only the smouldering wreckage remains. A body has been found on each barge, and all the evidence points towards a deliberate arson attack. One of the victims is Tina, a young girl with a drug addiction and a terrible past who had been living with her boyfriend Mark. The other is Tom, an artist who had been living alone. Now, with little evidence to go on and a number of possible suspects, including Tina's boyfriend, the local 'lock-keeper' who reported the fire, and Tina's own father, Banks must begin to delve into the lives of the victims, and to discover who could have wanted them out of the way forever...

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