Kiss Her Goodbye: An Otto Penzler Book

Author	Janet Evanovich
ISBN	0312652917

For centuries, treasure hunters have been eager to possess the stones, undeterred by their corrupting nature. The list is long — Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, Napoleon, to name a few. Now the Stones have found their way to Salem, Massachusetts, and so has Gerwulf Grimoire, adding himself to...

Author	Franklin W. Dixon
ISBN	1557091447

Published in 1927, The Tower Treasure is the book that introduced the teenage heroes, Frank and Joe Hardy, and which also began the series that would introduce generations of young boys to the world of crime fiction. The series ran until 2005 and consists of one hundred and ninety volumes, although some...

Author	Janet Evanovich
ISBN	0345527771

Whether it’s monkey business, funny business or getting down to business, Janet Evanovich's Lizzy and Diesel series proves that there's no business like Wicked BusinessLizzy Tucker's once normal life as a pastry chef in Salem, Massachusetts, turns upside down as she battles both sinister forces...

Author	Dashiell Hammett
ISBN	0752852612

I’ll give you three good reasons—from least to most—why you should read Red Harvest: 1) it made possible the fine Leone film A Fistful of Dollars, 2) it inspired the Kurosawa masterpiece Iojimbo which influenced A Fistful of Dollars, and 3) it is an old school hard boiled, hardcore novel,...

Author	Steven Saylor
ISBN	0312978324

The hideously disfigured body was found in the atrium. The only clues are a blood-soaked cloak, and, carved into the stone at the corpse's feet, the word Sparta . . . The Overseer of Marcus Crassus's estate has been murdered, apparently by two slaves bent on joining Spartacus's revolt. The wealthy, powerful...

Author	Max Allan Collins
ISBN	1563894491

The basis for the major motion picture, ROAD TO PERDITION is an enthralling crime noir story of revenge, morality and family loyalty. Michael O'Sullivan is a deeply religious family man who works as an Irish mob family's chief enforcer. But after his elder son witnesses one of his father's hits, the...

Author	Janet Evanovich
ISBN	0345543165

Nicolas Fox is a charming con man and master thief on the run. Kate O’Hare is the FBI agent who is hot on his trail. At least that’s what everyone thinks. In reality, Fox and O’Hare are secretly working together to bring down super-criminals the law can’t touch. Criminals like brutal casino magnate...

Author	Janet Evanovich
ISBN	0345549430

Janet Evanovich and Lee Goldberg have teamed up for a dynamic new series featuring an FBI agent who’s on the hunt—and a master con artist who’s enjoying the chase. The con is on in this eBook original short story that’s a triumphant prequel to The Heist.

FBI special agent Kate O’Hare...

Author	Janet Evanovich
ISBN	0345543122

Charming con man Nicolas Fox and dedicated FBI agent Kate O'Hare secretly take down world’s most-wanted and untouchable felons, next job Violante, the brutal leader of a global drug-smuggling empire. The FBI doesn’t know what he looks like, where he is, or how to find him, but Nick knows his tastes...

Author	S.S. Van Dine
ISBN	0701206772

This novel opens with the death of playboy stockbroker, Alvin Benson, who is found in his brownstone mansion with a bullet through his head. First on the scene is Philo Vance, amateur detective, who is at once intrigued by the absence of Alvin's toupee and his false teeth. These odd clues set him in pursuit...

Author

John Boessenecker

The New York Times Best Seller!

“Frank Hamer, last of the old breed of Texas Rangers, has not fared well in history or popular culture. John Boessenecker now restores this incredible Ranger to his proper place alongside such fabled lawmen as Wyatt Earp and Eliot Ness. Here is a grand adventure...

Author	Max Allan Collins
ISBN	0857684655

When Hammer and Velda go on vacation to a Long Island beach town, Hammer becomes embroiled in the mystery of a missing well-known New York party girl who lives nearby. When the woman turns up naked - and dead - astride the statue of a horse in the town square, Hammer feels compelled to investigate.

Mickey...

Author	Franklin W. Dixon
ISBN	0448089092

Melanie Rehak’s essay about the Stratemeyer Syndicate is illuminating. She explains why there is a “full story” and “chopped” version of the novels. I used to aim for glossy copies but choose the oldies now that I know. The original ones flow with detail and balance around the action. Nancy...

Author	Frank G. Slaughter
ISBN	0091200504

A royal love affair that shaped the destiny of the ancient world

The Purple Quest is a masterful recreation of one of the great romantic sagas of the ancient world--the turbulent story of Queen Dido and the founding of Carthage.

With no weapons but courage and a sailor's skills, and...

Author

Franklin W. Dixon

The Hardy boys are out skiing in the mountains near home when a snow storms comes up. They hear a crash and see that a cabin has just fallen from a cliff, and they hear a man yelling for help. His gold has been stolen, so now the Hardy boys are off on another mysterious adventure.

Now, I love the Hardy...

Author	Franklin W. Dixon
ISBN	0448089041

The only thing that could make summer vacation better for Frank and Joe Hardy is a mystery, and one is handed to them by Chief Collig when he asks them to go undercover at the homeless encampment outside of town and find out what is causing the increased fighting down there. Before the teens can begin their...

Author	Franklin W. Dixon
ISBN	0448089025

Frank and Joe Hardy are investigating a mysterious old house high on the cliffs above Barmet Bay when they are frightened off by a scream. The boys return to the apparently haunted house when they make a connection between the place and a smuggling case their father is working on. When their father goes...

Author	Franklin W. Dixon
ISBN	0448089076

Triggered by the disappearance of a brilliant young professor, this mystery takes the Hardy boys first to Kenworthy College, where they find a puzzling message on an examination paper. But then, a new clue is unearthed that sends the young detectives to the Honeycomb Caves. After many dangerous encounters,...

Author	Franklin W. Dixon
ISBN	1557091498

Fun Stuff!!

Last night Hubby and I enjoyed a cozy, retro date-night eating Olive Garden takeout while listening to The Shore Road Mystery. I loved the added sound effects and the suspense-enhancing music, like that of radio days gone by. And screen actor Bill Irwin did a marvelous job reading/enacting...

Author	Lee Goldberg
ISBN	0451226984

Captain Leland Stottlemeyer relies on Adrian Monk to solve his most baffling cases, but when the captain is faced with budget cuts, Monk?s fees are one of the expenses he trims. Monk is too compulsive to stop investigating; he resorts to calling in tips under assumed names, infuriating the captain.

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Author

The Horde

The Deplorable Gourmet is the cookbook that the Moronosphere has been waiting for. If you’re already a Moron, you know exactly what that means! If not, fear not, because this cookbook contains over 500 recipes submitted by people from all over the world who not only proudly identify as Morons, but...

Author	John Maddox Roberts
ISBN	0812531493

In the fabled lands far beyond the Vilayet Sea, Conan of Cimmeria faces his most deadly challenge. The warlord Bartatua plans to unite the Hyrkanian tribes and sweep across the world in conquest, while the Turanian wizard Khondemir plots to use Bartatua's ambition to further his sorcerous schemes....

Author	William W. Johnstone
ISBN	0786014385

A visionary has a dream: to drive a railroad across the North American continent and through the vast Canadian Rockies. A thousand miles of rugged land stand in the way. So do hostile Indian tribes and outlaws who the see the railroad�and the men building it�as easy prey. But the project has a guardian...

Author	Bronwen Riley
ISBN	1681771292

AD 130. Rome is the dazzling heart of a vast empire and Hadrian its most complex and compelling ruler. Faraway Britannia is one of the Romans' most troublesome provinces: here the sun is seldom seen and "the atmosphere in the country is always gloomy."

What awaits the traveller to Britannia?...

Author	Franklin W. Dixon
ISBN	0448089084

This was the first Hardy Boy that I read, and I am glad I did because years ago when I tried to read one of these Hardy Boy books there was just too much action for me to believe what was happening, that is, every time they turned around something bad was happening to one of them. So far, I have not found that to...

Author	William W. Johnstone
ISBN	0759254672

It didn't matter that the warrant was years old, or that Smoke Jensen had been cleared of all charges. A Texas bounty hunter named Bill Pike believed he could still collect a $10,000 reward for killing Jensen-and he intended to do just that.

But when Pike and his men came calling, Jensen was nowhere...

Author	Earl Derr Biggers
ISBN	0445402199

Charlie Chan is back!

Earl Derr Biggers' crackling six-volume series featuring the clever, chubby Chinese Detective of the Honolulu Police Department, is coming back into print.

Biggers brings Honolulu to life with his deft descriptions of the landscape and its hybrid ethnic...

Author

Janet Evanovich

It was love at first con. Find out how FBI Special Agent Kate O’Hare and con artist Nicolas Fox first met in this exclusive eBook original short story!

Con man Nick Fox is after Garson Klepper’s golden Peruvian relics. For Fox, convincing Klepper to hire him as security for the relocation...

Author	Ellery Queen
ISBN	0451084705

A fine silk custom top-hat is missing from a crooked lawyer who was poisoned by lead alcohol in the Roman theater at the close of the second act, 9:55 pm. Inspector Richard Q, sneezing snuff; a thin, multi-faced, small "Old Man"; and the Inspector's large writer son Ellery, puffing cigarettes, investigate....

Author	Janet Evanovich
ISBN	0312651317

Ok, admittedly, I haven't read many of Evanovich's books, but I'd heard that she was funny.
This wasn't funny. Like, not even a little bit!



This was a total cornball mystery/romance that relied on hokey shit to keep the plot (loosely using that word) going. Every single dried up,...