Scene of the Crime
Mystery e-Newsletter
from HarperCollins.com
January 2007
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Dear Reader,
New Year, New Mysteries! This January is jam packed with stellar mysteries you won’t want to miss.
New this month – A FALSE MIRROR,
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The New Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery from Charles Todd
(http://newsletters.HarperCollins.com/W0RT02162997A69B34A21332458D50 The Chicago Tribune has said of
the Ian Rutledge series “No mystery series captures the sadness and loss that swept over England after
World War I with the heartbreaking force of Charles Todd’s books about Scotland Yard Inspector Ian
Rutledge.” In a STARRED review for A FALSE MIRROR,
(http://newsletters.HarperCollins.com/W0RT02162976569B34A21332458D50 Publishers Weekly a said
Todd “seamlessly melds a fair-play whodunit with psychological suspense in the tradition of P. D.
James’s best.”
Also this month, be on the look out for the 10th Anniversary hardcover edition of Laura Lippman’s debut
BALTIMORE BLUES (http://newsletters.HarperCollins.com/W0RT02162986469B34A21332458D50 and Sean
Chercover’s hard-boiled debut thriller BIG CITY, BAD BLOOD
(http://newsletters.HarperCollins.com/W0RT02162956769B34A21332458D50 which brings the
reader deep into the back alleys of Chicago, the mansions of Beverly Hills and the corridors of power
in Washington, D.C.
We’re kicking the New Year off right – and hope you agree.
Until next time,
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- Book of the Month -
A False Mirror by Charles Todd
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A small coastal town harboring deadly secrets. An Inspector with demons of his own. Appearances can be
deceiving. A FALSE MIRROR, (http://newsletters.HarperCollins.com/W0RT02162926069B34A21332458D50
The New Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery from Charles Todd
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Charles Todd’s (http://newsletters.HarperCollins.com/W0RT02162906269B34A21332458D50 A LONG SHADOW
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the first Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery, A TEST OF WILLS
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Century’s 100 Favorite Mysteries by the Independent Mystery Booksellers Association and a New York
Times Notable Book of the Year. Need to get caught up on Inspector Rutledge? Click here
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- OUR NEW MYSTERIES -
Title 1
Big City, Bad Blood by Sean Chercover
“Chercover delivers the good; his rapid-fire style paints every page with hardboiled authenticity.” –
G.M. Ford
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Title 2
Case of the Missing Books by Ian Sansom
“[Sansom’s] fish-out-of-water dilemmas and encounters with kooky locals will resonate with Alexander
McCall Smith fans” — Publishers Weekly
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Title 3
When Darkness Falls by James Grippando
Grippando grips from the first page in a new thriller that will keep you up all night.” — Harlan Coben
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- And Don’t Miss … -
Title 1
Kockroach by Tyler Knox
“Roaringly entertaining...Knox’s inhuman anti-hero’s tale is told in flawless noir style...a compelling
story of greed and power.” — Publishers Weekly (STARRED review)
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Title 2
Sacred Games by Vikram Chandra
A dazzling and extraordinarily compelling novel that combines elements of The Godfather with the
suspense of a Victorian novel.
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Title 3
The Berlin Conspiracy by Tom Gabbay
“Add a new and adept name to the must-read list of thriller writers.” — Rocky Mountain News (Grade:
A)
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- Author of the Month -
Look for the paperback of the New York Times bestseller CARVED IN BONE
(http://newsletters.HarperCollins.com/W0RT02162959A69B34A21332458D50 by Jefferson Bass
(http://newsletters.HarperCollins.com/W0RT02162938569B34A21332458D50 out this month.
Jefferson Bass is the writing team of Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson.
Dr. Bass -- a world-renowned forensic anthropologist, founded the University of Tennessee's
Anthropology Research Facility - the Body Farm - a quarter-century ago. He is the author or coauthor of
more than two hundred scientific publications, as well as a critically acclaimed memoir about his
career, Death's Acre. Jefferson (left) is a veteran journalist, writer, and documentary filmmaker. The
coauthor of Death's Acre, he is also the writer and producer of two highly rated National Geographic
documentaries about the Body Farm.
Be sure to check out FLESH AND BONE
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Jefferson Bass (http://newsletters.HarperCollins.com/W0RT02162918769B34A21332458D50
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with Dr. Bass.
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