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If you're traveling, a hard-boiled soft-cover can be just the ticket. If you're not traveling, you'll want novels that can transport you. Here are some recent paperback mysteries from far and near that are worth investigating THE TERRA-COTTA DOG
Andrea Camilleri
(Penguin)
Sicilian inspector Salvo Montalbano follows the trail of a supermarket heist to a cave where two young bodies lay, dead since World War II

STONE KISS
Faye Kellerman
(Warner)
Peter Decker, L.A. homicide detective and Orthodox Jew, flies to New York City to find the killer of Ephraim Lieber and Lieber's missing niece

OPEN AND SHUT
David Rosenfelt
(Warner)
New Jersey-based defense attorney Andy Carpenter finds odd links between a client on death row and his own deceased D.A. father

THE NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY
Alexander McCall Smith
(Anchor)
Precious Ramotswe runs a female detective agency in Botswana with cunning, charm and a how-to manual

SIDETRACKED
Henning Mankell
(Vintage)
Veteran Swedish inspector Kurt Wallander seeks a serial killer who scalps his victims