Library Journal articles from August 2004

Library Journal archives from August 2004

Is reading out? If there is a "crisis," then we need libraries even more.(editorial)
August 1, 2004... THE NEWS WASN'T GOOD AT NEW YORK PUBLIC Library (NYPL) last month, and this time it wasn't a library funding story--or was it? On July 8, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) chair Dana Gioia released a report that chronicled a two decade...

Dehumanizing the library: we lose more than we save with self-service.(blatant Berry)
August 1, 2004... THE RUSH TO SELF-SERVICE, THE CURRENT FAD OF library administrators, is robbing libraries of one of their unique and very important qualities. It separates libraries from other agencies and institutions of life in modern society: city hall, the...

Anonymity is OK.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2004... I must take exception to John Berry's implication that my column "Speech Wants To Be Free" (NextGen, LJ 5/15/04, p. 58) advised librarians to keep quiet on issues of import to the profession ("Caution and Credibility," Editorial LJ 5/15/04, p....

Yell at me!(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2004... I really appreciated John Berry's editorial about the tone of discussion... in our profession ("Caution and Credibility," LJ 5/15/04, p. 8). While still a library student, I admit that I posted rants and rambles about [the Children's Internet...

Male, gay, tattooed.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2004... I really enjoyed Rachel Singer Gordon's column "The Men Among Us" (NextGen, LJ 6/15/04, p. 49). As a 23-year-old male, gay, tattooed library science student and academic library assistant, I am in the minority at work and in school. I do not...

Kudos, Super Librarian.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
August 1, 2004... When I saw the cover of the May 15, 2004 LJ, I was astounded. Staring up at me was Super Librarian. I snatched up our copy and proceeded to wave it in the Face of all my colleagues and inform them that this was the action figure needed to...

Mover & shaker.(front desk)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... TRACIE HALL, Director, American Library Association Office for Diversity Tracie Hall, 35, says her goal is to "trouble the waters and get people to think beyond their own comfort zone." She's got some new backing for that: a $928,142 grant...

Heard.(front desk)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... "What is astounding is that such a highly qualified person [Susan Hildreth] supervises 650 people... while earning only $123,708.... There are 16 people at the [Oak Lawn] High School who earn more than the State Librarian of California." ...

Easy Rawlins' favorite refuge?(front desk)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... "Libraires are the warehouses of great ideas. Thank you for being there to make the opinions of thinkers available." --Author Walter Mosley, at LJ's Movers & Shakers luncheon in Orlando, June 25, 2004

Stat watch.(front desk)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The ALA Annual Conference in Orlando had the lowest attendance in ten years, exceeding only the 2003 show in SARS-shadowed Toronto. 2004 Orlando 19,731 2003 Toronto 17,671 2002 Atlanta 21,130 2001...

Hildreth to CA: I'll be back.(front desk)(San Francisco Public Library)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... After announcing she would leave the directorship of the San Francisco Public Library to head the Tucson-Pima Public Library, AZ (see News, LJ 6/15/04, p. 18ff.), Susan Hildreth accepted the position of California State Librarian. She had...

UK report calls for publicly available STM research parliamentary committee pushes toward open access, as new OA models, international initiatives stir STM landscape.(LJ news)
August 1, 2004... In a remarkable conclusion to the UK Parliament Science and Technology Committee's inquiry into STM publishing (see News, LJ 5/1/04, p. 18), the committee July 20 issued its final report, which recommends that all publicly funded research in...

Patriot Act rollback fails.(LJ news)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... By only one vote, an effort to roll back Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act failed July 8 in the House of Representatives, after eight Republicans switched their votes. The House deadlocked, 210-210, which, according to House rules, is a...

Providence PL cuts jobs.(LJ news)(Providence Public Library)
August 1, 2004... The Providence Public Library (PPL) announced July 16 that it was losing 21 staff, including seven librarians and 14 support personnel. Of that number, 16 accepted a voluntary severance buyout, but five--two librarians and three part-time...

IMLS gives $14.8m for recruiting; federal agency also announces over $1m in training grants.(LJ news)(Institute of Museum and Library Services)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has awarded $14,790,543 to library schools and library service organizations to recruit and educate new librarians in the face of anticipated shortages. For the full list, see...

Suburban PL leaves Memphis; decision to go independent with LSSI jeopardizes access.(LJ news)(Library Systems & Services)
August 1, 2004... The suburban city of Germantown, TN, home of the busiest branch in the Memphis-Shelby County Public Library and Information Center (MSCPLIC), left the system after a vote July 12, as city officials decided that forming an independent board and...

New products & vision.(Gale At 50)(success stories in modern reference publishing-Frederick Gale Ruffner)
August 1, 2004... One of the great success stories in modern reference publishing is that of Frederick Gale Ruffner and the firm that has become Thomson Gale. On his wedding day in 1954, Ruffner started the company, named Gale Research, with one book, The...

PA libraries get only $57.9m: sum represents partial restoration of state funds; incentives stalled.(LJ news)(Pennsylvania)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Though the Pennsylvania House of Representatives passed a budget bill that restored state support to $75.2 million and then would have added $5 million more (see News, LJ 6/15/04, p. 19ff.), the more cautious Senate prevailed, and the...

Restoration of sorts at CLA: meeting highlights Gorman, broadcaster; organization cuts deficit.(Conference Report)(Canadian Library Association)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Held jointly with the British Columbia Library Association, this year's Canadian Library Association (CLA) Annual Conference, June 16-19, attracted some 1200 registrants to sunny, calm Victoria, BC--a great contrast to the sometimes frenetic...

Court: COPA injunction stands; availability of filtering software cited in decision; ALA approves.(LJ news)(Child Online Protection Act)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The U.S. Supreme Court on June 29 upheld a lower court's injunction blocking the Child Online Protection Act (COPA), which would fine commercial web site operators if they did not require an age verification (such as a credit card) to look at...

Part of SD library site disabled: governor reacts to protests about links in teen section; site under review.(LJ news)(South Dakota)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... After protests about some links in the teen section of the South Dakota State Library's site (www.sdstatelibrary.com/ teencenter) Gov. Mike Rounds decided July 12 to disable access to the whole section of the site, pending a review--which, he...

WA Initiative fails.(LJ news)(Washington)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The grass-roots effort to block a tax-cutting ballot measure, Initiative 864, in Washington State succeeded. To get Initiative 864 on the November ballot, signatures from at least 197,734 registered voters would have had to have been collected...

9/11 project debuts.(LJ news)(calls upon libraries and other public facilities to open their doors as a public meeting place for the full 24 hours of September 11,2004)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... A group of academic and public librarians and others have banded together for the September Project, which calls upon libraries and other public facilities to open their doors as a public meeting place for the full 24 hours of September 11. The...

Calendar.(library associations,conferences, meetings and seminars)(Brief Article)(Calendar)
August 1, 2004... OCTOBER 6-8--Minnesota Library Assn., Duluth www.mnlibraryassociation.org 6-8--South Dakota Library Assn., Spearfish www.usd.edu/sdla 6-9--Idaho Library Assn., Boise www.idaholibraries.org 13-15--Georgia Library Assn., Athens...

Dalhousie University.(people)(appointments, resignations and dismissals)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Fiona Black has been appointed Director, School and Information Studies (SIS), Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, for a five year term. She has been Acting Director at SIS since January 2003.

Cleveland Public Library.(people)(Holly Carroll named deputy director)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Holly Carroll has been named Deputy Director, Cleveland Public Library. She was Director, Willoughhy-Eastlake Public Library, Willowick, OH, since 1996.

Council on Library and Information Resources.(people)(appointments, resignations and dismissals)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Nancy Davenport is now President, Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR), Washington, DC. She had served in various positions at the Library of Congress for 26 years, most recently as Director of Acquisitions.

Mutnomah County Library.(people)(appointments, resignations and dismissals)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Rita Jimenez is the new Director of Community Services, Mulmomah County Library, Portland, OR. She had been Country Desk Officer, U.S. Peace Corps, for five years.

Maricopa County Library District.(people)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Mary Johns was appointed to the newly created position of Deputy Director, Maricopa County Library District, Phoenix. She was Acting Library Manager, Chandler Public Library, AZ.

City University of New York.(people)(appointments, resignations and dismissals)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Curtis Kendrick will fill the newly created position of University Librarian, City University of New York, effective September 1. He is currently Director of Access Services Division, Columbia University Libraries, New York.

Mid-Columbia Library District.(people)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Danielle Krol is the new Director, Mid-Columbia Library District, WA. She was Regional Library Coordinator, Maricopa County, Library District, Phoenix.

University of Nevada, Las Vegas.(people)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Ken Marks has announced his retirement as Dean of the University Libraries, University, of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), effective September 30, after seven years with UNLV.

Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority.(people)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Michael C. Piper is the new Executive Director, Indiana Cooperative Library Services Authority (INCOLSA). He was Director, Detroit Area Library Network (DALNET).

Government Printing Office.(people)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Robert Tapella has been promoted to Chief of Staff, Government Printing Office (GPO), Washington, DC. He had been serving as Deputy Chief of Staff since his appointment in December 2002.

Boston Library Consortium, Inc.(people)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Jennifer Varney is now Assistant Director, Boston Library Consortium, Inc., an association of 19 academic and research libraries in Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. She previously worked at the Lamar Soutter Library,...

Obituaries.(people)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
August 1, 2004... William Matheson, Director of the Rare Books Division, Library of Congress, for nearly 20 years prior to his retirement in 1987, died on June 17 at the age of 77.

American Library Association in Orlando proves a hot ticket; following debacle in Toronto, vendors return in force to Florida bearing new systems and big contracts.(Conference Report)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... sDespite the lowest turnout in a decade and the awful logistics of navigating between hotels and the convention center, the American Library Association (ALA)Annual Conference in Orlando, June 25-29, proved a hot ticket. After the debacle in...

TLC debuts CARL.X.(Conference Report)(Library Corporation)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Completely new systems are rarities in the current market, but The Library Corporation (TLC) came to Orlando armed with exactly that. Called CARL.X, the solution is debuting as a UNIX Oracle system with the web OPAC available on Linux, UNIX, or...

VTLS signs NYU for Virtua.(Conference Report)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The hottest installation news from ALA was that NewYork University (NYU) has inked a deal with VTLS to purchase the vendor's Virtua system for its consortium libraries. A member of the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), NYU's division of...

Ivy leaguers to assist endeavor.(Conference Report)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Endeavor Information Systems has enlisted the help of several prestigious academics to assist with the development of its planned electronic resource management (ERM) system. On the eve of ALA, the vendor announced that Columbia University...

MuseGlobal updates toolbar.(Conference Report)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... MuseGlobal is marketing a new release of its MuseSearch Toolbar, a plugin gateway version of its consumer metasearch tool, MuseSeek. The company said that the toolbar is "capable of searching 55 sources simultaneously in eight different...

Books available through Ovid.(Conference Report)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... The American Psychological Association (APA) is partnering with Ovid Technologies to make access to its PsycBOOKS full-text database available through Ovid's online platform. Ovid said that more than 600 titles, including 100 out-of-print works...

SFPL RFID plan moves ahead.(Conference Report)(San Francisco Public Library)(radio frequency identification)
August 1, 2004... Despite citizen concerns about privacy, two San Francisco supervisors have put forth a resolution to allow the San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) to explore radio frequency identification (RFID) technology. The 2-1 decision was made at a...

PLA ponders "unmet technology".(Public Library Association)
August 1, 2004... Are public librarians getting the technology they want from their automation vendors? Apparently not. The Technology Committee of the Public Library Association (PLA) invited automation vendors to join the committee for a discussion at ALA...

Metadata leadership.(Digital Libraries)
August 1, 2004... YOU MAY NOT BELIEVE THAT OUR dependence on MARC alone limits our future (see "Building a New Bibliographic Infrastructure," Digital Libraries, LJ 1/04, p. 38). But you can't deny that libraries now deal with a wide variety of metadata formats....

Daily life is nearly perfect.(E-Views And Reviews)
August 1, 2004... WHAT DO READERS REALLY WANT in an electronic review? Now that you've had a chance to get the flavor of this new format, let me know if you are getting what you need. So far I've heard from folks who like what they see but don't be shy. Email...

Unanticipated outcomes: a large-scale digitization project offers surprising benefits.(Infotech Feature)
August 1, 2004... Although the Brooklyn Daily Eagle Online was not the Brooklyn Public Library's (BPL) first digital project, it has become a catalyst for change and future library initiatives. This is largely because of the richness of the content, the scope of...

Target your brand: build an identity that works in the age of the superstore.(Cover Story)
August 1, 2004... As bookstores and the Internet march forward, the library community continues to question and forecast its role in society. Innovative libraries nationwide have seized the opportunity to reinvent themselves, bringing a new level of excitement...

Goodbye, Orlando? Heat and hot issues, theme parks, and a busy show floor.(LJ report: Orlando ALA 2004)
August 1, 2004... The American Library Association's (ALA) Annual Conference, June 24-30, in steamy Orlando, drew 19,575 people, including 5,739 exhibitors, the lowest total since Miami in 1994, not counting the SARS-shadowed conference in Toronto last year (see...

Fixing the first job: new librarians speak out on problems in the profession.
August 1, 2004... We are new librarians. In our first year, after coming up against bureaucratic brick walls and resistance to new ideas for libraries, we were almost convinced that the field of librarianship was virtually unchangeable. In our frustration, we...

Stopping the violence at home.(Collection Development / Domestic Violence)
August 1, 2004... Public interest in domestic violence waxes and wanes with the headlines. The case of Hedda Nussbaum, the battered woman who witnessed the killing of her six-year-old adopted daughter, Lisa, by their common abuser in 1987, drew national...

Time to make some change.(NextGen)
August 1, 2004... IN OUR EVOLVING PROFESSION, perhaps the most important skill is the ability to become change leaders within our organizations. If we truly want to bring our NextGen enthusiasm, outlook, and skills to bear on our institutions and profession,...

Prepub alert.(Bibliography)
August 1, 2004... FICTION AUCHINCLOSS, LOUIS. East Side Story. Houghton. Dec. 2004. 256p. ISBN 0-618-45244-3. $24. For his 60th novel (the first having appeared in 1947), Auchincloss follows the fortunes of the Scottish Carnochans, who prospered--where...

"Have we got a story for you!".(romance fiction)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... Pithy, short, and right on target, this nifty little logo--the brainchild of the Romance Writers of America's (RWA) Strategic Committee on Image and officially launched at BEA last June--cuts right to the core of the romance genre's broad...

Fitzpatrick, Flo. Ghost of a Chance.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... FITZPATRICK, FLO. Ghost of a Chance. Zebra Debut: Kensington. Aug. 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-8217-7750.5. pap. $3.99. PARANORMAL Just finishing a nine-month tour of 42nd Street, the last thing dancer and choreographer Kiely Davlin needs is to go...

Gedney, Mona. The Affair at Greengage Manor.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... GEDNEY, MONA. The Affair at Greengage Manor. Zebra: Kensington. (Zebra Regency Romance). Aug. 2004. c.256p. ISBN 0-0217-7622-3. pap. $4.99. REGENCY Shocked to the core when Miss Alexandra Lytton appears on his doorstep with his late...

Holliday, Alesia. American Idle.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... HOLLIDAY, ALESIA. American Idle. Making It: Dorchester. Aug. 2004. c.368p. ISBN 08439-5370-5. pap. $12.95. CONTEMPORARY Creative, conflicted, and 32, job-hopping Jules Vernon is still trying to find her niche in life. So when she is offered...

Howell, Hannah & Lynsay Sands. The Eternal Highlander.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... HOWELL, HANNAH & LYNSAY SANDS. The Eternal Highlander. Kensington. Sept. 2004. c.304p. ISBN 0-7582-0812-X. pap. $12. PARANORMAL With the current popularity of "creatures of the night" and all things Scottish, this pair of linked stories...

Linz, Cathie. The Marine Meets His Match.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... LINZ, CATHIE. The Marine Meets His Match. Silhouette Romance: Harlequin. Sept. 2004. c. 192p. ISBN 0-373-19736-5. pap. $4.25. CONTEMPORARY Surprised to learn that the building that houses her shop and apartment has been sold to Rad...

Mahon, Annette. The Secret Beau.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... MAHON, ANNETTE. The Secret Beau. Avalon: Thomas Bouregy. Aug. 2004. c.182p. ISBN 0-8034-9663-X. $21.95. MULTICULTURAL When Kim Ascencion runs into Greg Yamamoto, a nerdy high school classmate who has morphed into a hunky veterinarian, she...

Metzger, Barbara. A Perfect Gentleman.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... METZGER, BARBARA. A Perfect Gentleman. Signet: NAL. Oct. 2004. c.352p. ISBN 0-451-21041-7. pap. $6.99. HISTORICAL When an old acquaintance impetuously forgives a gambling debt in return for his services for one evening as an escort for a...

Reprints of interest.(romance)(Brief Article)(Bibliography)
August 1, 2004... BEVERLEY, JO. Three Heroes. NAL: Penguin. 2004. c.688p. ISBN 0-451-21200-2. pap. $11.20. HISTORICAL Collected here for the first time in one volume are Beverley's romances about three friends who return from the Napoleonic Wars: The...

Palmer, Diana. Renegade.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... PALMER, DIANA. Renegade. HQN Bks: Harlequin. Aug. 2004. c.304p. ISBN 0-373-77004-9, $16.95. CONTEMPORARY When the daily irritations of being a small-town sheriff finally catch up to him, former Texas Ranger Cash Grier decides to take a...

Roberts, Nora & others. Moon Shadows.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... ROBERTS, NORA & others. Moon Shadows, Jove. Oct. 2004. c.384p. ISBN 0-515-13831-2. pap. $7.99. PARANORMAL Just in time for Halloween, Roberts and her cohorts from Once Upon a Midnight have teamed up to produce another stellar collection of...

Rice, Patricia. This Magic Moment.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... RICE, PATRICIA. This Magic Moment. Signet: NAL. Aug. 2004. 384p. ISBN 0-451-21264-9. pap. $6.99. HISTORICAL When footloose Lord Harry unexpectedly succeeds both his father and older brother as the Duke of Sommersvilie, he inherits a...

St. Giles, Jennifer. The Mistress of Trevelyan.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... ST. GILES, JENNIFER. The Mistress of Trevelyan. Pocket: S. & S. Aug. 2004. c.384p. ISBN 0-7434-8625-0. pap. $6.99. GOTHIC The beautiful, mist-shrouded house on Trevelyan Hill has always called to bright, bookish Ann Lovell. So when the...

New romance imprints.(romance)(Brief Article)
August 1, 2004... This June, Zebra launched Zebra Debut, a new line of historical and contemporary romances by new authors that will be priced at the phenomenally low price of $3.99! Silhouette kicked off July with its new Silhouette Bombshell imprint, which...

Stuart, Anne. Hidden Honor.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... STUART, ANNE. Hidden Honor. Mira: Harlequin. Aug. 2004. c.384p. ISBN 0-7783-2065-0. pap. $6.50. HISTORICAL On her way to the Shrine of St. Anne to become a nun and avoid being subject to the brutal whims of men, independent Elizabeth of...

Tan, Maureen. A Perfect Cover.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... TAN, MAUREEN. A Perfect Cover. Silhouette Bombshell: Harlequin. Sept. 2004. c.304p. ISBN 0-373-51323-2. pap. $5.50. ROMANTIC SUSPENSE Lacie Reed, Vietnamese war orphan and American citizen, is one of the best special agents around. This...

Druett, Joan. A Watery Grave.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... * DRUETT, JOAN. A Watery Grave. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Oct. 2004. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-33441-9. $23.95. M The son of a Maori mother and an American father, expert sailor and linguist Wild Coffin is part of an 1838 scientific expedition...

Savarin, Julian Jay. A Hot Day in May: a Muller and Pappenheim Mystery.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... SAVARIN, JULIAN JAY. A Hot Day in May: A Muller and Pappenheim Mystery. Severe House. Aug. 2004. 233p. ISBN 0-7278-6069-0. $26.95. M In their fourth outing (after Winter and the General) Jens Muller and pal Pappenheim, both with the...

Massey, Sujata. The Pearl Diver.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... MASSEY, SUJATA. The Pearl Diver. HarperCollins. Aug. 2004. c.352p. ISBN 0-06-621296-0. $23.95. M Having returned from Tokyo, Japanese American sleuth Rei Shimura (The Samurai's Daughter) now lives in Washington, DC, where she's opening an...

Johnson, Norma Tadlock. Donna Rose and the Slug War.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... JOHNSON, NORMA TADLOCK. Donna Rose and the Slug War. Five Star: Gale. (First Edition Mystery). Aug. 2004. c.228p. ISBN 1-59414-220-3. $25.95. M Retired teacher Donna Galbreath of Cedar Harbor, WA, volunteers for the water board, attends...

Craft, Michael. Bitch Slap: a Mark Manning Mystery.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... CRAFT, MICHAEL. Bitch Slap: A Mark Manning Mystery. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2004. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-30530-3. $23.95. M Last seen in Hot Spot, Mark, owner of a family newspaper concern in small-town Wisconsin, is preparing for a...

Raphael, Lev. Tropic of Murder: a Nick Hoffman Mystery.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... RAPHAEL, LEV. Tropic of Murder: A Nick Hoffman Mystery. Perseverance: Daniel & Daniel. Sept. 2004. c.216p. ISBN 1-880284-68-5. pap. $13.95. M Untenured professor Nick Hoffman (The Edith Wharton Murders) and partner Stefan vacation in the...

Sims, Elizabeth. Lucky Stiff: a Lillian Byrd Crime Story.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... SIMS, ELIZABETH. Lucky Stiff: A Lillian Byrd Crime Story. Alyson, dist. by Consortium. Sept. 2004. c.256p. ISBN 1-55583-858-8. pap. $14.95. M While playing her mandolin for cash on the streets of Detroit, ex-crime reporter/sleuth Lillian...

Daheim, Mary. This Old Souse: a Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... DAHEIM, MARY. This Old Souse: A Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery. Morrow. Aug. 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-380-97869.5. $23.95. M Cousins Judith Flynn and Serena "Renie" Jones (Hocus Croakus) decide to investigate a seemingly long abandoned Spanish-style...

Sidor, Steven. Skin River.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... SIDOR, STEVEN. Skin River. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Sept. 2004. c.256p. ISBN 0-312-32949-0. $23.95. M When a psychotic almost kills the single-mother/waitress who lives above his rural Wisconsin tavern, Buddy Bayes goes ballistic:. Buddy...

Graham, Caroline. A Ghost in the Machine: a Chief Inspector Barnaby Mystery.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... GRAHAM, CAROLINE. A Ghost in the Machine: A Chief Inspector Barnaby Mystery. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2004. c.400p. ISBN 0-312-32421.9. $25.95. M Fans of the A&E series starring Inspector Barnaby will welcome this most attractive...

Kahn, Sharon. Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver?: A Ruby the Rabbi's Wife Mystery.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... KAHN, SHARON. Which Big Giver Stole the Chopped Liver?: A Ruby the Rabbi's Wife Mystery. Scribner. Sept. 2004. c.304p. ISBN 0-7432-4357-9. $24. M Ruby's avowed rival at Temple Rita in Eternal, TX, hopes a temple reunion will raise money...

Lewin, Jackie. Fear of Dying.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... LEWIN, JACKIE. Fear of Dying. Five Star: Gale. (First Edition Mystery.) Aug. 2004. c.266p. ISBN 1-59414-188-6. $25.95. M When amateur sleuth Grace Beckmann (Murder Flies Left Seat) and hubby Albert land their plane in Alden, AK, a pregnant...

Marston, Edward. The Counterfeit Crank: an Elizabethan Theater Mystery Featuring Nicholas Bracewell.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... MARSTON, EDWARD. The Counterfeit Crank: An Elizabethan Theater Mystery Featuring Nicholas Bracewell. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2004. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-31949-5. $23.95. M The book holder for the Westfield's Men theater troupe, Nicholas...

Moody, Skye Kathleen. The Good Diamond: a Pacific Northwest Mystery.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... MOODY, SKYE KATHLEEN. The Good Diamond: A Pacific Northwest Mystery. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2004. c.320p. ISBN 0-312-32415-4. $24.95. M Fish and Wildlife agent Venus Diamond's cheek on two caged-but-abandoned black bears near the...

Tremayne, Peter. Whispers of the Dead: Fifteen Sister Fidelma Mysteries.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... TREMAYNE, PETER. Whispers of the Dead: Fifteen Sister Fidelma Mysteries. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2004. c.288p. ISBN 0-312-30382-3. $14.95. M Fans of Tremayne's Sister Fidelma of Cashel series will welcome this second collection of...