William Bernhardt Death Row Published July 2007 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709082916

Oklahoma attorney Ben Kincaid put his reputation on the line when he represented Ray Goldman. The seemingly mild-mannered industrial chemist was charged with a staggeringly brutal crime: the torture and massacre of an entire suburban Tulsa family. But in spite of the grisly, tabloid-ready details of the sensational case, Ben's deft defence against a lack of hard evidence and improper police procedure made an acquittal all but certain. Until the prosecution's star witness - the lone survivor of the slaughter - took the stand... and sealed Ray Goldman's fate. Seven years later, Goldman's date with the death chamber is at hand. But seconds before the lethal injection, an eleventh-hour reprieve halts the execution - and launches Ben on a race against time to overturn Ray Goldman's conviction. Erin Faulkner, the young woman who narrowly escaped the carnage that claimed her family, has abruptly recanted her testimony after years of silence, desperate to keep an innocent man from dying. Just as suddenly, this near-miraculous turn of events turns tragic: Erin is discovered dead, an apparent suicide. And Ben Kincaid is the only witness to her stunning confession. Ben is certain Erin didn't commit suicide. She was a victim of murder - silenced by the same killer who butchered her family. All Ben had to do is prove it. But, this unseen enemy is determined to cover his tracks once and for all... with blood. In "Death Row", William Bernhardt ratchets up the suspense quotient to near heart-stopping new levels - and challenges even the most jaded thriller readers to keep up with the twists and turns. Crime will never pay. But crime fiction - served up with the wit, grit, and sheer virtuosity of Bernhardt - always pays off.

"'A master of the court room drama.' Library Journal"

William Bernhardt made his debut as a novelist with Primary Justice. His subsequent novels include Double Jeopardy, Silent Justice, Murder One, and Criminal Intent. He has twice won the Oklahoma Book Award for best fiction, and in 2000 he was presented the H. Louise Cobb Distinguished Author award. A former trial attorney, Bernhardt has received several awards for his public service. He lives in Tulsa with his wife, Kirsten, and their children, Harry, Alice and Ralph.

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Peter Conway Deserving Death Published September 2007 by Hale at Ł18.99 ISBN: 070908451X

This work tells about a schoolgirl's highly suspicious death. Unhappy at home and with her parents desperately worried by her moods and withdrawn behaviour and fearing that she might be taking drugs, sixteen year old Sophie Hammond is sent as a boarder to a coeducational private school. A talented swimmer, she appears to be settling in well with the help of the young woman who is both her coach and house mother.
Found dead in her room at Sandford College with both the door and window secured, it is at first assumed that the girl has either taken her own life or died from an accidental overdose of the drugs and alcohol which are found in her room. Rawlings, the forensic pathologist, however, is convinced that she has been suffocated.
Before the answers to the tragedy are found, there are two further deaths and the lives of all those involved, including the investigating police officers, are turned upside down.

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Michael Gilbert Even Murderers Take Holidays and Other Mysteries Published August 2007 by Hale at Ł18.99 ISBN: 0709083459
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Michael Gilbert (1912-2006) was one of the greatest crime writers to emerge after World War II. He was recognised with the crime writers association's highest award, the Cartier Diamond Dagger, for an outstanding contribution to the genre of crime fiction. Both the Mystery Writers of America and the Swedish Academy of Detection honoured him as a Grand Master. Michael Gilbert wrote 30 novels and 183 short stories. He was equally at home writing thrillers, espionage, police procedural and classic detection. Twenty-seven previously uncollected short stories with themes ranging from robbery to murder are gathered here to form "Even Murderers Take Holidays and Other Mysteries". Included are all the remaining uncollected stories of Gilbert's popular series characters, Patrick Petrella, Hazelrigg, Calder and Behrens. An appendix lists all the published appearances of these series characters.

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Katherine Hall Page The Body in the Cast Published July 2007 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709083300

Hired to cater meals for the movie crew that is filming a modern-day version of "The Scarlet Letter" in the tiny New England village of Aleford, Faith Fairchild is eager to treat the talented tantrum-throwers to the best of her culinary delights. But an accusation that her famous Black Bean Soup is poisonous has left a bad taste in Faith's mouth. Her exploration into the source of the nasty slander leads the amateur investigator behind the scenes of a shocking off-camera murder. And suddenly more than Faith's reputation is at stake - her life itself could end up on the cutting room floor!

Katherine Hall Page was born and grew up in New Jersey. Married for thirty years to Professor Alan Hein, an experimental psychologist at MIT, the couple have a twenty-two-year-old son. It was during her husband's sabbatical year in France after the birth of their son that Ms. Page wrote her first mystery, The Body in the Belfry, 1991 Agatha Award winner for Best First Mystery Novel.

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Tim Heald A Death on the Ocean Wave Published August 2007 by Hale at Ł18.99 ISBN: 0709083262
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This work discusses mysteries on board ship. In his third adventure, Doctor Tudor Cornwall, head of criminal affairs at the University of Wessex, finds himself literally all at sea. Accompanied by his precocious star pupil, Elizabeth Burney, Tudor boards the good ship 'Duchess' as a guest speaker on a transatlantic crossing which goes spectacularly wrong. Are the Irish journalists actually terrorists in thin disguise? Does the captain really have laryngitis? How come Freddie Grim formerly of Scotland Yard is preaching at matins? Was the flambe at Doctor and Frau Umlaut's table meant to be quite so explosive? Is Prince Abdullah a real Royal? And, most importantly of all, can Tudor solve these and other mysteries before the ship docks?

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Chris Knopf Two Time Published August 2007 by Hale at Ł18.99 ISBN: 0709082517

The Hamptons, well known for its wealth, white beaches and beautiful people, is also a place where the strange and powerful store their secrets, and where locals, such as Sam Acquillo live, work and try to make sense of it all. All he wants is to hammer a few nails, drink lots of vodka, hang out with his dog Eddie and stay out of trouble. But trouble seems to find him anyway, this time with a bang. A very big bang! What's left when the smoke clears is one very dead financial consultant, Jonathan Eldridge, his agoraphobic widow, harassed office assistant and a lot more questions than answers.

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Irene Marcuse Under the Manhattan Bridge Published July 2007 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709080794

Anita Servi has given up her stressful job as a social worker and is now helping out her husband, Benno, doing simple jobs in his woodworking shop and spending time in the arty community under the New York Manhattan Bridge. Then Anita discovers the hidden body of a young man who has been brutally murdered. There are no clues to his identity or why he might have been killed - only a corpse and too many questions that demand answers. Finding the answer is something Anita knows how to do and now her search takes her from the Russian baths on the Lower East Side to the art galleries of the East Village. And what she uncovers is revealed in a startling denouement.

"'Entertaining and engrossing.' Publishers Weekly 'Absorbing.' Booklist"

Irene Marcuse was nominated for an Agatha Award for her first Anita Servi novel, The Death of an Amiable Child. She lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, in a neighbourhood that is a vital and exciting part of the city and her novels.

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Faith Martin With a Narrow Blade (Hillary Greene Series) Published August 2007 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709084439

Will this be DI Hillary Greene's first failure on a murder case? When an elderly lady is stabbed to death in her own home, D.I. Hillary Greene is instantly puzzled. The house doesn't appear to have been robbed, Flo Jenkins herself was well-liked by her neighbours and she hadn't an enemy in the world. Also, it was widely known that she was very unwell and when the post mortem reveals that she was riddled with cancer and had only weeks, maybe even days left to live, Hillary's even more nonplussed. Why kill a dying woman? To make matters worse, her team is distracted by her sergeant, Janine Tyler's upcoming marriage to Superintendent Philip Mallow and subsequent transfer out of HQ. Then her new DC turns out to have something of a violent temper and an uncertain past. With no forensics, no leads and only a junkie nephew as a vague suspect, is this going to be Hillary Greene's first failure on a murder case?

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Sister Carol Anne O'Marie Murder at the Monk's Table Published August 2007 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709082096

The Monk's Table is a pub in the village of Ballyclarin, Ireland, home to the Oyster Festival, where Sister Mary Helen and Sister Eileen are in attendance. The two do their best to take in all the events, from art contests to games of whist. But just as in San Francisco, Sister Mary Helen can't help but be in the wrong place at the right time. She's not had more than one piece of rhubarb pie before she stumbles across a dead body in the ladies' room. She and Sister Eileen are warned to stay out of the case; the Irish police will handle it. But aside from prayerful devotion, murder is Sister Mary Helen's speciality and it won't be long before the Irish are glad these Yank nuns dropped in on the festivities. Sister O'Marie ventures into a new setting with great confidence and imagination. The result is a stunning mystery boasting a colourful cast of characters, not the least of which is Sister Mary Helen, our delightful sleuthing cleric.

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Katherine Hall Page The Body in the Cast Published August 2007 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709083300

Hired to cater meals for the movie crew that is filming a modern-day version of "The Scarlet Letter" in the tiny New England village of Aleford, Faith Fairchild is eager to treat the talented tantrum-throwers to the best of her culinary delights. But an accusation that her famous Black Bean Soup is poisonous has left a bad taste in Faith's mouth. Her exploration into the source of the nasty slander leads the amateur investigator behind the scenes of a shocking off-camera murder. And suddenly more than Faith's reputation is at stake - her life itself could end up on the cutting room floor!

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Jean Rowden Bury in Haste Published July 2007 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0709083947

1956. Constable 'Thorny' Deepbriar is just a country bobby, but he's always longed to try his hand at detection. His chance comes when a young man is kidnapped, then turns up the next day, baffled but unharmed. With the affair dismissed as a joke, Deepbriar's unofficial investigation stalls when his only witness vanishes. Then some blood-stained clothing is found and somebody else goes missing. At last the CID takes an interest, and thanks to the flu epidemic decimating the force, Deepbriar finds himself at the very heart of a murder investigation. As the constable pulls all the strands of the affair together, a friend disappears and he has to risk his own life to prevent the murderer from claiming yet another victim.

Jean Rowden lives in Peterborough with her husband. She has two grown-up daughters and she spends her free time horse riding and gardening.

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Kirk Russell Deadgame Published August 2007 by Hale at Ł17.99 ISBN: 070908241X

There's only one reason for the illegal killing of so many sturgeon - caviar. And behind the highly profitable trade in caviar is the Russian mafia, dealing in things much more dangerous than fish eggs. Ex-DEA agent, John Marquez, now head of the undercover unit of the California Department of Fish and Game, is closing in on the sturgeon poachers when his key confidential informant disappears. The trail leads him into the middle of a deadly FBI operation and a web of conflicting loyalties. Fast-paced, thought-provoking and vivid, this eco-thriller pushes the tough but sensitive Marquez to the limit. "Dead Game" is a tale of unforgettable action and complex human emotions.

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Roger Silverwood The Curious Mind of Inspector Angel Published September 2007 by Hale at Ł18.99 ISBN: 0709083890

The famous film director of a leading international film studio is found murdered on the set in the South Yorkshire town of Bromersley. Nearby, a penniless tramp is discovered shot dead with a gold sovereign in his mouth. There are neither clues nor DNA for either murder, but Detective Inspector Michael Angel tackles this case with his customary tenacity. As usual, his superiors and the system seem to hinder him at every turn. Finding his life at risk, he has to apply his unique skills to overcome the danger, unravel the mystery and arrest the murderer before time runs out. This latest foray into "The Curious Mind of Inspector Angel" exemplifies the quirky genius and ingenuity of this exceptional man.

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