Sunday, May 17, 2009

Loren Estleman & Robert Parker Have New Westerns on the Shelves

Loren D. Estleman.
The branch and the scaffold
A tale based on the true story of the legendary Hanging Judge finds Isaac Parker inheriting a corrupt court and lawless territory in Fort Smith, Arkansas and enforcing severe punishments in his effort to bring order to the early American west.

Robert B. Parker.
Brimstone
Determined to locate a woman he loves who inexplicably ran off, hired gunman Virgil Cole, along with deputy Everett Hitch, makes his way across New Mexico and Texas before finding her in a brothel, a situation complicated by a religious man and saloon violence.

Elizabeth J. Duncan.
The cold light of mourning
When an unpopular self-made beauty goes missing on her wedding day, manicurist Penny Brannigan, an ex-patriate Canadian who has lived in the bride's North Wales market town for nearly twenty-five years, realizes that another woman had posed as the bride.


Gillian Flynn.
Dark places
After witnessing the murder of her mother and sisters, 7-year-old Libby Day testifies against her brother Ben, but twenty-five years later she tries to profit from her tragic history and admit that her story might not have been accurate.


Charlaine Harris.
Dead and gone
When the body of a were-panther is discovered in the parking lot of Merlotte's, Sookie Stackhouse feels compelled to discover the identity of the killer, but encounters a much greater threat to the human and undead communities of Bon Temps.


Elinor Lipman.
The family man
Reunited with his long-lost stepdaughter by an ex-wife's hysterical plea for help, gay lawyer Henry Archer allows the young woman to move into his basement, where she reluctantly poses as the girlfriend of a down-on-his-luck former sitcom star.

Keith Gilman.
Father's Day
Hired by a woman who needs help finding her runaway teenage daughter, former police officer and private investigator Louis Kline follows leads to Philadelphia, where he unexpectedly finds himself in the middle of a Chinese drug operation.

John Drake.
Flint & silver : a prequel to Treasure Island
A prequel to "Treasure Island" follows the adventures of Long John Silver and Joseph Flint as they first became friends, teaming up to terrorize Spanish ships, and then bitter enemies, fighting over their crew and treasure.


Jane K. Cleland.
Killer keepsakes
When the police suspect Josie's missing assistant Gretchen of murdering a man in her apartment, Josie investigates the case to clear Gretchen's name and uncovers surprises about Gretchen's past.

Robert Barnard.
The killings on Jubilee Terrace
When an actor from a daytime soap opera dies under suspicious circumstances, inspector Charlie Peace finds himself investigating suspects among a group of talented actors, including the show's jovial bartender and an assortment of extras who exchange unethical services for their roles.

Alan Bradley.
The sweetness at the bottom of the pie
Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, begins her adventure when a dead bird is found on the doorstep of her family's mansion in the summer of 1950, thus propelling her into a mystery that involves an investigation into a man's murder where her father is the main suspect.

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