Library Journal articles from July 2004

Library Journal archives from July 2004

Giving good library: translating Why We Buy into Why We Borrow.(editorial)(Paco Underhill's suggestions for making public libraries more amenable to users)(Editorial)
July 1, 2004... "I HAD TO FIGHT AT SIMON & SCHUSTER FOR a cover you could see from 12' away," Paco Underhill told a roomful of librarians at Day of Dialog at BookExpo America last month (see p. 17). Even the progenitor of the "science of shopping" and the...

Another damned gadfly: don't blow off even the most annoying, noisiest critics of the library.(blatant berry)
July 1, 2004... EVERY LIBRARY ENDURES CRITICS--ANNOYING, questioning nuisances who plague library trustees, administrators, and front line staff. Gadfly is the most popular label administrators use to describe such folk. It is natural to dislike a gadfly, and...

Appearance, functionality.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... LJ's redesign is superb from all angles--appearance and functionality. We all know that appearances count, and it's true even in our libraries and professional publications. The [LJ Best Sellers], featuring the best circulating titles from...

Congrats!(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Congratulations!!! The new design looks great! --Brenda Davidson, Reference Libn., East Lansing P.L., MI

Takes getting used to.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... LJ's new look will take some getting used to. It makes it hard to distinguish the content from the ads.... I think this has to do with the excessive use of color in the content (since all ads have lots of color). --Marilyn Bromley, Dir.,...

Why I like it.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Congratulations to you and the whole LJ team on the redesign. I know how hard you've all been working on it.... Here are some things I especially like (in no particular order): Condensed font in journal name, table of contents, and article...

Lively and bright.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Congratulations to LJ on the great new redesign. You have enlivened in new ways one of our profession's most needed working tools. All the planning, hard work, and creativity shine through--it's lively and bright. --Maurice J. (Mitch)...

The interviews.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... I love the new LJ format, especially the interviews. --Stephen E. Abbott, Columbia Univ. Pr., New York

Too busy.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Just received my copy of the redesigned LJ. As usual, the content is varied and interesting, but I think the new look needs a little more work. I can't tell the articles from the ads, surely not your intention. Too much color and too much...

Great, but ...(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... I try not to fall into the "it's different and I don't like it" category. So let me say, the new format is great. Much more interesting looking and attractive. The blue boxes scattered throughout the reviews are super! But... I have...

Less boring.(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... LJ is looking much better these days--a lot less boring. ---Christine E.S. Borne, Reference Libn., Shaker Heights P.L., OH, and founder of the NEXGENLIB-L electronic discussion list

Looks, reads, and feels ...(feedback)(Letter to the Editor)
July 1, 2004... Congratulations on your new design! It looks, reads, and feels terrific. Kudos to the LJ team. --Jerry A. Thrasher, Dir., Cumberland Cty. P.L. & Information Ctr., Fayetteville, NC

ALA, Walgreens partnership questioned.(front desk)
July 1, 2004... As part of the American Library Association's (ALA) Campaign for America's Libraries, Walgreens drug store chain agreed to provide 410,000 copies of a brochure on the new Medicare Drug Discount Card Program. The brochure is produced by the...

Stat watch.(front desk)
July 1, 2004... The number of new titles and editions released in the United States in 2003 was a record 175,000, up 19% from 2002, with juvenile titles up 45.3%. Other changes were modest. Large trade houses [up arrow] 2.4% (22,914) University...

Heard.(front desk)
July 1, 2004... "Looking through the packing slip, I'm not sure there's a dozen CDs [from the settlement that gives free CDs to libraries] I would have bought with my budget. But for every two duds, there are some cool finds." --E.G. YARNETSKY,...

Clinton kicks off BEA and his new book.(front desk)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... "They say of lot of memoirs are dull and self-serving. I hope mine is interesting and self-serving.... I tried to show how this one little story was part of America's big story." --Bill Clinton, BookExpo America, 6/3/04

Top 8 dying library products.(front desk)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... 8 Brodart Sysdac and Brodart date-due machines along with Gaylord Model C machine 7 Book order forms, ILL forms 6 Large, bulky, microform reader/printers 5 Large, bulky, individual study carrels 4 Periodical record cards ...

BEA booms in Chicago: librarians attend reinvigorated show in record numbers, while publishers show their wares; Clinton keynote draws rapt crowd.(Conference Report)(BookExpo America)
July 1, 2004... BookExpo America (BEA) had some extra zing this year, especially for librarians. A record 1800 library professionals preregistered for the book fair in Chicago, June 3-6, a leap beyond the 750 last year in Los Angeles. They found an industry...

Urban Libraries Council (ULC).(Job moves: Gomez, Pearl, & more)
July 1, 2004... Martin Gomez has been named the new president of the Urban Libraries Council (ULC), effective August 2, succeeding Eleanor Jo (Joey) Rodger. Gomez has been the executive director of the Friends of the San Francisco Public Library (formerly...

Nancy Pearl.(Job moves: Gomez, Pearl, & more)
July 1, 2004... Nancy Pearl will retire in August as the head of the Washington Center for the Book at the Seattle Public Library. Pearl is the author of the best-selling Book Lust: Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason (Sasquatch, 2003), the...

School of Information Resources and Library Science (SIRLS).(Job moves: Gomez, Pearl, & more)
July 1, 2004... Jana Bradley, associate professor and director of the Library and Information Science Program at the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University, NY, since 1999, has been appointed director of the School of Information Resources and...

Hennepin County Library System.(Job moves: Gomez, Pearl, & more)
July 1, 2004... Amy Ryan, director of community partnerships and development at the Minneapolis Public Library, has been named the new director of the Hennepin County Library System, Minnetonka, MN, to begin January 4, 2005.

Global Library Program.(Job moves: Gomez, Pearl, & more)
July 1, 2004... Martha Choe has been named director of the Global Library Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Choe, who has an MBA, has served as director of the Washington State Department of Community, Trade and Economic Development.

Day of dialog: trends on the table.(LJ news)
July 1, 2004... More than 300 librarians, a stunning turnout, joined publishers, distributors, and authors at the seventh annual Day of Dialog, cohosted by Chicago Public Library (CPL) and LJ at the Harold Washington Library Center, June 3. LJ Editor Francine...

OhioLINK to support PLoS: Kranich's information commons report calls for balance in digital realm.(LJ news)(Ohio Library and Information Network)(Public Library of Science)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK) has announced a program to support the Public Library of Science (PLoS), an open access publisher. Under the program, OhioLINK will fund half of the publication fees for all faculty and...

Black employees criticize LC: class-action discrimination charge claims advancement blocked.(LJ news)(Library of Congress )(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Library of Congress (LC), which has been subject to occasional and sometimes major discrimination complaints, has been hit by another, a class-action complaint signed by 500 black employees. The complaint, filed in the library's Equal...

Furlough in Stark Cty., but not Brown: Louisville PL gets budget; California libraries face crunch.(LJ news)
July 1, 2004... Staffers of the Stark County District Library, Canton, OH, have begun taking a week's unpaid leave in an effort to help the facility get through a financial crunch. Director Kent Oliver told LJ that "for the last few years the library has been...

SLA: a time for new initiatives: CI Division formed, fundraising goal set, certification coming.(Conference Report)(Special Libraries Association )
July 1, 2004... Several initiatives were announced at the Special Libraries Association (d.b.a. SLA) conference, June 4-9 at the Gaylord Opryland Hotel in Nashville. "SLA has moved out of a period of uncertainty," Executive Director Janice Lachance told...

Can PL support be more like NPR's? Report suggests plan to raise private funds for operating expenses.(LJ news)(public libraries)
July 1, 2004... Can public libraries be more like public radio, using private funds to supply a significant chunk of operating expenses? Steve Coffman of Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI), has provocatively proposed such plural funding in a few...

MLA passes dues increase: attendance strong despite registration fee rise to over $400.(Conference Report)(Medical Library Association)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The theme of the 2004 annual conference of the Medical Library Association (MLA) was "Seize the Power." Held in Washington, DC, from May 21-26, the conference drew 2,662 participants, nearly equal to the last time MLA visited the nation's...

Native American trove to Cornell: after lawsuit, Huntington Free Library sells celebrated collection.(LJ news)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... After 15 years of legal wrangling involving one of the largest, most prestigious Native American collections in the world, the material will go to the Cornell University Library, Ithaca, NY. Cornell will pay the Huntington Free Library, Bronx,...

Reagan buried at Presidential Library.(LJ news)
July 1, 2004... The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, Simi Valley, CA, received more than 100,000 citizens, who lined up for hours to pay their last respects to the former president, who died June 6. After several days in state, Reagan was moved temporarily...

Student steals mags.(LJ news)(Vintage collections stolen from Whitman College's Penrose Library.)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Police in Walla Walla, WA, have arrested Jake J. Oelerich, 21, for stealing hundreds of vintage copies of Harper's Weekly and Harper's Bazaar from Whitman College's Penrose Library and attempting to sell them online. Police said they have...

AL librarian a thief?(LJ news)
July 1, 2004... In the latest episode in a recent rash of library embezzlement, a warrant was issued June 8 for the arrest of Phenix City, AL, librarian Irma Duke. City officials claim that Duke, who was on unpaid leave since May before she was officially...

Calendar.(LJ news)(Calendar)
July 1, 2004... SEPTEMBER 15-18--Kentucky Library Association/Kentucky School Media Association, Galt House, Louisville. www.kylibasn.org 26-28--New England Library Association, Center of New Hampshire Radisson Hotel, Manchester. www.nelib.org ...

Jose Aponte.(people)
July 1, 2004... Jose Aponte, Executive Director of the Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs, and an LJ 2003 Mover & Shaker, is the recipient of the 2004 Trejo Librarian of the Year Award from REFORMA, a national affiliate of the American Library...

Prince George's County Memorial Library System.(people)
July 1, 2004... At Prince George's County Memorial Library System, MD, Cherie Barnett is now Manager, Surratts-Clinton Branch, after serving as Adult Age-Level Specialist there. She replaces Harriet Ying, who retired after 16 years in the position. Nancy...

Milwaukee Public Library.(people)
July 1, 2004... At Milwaukee Public Library, Christopher Gawronski is the new Manager, Bay View Branch Library, after serving as Librarian in the Periodicals Department in the Central Library. Enid Gruszka is Manager, Forest Home Branch Library, after working...

Alhambra Public Library.(people)
July 1, 2004... Carmen M. Hernandez has been appointed Director, Alhambra Public Library, CA. She was District Librarian, Altadena library District, CA.

Doris Hulbert.(people)
July 1, 2004... Doris Hulbert has retired as University Librarian, University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG). She became Director in 1989, and UNCG Friends of the Library established all endowment in her name to support the library.

Kitchener Public Library.(people)
July 1, 2004... Sonia Lewis will assume the title of Chief Executive Officer, Kitchener Public Library, ON, effective August 17. She is currently Director of Service Development, Burlington Public Library, ON.

Multnomah County Library's Central Library.(people)
July 1, 2004... Vailey Oehlke is the new Director, Multnomah County Library's Central Library, Portland, OR. She was the Central Library Administrator.

Kansas City Public Library.(people)
July 1, 2004... Roger Pearson has been chosen Interim Director, Kansas City Public Library, MO, while a replacement is being sought for Joseph Green, who resigned April 30. Pearson has taken other interim positions since he retired in 2001 as Director, Sonoma...

Wright Memorial Public Library.(people)
July 1, 2004... Ann Snively has been appointed Director, Wright Memorial Public Library, Dayton (Oakwood), OH, after serving as Interim Director following the death of Toni Walder last December. Snively was Reference Services Coordinator.

Are vendors developing products librarians really want? Vendors respond to accusations that the needs of the field are being ignored by leading automation companies.(infotech)
July 1, 2004... Daniel Walters, executive director of the Las Vegas-Clark County Library District, NV, recently took automation vendors to task, saying that they have "fundamentally missed the business we're in" (InfoTech, LJ 4/15/04, p. 24). He asserts that...

ProQuest bulks up on content; adds databases of 19th Century Short Title Catalogue and NY Times.(infotech)
July 1, 2004... ProQuest has acquired Nineteenth Century Short-Title Catalogue List (NCSTC) from ABC-CLIO. The bibliographic database catalogs the 19th-century holdings of eight of the world's top research libraries. ABC-CLIO integrated material from multiple...

Ohio consortium adds ebooks; OverDrive provides SEO with power to download texts remotely.(infotech)
July 1, 2004... The Southeastern Ohio Automation Consortium (SEO) now offers its 67 public library members access to ebooks. SEO contracted with OverDrive Inc. for the necessary technology. SEO director Christine Tucker said that the group serves "both large...

Sirsi signs Detroit Pub Lib; suite will manage all library content, services.(Installations)
July 1, 2004... Detroit Public Library has contracted for a suite of Sirsi products to replace its aging automation system. The suite includes the vendor's Unicorn Library Management System, iBistro e-Library, WorkFlows staff interface, Hyperion Digital Media...

NCTC honors VTLS's Chachra; vendor named entrepreneur of the Year by Virginia tech group.(Infotech People)(New Century Technology Council)(Vinod Chachra)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Virginia-based New Century Technology Council (NCTC) has named VTLS CEO and chair Vinod Chachra Entrepreneur of the Year. NCTC serves the technology industry in the Roanoke and Blacksburg area to help make it attractive for companies to...

EBSCO names Brooke COO; Stephens to retire in 2005; Brooke moves from Subscription Services.(infotech)(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... EBSCO Industries announced June 11 that VP and general manager F. Dixon Brooke has been named COO, in preparation to become president following the July 2005 retirement of current president Jim Stephens, who has held the post since 1970. Brooke...

Thomson Gale has acquired Web Feet, a database of curriculum-based web sites selected and reviewed by librarians, educators, and subject specialists.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... Thomson Gale has acquired Web Feet, a database of curriculum-based web sites selected and reviewed by librarians, educators, and subject specialists. Created in 1996 by Rock Hill Communications, Inc., Web Feet is available online and as MARC...

EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS) Enhanced.
July 1, 2004... EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS) Enhanced now boasts more than five million articles on its e-journal gateway. EJS Enhanced assists e-journal management through the ability to track the registration status of e-journals,...

The Library Corporation (TLC) has partnered with Civic Technologies, Inc., a provider of geographic information systems for public library planning and management, to release LibraryDecision.(Brief Article)
July 1, 2004... The Library Corporation (TLC) has partnered with Civic Technologies, Inc., a provider of geographic information systems for public library planning and management, to release LibraryDecision. A new web service, LibraryDecision will provide...

EBSCO gets bookish, goes green.(EBSCO Book Services)
July 1, 2004... I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT THE FREE research products you use in conjunction with the commercial files. Have you used RedLightGreen (from Research Libraries Group, www.redlightgreen. com) or The Infography (from Fields of Knowledge,...

Metadata's bitter harvest.(Digital Libraries)
July 1, 2004... I RECENTLY CONDUCTED MY FIRST harvest. Not pulling in corn or wheat but bibliographic records. Before long I had nearly 100,000 of them on my laptop, all describing free online resources held by five different libraries. Using the Open Archives...

Open access alternatives.(Online Databases)
July 1, 2004... FROM THE ONGOING DISCUSSION in the online version of Nature, to articles in the Chronicle of Higher Education and even USA Today, open access publishing is a hot topic. But open access publishing can have many different definitions, and pros...

Phoenix gets it right: a dynamic, database-driven design sets a benchmark for library web sites.(Infotech Feature)
July 1, 2004... When I first looked at the new Phoenix Public Library (PPL) web site I thought: nice job--they probably outsourced everything. Why? Because the site feels like a high-end commercial site. We've all seen the bells and whistles before--when...

The class of 1988: fifteen years after library school, what do their careers say about yours?(Cover Story)
July 1, 2004... "Where do you see yourself in five years?" Frankly, no one likes the question. For young librarians, especially, the truly scary part is looking way ahead and trying to envision a career that brings growth, challenges, and personal...

Model TLC: King County's flexible fleet brings classic services to seniors.(LJ series: A Day in the Life)(Traveling Library Center )
July 1, 2004... For the moment, the loading dock is empty at the King County Library System (KCLS) headquarters in Issaquah, WA. Behind the double swinging doors Mary K. Henderson and Susan J. Conn, both outreach technicians for the Traveling Library Center...

The rap on hip-hop.(Collection development / Hip-Hop)
July 1, 2004... From its humble origins some 30 years ago in New York's bombed-out poverty-raw, fed South Bronx, hip-hop has risen to become a dominant cultural force both here and abroad. Strictly defined, the term refers to the entire cultural constellation...

Where the jobs are.(NextGen)
July 1, 2004... DESPITE THE DISCUSSION ABOUT the graying of the profession, we seem to agree on little but this: the jobs being vacated are generally upper-level and the departure of retiring library managers fails to translate into a glut of entry level...

Learn the lingo of finance.(Your Money's Worth)
July 1, 2004... I WANTED TO CALL THIS COLUMN "Accountants Are from Mars, Librarians Are from Venus," but a librarian hearing about it said, "They're from farther away than that. Try Pluto." She meant the finance people, of course. That concept pretty aptly...

Prepub alert.
July 1, 2004... FICTION ATKINSON, KATE. Case Histories. Little, Brown. Nov. 2004. 320p. ISBN 0-316-74040-3. $23.95. Connected cases: a vanished sister, a lawyer daughter, and a murderously mad young mom. From the author of the award-winning Behind...

Graphic novels.
July 1, 2004... Since 1989, the Eisner Awards, named after famed artist and writer Will Eisner (A Contract with God), have recognized outstanding work in the comics field. Five of the books reviewed below--Warren Ellis and others' Global Frequency, Eric...

Bendis, Brian Michael (text) & David Finch & Art Thibert (illus.). Ultimate X-Men. Vol. 7: Blockbuster.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... BENDIS, BRIAN MICHAEL (text) & DAVID FINCH & ART THIBERT (illus.). Ultimate X-Men. Vol. 7: Blockbuster. Marvel. 2004. c.144p. ISBN 0-7851-1219-7. pap. $12.99. F Starring new versions of the company's most popular characters, Marvel's...

Capp, Al (text) & Frank Frazetta (illus.). Al Capp's Li'l Abner: the Frazetta Years. Vol. 4: 1960-1961.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... CAPP, AL (text) & FRANK FRAZETTA (illus.). Al Capp's Li'l Abner: The Frazetta Years. Vol. 4. 1960-1961. Dark Horse. 2004. c.120p. ISBN 1-59307-133-7. $18.95. F Capp's legendary comic strip Li'l Abner related the nutty adventures of the...

Croci, Pascal. Auschwitz.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... CROCI, PASCAL. Auschwitz. Abrams. 2004. c.88p. tr. from French. ISBN 0-8109-4831-1. $16.95. Like Joe Kubert's shattering Yossel, this bleak book relates the terror of life and death in a Nazi extermination camp. The story opens in 1993...

Diggle, Andy (text) & Jock (illus.). The Losers: Ante Up.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... DIGGLE, ANDY (text) & JOCK (illus.). The Losers: Ante Up. Vertigo: DC. 2004. c.160p. ISBN 1-4012-0198-9. pap. $9.95. F DC's original Losers were a team of American soldiers whose exploits were published in 1970s war comics. This...

Ellis, Warren (text) & Others. Global Frequency: Planet Ablaze.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... ELLIS, WARREN (text) & OTHERS. Global Frequency: Planet Ablaze. Wildstorm: DC. 2004. c.144p. ISBN 1-4012-0274-8. pap. $14.95. F Global Frequency is an international civilian organization that inserts itself into hot spots to rescue victims...

Fumizuki, Kou. Ai Yori Aoshi. Vol. 2.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... FUMIZUKI, KOU. Ai Yori Aoshi. Vol. 2. Tokyopop. 2004. c.208p. tr. from Japanese by Alethea & Athena. ISBN 1-59182-645-2. pap. $9.99. F At 18, the sheltered and proper Aoi Sakuraba, heir of the powerful Sakuraba Group, ran away from home to...

Jolley, Dan & Others. JSA: the Liberty Files.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... JOLLEY, DAN & OTHERS. ISA: The Liberty Files. DC. 2004. c.264p. ISBN 1-4012-0203-9. pap. $19.95. F This stand out book is part of DC's "Else-worlds" line, which reinvents familiar characters (here, members of the Justice Society of...

Michael Chabon.(Q&A)(Interview)
July 1, 2004... Lifted like a rib from his Pulitzer Prize--winning novel about the Golden Age of comics, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, the first three editions of Michael Chabon's Escapist comics serial have been bound together in a colorful trade...

Jung (text & illus.) & Jee-Yun (text). Kwaidan.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... JUNG (text & illus.) & JEE-YUN (text). Kwaidan. Dark Horse. 2004. c.144p. tr. from French by Helge Dascher. ISBN 1-56971-841-5. pap. $14.95. F This visually stunning book, originally published in France, opens in 12th-century Japan. Lake...

Powell, Eric. The Goon: My Murderous Childhood (and Other Grievous Yarns).(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... POWELL, ERIC. The Goon: My Murderous Childhood (and Other Grievous Yarns). Dark Horse. 2004. c.128p. ISBN 1-59307-194-9. pap. $13.95. F This crazy, full-color horror comedy stars the Goon. A strongman with a scarred face, he pretends to be...

Simone, Gail (text) & Others (illus.). Birds of Prey: of Like Minds.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... SIMONE, GAIL (text) & OTHERS (illus.). Birds of Prey: Of Like Minds. DC. 2004. c.144p. ISBN 1-4012-0192-X. pap. $14.95. F The wheelchair-bound Oracle (Barbara Gordon, formerly Batgirl) now fights crime as a superhacker and cyberspy. Her...

Auster, Paul & Paul Karasik (text) & David Mazzucchelli (illus.). City of Glass.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... AUSTER, PAUL & PAUL KARASIK (text) & DAVID MAZZUCCHELLI (illus.). City of Glass. Picador: St. Martin's. 2004. c.144p. ISBN 0-312-42360-8. pap. $14. F This is a masterly adaptation by Karasik and Mazzucchelli (nominated for both Eisner and...

Miyazaki, Hayao. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Vol. 1.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... MIYAZAKI, HAYAO. Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. Vol. 1. Viz. 2004. c.136p. tr. from Japanese by David Lewis & Toren Smith. ISBN 1-59116-408-7. pap. $9.99. F Nausicaa is the gifted teenaged princess of a small valley on a devastated...

Attitude 2: the New Subversive Alternative Cartoonists.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... Attitude 2: The Hew Subversive Alternative Cartoonists. NBM: Nantier Beall Minoustchine. 2004. c.128p. ed. by Ted Rall. ISBN 1-56163-381 -X. pap. $13.95. POLITICS Attitude is something that cartoonist Rall (To Afghanistan and Back)...

Schechter, Harold. The Mask of Red Death: an Edgar Allen Poe Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... SCHECHTER, HAROLD. The Mask of Red Death: An Edgar Allen Poe Mystery. Random. Aug. 2004. c.400p. ISBN 0-345-44841-3. $24.95. M In the summer of 1845, the isle of Manhattan is in an uproar over the scalping murders of two gills. People blame...

Moore, Harker. A Mourning in Autumn.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... MOORE, HARKER. A Mourning in Autumn. Mysterious. Jul. 2004. c.325p. ISBN 0-89296-775-7. $25. M Taking charge of another serial murder investigation, NYPD's Lt. James Sakura (A Cruel Season for Dying) focuses on a perpetrator whose victims,...

Wishart, David. Parthian Shot: a Marcus Corvinus Roman Mystery.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... WISHART, DAVID. Parthian Shot: A Marcus Corvinus Roman Mystery. Hodder, dist. by Trafalgar Square. Jul. 2004. c.288p. ISBN 0-340-82736-X. $24.95. M Cheerfully and unapologetically over the top in his use of modern slang, British classics...

Cleverly, Barbara. The Damascened Blade.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... CLEVERLY, BARBARA. The Damascened Blade. Carroll & Graf. Aug. 2004. c.272p. ISBN 0-7867-1333-X. $25. M Still temporarily attached to the Indian police, Scotland Yard's Joe Sandilands (The Last Kashmiri Rose) finds himself in a British fort...

McIntosh, Pat. The Harper's Quine.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... MCINTOSH, PAT. The Harper's Quine. Carroll & Graf. Aug. 2004. c.304p. ISBN 0-7867-1349-6. $25. M In late 15th-century Glasgow, Gilbert Cunningham will succeed as a lawyer only if he's also a priest with a guaranteed livelihood. When he...

McEvoy, John. Blind Switch.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
July 1, 2004... MCEVOY, JOHN. Blind Switch. Poisoned Pen. Aug. 2004. c.278p. ISBN 1-59058-095-8. $24.95. M Fired From his corporate job, Jack Doyle agrees to help fix a horse race for $25,000. Then, supposed pals steal his payoff, he's reported to the...