New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Minotaur Books 07 April-June

File Updated: 30/06/2007

New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Minotaur Books APRIL-JUNE 07

Susanne Alleyn A Treasury of Regrets Published May 2007 by Minotaur Books at Ł17.99 ISBN: 031234371X

Amidst the sights and sounds of revolutionary Paris, Aristide Ravel, the enigmatic and charming freelance investigator for the Paris police, comes to the aid of Jeannette Moineau, an illiterate servant girl, when she is accused of poisoning the master of the house where she works. The case against her seems clear, but Aristide is convinced that Jeannette is innocent. Proving her innocence, however, is another story. In a household brimming with bickering and fighting, everyone seems to have a motive and opportunity. But as family members begin to turn up dead, the list of suspects is rapidly dwindling - and tensions are rising. Aristide scours the streets of Paris for clues to free the defenceless servant girl. But, in the dissolute post revolutionary Paris, where gold is scarce, finding information can lead to costly - and dangerous demands.

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Rhys Bowen In Dublin's Fair City (Molly Murphy) Published May 2007 by Minotaur Books at Ł16.99 ISBN: 0312328192

Molly Murphy, Rhys Bowen's plucky P.I. in 1903 New York, sails back to her native Ireland on a case searching for the sister of an Irish-American impresario. She was too sick to travel and was left behind when the family took a famine ship to New York fifty years ago, and now the man wants to settle his fortune on her. But, before the ship reaches Ireland, her maid is found murdered and a famous Irish actress goes missing. Molly is shocked to discover a cache of rifles in the actress' luggage, and even more shocked to come upon her own brother trying to collect the bags in Dublin-now mixed up in the freedom movement, in which Molly herself becomes unwillingly embroiled. And someone else seems to be on the trail of the missing woman - someone who wants to make sure Molly never finds her.

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Carola Dunn Gunpowder Plot (Daisy Dalrymple Mystery) Published April 2007 by Minotaur Books at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0312349890

In the winter of 1924, Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher travels to a school friend's house to witness the estate's famous Guy Fawkes celebration. But she gets more than a quiet weekend at the quaint family manse that she was originally hoping for. The home is the site of some severe family tension - the Viscount and head of family is a strict and unyielding sort, insisting that everyone - especially his children - meet his own unreasonable expectations. On the evening of the Guy Fawkes celebration, the Viscount is found dead on the floor of his study, killed by his own hand. What's more, he apparently first killed a guest - a married woman visiting England from Australia - before turning the gun on himself. Now it's up to Alec Fletcher, Daisy's husband and a DCI of Scotland Yard, to unravel the mystery and the long held family secrets that led to this state of affairs before anyone else can fall prey to the tragic cycle of events - a solution that will require, perhaps, more than a little help from Daisy herself.

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Kjell Eriksson The Princess of Burundi Pbk published May 2007 by Minotaur Books at Ł7.99 ISBN: 0312327684

Winner of the Swedish Crime academy Award for Best Crime Novel, "The Princess of Burundi" introduces readers to a leading crime writer from Sweden whose work has created an international sensation.
Eriksson's U.S. debut opens a week before Christmas when a Swedish town is rocked by the brutal murder of John Jonsson, a local family man. Detectives, led by a very pregnant Inspector Ann Lindell, at first suspect a chillingly well-drawn psychotic, and they may be right. But if they are not right, that leaves a cunning and vicious murderer on the loose in their town...
A page-turner from start to finish, "The Princess of Burundi" catapults Eriksson to the top ranks of international crime fiction writers.

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Steve Hockensmith On the Wrong Track Published May 2007 by Minotaur Books at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0312347812

Gustav "Old Red" Amlingmeyer is an old-fashioned kind of guy: he prefers a long trail even when a train ticket can get him where he's going in one-tenth the time. His brother Big Red, on the other hand, wouldn't mind climbing down from his horse and onto a train once in a while if it'll give his saddle-sore rear end a rest. So when it's Old red who insists they sign on to guard the Pacific Express, despite a generations-old Amlingmeyer family distrust of the farm-stealin', cattle-killin', money-grubbin' railroads, Big Red is flummoxed. But as usual, he'll follow his ornery brother just about anywhere. So, it is that Big Red and Old Red find themselves trapped on a thousand tons of steam-driven steel, summiting the Sierras en route to San Francisco with a crafty gang of outlaws somewhere around the next bend, a baggage car jam-packed with deadly secrets, and a killer hidden somewhere amongst the colourful passengers.
All of the wit, flavour, humour, and suspense that made "Holmes On The Range" one of the most dynamic mystery debuts in recent memory are evident in Steve Hockensmith's wonderful second novel.

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Cathy Pickens Hog Wild Published May 2007 by Minotaur Books at Ł16.99 ISBN: 0312354401

Attorney Avery Andrews has returned to her small hometown of Dacus in South Carolina, where the biggest news is a pig on the loose. As she has discovered in the past though, this period of relative calm does not last for long. A native plant rescue is on-going, in which volunteers try to beat the bulldozers about to clear land for a new development. Before the new owner can kick the volunteers off the property, a dead body is found crammed into an abandoned mine hole and the model home and office on the development explode. Add to that one brutal murder and Avery's plate is full.

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Dana Stabenow A Deeper Sleep (Kate Shugak Novel) Published April 2007 by Minotaur Books at Ł17.99 ISBN: 0312343221

"Blindfold Game", Stabenow's first standalone political thriller, put her on the "New York Times" bestseller list for the first time. As she returns to the series that launched her career, her foray into thriller writing lingers in this tightly drawn, fast-paced, ultimately shocking tale. In "A Deeper Sleep", P.I. Kate Shugak has been working on a case for the Anchorage D.A. involving the murder of a woman by her husband. Louis Deem has been the subject of investigations before, and he's never been convicted. But Kate and state trooper Jim Chopin are convinced that this time he'll be punished for his actions. When he's found not guilty, Kate and Jim and the rest of Nilniltna, Alaska, are certain that a man has gotten away with murder and that it's only a matter lof time before he tries again. Sure enough, a few weeks later a woman and her son are shot, the victims of an apparent robbery. But this time, Kate and Jim have a witness, and they're not going to let Deem get away again. Or will he?

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William G. Tapply Gray Ghost (Stoney Calhoun Mysteries) Published May 2007 by Minotaur Books at Ł16.99 ISBN: 0312363036

Seven years ago, Stoney Calhoun woke up in a VA hospital with no memories. He still remembers nothing from before then, except that he has a few unexplained skills - a gift for angling, an ability to read French - and recently it's been made clear to him that it would be best if he never does. Working as a guide on Casco Bay, Stoney is out with a client on an early morning fly fishing expedition when they find the charred remains of a recent corpse on a small, uninhabited island. A couple of days later, Calhoun's client turns up in the front seat of his SUV. In the midst of a couple of inexplicable murders, both of which clearly have something to do with Stoney, past or present, it's up to him find out the truth...or risk becoming the next victim.

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