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NEVER LAUGH AS A HEARSE GOES BY
DUNCAN, ELIZABETH J.
The fifth in this enchanting Welsh series which has been likened to the work of Dorothy Cannell and M. C.
Beaton Spa owner and habitual amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan finds herself at a clerical conference at
Gladstones Library in North Wales. Also attending as a guest speaker is her boyfriend, DCI Gareth
Davies, there to give a talk on theft prevention. But behind the ornate red sandstone facade of this most
respectable of Victorian buildings, Penny encounters deception, marital and financial infidelity, a sham
marriage scam, blackmail for beginners, and someone bent on murder. When the bishops secretary dies
of a suspicious case of food poisoning, Davies leads the investigation. At Pennys suggestion, Florence
Semble, a friend from Pennys adopted hometown, is invited to the Library to decode the secretarys
shorthand notebook in the search for clues. As the conference continues, another body is found in the
beautiful library itself, and Penny must once again search for a killer. "Never Laugh As a Hearse Goes By"
is a fine entry in a series celebrated for its small town charm, Welsh flavor, and loveable characters.
MYSTERY 1ST PRINTING 15,000
MINOTAUR
304 PAGES
9781250008251 SERIES: PENNY BRANNIGAN
$28.99 HC
OCTOBER 2013
THE NEW BRICK READER
QUINN, TARA ET AL
Full of invigorating and challenging literary essays, interviews, memoirs, travelogues, belles lettres, and
unusual musings, The New Brick Reader is the perfect introduction for those new to Brick and an ideal
treasury for the magazine’s many fans. Founded in 1977, Brick features a great many of the world’s bestloved
writers, and has readers in every corner of the planet. Both up-to-date and deeply engaged with
what has come before, the magazine prizes the personal voice and celebrates opinion, passion,
revelation, and the occasional bad joke. This anthology, which collects some of the very best work to
appear in Brick over the last twenty years, is an essential collection of some of the finest writers at work
today.
FICTION - ANTHOLOGIES
HOUSE OF ANANSI
9781770894082
$24.95 TP Original
NOVEMBER 2013
352 PAGES
NEW BRIDGET JONES NOVEL
FIELDING, HELEN
Bridget Jones is back! Set in the present, the new novel will explore a different phase in Bridget's life with
an entirely new scenario. As Helen Fielding has said: "If people laugh as much reading it as I am while
writing it then we'll all be very happy."
FICTION
KNOPF CANADA
9780345807953
$30.00 HC
OCTOBER 2013
1ST PRINTING 40,000 IN CANADA
336 PAGES