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Poisoned Pen Press.


Poisoned Pen Press

6962 E. 1st Ave. #103, Scottsdale, AZ 85251

www.poisonedpenpress.com

Three new titles provide hard-hitting, hot mysteries for any who want something out of the ordinary in genre writing. Kit Ehrman's Cold Burn (1590581431, $24.95) will prove immensely satisfying to fans of horseracing mystery author Dick Francis Dick Francis CBE (born October 31, 1920) is a British author and retired jockey.

He was born Richard Stanley Francis in Lawrenny, south Wales, the son of a jockey and stable manager [1]. He himself won over 350 races, becoming champion jockey in the 1953-54 season.
, who can't get enough. Steve Cline cline, in biology, any gradual change in a particular characteristic of a population of organisms from one end of the geographical range of the population to the other.  is feeling the challenge of routine at the hunter/jumper show barns, and is on the verge On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning) is a play written by Eric Overmyer. It makes extensive use of esoteric language and pop culture references from the late nineteenth century to 1955.  of seeking a more interesting job when a missing brother draws him into a mystery. To investigate fully, Steve will have to parallel the missing man's tracks--and enters a dangerous world of puzzling interrelationships and threats. Mark Arsenault's Speak Ill Of The Living (1590581393, $24.95) whips through the action as it tells of a car-jacking, a banker's murder, and a subsequent kidnapping with a puzzling corpse. Maverick reporter Eddie is chasing the story, intent on making his career move, and his findings may change his world and many others in his hunt across neighborhoods and other worlds for new sources who quickly die. Kerry Greenwood returns with another Phryne Fisher The Honourable Miss Phryne Fisher is the main character in Australian author Kerry Greenwood's series of Phryne Fisher detective novels. Phryne (pronounced fry - nee) is a wealthy aristocrat who lives in St Kilda, Melbourne in 1928.  mystery, Away With The Fairies (15905-80222, $24.95), this set in 1920s Melbourne where Phryne is investigating the strange death of a fairy story author. Her job with a women's magazine that employed the victim brings her within the same circles of danger and possible death, re-creating a source of danger which both teaches her about magazine publishing and brings her personal life into chaos. Pip Granger's Trouble In Paradise (1590581-318, $24.95) is set in Europe at the end of World War II End of World War II can refer to:
  • End of World War II in Europe
  • End of World War II in Asia
 and tells of how the war's end War's End is a journalistic comic about the Bosnian War written by Joe Sacco. It contains two stories; the first, Christmas with Karadzic, about tracking down and meeting the Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadžić, and the second, Soba  returns a violent husband to a reluctant wife. Surrounded by conflict on all sides, only Zelda's nephew, who has the voice of an angel, holds the power to change her life. Not a mystery, but a gentle story of change and hope. Outstanding stories, all.
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Title Annotation:Cold Burn; Speak Ill Of The Living; Away With The Fairies; Trouble In Paradise
Publication:The Bookwatch
Article Type:Book Review
Date:Apr 1, 2005
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