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| Bookclub 2010 Our benevolent dictator has made her picks for 2010. Our true crime selection for 2010 is quite unique! And this year, in addition to a Swedish mystery, we have also chosen a Norwegian mystery. Please note those who fed the bookseller cookies had a much better chance to be heard by the dictator! BookClub 2010 by Barbara Michaels by Craig Johnson Eye by Victoria Laurie April Nemesis by Jo Nesbo by Georgette Heyer by Rosemary Harris Tattoo by Steig Larsson by Wilkie Collins by Simon Beckett of Deliverance Dane by Katherine Howe Whicher by Kate Summerscale December Signs in the Blood by Vicki Lane ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ (614) 818-2583 if local (888) 257-2343 toll free or e-mail foulplaybk@AOL.com |
BOOKCLUB SELECTION
2010
January 13, 2010 House of Many Shadows by Barbara Michaels
Meg's doctor told her the hallucinations were a result
of the accident, that they would stop once she got some
peace and quiet. So she took some time off at the old
country house, but the visions didn't stop. Instead, they
got worse. And now Meg is terrified because Andy,
the caretaker, sees them too.
February 10, 2010 The Cold Dish by Craig Johnson $14.00
The body of a young man is found in Absaroka County,
Wyoming. It is possible that Cody Pritchard is the victim
of a hunting accident--or is someone seeking retribution
for his part in raping a mentally disabled Cheyenne girl?
March 10, 2010 Abby Cooper: Psychic Eye by Victoria Laurie $6.99
Psychic Abigail Cooper makes her debut in this first title
of a new chick lit mystery series. Abby's work as a "psychic
intuitive" can be rewarding. But when a client turns up dead,
the clues start pointing toward Abby. Turns out she knows
too many details about the murder for her own good.
April 14, 2010 Nemesis by Jo Nesbo $14.99
From one of the most celebrated crime writers in Europe
and the award-winning author of "The Redbreast" comes
this work that features the maverick methods of detective
Harry Hole as he investigates a series of brutal bank
robberies.
May 12, 2010 Death in the Stocks by Georgette Heyer $12.99
A bobby on his night rounds discovers a corpse in evening
dress locked in the stocks on the village green. Inspector
Hannasyde is called in, but sorting out the suspects proves
to be a challenge.
June 9, 2010 Pushing up Daisies by Rosemary Harris $6.99
Paula Holliday trades her stilettos for garden clogs when
she makes the move from the big city to the suburbs to
start a gardening business. But she's not prepared for the
mummified body she finds while restoring the gardens at
Halcyon, a local landmark.
July 14, 2010 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larrson $7.99
An international publishing sensation, Stieg Larsson's Girl
with the Dragon Tattoo combines murder mystery, family
saga, love story, and financial intrigue into one satisfyingly
complex and entertainingly atmospheric novel.
Harriet Vanger, a scion of one of Sweden's wealthiest families
disappeared over forty years ago. All these years later, her
aged uncle continues to seek the truth. He hires Mikael
Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently trapped by a libel
conviction, to investigate. He is aided by the pieced and
tattooed punk prodigy Lisbeth Salander. Together they tap
into a vein of unfathomable iniquity and astonishing corruption.
August 11, 2010 The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins $9.00
"The Moonstone is a page-turner, " writes Carolyn Heilbrun.
"It catches one up and unfolds its amazing story through the
recountings of its several narrators, all of them enticing and
singular." Wilkie Collins's spellbinding tale of romance, theft,
and murder inspired a hugely popular genre-the detective
mystery. Hinging on the theft of an enormous diamond originally
stolen from an Indian shrine, this riveting novel features the
innovative Sergeant Cuff, the hilarious house steward Gabriel
Betteridge, a lovesick housemaid, and a mysterious band
of Indian jugglers.
This Modern Library Paperback Classic is set from the
definitive 1871 edition.
September 8, 2010 Written in Bone by Simon Beckett $7.99
Forensic expert Dr. David Hunter ignites a harrowing murder
investigation on a windswept Scottish island, unraveling a tale
of menace, sexuality, and revenge.
October 13, 2010 The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by
Katherine Howe $15.99 )publication date
April 1, 2010)
Written by an author completing a Ph.D. in New England
Studies, and whose ancestors had been accused witches
in Salem, "The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane" travels
seamlessly between the trials in the 1690s and a modern
woman's story of mystery and discovery.
November 10, 2010 The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher by
Kate Summerscale $16.00
The national bestseller, now in paperback. In June of 1860
three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an
outdoor privy with his throat slit. The crime horrified all
England and led to a national obsession with detection,
ironically destroying, in the process, the career of perhaps
the greatest detective in the land.
December 8, 2010 Signs in the Blood by Vicki Lane $6.99
When her neighbor vanishes and is presumed dead, an
Appalachian woman is startled to discover a new-age cult
with sinister motives and a camp of armed survivalists near
her mountain home.
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