New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Hale
2005 April-June
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Hale
APRIL-JUNE 2005
Charles Benoit
Relative Danger
Published May 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 0709078501
Picture a hotel room in 1948 Singapore. A dispute is under way between black marketeer and thief Russell Pearce and an associate, which ends up with Pearce's murder. Fast forward to present day Pennsylvania where young Doug Pearce has always found stories about his Uncle Russ fascinating. So, when a letter arrives from an old friend of his uncle inviting him to Toronto, Doug accepts. On arrival, he finds himself enlisted by the wealthy and glamorous Edna to play detective and solve the murder of his uncle and exonerate the chief suspect. But by the end of his first day, Doug knows he's made a mistake and it becomes clear that someone else is interested in his quest. From Morocco to Egypt to Bahrain to Singapore, Doug stumbles on facing danger all the way.
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Gerry Boyle
Bloodline
Published April 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 0709077831
`Much more than simply a good story.'
Library Journal
Former reporter Jack McMorrow has
opted for the quiet life of rural Maine.
He's still trying to figure out what to
do with his life when an old friend
contacts him with a proposition for a
magazine article.With his money
dwindling and inertia setting in,
McMorrow agrees. But what starts as
a simple assignment rapidly turns his
peaceful existence upside down.
His research on unwed teenage mothers uncovers the
one success story in an otherwise grim picture: a
teenage mother named Missy Hewitt who gave her
daughter up for adoption. But within twenty-four hours
Missy is found dead.The fads don't add up and
McMorrow is left with only questions.
Gerry Boyle is an award-winning columnist for the
Central Maine Morning Sentinel. He lives with his wife
and their three children in a small Maine town.
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Simon Clark
Hotel Midnight.
Published June 2005 by Hale at £17.99
ISBN: 0709078196
A collection of short stories that showcase the astonishing imagination of Simon Clark. These are tales that journey into places unseen, where everyday objects can draw a cold finger of fear down the spine. Here, there are no barriers. A man might step out of his back door to find his garden had been replaced by primordial forest. Or track how the two detectives investigating a brutal murder tackle their case in a surprisingly unorthodox way. In the award winning Goblin City Lights, we follow Jack Constantine as he learns about another London hidden from everyday view: one with its own teeming population hell-bent on trapping the unwary. And visit the Electra Suite, a trio of nerve-twisting stories that have fed on the lifeblood of Simon Clark's bestselling novel, Vampyrrhic. Welcome one and all. This is Hotel Midnight - where every room has a view to die for.
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David Stuart Davies
Forests o f the Night
Published June 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 0709078218
Artwork by: Jacket illustration: Michael Thomas
See Review by
Cath Staincliffe
author of the popular Sal Kilkenny mysteries and the series creator of TV Blue Murder
Introducing Johnny One Eye, the exciting new detective operating in London during the Blitz. Invalided out of the army after losing an eye in a rifle accident, John Hawke sets up as a private detective. In the autumn of 1940 he is engaged to investigate the mysterious death of a young woman, who had led a double life. What is the connection between her brutal murder and the fading film star Gordon Moore, of the popular Tiger Blake B-movies fame? Johnny also becomes involved in the plight of a runaway boy who may have witnessed something terrible. This engrossing mystery is told with wit and humour, whilst evoking an atmospheric picture of the home front during those dark days of the Second World War. An impressive debut for Johnny One Eye.
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John Dean
A Flicker in the Night
Published June 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 0709078226
When an old man dies in an arson
attack, it's left to Detective Chief
Inspector John Blizzard to investigate.
But his inquiry becomes more
complicated when several other old men
perish in similar blazes.
The attacks have all the hallmarks of Reginald Marsh,
now locked away in a mental hospital for his crimes.
Are the police dealing with a copycat killer?
John Dean is an award-winning journalist of twenty
three years standing. He has twice been named
North-East Freelance Journalist of the Year and also
Environmental Reporter of the Year He has
contributed to several publications including The
Sunday Telegraph, The SundayTimes and the Daily
Express. He has also written a children's book and a
history of the North Road History Museum in
Darlington, his home-town.
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Angela Dracup
A Kind of Justice
Published May 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 0709078064
Josie Parker is found drowned in the
bath on her wedding night.The
circumstances indicate murder and
DCI Ed Swift has no choice but to
regard the distraught bridegroom,
Jamie, as chief suspect. But Jamie
claims to have lost all recall of the
moments leading up to his bride's
death.
When Swift begins an investigation into the family
dynamics of the newlyweds he uncovers a shocking
trail of deceit and treachery. Finally he must reveal the
horrible truth behind Josies killing if justice is to be
done.
Angela Dracup was born and educated in Bradford
and read psychology at Sheffield and Manchester
Universities. She is a chartered psychologist and works
with education authorities to assess the needs of
children with learning and behavioural problems. She
is married with one daughter and lives in Harrogate,
North Yorkshire. This is her fourteenth novel to be
published by Robert Hale.
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Robert Elegant
Cry Peace
Published June 2005 by Hale at £18.99
ISBN: 0709078285
A tale of international love, intrigue,
and blood-letting.
Lieutenant Luke Maynell, a brilliant and headstrong
China scholar, is called up in 1952 for intelligence
missions in the Korean War Alternating between
combat in the trenches against the North Korean and
Chinese Communist troops fighting the United
Nations forces and gory, pitched battles between pro-
Communist and anti-Communist factions, he re-
encounters two young women whom he had met as a
student.
As they vie for his heart amid the perils of war, Luke is
transformed. He becomes far more sensitive to the
human and political dramas pressing upon him and
ends up playing a critical role in saving tens of
thousands who are, with good reason, terrified of
returning to their totalitarian homelands.
Robert Elegant's knowledge of the Far East led him to
write his bestselling novels Dynasty, Manchu and
Mandarin. He has also won the Edgar Allan Poe
Award for his non-fiction writing.
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Loren, D. Estleman
Sinister Heights
Published May 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 070907834X
Mrs Rayellen Stutch, the young widow of
one of Detroit's most powerful
industrialists had a little job for the
smart and cynical private eye Amos
Walker.Wanting to unload part of her
enormous inheritance on the illegitimate
offspring of her late husband, she needed
Walker to find them.
It's a simple case ...until Walker discovers the would-be
millionaires are the textbook dysfunctional familyThe
battered wife is on the run, the abusive husband is
packing a gun and the kid is caught in between.
The stage is set for a bloody payoff, and trapped in the
middle is a private eye who can remember when cars
had fins and a city had a dream.
Loren D. Estleman was born in Ann Arbor and started
his career as a journalist. Using his training and passion
for detail, he became a full-time fiction writer and
quickly earned a cult following.
`Estleman is a consistently excellent
storyteller.' Chicago Tribune
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Margaret Frazer
The Servant's Tale
Published May 2005 by Hale at £18.99
ISBN: 0709077998
It's Christmas time, and the sisters of St. Frideswide cannot turn away travellers - even the theatre players knocking at the nunnery door. But along with the motley troupe comes the grievously wounded husband of the cloister's scullery maid, Meg. The actors swear they found the drunken wastrel in a ditch, but their tale sounds remarkably like another song and dance. Especially when two dead bodies are found waiting in the wings...Now, Sister Frevisse must find out if one of the actors is a murderer in masquerade or face a deadly Yuletide season..
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Kelly Lange
The Reporter
Published April 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 0709077203
Los Angeles reporter Maxi Poole can't
take her eyes off the bizarre
translucent coffin that holds the
corpse of Jack Nathanson,the Oscar
winning actor and her ex-husband.
Less clear than the lucite casket is
who shot him in cold blood.
Initial evidence points to Nathanson's first wife but
Maxi is not convinced and she sets out to find the real
murderer. An endless list of suspects is the result.And
then the city is rocked by another scandal. Set against
the beaches of Malibu, the lavish estates of Beverly
Hills and the trendy hotspots of Hollywood, this
murder mystery is a virtuoso tour de force.
Kelly Lange is a former news co-anchor and TV
reporter. She is the recipient of numerous honours
and awards. This is her first novel published by Robert
Hale.
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John, D Macdonald
The Damned
Published May 2005 by Hale at £18.99
ISBN: 0709078005
Her brows were black and her face was oval, the brandied eyes spaced gravely, the lips wide and warm with instinctive wisdom, the throat and shoulders golden and fragile above the strapless nubby material of the pale tan linen dress. She half lay on her side, braced on her elbow, both knees drawn up, the skirt fanned over them. Had he never touched her then, she would have remained as in the beginning: remote, and with that slow and lovely enchantment that made all persons soften their voices when they spoke to her. There are good moments and some very bad ones. A mixed cast of American tourists never expected to be trapped together, unable to cross the river that was the next part of their journey. They were all strangers, even the ones who seemed to be travelling together. They didn't really want to get to know each other, but the scorching heat and the stalled river ferry take away the luxury of choice. Under the brutal Mexican sun their personal relationships, their human qualities, their values and dreams are exposed in a way that leaves no excuses. Their lives would never be the same again. In fact, crossing that river was not even to be a journey they would all make...
In his most admired novel before the creation of Travis McGee, John D. MacDonald assembles a range of characters who get 'a little time by the river to breathe in the midst of journeying' - only to discover that they are The Damned.
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Faith Martin
On the Straight and Narrow
Published May 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 0709078137
When a pretty French student is
found dead in her room at an
exclusive private Oxford college,
everyone assumes it is yet another sad
case of accidental drug overdose. But
Detective Inspector Hillary Greene
quickly begins to think otherwise.
She soon discovers that the young victim had led an
interesting life and when a highly unusual cause of
death is established a high-profile murder inquiry
follows.
Faith Martin was born in Oxford. Her first novel in the
Hillary Greene series, A Narrow Escape, was also
published by Robert Hale.
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Archer Mayor
The Surrogate Thief
Published May 2005 by Hale at £18.99
ISBN: 0709078269
Brattleboro is the epitome of scenic
Vermont yet there is darkness here and
nobody knows it better than veteran cop
Joe Gunther.
Thirty years earlier shop owner Klaus Oberfeldt was
robbed and when Klaus died six months later, a case of
assault and battery became murderThe guilty man
eventually appeared, but Gunther, distracted by
personal problems, lets the case go cold.
Now reopened, the Oberfeldt investigation forces
Gunther to open old wounds and somewhere there
stalks a murderer who has good reason to kill again...
Archer Mayor lives in Newfane, Vermont. He is a full-
time author, a volunteer firefighter and a death
investigator for the state's medical examiner
Acclaim for the author:
`Among the best cop stories being
written today.' Booklist
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John D. McDonald
The Damned
Published April 2005 by Hale at £17.99
ISBN: 0709078005
Her brows were black and her face
was oval, the brandied eyes spaced
gravely, the lips wide and warm with
instinctive wisdom, the throat and
shoulders golden and fragile above the
strapless nubby material of the pale
tan linen dress. She half lay on her
side, braced on her elbow, both knees
drawn up, the skirt fanned over them.
Had he never touched her then, she would have
remained as in the beginning: remote, and with that
slow and lovely enchantment that made all persons
soften their voices when they spoke to her.
In his most admired novel before the creation ofTravis
McGee, John D. MacDonald assembles a range of
characters who get'o little time by the river to breathe
in the midst ofjourneying' - only to discover that they
are The Damned.
John D. MacDonald was one of the most widely read
thriller writers in the world and was particularly
recognized for his Travis McGee series. He died in
1986.
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James Pattinson
The Spanish Hawk
Published June 2005 by Hale at £17.99
ISBN: 0709078404
There were five dead men in the cabin
of the boat, lying under six fathoms of
Caribbean water. But the men had not
been drowned: they had been shot
through the head at close range.
John Fletcher had gone down to photograph a sunken
ship, but he took photographs of the boat and its
cargo of dead men instead. Soon he is having trouble
with the island police, some men from President
Clayton Rodger's private army of thugs and two CIA
agents. Now Fletcher wishes he had followed his first
impulse and said nothing to anyone ...
James Pattinson is a full-time author who, after
travelling the world, now lives in the remote Norfolk
village where he grew up. He has written articles for
magazines, short stories and radio features.
`There is the tang of the sea and
plenty of excitement: Birmingham Mail
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Twist Phelan
Family Claims
Published May 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 070907851X
Hannah Dain, a skilled business lawyer, is on the verge of leaving her family's law firm for a better job when her plans get derailed. A real estate deal she's put together suddenly goes bad and two million dollars of investors' money disappears. With her career on the line, Hannah decides to investigate, despite a disapproving father and antagonistic older sister. Although Hannah manages to exonerate the firm, a car bomb and two murders thwart the police's identification of the true culprit. Compelled to dig deep, Hannah uncovers a greater threat all too close to home. Now she must expose long-buried family secrets to save her reputation, her law firm...and her life.
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Robert T Price
Dog Meat
Published May 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 0709078463
Crime boss Gerald Plank is plucked
from the bosom of his family at
gunpoint in the dead of night.
Kidnapped? Or a put-up job?
Kenny Madigan doesn't care: he ditched his criminal
past years ago. But life is never that simple, and he
reluctantly joins in the search for Plank Then Kenny's
girlfriend, Aileen, is kidnapped to keep him in line when
he uncovers plans for high-tech crime. Plank's
Mercedes is blown up, killing its occupants, and
launching Higgens, a sadistic hoodlum, on a mission of
revenge.
Only Kenny knows enough to stop the killing.
Robert T Price is originally from Paisley, and has lived
and worked in this country, the USA and France.
After many years in the computer industry, he now
lives with his wife, Grace, in Stratford-upon-Avon.
Dog Meat is his second novel.
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Nicholas Rhea
Sergeant Simpson's Sacrifice
Published May 2005 by Hale at £18.99
ISBN: 0709078293
Like so many police officers, it was the
ambition of Dick Simpson, a
uniformed town patrol sergeant, to
investigate a murder case.As he
approached the end of his career it
seemed unlikely his wish would be
fulfilled. However, with the discovery of
a murder victim in the local park,
Sergeant Simpson is pitched headlong
into Hildenley's first murder
investigation.
The dead man was a known rapist and suspected
murderer, but as the inquiries intensify Simpson's son
becomes prime susped.To protect his family, Sergeant
Simpson must now make a remarkable sacrifice.
Nicholas Rhea is the pen-name of Peter N. Walker,
formerly an inspector with the North Yorkshire Police
and now the creator of the Constable series and
author of many very successful books about Yorkshire
and the Lake District. He lives in North Yorkshire. Visit
his website at www.nicholasrhea.co.uk
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Sara R Shaber
Snipe Hunt
Published April 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 0709077076
`Warm, vibrant portrait of small-town
Southern life: NewYork Times
Professor Simon Shaw wants nothing
more than to spend a peaceful
Thanksgiving with friends. But even as
the turkey roasts, he finds himself
embroiled in a fifty-yearvold mystery
of strange disappearances, suspicious
deaths and treasures lost and found.
A local man is dredged from the waters of Pearlie
Beach with rare Confederate coins in his hands, and
the sharp blade of a knife between his ribs. Finding
another cache of coins may be as likely as getting the
guarded residents to talk, but Simon knows that if he
doesn't continue to investigate a decade-old murder
will go unsolved.
Sarah R. Shaber lives in North Carolina. Her previous
crime novel published by Robert Hole, Simon Said,
won the St Martin's Malice Domestic Award.
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Roger Silverwood
The Man in the Pink Suit
Published April 2005 by Hale at £16.99
ISBN: 0709077785
Frank P Jones, the celebrity art critic
known nationally as The Man In the
Pink Suit, is seen by four independent
witnesses, and recorded on videotape,
shooting industrialist Charles Tabor.
Jones strongly denies the charge, but he has the
motive, the opportunity, a Walter PPK/S automatic ...
and no alibi.
Detective Inspector Michael Angel is called in to
unravel another nerve-jangling mystery in his quirky,
unique way. But what is the truth?
Roger Silverwood lives on the outskirts of Barnsley.
After serving as a sales director, he went into business
with his wife as an antique dealer This is his third
novel featuring Michael Angel, set in the South
Yorkshire town of Bromersley at the foot of the
Pennines.
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Joanna Trevor
Murder in the Cathedral Clinic
Published May 2005 by Hale at £18.99
ISBN: 0709077645
The Cathedral Clinic is an expensive
alternative therapy centre within an
exclusive and very peaceful setting.
This makes it all the more shocking
when the head of the clinic, Sebastian
Kingsley, is brutally murdered there.
DO Simon, himself a visitor at the clinic only the day
before, returns in a very different role to try to solve
the case. With the murder victim being the nephew of
the dean of the cathedral, the pressure is on Simon to
keep the investigation discreet, despite heated media
interest.Then the victim is revealed to have been a
control freak with a volatile temper...
Joanna Trevor read English at university and taught in
various schools before becoming a freelance writer.
This is her fourth novel published by Robert Hale.
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Wilson Wall
The DNA Detectives
Published June 2005 by Hale at £20.00
ISBN: 0709075049
Written by an expert in the field, The DNA Detectives describes the intricate processes used in DNA testing to solve crimes and puzzles across the globe, as well as the fascinating history of the discovery that DNA was the fundamental building block of all life on this planet. Through the ages mankind has always been curious about the way in which characteristics are passed from one generation of another, but this had always been guesswork, often based on incorrect premises and inadequate observations. As time went by, science gradually moved closer to unlocking the secrets, thanks to the intrepid explorers of the human genome. Starting with a short history of personal identification, including fingerprints, the author goes on to describe the various methods of creating a DNA profile. The very first use of DNA to track down a rapist and murderer in the UK is examined. The author also looks at some of the most intriguing identification puzzles from the past, such as the story of the Romanovs and that of Thomas Jefferson who was accused of fathering children with his slave, Sally Hemmings. The ethical questions and long-term implications surrounding the use of DNA are also examined. For example, if an individual has tested positive for a genetic disease should insurance companies really have access to the results, particularly when the person may never actually develop the disease? There is also the dichotomy that even if we could remove all defective genes we might well, as a result, be causing more long-term problems for ourselves than we would solve. The DNA Detectives is a unique exploration of the use of this most powerful tool, which can reach back long into the past and has helped to provide forensic scientists and the law courts with a new and exciting edge in the fight against crime.
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W.J. Wall
The DNA Detectives
Published May 2005 by Hale at £20.00
ISBN: 0709075049
The DNA Detectives is a unique exploration of the use of this most powerful
tool, which can reach back long into the past and has helped to give forensic
scientists and the law courts a new and exciting edge in the fight against
crime.
The very first use of DNA to track down a rapist and murderer in the UK is examined, as is the first
case from the USA. The author also looks again at some of the most intriguing identification puzzles
from the past, such as the story of the Romanovs, the last Russian Royal family, and that ofThomas
Jefferson who was accused of fathering children with his slave Sally Hemmings. The ethical questions
and long-term implications surrounding the use of DNA are also examined. For instance, there is the
dichotomy that even if we could remove all defective genes we might well, as a result, be causing
more long-term problems for ourselves than we would solve.
Dr Wilson Wall, PhD, FIBiol, was an original researcher into the current methods of DNA profiling. He has
worked in a number o f the London medical schools and has published many scientific papers and books,
textbooks, professional level books and ones on popular science. He is a visiting lecturer at several
universities on the subject of forensic DNA.
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