New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Hale 1999 Jan-March
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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Hale JAN-MARCH 1999

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Robert Bloch Psycho Published January 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709064349

Robert Bloch's novel which was later made into the classic chiller by Alfred Hitchcock is recognized as a masterpiece of the genre.

From the opening page the scene is set for the menace to come. The lonely Bates' Motel, the obsessional Norman Bates, the runaway secretary, the face at the rain-soaked window and at the end the terrifying stabbing in the shower.
No wonder the New York Times called it 'icily terrifying' and Publishers Weekly 'terribly chilling'. No wonder also that Hitchcock chose the novel to make his best remembered film starring Janet Leigh and Anthony Perkins.
This welcome reissue is timed to coincide with the national release of the new digitally enhanced print of the film.

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Pat Frieder Signature Murder Published February 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063644 Artwork by: Jacket illustration: David Axtell
Lawyer Matty Donahue believes in second chances. She has to. Her once promising career crashed after a shattering tragic case. Now with her family finally back on track, her past is about to repeat itself.
Chauffeur Teddy Bellansandro is the prime suspect in the brutal murder of his employer, Isadora Stanton. Matty, truly fond of the irascible old woman, is devastated. Much worse, she feels responsible, for it was on her recommendation that Bellansandro got the job.
The cops won't help, the public defender's office doesn't care and her own employers wish she would just go away. But soon Matty realises two lives are at stake: an innocent man's ... and her own.

'Frieder has done a smart Job of integrating her [subplots] into this fast-paced plot, as it twists and turns into a breathtaking finale.' Publishers Weekly

Pat Frieder is a lawyer and former teacher who lives with her husband in Albuquerque, New Mexico. She grew up in Santa Fe and practised law there and in Albuquerque. She has been writing fiction for several years. Signature Murder is her first mystery novel.

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Richard Haley Written in Water Published February 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063504 Artwork by: Jacket illustration: David Young
Maurice Durkin, millionaire and womanizer, is missing and his tough sexy wife wants him back so she hires private investigator John Goss. The search for Durkin takes Goss to the Lake District, where it appears Durkin is being concealed by a mysterious Veronica.
When Goss finally cracks the riddle of Veronica, it is too late to stop the horrific chain reaction of violence triggered by his uncovering of Durkin's last hiding place. This tense, fast-paced thriller will grip the reader's attention until the last page.

Richard Haley was born and educated in Bradford West Yorkshire and has lived all his life in that area.

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William Hoffman Tidewater Blood Published January 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063520
For two hundred and fifty years, the LeBlancs of Tidewater, Virginia - landed, rich and proud of it - have been celebrating their French Huguenot ancestry. Each year, over an extravagant lunch and in period costume dress, they relive the beginnings of the LeBlanc line, reminding everyone of their rise from meagre beginnings to a position of great stature, wealth and privilege.
But this year's celebration goes horribly wrong. At the stroke of one, a deafening explosion brings down the massive plantation house columns, crushing every member of the family present.
As the dust settles, all fingers point to the black sheep of the family, the youngest brother, Charles LeBlanc.
Facing prison, if not execution, Charley takes off on the fugitive run of his life. With the police at his back, he makes his way through the mountains of West Virginia to find the real killer.

William Hoffman was horn in West Virginia and, after living in Washington D.C. and New York, returned to the South. He lives on a farm with his wife. Alternating between teaching and writing, he has published ten novels, as well as three short story collections. His writing has won numerous awards including the Andrew Lytle Prize, the Goodheart Prize, the John Dos Passes Prize, and the Hillsdale Foundation Fiction Prize from the Fellowship of Southern Writers.

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Vaughan Kent-Payne Longdon Published February 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063806

The ultimate novel of the Falklands War.

Many horrific events took place during the Falklands War, but none was to have such international implications as the discovery by Captain David Jarvis of a ring still attached to the skeletal remains of a dead soldier. His determination to trace the dead man endangers not only himself but also his glamorous and enterprising girlfriend Becky.
There are those in authority who desperately seek to cover up what happened in the Falklands War and, as Jarvis soon discovers, they are prepared to go to any lengths to hush up the truth. Murder and corruption are never far below the surface.

Written with firsthand knowledge of the Falkland Islands, this gripping novel depicts most graphically all the horrors that modern technology and weaponry can inflict.

Vaughan Kent-Payne entered Sandhurst in 1977 and was commissioned into The Prince of Wales's Own Regiment of Yorkshire. In 1995, he commanded a company of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment and transferred to that regiment the following year Longdon is his first novel, but he is the author of the highly-praised Bosnia Warriors, a factual account of peacekeeping operations in Bosnia.

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William X. Kienzle Chameleon Published January 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063512

'What if he were killed? What if someone killed him? She shuddered. But it would go a long way to solving her problem. She wondered idly if such a thing could be arranged.'
An unplanned, unwanted pregnancy. The grand opening of a branch bank in a dangerous part of town. A vacation for Father Robert Koesler. Half-brothers who have never met, one a visiting priest, the other a hometown cop. A dinner party with unsuspecting guests. A philanthropic bank president described as a man who loves God. And that is just the beginning of the intrigue.
When Father Koesler goes on vacation, he leaves his parish and the sleuthing to the visiting Father Zachary Tully. During Father Koesler's absence, a bank manager is killed in an apparent hold-up. Father Tully, who has come to Detroit to meet the half-brother he never knew he had, Lieutenant Zoo Tully, is drawn into the investigation. As the story unfolds, the possibility is raised that Father Koesler may turn his mantle over to another priest - Tully.
The plot has twists and turns that keep you guessing. And what about that bank president, the book's namesake, the man who loves God? Well, he's no angel.

'Kienzle has a nice way with characters (the good and the less good) and a useful familiarity with the fine points of the ecclesiastical life.Los Angeles Times

William X. Kienzle, author of sixteen bestselling mysteries, was ordained to the priesthood in 1954 and spent twenty years as a parish priest. For twelve years he was the editor-in-chief of the Michigan Catholic. After leaving the priesthood he became editor of MPLS Magazine in Minneapolis and later moved to Texas, where he was director of the Centre of Contemplative Studies at the University of Dallas. Kienzle and his wife, Javan, presently live in Detroit, where he enjoys playing the piano as a diversion from his writing. His first mystery The Rosary Murders was released in 1987 as a motion picture, starring Donald Sutherland as Father Koesler.

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William X. Kienzle Man Who Loved God Published January 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063512

When Father Koesler goes on vacation, he lea ves his parish and the sleuthing to the visiting Father Zach ary Tully. During Father Koesler''s absence, a bank manager i s murdered, and Father Tully is drawn into the investigation . '

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James D. Ladd SAS Operations Published January 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709060432
This highly successful book has now been completely revised and expanded to bring it right up to date with current SAS operations and even includes an insight into the type of warfare we might expect to see in the twenty-first century.

The Special Air Service is one of the most highly skilled and effective components of the British Army. Here is a welcome insight into the history and unique function of the SAS since its formation. This book traces the variety of special operations from the first raids in the North African desert in World War II to the remarkable achievements in the Falklands' bleak terrain, the harsh deserts of Iraq and the ethnic confusions of Bosnia.

James D. Ladd an ex-Royal Marine is a widely respected military historian. He is the author of several books including Commandos and Rangers of World War II and Royal Marines 1919-1980: An Authorized History. He is currently finalizing The Royal Marines 1919-1995 which updates his previous book.

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Des Morley Sing a Lonely Song Published February 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063660
An unsolved sixty-year-old murder, a poignant story of late love and a man's fight to prevent his seven-year-old granddaughter and his home from being taken away from him - these are the ingredients that make Sing a Lonely Song a captivating and spellbinding tale.

In her journal, written thirty years later, Emma Rose Delaney chronicles the events that occurred during the strange summer when she and her Grampa found themselves up against an enemy who threatened to destroy everything dear to them.
At the same time, Granpa is writing his narrative, of the Delaneys who have occupied Cold Water Farm for a hundred years. How the two stories are linked and how the solution of the sixty-year-old murder affects their lives makes a fascinating tale with memorable characters, and a surprising and satisfying resolution.

Des Morley was born in Durban, South Africa and was for twenty years the owner of a theatrical company specializing in major musicals. When he retired from the theatre scene, he returned to his family's farm in Zululand where-he embarked on a writing career, producing articles, short stories and then his award-winning first novel Children of Fear. He now lives in Durban and is married with children.

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James Pattinson The Wild One Published January 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063334
Hector Langdon volunteered for service in the army in World War One when he was no more than seventeen years old, though he gave his age as twenty.
It was the kind of reckless action he was to take all his life, much to the regret of his solicitor father, who wished him to follow in the same profession. Hector would have none of it: it would have been far too boring for his taste.
So he drifted from one occupation to another after the war, never really settling down. It seemed he had to be forever on the move. Until he met Eva Gray. And even that meeting was to lead in the end to tragedy.

James Pattinson is a full-time author who, despite having travelled throughout the world, still lives in the remote village, where he grew up. He has written magazine articles, short stories and radio features as well as numerous novels.

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Nicholas Rhea Constable Under the Gooseberry Bush Published January 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709062702

Featuring characters from the latest Heartbeat TV series, including the newly arrived Sergeant Craddock and garageman Bernie Scripps, this is a tale of rural drama laced with humour, pathos and very large gooseberries,

When Joseph Marshall decided to retire after forty years as president of the Aidensfield Old Gooseberry Society he thought he might find time to nurture some prize-winning gooseberries. He'd always been too busy running the society to win prizes. Just before his impending retirement, however, Joseph's health rapidly deteriorates and the people of Aidensfield raise funds to send him to Lourdes, hoping for a miracle cure.

Also, a crimewave involving stolen bicycles strikes the area, with the new sergeant's own valuable racing machine being amongst those taken, Constable Nick finds himself coping with a variety of rustic problems in Aidensfield in his own inimitable way.

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 Portrait of the North York Moors. As Peter N. Walker he is the author of Murders and Mysteries from the North York Moors, Murders and Mysteries from the Yorkshire Dales, Folk Tales from the North York Moors, Folk Stories from the Yorkshire Dales, Folk Tales from York and the Welds and Folk Stories from the Lake District. He lives in North Yorkshire.


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Norman Russell The Dried-Up Man Published March 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063768
Victorian England forms the authentic backdrop to this world of melodrama and mayhem.

When rural Detective Inspector Saul Jackson comes to investigate the gruesome discovery of mummified remains in Ashgate churchyard, he and his bibulous but shrewd sergeant, Herbert Bottomley, are drawn into a web of superstitious fear. For the 'dried-up man' hidden in an old tomb-chest appears to have been ritually slaughtered.
Attention centres on Deirdre Dovercourt, romantic and sensitive, but haunted by a guilty childhood secret. Only an alienist can bring to light what she had really seen long ago in the spirit-haunted churchyard behind her home.
This puzzling case takes the two detectives on a perilous foray into Cornwall, but it is back in Ashgate that Jackson finally probes beyond superstition to reveal the shocking truth about the Dried-Up Man.

Norman Russell was born in Whiston, Lancashire, but has lived most of his life in Liverpool.

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Kathy Hogan Trocheck Strange Brew Published March 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 070906389X
Cleaning-lady cum sleuth Callahan Garrity's Atlanta neighbourhood is making the transition from seediness to an upmarket cappuccino-drenched quarter. The most unsettling portent of this change is that a venerable hairdressing salon is being forced out of business so that a brewery can take over its prime real estate. As the neighbourhood gears up for its raucous Halloween revels, Callahan realises that trouble is brewing. Not only is a fierce tornado bearing down on Atlanta, but Wuvvy, the ageing flower child who runs the salon, is on an uncharacteristic rampage. Then Callahan finds the bludgeoned corpse of the grasping young entrepreneur who was pushing Wuvvy out.
As Callahan's investigation unfolds, she unleashes her wry wit, tussles with the outrageous band of helpers in her cleaning business, and rekindles romance with her rugged beau, Mac McAuliffe.
All in all, Strange Brew is superbly intoxicating suspense.

'Trocheck's trademark laugh-out-loud humour, an intriguing plot, and a cast of eccentric but charming characters make this another winning entry.' Booklist

Kathy Hogan Trocheck, a former reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, lives in Atlanta, Georgia, with her husband and two children.

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Marilyn Wallace Current Danger Published February 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063571 Artwork by: Jaket illustration: Michael Thomas
It starts with a phone call luring her into the night - and before it ends five people will be grotesquely murdered, never knowing why they had to die.

In Current Danger, veteran writer Marilyn Wallace has created a heart-stopping novel of multiple murder and psychological suspense. Evil lurks on the menacing streets of New York, disguised as an ordinary man.
As time runs out and the stalker closes in, some of the answers become shockingly clear, but not until Claudia's final, face-to-face showdown with her enemy is the full force of his perverted need to see others suffer totally revealed.

Acclaim for Marilyn Wallace: 
'Marilyn Wallace is a master at evoking menace.' Booklist
'Wallace carefully ratchets up the suspense.' Publishers Weekly
'Riveting and original.' Cosmopolitan
'Wallace had me fooled right up to the end.' Mystery News

Marilyn Wallace's first novel, A Case of Loyalties, won the Macavity Award for Best First Novel in 1986. Her second, Primary Target, was nominated for an Anthony Award. She is also the editor of the Sisters in Crime anthologies, which have won Anthony, Macavity and American Mystery Awards. Current Danger is her seventh novel. She lives in New York City.

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Kate Wilhelm The Good Children Published February 1999 by Hale at £16.99 ISBN: 0709063393

A psychological thriller in which tragedy strikes a family suddenly, and the children face the prospect of being separated by the state and sent to different homes. To avoid this they tell a big lie which will either hold the family together or tear it apart.

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