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Who better to pick the best mystery books of the month than the people who run mystery bookstores?

Each month, the 35 quirky stores that make up IMBA submit their favorite recent reads to a rotating editor who then trims the list to five. Most are recent publications but sometimes something we missed the first time around sneaks in. Every selection is a gem that otherwise might have been lost among the more than 100 mysteries published each month.  

This month:

An almost reverent observance of the traditions of the classical English mysteries of the Golden Age;

a dark study of the tragic consequences that can flow from small moments;

A riveting tale of the search for a missing child;

A geologist investigates murder in the Chiricahua National Monument;

A much-admired storyteller turns from 12th century France to 19th century Portland, Oregon

Read all about 'em

Copies of IMBA's 2008 Catalogue, including Dilys nominees and Killer Book recommendations through 2007, plus a complete listing of IMBA members, will be available at all major mystery conventions this year, as well as at member stores.  Booksellers may order 100 copies for $20, including shipping.