New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Headline 07 Jan-March

File Updated: 25/03/2007

New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Headline JAN-MARCH 07

Lilian Jackson Braun The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers Published February 2007 by Headline at Ł18.99 ISBN: 0755338545

Moose County, 400 miles north of everywhere, is in an uproar (good and bad) following vast inheritances from wealthy old families. Only "Cool Koko" knows what's happening ...and he's not telling. Jim Qwilleran thinks it's because he has more whiskers than ordinary cats, but who's counting? Meanwhile ...Koko meets a piano tuner. Polly goes to Paris. Qwill writes a play (an absurdist play titled "The Cat who got elected dog catcher"). And there's a mysterious death from a bee sting...

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle A Study in Scarlet Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł4.99 ISBN: 0755334485

The greatest detective of them all is back...'There's the scarlet thread of murder running through the colourless skein of life, and our duty is to unravel it, and isolate it, and expose every inch of it'. Arriving in the wilderness of London, Dr. John Watson finds himself lodging at 221b Baker Street with one Sherlock Holmes. A corpse has been discovered and scrawled in blood across the walls is the word RACHE - revenge. Watson is baffled by the case, but for Holmes the game is afoot...

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Hound of the Baskervilles Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł4.99 ISBN: 0755334469

The greatest detective of them all is back...'Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face'. Death by natural causes? Sherlock Holmes knows that Sir Charles Baskerville's demise was due to no such thing. Was he killed by a phantom hound or is this the work of a calculating murderer?

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle His Last Bow Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł4.99 ISBN: 0755334442

The greatest detective of them all is back...'About to spring out upon my appalled senses, lurked all that was vaguely horrible, all that was monstrous and inconceivably wicked in the universe'. A dense yellow fog descends upon London. Tricksters, thieves and murderers stalk their prey undetected. Lawlessness abounds but it is no match for Sherlock Holmes' penetrating mind. For even in the gloom Holmes sees and observes everything...

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Sign of Four Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł4.99 ISBN: 0755334507

The greatest detective of them all is back...'Down the Strand the lamps were but misty splotches of diffused light which threw a feeble circular glimmer upon the slimy pavement'. Whilst the seamy streets of London drown in a sea of smog, Sherlock Holmes sinks into a cocaine-induced melancholy, until Miss Mary Morstan presents him with a most intriguing case, leading Holmes into an epic pursuit of the truth...

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł4.99 ISBN: 075533437X

The greatest detective of them all is back...'Mr. Sherlock Holmes, the well-known private detective, was the victim of a murderous assault this morning which has left him in a precarious position'. When an assassination attempt is made on the great detective's life, it seems that no one can escape the death and dread which blights Britain...

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Return of Sherlock Holmes Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł4.99 ISBN: 0755334426

The greatest detective of them all is back...'"Holmes!" I cried. "Is it really you? Can it indeed be that you are alive? Is it possible that you succeeded in climbing out of that awful abyss?'. The Great Sherlock Holmes is back from the dead and devoting his life once more to examining the criminal complexities of the capital. But his old enemies are watching his every move. Watching, waiting, plotting...

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł4.99 ISBN: 075533440X

The greatest detective of them all is back...'He is the Napoleon of Crime...He is the organiser of half that is evil and of nearly all that is undetected in this great city'. Holmes must face many wicked adversaries as he grapples with the crimes that beset London and afar, but none so deadly as Professor Moriarty. Moriarty - the only man who can, perhaps, defeat the great Detective, forever.

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Valley of Fear Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł4.99 ISBN: 0755334523

he greatest detective of them all is back...'It is the Valley of Fear, the Valley of Death. The terror is in the hearts of the people from the dusk to the dawn. Wait, young man, and you will learn for yourself.' A coded message summons Sherlock Holmes to the aide of one Mr. Douglas. But before Holmes can reach him, Douglas is found dead. He recognises the calling card of his nemesis, Professor James Moriarty - this was most definitely murder...

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł4.99 ISBN: 0755334353

The greatest detective of them all is back...'I have heard, Mr. Holmes, that you can see deeply into the manifold wickedness of the human heart'. Scandal, treachery and crime are rife in Old London Town. A king blackmailed by his mistress, dark dealings in Opium dens, stolen jewels, a missing bride - these are cases so fiendishly complex that only the great Sherlock Holmes would dare to investigate.

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Paul Eddy Flint's Code Pbk published March 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755301390

The incredible Grace Flint is back. She is the best undercover cop in the business, a chameleon personality who can assume many different personas. She is a driven woman, tortured by past betrayals and now she has a burning desire to avenge her tormentors. Karl Grober is a vicious East European money-launderer, one of the FBI's Ten Most Wanted criminals. Flint is assigned the task of infiltrating his organisation and bringing him to justice, dead or alive. She is going deep undercover. She joins a financial investment company as a tax expert and attempts to pull off an outrageous sting; she sows the seeds of doubt in Grober's ally - Alexander Carcani, an Albanian running a prostitution and child body-farming ring. But Flint has a young son - the chink in her armour - and when she realises somebody knows everything about her, and is determined to target her weakest point, it's inevitable that all hell will break loose.

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Scott Frost Never Fear Pbk published January 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755333853

See Review by Cath Staincliffe author of the popular Sal Kilkenny mysteries and the series creator of TV Blue Murder

Set in the suburbs of simmering Los Angeles, "Never Fear" is a fast-paced thriller featuring Alex Delillo, detective and single mother, which proves that Scott Frost is an exciting new addition to the crime arena.
Seventeen years ago, three young women were murdered; their bodies dumped in the wasteland of the Los Angeles River. The serial killer was never found. Now, Lieutenant Alex Delillo, is forced to re-open the case after the brother she never knew existed, a private investigator, is found murdered. As Alex gets closer to the truth behind her brother's murder, alarming flashbacks from her childhood start to plague her and she realises that the truth may lie closer to her life than she could have ever imagined. Alex will have to reach deep into her past to uncover the truth behind the killings and will have to use all her resources if she is to find out the truth before those that want to cover it up find her.

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Tate Hallaway Tall, Dark and Dead Published February 2007 by Headline at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0755336542

Chick Bit: Sophie Kinsella meets "Buffy the Vampire Slayer". 'The line between magic and sanity is very thin. That's part of why I, Garnet Lacey, quit cold turkey. Never touch the stuff. No Exceptions.' Trouble is magic is so addictive, especially when you've got inner goddesses like Lilith to contend with. And it doesn't stop there for Garnet; if you are going to run an occult bookstore then you've got to expect customers like Sebastian Von Traum, with his piercing brown eyes, sexy accent, killer body and total lack of an aura; which means he's dead! Trouble can be so hard to resist, and what with Vatican witch hunters, long lost vampire exes and a boyfriend with an ex-wife who is literally stirring in her grave, Garnet Lacey has trouble enough for anyone.

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Quintin Jardine Dead and Buried Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755304101

DCC Bob Skinner has a failed marriage on his hands, and a death on his conscience, but little time to deal with either as he faces the biggest challenge of his career within the secret corridors where dark power is wielded. As his hunt develops, he goes to the very top - the Prime Minister - lest he himself becomes collateral damage. Meanwhile, back in Edinburgh, Skinner's daughter is being harassed by a stalker. Can he protect her? A bookmaker has taken one gamble too many and paid his debt in a gruesome fashion. Is it an underworld vendetta, or something more sinister? Alongside it all, a casual call to the Chief Constable sets him on a personal crusade which quickly points to a bigamist at work. Or is it worse? Four crimes, four crises: can Skinner and his people solve them? Indeed, can they survive them?

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Richard Laymon The Richard Laymon Collection, v. 12 Pbk published February 2007 by Headline at Ł7.99 ISBN: 0755331796

Bite
"Tick-tock, tick-tock"...Sam's in the wardrobe. With a hammer in one hand, a wooden stake in the other - and a heart full of fear. "It's almost midnight"...Cat's on the bed. Face down and nude. Sam's former girlfriend - the only woman he's ever loved. Together they wait because..."The vampire's coming"!
Body Rides
Ever since the LA riots Neal has carried a pistol in his car - and tonight he needs it. He shoots a man assaulting a woman tied naked to a tree by the freeway. As a reward, Elise gives Neal a magic bracelet that enables him to step inside other people, to see through their eyes and experience their feelings. To take 'body rides'. Neal returns to check on the man he shot. But the man is not dead - he's alive and breathing vengeance. First he's going to finish the job on Elise, then he's going to butcher Neal. But this time, with the help of the bracelet, Neal can look inside his would-be killer's skull...

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Richard Laymon The Richard Laymon Collection v. 11 Pbk published January 2007 by Headline at Ł7.99 ISBN: 0755331788

Island When eight people go on a cruise to the Bahamas, they plan to swim, sunbathe and relax. But after their yacht blows up, they find themselves stranded on a desert island. As they wait to be rescued, it becomes clear they're not alone on the island. In the jungle behind the beach there's a maniac on the loose with murder in his heart. And he's plotting to kill them all, one by one...
Quake Twenty minutes before the quake hits, Stanley is ogling a pretty female jogger through his living-room window. He watches Sheila every morning and that's not all he'd like to do to her. As the quake hits, Sheila becomes separated from her husband and daughter. Will her family get there before Stanley does?

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Richard Laymon The Richard Laymon Collection V 13 Pbk published March 2007 by Headline at Ł7.99 ISBN: 075533180X

Fiends It's only a trip to the movies but it turns into Marty's worst nightmare when she sees the guy sitting behind her. Willy. The man who raped her ten years ago. Now he's out of jail - and looking for Marty. Marty's date says he's going to fix the creep. And the way he does it makes Marty sick. But when it comes to sick there's no one to match Willy. He's a fiend...
After Midnight Alice likes house-sitting for her friend. She enjoys having the whole place to herself, with it's big kitchen, sunken bathtub and large-screen television. Best of all is the outdoor swimming pool. But it all goes wrong just after midnight when a man walks out of the woods and jumps naked into the pool. Alice knows about men. So she fetches the Civil War relic that hangs on the wall. The cavalry sabre...

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David Morrell Scavenger Published March 2007 by Headline at Ł18.99 and Ł11.99 ISBN: 0755337166 and 0755337174

David Morrell's "Creepers" was a publishing event in 2005, a powerful, edgy, dark thriller by a master of the genre. "Scavenger", Morrell's latest novel, takes us on a roller-coaster ride as Frank Balenger, the resolute but damaged hero of "Creepers", now finds himself trapped in a nightmarish game of fear and death as he leads a high-tech scavenger hunt for a decades-old time capsule. To save himself, and the woman he loves, Balenger must play by the rules of a god-like Game Master with an obsession for unearthing the past. But sometimes the past is buried for a reason. As modern technology is layered over the dusty artifacts of earlier times, the result if a surreal palimpsest, one which contains the secret of survival for Balenger and a handful of unwilling players who race against the game's clock to solve the puzzle of the time capsule, only to discover that time is the true scavenger. Morrell's trademark action sequences are embedded with fascinating historical clues that make "Scavenger" a true page-turner and a mesmerizing literary experience.

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Barbara Nadel A Passion for Killing Published January 2007 by Headline at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0755321324

A killer with means but no motive, and the body count is rising! A serial killer is stalking the streets of Istanbul. A man is found dead in a hotel room, a single stab wound in his heart. Could he be a victim of the 'Peeper', a murderer whose target up until now has been gay men? The body of the man is delivered to forensics, but it is entirely clean. Has someone tampered with it? Inspector Mehmet Suleyman finds himself under increasing pressure from his contact at the Turkish Secret Service to keep his findings to himself...Meanwhile a young carpet dealer, on the brink of a huge sale, is found dead in the mangled remains of his Jeep. The deal would have made him -- the carpet he wanted to sell used to belong to Lawrence of Arabia. Inspector Cetin Ikmen finds out that just as the carpet's rich history is stained by bloodshed, so the young man hides a sinister and deadly secret!

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Tom Neale Copper Kiss Pbk published March 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755322428

FBI agent Vincent Piper is back in London, determined not to screw up this time. But the love of his life, high-class call girl Celeste Young is in trouble. Her brother is putting together an online sex.blog but one by one the call girls are being murdered. Piper works his way deeper into the case and realises the American Government is involved - that people are prepared to pay a terrible price for their political ambitions. Moving from New York and California through to the streets of Soho in London, "Copper Kiss" culminates in a shoot-out on the bleak mudflats of the Norfolk coast, where Piper confronts the man who has targeted the woman he loves...

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Andrew Nugent The Four Courts Murder Pbk published March 2007 by Headline at Ł6.99 ISBN: 0755332458

See Review by Bernard Knight ex Home Office Pathologist and author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series

This is a brilliant crime novel set in Dublin from a wonderful new Irish author. This is a superbly entertaining and suspenseful debut crime novel from Irish Benedictine Monk Andrew Nugent. When a Dublin High Court judge is found dead - slumped in his chair, his neck snapped by a well aimed kick - many would say he got what he deserved. But, Inspector Denis Lennon and Sergeant Molly Power soon unearth a far more dangerous and complex case than simple revenge. There's the handsome, fair-haired young man whose flights of fancy and secret liaisons lead them down many a dark alleyway; the judge with an unusual but lucrative hobby; the strange connection with a rural community; and the good-looking Tae-Kwando teacher. Elegant, charming and clever, Andrew Nugent deflates the pomposity of the law, the police force, and Irish rural mythology in a novel as ingenious as it is witty and compelling.

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Andrew Nugent Second Burial Published March 2007 by Headline at Ł19.99 ISBN: 0755332466

Sergeant Molly Power of the Irish Police Force Murder Squad is on duty when the call comes in. A young African man, Shad, has been attacked and left for dead on the Dublin Mountains. He crawls to the nearest house and raises the alarm, but he dies later in hospital. Shad's injuries are strange and deeply disturbing. Was he the victim of a racist attack, sadism, a punishment, or some mysterious sacrificial ritual? Inspector Quilligan and Molly Power launch a murder investigation - it is like none they have ever experienced before. Shad's younger brother, Jude, is grief-stricken and mystified by his brother's cruel death. He swears a solemn oath to find his brother's killer, but the more he uncovers about Shad's life and relationships outside their Nigerian community, the more he realises how dangerous and twisted some people can be!. In this compelling and moving story of callous murder and a brother's loss, Andrew Nugent brilliantly depicts the cultural diversity of Dublin and with wit and charm reveals the strength of faith and community when confronted with naked ruthlessness.

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Martin O'Brien Jacquot and the Master Published February 2007 by Headline at Ł19.99 and Ł11.99 ISBN: 0755335031 and 075533504X

In a sensual region of France, a crime detective like no other...Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot of the Cavaillon Regional Crime Squad is called to an artist's retreat in Provence, a luxury hill-top hotel where a young woman, it seems, has been murdered. There are bloodstains, but no body. The mystery deepens as Jacquot begins his investigation. Among the guests are those who have both means and motive, with personal secrets, hidden agendas and their own dangerous liaisons to conceal. Some of these people are very powerful indeed, and none of them take kindly to Jacquot's probing questions. Looming over them all is a celebrated and reclusive artist whose masterworks are priceless, a monster who torments all those who seek to bask in his glory. When a summer storm isolates the hotel, and not one but two bodies are found, passions start to run high!

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Charlie Owen Horse's Arse Published March 2007 by Headline at Ł18.99 and Ł11.99 ISBN: 075533681X and 0755336836

It is the 70s and Horse's Arse is the affectionate name for Handstead New Town, a North London overspill and an unholy dump. The Police use it as a penal posting -- all the bad egg coppers end up there. Worst amongst the residents of Handstead are the Tree Top Mafia, a gang of violent thugs who terrorise their neighbourhood. They and the officers doomed to serve at Handstead wrestle constantly for dominance. This is the story of some of those police officers - the Grimm Brothers, Psycho, Bovril, Pizza, Piggy Malone and others, a group of hooligans in uniform and their journey through excess, despair and finally some form of salvation. Police officers like these used to exist but their like have passed on. Only accounts like this one serve to remind us that once upon a time police officers took the law into their own hands!

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