BOBBY'S FAVORITE
St. Martin's Minotaur, $23.95 (unsigned first edition)
This terrific debut novel introduces Garda Inspector Benedict Devlin, who investigates the murder of a teenaged girl found on the border between the North and South of Ireland. The only clues are a ring on her finger and an old photograph at the death site. The girl's father thinks he knows who's responsible, but when another teenager is killed, Devlin discovers a connection between those deaths and the disappearance of a prostitute 25 years earlier.
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BOBBY'S OTHER FAVORITE
Declan Burke, THE BIG O
Harcourt, $24.00 (unsigned first edition)
Another Irish writer new to American readers, Declan Burke is drawing comparisons to Elmore Leonard and Carl Hiaasen. Karen King, armed robber and receptionist, is worried about the imminent release of her ex-husband, Rossi Callaghan, from prison. Professional kidnapper Ray Brogan is the answer to her prayers, except that he's already taken an assignment to kidnap a plastic surgeon's ex-wife – and that ex-wife happens to be Karen's best friend.
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