New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Hale 06 Oct-Dec

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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Hale OCT-DEC 06

Maxine Barry Hidden Rainbows Published December 2006 by Hale at Ł18.99 ISBN: 0709081855

When Persis Canfield-Hope finds her grandmother's diaries dating from 1938, she decides it would be fun to follow in her footsteps and cross the great continent of Australia from coast to coast via train. On board, she meets the charming and enigmatic Dane Culver but has no idea that he has a hidden motive in befriending her - one that involves a fabulous and purloined jewel! Also on board is another English woman, Rayne Fletcher. She's there as an investigator for an insurance company, and is simply out to nail fraudster Avery McLeod - so falling in love with him was definitely not on the agenda. Unfortunately for them both, the real criminal has an agent on board who is determined that neither of them will live to see the journey's end.

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Charles Benoit Out of Order Published December 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 070908238X

At 27, Jason Tally of Corning, New York, leads an orderly life, processing loans for a mortgage company. The highlight of his life is his friendship with Sriram Sundaram and his lively wife, Vidya. One night, Sriram secretly confides he's planning a trip home to India to visit his mother and asks Jason to look after her gift, a gorgeous red silk sari. The very next evening Jason arrives home to sirens and cops - Sriram and Vidya are dead. The cops call it a murder/suicide. Grieving, Jason decides to fulfill Sriram's quest and impulsively books himself a trip to India. There's a gorgeous young woman aboard, a train buff with an escape plan, and before he knows it, Jason has cast aside all semblance of order and embarked with Rachel on a perilous journey, but, he doesn't realize how dangerous it will be, since only now does he learn that Sriram, a computer genius, was believed to have sold out his colleagues. Jason has sent details of his trip to Sriram's e-mail list, hoping to meet up with his dead friend's past. But when he does...

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C J Box In Plain Sight Published November 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709082312

J.W. Keeley is a man with a score to settle. He's tracked down the one person he blames for his brother's death: Joe Pickett. And now J.W. is going to make him suffer. Game warden Joe Pickett is relieved that the long, harsh winter is over. However, a cloud of trouble threatens to spoil the milder weather: local ranch owner and matriarch Opal Scarlett has vanished under suspicious circumstances. Two of her sons, Hank and Arlen, are battling for control of their mother's multi-million-dollar empire, and their bitter fight threatens to tear the whole valley apart. Everyone is so caught up in the brothers' battle that they seem to have forgotten that Opal is missing. Joe Pickett, the game warden, is convinced, though, that one of the brothers killed her. When a series of wicked pranks escalates into the most personal kind of violence, Joe knows that whoever is after him has a vicious debt to collect and wants him to pay...and pay dearly. Compelling and suspenseful, "In Plain Sight" is a crackling novel from one of today's best mystery writers.

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Simon Clark Death’s Dominion Published December 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709081898

Today science raises the dead to serve the living, but humanity begins to despise the risen dead who toil among them. After all, what does it feel like to shake hands with a corpse? Or converse with a man who died last year? Humankind vows to destroy every last one of its 'monsters'. Soldiers and civilians alike destroy these gentle creatures in a terrifying killing spree. The monsters can't fight back, it's not in their nature, and when caught they must submit to their destruction. Until one of them retaliates against humanity with shocking brutality. Doctor Paul Marais will discover that Dominion is far more than just a killing machine. In this domain, death isn't always the victor.

Simon Clark is the author of several novels including Blood Crazy, Darkness Demands and the award-winning The Night Of The Triffids. News about Simon Clark, articles and short films can be found at his website.

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Peter Conway Locked in Published October 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709081944

Is Father Carey saint or sinner? A compassionate comforter of the sick or a heavy drinker not to be trusted with secrets inside or outside the confessional? Opinion at St. Cuthbert's Hospital was divided. Michael Donovan, paralysed after a rugby accident, viewed him as the only person who had tried to give him support, but, there were others who both hated and feared the priest. When Father Carey is poisoned, Donovan loses the will to live. On a respirator and locked inside his paralysed body, there is nothing he can do about it. Or is there? He may be unable to speak or move but there is nothing inactive about his mind. Can he find a way to track down the killer?

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John Dean The Long Dead Published October 2006 by Hale at Ł16.99 ISBN: 0709081839

When sixteen skeletons are unearthed near an old prisoner-of-war camp outside the northern city of Hafton, it seems like a straightforward case for Detective Chief Inspector John Blizzard. With all indicators pointing to natural deaths from influenza during the First World War, there seems little to concern modern-day detectives. But Blizzard's instincts tell him something is wrong. As he investigates the case alongside his colleague, Sergeant David Colley, they find themselves revealing dark secrets concealed for more than fifty years. And for John Blizzard it'll mean confronting demons from his own past.

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Margaret Dumas How to Succeed in Murder Published October 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709081987

Newlywed Charley Fairfax has every intention of living happily ever after with her husband, Jack. But when Jack is hired to investigate a suspicious death at a San Francisco software company, it quickly becomes clear that high-tech has some low-life elements. The only way Charley knows how to help Jack involves doing something nobody thought she would ever do...she needs to get a job. It might be a problem that Charley and her band of irregulars from the repertory theatre gained their knowledge of the workplace from a production of "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying", but that doesn't stop them from going undercover to find a killer. If only people would stop trying to kill them, Charley and Jack might even get to take a honeymoon.

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Sue Henry The Tooth of Time Published October 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709082061

One of the best parts of zigzagging the country in her Winnebago is the possibility of endless adventure - and sixty-something-year-old Maxie McNabb is always up for trying new things. So, she and her canine companion, Stretch, head for the languorous heat of New Mexico, where Maxie plans to learn how to weave. But everything changes when a local woman attempts suicide. A casualty of her husband's midlife crisis, she has been replaced by a newer, sexier model. And to top it off, a sleazy conman has set his sights on her. Even though she's on vacation, Maxie is determined to help. With her nose for trouble, she'll leave no mesa unturned until she brings two dogs to justice - neither of which is trusty Stretch!

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Henry Kisor A Venture into Murder Published December 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709082428

In Porcupine County there lies a small Michigan town where the people all know one another and gossip cannot be silenced for long. But there's one secret that someone has tried to keep quiet for years...and those who try to uncover it seem to wind up dead. Deputy Steve Martinez lost his heart to the region after running away from a secret of his own. The peace and quiet is broken when a mob hit man's corpse washes up on the shore of Lake Superior. Then, during a routine police operation, one of Steve's colleagues falls over the long-buried body of one of Porcupine County's missing persons - a man who had been last seen alive almost a century before. The two deaths are seemingly unrelated...at first. Steve's investigations lead him through shootouts and hair-raising fights in a small plane. He is willing to do whatever it takes to keep the peace in the land he loves, but he destined to discover that some things are better left buried.

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Christine Kling Bitter End Published November 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709081065

Seychelle Sullivan is manoeuvring her salvage tug through Fort Lauderdale's waters when she spies Mykonos, the yacht owned by well-known south Florida billionaire Nicholas Pontus - the hated ex-husband of her one-time best friend, Molly. Without warning, Nick is shot dead and now Seychelle must break the news to a woman she hasn't spoken to in thirteen years. Things get even worse when Molly is arrested and charged with Nick's murder. Left to look after Molly's teenage son, Zale, Seychelle begins some subtle snooping. But now, with Zale's life in danger, she'll have to crack the case - and quickly!

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Mark Lalbeharry The Simian Curve Published December 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709082134

A headless corpse is found in the garage belonging to Thomas Tranmore, a maverick scientist who worked for the Ministry of Defence. His house has been stripped of all furniture and possessions and his bank account emptied. There is no family, few friends and colleagues are reticent in talking about him. DCI Diane Cresson and her team are assigned to the case. They soon discover that some very high-up people seem to know quite a lot about Tranmore's recent activities and prove reluctant to share that information. Then another body is found in a nearby lake...The Simian Curve marks the arrival of a powerful new thriller writer who has created an utterly absorbing and chilling tale of murder and deception.

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Faith Martin By a Narrow Majority Published November 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 070908207X

When a would-be politician is found battered to death in his kitchen, DI Hillary Greene is not convinced that the motive is political. After all, the victim was not universally popular in the small village where he lived, and it quickly transpires that he was having an affair. But then Hillary, working on another case, is abruptly and violently prevented from continuing with the murder investigation. Instead, another problem takes over all her time - a problem that could have serious ramifications for both herself, and her superiors. For as Hillary knows only too well, cops don't like it when they themselves come under investigation!

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Hugh McLeave Benchmark Published November 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709081723

Judge Knox is an eminent, rigorous and unpopular High Court judge. But after committing a judicial error, the criminal he wrongly sentenced comes looking for revenge. Then, he seduces the judge's stepdaughter and turns her into a drug addict and sexual pervert. When he is found dead, Judge Knox is arrested, charged with murder and tried in his own court at the Old Bailey. For his defence, the judge spurns Queens Counsel friends and instead chooses a junior barrister - the man who loved his stepdaughter before she was corrupted. Against a cunning attorney general and a cantankerous lord chief justice can the junior counsel win over the jury?

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Deborah Morgan The Majolica Murders Published October 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709080727

Ex-FBI agent and antiques picker, Jeff Talbot asks his friend, Lanny to scout out some antique majolica as a present for his wife - with no idea just how costly it will be. Lanny is a bit of a loner, so it comes as a complete shock to Jeff when the young man is arrested for murdering an antiques dealer. Jeff learns that Lanny quarrelled with the dealer after she sold two pieces of majolica she was supposed to hold for him - uncharacteristic of the caring and trustworthy man Jeff knows. As he investigates Lanny's claims of innocence, Jeff learns the majolica has a long history - one that somebody is determined to keep quiet.

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Carol Anne O’Marie A Novena for Murder Published October 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 070908210X

Sister Mary Helen, aged seventy-five, had resisted retirement. She feared she'd find only prayer, peace and a little pinochle. But she had no sooner arrived at Mount St Francis College for Women when she was greeted by an earthquake, a hysterical secretary and a fatally bludgeoned history professor. Police inspectors Kate Murphy and Dennis Gallagher promptly make a very human error when they arrest an innocent. Perhaps by divine inspiration, Sister Mary Helen knows a mistake has been made and turns her own talents into a hunt for the guilty. Nothing is sacred when it comes to catching a killer with a habit for murder.

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Sandra Parshall The Heat of the Moon Published December 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709082401

Young veterinarian, Rachel Goddard's world begins to crumble when a client rushes into the animal hospital with a basset hound struck by a car during a thunderstorm. The dog's owner terrified tot, drenched with rain, loses sight of her mother in the flurry of activity and screams. Instantly, Rachel is hurled back in time to a day in her own childhood when her baby sister Michelle uttered the same screams while thunder crashed and rain poured down on them.
hen she seeks answers, she learns nothing from Michelle or from psychologist Judith, their loving but manipulative mother, who is only too happy to have her adult daughters still living with her. But their apparently serene home is a house of secrets and Rachel begins to suspect that nothing about her family is what it seems. As her mother's attempts to control her accelerate, Rachel embarks on a quest that takes her deep into her own memory as well as halfway across the country. The heartbreaking truth she uncovers will shatter her world and force her to make an unthinkable choice.

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James Pattinson The Rodriguez Affair Published December 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709081790

Harry Banner turned up in London one November evening. He had just got back from Venezuela and he wanted to see Robert Cade. He'd known Cade six years earlier in Buenos Aires and now Banner wanted a small favour, just to keep a parcel until he called back for it. The trouble was that Banner never did call back, because the next morning he was found dead in his hotel room with a stab wound to the chest. Other people came looking for the parcel at his flat, but by that time Cade had decided a trip to Venezuela might throw some light on the reasons for Harry's murder. However, in San Borja, the climate could be very unhealthy for someone who went round asking too many questions.

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Maureen Peters Vashti Published October 2006 by Hale at Ł18.99 ISBN: 0709080395

Tansy Clark is intrigued when her father, a retired police officer, shows her items in the newspapers about two assistant curators who have both died suddenly of gastric influenza at a time when no epidemic exists. Tansy begins her own investigation and finds that beneath the respectable facade of London museums and art galleries there are illegal and dangerous goings on. When her young maid, Tilde, is followed home and Tansy herself is attacked whilst out walking, she decides to go undercover and takes a post at a local museum founded by a reclusive millionaire. Soon she is involved in a story that has its beginnings thirty-years earlier involving the statue of a biblical Queen, Vashti. Tansy must endure shocks, intrigue and a danger that bears every hallmark of death.

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Frederick Ramsay Impulse Published November 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709082142

Frank Smith, famed writer of murder mysteries, boards Southwest Airlines going from Phoenix to Baltimore. His goal is his 50th class reunion at Scott Academy, but behind him he leaves the highly suspicious disappearance of his wife four years ago and the relentless quest of Officer Ledezma whose belief is that Smith has killed her and buried the body. But another mystery awaits Frank at Scott - one twenty-five years old. A group of young boys walked from the campus into the woods - and disappeared. What could have happened to them? Who better than he to probe the mystery? In doing so, he not only relives his own boyhood when his father was the upright head of Scott's English Department, but that of the classmates of the missing boys, some of whom are back at Scott now for their reunion.

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Kirk Russell Shell Games Published December 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709082460

The discovery of hundreds of empty abalone shells and two murdered divers sends Lieutenant John Marquez's poaching investigation in a new - and very risky - direction. A former DEA agent and now head of a special operations unit of the California Department of Fish and Game, Marquez learns he himself has been targeted as the next victim. Stalking him is Kline, a vicious drug runner turned abalone smuggler who has a personal vendetta against Marquez. John Marquez is supposed to protect wildlife, not solve murders. But, the only way he can break the abalone-smuggling ring, as well as save his own life, is to find and stop Kline. A fast-paced crime novel set along the majestic Northern California coastline, "Shell Games" introduces a tough, complex and appealing hero and a masterful new series.

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Norman Russell The Unquiet Sleeper Published December 2006 by Hale at Ł18.99 ISBN: 0709082231

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Jeff Shelby Wicked Break Published November 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709081995

When Peter Pluto shows up at private investigator Noah Braddock's apartment asking him to look for his missing younger brother, Linc, Noah is reluctant to take the case. After all, the last time he got involved in a disappearance case, his best friend, Carter, was shot and two other people died. However, he does agree and as the investigation unfolds, Noah realizes there's a lot more to Linc than academia - unless your average undergraduate also happens to have skinheads beating down his door and a cache of semi-automatic guns stored in his apartment. Noah discovers that Linc stole some money from a white supremacist group. The skinheads will stop at nothing to find Linc - and when Noah wakes up at the bottom of a canyon, beaten and bruised, with Peter Pluto's corpse lying next to him, he realizes he's next on their list.

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Roger Silverwood Sham Published October 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709081553

Detective Inspector, Michael Angel is investigating a puzzling case in the South Yorkshire town of Bromersley. A murderer engaging in a bizarre routine results in a young woman's death at a highly respected country club. Matters are complicated by the fact that perfectly reputable witnesses cannot agree on the straightforward matter of identifying the killer. With the appointment of a new career-mad superintendent, Angel unexpectedly becomes the prey of a family of dangerous and desperate crooks led by the shapely Mrs. Gina Rossi, while a friend of his becomes caught up in an alarming scam. With all this to contend with, DI Angel and his team must unravel an unusual and chilling mystery.

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Joan Smith Endure My Heart Published November 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709079206

She was gentle born and very much a lady. In fact, so much a lady that no one in town guessed she had become the cherished leader of a band of young smugglers. It was the main source of income for many of the poor and the lovely Mab thought it only right she should help them. There was only one fly in the ointment, namely a handsome young government agent who was not only in danger of falling in love with Mab, but certain to discover her dangerous secret...

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Charlie Stella Charlie Opera Published October 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709081235

Charlie Pellecchia goes to Las Vegas for a holiday. In a matter of hours he gets drunk, mugged and dumped by his wife. Things could get worse, and do. Charlie's unwitting entanglement with New York mobster Nicky Cuccia puts him in the path of the FBI and Las Vegas police. Law enforcers may find him an awkward obstruction, but the mob is trying to put Charlie permanently out of the way! Add to the mix some bad faith between the Vignieri crime family and the Russian mafia and you've got more than trouble. You've got Charlie's opera.

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Will Thomas The Limehouse Text Published November 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709082320

Victorian enquiry agent, Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn return in this latest novel from the author of the award-winning "To Kingdom Come". In "The Limehouse Text", Barker and Llewelyn discover a pawn ticket among the effects of Barker's late assistant, which leads them to London's Chinatown district, Limehouse, to retrieve an innocent looking book. Things are never what they seem there, however, and soon they learn the book is a rare and secret text stolen from a Chinese monastery, containing lethal martial arts techniques forbidden to the West. With the political situation between the British Empire and Imperial China already in peril, the duo must track down a killer intent upon gaining the secret knowledge while safeguarding the text from a snarl of dubious characters with crossed interests. Moving through a hidden world of opium dens, back-room blood sports, and sailor's penny hangs, while avoiding the wrath of the district's powerful warlord, Mr K'ing, Barker and Llewelyn take readers on a wild and dangerous tour through the mean streets of turn-of-the-century London.

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Betsy Thornton Dead for the Winter Published October 2006 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0312333196

After a lonely spell - with only her work as a victims advocate to keep her busy - Chloe Newcombe meets Terry Barnett. He tells her that he needs to confide in someone, but when Chloe finds out he's married she decides to forget all about him. But when she goes out on assignment she wishes she had listened for Terry has been murdered. Finding herself marked as a possible suspect and her involvement with Terry affecting her work, Chloe is told to take a vacation. With her job and reputation in danger she plunges into finding the real killer, starting with Terry's widow, his estranged brother and an intriguing phantom from Terry's past whom he mentioned just before his murder. Chloe must disentangle a story of obsession and betrayal if she is to prove her innocence.

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