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March-2015-Thorndike Press Catalog

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Ordering and Product Information: Tel 1.800.223.1244 Ext 4 § Fax 1.800.558.4676 § E-mail orders: gale.printorders@cengage.com § Order online: thorndike.gale.com 21 MYSTERY WOULDN'T IT BE DEADLY An Eliza Doolittle & Henry Higgins Mystery D. E. Ireland "A madcap, intricate mystery combines with rich historical detail, a hilarious ending, and, most of all, the author's fine re-creation of the delightful cast from My Fair Lady. Broadway fans looking for something new will enjoy this treat." — Booklist After winning Professor Henry Higgins' bet that he could pass off a Cockney flower girl as a duchess at an Embassy Ball, Eliza Doolittle5 & becomes an assistant to his chief rival Emil Nepommuck. When Emil takes credit for transforming Eliza into a lady, an enraged Higgins submits proof to a London newspaper that Nepommuck is a fraud. Then Emil is found with a dagger in his back — making Henry Higgins Scotland Yard's prime suspect. 978-1-4104-7375-2 • $31.99 U.S. Historical Mystery • Releases 3/4/15 Available in Mystery 3, 5 & 6 RIDERS ON THE STORM A Sam McCain Mystery Ed Gorman "Gorman skillfully depicts Vietnam veterans' complex, often contradictory feelings toward the war. Classic noir." — Publishers Weekly With his military career ended in boot camp by an accidental shot to the head, Sam McCain returns to Black River Falls to work for the court of Judge Esme Ann Whitney. But two of Sam's oldest friends are caught up in battle. Veteran Steve Donovan brutally belittles and savagely beats his old friend, veteran Will Cullen, for joining an anti–Vietnam War group. When Cullen is found murdered, Steve is the obvious suspect. But Sam has serious doubts. 978-1-4104-7577-0 • $30.99 U.S. Mystery • Releases 3/4/15 Available in Mystery 5 & 6 MURDER AT THE BOOK GROUP Maggie King "This promising series debut — edgier and sexier than most cozies — should intrigue anyone who enjoys biblio crime." — Booklist Hazel Rose never dreamed that the mystery book group she and her friend Carlene started would stage a real murder. Nevertheless, one night an unusually angry and rattled Carlene dies after drinking cyanide-spiked tea. Despite a suicide note, Hazel is skeptical. She begins a search for the truth that produces no shortage of motives and unearths a past that Carlene took great pains to hide. And most of those motives belong to members of the book group. 978-1-4104-7439-1 • $30.99 U.S. Cozy Mystery • Releases 3/4/15 Available in Mystery 5 & 6 MURDER ON THE ÎLE SORDOU A Verlaque and Bonnet Provencal Mystery M. L. Longworth "[T]horoughly delightful . . . Longworth deftly handles what is in effect a locked-room mystery, but the book's real strength lies in the backstories she creates for each of the distinctive characters.." — starred, Publishers Weekly Judge Antoine Verlaque and his girlfriend, law professor Marine Bonnet, are hoping to enjoy a relaxing holiday at the Locanda Sordou, an opulent hotel on an archipelago off the coast of Marseille that is reopening after decades. But the murder of a guest casts a shadow over everyone's vacation, and Verlaque and Bonnet are called on to investigate. Things go from bad to worse when a violent storm cuts off communication with the mainland. 978-1-4104-7576-3 • $30.99 U.S. Mystery • Releases 3/4/15 Available in Mystery 6 PROMO TLPC0315 10% OFF LIST PRICE ON INDIVIDUAL TITLE ORDERS

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