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The Music Box Murders Author: Larry Karp Published: March 1, 1999 by Write Way Series Name: The Music Box Mystery Series Category: Whodunit Main Character: Dr. Thomas Purdue, Sarah Purdue, Broadway Schwartz, Frank the Crank Maar, Al Resford Dr. Thomas Purdue, neurologist and music box collector- restorer, gets an early-morning wake-up call from his music box restorer/friend, Shackie, and learns that Harry Hardwick, the world's most prominent collector of musical antiques, has been murdered. Shortly thereafter, Thomas gets a second call, this one from his favorite "picker", Broadway Schwartz, who tells him a rare and desirable rigid notation music box is available for purchase at a local antique shop. Click for more info. |
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A Darker Place Author: Laurie R. King Published: March 1, 1999 by Bantam Books Series Name: Standalone Category: Suspense Main Character: Anne Waverley Professor Anne Waverley’s sabbaticals from her university are a bit different: They take her into potentially disastrous religious movements, and into potentially devastating relationships. (For a more complete description, photographs, a bibliography, and an excerpt from the book, see the Books and Reviews page of Laurie King’s web site at http://www.laurierking.com/books_and_reviews.php#tad) Click for more info. |
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The Sanibel Cayman Disc Author: Thomas D. Cochrun Published: March 1, 1999 by Guild Press Series Name: The Tim Calvin Intrigues Category: Historical Mystery/Thriller Main Character: Tim Calvin, Dave Hockett Tim Calvin is jarred out of his vacation mid-life pondering on Sanibel Island by a series of threatening intrigues. A retired KGB agent who is black market brokering bio-weapons threatens Calvin's family and his beloved Sanibel. The growing world terror of bio-weapons becomes the central focus in this mystery-intrigue whose action ranges from south Florida to the mid-west, from Cayman to the Dominican Republic and finally to Russia. Truth about the black market bio-weapons trade resides on the pages of this thriller. Click for more info. |
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Blood & Water Author: Lori Fairweather Published: March 1, 1999 by William Morrow Category: Mystery/Suspense Accused of murdering her twin sister, a young woman embarks on a desperate search for the chilling truth -- before she becomes the killer's next victim. "Fairweather produces a plot scored with treacherous curves and carved into a California landscape so bleak and lonely it could really drive you around the bend." New York Times "Fairweather reveals one shred of a clue at a time, but it isn't until the terrifying denouement that you'll really know who the killer is." Chicago Tribune Click for more info. |
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Highland T'ing Author: Dirk Robertson Published: February 4, 1999 by The X-Press (U.S.) $10.95 Category: Thriller Main Character: Calvin Hillaire, Delores, Tony, Struan the Seanachie, a reader of dreams, a teller of tales...... Calvin Hillaire is a South Londoner, who is happy to stay exactly where he is. Then he inherits a Scottish title and a fortune in cash. A long lost relative, he didn't know he had, wants the loot for himself. The services of two Jamaican hitmen are hired to clear the way for the plotting family member to get his hands on the money him but nothing very bad every goes very straight. Calvin's friends and a dream reader try their best to thwart the plans of those with evil in their hearts. Click for more info. |
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