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Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell

by Jean Palmer

Wed, Apr 01, 2009

Josh Bazell has a BA in English literature and writing from BrownUniversity and an MD from Columbia. Currently a resident at the University of California, San Francisco, he wrote Beat the Reaper while completing his internship at a hospital not at all like the one described in this book.

Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon

Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon

by Nola Theiss

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

A native of Connecticut, Jennifer McMahon lives in Vermont with her partner, Drea, and their daughter, Zella.

 Pinch of Snuff by Reginald Hill

Pinch of Snuff by Reginald Hill

by Steve Seddon

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

Reginald Hill was brought up in Cumbria, and has returned there after many years in Yorkshire. With his first crime novel, A Clubbable Woman, he was hailed as 'the crime novel's best hope' and, twenty years on, he has more than fulfilled that promise.

A Darker Place by Jack Higgins

A Darker Place by Jack Higgins

by Mary Purucker

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

Since The Eagle Has Landed—one of the biggest-selling thrillers of all time—every novel Jack Higgins has written, including his most recent works, Bad Company and Midnight Runner, has become an international bestseller. He has had simultaneous number-one bestsellers in hardcover and paperback, and many of his books have been made into successful movies, including The Eagle Has Landed, To Catch a King, On Dangerous Ground, Eye of the Storm, and Thunder Point. He has degrees in sociology, social psychology, and economics from the University of London, and a doctorate in media from Leeds Metropolitan University. A fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, and an expert scuba diver and marksman, Higgins lives in Jersey on the Channel Islands.

On the Grind by Stephen J. Cannell

On the Grind by Stephen J. Cannell

by Mary Purucker

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

In his thirty-five-year career, Emmy Award-winning writer Stephen J. Cannell has created more than forty TV series. Among his hits are The Rockford Files, Silk Stalkings, The A-Team, 21 Jump Street, Hunter, Renegade, Wiseguy, and The Commish. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and children.

Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell

Scarpetta by Patricia Cornwell

by Carol Kellerman

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

Patricia Cornwell’s most recent bestsellers include Book of the Dead, The Front, and Portrait of a Killer: Jack the Ripper—Case Closed. Her earlier works include Postmortem—the only novel to win the Edgar, Creasey, Anthony, and Macavity awards and the French Prix du Roman d’Aventure in a single year—and Cruel and Unusual, which won Britain’s prestigious Gold Dagger Award for the best crime novel of 1993. Dr. Kay Scarpetta herself won the 1999 Sherlock Award for the best detective created by an American author.

The Chopin Manuscript by Jeffery Deaver and others

The Chopin Manuscript by Jeffery Deaver and others

by Miles Klein

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

This audiobook was the 2008 Audie Award Winner of Audiobook of the Year.

Night Kill by Ann Littlewood

Night Kill by Ann Littlewood

by Carol Kellerman

Ann Littlewood was a zoo keeper in Portland, Oregon for twelve years. She raised lions and cougars, an orangutan; and native mammals, as well as parrots, penguins, and a multitude of owls. The financial realities of raising primates (two boys of her own) led Ann to exchange a hose and rubber boots for a briefcase and pantsuit in the healthcare industry. Ann has maintained her membership in the American Association of Zookeepers and has kept in touch with the zoo world by visiting zoos and through friendships with zoo staffers.

No One You Know by Michelle Richmond

No One You Know by Michelle Richmond

by Sue Rosenzweig

Michelle Richmond is the author of The Year of Fog, Dream of the Blue Room, and the award-winning story collection The Girl in the Fall-Away Dress. A native of Mobile, Alabama, Michelle lives with her husband and son in San Francisco, where she is at work on her next novel.

Dead or Alive by Michael McGarrity

Dead or Alive by Michael McGarrity

by Carol Kellerman

Michael McGarrity is the author of eleven Kevin Kerney novels, including the Anthony Award-nominated Tularosa. A former deputy sheriff for Santa Fe County, he has also served as an instructor at the New Mexico Law Enforcement Academy and as an investigator for the New Mexico Public Defender’s Office.

Findings by Mary Anna Evans

Findings by Mary Anna Evans

by Susan Allison

Mary Anna Evans has degrees in physics and chemical engineering. Her background includes stints in environmental consulting and university administration. Writing lets her spend weeks indulging her passion for history, archaeology, and architecture, and months making up stories. Mary Anna lives in Florida with her three children and a cat.

Night and Day by Robert B. Parker

Night and Day by Robert B. Parker

by Jean Palmer

Featuring rapid-fire dialogue and spicy characters, Robert B.Parker's books are top-shelf reading for fans of detective crime novels. His Spenser series is several titles strong and an established classic; lately Parker has raised the stakes with two additional series (one featuring private eye Sunny Randle, the other featuring police chief Jesse Stone) that may eventually rival his beloved Boston P.I. He lives in Boston.

Born to Run by James Grippando

Born to Run by James Grippando

by Sue Rosenzweig

James Grippando is the bestselling author of the Jack Swyteck series. His fifteen previous novels include Born to Run, Last Call, Lying with Strangers, When Darkness Falls, and Got the Look. He lives in Florida, where he was a trial lawyer for twelve years.

Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb

Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb

by Bette Ammon

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

Nora Roberts is the number-one New York Times-bestselling author of more than 150 novels, including High Noon, Angels Fall, Blue Smoke, and Northern Lights. She is also the author of the bestselling futuristic suspense series written under the pen name J. D. Robb

Badlands by Richard Montanari

Badlands by Richard Montanari

by Mary Purucker

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

RICHARD MONTANARI is a novelist, screenwriter, and essayist. His work has appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Detroit Free Press, Cleveland Plain Dealer, and scores of other national and regional publications. He is the OLMA-winning author of the internationally acclaimed thrillers Kiss of Evil, Deviant Way, and The Violet Hour–all published in more than twenty countries.

The Blackstone Key by Rose Melikan

The Blackstone Key by Rose Melikan

by Mary Purucker

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

Rose Melikan is an academic and a novelist who has published fiction and non-fiction works. This is her debut novel.

The Fig Tree Murder by Michael Pearce

The Fig Tree Murder by Michael Pearce

by Janet Julian

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

Michael Pearce has written two previous mysteries starring Sandor Seymour, A Dead Man in Istanbul and A Dead Man in Trieste. He has also penned several novels in his award-winning Marmur Zapt series, including The Face in the Cemetery and Death of an Effendi.

A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny

by Jean Palmer

Fri, Mar 27, 2009

LOUISE PENNY was born in Toronto and worked as a journalist and radio host for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, specializing in hard news and current affairs. Today she lives outside a small village south of Montreal, along with her husband and three golden retrievers.