Stalking Susan
Julie Kramer
Doubleday / Random House
$22.95 Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-385-52476-6
Fiction / Mystery & Suspense set in the Twin Cities
Inside the desperate world of TV ratings, an investigative reporter discovers that a serial killer is targeting women named Susan and killing one on the same day each year.
“Stalking Susan is a good read – it kept my interest! I enjoyed the look into the world of television news, and I liked the way the characters developed. I will recommend this book to our customers.”
- Sharon Jirasek, Books & More, Pequot Lakes, MN
Julie Kramer is a freelance television news producer for NBC’s Today show, Nightly News, and Dateline. Prior to that, she was a national award-winning investigative producer for WCCO-TV in Minneapolis. She lives in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, with her husband and sons.
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Red Sky in Morning
Patrick Culhane
William Morrow / HarperCollins
$24.95 Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-0-06-089255-5
Fiction / Mystery /World War II
Here’s a terrific World War II novel with a “Midwest Connection!”
Iowa native Ensign Peter Maxwell longs for action after two years of leading the Navy choir after being called up from the reserves following Pearl Harbor. He gets a new posting on the USS Liberty Hill, stationed at San Francisco’s Port Chicago, but his new captain has no respect for junior officers like Peter and even less for the African-Americans who make up his crew. There is an enemy within, and Maxwell will do everything to stop him, including putting himself on the front line of danger.
Patrick Culhane is the pseudonym of Max Allan Collins, the award-winning, bestselling author of three celebrated contemporary suspense series and four widely praised historical thrillers. He lives in Muscatine, Iowa. Red Sky in Morning is based in part on his own father’s WWII experiences.
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The Man in the Blizzard
Bart Schneider
Three Rivers Press / Random House
$14.95 Trade Paperback
ISBN-13: 978-0-307-23813-9
Literary Fiction
This hilariously tongue-in-cheek little crime novel takes place shortly before the Republican National Convention comes to St. Paul!
Bart Schneider is the author of the novels Blue Bossa, a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Secret Love, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. He was the founding editor of the Hungry Mind Review (later Ruminator Review) and now edits Speakeasy magazine.
