Mysteries with surprisingly lethal weapons! (Compiled by the subscribers of the Fiction_L mailing list.) Abresch, Peter. Bloody bonsai. When senior citizen James P. Dandy reluctantly agrees to go on an elderhostel retreat for instruction in the ancient art of bonsai care, he couldn’t have forseen meeting the lovely blue-eyed Dodee who would embroil him in a murder investigation. First in the James P. Dandy Elderhostel mysteries: Bloody bonsai, Killing thyme, Tip in a canoe, and Painted lady. PAPERBACK ABRESCH (Main, E.B. Hayward) Bowen, Rhys. Evans to Betsy. When the flashy director of the Sacred Grove New Age Center disappears, barmaid and would-be psychic Betsy leads Constable Evans to the body, unaware that she, too, is in grave danger. Sixth in the Constable Evan Evans mystery series: Evans above, Evan help us, Evanly chorus , Evan and Elle, Evan can wait, Evans to Betsy, Evan only knows, and Evan’s gate. MYSTERY BOWEN (Main) Box, C.J. Savage run. Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett heads for the forests of Twelve Sleep County to investigate a massive explosion that may have killed an environmental activist and uncovers evidence of a deadly conspiracy. Second in the Joe Pickett mystery series: Open sea- son, Savage run, Winterkill, Trophy hunt, and Out of range. FICTION BOX (Main, Howard) Connor, Beverly. Dressed to die. When University of Georgia archaeologist Lindsay Chamber- lain discovers a skeleton in a sixty-one-year old packing crate on her grandfather’s farm, she begins an investigation into her family and along the way becomes involved in the investigation of a missing faculty member. Third in the Lindsay Chamberlain mystery series: A rumor of bones, Questionable remains, Dressed to die, Skeleton crew, and Airtight case. MYSTERY CONNOR (Main) Dereske, Jo. Miss Zukas and the library murders. With the help of her not-so-proper best friend, Ruth, a six-foot-tall bohemian artist, Helma Zukas investigates the appearance of a dead body right in the middle of the library’s fiction stacks. Eighth in the Miss Zukas mystery series: Miss Zukas shelves the evidence, Miss Zukas in death’s shadow, Final notice, Out of circula- tion, Miss Zukas and the raven’s dance, Miss Zukas and the Island murders, Miss Zukas and the stroke of death, Miss Zukas and the library murders. PAPERBACK DERESKE (Main) Dorsey, Tim. Florida roadkill. When five million dollars in a suitcase is dropped into the trunk of the wrong car, a whole convoy of homicidal whackos follows in hot pursuit, with a stop in Miami to take in the last game of the Series. First in the Serge Storms series: Florida roadkill, Hammerhead Ranch Motel, Orange crush, Triggerfish twist, The stingray shuffle, Cadillac beach, and Torpedo juice. FICTION DORSEY (Main) Fleming, Ian. Goldfinger. James Bond must stop the evil Goldfinger from robbing Fort Knox. FICTION FLEMING (Main) over Francis, Dick. Comeback. En route from Tokyo to a holiday in England, British First Secretary Peter Darwin stops in Miami, where he is caught in a mugging that may have links to his child- hood home in England. MYSTERY FRANCIS (Main, E.B. Hayward, Howard) James, Dean. Posted to death. American vampire sleuth Simon Kirby-Jones arrives in the cozy village of Snupperton Mumsley to start a new life, but when Abigail Winterton, the town’s nasty postmistress, is murdered after a rather spirited meeting of SMADS (the Snupperton Mumsley Amateur Dramatic Society), Simon must dig through a wealth of suspects to expose a killer. First in the Simon Kirby-Jones mystery series: Posted to death, Faked to death, and Decorated by death. MYSTERY JAMES (Main) Maron, Margaret. Corpus Christmas. When a trustee of a collection by a reclusive artist is found dead after a New York retrospective, Lt. Sigrid Harald, the artist’s girlfriend, investi- gates. Sixth in the Sigrid Harald mystery series: One coffee with, Death of a butterfly, Death in blue folders, The right jack, Baby doll games, Corpus Christmas, Past imperfect, and Fugitive colors. MYSTERY MARON (Main) Parker, T. Jefferson. Where serpents lie. When Terry Naughton, a cop with a mysterious past, confronts Horridus, a psychopath who kidnaps children and returns them in period clothing ac- companied by a piece of snakeskin, he is desperate to apprehend the madman to atone for his past mistakes. MYSTERY PARKER (Main, E.B. Hayward, Howard) Parsons, Julie. The courtship gift. Upon finding her husband dead in their study, Anna Neale begins to probe into his untimely death out of fear of foul play, yet while doing her research, Anna comes to learn that she didn’t know her husband at all as he was a man living a secret life. FICTION PARSONS (Main, Howard) Sayers, Dorothy. Busman’s honeymoon. When their plans for a private and romantic honey- moon are disrupted by the untimely murder of their estate’s former owner, newlyweds Lord Pe- ter and Harriet Vane are baffled by the strange clues they discover. Thirteenth in the Lord Peter Wimsey series: Whose body?, Clouds of witness, Unnatural death, The unpleasantness at the Bellona Club, Lord Peter views the body, Strong poison, The five red herrings, Have his car- case, Hangman’s holiday, Murder must advertise, The nine tailors, Gaudy night, Busman’s honeymoon, In the teeth of the evidence, Striding folly, Lord Peter, Thrones dominations, and A presumption of death. MYSTERY SAYERS (Main) Trevanian. Shibumi. Nicolai Hel uses his nearly superhuman mental and physical prowess to destroy political terrorists and decides to take on The Mother Company itself, a supermonolith of espionage and economic monopoly. FICTION TREVANI (Main) White, Kate. If looks could kill. When her boss’s nanny is murdered, Bailey Weggins is per- suaded to find the killer before the police, an investigation that takes her from New York City to the glamorous retreats of Bucks County, where everyone is a suspect. First in the Bailey Weggins mystery series: If looks could kill, A body to die for, ‘Til death do us part, and Over her dead body. MYSTERY WHITE (Main, E.B. Hayward, Howard) .