Monday, February 22, 2010

Mystery Book Review: Dying Gasp by Leighton Gage

Mysterious Reviews, mysteries reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, is publishing a new review of Dying Gasp by Leighton Gage. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.

Dying Gasp by Leighton Gage

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A Chief Inspector Mario Silva Investigation

Soho Crime (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 1-56947-613-6 (1569476136)
ISBN-13: 978-1-56947-613-0 (9781569476130)
Publication Date: January 2010
List Price: $24.00

Review: Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team take on the troubling case of finding the missing granddaughter of a prominent politician in Dying Gasp, the third mystery in this series by Leighton Gage.

15-year-old Marta Malan ran away from home two months earlier after being beaten by her father for dating an 18-year-old woman. Anxious to keep what he considers his family's indiscretions quiet, Deputado Roberto Malan, the girl's grandfather, insists Silva handle the case personally. Silva's investigation leads him to Manaus, the capital city of the state of Amazonas, governed by inept politicians and a corrupt police force. It is believed that Marta is being held by a man called The Goat, who runs the most extensive network of underage prostitutes in the region. But Silva also learns that Manaus may also be the home of a former nemesis of his, Claudia Andrade, a surgeon who disappeared after her illegal organ transplant ring was broken by Silva. That she may now be involved with a new, even more disturbing, criminal activity -- one that may have ensnared young Marta Malan -- troubles him greatly.

As the author notes in an afterward, Dying Gasp is a work of fiction based on some sad realities. It's sometimes difficult to get through some of the chapters, not because they aren't well written -- they most certainly are -- but because of how graphic they are. No punches are pulled in the description of some of the horrific crimes committed within the context of the story, yet their inclusion is not gratuitous in the least. The plot is well considered and paced, with a cast of interesting characters in an appropriately dank environment dripping with atmosphere. And while the overall style is one of a police procedural in which the reader is essentially omniscient, there are still a few surprising revelations. In all, Dying Gasp is a strong entry in this most sophisticated series of crime novels.

Special thanks to Soho Press for providing an ARC of Dying Gasp for this review.

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Synopsis (from the publisher): The granddaughter of a prominent politician is missing. Silva and his team find her in Manaus, a jungle hellhole on the Amazon where an evil female doctor is making gory snuff films. Silva must overcome his own department's indifference and the corrupt local cops before he can obtain a semblance of justice for the victims.

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Mysteries on TV: Adam-12, FlashForward, Midsomer Murders, and Taggart, New This Week on DVD

Mysteries on TV

, your source for the most complete selection of detective, amateur sleuth, private investigator, and suspense television mystery series now available or coming soon to DVD, is profiling four series that have season DVDs being released this week.

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Information on Adam-12: Season Four

Police officers Pete Malloy (Martin Milner) and Jim Reed (Kent McCord) hit the mean streets of Los Angeles running into all sorts of crime ... from anti-Semitic criminals to assassins to hallucinating drunks ... in , a crime drama that aired on NBC from 1968 through 1975, and a spin-off from the popular series Dragnet.

Guest stars this season include Willie Aames, Lindsay Wagner, Ed Begley Jr., Ozzie Nelson, Paul Gleason, William Campbell, George Murdock, Ronne Troup, Angela Cartwright, Kathy Garver, Bobby Troup, Larry Linville, Carmen Zapata, Jackie Coogan, Joe E. Tata, Frank Sinatra Jr., and Dick Clark.

Also notable about this 4th season is the addition of bestselling author and prolific television producer Stephen J. Cannell, who joined the series this season as head writer and story editor.

The Adam-12: Season Four DVD set of 4 discs contain the 24 episodes that aired from September 1971 through March 1972.

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Information on FlashForward: Season One, Part One

Experience the nonstop action, excitement, and drama of the first ten episodes of the critically-acclaimed , a series that debuted on ABC last fall.

Chaos reigns ater a mysterious event causes everyone in the world to lose consciousness at exactly the same time. Was it an act of nature or something far more sinister? During the global blackout, every man, woman and child was given a glimpse of his or her life six months in the future. One elite law enforcement team jumps into the investigation, attempting to solve the mystery, as the world's population wrestles with the choice of whether to embrace the fate they've seen or fight to change the future.

Relive every twist of the series, and prepare yourself for what's to come in the second half of Season One. Who is D. Gibbons? Who is the shadowy figure unaffected by the blackout? And what's next for your favorite characters as their day of reckoning approaches? Plus, dig even deeper with never before seen bonus features and an exclusive sneak peek at the next chapter, only available on DVD.

The FlashForward: Season One, Part One DVD set of 2 discs contain the first 10 episodes of the series that aired from September through November 2009.

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Information on Midsomer Murders: Set Fourteen

The cozy villages of Midsomer County reveal their most sinister secrets in the contemporary British television mystery series .

Based on characters created by Caroline Graham, modern master of the English village mystery, the series stars John Nettles as the unflappable Detective Chief Inspector Tom Barnaby, with Jason Hughes as his earnest, efficient protégé, Detective Sergeant Ben Jones.

The Midsomer Murders: Set Fourteen DVD set of 4 discs contain following episodes of the series, which originally aired during late 2006 and early 2007: "Death and Dust" (The impending marriage of a widowed doctor and a well-to-do divorcée motivates a murder of mistaken identity); "Picture of Innocence" (In the midst of a “shooting war” between rival camera clubs, someone tries to frame Barnaby -- and definitely not for a portrait); "They Seek Him Here" (Heads roll, quite literally, when a movie crew begins filming an adventure classic set during the French Revolution); "Death in a Chocolate Box" (A long-buried scandal reemerges to haunt two of Barnaby’s former colleagues, now the managers of a halfway house). 

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Information on Taggart: Set Two

is the world's longest continually running police drama.

A hard-driving series with a hard-edged Scottish burr, Taggart deals in a world of prostitutes, drug dealers, crime lords, and killers. In eight tightly crafted episodes, a team of Glasgow detectives use their collective wits and street smarts to tackle murder in this very tough town. Sometimes that means taking on hardened crime bosses, sometimes innocent victims with years to plot their revenge. Each time it means getting inside the mind of murderers -- how they think, how they act, how they kill.

The Taggart: Set Two DVD set of 4 discs contain eight episodes that originally aired in late 2003, during 2004, and early 2005.

(In a press release last week, ITV announced that 6 additional episodes of the series have been co-commissioned with STV. As part of this unique deal, STV will premiere each of the new episodes in 2010, followed by a UK network broadcast on ITV1 in 2011, with UKTV’s crime channel, Alibi airing them in 2013. Filming begins in Glasgow this April.)

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Mystery Godoku Puzzle for February 22, 2010

A new has been created by the editors of the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books and is now available on our website.

Godoku is similar to Sudoku, but uses letters instead of numbers. To give you a headstart, we provide you a mystery clue to fill in a complete row or column (if you choose to use it!).

Mystery Godoku Puzzle for February 22, 2010

This week's letters and mystery clue:

A C E F I K R T U

This 2000 thriller by R. J. Kaiser features attorney Gabe Rose and his "crazy" client (9 letters).

We now have two weeks of our puzzles on one page in PDF format for easier printing. Print this week's puzzle here.

Previous puzzles are stored in the Mystery Godoku Archives.

Enjoy the weekly Mystery Godoku Puzzle from the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, and Thanks for visiting our website!

   

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Sunday, February 21, 2010

Strand Magazine Announces Nominees for the 2009 Strand Critics Awards

Mystery Book Awards: The Edgars, The Agathas, The Anthonys, and many more.

Last Friday, the Strand Magazine announced the nominees for the 2009 Strand Critics Awards recognizing excellence in the field of mystery fiction. The winners will be announced at a cocktail party hosted by The Strand on July 7th, 2010, in New York City.

The Strand is also bestowing its Life Achievement Award to Elmore Leonard for his huge body of mystery and crime novels.

The nominees are ...

For Best Novel:
Nine Dragons by Michael Connelly (Little, Brown)
The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death by Charlie Huston (Ballantine)
Life Sentences by Laura Lippman (William Morrow)
The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker Review of The Renegades by T. Jefferson Parker (Dutton)
The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters (Riverhead)

For Best First Novel:

Beat the Reaper by Josh Bazell (Little, Brown)
The Manual of Detection by Jedediah Berry (Penguin)
A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick (Algonquin)
Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley Review of Starvation Lake by Bryan Gruley (Touchstone)
Black Water Rising by Attica Locke Review of Black Water Rising by Attica Locke (Harper)

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Games of Mystery: Rhiannon, Curse of the Four Branches, New at Big Fish Games

Games of Mystery

, your source for mystery-themed board, electronic and video games, parties for kids and adults, and murder mystery weekends and mystery getaway vacations, is pleased to announce the availability of a new mystery casual game from Big Fish Games released today. You can find out more about these games by visiting our page or by clicking on the links provided below.

Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches
Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches

Set in a mystical place on the Celtic fringes of Britain, a place where myth and magic spill into reality, is a place that threatens the sanity of a teenage girl and brings an ancient battle for revenge to a remote Welsh farmstead. Are reports of unexplained noises and strange visions by fifteen year old Rhiannon Sullivan merely the figments of an overactive imagination? Or does the history of her family's new home, Ty Pryderi, hold a terrible connection to a timeless struggle between man and magic? Her parents take Rhiannon away, leaving Ty Pryderi to your watch and exploration, but their absence can only postpone an ancient inevitability of revenge and death.

Unless you can stop it!

The game is based on the classic Welsh "Four Branches" legends.

Also available: Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches Strategy Guide and a Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches Game Walkthrough.

Rhiannon: Curse of the Four Branches may be downloaded and purchased for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. A demonstration version (179.70 MB) may be downloaded and played for free for one hour.

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Get any standard game for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. Other benefits include the $2.99 Daily Deal, Tomorrow's Game Today, and special member rewards. And if you purchase any 6 games within a single month, you earn a free game with the Big Fish Game Club Monthly Punch Card! (Collector's Editions earn 3 punches each, half-way towards your free game!)

Read our new game reviews by Ms. Terri: , , , , and .

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Saturday, February 20, 2010

Mystery Book Review: Death Without Tenure by Joanne Dobson

Mysterious Reviews, mysteries reviewed by the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books, is publishing a new review of Death Without Tenure by Joanne Dobson. For our blog readers, we are printing it first here in advance of its publication on our website.

Death Without Tenure by Joanne Dobson

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A Karen Pelletier Mystery

Poisoned Pen Press (Hardcover)
ISBN-10: 1-59058-585-2 (1590585852)
ISBN-13: 978-1-59058-585-6 (9781590585856)
Publication Date: January 2010
List Price: $24.95

Review: Karen Pelletier is up for tenure at Enfield College but believes another professor, the politically correct choice, will get the only slot ... that is, until he's murdered and she's the number one suspect in Death Without Tenure, the sixth mystery in this series by Joanne Dobson.

Karen, a professor in the English department for the past six years, has been working hard for tenure. She's given talks at conferences, had papers published, and she knows she's eminently qualified. But someone else at the college has an edge on her: Joe Lone Wolf is a Native American, and though he hasn't done anything to further his career, he's known to be the preferred choice by the college board. But before an announcement can be made, Joe is murdered.

The investigating officer is no fan of Karen's, having worked with the man in her life, Massachusetts police lieutenant Charles Piotrowski, who is currently serving with the National Guard in Iraq. Believing the police won't put much effort into proving her innocence, Karen teams up with another officer, who's on maternity leave. They discover that, while Joe was popular with his students and other members of the faculty, he harbored a secret life ... with plenty of suspects that may have wanted to see him dead.

The author perceptively handles the sensitive subject of discrimination -- racial, ethnic, socioeconomic -- plus the often awkward consequences of political correctness within the context of the murder mystery plot in Death Without Tenure. In addition to the murdered Native American are a Muslim female student, who is the subject of ridicule by her peers, and the poor son of a coal miner, who may lose his scholarship on the whim of a faculty member. The more entertaining aspects to the story, however, involve conflicts of a less controversial kind: a behind-the-scenes glimpse of college faculty and administrators jockeying for an edge -- any edge -- over one other for what may seem to the rest of the world to be rather trivial pursuits. At the center of it all, though, is Karen in amateur sleuth mode, who provides the perfect focal point for this academic-themed mystery.

Special thanks to guest reviewer Betty of The Betz Review for contributing her review of Death Without Tenure and to Poisoned Pen Press for providing an ARC of the book for this review.

Review Copyright © 2010 — Hidden Staircase Mystery Books — All Rights Reserved

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Synopsis (from the publisher): Professor Karen Pelletier is about to realize her dream; after six years in the English Department at New England’s exclusive Enfield College, she is up for tenure. Then Professor Joseph Lone Wolf, her rival for the one tenured spot in the department, whose ethnicity gives him minority-preference status, is found dead from an overdose of Peyote buttons. First on the list of suspects, Karen is harassed by a homicide cop with a grudge against his colleague, the love of Karen’s life, Lieutenant Charlie Piotrowski.

On campus, political passions rage. Two of Karen’s favorite students, Khalida Ahmed, a hijab-wearing Muslim, and Hank Brody, a coal-miner’s son on full scholarship, are caught up in the furor. Without the presence of her beloved Charlie, now serving a tour of duty with the National Guard in Iraq, will Karen be able to survive the investigation, protect her students, and find a permanent niche in the world of academe? And what if the killer feels the need to strike again?

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The Mystery Bookshelf: Lowboy by John Wray

The Mystery Bookshelf: Discover a Library of New Mysteries

The Mystery Bookshelf, where you can discover a library of new mysteries, is pleased to feature a new suspense title we recently received from the publisher.

Lowboy by John Wray
More Information About Lowboy by John Wray

Lowboy by John Wray
Non-series
Picador (Trade Paperback)
Publication Date: February 2010
ISBN-13: 978-0-312-42933-1

About Lowboy (from the publisher): Early one morning in New York City, Will Heller, a sixteen-yearold paranoid schizophrenic, gets on an uptown B train alone. Like most people he knows, Will believes the world is being destroyed by climate change; unlike most people, he’s convinced he can do something about it. Unknown to his doctors, unknown to the police—unknown even to Violet Heller, his devoted mother—Will alone holds the key to the planet’s salvation. To cool down the world, he has to cool down his own overheating body: to cool down his body, he has to find one willing girl. And he already has someone in mind.

This is the story of Will’s fantastic and terrifying odyssey through the city’s tunnels, back alleys, and streets in search of Emily Wallace, his one great hope, and of Violet Heller’s desperate attempts to locate her son before psychosis claims him completely. She is joined by Ali Lateef, a missing-persons specialist, who gradually comes to discover that more is at stake than the recovery of a runaway teen: Violet -- beautiful, enigmatic, and as profoundly at odds with the world as her son -- harbors a secret that Lateef will discover at his own peril.

About John Wray: The author of two critically acclaimed novels, he was named one of Granta magazine’s Best of Young American Novelists in 2007. The recipient of a Whiting Award, he lives in Brooklyn, New York. Visit his website at JohnWray.net.

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Games of Mystery: Empress of the Deep in The Darkest Secret, New from Big Fish Games

Games of Mystery

, your source for mystery-themed board, electronic and video games, parties for kids and adults, and murder mystery weekends and mystery getaway vacations, is pleased to announce the availability of a new mystery casual game from Big Fish Games released today. You can find out more about these games by visiting our page or by clicking on the links provided below.

Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret
Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret

A beautiful young woman awakens in a vast and mysterious undersea temple complex, not knowing who or where she is. She soon learns her name is Anna and that she has been imprisoned, frozen in a death-like slumber in a secret crypt for over a century. Now she must escape the crypt and explore the ancient underwater chambers to unravel the mystery of her entrapment. Use your hidden object and puzzle-solving skills to help Anna unlock the enchanted Royal Relics, and reveal the terrible secrets of her own magical identity ... before it's too late.

Also available: Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret Game Walkthrough.

Empress of the Deep: The Darkest Secret may be downloaded and purchased for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. A demonstration version (159.86 MB) may be downloaded and played for free for one hour.

Watch a preview video below:

Get any standard game for $6.99 with a Big Fish Game Club membership. Other benefits include the $2.99 Daily Deal, Tomorrow's Game Today, and special member rewards. And if you purchase any 6 games within a single month, you earn a free game with the Big Fish Game Club Monthly Punch Card! (Collector's Editions earn 3 punches each, half-way towards your free game!)

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Friday, February 19, 2010

Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas To Star in Film Adaptation of The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy

The Woman in the Fifth by Douglas Kennedy
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Variety is reporting that Ethan Hawke and Kristin Scott Thomas have been signed to star in the film adaptation of The Woman in the Fifth, the 2007 thriller by Douglas Kennedy. Filming is expected to begin this March in Paris with Pawel Pawlikowski directing.

About The Woman in the Fifth (from the publisher): Harry Ricks is a man who has lost everything. A romantic mistake at the small American college where he used to teach has cost him his job, his marriage and his relationship with his only child. When the ensuing scandal threatens to completely destroy him, he flees to Paris.

Harry arrives in the French capital in the bleak midwinter and finds himself in a grubby room in a grubby quarter, with a job as a nightwatchman for a sinister operation. Just when thinks that he has hit rock bottom, he meets Margit – an elegant, cultivated Hungarian émigré – widowed and, like Harry, alone.

But though Harry is soon smitten, Margit keeps her distance. She will only see him at her apartment in the fifth arrondissement, and is guarded about her work, her past, her life. While Margit remains reticent, Harry concerns shift, as he begins to feel that there is a dark force is at work in his life. When a man is found dead and the police look to Harry, he finds himself waking up in a nightmare from which there is no easy escape.

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Games of Mystery: The Tarot Card Mystery and Born Into Darkness, New This Week at Amazon Video Games

Games of Mystery

, your source for mystery-themed board, electronic and video games, parties for kids and adults, murder mystery weekends and mystery getaway vacations, and more mysterious fun, is pleased to announce this week's new mystery and suspense games available for immediate download from Amazon Video Games.

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Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery
Download and Buy Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery

Strange Cases: The Tarot Card Mystery

FBI Agent Claire Ellery has a knack for getting assigned strange cases, and is currently investigating a triple kidnapping in a small town. But what initially seems like an open and shut case soon unravels into something much more sinister. Follow the tarot cards left by an anonymous source and search mysterious scenes for clues to help Agent Ellery rescue the kidnapped girls and stop an evil ritual.

Windows Vista / XP (107 MB download).

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Born Into Darkness
Download and Buy Born Into Darkness

Born Into Darkness

Amber Blythe is the night curator at the Bostonian Museum, where she is surrounded by artifacts and relics of the past. Considering she is a 200 year old vampire, she feels right at home. One night, she is confronted by Nathaniel Black, who makes Amber a strange proposition - help him find the legendary Shroud of Lazarus, a relic said to cure any illness and even bring the dead back to life! In order to find it, the two must travel the world on a wild hidden object adventure!

Windows Vista / XP (126 MB download).

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A complete list of downloadable mystery games is available on our Games of Mystery: Amazon.com Game Download page.

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Nominations for 2009 Agatha Awards Announced

Mystery Book Awards: The Edgars, The Agathas, The Anthonys, and many more.

Malice Domestic has announced the nominees for the Agatha Awards, which honor the "traditional" mystery, books best typified by the works of Agatha Christie. The winners will be announced at the 2009 Agatha Awards banquet to be held on Saturday, May 1, 2010, during the Malice Domestic conference.

Listed below are the nominees for Best Novel, Best First Novel, and Best Children's/Young Adult; for a complete list, visit the Malice Domestic website.

2009 Best Mystery Novel Nominees:

◊ Swan for the Money by Donna Andrews (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
◊ Bookplate Special by Lorna Barrett (Berkley Prime Crime)
◊ Royal Flush by Rhys Bowen (Berkley Prime Crime)
◊ A Brutal Telling by Louise Penny (St. Martin's Minotaur)
◊ Air Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan Review of Air Time by Hank Phillippi Ryan (Mira)

2009 Best First Mystery Novel Nominees:

◊ For Better, For Murder by Lisa Bork (Midnight Ink)
◊ The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley  Review of The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley (Delacorte Press)
◊ Posed for Murder by Meredith Cole (St. Martin’s Minotaur)
◊ The Cold Light of Mourning by Elizabeth Duncan (St. Martin's Minotaur)
◊ In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff  Review of In the Shadow of Gotham by Stefanie Pintoff (St. Martin's Minotaur)

Best Children's/Young Adult Nominees:

◊ The Morgue and Me by John C. Ford (Viking Juvenile)
◊ The Hanging Hill by Chris Grabenstein (Random House)
◊ The Case of the Poisoned Pig by Lewis B. Montgomery  Review of The Case of the Poisoned Pig by Lewis B. Montgomery (Kane Press)
◊ The Other Side of Blue by Valerie O. Patterson (Clarion Books)
◊ The Case of the Cryptic Crinoline by Nancy Springer (Philomel)

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Mystery Bestsellers for February 19, 2010

Mystery Bestsellers

A list of the top 15 for the week ending February 19, 2010 has been posted on the Hidden Staircase Mystery Books website.

Not much change among the top 10 bestsellers this week, but two new titles enter the list this week.

The Man from Beijing by Henning Mankell
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Coming in at number 13 is The Man from Beijing, a stand-alone thriller by Henning Mankell, author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries.

In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene.

Judge Birgitta Roslin has particular reason to be shocked: Her grandparents, the Andréns, are among the victims, and Birgitta soon learns that an Andrén family in Nevada has also been murdered. She then discovers the nineteenth-century diary of an Andrén ancestor—a gang master on the American transcontinental railway—that describes brutal treatment of Chinese slave workers. The police insist that only a lunatic could have committed the Hesjövallen murders, but Birgitta is determined to uncover what she now suspects is a more complicated truth.

The investigation leads to the highest echelons of power in present-day Beijing, and to Zimbabwe and Mozambique. But the narrative also goes back 150 years into the depths of the slave trade between China and the United States—a history that will ensnare Birgitta as she draws ever closer to solving the Hesjövallen murders.

The Last Surgeon by Michael Palmer
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One step lower is The Last Surgeon, the latest medical thriller by Michael Palmer.

Dr. Nick Garrity, a vet suffering from PTSD—post traumatic stress disorder—spends his days and nights dispensing medical treatment from a mobile clinic to the homeless and disenfranchised in D.C. and Baltimore. In addition, he is constantly on the lookout for his war buddy Umberto Vasquez, who was plucked from the streets by the military four years ago for a secret mission and has not been seen since.

Psych nurse Gillian Coates wants to find her sister’s killer. She does not believe that Belle Coates, an ICU nurse, took her own life, even though every bit of evidence indicates that she did—every bit save one. Belle has left Gillian a subtle clue that connects her with Nick Garrity.

Together, Nick and Gillian determine that one-by-one, each of those in the operating room for a fatally botched case is dying. Their discoveries pit them against genius Franz Koller--the highly-paid master of the “non-kill”—the art of murder that does not look like murder. As Doctor and nurse move closer to finding the terrifying secret behind these killings, Koller has been given a new directive: his mission will not be complete until Gillian Coates and Garrity, the last surgeon, are dead.

The top four mystery bestsellers this week are shown below:

The Lost Symbol by Dan BrownWorst Case by James PattersonI, Alex Cross by James PattersonKisser by Stuart Woods

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