Publishers Weekly articles from July 2007

Publishers Weekly archives from July 2007

Harry's in a league of his own: records fall across the board.(Foreword)
July 30, 2007... The record-breaking sales of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows provided a much needed shot in the arm to bookstore sales, which were down 4.3% through May and had fallen every month this year. The trend will undoubtedly be broken in July....

AMS says B&T owes 6 mil.(Baker and Taylor)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... AMS has filed a motion asking the judge who's overseeing the company's bankruptcy to force Baker & Taylor to pay AMS $6.2 million that AMS alleges B&T wrongly withheld when it made its final payment to acquire the majority of the bankrupt...

Big gains for Amazon.(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Media segment sales in Amazon's North American operations jumped 26% in the second quarter, to $923 million, Revenue does net include sales from Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, which will be reflected in third-quarter results, although...

Faking it.(Foreword)(How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read)
July 30, 2007... It couldn't have come at a more opportune time. Here it is, mid-summer, and many of us are gearing down for a slow August, business-wise, which also translates as an opportunity to read all the books we meant to get through during the year....

Results up at MHE.(McGraw-Hill Education)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Second-quarter revenue at McGraw-Hill Education rose 5.8%, to $647.3 million, and operating income increased 18.7%, to $80.4 million. MHE's higher education, professional and international segment led the gain with a 10.3% sales increase, to...

First-half earnings up at reed.(Reed Elsevier)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Total revenue at Reed Elsevier was flat for the first six months of 2007, at 2.23 billion [pounds sterling] ($4.42 billion), while operating income was up 6%, to 412 [pounds sterling] ($816 million). Excluding currency fluctuations, revenue...

Maillet named Timber publisher.(Neal Maillet)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Neal Maillet has been named publisher of the Portland, Ore., Timber Press, which was acquired by Workman in 2006. Maillet, who was executive editor at the gardening publisher from 1993 to 2004, was most recently an acquisitions editor at John...

Clarification.(Correction notice)
July 30, 2007... In Sara Nelson's July 23 editorial, we incorrectly suggested that Dan Farley of Harcourt and Janet Silver of Houghton Mifflin held parallel jobs. Farley is in fact president and CEO of all of Harcourt trade. Silver is publisher of only...

It's 'The Secret' by a long shot.(Top Sellers)
July 30, 2007... The Secret easily outdistanced all competition The petition as the bestselling title in the first half of 2007, based on figures compiled by Nielsen BookScan. The hardcover edition of The Secret sold just short of 2.3 million through outlets...

Pericoli, Ryan to S&S.(Deals)(Matteo Pericoli and Joan Ryan sold pubishing rights to S and S Publishing Inc.)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Manhattan Unfurled and Manhattan Within author Matteo Pericoli has sold a new project, presently untitled, on New York window views, to Amanda Murray via Tracy Fisher at William Morris, who sold U.S. rights. The book will capture the city...

Two for HC.(Deals)(Javier Calvo's Mundo Maravilloso and Dayn Perry's biography of Reggie Jackson to be published by HarperCollins)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Rakesh Satyal at Harper has acquired world English rights to Javier Calvo's Mundo Maravilloso (Wonderful World) via Anna Stein at Irene Skolnick. Cairo's second novel, set in Barcelona's Gothic quarter, brings together several story lines,...

YA preempt.(Deals)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Michelle Frey at Knopf has preempted a debut novel by Christina Meldrum titled Madapple; Laura Rennert at Andrea Brown made the six-figure world rights deal. The book's plot alternates between the isolated existence of a 16-year-old girl in...

Crown debuts.(Deals)(Crown Publishers Inc. bought rights to Dr. Michelle Callahan's untitled guide and Elaine di Rollo's The Peach Grower's Almanac)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Heather Jackson at Crown has preempted a yet-to-be-titled guide by relationship expert Dr. Michelle Callahan from Endeavor's Rebecca Oliver, who sold world English rights. Callahan's first book will address the concerns of women who want and...

Paperback auctions.(Deals)(Ms. Cahill for Congress by Tierney Cahill and Linden Gross; The Genizah at the House of Shepher by Tamar Yellin)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Julia Cheiffetz at Ballantine Trade Paperbacks beat out three other publishers in a three-day auction for Ms, Cahill for Congress, by Reno, Nev., schoolteacher Tierney Cahill and Linden Gross. Agent Ted Weinstein made the world English deal....

Calendar: Aug. 5-11.(Foreword)(Calendar)
July 30, 2007... 8/5 Marilyn Monroe died on this date in 1965. Upcoming picture books include Marilyn Monroe: A Life in Pictures and Cindy De La Hoz's Marilyn Monroe: Platinum Fox. 8/6 Waking with Enemies (Dutton) is Eric Jerome Dickey's sequel...

History of walls.(Deals)(Border Walls: The Never-Ending Story of Physical Barriers and the Human Tide by Mark Ehrman to br published by Melville House)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Becky Kraemer at Melville House has acquired world rights to Berlin-based journalist Mark Ehrman's Border Walls: The Never-Ending Story of Physical Barriers and the Human Tide, via agent Paul Bresnick. To explain the contemporary obsession...

Keri Holmes, Kaleidoscope, Hampton, Iowa.(Galley Talk)(The End of the Alphabet)(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... CS Richardson's novel The End of the Alphabet (Doubleday, Aug. 7) is a stunning accomplishment. To say so much in so few words is breathtaking. Although it's a novel about a man who discovers he has less than a month to live, I'm buying...

Ross promises to revive Collins business.(Trumpeting Trump)(Steve Ross of HarperCollins)
July 30, 2007... Steve Ross hadn't been in his new office at HarperCollins for a week when he found himself plunking down a hefty sum for his first acquisition: the next book from flashy self-promoting entrepreneur Donald Trump. Ross, who recently took the...

Simkowitz, Donovan to Counterpoint.(People)(Sharon Donovan and Abbye Simkowitz to Counterpoint Publishing Inc.)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Sharon Donovan and Abbye Simkowitz have joined the staff of Counterpoint. Simkowitz was most recently a publicist at St. Martin's and is relocating from New York to work out of the company's Berkeley, Calif., office; she'll start as publicity...

Wharton to Harper.(People)(Campbell Wharton is HarperCollins' associate director of publicity)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Campbell Wharton has been named associate director of publicity at HarperCollins's Harper imprint. Wharton was most recently publicity manager at Crown Forum and has worked with authors Robert Novak and Max Brooks.

Coblentz, Nisbit join Abrams.(People)(Julia Coblentz and Justin Nisbit to Harry N. Abrams Inc.)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Julia Coblentz and Justin Nisbit have been hired at Harry N. Abrams. Coblentz, who arrives from Broadway Books, has been named director of marketing, while Nisbit, coming from Workman, has been brought on as director of digital initiatives.

University presses need to change to survive.(Pressed)(Ithaka)
July 30, 2007... A study released last Thursday evaluates the impact of the digital revolution on university presses and concludes that "the university-based publishing enterprise of the future must look very different from that of the past." The study,...

Yen Press debuts at Comic-con.(Foreword)(graphic novel at San Diego Comic Convention)(Brief article)(Photograph)
July 30, 2007... Yen Press, Hachette's new graphic novel imprint, sets up at its first San Diego Comic-con. Pictured are Yen Press publishing co-director Kurt Hassler alongside newly hired senior editor Ju-Youn Lee. The 38th Comic-con took place over the past...

Peede to NEA.(People)(Jon Peede at the National Endowment for the Arts)(Brief article)
July 30, 2007... Jon Peede has been named director of literature at the National Endowment for the Arts. Hewill manage applications, panels and grant awards for literature fellowships, as well as grant awards for literary presses, magazines and organizations.

AAP May sales report.(Foreword)
July 30, 2007... AAP May Sales Report % CHANGE % CHANGE CATEGORY MAY YTD Adult Hard (18) * 28.5% 21.2% Adult Paper (19) -1.8 -2.0 Mass Market (10) ...

Hardcover bestsellers/fiction.
July 30, 2007... Brad Thor was one Of two thriller writers (Brad Meltzer is the other) who participated in the Department of Homeland Security's Analytic Red Cell Unit, a group of writers, artists and people in the movie and TV industries who were asked to...

Hardcover bestsellers/nonfiction.
July 30, 2007... Jim Norton is, according to his Happy Endings publicity material, an established comedian, radio personality and self-proclaimed pervert. He is an official member of CBS and XM Satellite Radio's Opie & Anthony Show and has starred in his own...

Paperback bestsellers/mass market.
July 30, 2007... The bio on her Web site notes that Davidson started writing in 1963, encouraged by her high school English teacher at an Episcopal girls' school In Charlottesville, Va. She gave up writing to study political science at Wellesley, "where she...

Paperback bestsellers/trade.
July 30, 2007... Perhaps not in a Blink of an eye--it's been on PW's trade paper list for 16 weeks--but Gladwell's tome now has 525,000 copies in print after six trips to press. The author believes that "there can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in...

Children's series and tie-ins bestsellers.
July 30, 2007... The witching hour has come and gone. On July 21, the most eagerly awaited book in history was released, to record-smashing sales. Parties and celebrations were held in bookstores, libraries and entire towns across the country and around the...

Audio bestsellers/fiction.
July 30, 2007... According to Random House Audio, Deathly Hallows is the fastest-selling audio in history, with weekend (July 21-22) sales estimated at 225,000 copies. This is a 40% jump over the two-day start for Half-Blood Prince back in 2005. Happily, the...

Audio bestsellers/nonfiction.
July 30, 2007... Fans of The Secret can't be accused of keeping their enthusiasm quiet. Byrne's audiobook, which continues to spawn similar bestsellers (at least four on our list), has now surpassed 750,000 copies in print. Pretty impressive for an audio...

New Jersey.(United States of Bookselling)
July 30, 2007... The Garden State has both the highest median household income ($58,588) and the densest population (1,030 people per square mile, or 13 times the national average) of any state. The home of Tony Soprano (and the car theft and diner capital of...

After the deluge: exploding the myth of the global free market.(Author Profile)(Naomi Klein's The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism)(Brief biography)
July 30, 2007... Though Naomi Klein became well-known in Canada, the U.K. and Europe after her first book, No Logo (Picador, 2000), unmasked the global injustices hidden by glossy corporate marketing, she's not yet a mainstream name in the U.S. She has...

Awards are winning.(Get Out the Vote)(book publishing awards)
July 30, 2007... What's the diff? Recipients say getting a book prize makes all the diff. There is no shortage of book awards presented each year--the next in line are The Quills Awards (of which PW is a sponsoring partner). The Quill is different than...

Indie surprises for fall.(Independent Publishing)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... That the New York Times Book Review would devote the front cover of its June 24 issue to Per Petterson's Out Stealing Horses (Graywolf) was a clear validation of the importance of independent presses. Despite the dominance of a handful of...

In a darker mood: fall books reflect a pensive nation facing change.(Fall Religion Listings)(religious books)(Bibliography)
July 30, 2007... It says something about America today that some of the bestselling books on religion were written by atheists. After years of enormous sales for self-help religion tomes, the mood of the country has darkened, and with it the attitudes of many...

Annette Vallon: A Novel of the French Revolution.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Annette Vallon: A Novel of the French Revolution JAMES TIPTON. Harper, $24.95 (496p) ISBN 978-0-06-082221-7 Inspired by English poet William Wordsworth's continental romance on the eve of the French Revolution, Tipton's debut novel...

Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... * Why the Devil Chose New England for His Work JASON BROWN. Open City Books, $14 paper (284p) ISBN 978-1-890447-47-! An inchoate evil is hard at work in each of the 11 stunning, loosely linked stories from Brown (Driving the Heart and...

Redemption Falls.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Redemption Falls JOSEPH O'CONNOR. Free Press, $25 (464p) ISBN 978-1-4165-5316-8 Irish author O'Connor (Star of the Sea) delivers a highly stylized post-Civil War period pastiche centered on Redemption Falls, a tumultuous frontier town in...

Toehold.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Toehold STEPHEN H. FOREMAN. Simon & Schuster, $13 paper (272p) ISBN 978-14165-4331-2 The Alaskan wilderness provides a formidable backdrop for Foreman's detail-rich though meandering first novel. In Toehold, with a population of 200, an...

The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... The Melancholy Fate of Capt. Lewis MICHAEL PRITCHETT. Unbridled, $24.95 (416p) ISBN 978-1-932961-41-6 Pritchett (The Venus Tree) retells the saga of Meriwether Lewis (of Lewis and Clark fame) from the perspective of Bill Lewis, a...

If You Liked School, You'll Love Work.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... If You Liked School, You'll Love Work IRVINE WELSH. Norton, $14.95 paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-393-33077-9 The author of Trainspotting gives a master class in gallows humor in his first story collection since The Acid House (1995). Three of...

PW talks with Chelsea Cain: Northwest Noir.(Q&A)(Publishers Weekly)(Interview)
July 30, 2007... Chelsea Cain's Heartsick (Reviews, July 16), the first book in a new thriller series to feature Portland, Ore., police detective Archie Sheridan, introduces an unforgettable--and frighteningly plausible--serial killer, Gretchen Lowell. ...

The Shotgun Rule.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... * The Shotgun Rule CHARLIE HUSTON. Ballantine, $21.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-345-48135-1 One of the crime genre's rising stars, Huston (Six Bad Things) delivers a stunning, darkly comic coming-of-age novel, set in the summer of 1983 in an...

Death by Rodrigo.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Death by Rodrigo RON LIEBMAN. Simon & Schuster, $24 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4165-3527-0 Two resilient New Jersey lawyers find themselves way out of their league when one of their clients proves to be especially hazardous in this engaging first...

The Star Garden: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... The Star Garden: A Novel of Sarah Agnes Prine NANCY E. TURNER. St. Martin's/ Dunne, $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-31236316-1 Told in the form of a diary, Turner's third Sarah Agnes Prine novel is set in 1906 in the Arizona Territory, with...

You've Been Warned.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... You've Been Warned JAMES PATTERSON AND HOWARD ROUGHAN. Little, Brown, $27.99 (400p) ISBN 978-0-316-01450-2 The Patterson bestseller factory has turned out another high-drama thriller, this time in collaboration with Honeymoon coauthor...

Now and Forever.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... * Now and Forever RAY BRADBURY. Morrow, $24.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-113156-3 This slim volume eloquently displays two sides of the venerated Bradbury (The Martian Chronicles) with two highly contrasting tales of the fantastic. "Somewhere...

Grub.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Grub ELISE BLACKWELL. Toby, $24.95 (357p) ISBN 978-1-59264-199-4 Three no-longer-so-young "irony boys" and their put-upon wives and girlfriends write, drink, pace the streets of contemporary New York City and occasionally manage to...

Sweet Revenge.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... * Sweet Revenge DIANE MOTT DAVIDSON. Morrow, $25.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-06-052733-4 Bestseller Davidson is at the top of her form in her 14th culinary suspense novel to feature Colorado crime-solving caterer Goldy Schulz (after 2006's Dark...

We Go Liquid.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... We Go Liquid CHRISTIAN TEBORDO. Impetus (www. impetuspress.com), $15.95 paper (187p) ISBN 978-0-9776693-3-2 TeBordo offers a twisted take on adolescent suburban life at the end of the 20th century in his third novel (after The Conviction...

Cormac: The Tale of a Dog Gone Missing.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Cormac: The Tale of a Dog Gone Missing SONNY BREWER. MacAdam/Cage, $17 (230p) ISBN 978-1-59692-061-3 In this awkward but diverting tale, Brewer (The Poet of Tolstoy Park) recounts the story of the search for his beloved golden retriever,...

2012: The War for Souls.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... 2012: The War for Souls WHITLEY STRIEBER. Tor, $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7653-1896-1 Strieber's epic sequel to 2006's The Grays blends equal parts science fiction thriller, supernatural horror and provocative spiritual speculation. As...

The Art Thief.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... The Art Thief NOAH CHARNEY. Atria, $25 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4165-5030-3 With its flat characters, overly technical exposition and a plot implausible even in the wake of The Da Vinci Code, art historian Charney's debut disappoints. When a...

The Night Climbers.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... The Night Climbers Ivo STOURTON. Simon Spotlight, $24 (336p) ISSN 978-1-4169-4869-8 British author Stourton's ambitious debut paints a complex, if often predictable, portrait of collegiate hedonism and friends bound by a terrible secret....

Changing Tides.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Changing Tides MICHAEL THOMAS FORD. Kensington, $24 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1059-3 Ford (Full Circle; Last Summer) bridges the gap between gay romance and mainstream fiction in his latest. Ben Ransome, a 40-something marine biologist...

Stolen in the Night.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Stolen in the Night PATRICIA MACDONALD. Atria, $24.95 (320p) ISBN 978-0-7432-6956-8 A child abduction with elements of the Elizabeth Smart case triggers this pallid romantic suspense novel from Edgar-finalist MacDonald (The Unforgiven)....

The Reluctant Journey of David Connors.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... The Reluctant Journey of David Connors DON LOCKE. NavPress, $12.99 paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-60006-152-3 In this unusual novel, Locke, a writer for NBC's Tonight Show, takes readers on a surreal journey involving a magic carpetbag, with...

The Tragic Flaw.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... The Tragic Flaw CHE PARKER. Atria/Strebor, $15 paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-59309-126-2 After a lyrical opening that promises a profound and insightful look at life on the mean streets of Kansas City, Mo., Parker's debut loses its way. Cicero...

God of Luck.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... God of Luck RUTHANNE LUM McCUNN. Soho, $23 (256p) ISBN 978-1-56947-466-2 Ah Lung, the youngest son in a family of silk producers, is kidnapped and forced into slavery in McCunn's underpowered latest. Though Ah Lung signs a labor contract...

Every Past Thing.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Every Past Thing PAMELA THOMPSON. Unbridled, $24.95 (336p) ISBN 978-1-932961-39-3 A woman solicits a reunion with her former lover at the end of the 19th century in Thompson's debut novel, embarking on an overwrought reappraisal of her...

When She Was Bad.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... When She Was Bad JONATHAN NASAW. Atria, $25 (304p) ISBN 978-1-4165-3416-7 While novels featuring a love affair between the multiple personalities of two psychopathic serial killers are certainly rare, any points Nasaw might have earned...

One for Sorrow.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... One for Sorrow CHRISTOPHER BARZAK. Bantam, $12 paper (320p) ISBN 978-0-553-38436-9 Death forges a supernatural bond between two lonely teenage boys in Barzak's well-intentioned and morbid first novel. Fifteen-year-old Adam McCormick is...

The Maidenstone Lighthouse.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... The Maidenstone Lighthouse SALLY SMITH O'ROURKE. Kensington, $14 paper (304p) ISBN 978-0-75822064-6 A lovely ghost helps a grieving young widow expose some shocking truths in O'Rourke's (The Man Who Loved Jane Austen) quaint romantic...

Just Jane: A Novel of Jane Austen's Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Just Jane: A Novel of Jane Austen's Life NANCY MOSER. Bethany House, $13.99 paper (352p) ISBN 978-0-76420356-5 Moser (Mozart's Sister) frames this novel as a journal written by Jane Austen, following her life from when she falls in love...

Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... * Time and Materials: Poems 1997-2005 ROBERT HASS. Ecco, $22.95 (96p) ISBN 978-0-06-134960-7 The first book in 10 years from former U.S. poet laureate Hass may be his best in 30: these new poems show a rare internal variety, even as they...

I Explain a Few Things: Selected Poems.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... I Explain a Few Things: Selected Poems PABLO NERUDA, EDITED BY ILAN STAVANS,. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, $16 (288p) ISBN 978-0-374-26079-8 Perhaps the most popular modern poet in the world, the Chilean-born Neruda (1904-1973) won the Nobel...

The Best American Poetry 2007.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... * The Best American Poetry 2007 EDITED BY HEATHER McHUGH AND DAVID LEHMAN. Scribner, $30 cloth (224p) ISBN 978-0-7432-9972-5; $16 paper ISBN 978-0-7432-9973-2 The 20th volume in America's most popular annual poetry anthology series is...

Tendril.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... * Tendril BIN RAMKE. Omnidawn (IPG, dist.), $14.95 (120p) ISBN 978-1-890650-26-1 In his ninth collection of poems, Ramke--a Yale Younger Poetry Prize winner, Denver Quarterly editor and questing poetic experimenter--engages with...

Disclamor.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Disclamor G.C. WALDREP. BOA (Consortium, dist.), $16 paper (104p) ISBN 978-1929918-97-3 The intelligent, quotable sophomore effort from Waldrep (Goldbeater's Skin) finds a neat balance between clear declarations and head-spinning...

Sister.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Sister NICKOLE BROWN. Red Hen (SPD, dist.), $18.95 (112p)ISBN 978-1-59709089-6 Brown's forthright debut opens with an intimate address to a sister: "I tell you this story because it is/ the story we need/ to believe our offal is divine."...

The Late Show.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... The Late Show DAVID TRINIDAD. Turtle Point (Consortium, dist.), $16.95 (128p) ISBN 978-1-933527-09-3 Trinidad's 13th collection is a cinematic recuperation of the more and less significant people, places, encounters and objects that...

Bad Bad.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Bad Bad CHELSEY MINNIS. Fence (SPD, dist.), $15 (136p) ISBN 978-0-9771064-9-3 Juvenile mockery of poetry and the American poetry establishment, as well as excited reverence for both, are the themes of Minnis's second collection....

Souvenir de Constantinople.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Souvenir de Constantinople DONNA STONECIPHER. Instance (SPD, dist.), $14 (96p) ISBN 978-0-96798545-9 Part travelogue, part exploration of desire, this book-length poem, Stonecipher's sophomore effort, revolves around an intimate address...

Music's Mask and Measure.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... * Music's Mask and Measure JAY WRIGHT. Flood Editions (SPD, dist), $12.95 paper (58p) ISBN 978-09787467-3-5 Praised to the skies by Harold Bloom and given a MacArthur "genius" award and a Bollingen Prize, Wright has never been easy to...

In the Shadow of the Glacier.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... In the Shadow of the Glacier VICKI DELANY. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (312p) ISBN 978-1-59058-448-4 Delany's intriguing series opener introduces young constable Molly Smith, who almost literally stumbles across a rare murder victim in peaceful...

Island of Exiles.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... * Island of Exiles I.J. PARKER. Penguin, $14 paper (416p) ISBN 978-0-14-311259-4 Parker's fourth Sugawara Akitada mystery (after 2006's Black Arrow), set in 11th-century Japan, manages to outplot its superb predecessors. When exiled and...

Cold Moon Home.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Cold Moon Home JULIA POMEROY. Carroll & Graf, $26.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-78671-981-5 No good deeds go unpunished in Pomeroy's high-energy second Abby Silvernale whodunit (after 2006's The Dark End of Town). Abby, a young widow who waits...

Irish Alibi.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Irish Alibi RALPH MCINERNY. St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-31236457-1 Notre Dame faces its football rival Georgia Tech, and the campus is packed, but there's plenty of action off the field in McInerny's rollicking 11th...

Raisins and Almonds: A Phryne Fisher Mystery.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Raisins and Almonds: A Phryne Fisher Mystery KERRY GREENWOOD. Poisoned Pen, $24.95 (202p) ISBN 978-1-59058-168-1 The mysterious strychnine poisoning of scholarly Jewish immigrant Simon Michaels leads to one of the more complex and somber...

Antiques Maul: A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Antiques Maul: A Trash 'n' Treasures Mystery BARBARA ALLAN. Kensington, $22 (240p) ISBN 978-0-7582-1193-4 In this jumbled sequel to Antiques Roadkill (2006), Allan (the pseudonymous husband-and-wife writing team of Max Allan and Barbara...

Mai Tai to Murder: A Darcy Cavanaugh Mystery.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... Mat Tat to Murder: A Darcy Cavanaugh Mystery CANDY CALVERT. Midnight Ink (midnightinkbooks.com), $12.95 paper (312p) ISBN 978-0-7387-1074-7 Darcy Cavanaugh, R.N., takes a working vacation on a Caribbean cruise ship in Calvert's fluffy...

The Malice of Unnatural Death.(Brief article)(Book review)
July 30, 2007... The Malice of Unnatural Death MICHAEL JECKS. Headline (Trafalgar Sq., dist.), $24.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0755-33276-2 Without the character list, glossary, maps and author's note, a reader could get lost in Jecks's 23rd Knights Templar...