The Troll With No Heart In His Body:
and Other Tales of Trolls, From Norway
By Lise Lunge-Larsen & Illustrated by Betsy Bowen
This collection of retold stories - some familiar, many new, told in a lively manner - are complemented with beautiful and striking woodcuts. This authentic collection will welcome a whole new audience of children and adults to the mesmerizing, strange world of trolls.
  "There are troll hags, troll daughters, and elderly, shrunken trolls. Old or young, they are quarrelsome, ugly, boastful, and love to trick princesses and children and little goats. To defeat them, children must rely on the strengths of their humanity - their persistance, kindness, pluck and willingness to heed good advice. A wonderful book to read outloud and a great gift for all ages.
  (Houghton Mifflin) $18.00 Hardcover

   Iron Lake's author, Krueger, is back with another "Cork" O'Connor mystery, set in the Quetico-Superior Wilderness. Somewhere in the heart of this unforgiving territory, a young woman named Shiloh - a country-western singer at the height of her fame - has disappeared.
   Her father arrives in Aurora, Minnesota, intent on hiring Cork O'Connor - former Aurora sheriff and an old family friend - to find his daughter. Reluctant at first, Cork finds himself forced into joining a search party comprised of Shiloh's father, an angry ex-convict, a pair of FBI agents, and a ten-year old boy. But they are not the only ones hunting Shiloh. Others are on her trail as well. Hired men: hired not just to find her... but to kill her. (Pocket Books) $23.00 hardcover