May Newsletter

Murder on the Beach Bookstore Newsletter

May, 2016 Volume 21,

Number 5

Events in May Calendar Elaine Viets Signs Murder on the Beach The Art of Murder: Mystery Book Store Wednesday, May 4 at 7 PM 273 NE 2nd Avenue Elaine Viets has actually worked many of those dead-end jobs in Delray Beach, FL 33444 her mystery novels, just like her character Helen Hawthorne. She is 561-279 -7790 also the author of the Josie Marcus, Mystery Shopper series and Fax:561-279 -7759 numerous short stories. Elaine has won an Anthony Award and an Email [email protected] Agatha Award. www.murderonthebeach.com The Art of Murder The art world is a happening place-but a brush with death shouldn't We Are on be in the picture. Unfortunately that's just what Winter Store Hours happens to Helen Hawthorne and her friend Margery. Mon - Sat 10-6 While touring gorgeous Bonnet House, a mansion- Sunday 12 - 5 turned-museum, they observe a painting class and note an up-and-coming artist. When they later see Murder on the Beach her deadly end, Helen is hired to canvas the crime Is Closed scene-undercover, of course. NAL 1st Printing, Memorial Day, Signed: 25.00 Monday, May 30

Alex Segura Signs Summer Hours Down the Darkest Street: Begin June 1 Mon - Sat 10 - 6 Thursday, May 5 at 7 PM Closed Sunday Alex Segura is a novelist, comic book writer, and musician. Alex is the author of the bestselling Archie Meets Kiss series and graphic EVENTS IN MAY: novel from Archie Comics. Alex also performs regularly in New York as part of the indie rock group Faulkner Detectives.A Miami native, Wed, May 4 at 7 PM he lives in New York City with his wife and two cats. Elaine Viets signs Down the Darkest Street The Art of Murder 25.00 Pete Fernandez's life - professional and personal - is in ruins. His best friend is dead. His newspaper career is past Thu, May 5 at 7 PM tense. His ex is staying with him as her own Alex Segura signs marriage crumbles. On top of that, the former Down the Darkest Street journalist finds himself in the eye of a dangerous 24.95 storm; investigating a missing girl with an unexpected partner and inching closer and closer to Sat, May 14, 10 AM - Noon a vicious, calculating killer cutting a swath of blood Authors Academy 2016 across Miami - while at the same time battling his own personal Show, Don't Tell demons that refuse to be silenced. Polis,1st Printing, Signed, 24.95 Instr: Victoria Landis $25 per person Florida Authors Academy Reservations Required

Saturday, May 14 at 10 AM - Noon Fri, May 20 at 7 PM Show, Don't Tell. Gregg E. Brickman signs Illegal Intent 12.99 Revealing a character's thoughts by showing them, then telling the reader what they just showed, is a common mistake. Learn the Sat, May 21, 10 AM - Noon difference with exam;les and hands-on writing exercises. Authors Academy 2016 Instructor: Victoria Landis To Outline or $25 Per Person, Reservations Required Not to Outline 561-279-7790 or [email protected] Instr: Dirk Wyle For more detailed information: www.FLauthorsacademy.com $25 per person Reservations Required Gregg E. Brickman Signs Illegal Intent: Friday, May 20 at 7 PM BOOK DISCUSSION A nurse herself, Gregg E.Brickman's novels involve strong, GROUPS creative nurses who use their skills to help others, confront danger, and stay alive. A long time South Florida resident, Gregg recently Sunday Sleuths moved to Tennessee with her husband and their two King Charles Sun,May 15 at 3 PM Spaniels. Night Night, Sleep Tight Illegal Intent By Hallie Ephron 14.99 Tony Conte, ex-Special Forces medic, martial arts expert, and hunky widower dad, is the emergency Tuesday Murder Club department nursing manager at Sawgrass Tue, May 17at 6:30 Medical Center in southern Florida. Natchez Burning, When he walks the hospital's CFO to the By Greg Iles 17.99 parking lot, she ends up dead, and he wakes up on a stretcher. When Tony discovers evidence of embezzlement from the hospital, his accusations draw fire from hospital management and get him noticed by the Murder on the Beach criminals.Signed: 12.99 Is Closed Memorial Day, Florida Authors Academy Monday, May 30 Saturday, May 21, 10 AM - Noon Summer Hours To Outline or Not to Outline Begin June 1 Mon - Sat 10 - 6 Some writers start work on a novel by producing a detailed outline. Closed Sunday Others sit down at the keyboard and just write. Which method will be most efficient for you with the type of story you have in mind? Murder on the Beach Instructor: Dirk Wyle Mystery Book Store $25 per person. Reservations Required 561-279-7790 or [email protected] 273 NE 2nd Avenue For more detailed information: www.FLauthorsacademy.com Delray Beach, FL 33444 561-279 -7790 To order, just send an email to [email protected] Fax:561-279 -7759 We accept MasterCard, VISA, American Express, and Discover. If Email [email protected] you've ordered from us before, we probably have your payment info www.murderonthebeach.com on file. Shipping is carefully and lovingly done for $5 for the first item, and $1 for each additional item in the US. Priority is $10 for the first item, $2 each additional. Shipping is free for all orders shipped in the US over $100. International rates upon request

Bestseller Lists

March 2016 Bestsellers at Murder on the Beach

Hardcovers 1. Deep Blue by Randy Wayne White, PUT, 27.00 2. Gone Again by James Grippando, HC, 26.99 3. The Ex by Alafair Burke, HC, 26.99 4. Off The Grid by C.J. Box, PUT, 27.00 5. Saving Jason by Michael Sears, PUT, 27.00 6. Coconut Cowboy by Tim Dorsey, HC, 25.99 7. The Wolves by Alex Berenson, PUT, 28.00 8. Fool Me Once by Harlan Coben, PUT, 28.00 9. Spoils of Victory by John A. Connell, PUT, 27.00 10. The Waters of Eternal Youth by Donna Leon, PER, 26.00

Mass Market/Trade 1. All Aboard! A History of Florida's Railroads by Stephanie Murphy-Lupo, LYO, 19.95 2. Endangered by C.J. Box, BRK, 9.99 3. Florida Firefight by Randy Wayne White, IPS, 12.99 4. The Ruins of War by John A. Connell, BRK, 16.00 5. Broken Promise by Linwood Barclay, BRK, 9.99 6. Cash Landing by James Grippando, HC, 9.99 7. The Guilty by David Baldacci, HAC, 15.99 8. Every Fifteen Minutes by Lisa Scottoline, MPS, 15.99 9. Long Way Down by Michael Sears, BRK, 9.99 10. Devoted in Death by J.D. Robb, BRK, 7.99

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Signed First Editions

Alex Berenson The Wolves 28.00 Allison Brennan Poisonous 27.99 Alafair Burke The Ex 26.99 Reed Farrel Where It Hurts 26.95 Coleman John A. Connell Spoils of Victory 27.00 Tim Dorsey The Coconut Cowboy 25.99 James Grippando Gone Again 25.99 John Hart Redemption Road* 27.99 Con Lehane Murder At The 42nd Street Library 25.99 Phillip Margolin Violent Crimes 26.99 Adam Mitzner The Girl From Home 26.00 Charles Todd No Shred of Evidence 25.99 Elaine Viets The Art of Murder 25.99 Nazi Titanic The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War Robert Watson 25.99 II Randy Wayne White Deep Blue 27.00 Jacqueline Winspear Journey To Munich* 26.99 Stuart Woods Family Jewels 28.00 *Signed Tip-In

Book Reviews

Redemption Road By John Hart Reviewed by Sue Wilder Former police officer Adrian Wall is released from prison after serving 13 years for the murder of Julia Strange, a murder that he insists he did not commit. His alleged victim's son, Gideon Strange, lays in wait to kill Adrian. Detective Elizabeth "Liz" Black, self-appointed protector of young children, has been a kind of surrogate mother to Gideon since his mother's murder. Unfortunately, shortly after Wall is released, a new victim is discovered in the same place as Julia Strange. Liz, having believed Wall innocent in the past, comes to his aid. Concurrently, Liz is being sought for the murder of two men. She came to the aid of Canning Shore, a teen rape victim who was being held hostage and tortured by the men. Liz has become the hunted instead of the hero because of the appearance of excessive force. These characters are just some of the cast that drive Redemption Road. Past histories, corruption both personal and professional, and unresolved crimes totally drive the plot. The combination of innocent people who are wrongly accused and undelivered justice provide the twists and turns of the story. It has been five years since Mr. Hart's last book. He is one of today's finest writers, producing bestsellers with every book. He is the only writer to win two MWA Edgar Awards in a row. Although his books take place in North Carolina, each one is a standalone. Superbly written, complex characters, and authentic motivations ultimately make Mr. Hart's stories timeless. Redemption Road is approximately 400 pages, a "big book." This reader could not stop turning the pages and read the last 150 pages in one sitting. It was impossible to put down. Although we are only in the first half of 2016, Redemption Road goes on this reader's "best" list, surely to be nominated for every award. MUST READ STM 27.99 Previous books available trade paperback

And After the Fire By Lauren Belfer Reviewed by Cheryl Kravetz While waiting for orders to return to America, two soldiers go on a sightseeing journey through the war-torn German countryside at the end of World War II. They discover what appears to be abandoned, boarded-up mansion and decide to explore a bit further. While rummaging through some paperwork Henry Sachs finds an old music manuscript by J. S. Bach. As he is looking at the cantata he is confronted by a young girl, pointing a gun at him. Henry reacts instinctively, shooting and killing the girl. Susanna Kessler, Henry's niece, finds the manuscript in 2010 while cleaning out Henry's home in New York after he has committed suicide. Along with the cantata, Susanna finds a note her uncle wrote, hinting at his time spent as an American soldier in Germany during WWII. Susanna is surprised by what she finds and begins a journey to locate the rightful owner of the document. This captivating novel is based on real historical events that the author has skillfully woven into an unforgettably haunting story. I found And After the Fire very difficult to put down. As in her first book City of Light, Belfer grabs the reader from the beginning and holds on until the last sentence. She is an extremely gifted author. I can't wait until her next book. Don't miss And After the Fire. The story and its characters will stay with you for a long time, long after the book is finished. HarperCollins 26.99

Illegal Intent By Gregg E. Brickman Reviewed by Stephanie Saxon Levine Tony Conte is the emergency department's nursing manager at Sawgrass Medical Center in South Florida. A former Special Forces medic and martial arts expert, he doesn't seem a likely target for attack in the hospital parking lot. Yet, after the attack, he wakes up on a stretcher and the hospital's CFO, whom he was walking to her car, is dead. Tony becomes a person of interest in the investigation into her murder. When Tony finds that someone has been embezzling money from the hospital, his questions anger the management and bring him unwanted attention from criminals. Having law officers and thugs after him, he must call on all of his talents to keep his job, and, perhaps, his life. In Tony Conte, Gregg E. Brickman has created an admirable, smart, sharp, and sympathetic protagonist. A widower with three children, Tony faces huge demands on his time from home life and his career, without the added burdens of recovering from serious injury and solving a murder. He handles it all in a most believable fashion, bringing his combined brains and brawn to the task. I particularly enjoyed the verisimilitude that Brickman brings to the several settings in which Tony functions. His family life at home with his Italian mother and the children seems very real to me. The hospital scenes reflect the author's many years as in the nursing profession. The romance which develops between Tony and Laurie, a nurse on staff, is charming and adds another dimension to the protagonist and this thoroughly enjoyable and suspenseful mystery. Highly recommended. Signed by the author: 12.99

New Hardcovers in May

Kelley Armstrong - City of the Lost.Casey Duncan is a homicide detective with a secret: when she was in college, she killed a man. She was never caught, but he was the grandson of a mobster and she knows that someday this crime will catch up to her. MPS 25.99

Ace Atkins - Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn.The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church killing three firefighters trapped inside. Boston firefighter Jack McGee, who lost his best friend in the blaze, suspects arson. PUT 27.00

David Baldacci - Last Mile - Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is about to be executed for the violent killing of his parents twenty years earlier, when he's granted an unexpected reprieve because another man has confessed to the crime. HAC 29.00

Lauren Belfer - After the Fire. In the ruins of Germany in 1945, American soldier Henry Sachs takes an old music manuscript from a seemingly deserted mansion and mistakenly kills the girl who tries to stop him. In America in 2010, Henry's niece, Susanna Kessler, struggles to rebuild her life after she experiences an act of violence on the streets of New York City. When Henry dies soon after, she uncovers the long-hidden music manuscript. HC 26.99

Steve Cavanagh - Defense. MPS Former con artist turned lawyer Eddie Flynn gave up the law a year ago after a disastrous case, and he vowed never to step foot in a courtroom again. But now he doesn't have a choice. 25.99

Christopher Charles - Exiled.Back in the 1980s, Wes Raney was an ambitious New York City Narcotics Detective with a growing drug habit. While working undercover on a high-risk case, he made decisions that ultimately cost him his career and his family. HAC 26.00

Hannah Dennison - Killer Ball at Honeychurch Hall.When antique dealer Kat Stanford stumbles upon the partially mummified body of a young woman in an abandoned wing at Honeychurch Hall, suspicion falls on those who had been living there many years ago. MPS 24.99

Sally Goldenbaum - Murder at Lambswool Farm.In Sea Harbor, Massachusetts, Izzy Chambers Perry and the Seaside Knitters must find a killer and save a local farm. PUT 25.00 Rosemary Gray - Sherlock Holmes Everlasting Diary. This everlasting literary diary has been specially commissioned from Rosemary Gray. It has one page per day, and each contains apposite quotes from the stories or information about Conan Doyle. MPS 12.95

Beth Gutcheon - Death at Breakfast. The first entry in a mystery series featuring a pair of unlikely investigators set in small-town New England. HC 25.99

Eli Hand - Hard Light.Fleeing Reykjavik and a cluster of cult murders, Cass Nearylands in London to rendezvous with her longtime lover Quinn, a person of interest to both Interpol and the Russian mob. MPS 25.99

Charlaine Harris - Night Shift.At Midnight's local pawnshop, weapons are flying off the shelves-only to be used in sudden and dramatic suicides right at the main crossroads in town. PUT 28.00

John Hart - Redemption Road.A boy with a gun waits for the man who killed his mother. MPS 27.99

L. S. Hilton - Maestra. AfterJudith Rashleigh is fired from her job at British Pictures after spotting an art forgery that could have made her career, she turns to the long-neglected friend that kept her chin up and back straight through every slight: Rage. PUT 27.00

Iris Johansen - Hide Away.Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan has landed in a well-guarded hospital room in Carmel, California. But hidden danger looms for Eve, Joe Quinn, and Cara Delaney, a young girl in their care. MPS 27.99

Neil Jordan - Drowned Detective.Jonathan is a private detective in a decaying eastern European city. He is hired by an elderly couple to investigate the disappearance of their daughter, who has been missing for nearly two decades. MPS 26.00

Ward Larsen - Assassin's Silence.Police in three countries have written off trying to find David Slaton. His old employer, Mossad, keeps no forwarding address. When an assault team strikes, Slaton is taken by surprise. MPS 25.99

Con Lehane - Murder at the 42nd Street Library.Librarian and reluctant sleuth Raymond Ambler uncovers murderous secrets hidden behind the majestic marble façade of New York City's landmark 42nd Street Library. MPS 25.99

Allison Leotta - Last Good Girl. A ripped-from-the-headlines novel featuring prosecutor Anna Curtis at the center of a national story involving campus rape and the disappearance of a young woman. SS 25.00

Laura Lippman - Wilde Lake. Luisa "Lu" Brant is the newly elected and first female state's attorney of Howard County, Maryland, a job in which her widower father famously served. HC 26.99

Stuart MacBride - In a Cold Dark Ground.Sergeant Logan McRae's missing-persons investigation has just turned up a body in the woods - naked, hands tied behind its back, and a bin bag duct-taped over its head. HC 25.99

Ross MacDonald - Ross MacDonald: Three Novels of the Early 1960s: The Zebra-Striped Hearse / The Chill / The Far Side of the Dollar: Library of America #279. PUT 35.00

Malcom MacKay - Night the Rich Men Burned.Oliver Peterkinney and Alex Glass, two friends from Glasgow's desperate fringes, become involved in one of the city's darkest and most dangerous trades: debt collection. HAC 26.00

Clare Mackintosh - I let You Go.Jenna Gray moves to a ramshackle cottage on the remote Welsh coast, trying to escape the memory of the car accident that plays again and again in her mind, desperate to heal from the loss of her child and the rest of her painful past. PUT 26.00

James Patterson - 15th Affair. Detective Lindsay Boxer chases an elusive suspect...her husband. When a woman with links to the CIA disappears from the scene of a brutal murder at a downtown hotel, Lindsay's life begins to unravel.. HAC 28.00

Cynthia Riggs - Bloodroot.It's just another day at the dentist's office for Victoria Trumbull when fellow patient, wealthy Mrs. Wilmington, dies. The receptionist is hysterical, so a dental assistant offers to drive her home. But after making a quick pit stop, he finds her body floating in the harbor. MPS 25.99

John Sandford - Extreme Prey.Lucas Davenport is no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend the governor, cranking up a presidential campaign, invites Lucas to join his campaign staff. PUT 29.00

Elaine Viets - Art of Murder.Helen Hawthorne must pose as a painter at Fort Lauderdale's famous Bonnet House Museum to catch an artful killer. PUT 25.00

Pamela Wechsler - Mission Hill.Abby Endicott, chief of the District Attorney's homicide unit in Boston, investigates and prosecutes the city's most dangerous killers. She will stop at nothing to find the truth, even if it challenges everything she believes about justice. MPS 24.99

New Historicals in May

Rhys Bowen - Oh Danny Boy. In turn-of-the-century New York City, Irish immigrant Molly Murphy is contemplating giving up PI work for something a little less complicated, less exciting. 15.99

Max Allen Collins - Better Dead.It's the early 1950's. Joe McCarthy is campaigning to rid America of the Red Menace. Nate Heller is doing legwork for the senator, though the Chicago detective is disheartened by McCarthy's witch-hunting tactics. MPS 26.99

Glenn Meade - Cairo Code. November 1943. Adolf Hitler's mission is to kill US President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Prime Minister Winston Churchill while they visit Cairo for a secret conference to plan the Allied invasion of Europe, an invasion which threatens imminent defeat for Germany. 16.00

D.J. Niko - Judgement. 965 BCE. Solomon has been appointed king of Israel and Judah and charged with building the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. 14.99 Stewart O'nan - 1945 Jerusalem. City of Secrets.A timely moral thriller of the Jewish underground resistance in Jerusalem after the Second World War. PUT 22.00

Renee Patrick - Design for Dying. 1937,Los Angeles. Lillian Frost has traded dreams of stardom for security as a department store salesgirl until she discovers she's a suspect in the murder of her former roommate. MPS 24.99

Matthew Pearl - Last Bookaneer.London, 1890. Pen Davenport is a master of disguise, making his living stalking harbors, coffeehouses, and print shops for the latest manuscript to steal. 16.00

Victoria Thompson - Murder on Amsterdam Avenue. Midwife Sarah Brandt and former police detective Frank Malloy investigate a murder in the secretive, high-society world of nineteenth-century New York City. 7.99

- Murder in Morningside Heights. Former police sergeant Frank Malloy and his wife adjust to life in New York high society as they investigate a death in the field of higher learning. PUT 26.00

Darcie Wilde - Useful Woman. Inspired by the novels of Jane Austen, this new mystery series set in 19th-century London introduces the charming and resourceful Rosalind Thorne, a woman privy to the secrets of high society including who is capable of murder. 15.00

New Nonfiction in May

Tom Adams - Tom Adams Uncovered the Art of Agatha Christie and Beyond. The story of one of the world's greatest cover artists told through his iconic 1960s and 1970s Agatha Christie paperback designs, which influenced a generation of readers and artists. HC 34.99

Martin Edwards - Golden Age of Murder. A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets. 15.99

John Glatt - Lost Girls. The amazing story of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight, who were kidnapped, imprisoned, and repeatedly raped and beaten in a Cleveland house for over a decade by Ariel Castro, and their amazing escape in May 2013, which made headlines all over the world. 7.99

Philip Houston - Get the Truth. Former CIA agents tell how to elicit the truth from others. The book chronicles how they elicit the truth in the counterterrorism and criminal investigation realms, and how these techniques can be applied to our daily lives. 15.99

Charles J. Shields - Mockingbird: Portrait of Harper Lee. After years of research, Charles J. Shields brings to life the woman who gave us two of American literature's most unforgettable characters- Atticus Finch and his daughter, Scout. 17.99

Robert Watson - Nazi Titanic: The Incredible Untold Story of a Doomed Ship in World War II. This is an astonishing account of an enigmatic ship that played a devastating role in World War II and the Holocaust. PER 25.99

New Paperbacks in April

James Abel - Protocol Zero. When authorities in Alaska receive a disturbing call from a teenage girl, their investigation leads them to discover an entire family of researchers dead. Joe Rush is called to help examine the bodies. 9.99

Nancy Atherton - Aunty Dimity and the Summer King. Cozy mystery lovers' favorite paranormal sleuth is back with her twentieth otherworldly adventure. 14.00

Ace Atkins - Robert B Parker's Kickback. What started as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. 9.99

Tim Baker - Fever City. 1960 Los Angeles. The story begins with the kidnapping of the child of one of America's richest men and goes back and forth between the search for the child, the saga of a notorious hit man, and the modern-day story of a skeptical journalist researching the still-active conspiracy theories of the 50s and 60s, with the aim of debunking them. 18.00

Lorna Barrett - Fatal Chapter.While out walking her sister's dog, Tricia Miles finds a man lying in a gazebo. He later dies in the hospital where a suspicious bruise and a puncture mark on his arm suggest he may have been murdered. 7.99

Kathleen Bridge - Hearse and Gardens.Meg helps her friend move furniture from the massive Montauk estate of a wealthy art broker when they discover a skeleton in a hidden room in one of the estate's bungalows. 7.99

Kate Carlisle - Ripped From the Pages. Book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright attends an excavation of the caves hidden deep under a Sonoma commune, revealing artwork, rare books, cases of wine, a chest of jewelry and a mummified body. 7.99

Linda Castillo - After the Storm. When a tornado tears through Painters Mill and unearths human remains, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder must identify the bones and notifying the family. Evidence quickly emerges that the death was no accident. 7.99

Mary Higgins Clark - Melody Lingers On. Lane Harmon, assistant to a famous interior designer, learns the home where she is working belongs to the wife of a disgraced finance magnate who vanished two years earlier, along with the five billion dollar hedge fund he managed. 7.99

Richard A. Clarke - Pinnacle Event.Five murders on three continents lead to an investigation revealing the recent black-market sale of five nuclear weapons. 9.99 Peg Cochran - Berry the Hatchet.The town of Cranberry Cove is popping with excitement for the first annual Winter Walk. But the mayor turns up dead during the grand opening ceremony. 7.99

Michael Connelly - Crossing. Detective Harry Bosch, has retired from the LAPD, but his half-brother, defense attorney Mickey Haller, needs his help. The murder rap against his client seems ironclad, but Mickey is sure it's a setup. 15.99

M. P. Cooley - Flame Out. Police officer June Lyons must solve two connected cases whose roots stretch back decades in time. 14.99

Dick Couch - Tom Clancy Op Center Into the Fire. A team of assassins murder a high-ranking North Korean general and his family in their sleep, making it look like a robbery, setting events in motion that could shake the balance of world powers. 9.99

Clive Cussler - Piranha. In 1902, the volcano Mt. Pelée erupts on the island of Martinique, wiping out an entire city of thirty thousand-and sinking a ship carrying a German scientist on the verge of an astonishing breakthrough. More than a century later, Juan Cabrillo will have to deal with that scientist's legacy. 9.99

Claire Donally - Catch as Cat Can.When a new seafood shop opens in Kittery Harbor, Maine, Sunny's tomcat Shadow is on the hunt for tasty treats-until Sunny discovers a cold-blooded killer's catch of the day. 7.99

Joseph Finder - Fixer. When Rick Hoffman loses his job and apartment, his only option is to move back into the home of his youth, empty and in decay since his father's stroke. He begins renovations and makes a discovery that will put his life in peril. 9.99

Sally Goldenbaum - Finely Knit Murder. The sleuthing skills of Izzy Chambers Perry and the Seaside Knitters are tested as death mars the beginning of the school year. 15.00

Carolyn Haines - Bone to Be Wild. Sarah Booth Delaney attends the Halloween ball in New Orleans where her old flame Scott Hampton's blues band is playing. But just as the party gets going, Scott receives a mysterious message that threatens his life and the lives of his bandmates. 7.99

Carolyn Hart - Don't Go Home. Mystery bookstore owner Annie Darling hosts a party to celebrate the success of Alex Griffith's new novel. But not everyone in town is ready to give him a glowing review. 7.99

Betty Hechtman - Seams Like Murder. Molly Pink and the Tarzana Hookers get a dangerous lesson on crafty criminals. 7.99

Craig Johnson - Dry Bones. The largest, most complete Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton ever found surfaces in Sherriff Walt Longmire's jurisdiction and Danny Lone Elk, the Cheyenne rancher on whose property the remains were discovered, turns up dead, floating face down in a turtle pond. 16.00

Diane Kelly - Against the Paw. Police officer Megan Luz and her K-9 partner are on the lookout for a convicted burglar who's broken his parole. 7.99

Kate Kessler - It Takes One. Criminal psychologist Audrey Harte is returning home after seven years. Less than 24 hours later, her best friend is murdered. 14.99 Harper Lee - Go Set a Watchman. Returning home to Maycomb to visit her father, Jean Louise Finch, Scout, struggles with issues both personal and political, involving Atticus, society, and the small Alabama town that shaped her. 15.99

Kylie Logan - Irish Stewed. Former personal chef to a Hollywood movie star returns to Hubbard, Ohio, to help her aunt Sophie run her restaurant and finds a run-down greasy spoon in an old railroad station. 7.99

Jeremy Massey - Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley. A Dublin undertaker finds himself on the wrong side of the Irish mob. 16.00

Becky Masterman - Fear the darkness. Ex-FBI agent Brigid Quinn teaches self-defense at a women's shelter. When her sister-in-law dies, Brigid take in her seventeen-year-old niece, Gemma Kate, who has an unhealthy interest in dissecting the local wildlife. 15.99

Peter May - Extraordinary People. Enzo MacLeod, formerly one of the top forensics experts in Scotland, currently a university professor, finds himself unexpectedly in the hunt for solutions to some vexing cold cases thanks to an ill-advised wager about the power of forensic science. 14.99

Thomas Mogford - Sign of the Cross. Just as a degree of calm returns to Spike Sanguinetti's life in Gibraltar, he receives the shocking news that his Maltese uncle and aunt are dead after a domestic dispute escalated into a blood-soaked murder-suicide. 16.00

Nancy J. Parra - Newlywed Dead. The wedding for Pepper Pomeroy's sister Felicity starts with dearly beloved but it ends with dearly departed when Ashley, the bartender Pepper drops dead from a lethal nightcap. 7.99

Karin Slaughter - Pretty Girls.More than twenty years ago, Claire and Lydia's teenaged sister Julia vanished without a trace. Now Claire is the trophy wife of an Atlanta millionaire and Lydia, a single mother, dates an ex-con and struggles to make ends meet. 9.99

Robert K. Tanenbaum - Trap.A fatal blast rocks a book-signing event where supporters have gathered to see the inspirational leading advocate for New York City charter schools, a Holocaust survivor. 9.99

S. K. Tremayne - Ice Twins. A year after one of their identical twin daughters, Lydia, dies in an accident, Angus and Sarah Moorcroft move to the tiny Scottish island Angus inherited from his grandmother. Then their surviving daughter, Kirstie, claims that she is Lydia and heir world crashes in once again. 14.99

Paul Tremblay - Head Full of Ghosts. The lives of the Barretts, a normal suburban New England family, are torn apart when fourteen-year-old Marjorie begins to display signs of acute schizophrenia. 14.99

Elaine Viets - Checked Out. PI Helen Hawthorne goes undercover at a local library to find a painting and solve a murder. 7.99

Tim Weaver - Chasing the Dead.Missing persons investigator David Raker searches for a mother's vanished son. 16.00

Dan Wells - Over Your Dead Body. John and Brooke are on their own, hitchhiking from town to town as they hunt the last of the Withered through the midwest--but the Withered are hunting them back, and the FBI is close behind. 14.99

Murder on the Beach Mystery Bookstore Newsletter Publisher- Joanne Sinchuk Editor- Stephanie Saxon Levine

Contributors- Cheryl Kravetz, Stephanie Saxon Levine, Stacey Schwartz, Joanne Sinchuk, Sue Wilder, and David Wulf

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