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SUMMER 2007 NEWSLETTER
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New
from the Northwest
Diane
Abu-Jaber, Origin
(June, Norton
hc, 24.95). A fingerprint expert in Syracuse, NY, begins to see patterns in a
number of crib deaths. What has been assumed to be SIDS may be something more
sinister. A thriller by an award-winning Portland, OR, writer. Signed Copies Available.
Cherry
Adair, White Heat (July, Ballantine hc, 21.95). The father
of a private anti-terrorist agent supposedly committed suicide. The son
believes his father, an expert on Renaissance art restoration, was involved in
international intrigue and was murdered. Signing.
In paper, Hot Ice (July, Ballantine, 6.99).
Mary
Daheim, Scots
on the Rocks (Aug.,
Morrow hc, 23.95). Heading to Scotland for some R & R from their B & B,
the cousins are caught up in the murder of a man no one really like much. Signing. In paper, Saks and Violins (Aug., Avon, 6.99).
Chari
Davenport, The
Birthday Party: Family Reunions Can Be Murder! (Mar., PublishAmerica tpo, 19.95). Third in her deadly party series:
an 80th birthday party involves the party in a treasure hunt at a
mysterious old mill. Signing.
Mike
Doogan, Capitol
Offense (Aug., Putnam hc,
25.95). Nik Kane investigates when a woman is murdered in the office of a state
senator. A young native politician is accused of the crime, potentially ending
the career of a popular Alaskan. Kane encounters a political system corrupted
by big oil, big money and big power. In paper, his debut, Lost Angel (Aug.,
Berkley, 7.99).
Aaron
Elkins, Little
Tiny Teeth (June, Berkley hc,
23.95). Gideon Oliver is expecting a nice vacation when he joins a botanical
expedition up the Amazon. On the way upriver, one of the scientists is murdered
by an unhinged passenger who jumps ship and vanishes into the jungle. Later, a
piranha-stripped skeleton is found along the river and it is clear that violent
and murderous beasts are on the loose. Signing.
In paper, Unnatural Selection (July, Berkley, 7.99).
Yasmine
Galenorn, Changling
(June, Berkley pbo, 6.99). Book two
of the Sisters of the Moon series is told from the point of view of Delilah as
the sisters are called on to find out who’s killing off were-pumas, only to
find their old nemesis is back. Signing. Fran recommends this author.
Lisa
Jackson, Almost
Dead (Aug., Kensington pbo,
7.99). A continuation of the Cahill family story, from If She Only Knew (Zebra, 6.50).
J.A.
Jance, Justice
Denied (Aug., Morrow hc, 25.95).
J.P. Beaumont is handed an investigation that seems straightforward – an ex-con
was gunned down in what seemed to have been a drug deal gone bad. But the more
he digs, the less sense it makes. Beau’s girlfriend, Mel, is meanwhile working
on some cold cases. Without warning, their cases intertwine. Signing. In paper, Dead Wrong (July, Avon,
9.99), Sheriff Brady.
Daniel
Kalla, Blood
Lies (June, Forge hc, 24.95). A
young Seattle emergency room doctor has lost two people close to him to
addiction. His twin brother died from a heroin overdose two years before and
now his ex-fiancé, who became an addict, is a murder victim. The young
physician becomes the prime suspect when his blood is found at the scene. Could
it be that his identical twin isn’t dead after all? Signing.
Elizabeth
Lowell, Innocent
as Sin (June,
Morrow hc, 24.95). A painter’s twin brother was killed by a shadowy
organization. A banker has become snared in a scam of money laundering. Their
problems come from the same source. Signing.
Michael
Marshall, The
Intruders (Aug., Morrow hc,
24.95). Ex-cop Jack Whalen’s wife disappears after leaving for a business trip
to Seattle. When he arrives to find her, he discovers she never arrived. Other
odd things begin to happen and it somehow ties back to Jack.
Ridley
Pearson, Killer
Weekend (July, Putnam hc,
24.95). Eight years ago, a local patrolman saved a federal lawyer from an
attack. The patrolman is now the County Sheriff of Sun Valley, ID, and that
same US Attorney is back in town for a special weekend and is expected to
announce her bid for the presidency. While multiple agencies are jockeying for
protective position, the Sheriff is distracted by a murder, the arrest of a
nephew and revelations of family secrets. It really is stacking up to be a
killer weekend. Signing.
Kat
Richardson, Poltergeist
(Aug., Roc tpo,
14.00). P.I. Harper Blaine is asked by a University team for help. They’re
trying to create an artificial poltergeist and don’t think it’s working. It is.
Kat’s debut (Greywalker, Roc, 14.00)
was one of our 2006 bestselling paperbacks. Signing. Fran recommends.
Greg
Rucka, Patriot
Acts (Aug., Bantam hc, 25.00).
Atticus Kodiak returns and faces a betrayal, an ambush and the death of someone
close, as well as the dawning understanding that the world views him as one of
The Ten, the planet’s elite assassins. Worse still, to get himself out of this
jam, he’s going to have to become what he abhors – a ruthless killer. Signing. Favorite series of Tammy’s and
JB’s.
Matt
Ruff, Bad
Monkeys (Aug., Harper hc,
23.95). Jane Charlotte, arrested for murder, tells a strange tale, claiming to
be a member of a secret society that aims to rid the world of “irredeemable
persons” – bad monkeys. Sent to the psych ward, her story gets stranger –
messages in crosswords, paper money that sees and scary clowns. Is there any
way she’s NOT crazy? Signing with this
Portland writer.
Now
in Paperback
G.M.
Ford, Blown Away (July, Harper, 7.99). Corso. Dynamite!
Mike
Lawson, The
Second Perimeter (July,
Vintage, 7.99). All staff recommendation!
Phillip
Margolin, Proof
Positive (Aug.,
Harper, 9.99). Amanda Jaffe.
Thomas
Mullin, The
Last Town on Earth (July, Random
House, 13.95).
Jess
Walter, The
Zero (Aug., Harper, 14.95). Tammy
recommends.
Kate
Wilhelm, Sleight
of Hand (Aug., Mira, 6.99).
Holloway. Fran recommends.
Mysterious
Youth
Ridley
Pearson & Dave Barry, Cave
of the Dark Wind (Aug., Disney
hc, 9.99). Book 2 in the Never Land series. James and the other Lost Boys
discover a cave on the island while Peter is away. Those boys…
Special
Interest
Sharan
Newman, The
Real History Behind the Templars (July, Berkley tpo, 15.00). The title
says it all.
Coming This Summer
Jayne
Castle, Silver
Master, Sept.
Michael
Dibdin & the last Aurelio Zen, Nov.
Carola
Dunn, & Daisey Dalrymple, Sept.
Jessica
Fletcher, Panning
for Murder, Oct.
– Signing!
John
MacLachlan Gray, Not
Quite Dead, Nov.
Sharon
Rowse, The Silk Train
Murder: A Mystery of the Klondike, Nov.
Kate
Wilhelm & Barbara Holloway, Sept.
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New from the Rest
Megan
Abbott, Queenpin
(June, Simon
& Schuster tpo, 13.00). A feminine twist of underworld seduction: a young
woman is hired to do bookkeeping at a run-down nightspot. The owner is from the
era of Siegel and Luciano and she has great stories to tell.
Donna
Andrews, The
Penguin Who Knew Too Much (Aug.,
St. Martin’s hc, 23.95). Meg Langslow’s father comes upstairs to tell here that
he is not sure which is stranger: the dead body down there or the flock of
Antarctic penguins. 8th in this award winning comic series. In
paper, No Nest for the Wicket (July, St. Martin’s, 6.99).
Sarah
Andrews, In
Cold Pursuit (Aug., St. Martin’s
hc, 24.95). A geology masters student travels to Antarctic to study glaciology.
When she arrives, she discovers the professor with whom she was to study has
been arrested for the murder of a journalist and is about to be shipped out.
Lori
Avocato, Dead
on Arrival (July, Avon pbo,
6.99). 4th medical cozy with Pauline Sokol.
Marion
Babson, Only
the Cat Knows (June, St.
Martin’s hc, 22.95). A brother masquerades as his dead twin sister to find out
who pushed her down the stairs. His disguise is perfect – except for her cat,
which alone sees through his acting.
Donna
Ball, Gun
Shy (Aug., Signet pbo, 6.99). 3rd
with search and rescue team Raine Stockton and golden retriever Cisco.
Brett
Battles, The
Cleaner (June, Delacorte hc,
22.00). Freelance op Jonathan Quinn is a ‘cleaner’ – he tidies up after various
agencies: ties up loose ends, disposes of bodies, that kind of stuff. His latest
case, involving arson in Colorado, is not going well and he’s forced to ask for
help from someone who won’t want to give it – a woman from his past. Debut
thriller.
William
Bernhardt, Strip
Search (Aug., Ballantine hc,
25.95). In this sequel to Dark Eye
(Ballantine, 7.50), a Las Vegas killer is using a strange numerology system to
pick targets. Det. Susan Pulaski once again seeks the help of autistic savant
Darcy O’Bannon.
Claudia
Bishop, The
Case of the Tough-Talking Turkey (Aug.,
Berkley pbo, 6.99). 2nd in the McKenzie Farm series with
veterinarian Austin McKenzie. Turkey farmer Lewis O’Leary is a mean ‘ol cuss –
guess we should say ‘was’…
Miranda
Bliss, Murder
on the Menu (June, Berkley pbo,
6.99). 2nd cooking class mystery.
Rhys
Bowen, Yer Royal Spyness
(July, Berkley hc, 23.95). Lady
Victoria Gerogiana Charlotte Eugenie has a ridiculously long name, is 34th
in line of succession, and has been taught little of use in her young life but
how to curtsey. When her brother cuts off her funds, she heads to London to be
on her own – as if she knows how to do that. Luckily, the Queen needs her help,
and this young flapper-wannabe is game for the game.
Edna
Buchanan, Love
Kills (June, Simon &
Schuster hc, 25.00). Reporter Britt Moreno returns for an 8th novel and
joins forces with the Cold Case Squad.
Alafair
Burke, Dead
Connection (July, Holt hc,
19.95). A new character and setting: a rookie detective, Ellie Hatcher, is
given the job of going undercover to stop a string of killings tied to
Manhattan’s internet dating scene. Signing.
James Lee Burke, The Tin Roof Blowdown (July, Simon & Schuster hc, 26.00).
In the aftermath of Katrina, Dave Robicheaux is up to his ears in floodwater
and crime. Signed Copies Available.
In paperback, Pegasus Descending (Aug., Pocket, 7.99). Favorite
writer of JB’s. Also
available, Jesus Out to Sea (July, Simon & Schuster tpo, 14.00),
a collection of 10 short stories concerning the Katrina disaster and set along
the Gulf coast.
Ellen
Byerrum, Grave
Apparel (July,
Signet pbo, 6.99). 5th in the Crimes
of Fashion series.
JoAnna
Carl, The
Chocolate Jewel Case (Aug.,
Signet pbo, 6.99). 7th in this confectionary series.
Stephen
L. Carter, New
England White (July,
Knopf hc, 26.95). A second big (in scope and at 560 pages!) mystery by the
author of The Emperor of Ocean Park (June, Vintage, 6.99 - 800 pages!): A
murder in the small college town of Elm Harbor damages the façade of
African-American power that lies quietly within ‘the heart of whiteness’. The
dead man was the former lover of Julia Carlyle, a dean and wife of Lemaster
Carlyle, the university president – a close friend of the US President. The
case begins to take on political tones, and the hushed colors of social
politics as well.
Nora
Charles, Death
Ride the Surf (June, Berkley
pbo, 6.99). 5th with ‘the sleuth of a certain age’ Kate Kennedy.
Cleo
Coyle, Decaffeinated
Corpse (July, Berkley pbo,
6.99). 5th in the Coffeehouse Mystery series.
Philip
R. Craig, Vineyard
Stalker (June, Scribner hc,
24.00). Hard to believe that Martha’s Vineyard has an Underground, but that’s where JW Jackson is headed in this
18th installment. We’re sorry to report that Mr. Craig died on May 8th
of this year.
Jennifer
Crusie and Bob
Mayer, Agnes and the Hitman (Aug., St. Martin’s hc, 24.95). Comic thriller
that involves a Southern mob wedding, a hit man who has a contract out on him,
a dognapper, $5 million misplaced, and a food critic named Cranky Agnes.
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Jill
Culinar, Slanderous
Tongues (April, Sumach Press
tpo, 15.95). An amateur Canadian ethnologist settles in a small, French town
for the Summer. Soon, the town is awash with gossip about a missing handyman
and the revelations of his romantic conquests. The ethnologist is drawn into
the search for his whereabouts. “A quirky, quick-witted” cozy. Signing.
Clive
Cussler & Paul Kemprecos, The Navigator (June, Putnam hc, 26.95). 7th book in NUMA files of Kurt
Austin. In paper, Polar Shift (June, Berkley, 9.99). Kurt Austin.
Shirley
Damsgaard, Witch
Hunt (June, Avon pbo, 6.99). 4th
with the reluctant psychic and her witch of a grandmother.
Jeffery
Deaver, The
Sleeping Doll (June,
Simon & Schuster hc, 26.95). California Bureau of Investigations’ Kathryn
Dance (The Cold Moon, now in paper,
Pocket, 9.99) tracks a Manson-like maniac who has escaped from prison. She
seeks answers from three women who were part of his ‘family’ as well as the
young girl who was the only survivor of the man’s worst crime.
Barry
Eisler, Requiem
for an Assassin (June, Putnam
hc, 24.95). Rain is blackmailed into one last job: perform three hits or his
partner and friend Dox will be killed. While wanting to save his friend, he
trusts nothing about the deal. Signed
Copies Available. In paper, The Last
Assassin (June, Signet, 7.99). Janine
recommends them.
David
Ellis, Eye of
the Beholder (July, Putnam hc,
24.95). A defense attorney rode a grisly case to fame 15 years ago. Now, a new
string of murders must certainly be connected to the earlier ones.
Janet
Evanovich, Lean
Mean Thirteen (June, St.
Martin’s hc, 26.95). Signed Copies
Available. In paper, Twelve Sharp
(June, St. Martin’s, 7.99) and Motor Mouth (Aug., Harper, 7.99).
Jasper
Fforde, Thursday
Next: First Among Sequels (Aug.,
Viking hc, 24.95). Thursday’s return is just in time: Holmes has been killed at
the Rheinback Falls and Miss Marple is killed in a car accident and the cases
read as if someone is killing the great sleuths of literature. In paper, The Fourth Bear (Aug., Penguin, 14.00), his 2nd Jack Spratt/Nursery
Crimes mystery.
Charles
Finch, A
Beautiful Blue Death (July, St.
Martin’s hc, 24.95). Billed as equal parts Sherlock Holmes, Gosford Park and PG
Wodehouse, this debut gives us Charles Lennox, a Victorian gentleman content to
stay in his study, with a fire, a cup of tea and a book. When his next-door
neighbor, Lady Jane, asks for help, a gentleman must do what he can.
Joseph
Finder, Power
Play (Aug., St. Martin’s hc,
24.95). A young, junior exec unwillingly fills in for his boss at the corporate
retreat for a troubled aerospace company. He’s out of his element with the
higher management – until the remote lodge is overtaken by men with guns who
are intent on taking over the company as well. Immediately, the younger man is
shown to be the one with the power in this new environment. In paper, Killer Instinct
(June, St. Martin’s, 7.99).
Anthony
Gagliano, Straits
of Fortune (June, Morrow hc,
23.95). Debut crime novel. A NYC cop trades the crime and dirt to be a trainer
in Miami. His instincts are kicked up when the father of a former lover asks
him to do a job: sink a yacht for $100,000. Once on the boat, he finds bodies,
a sex tape and deadly trouble.
Brent
Ghelfi, Volk’s
Game (June, Holt hc, 19.95).
Debut thriller set in Russia. Volkovoy is a man who serves two masters in the
black world of Moscow’s corruption. He’s given the task of stealing a long-lost
da Vinci painting and he’ll have to cross one of his benefactors to pull it
off. Signing. Janine highly recommends.
Lee
Goldberg, Mr.
Monk and the Two Assistants (July,
NAL hc, 19.95). Moving up in the world, Monk makes the jump to hardcover in his
third novel.
Carol
Goodman, The
Sonnet Lover (June, Ballantine
hc, 24.95). A literary thriller of letters and love as a folio of pages
disappears in Italy. Some believe the poems are the work of Shakespeare and
others believe they are the work of his mysterious “Dark Lady”. Are they
contemporary forgeries, do they date from the playwright’s time, do they fill
in long-standing questions or is it fraud? In paper, The Ghost Orchid (May, Ballantine, 13.95).
Linda
Greenlaw, Slipknot
(June, Hyperion hc, 24.95). Debut
mystery by the bestselling author of books about the sea: Returning to her
Maine hometown after tiring of Miami, marine investigator Jane Bunker finds
she’s mistaken about how quiet and sleepy her small town is and crime there
just looks different from what she saw in Florida.
James
Grippando, Lying
with Strangers (June, Harper hc,
24.95). Dr. Peyton Shields has the life she always dreamed of, but a
near-accident on a snowy road demolishes her dreams. She believes she was
driven off that road but no one, not even her once loving husband, backs her. Signed Copies Available.
Austin
Grossman, Soon I
Will Be Invincible (June,
Pantheon hc, 22.95). According to the narrator, there are 1,686 beings on Earth
with super-powers. Some know it, some don’t. Some are human, some aren’t. Some
use it for good, and some – like the narrator – don’t. Dr. Impossible breaks
out of prison and the nature of power, as well as good and evil, are up from
grabs in this funny debut.
Caroline
Haines, Ham
Bones (July, Kensington hc,
22.00). 2nd with Southern sleuth Sarah Booth Delaney. In paper, Bones
to Pick (June, Kensington,
6.99).
Timothy Hallinan, A Nail Through the Heart (July, Morrow hc, 24.95). The return of
one of Tammy & JB’s favorite authors, missing for far too long; his last
novel, his 6th with PI Simeon Grist was in 1995! Poke Rafferty
writes travel guides in his adopted Bangkok. A variety of events turn ominous
and begin to converge and prove to him that he doesn’t know the Thai culture as
well as he’d thought. Gretchen recommends. Signed Copies
Available?
Laurell
K. Hamilton, The
Harlequin (June, Berkley hc,
25.95). Anita Blake must deal with creatures so dangerous that to be contacted
by them is a sentence of death. In paper, Strange
Candy (June, Berkley, 14.00),
short stories.
Michael
Harvey, The
Chicago Way (Aug., Knopf hc,
23.95). Debut. A retired Chicago cop is asked by his former partner to take on
a cold case from their days in uniform. Before he can get started, his old
partner is found murdered on Navy Pier. Michael Kelly has become a private eye
and he calls on a group of colleagues from the law enforcement world to find
his partner’s killer.
Steven
F. Havill, Final
Payment (June, St. Martin’s hc, 23.95).
5th with Posadas County Undersheriff Estelle Reyes-Guzman.
Humphrey
Hawksley, The
History Book (Aug., Warner hc,
24.99). British undercover agent Kat Polinski is a woman of many talents and
she’ll need them. She returns home to find an odd message from her sister and
then is notified that her sister has been killed in a remote area by a
high-powered rifle shot. The key seems to be something called Project Peace, a
mis-named effort to secure peace at the price of freedoms.
David
Hewson, The
Seventh Sacrament (July,
Delacorte hc, 22.00). Rome’s Det. Nic Costa re-opens a neglected cold case. The
son of an archeological expert vanished years before and the boy’s shirt has
been displayed in a dusty, underground shrine. The case gains heat due to fresh
bloodstains on the fabric. Are they related to the boy or to some new horror?
In paper, The Lizard’s Bite (June, Dell, 6.99).
Kay
Hooper, Blood
Dreams (July, Bantam hc, 25.00).
The FBI is dragged into the case of a Boston serial killer. Once in, its
leader, Noah Bishop, must contend with a private special crimes unit, a group
he helped to form. In paper, Sleeping
with Fear (June, Bantam, 7.50).
David
Hosp, Innocence
(July, Warner hc, 24.99). Boston
lawyer Scott Finn and cop Tom Kozlowsi return (Dark Harbor, Warner, 6.99) to defend a Salvadoran immigrant accused
of attacking a cop and nearly killing her. She fingers the guy but Finn thinks
the evidence points elsewhere and he better be right because his client has
ties to some dangerous guys. Signed
Copies Available. In paper, The
Betrayer (June, Warner, 7.50), a
stand-alone novel. Fran recommends this author.
Gregg
Hurwitz, The
Crime Writer (July,
Viking hc, 24.95). An LA crime novelist awakes in the hospital with no memory
of how he got there but the cops tell him he was found hovering over the
murdered body of his ex-fiancé. To satisfy himself, he must find his own
answers. Signing. In paper, Last
Shot (Aug., Harper, 7.99).
Charlie
Huston, The
Shotgun Rule (Aug.,
Ballantine hc, 21.95). Four bored teens spend their days tinkering with their
bikes and riding around their California suburban town. One of their bikes is
stolen and they find out that one of a quartet of criminal brothers has it.
Breaking into his house to take it back, they discover a rudimentary drug lab
and make an anonymous call to the cops. That act of revenge will tear the town
apart. Janine recommends.
Susan
Kandel, Christietown
(June, Morrow hc, 23.95). Mystery
biographer Cece Caruso is staging a Miss Marple event at the opening of a
mystery-themed housing development. Wouldn’t you know it – someone is murdered!
4th in this fun series. In paper, Shamus in the Green Room (June,
Avon, 6.99).
Alex
Kava, Whitewash (June, Mira hc, 24.95). A scientist at a
cutting edge alternative fuel company in Florida uncovers crimes that go from
the top of her company to the top of the government. Just knowing the
information puts her at risk and into the whitewash. Fran recommends this author.
Faye
Kellerman, The
Burnt House (Aug.,
Morrow hc, 25.95). Peter Decker spends
months sorting out the wreckage of a commuter plane crash. When all is done,
the mystery only deepens. The body of one flight attendant is missing and a
body is found that is not her and can’t be accounted for. In paper, The Garden of Eden and Other Criminal
Delights (Aug., Warner, 7.99).
Lee
Charles Kelley, Like a
Dog with a Bone (June, Avon pbo,
6.99). 6th with kennel owner Jack Field.
Jonathan
King, Acts of Nature
(Aug., Dutton hc, 24.95). A
devastating hurricane injures Det. Sherry Richards and Max Freeman works to get
her to safety. In his way are those who come to loot and those who come to
secure their secrets. In paper, Eye of
Vengeance (June, Signet, 7.99.
J.A.
Konrath, Dirty
Martini (July,
Hyperion hc, 23.95). Chicago cop Jacqueline Daniels hunts a poisoner who is
bedeviling the city’s food supply. In paper, Rusty Nail (June,
Hyperion, 7.99).
Michael
Koryta, A
Welcome Grave (July, St.
Martin’s hc, 23.95). Cleveland PI Lincoln Perry was fired by the police force
after he punched out a high placed attorney who had an affair with Perry’s
fiancée. Now, years later, the lawyer is dead and his widow wants Perry’s help. Signed Copies Available. 3rd
in a series highly recommended by Janine.
Harley
Jane Kozak, Dead
Ex (Aug., Doubleday hc, 21.95).
The murder of a soap opera producer drags Wollie Shelley into the messy case.
Not only had she dated the bastard once herself, her best friend Joey is a
prime suspect. 3rd in this Shamus-winning series. Signing.
William
Kent Krueger, Thunder
Bay (July, Atria hc, 24.00). In
his 8th book, Cork O’Connor has retired from the force, turned in
his badge and opens a private investigation office in his small hometown of
Aurora, MN. His first job is to find his mentor, Henry Meloux’s, son. Henry’s
health is failing and he’s convinced his son is in trouble. In paper, Copper River (June, Pocket, 7.99). Fran recommends this writer.
John
J. Lamb, The
False-Hearted Teddy (June,
Berkley pbo, 6.99). 2nd in the collectable teddy bear series.
Lynda
La Plante, The
Red Dahlia (Aug., Touchstone
tpo, 14.00). A gruesome murder on the banks of the Thames is clearly patterned
on the famous, unsolved LA case from 1947 and is quickly given a name to tie it
further. A second, mirroring murder means DI Anna Travis and DCI James Langton have
got something truly nasty on their hands.
Con
Lehane, Death
at the Old Hotel (June, St.
Martin’s hc, 24.95). 3rd with bartender Brian McNulty, whose
Christmas festivities are interrupted by murder.
Paul
Levine, Trial
& Error (June, Bantam pbo,
6.99). 3rd with love and law partners Soloman & Lord.
Hailey
Lind, Brush
with Death (July, Signet pbo,
6.99). Trying to restore her reputation, former-forger Annie Kincaid helps to
return a supposed masterpiece to Italy. But, before the deal is complete, a thief
and a murder get in the way.
Jeff
Lindsey, Dexter
in the Dark (Aug.,
Doubleday hc, 23.95). Recent murders have been so extreme that Dexter’s inner
voice – the Dark Passenger that guides his own murderous needs – has gone
silent, leaving Dexter to navigate his way through the case on his own. Can he
do what needs to be done on his own and does he want this companion back? Janine
and Fran rave about these books.
Peter
Lovesey, The
Secret Hangman (June,
Soho hc, 23.00). Peter Diamond pursues a killer who is hanging victims so that
it appears to be suicide. And how can couples be hung by one person? None of it
makes sense, even as the hanging continues. 9th in this respected
series.
Eric
van Lustbader, The
Bourne Betrayal (June, Warner
hc, 25.99). Amnesic agent Jason Bourne returns to chase a terrorist’s money
trail.
Laura
Levine, Death
By Pantyhose (June,
Kensington hc, 22.00). 6th with freelance writer Jaine Austen.
Margaret
Maron, Hard
Row (July, Warner hc,
24.99).Judge Knott deals with a barroom brawl, a murdered farmer and crop of
thorny issues – immigration, racism, and the search for something to replace
the economy of tobacco. Signed Copies
Available. In paper, Winter’s Child
(Aug., Warner, 6.99).
G.A.
McKevitt, Fat
Free and Fatal (May, Kensington
hc, 22.00). 12th with PI Savannah Reid.
Marcia
Muller, The
Ever-Running Man (July, Warner
hc, 24.99, Signed Copies 25.99).
Sharon McCone is hired to look for someone setting off explosives. The target
of the attacks is her husband’s company and the bombs are getting personal. In
paper, Vanishing Point (July, Warner, 6.99).
Robert
B. Parker, Spare
Change (June, Putnam hc, 24.95).
Sunny Randall works with her father to crack a 30 year old case. Signed Copies Available. In paper, Blue Screen (June, Berkley, 9.99), Sunny Randall.
PJ
Parrish, A
Thousand Bones (June,
Pocket pbo, 7.99). Splitting off from their other series, this is the story of
rookie cop’s Joe Frye’s haunting case in Michigan, when the crime seems tied to
the legendary Windigo, a Native legend of a human condemned to eat the flesh of
other humans.
James
Patterson, The
Quickie (July, Little Brown hc,
27.99). Co-written with Michael Ledwidge. A one-night stand goes badly. In
paper, Jack & Jill (Aug., Warner, 7.99).
Thomas
Perry, Silence (July, Harcourt hc, 25.00). A
complicated game of cross and double-cross: a woman vanished six years ago and
her ex-boyfriend is being framed for her murder to bring her out of hiding; a
secretive pair of tango dancing assassins has been hired to kill her, and the middleman
who hired them has provided their employer with their identities. Who do they
kill first, the target or the guy who gave out the contract? In paper, Nightlife (June, Ballantine, 7.99).
Neil
S. Plakcy, Mahu
Surfer (Aug., Alyson tpo,
14.95). A gay Hawaiian cop, semi-retired after being outed on the force, goes
undercover after three surfers are murdered. It is a touchy assignment; the
surfing world is notoriously closed to outsiders.
Douglas
Preston and Lincoln
Child, The Wheel of Darkness (Aug., Warner hc, 25.99) Pendergast
takes Constance on a world tour, and they end up in Tibet, where Pendergast
once studied. They discover that an
artifact has been stolen from the monks, and the search will take them into dangerous
waters. In paper, The Book of the Dead (July, Warner, 7.99). Fran recommends this series.
Kathy
Reichs, Bones to
Ashes (Aug.,
Scribner hc, 25.95). When Tempe Brennan was 8, her best friend Evangeline was
the most exotic person she knew. The girl disappeared and no word was spoken of
her again. Now, 30 years later, a skeleton has been found in the area where
they lived and Tempe must deal with her childhood memories and feeling. In
paper, Break No Bones (Aug., Pocket, 9.99). Favorite
series of Fran’s and Gretchen’s.
Ruth
Rendell, The
Water’s Lovely (July, Crown hc,
25.95). Ismay’s dreams of her stepfather’s murder are so vivid as to be real.
Are they dreams…or memories? In paper, End
in Tears (July, Vintage, 13.00),
her 20th Insp. Wexford.
J.D.
Rhoades, Safe
and Sound (July, St. Martin’s hc,
23.95). The 3rd, and best, in the Keller series, which Janine
recommends. In paper, Good Day in
Hell (June, St. Martin’s, 6.99).
Rick
Riordan, Rebel
Island (Aug., Bantam hc, 25.00).
During his honeymoon on a Gulf island, a hurricane has cut communications with
the mainland and Tres Navarre is drawn into the murder of a US Marshall. No one
can get off the island, not even the killer. Series recommended by Janine.
Nora
Roberts, High
Noon (July, Putnam hc, 26.95). A
Savannah hostage negotiator draws on her own experiences to be effective. But
when she’s attacked in her own precinct building and the threats begin to come,
her effectiveness is as endangered as her life.
Michael
Robotham, The
Night Ferry (June, Doubleday hc,
24.95). London copper Ali Barba goes home to attend a high school reunion at
the request of an old friend. Ali and the woman had been close but had drifted
apart and she hopes to bury past hard feelings. Before that can happen, the
friend is run down and her recent history is nothing but puzzling. Bill
and Janine recommend this author.
Michele
Scott, Death
Reins In (June, Berkley pbo,
6.99). 2nd in the Horse Lover’s series by the author of the popular
Wine Lover’s series.
Daniel
Silva, The
Secret Servant (July, Putnam hc,
25.95). A terror analyst is murdered by a Muslim immigrant. The authorities
think it was random, but the man had asked Israeli intelligence to meet him
just hours before his death. Gabriel Alon is assigned the task of finding out
what the dead man wanted to expose. In paper, The Messenger (July,
Signet, 9.99).
Karin
Slaughter, Beyond
Reach (Aug., Delacorte hc,
25.00). In Grant Co., GA, Det. Lena Adams has been charged with murder. County
coroner Sarah Linton and her husband, Chief Jeffrey Tolliver, seek answers.
Their lives are already under great pressure. Sarah is dealing with her first
malpractice suit and their attention and energies are spread thin. Betrayals
complicate it all. In paper, Triptych (Aug., Dell, 7.99), which was on Fran and Gretchen’s lists for
Best of 2006.
Patricia
Smiley, Short
Change (July, NAL hc, 23.95). In
her third book, Tucker Sinclair is trying to get her consulting business
running, but someone is threatening her first, big client. Signing. In paper, Cover Your
Assets (July, Warner, 6.99).
Barbara
Burnett Smith with
Karen MacInerney, Beads of Doubt
(June, Berkley pbo, 6.99) 2nd
beadwork mystery.
Mark
Haskell Smith, Salty
(June, Black Cat tpo, 14.00).
While on holiday in Thailand, musician Turk Henry’s wife is abducted by a group
of ship-less pirates. The US government believes them to be terrorists and
refuses to negotiate with them and Turk is left to deal with it alone. The
problem is that he’s an overweight, middle-aged former rock star whose
abilities are limited to playing bass in a metal band. How’s he going to
navigate his way with thugs?
Martin
Cruz Smith, Stalin’s
Ghost (June,
Simon & Schuster hc, 26.95). Scorned by all in the Moscow legal system,
Senior Investigator Arkady Renko is given the do-nothing job of investigating
reports of Stalin’s ghost being seen on subway platforms. The case leads
elsewhere, towards murder for hire and definitely corporeal bodies. Signing.
Jason
Starr, The
Follower (Aug., St. Martin’s hc,
23.95). A thriller set amidst NYC singles scene. Katie Porter has had dismal
luck with men. She’s been down since her sister committed suicide years before,
when one of her sister’s friends contacts her, a guy from her hometown who is
good looking and nice. It soon begins to feel too good to be true.
Jeanne
C. Stein, Blood
Drive (June, Ace pbo, 7.99). 2nd
with bounty-hunter and vampire Anna Strong.
Robert
K. Tannenbaum, Malice
(Aug., Atria hc, 26.95). 19th
with Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi.
Brad
Thor, Untitled
(July, Atria hc, 25.95). We
don’t yet know the title of this 5th novel with Homeland Security op
Scot Harvath. His previous book, Takedown
(May, Pocket, 7.99).
Aimee
& David Thurlo, False
Witness (June, St. Martin’s hc,
23.95). Sister Agatha. In paper, Prey for
a Miracle (Aug., St. Martin’s,
6.99).
Camilla
Trinchieri, The
Price of Silence (June,
Soho hc, 22.00). A new mystery by a woman who last published as Trella and Camilla Crespi. Emma Perotti took
young An-Ling under wing as a teacher and mentor. Emma’s husband resents the
time spent away from him, and her son develops his own relationship with the
young woman. When she’s found dead, Emma is put on trial for the murder and
everyone’s personal lives, feelings and actions will be exposed.
Kathryn
R. Wall, Sanctuary
Hill (July, St. Martin’s
hc, 23.95). 7th with Bay Tanner in Southern Carolina’s sultry Low
Country.
Brian
Wiprud, Tailed
(June, Dell pbo, 6.99). Taxidermist
Garth Carson takes to the road with Angie to try to clear his name in a murder
case. 3rd with this daffy duo. Author’s books recommened by Tammy.
Now
in Paperback
Jeff
Abbott, Fear (Aug., Onyx, 7.99).
Sheryl
J. Anderson, Killer
Deal (Aug., St. Martin’s, 6.99).
Linda
Barnes, Heart
of the World (June,
St. Martin’s, 6.99).
M.C.
Beaton writing as Marion Chesney, Our Lady of Pain (June, St. Martin’s, 6.99).
Simon
Beckett, The
Chemistry of Death (Aug., Dell,
6.99). Fran recommends.
Ted
Bell, Spy (July, Pocket, 9.99).
Carol
Lea Benjamin, The
Hard Way (Aug., Avon, 6.99).
Laurien
Berenson, Chow
Down (Aug., Kensington, 6.99).
Lawrence
Block, Hit
Parade (June, Harper, 7.99).
Keller. See also Reissues of Note.
Simon
Brett, The
Stabbing in the Stables (June,
Berkley, 7.99).
Barbara
Collins, Antiques
Roadkill (July, Kensington,
6.99).
Michael
Connelly, Echo
Park (Aug., Warner, 7.99).
Diane
Mott Davidson, Dark
Tort (July, Avon, 7.99).
Monica
Ferris, Sins
and Needles (July, Berkley,
6.99).
Dan
Fesperman, The
Prisoner of Guantanamo (July,
Vintage, 13.95). Janine recommends.
Gillian
Flynn, Sharp
Objects (Aug., Three Rivers,
14.00). Highest Staff Recommendation for this Debut.
Frederick
Forsythe, The
Afghan (Aug., Signet, 9.99).
Dick
Francis, Under
Orders (Aug., Berkley, 9.99).
Brian
Freeman, Stripped
(Aug., St. Martin’s, 6.99).
Scott
Frost, Never
Fear (Aug., Jove, 9.99).
Vince
Flynn, Act of
Treason (Aug., Pocket, 9.99).
Alan
Furst, The Foreign
Correspondent (June,
Random House, 13.95).
James
Grady, Mad
Dogs (July, Forge, 7.99. JB
recommends.
Thomas
Holland, One
Drop of Blood (Aug., Berkley,
7.99). Fran recommends.
Stuart
M. Kaminsky,
Terror Town (Aug.,
Forge, 6.99). Lieberman.
John
Katzenbach, The
Wrong Man (June, Ballantine,
7.99).
Laurie
R. King, The
Art of Detection (June, Bantam,
6.99).
William
Lashner, Marked
Man (June, Harper, 7.99).
Stuart
MacBride, Dying
Light (Aug., St. Martin’s 6.99).
Patricia
MacDonald, Married
to a Stranger (June,
Pocket, 7.99).
Francine
Mathews, The
Alibi Club (June, Bantam, 7.99).
Walter
Mosley, Fortunate
Son (Aug., Back Bay, 13.99).
Robin
Paige, Death
on the Lizard (July, Berkley,
7.99).
Matthew
Pearl, The
Poe Shadow (July, Random House,
13.95).
George
Pelecanos, The
Night Gardner (Aug., Warner,
7.50). Tammy recommends.
Bill
Pronzini, Mourners
(June, Forge, 6.99). Nameless.
Cornelia
Read, A
Field of Darkness (July, Warner,
12.99) Highly recommended debut.
Scott
Smith, The Ruins (Aug., Vintage, 7.99).
P.J.
Tracy, Snow Blind
(July, Onyx, 7.99). Fran
recommends.
Ayelet
Waldman, Bye-Bye,
Black Sheep (July, Berkley,
7.99).
Jacqueline
Winspear, Messenger
of Truth (July, Picador, 14.00).
Daniel
Woodrell, Winter’s
Bone (July, Little Brown,
13.99). One of the Best Books of 2006.
Coming
this Fall
Margaret
Coel & the Wind River Rez, Sept.
Diane
Mott Davidson, The
Whole Enchilada, Sept.
Ken
Follett and his sequel to Pillars of the Earth, Oct.
John
Hart, Down River, Oct.
Stephen
Hunter & Bob Lee Swagger, Sept.
Tim
Maleeny,
Beating the Babushka, Oct.
Walter
Mosley & Easy and Mouse, Oct.
Elizabeth
Peters & Amelia Peabody, Sept.
Alice
Sebold, The
Almost Moon, Oct.
Michael
Simon & Dan Rele, Sept.
Duane
Swierszynski, Severance
Package, Nov.
Edward
Wright, Damnation
Falls, Sept.
Historical
Barbara
Cleverly, Tug of
War (Aug., Carroll & Graf
hc, 24.95). In his 6th appearance, Joe Sandilands is in France,
helping a woman who claims a soldier wounded in the War is actually her missing
husband. Four other men have made that claim and Joe works to divine the truth.
It is a delicate issue and a delicate time, requiring patience and diplomacy.
Margaret
Frazer, A Play
of Lords (Aug., Berkley pbo,
7.99). 4th with the player Joliffe, set during the reign of Henry
VI.
Jason
Goodwin, The
Snake Stone (July, FSG hc,
25.00). In his second appearance (The
Janissary Tree – June,
Picador, 14.00) – winner of the 2007 Best Mystery Edgar Award), 19th
Century eunuch Yashim Togaly investigates after a French archeologist is
savagely murdered. The man had arrived in Istanbul with extensive knowledge of
a lost Byzantine artifact. Signing.
Nicholas
Griffin, Dizzy
City (Aug., Steerforth Press hc,
24.95). A young Brit deserts the trenches of The Great War, jumps a ship and
ends up in New York City. There, he quickly falls under the spell of Jules
McAteer, a man searching for an apprentice, someone whom he can hone into the
art of the Big Con. McAteer already has a target in mind.
Kathryn
Miller Haines, The
War Against Miss Winter (June,
Harper tpo, 13.95). Acting jobs are thin during 1943, so Rosie Winter takes a
job with a small detective agency. When her boss dies, she finds herself
investigating a case that takes her back into the theatre world.
Andrew
Martin, The
Blackpool Highflyer (July,
Harcourt tpo, 14.00). 2nd with railroad mystery with Jim Stringer
and ‘the wife’ set along England’s rails in the early 1900s.
Will
Thomas, The
Hellfire Club (July,
Touchstone tpo, 14.00). In their 4th book, Victorian private enquiry
agents Barker and Llewelyn are lead to a secret club of aristocrats that has
been rumored to perform satanic rituals.
Victoria
Thomson, Murder
in Chinatown (June, Berkley hc,
23.95). 9th historical mystery with midwife Sarah Brandt and Det.
Sgt. Mallory. They deal with mixed-race couples – Irish women and Chinese men
who had arrived at Ellis Island alone and married strangers in order to gain
access to America. In paper, Murder in
Little Italy (June, Berkley, 7.99).
In
Paper
Robert
Harris, Imperium
(Aug., Pocket, 14.00).
Coming
This Fall
Laura
Joh Rowland, The
Snow Empress,
Nov.
Peter
Tremayne &
Fidelma of Cashel, Nov.
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From Overseas
Keri
Arthur, Embraced
by Darkness (Aug., Dell pbo,
6.99). 5th Australian Urban Fantasy thriller with Guardian Riley
Jensen. Fran recommends this series.
A.C.
Baantjer, Dekok
and Murder on Blood Mountain (June, Speck, 14.00). Published in the
Netherlands in 2004. A case leads Insp. Dekok to a neighborhood in Antwerp.
John
Burdett, Bangkok
Haunts (June, Knopf hc, 24.95).
Det. Sonchai Jitleecheep is stunned by evidence sent to him anonymously: a
video of a snuff film with the victim being a woman he thought he’d stopped
loving. As the case moves toward the higher reaches of the Bangkok elite, it is
clear that he loves her still. Signing. Janine recommends this series.
Maxim
Chattam, The
Cairo Diary (June, St. Martins’
hc, 24.95). A French bestseller: In 1928 Cairo, British Insp. Jeremy Matheson
is working the case of missing children who seem to have been spirited away by
some monster from the Arabian Nights. In 2005, a woman finds his diary hidden
in a remote monastary and is pulled into the case. A mind-bending treat.
Peter
Corris, The
Undertow (July, Allen &
Unwin pbo, 11.95). 31st book in the Cliff Hardy series. The
Australian PI is asked by an old friend to help with an old case; the retired
cop has always been bothers by an investigation from his early years that
involved two doctors. One was convicted and the old man now wonders if justice
was done.
Colin
Cotterill, Anarchy
and Old Dogs (Aug., Soho hc,
23.00). Laotian coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun identifies the body of a blind,
retired dentist who was killed by a truck on a busy street by the letter in his
pocket. What is odd is that the body of the letter is in a strange code. The
man’s wife says the code deals with chess moves, but Paiboun’s curiosity will
not rest. In paper, Disco for the
Departed (Aug., Soho, 12.00),
the 3rd in the series.
Kathryn
Fox, Without
Consent (July, Avon pbo, 7.99).
2nd with forensic thriller with Australian pathologist Dr. Anya
Crichton. Fran recommends.
Garry
Discher, Chain
of Evidence (July, Soho hc,
23.00). While Hal Challis is back home in the Outback with his dying father,
the body of his sister’s husband, who disappeared years ago, is discovered
buried in a graveyard. Meanwhile, back in their jurisdiction, Sgt. Ellen Destry
is dealing with a run of child abductions. Neither is available to help the
other. In paper, Snapshot (July, Soho, 12.00). Bill
& Janine recommend this Australian series.
Warren
Ellis, Crooked Little
Vein (Aug.,
Morrow hc, 21.95). Debut novel by a noted comic book creator: an end-of-his
rope PI gets involved with a group of Presidential heavys who are looking for a
copy of the Constitution which has secret, invisible amendments. The search
will take him into a twilight where sex, violence and craziness become
entwined. Said to be a mix of Robert B. Parker and Kurt Vonnegut.
Karin
Fossum, The
Indian Bride (July,
Harcourt hc, 23.00). A brutal murder shakes the souls of the small town; a
confirmed bachelor gets married in India and the body of a murdered woman is
found just outside of town on the day she is to arrive to join her new husband.
Insp. Sejer understands that evil is just under the surface. In paper, When the Devil Holds the Candle (June, Harcourt, 14.00).
Christian
Jungersen, The
Exception (July, Doubleday hc,
26.00). A European bestseller, the author’s second book but first to be
translated into English. Four women run an office that provides information on
genocide. Threatening messages are believed to be from someone they uncovered
but circumstances reveal that not only do they not know much about one another,
but that the messages might originate from within the group. They are all too
familiar and expert in methods of psychological torments and the blackest of
evil.
Pierre
Magnan, Death
in the Truffle Wood (July, St.
Martin’s hc, 23.95). In Provence, Commissaire Laviolette is called in after a
number of local residents go missing.
Antonio
Munoz Molina, In Her
Absence (July, Other Press tpo,
13.95). A Spanish bureacrat leads what appears to be a bland life. When home,
with the door closed, his life in anything but. His wife, Blanca, leads him
into an avante-gard world where unexpected threats are aimed at their marriage.
Arimasa
Osawa, Shinjuku
Shark (Aug., Vertical tpo,
14.95). A cop-killer is loose in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward. One cop has a plan to
catch him and it involves a master gunsmith. An award winner in Japan and first
in a series.
Javier
Sierra, The
Lady in Blue (June, Atria hc,
25.95). A woman in LA has disturbing dreams that seem to relate to a
Southwestern US tribe in the 1600s. A hidden monastery is found by a Spanish
journalist, a convent dedicated to a woman said to have had the powers to be in
two places at the same time. These two people will become entwined, as two
great forces – the US military and the Catholic Church are on the trail as
well. Signed Copies Available. Fran
recommends this author.
Olen
Steinhauer, Victory
Square (Aug., St. Martin’s hc,
24.95). In the 4th book in this East European series, As the country
reaches the tumultuous 80s and Emil Brod is the chief of the People’s Militia,
a case from his first year on the force comes back to haunt them. Janine
recommends this author.
Peter
Temple, The
Broken Shore (June, FSG hc,
25.00). After a damaging case, Det. Joe Cashin is posted to a quiet town on
Australian’s South Shore. His physical and emotional scars require peace and
time. But when a prominent man in town is attacked in his own home, everyone is
rushing to blame Aboriginal youths. Cashin uses his urban skills to find the
truth. 8th novel by a man being hailed as Australia’s finest crime
writer.
Fred
Vargas, Wash
the Blood Clean from My Hands (July,
Penguin tpo, 14.00). 3rd of her European bestsellers with Parisian
Commissaire Adamsberg to be translated into English and published in the US.
In
paper
Batya
Gur, Murder in
Jerusalem (Aug.,
Harper, 14.95).
Henning
Mankell, Chronicler
of the Winds (June,
Vintage, 13.95).
Coming
This Fall
James
Church, Hidden
Moon, Nov.
Peter
Hoeg, The Quiet Girl, Nov.
Arnaldur
Indreidason, Voices, Oct.
Henning
Mankell, Kennedy’s
Brain, Sept.
From
England
Ann
Cleeves, Raven
Black (June,
St. Martin’s hc, 24.95). Winner of the lucrative and prestigious Duncan Lawrie
Dagger Award (the Gold Dagger Award) in 2006. Insp. Jimmy Perez is the copper
for the remote Shetland Islands. On New Year’s Day, the body of a runaway teen
is found in the snow and his investigation will lead into the distant past.
Charles
Cumming, A
Spy By Nature (July,
St. Martin’s hc, 24.95). A debut English bestseller is released in the States:
A recent grad of the London School of Economics, Alec Milius is bored and work
and accepts recruitment by MI6. Not accepted for work, he gets a position at a
British oil company working in the Balkans. Slowly, subtly, he is edged into
corporate espionage by powerful forces both British and American and trapped by
his actions.
Ann
Granger, The
Companion (June, St. Martin’s
hc, 23.95). In 1864 London, a young woman is hired to be the companion for her
upper class aunt, only to learn that the woman who had the job before her died
under mysterious circumstances. Beginning of a new series.
Allan
Guthrie,
Hard Man (June,
Harcourt hc, 23.00). In Edinburgh, an ex-con named Pearce is asked to guard a
pregnant teen. Her parents know that her husband is a violent man enraged by
their enforced separation. Though Pearce turns down the job, the husband comes
after him and it is time to find out who is the hard man.
Dreda
Say Mitchell, Killer
Tune (Aug., Hodder tpo, $TBD). A
series of crimes take place with their own pulsing soundtrack and a new rap
sensation is accused of inciting the crimes with his music. Janine
HIGHLY recommends this author. [These are UK imports and we won’t know
until they arrive what their price will be. Probably between $15 and $20. Price
to Be Determined.]
Ian
Sansom, Mr.
Dixon Disappears (July, Harper
tpo, 12.95). 2nd in the Mobile Library series. Northern Ireland
bookmobile driver Israel Armstrong probes the case of a missing magician.
Alexander
McCall Smith, The
Careful Use of Compliments (Aug.,
Pantheon hc, 21.95). 4th in the Isabel Dalhousie series. In paper, The Right Attitude to Rain (July, Anchor, 12.95).
In paper
John
Harvey, Darkness
& Light (July,
Harcourt, 14.00). 3rd with Frank Elder.
Bloody Brits/Bywater Books
Ann
Cleeves, The
Sleeping and the Dead (July,
13.95). The remains of an 18 year-old boy who disappeared in 1972 have been
found. The lives of the present are about to be shaken to their foundations.
Published in the UK in 2001.
Danuta
Reah, Only
Darkness (Aug., 13.95). Her
first novel, a thriller from 1999. Someone is stalking women along the railways
of England.
Small Mystery Presses
Bitter Lemon
Leonardo
Padura, Havana
Blue (June, 14.95). Lt. Conde is
ordered to investigate the disappearance of a high-placed financial manager for
the political elite. The man was a childhood friend of Conde’s and married the
girl that they both loved. Conde’s search will take him back into the dreams
and hopes of his generation.
Bleak House
Evan
Kilgore, Who
is Chayla Hacker (June,
hc 24.95, tp 12.95). Across the country, a variety of people face odd events
and choices: a prank caller reaches someone in trouble, a small-town teen is
abandoned by her brother, a contractor finds a box hidden in a wall, a cop
finds an old, cold case at the back of a drawer, and a groom flees town the
night before his wedding – all united by the undeniable urge to find a woman
they’ve never met.
Pete
Larson, Thirst
(June, hc 24.95, tp 12.95). “Love,
faith and cyanide.” Former priest Stu Carlson tends bar amidst the Texas heat.
When one of the locals – an all-around detested dean at the local college – is
poisoned by a drink served by Stu. Debut novel.
Europa Editions
Alicia
Gimenez-Barlett, Prime
Time Suspect (June,
14.95). Spain’s Insp. Petra Delicado is
drawn into the glittery and ruthless world of show business when a muckraking
TV journalist is murdered.
Jean-Claude
Izzo, Solea (June, 14.95). Last in the
Marseilles Trilogy as ex-cop Fabio Montale struggles against corruption,
politics, organized crime and big business, forces that threaten his beloved
city. Mediterranean noir. Janine recommends this trilogy.
Felony & Mayhem: All
titles July releases, 14.95
Paul
Adams, The
Rianaldi Quartet, 1st time in pb, from 2006.
Margery
Allingham, Sweet
Danger, from 1933, the 5th Albert Campion, also published as The Fear Sign.
Peter
Dickinson, The
Old English Peep Show, from 1969, the 2nd James Pibble, also
published as Pride of Heroes.
Nicolas
Freeling, Gun
Before Butter, from 1963, the 3rd Insp. Van Der Valk, also
published as Question of Loyalty.
Janet
Neel, Death’s
Bright Angel, the 1st with Francesca Wilson and John McLeish,
from 1988.
Marissa
Piesman, Personal
Effects, the 2nd Nina Pischman, from 1991.
Hard Case Crime
Richard
Aleas, Songs of
Innocence (July,
6.99). Det. John Blake nearly destroyed his life with his first case (Little Girl Lost, 2004, 6.99). Now he
looks into the case of a supposed suicide – a coed with a double life who was
mixed up in the sexual world of powerful people.
George
Axelrod, Blackmailer
(June, 6.99). Classic noir from a
writer of all forms – screen (Oscar-nominated for The Manchurian Candidate), stage, television and radio. It’s the
story of familiar characters: a high-pitched host of famous parties, a starlet
who hides everything, even when wearing nothing, and a possible last manuscript
from a famous writer who killed himself.
Cornell
Woolrich, Fright
(Aug., 6.99). Published in 1950 as
by George Hopley, it’s the story of a man who learns that kisses in the dark
can hide great evil.
Midnight Ink
Julia
Buckley, Madeline
Mann (Aug.,
13.95). Debut with Illinois journalist Madeline Mann, control freak and
Nosey-Parker.
Mark
Combes, Running
Wrecked (June,
13.95). Like many others, Phil Riley washes up in a quiet corner of the
Caribbean to dive the waters and start over. When a beautiful sailboat washes
up by his home, he
investigates. The authorities are strangely
uninterested. Debut novel by an avid sailor and diver.
Mark
Terry, The
Serpent’s Kiss (July, 13.95). 2nd
with Homeland Security bio-terrorism expert Derek Stillwater.
Nina
Wright, Whiskey
and Tonic (June, 13.95). 3rd
with real estate agent Whiskey Mattimore and her Afghan Abra.
Pegasus
Parnell
Hall, Hitman (July, 24.00 hc). 16th in
this soft-boiled series with NYC PI Stanley Hastings, the first in 4 years.
Stanley is hired by a hitman who wants out of the business and wants Stanley to
watch his back. When this fails, Stanley resolves to find out who did it.
Caro
Ramsay. Absolution
(June, 24.00
hc). Debut thriller by a Glasgow writer. Police detective Alan McApline hasn’t
been back to Patrickhill Station in 20 years, having been haunted by a murder
he investigated. New crimes make it necessary to return, for they are
horrifying, brutal, and may tie into that long-ago case.
Charlie
Stella, Shakedown
(June, 14.95
tpo). A wiseguy rats out his crew and an ex-bookmaker’s attempt to go straight
may be a casualty.
Martyn
Waites, Little
Triggers (Aug., 13.95 tpo). 2nd
with British journalist Stephen Larkin who is back in his hometown of Newcastle
looking into the story of a child abuser who has ties to well-placed citizens. Tammy
and Janine recommend this author.
Cornell
Woolrich, The
Black Angel (Aug., 14.95).
Intense and intimate noir from 1943.
Rue Morgue
Michael
Gilbert, The
Danger Within (July,
14.95). British POWs plan escape before the Italians can turn them over to the
Nazis. They don’t realize that a traitor is amongst them. From 1952 and no
doubt informed by Gilbert’s time in such a camp.
Constance
and Gwenyth Little, The
Black Curl (June, 14.95). 21st
and last of their comic, golden-age mysteries, from 1953. If it isn’t bad
enough that his late father’s 2nd wife arrives on his doorstep with
a daughter and cousin, expecting support, but then a body is found in his
refrigerator. Yeeesh!
Stark House 2 in 1 volumes
Mercedes
Lambert, Dogtown/Soultown
(Aug., 19.95).
Out of print for a decade, these are the first two books with straight-laced
lawyer/sleuth Whitney Logan and her savy, streetwise companion Lupe Ramos.
Originally published in ’91 and ’96. A delightful, off-beat duo.
Wade
Miller, The
Killer/Devil on Two Sticks (July,
19.95). Bob Wade and Bill Miller teamed for a run of books in the ‘50s, notably
the Max Thursday PI books (we hope those come back into print one day!). These
are stand-alone crime novels, Killer from
’51 and Devil from ’49 – also
published as Killer’s Choice.
Bill
Pronzini, Snowbound/Games
(June, 19.95)
Two early suspense novels, from
Collections
Bronx Noir, SJ Rozan, ed. (Aug., Akashic tpo, 14.95). New borough
noir by such authors as Thomas Adcock, Lawrence Block, Jerome Charyn, Joanne
Dobson and the editor, a native of that land.
Wall Street Noir, Peter
Spiegelman, ed. (June, Akashic tpo,
14.95). High finance and new noir from the like of John Burditt, Peter Blauner,
Twist Phelan, James Hime, Jason Starr, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jim Fusilli and the
editor.
Reissues of Note
Lawrence
Block, The Thief Who
Couldn’t Sleep and The
Canceled Czech (July, Harper,
7.99 ea). The first and second Evan Tanner, both from 1966, and Tanner’s Swelve Swingers and The Scoreless Thai (Aug., Harper, 7.99 ea.), the third and fourth Tanner from 1967 and
‘68. (Thai was also published as Two for Tanner.) AND The Burglar
in the Rye (Aug., Harper, 7.99),
the tenth Bernie Rhodenbarr, from 1999.
Charlaine
Harris, A
Secret Rage (Aug., Berkley,
7.99). Her 3rd novel, from 1984. A killer is stalking the women of a
small Tennessee town and one of them is out to stop it.
Robert
Littell, The
Amateur (Aug., Overlook, 14.00).
His 7th novel, from 1981. When a CIA cryptographer’s fiancée is
killed by terrorists and the Agency does nothing, the amateur agent sets out to
square it.
Ross
Macdonald, The
Way Some People Die and The Ivory
Grin (July, Vintage, 12.95 ea.)
The 3rd (1951) and 4th (1952) in the timeless, peerless
and relentless Lew Archer series, which JB champions as the ideal private eye series.
Gerald
Seymour, Harry’s
Game (June, Overlook, 13.95).
The noted espionage author’s first book, originally published in 1975. British
agent Harry Brown is sent to Belfast to find and kill an assassin who recently
murdered a government official. It is one killer against another, one
professional against another and only one can survive. Janine recommends this author!
Cornell
Woolrich – see Hard Case Crime – middle of the left
hand column.
Special Interest
Mike
Dash, Satan’s
Circus: Murder, Vice, Corruption, and New York’s Trail of the Century (June, Crown hc, 24.95). In 1912,
anything and everything went on in the Manhattan neighborhood known as Satan’s
Circus. Charley Becker was known to be an honest cop when posted there. Soon,
he became known as the most corrupt cop in town. He is the only NYC policeman
ever executed for murder. This is the story of what happened to get him there.
D.P.
Lyle, MD, Forensics
and Fiction (Aug., St. Martin’s
hc, 23.95). A cardiologist and writer from California gives us the “clever, intriguing and downright odd
questions from crime writers”.
Sharyn
McCrumb, Once
Around the Track (June,
Kensington hc, 25.00). A new novel, set in the world of NASCAR with an
all-female team.
Shoko
Tendo, Yakuza
Moon: Memoirs of a Gangster’s Daughter (July, Kodansha hc, 22.95). Life inside and outside Japanese
organized crime from a woman whose full-body tattoo makes for a striking cover.
Blunt and honest, without a promise of glamour.
The Philosophy of Film Noir, Mark
T. Conard, ed. (Aug., Univ. Press of
Kentucky tp, 24.95). An intellectual look at the sensibilities of film noir,
it’s deep underlying views and reflections on the world it reflected.
Tim Weiner, Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA
(Aug., Doubleday hc, 27.95). History
and critique of the Nation’s spy agency by a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter.
All from on-the-record sources, the book shows the intelligence agency to be
fraud, undeserving of our support or confidence. The history will take the
Company from its creation to Baghdad. 448 pages and 8 pages of photos.
Vincent Bugliosi, Reclaiming History: The Assassination of President John F.
Kennedy (May,
Norton hc, 49.95). A 1632 page examination of the ‘crime of the century’ by the
Helter Skelter prosecutor. After
spending 20 years researching the case – reading the Warren Commission report,
the House Select Committee on Assassinations report, a library full of
conspiracy books – this is his own report on the JFK murder.
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