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The winners of the 2010 Agatha Awards were recently announced at the Malice Domestic convention in Bethsda, MD. The awards honor the "traditional mystery" style.

Winner of BEST NOVEL: Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny

Winner of BEST FIRST NOVEL: The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames

Winner of the BEST NON-FICTION: Agatha Christie's Secret Notebooks by John Curran

Bestselling authors Robert B. Parker, James Patterson and Richard North Patterson have new books available.

Sixkill, by the late Robert B. Parker, is the last book in the Spencer series. On location in Boston, bad-boy actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of the rape and murder of a young woman. The Boston PD call on Spenser to investigate. Jumbo was his studio's biggest star, but he's become their biggest liability. In the course of the investigation, Spenser encounters Jumbo's bodyguard: a young Native American named Zebulon Sixkill. Sixkill acts tough, but Spenser sees something more in the young man. The two forge an unlikely alliance, with Spenser serving as mentor for Sixkill. As secrets about both Jumbo and the dead girl come to light, it's Spenser- with Sixkill at his side - who must put things right.

10th Anniversary, by James Patterson, is the 10th book in the Women's Murder Club series. Detective Lindsay Boxer's wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a badly injured teenage girl is left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her life. A woman has been accused of murdering her husband in front of her two young children. Yuki's career rests on a guilty verdict, so when Lindsay finds evidence that could save the defendant, she is forced to choose. Should she trust her best friend or follow her instinct?

In The Devil's Light, by Richard North Patterson, an AL Qeda operative named Amer Al Zaroor directs the theft of a nuclear weapon from the Pakistani military, and then transports it toward Israel. Deep inside Washington, Brooke Chandler, a CIA operative whose cover was blown by an incompetent colleague in Lebanon, thinks he knows how the bomb is being moved toward its target and how to find it. First he must overcome the skepticism of the CIA and the White House, and then he must find the bomb and disable it before it causes the Middle East to go up in flames.

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Barbara Taylor Bradford, the romance author, was born on May 10, 1933 in England and moved to the United States in 1963. Her books feature strong women who succeed against all odds.

She has written 27 bestsellers and is hard at work on her next book, entitled Letter From a Stranger. Over 82 million copies of Bradford's books have been sold and they have been translated into more than 40 languages. Ten of her novels have been adapted as TV miniseries.

To learn more about Barbara and her books, go to her website.

Check out one of Bradford's books at the West Hempstead Public Library and see why she's so famous!

Bestselling authors Dale Brown, Steve Berry and John Sandford have new books available.

In Time for Patriots, by Dale Brown, a SWAT team is ambushed and radioactive materials are stolen by a group called the Knights of the True Republic.
Lt. Gen. Patrick McLanahan and his son, Bradley, are members of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP), the U.S. Air Force auxiliary. They use their military skills in the sky and on the ground to hunt down violent terrorists. But how will Patrick respond when extremists launch a dirty bomb attack in Reno, spreading radiological fallout for miles? And when Bradley is caught in a deadly double-cross that jeopardizes the CAP, Patrick will have to fight to find out where his friends' loyalties lie.

The Jefferson Key, by Steve Berry, is the 7th book in the Cotton Malone series. Malone has been called on to defend his country's safety in many exotic locations around the world but never has the danger been so close to home. In this book, he must battle an extraordinary group of families whose unseen influence dates back to the pages of the U.S. Constitution and whose thirst for power is about to be satisfied by the craking of a code devised by Thomas Jefferson himself.

Buried Prey, by John Sandford, is the 21st book in the Lucas Davenport series. A house demolition provides an unpleasant surprise for Minneapolis - the bodies of two girls, wrapped in plastic. It looks like they've been there a long time. Lucas Davenport knows exactly how long. In 1985, when Davenport was a young cop, the girls' disappearance was a big deal. His bosses ultimately declared the case closed, but he never agreed with that. Now that he has a chance to investigate it all over again, one thing is becoming increasingly clear: It wasn't just the bodies that were buried. It was the truth.

You can reserve these or any other books by stopping by or calling the reference desk or by using your online library account.

Mystery writer Lawrence Block will appear at the Book Revue in Huntington on FRIDAY, May 20 at 7 p.m. to speak about and sign his new book A Drop of the Hard Stuff.

A Drop of the Hard Stuff is the 17th novel in the Matthew Scudder series. Scudder is finally on the straight and narrow when he runs into "High-Low" Jack Ellery, a childhood friend from the Bronx. In Scudder, Jack sees the moral man he might have become. In Jack, Scudder sees the hard-won sobriety he hopes to achieve. Then Ellery is shot down while attempting to atone for past sins and Scudder is drawn into a murder investigation that threatens to upset his path toward recovery - and get him killed in the process.

Block is a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America and has won multiple Edgar and Shamus awards. For more information, contact the Book Revue at 631-271-1442.

Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell was published on May 19, 1936 and is one of the most popular novels in American History. It is the romantic story about the Civil War from the point of view of the Confederacy. The main character, Scarlett O'Hara, is a southern belle who survives the war and establishes a successful business. The book takes place in northern Georgia and details the life and relationships of Scarlett.

Gone With the Wind was the recipient of the 1937 Pulitzer Prize and the movie received ten Academy Awards.

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New books by Steve Martini and Lisa See will be available on Tuesday, MAY 31.

Trader of Secrets, by Steve Martini, is the 12th book in the Paul Madriani series. Defense attorney Paul Madriani is involved in a case that involves an angry killer who will stop at nothing short of vengeance, and two missing NASA scientists who are holding secrets that a hostile government desperately wants to purchase. In addition, Madriani's daughter, Sarah, has evaded the man known as Liquida, who has stalked her all the way across the country. She is being kept under armed guard on a farm in Ohio but one morning, Sarah slips from her ring of protection. What she doesn't know is that her assailant is outside, waiting in the dark. Madriani, his companion Joselyn Cole, and his law partner, Harry Hinds, track Liquida, not knowing that their quest will carry them deep into the vortex of international terror.

Dreams of Joy, by Lisa See, continues the story of sisters Pearl and May from Shanghai Girls, and Pearl's strong-willed 19-year-old daughter, Joy. Joy runs away to Shanghai in early 1957 to find her birth father - the artist Z.G. Li, with whom both May and Pearl were once in love. Dazzled by him, and blinded by idealism, Joy throws herself into the New Society of Red China, heedless of the dangers in the communist regime. Terrified for Joy's safety, Pearl is determined to save her daughter. From the crowded cities to remote villages, Pearl confronts almost surmountable challenges as she follows Joy. Yet even as Joy's and Pearl's separate journeys converge, one of the most tragic episodes in China's history threatens their lives.

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