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Uncle Hugo's Bookstore Uncle Edgar's Mystery Bookstore 2864 Chicago Avenue, Minneapolis, MN 55407

Newsletter #94 June- August 2011

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Award News

The nominees for Hugo Awards for Best are Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold ($25.00 signed), Feed by Mira Grant ($9.99), The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin ($7.99), The Dervish House by Ian McDonald ($26.00), and Blackout/All Clear by (Blackout is currently a $16.00 trade pb and All Clear is currently a $26.00 hardcover).

The finalists for the for Best Novel are The Native Star by M.K. Hobson ($7.99), The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms by N. K. Jemisin ($7.99), Shades of Milk and Honey by ($24.99. $14.99 trade pb coming in June), Echo by Jack McDevitt ($24.95), Who Fears Death by Nnedi Okorator ($24.95, $15.00 trade pb coming in June), and Blackout/All Clear by Connie Willis (Blackout is currently a $16.00 trade pb and All Clear is currently a $26.00 hardcover). Zoo City by Lauren Beukes ($7.99) won the Arthur C. Clarke Award for best novel of 2010.

The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack by Mark Hodder ($16.00) won the Philip K. Dick Award for best paperback original sf book published in the U.S. in 2010.

The Edgar Award winners included Best Novel to The Lock Artist by Steve Hamilton ($14.99); Best First Novel by an American Author to Rogue Island by Bruce DeSilva ($24.99, $14.99 trade pb coming in June); Best Paperback Original to Long Time Coming by Robert Goddard ($15.00); and Best Critical/Biographical to Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History by Yunte Huang ($26.95, $16.95 trade pb coming in August).

The Agatha Awards included Best Novel to Bury Your Dead by ($24.99 signed hc, $14.99 trade pb coming in August) and Best First Novel to The Long Quiche Goodbye by Avery Aames ($7.99).

The Dilys Award went to Bury Your Dead by Louise Penny ($24.99 signed hc, $14.99 trade pb coming in August).

Several awards were announced at the Left Coast Crime convention. The Lefty Award (for most humorous mystery of 2010) went to The Pot Thief Who Studied Einstein by J. Michael Orenduff ($14.95). The Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award went to The Mapping of Love and Death by ($14.99). The Hillerman Sky Award (for the mystery that best captures the landscape of the Southwest) went to The Spider's Web by Margaret Coel ($24.95). The Watson Award (for the mystery with the best sidekick) went to Junkyard Dogs by Craig Johnson ($25.95, $14.00 trade pb expected in June).

The Thriller Award finalists for Best Hard Cover Novel are The Reversal by ($27.99), Edge by Jeffrey Deaver ($26.99, $9.99 paperback due in August), The Burying Place by Brian Freeman ($7.99), Skin by Mo Hayder ($13.00), and Bad Blood by John Sandford ($27.95).

The Thriller Award finalists for Best Paperback Original are Among the Dead Men by Robert Gregory Browne ($7.99), You Can't Stop Me by Max Allan Collins and Matthew Clemens ($6.99), The Cold Room by J. T. Ellison ($7.99), Torn Apart by Shane Gericke ($6.99), and The Venice Conspiracy by Jon Trace (apparently only available as an e-book in the U.S.).

The Thriller Award finalists for Best First Novel are The Things That Keep Us Here by Carla Buckley ($15.00), The Poacher's Son by Paul Doiron ($14.99), The Insider by Reece Hirsch ($7.99), Drink the Tea by Thomas Kaufman ($24.99) and Still Missing by Chevy Stevens ($24.99, $14.99 trade pb due by end of May).

How's Business by Don Blyly

The first quarter of 2011 was very bad for us, and we blame it on the weather. In April we started seeing a lot of regular customers who commented about not having been able to shop at the store since Fall because of the mountains of snow and generally awful weather. Sales for April and the first half of May have been about the same as last year, but not enough to make up for 5 months of terrible sales.

Everybody else in the book industry also had a very bad first quarter, and none of them are blaming it on the weather, and none of them are taking into account the impact of Borders' bankruptcy and going- out-of-business sales. Instead, everybody is blaming e-books. It's true that lots of people received e- book readers for presents over the holidays, and most of those people bought some e-books to try out their new devices (especially when the weather made it so difficult to get to a bricks-and-mortar store). But I've still heard very few positive comments about the reading experience of an e-book versus a paper book. The publishers are scared (with good reason) by the current economic conditions. But I think some of them are starting to panic, which can lead to bad news for readers, bookstores, and especially mid-list authors.

All of the small business people I talk to are also suffering from the bad economy, and many of them have declines in sales volume much worse than bookstores are reporting. The dentist next to the Uncles says his business is way down because most people are only coming to see him if they have pain in their teeth instead of coming in for regular cleanings and check-ups. Most of the small local restaurants report their sales are down. Even the local hospital reports that their business is down significantly as people postpone operations–they even report that business in their emergency room is down. But none of these businesses blame their drop in sales to e-books, which is why I think that e- books are being over-blamed for in bookstore sales.

In addition to the Borders bankrupcy, there are lots of other bookstores closing down. I recently read that Fort Wayne, Indiana lost its Borders bookstore and 2 independent bookstores, all closing within less than 2 months. In San Francisco, the city's last LGBT bookstore closed in April and the San Francisco Mystery Book Store closed in May after over 30 years in business. The Uncles are still surviving, but we've become more conservative in our ordering of new titles and rely on more frequent re- orders on titles that surprise us with how strongly they sell.

Once again we had lots more new titles than we had space for in the paper newsletter. We had to cut about half the listings. Most paranormal romances, gaming related items, action adventure series titles, kids and young adult , and non-fiction books were either eliminated or had their descriptions drastically shortened for the paper newsletter, but full information is on our website. There are also book reviews at our website. If you are still receiving the paper newsletter and can switch to the electronic version, you'll get more information, more quickly, and save us about $4 per year in printing and postage expenses. If you are still receiving the paper newsletter and don't make use of it, please let us know so that we can drop you from the mailing list and save about $4 per year.

Upcoming Signings Local authors David Housewright and Larry Millett will be signing at Uncle Edgar's on Saturday, June 11, 1-2 pm. David's new novel, Highway 61 ($25.99), is the eighth featuring St. Paul private investigator Mac McKenzie. Larry's new novel, The Magic Bullet ($24.95), is the sixth featuring St. Paul's Shadwell Rafferty sleuthing around a century ago with the assistance of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson.

Once-again-local author Steven Brust will be signing Tiassa ($24.99) at Uncle Hugo's on Saturday, June 18, 2-3 pm. Tiassa seems to be the thirteenth Vlad Taltos, which seems to make it the twentieth Dragaeran novel. The trade paperback of Iorich ($14.99), the previous Vlad Taltos novel, also came out recently.

British author will be signing stock at Uncle Edgar's on June 29, so let us know in advance if you'd like to get something personalized.

Local author MaryJanice Davidson will be signing Undead and Undermined ($25.95) at Uncle Hugo's on Saturday, July 9, 1-2 pm. Undead and Undermined is the eleventh humorous novel about Betsy Taylor, local queen who frequently shops for shoes at the Mall of America.

Finnish author Jarkko Sipila will be signing at Uncle Edgar's on Wednesday, July 27. Three of his mysteries have been translated into English, with Helsinki Homicide: Nothing But the Truth ($13.95) being the most recent (due mid-June). Local author Kelly Barnhill will be signing The Mostly True Story of Jack ($16.99, kids ) at Uncle Hugo's on Saturday, August 20, 1-2 pm.

Local author Patricia C. Wrede will be signing Across the Great Barrier ($16.99, Frontier Magic #2, kids fantasy) at Uncle Hugo's on Saturday, August 27, 1-2 pm.

Sharon Lee and Steve Miller will be signing Ghost Ship ($25.00) at Uncle Hugo's on Saturday, August 27, 2:30 to 4:00 pm. Around 500 people have pre- ordered Ghost Ship with a tipped-in signature page. Those copies will arrive at the store about a month before the signing. If you pre-ordered and want us to ship the book as soon as possible, you don't have to do anything. If you pre-ordered and want us to hold the book until the end of August to be personalized, you must let us know by July 15 that you want the book personalized (and how you want it personalized if you want a special inscription or a special nickname to be used). You don't have to provide your original order number–the orders are now arranged alphabetically by the last names of the people who placed the orders. If we don't hear from you (preferably by e-mail) by July 15, we'll assume we should ship your books as soon as possible.

Short Recommendations by Don Blyly

I enjoyed Elizabeth Bear's generation ship trilogy -- consisting of Dust ($7.99), Chill ($7.99), and Grail ($7.99) -- so much that I next picked up her stand-alone science fiction novel Undertow ($6.99), where coincidence engineers (who can manipulate probability) have allowed humans to rapidly spread to many other star systems. Most of the story takes place on a frontier planet with an enslaved native race (froggies), and the our primary hero is a hired assassin. Lots of action to move the story along, but also some fresh and interesting ideas.

I've enjoyed all of Gail Carriger's Alexia Tarabotti novels and am eagerly looking forward to the fourth novel. Soulless ($7.99), Changeless ($7.99), and Blameless ($7.99) take place in a Victorian England where and werewolves have been accepted by the government since the time of Henry VIII, and the sneakiness of the vampires and the military prowess of the werewolves have played a major role in the success of the British Empire. Alexia is a woman who is far too smart and far too outspoken and far too Italian- looking (thanks to her father) to fit in comfortably with the Victorian idea of how an upper- class (thanks to her mother and step-father) woman should behave. Many of the scenes poking fun at Victorian ideas of proper behavior are laugh out loud funny. Alexia's behavior also is strange by vampire and werewolf ideas of proper behavior, which is aggravated by the fact that Alexia is one of the very rare "soulless" humans, who can temporarily turn vampires and werewolves into ordinary humans just by touching them.

A Taint in the Blood by S. M. Stirling ($9.99) is the first of a new urban fantasy series. Since I've enjoyed everything else by Stirling that I've read, I decided to try it. It's a contemporary vampire novel, with some interesting new twists. It's a very good vampire novel, if that's what you're looking for. But I've enjoyed everything else I've read by Stirling more than this, because I wasn't looking for yet another vampire novel.

The Wise Man's Fear by Patrick Rothfuss ($29.95, with unsigned first printings and signed fourth printings currently available) is the sequel to the award-winning The Name of the Wind ($28.95 hardcover or $8.99 pb). I decided to read the sequel without re-reading the first volume, knowing that I could run into problems since only 1 day had passed for the characters in the book while 4 years had passed for me. There was little reason for the characters to remind each other of what had happened the day before, in order to remind the readers of what they had read 4 years before. But it didn't prove to be a problem. In this fantasy series, there are strange events happening in the present, but most of the story takes place in the past, as Kvothe tells the story of how he learned magic and eventually got to the present, where he's hiding out as an innkeeper in a small town. In The Wise Man's Fear there is even more emphasis on the historical part of the story, as Kvothe continues to study magic at the University and then takes a break to see more of the world before returning to the University. Very little of significance happens in the present, until the end of the book, where there are some strange twists that I hope I can still remember whenever the next volume comes out. If you liked the first volume (as at least 95% of the readers do), you will be very pleased with the second volume–until after almost 1000 pages of wonderful reading, you will wonder how long you'll have to wait for the next volume.

I've been hearing great things about Joe Abercrombie for a few years, so I picked up Best Served Cold ($7.99) and found it grim but wonderful. Set in a fantasy land similar to Renaissance Italy, with lots of independent city-states trying to conquer each other, often using mercenary armies, there is actually very little fantasy in the book. But there's lots of devious plotting and killing by a fine batch of scoundrels, all of whom are convinced that they are completely justified in the actions they are taking to achieve their goals (which usually includes getting filthy rich at somebody else's expense). While Best Served Cold is a stand alone novel, there are some references to events and characters from far to the north, and those events are told in The Blade Itself ($15.98), Before They Are Hanged ($15.98), and Last Argument of Kings ($15.98). I haven't read those yet, but I've heard that they are just as good and I'm looking forward to reading them.

Mystery Reviews by Gerri Balter

Lee Woodyard became involved in the Winter Arts Festival to help a friend when The Chocolate Snowman Murders by JoAnna Carl ($6.99) begins. She soon wishes she hadn't. First, the guest juror for the festival is found murdered. Lee and her husband, Joe, are the prime suspects. Then one of the committee members is murdered. Again the clues point to Lee and Joe as the prime suspects. Lee is determined to clear her and her husband's names. The problem is that everyone else seems to have an alibi, or do they? That's what Lee has to find out while the killer does whatever is necessary to stop her. Have you ever wondered what the story is behind the items that are for sale in want ads? That's what TV news reporter, Riley Spartz wondered when she saw the ad for "Wedding Dress for Sale: Never Worn" in Missing Mark by Julie Kramer ($7.99). She finds out that Madeline was stood up on her wedding day. Her husband-to-be, Mark, disappeared. Riley thought this would be a great story for sweeps month. Her boss wasn't so sure. She was determined to prove her boss wrong. Mark was a working class comedian while Madeline came from a rich family. They had only known each other a short time. He also had an ex- girlfriend who is pregnant with his child. Could they have run away together? With the help of a police dog staying with her temporarily, she found Mark's body. He had been murdered. She found the ex- girlfriend who was angry with Mark for deserting her when she was pregnant. Could she have killed him? Could Madeline have killed him in anger because she find out about the baby? The truth was even more complicated and finding it might cause Riley to lose her life.

Hail to the Chef by Julie Hyzy ($7.99) begins with a bomb scare in the White House and the death of two men, one the chief electrician and the other the First Lady's nephew. Ollie Paras, the White House executive chef, has a great deal to do to plan meals for the holiday season. She also has to take classes in how to notice incendiary devices in the White House. That doesn't mean that she doesn't take time to investigate the two deaths. The chief electrician was supposedly electrocuted due to his error. Ollie doesn't believe that. No one wants to listen to her. The First Lady's nephew supposedly committed suicide. She doesn't believe that either. She spoke with him shortly before his death. He didn't say or do anything that would cause her to believe that he would take his own life. The First Lady agrees with her. After Ollie is attacked on her way home, she feels sure she is right. The killer is determined to murder the one person who stands in the way and doesn't care how many others die in the attempt, including Ollie.

One of the most interesting things in the Inspector Gamache novels besides the mystery is that the reader learns more about the inspector's private life and family. A Rule Against Murder by Louise Penny ($14.99) is no exception. Armand Gamache and his wife go to Manoir Bellechasse, an inn, for their wedding anniversary. The only other people there, beside the staff, are the Finny family who are there for a reunion. Imagine their surprise when friends of theirs, Clare and Peter Morrow, arrive. It seems that Mrs. Finny is Peter's mother. When one of Peter's sister's is murdered, Peter is one of the suspects, as well as the rest of the family and staff. Gamache sends his wife away for her safety while he sends for his staff to investigate the crime. Everyone in the family has secrets that could cause them to commit the crime. It's up to Gamache to find out the truth before the killer can strike again, even if the killer is one of his friends.

Meg Corey is working on restoring the apple orchard she inherited as Rotten to the Core by Sheila Connolly ($7.99) begins. She is shocked to find in her springhouse the dead body of a man who is working toward farmers using organic methods. She becomes a suspect when the police find out that the poison that killed him was found on her property. Meg knows nothing about him, but she begins to investigate his death to clear her name. She finds out that some of the people who work for her knew the dead man and have a motive to kill him. She learns more than enough about organic farming and the reason why someone might commit murder because of it.

Going on a literary tour sounded interesting to me even before I read Frankly My Dear, I'm Dead by Livia J. Washburn ($6.99). I will admit that I am even more interested in going now that I've read it. Delilah Dickinson, newly divorced, has just opened a literary travel agency in Atlanta. Her first tour is a Gone With the Wind tour. She employs her son-in- law to help her and also brings two of her granddaughters with. When the man who portrays Rhett Butler is murdered, Delilah doesn't set out to find the killer. However, when she is a suspect because the murdered man propositioned her granddaughters and her son-in-law knows the murdered man, who he dislikes, she feels compelled to find the truth. What complicates matters is that the other actors on the tour seem to be taking their roles a bit too seriously. It seems that almost anyone could have killed him. Delilah doesn't stop until she finds out the truth, which has a higher price than she realizes.

I don't usually do disclaimers for my reviews. However, I feel obliged to say that part of the reason I enjoyed Mourning in Miniature by Margaret Grace ($7.99) is because the protagonist has the same first name as I do. That isn't the only reason. The characters were well done and the plot kept me intrigued to the very end. How far do you go to help a friend? That's what Gerry Porter has to decide. When her friend, Rosie Norman, asks Gerry to accompany her to her 30th high school reunion, Gerry agrees. It will give her a chance to see former students and a chance to show her granddaughter, Madison, around San Francisco. Rosie believes that a boy she had a crush on in high school wants to reconnect with her. When she finds out he wants nothing to do with her, she storms away. When he is murdered, Rosie is the prime suspect. Gerry is determined to clear her name. Madison is determined to help even though Gerry tries to stop her. Madison's computer skills give Gerry the help she needs to find the truth. The killer is determined to stop Gerry from telling her nephew, a police officer, what she knows. Madison is at the house when the killer shows up. Now Gerry has to protect her granddaughter while trying to keep from being the next victim.

In Murder on Bank Street by Victoria Thompson ($7.99), two men want to solve the murder of Sarah Brandt's husband, Dr. Tom Brandt. One is Sarah's father, who hopes that will bring her back home. The other is Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy, because he cares for Sarah. The problem is that solving the murder is more painful to Sarah than she realizes. Frank finds that several women believe that Dr. Brandt was in love with them. Although they are delusional, they might not have imagined his feelings for them. One of the women has given birth to a child and the family believes that Dr. Brandt is the child's father. Phoebe, who owes her existence to Sarah who saved her from a life on the streets, wants to help Sarah find out the truth, a truth Sarah may not want to hear and a truth that may cost Phoebe her life.

There are day care centers for babies. In Doggie Day Care Murder ($6.99), Laurie Berenson explores day care for pets. Melanie Travis would never let her poodles go to day care. She has no reason to. She is a stay at home mom with a baby who doesn't want to sleep at night. When a friend asks her to investigate a dog day care center, she agrees. After all, she does know a great deal about caring for dogs. When one of the owners is murdered and the other is a prime suspect, she is convinced to get involved. She finds plenty of suspects, including staff and customers. Nothing prepares her for what she finds out and a killer who traps her and threatens to end her life as well makes her realize how much she has to lose.

If you are looking for a book that combines humor of everyday life and mystery, try Mama Does Time by Deborah Sharp ($13.95). Mama is Rosalee Deveraux, a woman who has been married four times and is about to get married a fifth time. Her three daughters don't like her husband to be. They think he's a criminal. When a dead body is found in mama's car, she is taken into custody and her daughters are determined to prove her innocence. Mace Bauer, her middle daughter, is the one that does most of the detecting. She finds more than one suspect who might want to kill the dead man, including her first love who cheated on her. The killer is determined to stop her by kidnapping her mother. Mace is going to do whatever she has to in order to save her mother's life.

Burn Out by Marcia Muller ($7.99) aptly describes Sharon McCone at the beginning of the novel. She goes to her ranch to decide what to do with her life. Then she sees an Indian girl standing alone, looking lost. The girl disappears from view before she can help her. She tries to forget the girl, but she can't. She finds out the girl is related to Ramon, a man who runs the ranch. She finds herself drawn into the girl's life which leads her to investigate the murder of the girl's mother and sister. It seems as though the girl either knows something or has something that someone wants and will do whatever is necessary to find it. Sharon begins to straighten out her life while trying to find the girl before the killer does.

Point No Point by Mary Logue ($24.95 hc or $14.95 trade pb) begins with two deaths. Deputy Sheriff Claire Watkins finds the bloated body of a man with no ID in the water. His only identifying mark is a tattoo of a tree. Then Rich, the man she's living with, gets a call from Chet, a friend of his, asking Rich to come over. Rich arrives to find Chet with his dead wife, Annie. He calls Claire who joins them. She believes Chet killed his wife. Rich disagrees. They argue and he goes to live at Chet's place. When Chet escapes custody, Claire falls while chasing him and breaks her arm. Rich comes back to care for her. He begins to believe that Chet killed his wife. Now Claire isn't sure. Meanwhile other members of her team are looking into who the dead man was and who killed him. The two cases don't seem to have anything in common. Or do they? The answers change the lives of both Claire and Rich.

RECENTLY RECEIVED AND FORTHCOMING SCIENCE FICTION Already received

Doctor Who Insider #1 $6.99 (US version of the long-running Magazine. Matt Smith on his latest foe, the Silence; the Sontarans; more.) Doctor Who Magazine #431 $8.99 (Controversial Dalek redesign; writer Mark Gatiss reveals some clues about his new episode; Janet Fielding uncovered; more.) Doctor Who Magazine #432 $8.99 (New series secrets; Matt Smith Karen Gillan, and Arthur Darvill star in a special mini-adventure for Comic Relief; David Tennant tells us what he's doing for Red Nose Day; more) Doctor Who Magazine #433 $8.99 (Exclusive interview with Steven Moffat; Marked for Death? Amy Pond, The Doctor, River Song, Rory Pond: one of them will die in the season opener; more. Four separate collectors' covers, one featuring each character.) Fantasy & Science Fiction May / June 2011 $7.50 (New fiction, reviews, more) Locus #603 April 2011 $6.95 (Interviews with Shaun Tan and Dani & Eytan Kollin; industry news, reviews, more.) Locus #604 May 2011 $6.95 (Interview with David D. 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Hamilton, Kersten -- Tyger Tyger $17.00 (Goblin Wars #1: YA; Soon after the alluring Finn arrives at her family's home, 16-year-old Teagan and her brother are drawn into the battle Finn's family has fought since the 13th century, when Fionn MacCumhaill angered the goblin king.) Hausman, Blake M. -- Riding the Trail of Tears $24.95 (PBO; Tallulah Wilson is a Cherokee woman who works at a virtual-reality tourist compound where customers ride the Trail of Tears. When several tourists lose consciousness inside the ride, everyone thinks it's a terrorist attack. They don't know that Cherokee Little People have taken up residence in the virtual world and fully intend to change the ride's programming to suit their own point of view.) Herriman, George -- Krazy and Ignatz 1919-1921: A Kind, Benevolent and Amiable Brick $24.99 (Collects three years worth of black & white full- page Sunday strips, featuring the greatest comic love triangle of all time: kat, mice, and pupp.) Hobson, M.K. -- The Hidden Goddess $7.99 (PBO; Like it or not, Emily has fallen in love with Dreadnought Stanton, and must brave his family and the magical elite of New York City. Once there, she is confronted with confining couture, sinister Russian scientists, and a deathless Aztec goddess who dreams of plunging the world into apocalypse.) Jackson, S/Kovalic, J -- Munchkin: Munchkinomicon 15-card Expansion Pack $4.99 (15 new cards (packs are identical - same cards in each) including the Munchkinomicon and 14 of its deviously cheesy spells) Jaros, James (aka Nykanen, Mark) -- Burn Down the Sky $7.99 (PBO; After the destruction of nature and the death of the world, in the parched ruins of what once was civilization, one commodity is far more valuable than all others combined: female children.) Jones, Gwyneth -- The Universe of Things $18.00 (PBO; Collection; reprints 15 short works of speculative fiction) Joshi, S.T. (ed) -- Weird Fiction Review #1 Fall 2010 $25.00 (Fiction, essays, poetry, David Ho artist's gallery) Kelly, Michael (ed) -- Chilling Tales: Evil I Did Dwell; Lewd Did I Live $14.95 (PBO; Anthology; 18 tales of dark fantasy and horror by Canadian writers) Ketchum, J/McKee, L -- The Woman $14.00 (Sequel to Off Season and Offspring. The lone survivor of a tribe of feral cannibals is captured by a hunter. He means to tame her. But the question becomes: which of them is more savage?) Kimberling, Nicole (ed) -- Tangle $15.95 (PBO; Anthology; 11 stories of magic, mystery, and the fantastic future, all featuring gay men) Kimberling, Nicole (ed) -- Tangle Girls $12.95 (PBO; Anthology; 6 tales of amazons, assassins, spacefarers, shapeshifters, and fairies, all featuring lesbians.) King, Stephen et al -- The Long Road Home $19.99 (Dark Tower Prequel GN #2: Full color graphic novel; reprints issues 1-5 of the comic book.) King, Stephen et al -- Treachery $19.99 (Dark Tower Prequel GN #3: Full color graphic novel; reprints issues 1-6 of the comic book. Young gunslinger Roland Deschain is haunted and transfixed on the magical orb called the Grapefruit, while Gilead is threatened from within by the ranks of the evil Farson. ) Le Guin, Ursula K. -- The Wild Girls $12.00 (PBO; Collection; newly revised version of the title novelette, plus two essays, several poems, and Ursula interviewed by Terry Bisson.) Lee, Tanith -- Disturbed by Her Song $18.00 (Collects the erotic and darkly surreal tales of Esther Garber and her half-brother Judas Garbah, the mysterious writers that Lee has been channeling for the past few years; Lambda Award finalist) Mamatas, Nick -- Sensation $14.95 (PBO; An allegorical novel in which humans are the pawns in the war between a species of anarchist wasps and a collective of hyperintelligent spiders.) Martin, George (creator) -- The Hard Call $24.99 (Wild Cards: Full color graphic novel; reprints issues 1-6 of the comic book. An all-new Wild Cards story.) Martinez, A. Lee -- Chasing the Moon $19.99 (Diana thought the apartment was too good to be true, but she wasn't expecting a roommate who wants to devour the universe. Soon she is up to her elbows in cosmic horrors and ancient entities, and must find a way to keep a monster-god from devouring the moon.) Maslakovic, Neve -- Regarding Ducks and Universes $13.95 (In 1986, the universe suddenly and inexplicably split, into Universe A and Universe B. Thirty-five years later, Felix Sayers lives in San Francisco A, and dreams of penning a mystery novel. But everything changes when his aunt dies, leaving a photo of Felix with his father - dated ten days before Felix was born. It can mean only one thing: Felix has an 'alter' in Universe B. In a panic that his mystery novel may have been written already, Felix crosses to San Francisco B, and violates the rules of both universes by snooping around his alter's life. When he narrowly escapes a hit-and-run, it becomes clear that someone knows he's crossed over - and isn't happy about it. With the help of a trio of students and a Miss Marple-style detective, Felix must uncover the truth about his alter, the events of 1986, and a wayward rubber duck, before his time in both worlds runs out; Signed copies) McNeil, Carla Speed -- Finder: Sin Eater / King of Cats / Talisman $24.99 (Omnibus reprint of 3 black & white graphic novels, collecting issues 1- 22 of the Eisner Award-winning sf comic book series, plus extensive story notes and a full- color gallery of cover art.) McNeil, Carla Speed -- Finder: Voice $19.99 (PBO; Black & white graphic novel; latest installment of the award-winning sf comic. Rachel needs to recover a stolen family heirloom - fast! She's sure wandering family friend Jaeger would know where to start, but how do you find a 'finder'? And what if you find one of his payback- minded enemies first?) Milford, Kate -- The Boneshaker $6.99 (Kids; 1913: When a traveling medicine show arrives in town, 13-year-old Natalie's half-built automaton suddenly moves. Wondering why, she investigates, and uncovers a grim situation she must set right) Miller, Miranda -- Nina in Utopia $14.95 (PBO; Traumatized by her daughter's death, Nina finds herself in 2004 London - which she sees as a Utopia free of grime, poverty, and violence - and befriends Jonathan, who introduces her to the wonders of modern life. After a weekend, Nina returns to her own time of 1854, but her experiences frighten her husband, who has her committed to Bedlam. There she finds another Utopia in the care of a doctor with very modern ideas on patient rehabilitation. And, filled with yearning, Nina and Jonathan reach out to one another across the centuries.) Murphy, Derryl -- Napier's Bones $15.95 (PBO; Dom is a numerate, able to see and control numbers and use them as a form of magic. While seeking a mathematical item of immense power, he finds himself on the run, with a numerate of unfathomable strength hot on his trail. ) Nikakis, K.S. -- The Song of the Silvercades $12.95 (Kira Chronicles #2: With the Tremen under attack by the neighboring Shargh, Kira flees North to seek help from their warrior kin. But as the Shargh's most ancient prophecy comes to life, Kira and the Tremen will never be the same again.) Parker, K.J. -- Blue and Gold $25.00 (Novella; Salonius is one jump ahead of the secret police and on the brink of one of the greatest discoveries in the history of alchemy. But why would a scientist with the world's most generous, forgiving patron be so desperate to run away?) Pierce, Gabriella -- 666 Park Avenue $13.99 (PBO; First she found out that her prospective mother-in-law is an evil witch - literally. Now Jane is struggling with newfound magical abilities, and the threat of those who will stop at nothing to get them.) Powers, Tim -- On Stranger Tides $7.99 (Reissue; On his way to the New World to confront his uncle, who has apparently made off with the family fortune, John Chandagnac's ship is waylaid by the pirate Blackbeard, and John is pressed into piracy and sorcery as Blackbeard searches for the Fountain of Lost Youth.) Roberts, Adam -- New Model Army $14.95 (A giant has brought war to England. When the British army arrives, he simply melts away, only to form again somewhere else and deliver another devastating blow. He is a New Model Army - his thoughts flow through countless wireless connections, his intelligence comes from the internet and real-time camera updates, and his mind is made up of thousands of minds, each deciding what he will choose to do. He has chosen the joy of the fight, and his fury is truly democratic.) Robeson, Kenneth -- Tuned for Murder / The Smiling Dogs $14.95 (Avenger #05: Pulp reprints) Robeson, Kenneth -- Merchants of Disaster / Measures for a Coffin $14.95 (Doc Savage #45: Pulp reprints) Robeson, Kenneth -- The Mystic Mullah / Terror Takes 7 $14.95 (Doc Savage #46: Pulp reprints) Robeson, Kenneth -- Weird Valley / Let's Kill Ames / The Green Master $14.95 (Doc Savage #47: Pulp reprints) Rollo, Gord -- Valley of the Scarecrow $14.00 (The man who sold his soul to the devil suffered a macabre death at the townspeople's hands: bound to a cross in a desecrated church, and left to rot. His skin withered, his body mummified and twisted - but he didn't really die) Rusch, Kristine Kathryn -- City of Ruins $16.00 (Boss #2: PBO; Boss puts together a company to hunt for Dignity Vessels and loose stealth tech, then takes a team to the city of Vaycehn, where 14 archaeologist have died exploring the underground caverns, and mysterious 'death holes' explode into the city itself. The search for the cause of the death holes leads to a discovery that will change her life, and the universe, forever.) Russell, C & C -- The Quest of the Warrior Sheep $6.99 (Warrior Sheep #1: Kids; When Sal the sheep is bonked on the head by an unidentified falling object, it can only mean one thing: Lord Aries is in trouble, and the sheep posse must save him. (In fact, the mysterious object is a cell phone dropped by a couple of bank robbers who will do anything to get it back.)) Sedia, Ekaterina (ed) -- Bewere the Night $14.95 (PBO; Anthology; 29 stories (12 reprints, 17 originals) about animals turning into humans and humans shapeshifting into animals. ) Silverberg (Don Elliott) -- Gang Girl / Sex Bum $19.95 (Omnibus reprint; two classics of hardboiled sleaze.) Strahan, Jonathan (ed) -- Eclipse Four $14.99 (PBO; Anthology; 14 original sf and fantasy stories where strange and wonderful things happen) Thomas, L/Stanish, D (ed) -- Whedonistas: A Celebration of the Worlds of Joss Whedon by the Women Who Love Them $14.95 (PBO; Authors and fans discuss the impact of Whedon's work and their involvement in the shows' fandoms in a series of essays covering Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Firefly, Dollhouse, and Doctor Horrible's Sing- Along Blog. ) Ugresic, Dubravka -- Baba Yaga Laid an Egg $14.95 (The stories of four women in contemporary Eastern Europe - their fears and desires, and their struggles against invisibility - transform the old folktale into a modern tale of femininity, aging, identity, and love; Tiptree Award winner) Vanderhooft/Lundoff (ed) -- Hellebore & Rue: Tales of Queer Women and Magic $15.00 (Anthology; 12 original stories) Weise, Jillian -- The Colony $15.95 (PBO; 2010 Tiptree Honor List. Anne accepts an invitation to the nation's largest research colony, where scientists hope to 'cure' her of a rare gene that affects her bone growth. Anne feels fine the way she is, and strives to maintain her resolve under pressure from her peers and from doctors eager to make her the first patient to generate a new leg.) Wellman, Manly Wade -- Battle in the Dawn: The Complete Hok the Mighty $15.99 (PBO; Complete collection of the pulp stories, plus unfinished story fragments and all-new illustrations. ) Whedon, Joss et al -- Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog: The Book $19.95 (PBO; Companion volume to the -winning musical comedy, with exclusive new material, including photos, sheet music, and more.) Williams, Liz -- The Iron Khan $17.95 (Inspector Chen #5: Chen is charged with retrieving an ancient tome containing the blueprints for creation, whose contents may be used to unravel reality itself. Zhu Irzh is vacationing in Urumchi, where Chinese and Islamic worlds and afterlives collide, when a wedding party is attacked by a reanimated corpse, bringing new mysteries to light.) Williamson, Jack -- At the Human Limit $40.00 (Collected Stories #8: Final volume of the series collecting all of his short fiction, 600+ pages)

Early June

Untold Adventures $7.99 (Dungeons & Dragons: Anthology; stories by popular fantasy authors) Abe, Shana -- The Time Weaver $7.99 (Drakon #5: Honor Carlisle learns she is a Time Weaver, and finds herself drawn to Alexandru, a prince from a rival tribe. Will their union restore order to the drakon universe, or destroy it?) Adair, Cherry -- Hush $7.99 (A trip to Venezuela provides more adventure than expected when Zak Stark is kidnapped along with Acadia Gray, a beautiful woman he knows nothing about, and a near-death experience leaves him with a baffling new sixth sense.) Akers, Tim -- Dead of Veridon $7.99 (Burn Cycle #2: Two years after he saved the city from a mad angel, the Council appoints Jacob Burn to investigate the rise of the cog-dead; while some city factions hold him personally accountable, others work to use the chaos to their advantage.) Allston, Aaron -- Conviction $27.00 (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi #7: Abeloth is on the run, but has not given up its plans to destroy the galaxy, even as the Jedi and the Sith have abandon all pretense of cooperation and make plans to rout each other.) Anderson, Kevin (ed) -- Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 $17.99 (PBO; Anthology; includes all the shorter stories nominated for this year's award, including all of the short fiction winners.) Anderson, Kevin J. -- The Map of All Things $7.99 (Terra Incognita #2: Uraban leader Omra discovers an ancient map to the Key of Creation, and sends his son on a quest to find it. Meanwhile, Tierran Captain Vora sets out to find Terravitae, home of the legendary Holy Joron.) Andrews, Ilona -- Magic Slays $7.99 (Kate Daniels #5: PBO; Kate has quit the Order and started her own business, but she's having trouble finding customers. So when Atlanta's premier Master of the Dead asks for help with a vampire, Kate jumps at the chance. She should have looked before she leapt . . .) Andrews/Galenorn/etc -- Hexed $7.99 (PBO; Anthology; 4 paranormal novellas featuring powerful women who know how to handle a hex or two.) Ashwood, Sharon -- Frostbound $7.99 (Dark Forgotten #4: PBO; When someone beheads a woman, vampire Talia Rostova suspects it was meant to be her. Now she's a suspect in the killing, held prisoner by smoking-hot hellhound Lore, who isn't about to free her until he's sure she's the prey rather than the hunter.) Battis, Jes -- Infernal Affairs $7.99 (OSI #4: PBO; Tess ends up protecting one demon from another when a dead body on the beach turns out to be a live demon on the run from some of the nastiest bounty hunters in this dimension - or the next.) Beyer, Kirsten -- Children of the Storm $7.99 (Star Trek Voyager: PBO; The crew searches for three missing Federation starships, and discovers that an unknown alien race is responsible for the mysterious disappearances.) Black/Datlow (ed) -- Welcome to Bordertown $19.99 (Anthology; original urban fantasy stories set in Terri Windling's city on the border between human civilization and the elven world.) Bova, Ben -- The Hittite $7.99 (A Hittite soldier follows the slave traders who kidnapped his wife and sons across Greece to wartorn Troy, where he proves himself a warrior to rank with Hector and Achilles.) Brashares, Ann -- My Name Is Memory $15.00 (Daniel has spent centuries falling in love with the same girl. Life after life, crossing continents and dynasties, they have been drawn together. And then torn painfully, fatally, apart. They must come to understand what stands in the way of their love if they are ever to spend a lifetime together. ) Brosgol, Vera -- Anya's Ghost $15.99 (YA; Full color graphic novel; of all the things Anya expected to find at the bottom of an old well, a new friend was not one of them. Especially a new friend who's been dead for a century.) Burney, Claudia Mair -- X Restored $7.99 (Exorsistah #3: PBO; After three years, Emme has finally found her mama. Now, haunted by a mysterious ghost and threatened by a demon in her mama's house, X dons God's armor to face the evil force that has hunted her all her life.) Byers, Richard Lee -- The Spectral Blaze $7.99 (Forgotten Realms: Brotherhood of the Griffon #3: Aoth and the Brotherhood have succeeded in rescuing Tchazzar, the lost king of Chessenta and a formidable red dragon, and are rewarded with a contract to aid in his war with a powerful dracolich. But Aoth begins to suspect that the Brotherhood may be just a pawn in a cutthroat draconic game that puts whole kingdoms at risk.) Cabot, Meg -- Insatiable $14.99 (Soap opera writer Meena Harper doesn't believe in vampires. But she does have a gift for knowing how and when you're going to die. Which might come in handy when she gets involved with Lucien Antonescu, a modern-day prince with a few secrets - and enemies willing to use his new girlfriend to get to him.) Caine, R/Hughes, K (ed) -- Chicks Kick Butt $14.99 (PBO; Anthology; original urban fantasy stories in which strong heroines tackle vampires, werewolves, demons, and monsters.) Chance, Karen -- Hunt the Moon $7.99 (Cassie Palmer #5: PBO; Someone is willing to go to any lengths to prevent Cassie's coronation as Pythia - the world's chief clairvoyant - including attacking Cassie's mother before Cassie is born.) Clautice/de Bie/Goetz -- The Shadowfell: Gloomwrought and Beyond $39.99 (Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition: For DMs interested in running adventures in the Shadowfell city, or looking for a sinister setting for urban adventures. Includes a 128-page book with location descriptions, maps, quests, and stats for monsters and villains, and info on other locations heroes are likely to visit beyond the city walls. Plus a 32-page book of encounters, two sheets of die-cut monster and villain tokens, a foldout battle map, and a deck of 30 cards that can be used to add suspense to the adventure.) Connor (Aguirre/Lofty) -- Nightfall $15.00 (Dark Age Dawning #1: After the collapse of civilization, ex-Marine Mason struggles to protect Jenna, even as she is altered forever by supernatural forces.) Cooper, Karina -- Blood of the Wicked $7.99 (Dark Mission #1: PBO; A soldier of the Holy Order, Silas Smith has to stay close to Jessie Leigh, the most sensuous and electrifying woman he has ever seen, and manipulate her into leading him to the witch he has to kill: her brother.) Cross, Kady -- The Girl in the Steel Corset $17.99 (Steampunk Chronicles #1: YA; Finley Jayne knows that no normal girl has a darker side that lets her knock out a man with one punch. Then she meets Griffin King and his friends, all of whom are far from ordinary. She joins their investigation of The Machinist, the mastermind behind several recent crimes by automatons - and a plot against Queen Victoria.) David, Peter -- Dark of the Moon $7.99 (Transformers: Only a handful knew the real mission behind the 1969 US moon landing. Now the Decepticons have set their sights on unearthing government secrets. The only hope of averting a crisis rests on the Autobots - but who knows what remains in the shadows, hidden from man and machine? ) Davidson, MaryJanice -- The Royal Mess $7.99 (Alaskan Royal Family #3: The tension between illegitimate Princess Nicole Krenski and her bodyguard Jeffrey Rodinov erupts into a stimulating set of circumstances in the Baranov Kingdom.) Davys, Tim -- Lanceheim $14.99 (Mollisan Town #2: Unlike the other stuffed animals, Maximillian did not arrive by green delivery truck. He has no seams, and grows in size. When he begins to preach strange parables, he attracts followers - and his growing influence threatens the power of the dark forces ruling Mollisan Town.) de Candido, Keith RA -- Under the Crimson Sun $7.99 (Dark Sun: Abyssal Plague: When a trading caravan manned by grifters and con men comes across a dead man in the desert, they open the door to an Abyssal realm long since destroyed. As the Voidharrow takes hold of one of their companions, he begins to morph into a beast like none they have ever seen. When the stakes are raised in an attempt to defraud some of the more unsavory rulers of this cruel world, the Voidharrow comes to play a role in a move that could transform our heroes forever.) Dessertine, Rebecca -- One Year Gone $7.99 (Supernatural: PBO; Believing that Sam is in Hell, Dean tries to keep his promise to his brother and live a normal life.) Douglas, Kristina -- Demon $7.99 (Fallen #2: PBO; After the death of his beloved mate Sarah, Azazel wander the earth a lost soul - until he decides to take matters into his own hands and find the one woman who could take Sarah's place.) Drake, David -- What Distant Deeps $7.99 (RCN #8: With peace declared, Captain Daniel Leary and spy Adele Mundy have both been sent to the fringes of human space to relax. But the barbarians of the outer reaches are planning to bring down both Cinnabar and the Alliance - unless Daniel, Adele, and their unlikely allies can stop them.) Epstein, A/Jacobson, A -- The Familiars $6.99 (Kids; When a group of young wizards are captured by an evil queen, it's up to their familiars to save them. Streetwise alley cat Aldwyn, know-it- all blue jay Skylar, and friendly tree frog Gilbert face dangerous foes, unearth a centuries- old secret, and discover a destiny that changes them all forever.) Espenson, Jane (ed) -- Inside Joss' Dollhouse: From Alpha to Rossum $14.95 (Nonfiction; 18 essays discussing the Whedon TV series) Esslemont, Ian C. -- Return of the Crimson Guard $8.99 (Malazan Empire #2: With the Empire weakened by war, betrayals, and rivalries, the Empress faces increasing unrest. Into this seething cauldron march the mercenaries of the Crimson Guard. As the Guard prepares to wage war, Empress Laseen's generals and mages grow impatient with her mismanagement. Or is she using the uprisings to draw out and eliminate the last irksome survivors from the days of her predecessor?) Ferreira, Rachel Haywood -- The Emergence of Latin American Science Fiction $29.95 (Nonfiction; an exploration of the sf written prior to 1920, tracing how and why the genre reached Latin America so quickly, and analyzing how writers adapted sf to their own realities. Plus a chronological bibliography) Fisher, Catherine -- The Dark City $16.99 (Relicmaster #1: YA; In Anara, ancient relics emit technologically advanced powers, members of the old Order are hunted by the governing Watch yet revered by the people, and the great energy that connects all also sees to be destroying all. The only hope for the world lies in Galen, a man of the old Order and a Keeper of relics, and his 16- year-old apprentice Raffi.) Flint, E/Freer, D -- The Sorceress of Karres $7.99 (Karres #3: A new urgent mission has Captain Pausert's name on it, as he, Goth, and the Leewit are sent to investigate the notorious Chaladoor region of space.) Gabaldon, Diana -- A Echo in the Bone $8.99 (Outlander #7: 1777: Jamie Fraser would rather die than face his bastard son in battle; Claire is determined that the price of an American victory won't include Jamie's life or happiness.) Garey, Terri -- Devil Without a Cause $7.99 (Devil's Bargain #1: PBO; To save her sick child, Faith makes a deal with the Devil: steal a ring worn by bad-boy rockstar Finn - a ring that is the only thing standing between Finn and Hell. But Faith and Finn weren't expecting to fall in love. Can they convince the Devil to give up his due?) Gleason, Colleen -- The Vampire Narcise $14.95 (Regency Draculia #3: PBO; Skilled in the seduction of men, both mortal and immortal, Narcise Moldavi is the greatest weapon in her twisted brother's war among the Dracule. Until she falls for Giordan Cale.) Golden, Christie -- The Shattering: Prelude to Cataclysm $8.99 (World of Warcraft: Tie-in to the newest World of Warcraft game expansion.) Grant, Mira -- Deadline $9.99 (Newsflesh #2: A CDC researcher brings news to Shaun Mason: the conspiracy behind the zombie infection is far from dead. Now, Shaun is going to hit the road to see what truth can be found at the end of a shotgun.) Green, Simon R. -- From Hell with Love $7.99 (Eddie Drood #4: The Drood Matriarch is dead, and it's up to acting head of the family Eddie to figure out who did it. Unpopular opinion is divided: it was either Eddie's best girl Molly. Or Eddie himself. And Eddie knows he didn't do it.) Green, Simon R. -- For Heaven's Eyes Only $25.95 (Eddie Drood #5: After the murder of the Drood Matriarch, the family finds itself vulnerable to evil. This time, it's a Satanic Conspiracy that could throw humanity directly into the clutches of the Biggest of the Bads.) Greenwood, Ed -- Elminster Must Die! $7.99 (Forgotten Realms: Sage of Shadowdale #1: Elminster is now a tired old man, powerful but mortal. To keep his lover, the Simbul, sane, he must feed powerful magic items to her. But collecting them is increasingly risky - and leads his enemies right to him.) Gustainis, J (ed) -- Those Who Fight Monsters $14.95 (Anthology; original stories of occult detectives) Hamilton, Laurell K. -- Bullet $7.99 (Anita Blake #19: Master vampire Jean Claude is consolidating power in himself and those loyal to him. Of course, there are those who oppose his plans. Assassins are coming to St. Louis. Anita knows they're coming, but being forewarned doesn't necessarily mean you can win.) Hamilton, Laurell K. -- Hit List $27.95 (Anita Blake #20: Word has leaked to Anita that hit men are headed for St. Louis - targeting her, Jean- Claude, and Richard.) Hardinge, Frances -- Fly Trap (UK title: Twilight Robbery) $16.99 (Mosca Mye #2: Kids; Sharp- eyed orphan Mosca Mye, her guard goose Saracen, and con man Eponymous Clent attempt to outwit the silent leaders of the strange town of Toll, prevent the kidnapping of the mayor's daughter, steal the town's Luck, and somehow manage to escape with their lives - and, maybe, a little money in their pockets.) Harland, Richard -- Worldshaker $9.99 (YA; Col understands how society works: the elite families enjoy comfort on the Upper Decks, and the Filthies toil Below Decks. Filthies are like animals, unable to understand language or think for themselves. Or so Col thinks, until he meets Riff, a clever, quick Filthy girl. If she's telling the truth, then everything Col has been told is a lie.) Harrison, Kim -- Something Deadly This Way Comes $16.99 (Madison #2: YA; When Madison has the opportunity to get her body back, she faces her most difficult decision yet. Does she want to return to being a normal teen? Or become heaven's dark timekeeper forever?) Hartwell/Cramer (eds) -- Year's Best SF 16 $7.99 (PBO; Anthology; the best stories published in 2010) Hearne, Kevin -- Hexed $7.99 (Iron Druid #2: Tempe's witch population quadruples overnight - and the new ones have a dark history from the German side of WWII. Aided by his magical sword, his neighbor's rocket-propelled grenade launcher, and his vampire attorney, Atticus plans to show them that they picked the wrong Druid to hex. ) Heinlein, Robert A. -- Farnham's Freehold $13.00 (Reissue; Classic reprint) Hendee, Barb -- Memories of Envy $7.99 (Vampire Memories #3: Vampire Simone Stratford enjoys playing elaborate games with mortals, stoking their passion for her before draining their blood. Eleisha and her protector Philip find themselves caught up in one of Simone's games, which turns into a battle for Eleisha's life and Philip's soul.) Hogan, James P. -- Migration $7.99 (As centuries pass on a generation starship bound for a new world, the old patterns that the builders had hoped to get away from begin to reappear.) Holland, Cecelia -- The King's Witch $15.00 (Heirs of Eleanor of Aquitaine #1: During the Third Crusade, Edythe's healing skills become indispensable in King Richard the Lionheart's camp - even as his soldiers, suspicious of her talent for warding off death, call her a witch.) Hughes, Matthew -- The Damned Busters $7.99 (To Hell & Back #1: After accidentally summoning a demon, Chesney refuses to sell his soul, which leads to, well, Hell going on strike. Which means that nothing bad ever happens in the world - and that actually turns out to be a really bad thing. There's only one solution. Satan offers Chesney the ultimate deal - sign the damned contract, and he can have his heart's desire. And thus the strangest superhero duo ever seen is born!) James, Allyson -- Shadow Walker $7.99 (Janet Begay #3: PBO; While rescuing her from a sinkhole, Janet's dragon boyfriend Nick is touched by something dark. Can Janet save him from the growing shadow?) Jasper, Elle -- Everdark $7.99 (Dark Ink #2: PBO; Surviving an ambush by enemy undead leaves Riley with new traits: heightened senses, reflexes, and strength. When she develops a telepathic link with a rampaging vampire, she decides to use her new skills to stop the killer. But she may need some help from sexy vampire Eli.) Jay, Stacey -- Dead on the Delta $7.99 (PBO; A chemical spill has turned Louisiana's fairies into insect-like creatures with a hunger for human flesh and blood. The police assume fairies caused a little girl's death, but to Fairy Containment agent Annabelle Lee, something doesn't look right, and she sets out to discover the truth.) Jones, J/Bennett, D -- Dragon Soul $7.99 (Volstov & Ke-Han #3: Rook the dragon-rider and his brother Thom search the detritus of battle for the missing pieces of the dragon Havemercy - including her soul.) Keating, Taylor -- Mind Games $6.99 (Guardian #2: PBO; Time is running out for lovers Hawk and River. Bioengineers on Earth are after River's Fae magic. Cryogeneticists in the Guardian world are desperate to revive Hawk from his astral travel. And a very angry lost Earth soul - aided by a Dark Lord - is after the body Hawk stole from him.) Kimball, Joe -- Timecaster $7.99 (Timecaster #1: Chicago, 2064: Talon is one of the few peace officers who can operate a TEV to record crimes that have already happened. When one of his wife's sex-partner clients asks Talon to investigate a possible murder, the TEV shows the killer clearly - it's Talon.) Klimo, Kate -- The Dragon in the Volcano $15.99 (Dragon Keepers #4: Kids; When their dragon Emmy disappears, she leaves a trail of socks, which Jesse and Daisy follow to the entrance to the Fiery Realm, where fire fairies have started mysteriously disappearing.) Koontz, Dean -- The Dead Town $9.99 (Dean Koontz's Frankenstein #5: Scattered survivors come together to weather the onslaught of the creatures set loose upon the world. As they ready for battle, they will learn the full scope of Victor Frankenstein's nihilistic plan - and the terrifying reach of his shadowy supporters.) Kowal, Mary Robinette -- Shades of Milk and Honey $14.99 (In a world where the manipulation of glamour is considered an essential skill for a lady of quality, Jane and her sister Melody vie for the attentions of eligible men. When Jane realizes one of her sister's suitors is just after her dowry, she pushes her glamour skills to the limit of what her body can withstand in order to set things right.) Kyme, Nick/Thorpe, Gav -- Dwarfs: Grudgebearer / Oathbreaker / Honourkeeper $15.00 (Warhammer: Omnibus reprint) Lackey, Mercedes -- Unnatural Issue $25.95 (Elemental Masters #6: Blaming himself for his wife's death in childbirth, Elemental Earth Master Richard Whitestone vowed never to set eyes on his daughter. When he finally does, he forms a twisted plan to use his daughter Suzanne's body to bring back the spirit of his long-dead wife.) Lackey, Mercedes -- The Sleeping Beauty $7.99 (Five Hundred Kingdoms #5: When invasion threatens her kingdom, Rosa must choose between a host of eligible princes and a handsome outsider, and learn the difference between being a princess and ruling as a queen.) Lang, Michele -- Lady Lazarus $7.99 (Magda Lazarus #1: A beautiful young witch and the angel she loves fight Hitler's demonic minions on the eve of World War II.) Long, Nathan -- Bloodforged $8.99 (Warhammer: Ulrika the Vampire #2: Unable to adapt to Lahmian society, Lurika seeks her own path, striking out for the Chaos-besieged city of Praag to seek old friends and new glory in battle.) Macallan, Ben -- Desdaemona $7.99 (Jordan treads the line between the mundane and the supernatural. When Desdaemona enlists Jordan's aid to look for her lost sister (who did a Very Bad Thing involving an immortal), their search attracts a lot of attention - and some of the interested parties are not human at all.) Mann, George -- The Osiris Ritual $13.99 (Newbury & Hobbes Investigations #2: Sir Maurice Newbury and Miss Veronica Hobbes must deal with Newbury's villainous predecessor Knox (who is hellbent on achieving immortality), and a secret agent who isn't quite what he seems.) Martin/Dozois (ed) -- Warriors 2 $7.99 (Anthology; original fantasy tales (partial reprint of hardcover)) Mayer, Andrew P. -- The Falling Machine $16.00 (Society of Steam #1: 1880: NYC socialite Sarah Stanton dreams of becoming a hero, and gets her chance when the leader of the Society of Paragons is murdered right before her eyes. She teams up with the Automaton, a mechanical man, to uncover the truth behind the assassination.) McCaffrey, Todd -- Dragongirl $7.99 (Pern: Sequel to Dragonheart. After three years in the past, Fiona is older and wiser, but has yet to solve the mystery of the dragon-killing illness that threatens Pern's survival) McCray, Cheyenne -- Zombies Sold Separately $7.99 (Night Tracker #4: PBO; When the corpses of humans and Paranorms alike start turning up all over New York City, human/Drow PI Nyx searches for the killer - and meets her worst nightmare, a body- snatching Zombie.) McNeill, Graham -- The Chapter's Due $8.99 (Warhammer 40,000: Ultramarines #6: Captain Uriel Ventris does battle against the nemesis of the Ultramarines - the Iron Warriors, lead by renegade Warsmith Honsou.) Morden, Simon -- Degrees of Freedom $7.99 (Petrovitch #3: London Metrozone, 2026: Michael the AI is trapped under the remains of Oshicora Tower; will he still be sane by the time Petrovitch frees him? Maddy has left, but Petrovitch is pretty sure she still loves him. Sonja Oshicora loves him, too, but it's not clear she means to save him from what's coming. The New Machine Jihad is calling - but didn't Petrovitch kill it? And after trying to kill pretty much everyone by blowing up the world, the Armageddonists want to do it again. Everyone wants something from Petrovitch, but all he wants is to be free.) Navarro, Yvonne -- Concrete Savior $7.99 (Brynna #2: PBO; Lucifer's deadliest hunters are hot on Brynna's trail. Police Detective Eran Redmond is after her for a different reason: he needs Brynna to help him find a serial killer who is terrorizing Chicago. The trail leads them right to Hellspawned demons of the most dangerous kind.) Newton, Mark Charan -- Nights of Villjamur $16.00 (Legends of the Red Sun #1: In the ancient city of Villjamur, where thousands are seeking sanctuary from an ice age, a senior investigator hunts for a politician's murderer, and a handsome womanizer with a hidden agenda maneuvers his way into the imperial palace.) Niven, L/Lerner, E -- Betrayer of Worlds $7.99 (Ringworld Prequel #4: Fresh disaster looms for the cowardly Puppeteers of the Fleet of Worlds, as though past crises have returned and converged. Who can possibly save the Fleet this time?) Norton, Andre -- Deadly Dreams: Perilous Dreams / Knave of Dreams $7.99 (Omnibus reprint; classic reprints) Novik, Naomi -- Tongues of Serpents $7.99 (Temeraire #6: Convicted of treason, Temeraire and Laurence are exiled to a prison colony in Australia, where they find a fresh batch of political complications. Their surveying mission to find a route into Australia's interior leads to a shocking discovery and a dangerous new obstacle in the war with Napoleon.) Okorafor, Nnedi -- Who Fears Death $15.00 (In far future Africa, a girl is born whose destiny is to end the genocide of her people. The journey to fulfill that destiny will force her to grapple with nature, tradition, history, true love, the spiritual mysteries of her culture - and eventually death itself.) Ortiz, Luis (ed) -- Why New Yorkers Smoke $15.95 (Anthology; original sf and fantasy stories answering the question, 'What is there to fear in New York City?') Pelegrimas, Marcus -- The Breaking $7.99 (Skinners #5: PBO; Apocalypse is a certainty unless Paige and Cole can uncover the truth behind a terrible force powering monsters and hunters alike, and find out why Skinners are suddenly, inexplicably, turning against Skinners.) Pettersson, Vicki -- The Neon Graveyard $7.99 (Zodiac #6: PBO; Once she was a soldier for the Ligh. Now Joanna Archer is just another mortal. Joining forces with a band of rogue Shadow agents, she's ready to storm the stronghold of the depraved demon goddess who is holding her lover captive.) Powers, Richard -- Generosity $15.00 (Shortlisted for the 2010 Arthur C. Clarke Award. What will happen to life when science identifies the genetic basis of happiness? Who will own the patent? Do we dare revise our own temperaments?) Prineas, Sarah -- Found $6.99 (Magic Thief #3: Kids; Determined to protect Wellmet and its magic, Conn, a young thief turned apprentice wizard, sets off to stop an evil predator that intends to destroy the city.) Rabe/Greenberg (ed) -- Hot & Steamy: Tales of Steampunk Romance $7.99 (PBO; Anthology; original stories) Radford, Irene -- Thistle Down $7.99 (PBO; Like many of the local children, Dusty played with imaginary Pixie friends in Ten Acre Wood. But the Pixies are not imaginary, and now the Wood is in danger. Only Thistle Down, exiled and trapped in a mortal woman's body, can save the Pixies - if she can convince Dusty to help her before it's too late.) Rardin, Jennifer -- The Deadliest Bite $13.99 (Jaz Parks #8: PBO; It's going to take major violence and one (hopefully) final trip to Hell for Jaz to finally triumph over the forces of darkness.) Rawn/Roberson/Elliott -- The Golden Key $7.99 (Reissue; In Tira Virte, art is used as a binding legal record of everything from marriages to treaties. Certain Grijalva men are born with the ability to alter events and influence people through what they paint, but this power has always been used for Tira Virte - until Sario Grijalva learns to use his Gift in a whole new way. When he begins to work his magic, both the Grijalvas and Tira Virte may pay the price.) Remic, Andy -- Vampire Warlords $7.99 (Clockwork Vampire #3: Kell must choose between fleeing Falanor, or fighting for its people. Even now it may be too late, for the Vachine invaders have called upon their ancient rulers. The vampire warlords have returned, and they will feed.) Reynolds, Alastair -- Terminal World $8.99 (An enforcement agent named Quillon has been living incognito in the last human city of Spearpoint, working as a morgue pathologist. Then a near-dead angel, a winged posthuman, drops onto his dissecting table. To save the angel's life, Quillon will have to travel into the cold and hostile lands beyond the city) Sage, Angie -- Darke $17.99 (Septimus Heap #6: Kids; To save the Castle and the Wizard Tower from destruction, Septimus must enter the Darke. But he will need his companions' help to battle the spreading Darknesse.) Sanderson, Brandon -- The Way of Kings $8.99 (Stormlight Archive #1: In the world of Roshar, Dalinar, the assassinated king's brother and uncle of the new one, is an old soldier who is weary of fighting. He is plagued by dreams of ancient times and legendary wars, visions that may force him into a new role. Kaladin, a highborn young man, has been brought low, to the most miserable level of military slavery. He must suffer and struggle to survive and rise again. Shallan, a naive but brave and brilliant young woman, will do anything to save her impoverished noble house from ruin.) Shan, Darren -- City of the Snakes $21.99 (City #3: The City's ruler has disappeared. His trusted lieutenant suspects the ancient and powerful Incan priests, and believes only Al Jeery has the cunning to outwit such adversaries. Al isn't interested - until he's promised retribution against the man who ruined his life.) Simmons, Dan -- Flashback $27.99 (The US is near collapse, but 87% of the population doesn't care: they're addicted to a drug that allows them to re-experience the best moments of their lives. When an addicted ex-detective investigates the murder of a government advisor's son, he becomes the one man who may be able to change the course of an entire nation that is turning away from the future to live in the past.) Sinclair, Alison -- Lightborn $7.99 (Darkborn #2: The Darkborn aristocracy rejects magic, viewing science as the only worthy goal. Lady Telmaine Hearne has kept her powers secret - until her husband draws her into a plan to protect the archduke and his brother from a magical enemy.) Sinclair, Alison -- Shadowborn $15.00 (Darkborn #3: To escape a death sentence, Lady Telmaine, with her mageborn allies, is now bound for the Borders and war. Meanwhile, Balthasar has learned of his family connection to the Shadowborn, and is fighting for survival and sanity as magic turns him against everything he holds dear.) Starr, Jason -- The Pack $25.95 (After a guys' night out with some new acquaintances gets frighteningly out of hand, Simon experiences disturbing changes, and suspects that when the men welcomed him to their 'pack', they meant more than male bonding.) Steele, Allen -- Hex $26.95 (Coyote Universe #3: The reclusive danui, the galaxy's finest engineers, initiate trade negotiations with the Coyote Federation, offering the coordinates for an unoccupied habitable world. But when the Federations recon mission goes wrong, the humans realize how little they know about their new partners.) Strieber, Whitley -- The Omega Point $7.99 (Beyond 2012: 2020: Solar storms ravage the globe, and comets and asteroids threaten to end life on Earth. A young psychiatrist may hold the power to save the world. Newly employed at the posh Acton Clinic, he encounters people who seem to understand what's happening - and may possess extraordinary knowledge of what's to come.) Swanwick, Michael -- Dancing with Bears $24.99 (Con men Darger and Surplus have lied their way onto the caravan that is delivering a priceless gift to the Duke of Muscovy. Once there, they quickly become entangled in a morass of and revolution. The only thing more dangerous than the politics is the gift itself, the Pearls of Byzantium, and Zoesophia, the governess sworn to protect their virtue.) Taylor, T/Boan, B -- Alien Invasion $16.00 (Nonfiction; 2 physicists, with experience working with the Dept. of Defense and NASA, explain how we can defend ourselves from alien invasion.) Thompson, J/Hao, V -- King of RPGs #2 $10.99 (Black & white graphic novel; when Shesh's dark personality activates, only his friends can take him down. And there's only one place to do it: the biggest World of Warfare convention in the world!) Turtledove, Harry -- West and East $16.00 (War That Came Early #2: As armies clash, and sides are chosen, new weapons are added to already deadly arsenals and new strategies are plotted to break a growing stalemate. But what will it take to bring America into this war?) Valentine, Genevieve -- Mechanique: A Tale of the Circus Tresaulti $14.95 (The Mechanical Circus Tresaulti travels the landscape of a ruined country under the spectre of war. When two of its performers become locked in a battle of wills, the circus' own past may be the biggest threat of all.) Vance, Jack -- Dangerous Ways: The Man in the Cage / Bad Ronald / The Deadly Isles $45.00 (Reprints three of his classic mysteries: an Edgar Award winner, a hider-in-the-house thriller, and an exotic South Seas murderfest.) Vonnegut, Kurt -- Kurt Vonnegut: Novel and Stories 1963-1973 $35.00 (Collection; 4 novels, 3 stories, and autobiographical accounts of the firebombing of Dresden) Weldon, Phaedra -- Revenant $7.99 (Zoe Martinique #4: Bodies are showing up all over Atlanta, drained of blood. They're Revenants, beings from another astral plane - and they're being stalked by Zoe's old enemy, the Phantasm.) Williams, Sean -- Fatal Alliance $7.99 (Star Wars: Old Republic: Prequel to the upcoming video game. A smuggler has stumbled across a treasure that attracts the interest of the Republic, the Empire, the Sith, and the Jedi High Council.) Wilson, Daniel H. -- Robopocalypse $25.00 (Roughly twenty years from now, humanity battles a robot uprising; Signed copies expected) Wraight, Chris -- Battle of the Fang $11.99 (Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Battles #6: While the Space Wolves hasten to Gangava Prime to engage Magnus the Red, the Fang on the Space Wolves home world is besieged by a massive force of Thousand Sons.) Yep, Laurence -- City of Ice $17.99 (City #2: Kids; Determined to stop Mr. Roland from getting his hands of the second of the Five Lost Treasures, Scirye and her companions pursue him to the Arctic Circle and into the Wastes, where Scirye must call on the wild and unpredictable Spirit of the North for help.) Yolen, Jane -- The Day Tiger Rose Said Goodbye $16.99 ( Kids; Picture book; old cat Tiger Rose is too tired to stay, so she spends her last day saying goodbye to all the creatures and joys of her world, before taking a last leap into the blue sky.)

Mid June

Boyce, Frank Cottrell -- Cosmic $6.99 (Kids; Liam, a 12-year-old who looks like he's 30, cons his way onto a special space flight - for a group of kids and their chaperone - as the adult chaperone. And it's not long before Liam and the kids are stuck 239,000 miles from home.) Bruchac, Joseph -- Dragon Castle $16.99 (Kids; When his parents disappear and the evil Baron Temny parks his army outside the castle, can young Prince Rashko save the day? He will have to embrace his ancestry, harness a dragon, and use his sword-fighting skills to save the kingdom.) Brust, Steven -- The Book of Dragon: Dragon / Issola $14.99 (Vlad Taltos #08 / #09: Omnibus reprint) Corey, James S.A. -- Leviathan Wakes $15.99 (When Captain Jim Holden's ice miner locates a derelict spaceship, he uncovers a secret that threatens to throw the entire solar system into war. Can he find the truth behind a conspiracy that threatens the entire human race?) Datlow, Ellen (ed) -- The Best Horror of the Year Vol. 3 $15.99 (Anthology; the best stories of 2010) Englehart, Steve -- The Plain Man $25.99 (Max August #3: Max pursues two members of the FRC ruling cabal to a festival in the American Southwest.) Fisher, Catherine -- The Lost Heiress $16.99 (Relicmaster #2: YA; Even though Tasceron and its Emperor have fallen, there is a rumor that the heiress to the throne still lives. If so, her life is in grave danger, especially from the Watch. Galen and Raffi must find and protect her. ) Frei, Max -- The Stranger's Woes $27.95 (Labyrinths of Echo #2: When Echo is threatened by a new - living dead - danger, it seems the only solution lies in the world Max has left behind: our world. But is it really an answer, or is Max's old life trying to lure him away from Echo? And if it does, will he ever be able to get back? ) Gaiman/Sarrantonio (ed) -- Stories $16.99 (Anthology; 27 original stories that expand and redefine the limits of imaginative fiction, by Walter Mosley, Joe R. Lansdale, Chuck Palahniuk, and others) Heinlein/Patterson, W -- Robert A. Heinlein Volume 1: Learning Curve (1907-1949) $19.99 (Biography of the great sf writer, covering Heinlein's life up to the end of the 1940s and the mid-life crisis that changed him forever.) Howard, RE/Campbell, R -- Solomon Kane $7.99 (Novelization of the film.) James/Hershey/et al -- Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale $34.99 (Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition: Supplement to the Monster Vault boxed set. Includes a 128-page book of ready to play monsters and villains, plus 8 die-cut sheets of monster and villain tokens and a double-sided battle map featuring 4 different encounter locations.) Jones, Stephen (ed) -- Mammoth Book of $13.95 (Reissue; Anthology; stories featuring the infamous vampire as well as other characters from Stoker's novel) Klima, John (ed) -- Happily Ever After $15.99 (Reprints 33 modern retellings of fairy tales by some of the top writers of fantastic fiction) Lake, Jay -- Pinion $15.99 (Clockwork Earth #3: Paolina is attempting to take herself and her magic away from the grasp of powerful northern men; Emily is still aboard the submarine, along with her Captain and the British chief petty officer. They are all being sought most urgently by the Silent Order and the White Birds.) Laurie, Victoria -- The Curse of Deadman's Forest $7.99 (Oracles of Delphi Keep #2: Kids; Ian, Theo, and Carl find themselves in Poland, facing an encroaching hostile army and a Sorceress with a grudge. As they attempt to unravel more of the prophecy and search for the next Oracle, they just might uncover some answers to questions about their own pasts.) Martin, George (ed) -- Fort Freak $27.99 (Wild Cards #21: A mosaic novel set in the hardbitten world of Manhattan's Fifth Precinct) Rucker, Rudy -- Jim and the Flims $24.99 (Jim ruptures the membrane between our world and the afterworld (aka The Flimsy). Jim's wife is killed in the process, and Jim finds himself battling his grief - and an invasion of the Flims. Can Jim save Earth with the help of a posse of Santa Cruz punks, and bring his wife back to life?) Spurrier/Levene/Ewing -- The Culled / Kill or Cure / Death Got No Mercy $12.99 (Afterblight Chronicles: America: Omnibus reprint; 3 novels set in a postapocalyptic America ruled by crazed gangs and strange cults) Stevermer, Caroline -- Magic Below Stairs $6.99 (Kids; A spin-off from the Kate & Cecy series. Plucked from a Victorian orphanage to be a footboy for the wizard Lord Schofield, Frederick wonders if his uncanny ability to tie perfect knots and render boots spotless is a sign of his own magical talent, or the work of brownie Billy Bly, who has watched over him since he was little. No matter, for the wizard has banished all magical creatures from his holdings. But Billy Bly isn't going anywhere. When he discovers a curse upon the manor house, he and Frederick must keep the lord's new baby safe and rid the Schofield family of the curse; Signed copies expected) van Eekhout, Greg -- The Boy at the End of the World $16.99 (Kids; Fisher is the last boy on earth, the only one who made it out alive when the survival bunker was destroyed. He meets a broken robot he names Click, whose programmed purpose - to help Fisher 'continue existing' - makes it act an awful lot like an overprotective parent. Then they discover there may be a second survival bunker far to the west. Can Fisher continue existing long enough to get there?) West, Jacqueline -- The Shadows $6.99 (Books of Elsewhere #1: Kids; In a crumbling mansion, 11- year-old Olive finds a pair of spectacles that let her travel through the house's paintings to the land of Elsewhere, where she encounters a power that wants to be rid of her by any means necessary)

Early July

Ballantine, Philippa -- Spectyr $7.99 (Book of the Order #2: Sorcha jumps at the chance to investigate a string of murders in the exotic city of Orithal. But the Emperor's sister has unwittingly unleashed a vengeful goddess who targets Sorcha's lover, the shapeshifting rival to the throne.) Ballard, J.G. -- Millennium People $25.95 (After his ex-wife is killed by a bomb near a Heathrow airport baggage carousel, psychologist David Markham infiltrates the shadowy protest group responsible for her death - then finds himself succumbing to the charismatic charms of the group's leader.) Bennett, Jenn -- Kindling the Moon $7.99 (Arcadia Bell #1: PBO; Arcadia is the daughter of two infamous occultists (and alleged murderers). When surveillance footage of her parents hits the news, she's given an ultimatum: prove them innocent within two weeks, or the powerful Luxe Order will take her life in sacrifice.) Blaylock, James P. -- The Affair of the Chalk Cliffs $35.00 (Langdon St. Ives: Short novel; an outbreak of violent madness at the Explorers Club, the murders of a reclusive scientist in North Kent and a lighthouse keeper near Brighton, and the disappearance of Alice St. Ives, lead Langdon St. Ives, Jack Owlesby, and Tubby Frobisher into the very heart of danger) Brennert, Alan -- Time and Chance $14.99 (Reissue; 13 years ago, Richard left home to pursue his acting career. But on some other level of reality there is also Rick, who set aside that dream, married the woman he loved, and raised a family. Today, neither is happy with the choice he made, but as their separated lives draw closer together, they are offered a last chance to discover 'the road not taken'.) Buettner, Robert -- Undercurrents $14.00 (Orphan's #2: Sent to bring down the local politicos of a politically quarantined giant habitat, Lt. Jazen Parker finds himself inclined to abandon the place to its ways - until he uncovers a plot to throw a 500-hundred-planet alliance into anarchy.) Carey, Jacqueline -- Naamah's Blessing $26.99 (Kushiel #9: A vision is revealed by the spirit of Queen Jehanne: Prince Thierry is alive. Moirin sets out on a quest to bring the heir home to rule.) Carriger, Gail -- Heartless $7.99 (Parasol Protectorate #4: PBO; When a mad ghost threatens Queen Victoria, Lady Alexia Maccon is on the case, following a trail that leads her deep into her werewolf husband's past.) Castle, Kendra Leigh -- Dark Awakening $7.99 (Dark Dynasties #1: PBO; When a feud among immortals turns to war, shapeshifting vampire Tynan is sent to locate a Seer - Lily, a beautiful human who holds the key to ancient secrets.) Chapman, Janet -- Mystical Warrior $7.99 (Midnight Bay #2: PBO; Fiona Gregor is having a terrible time adjusting to being human again, mostly because she's an 11th-century Scottish lass whose brothers have decided she should live in the 21st century. At first her landlord Trace Huntsman is less than thrilled to have her around - but he can't ignore the powerful magic that's threatening his heart.) Cooper, Karina -- Lure of the Wicked $7.99 (Dark Mission #2: PBO; Naomi West, an agent of the Holy Order trained to hunt the guilty and render justice, goes undercover at New Seattle's premier spa and resort, where owner Phinneas Clarke - the most seductive man Naomi has ever met - may be hiding a killer.) Cox, Greg -- Countdown: The Novel $7.99 (An evil conspiracy is determined to eradicate the New Gods, stealing their souls to wield universal power that can destroy reality. The fate of Earth lies in the hands of five unlikely superheroes.) Cox, Greg -- A Touch of Fever $7.99 (Warehouse 13: PBO; Reports of a genuine psychic healer, along with a possibly related epidemic of mysterious illnesses, lead Pete and Myka on an investigation that stretches back to the bloody history of the Civil War.) Datlow, Ellen (ed) -- Naked City $15.99 (Anthology; original urban fantasy tales, including a new Dresden Files story.) Davidson, MaryJanice -- Undead and Undermined $25.95 (Betsy Taylor #11: What's Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor doing in the morgue? It could have something to do with a time-travel trip she made, and a foe with an agenda that could be the real death of Betsy; autographing at Uncle Hugo's July 9) Del Toro, G/Hogan, C -- The Fall $9.99 (Strain #2: As the vampiric virus spreads across the country, Eph Goodweather leads a CDC team out to stop the bloodthirsty monsters. But it may be too late.) DeMarce, -- 1635: The Tangled Web $7.99 (Ring of Fire: The of Europe, an alliance between Sweden and the West Virginians from the 20th Century, has the know-how of 20th century tech, but the American traditions of freedom and justice are having an even stronger impact on Europe.) Desrochers, Lisa -- Original Sin $9.99 (Frannie Cavanaugh #2: PBO; Thanks to Frannie, Luc Cain is now a mortal instead of a demon. But will Frannie's brother Matt be able to keep them safe when a bunch of demons show up determined to get Luc back?) Destefano, Merrie -- Feast $7.99 (Harvest of Dreams #1: PBO; Maddie MacFaddin spent blissful childhood summers in Ticonderoga Falls, and has many memories, some joyous, some only half- remembered. But she doesn't remember the dark parts - and knows nothing of the mountain legend that holds the area's terrified residents captive.) Dick, PK/Parker, Tony -- Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? #5 $24.99 (Full color graphic novel; collects issues 17-20 of the comic book adaptation of the classic sf novel.) Dozois, Gardner (ed) -- The Year's Best Science Fiction 28th Annual Collection $21.99 Trade PB, $40.00 HC (Anthology; best sf stories of 2010, plus honorable mentions and a summation of the year in sf.) Drake, David -- Loose Cannon: Skyripper / Fortress $12.00 (Omnibus reprint; 2 technothriller sf novels featuring American spy Tom Kelly) Drake, Jocelynn -- Burn the Night $7.99 (Dark Days #6: PBO; The nightwalkers will surely perish unless they unite with outcast naturi who claim to want peace. But these unexpected 'allies' are the same demons who have long worked for Mira's destruction.) Fingerman, Bob -- Pariah $7.99 (Surrounded by millions of zombies, the residents of a New York City apartment building find themselves at each others' throats. When they spot a lone teenage girl walking unattacked among the hordes, their world opens up.) Flint, Eric (ed) -- Ring of Fire III $25.00 (Ring of Fire: Anthology; original tales set in the world of 1632, by Flint, Lackey, and more.) Flynn, Michael -- The January Dancer $7.99 (When Captain Amos January finds an ancient pre- human artifact of great power, he quickly loses it. Collectors want it; space pirates take it, rulers crave it - and they'll all kill if necessary to get it.) Foglio, Phil & Kaja -- Agatha Heterodyne and the Guardian Muse $22.95 (Girl Genius #10: Full color graphic novel. Finalist for the 2011 Hugo Award for Best Graphic Story. Agatha discovers her mother's long-abandoned secret laboratory. But waiting inside is a relentless guardian that is not what it seems - and other surprises as well.) Fox, Caleb -- Zadayi Red $7.99 (A shaman of the Galayi people has a vision: a child will be born to the people, a hero who will restore the Eagle Feather Cape, and return the goodwill of the gods to the People.) Frater, Rhiannon -- The First Days $14.99 (As the World Dies #1: Thrown together by circumstance, housewife Jenni and lawyer Katie form a powerful zombie-killing partnership. They find sanctuary in a tiny, fortified Texas town, where they are both attracted to Travis, the leader of the survivors.) Galenorn, Yasmine -- Night Veil $7.99 (Indigo Court #2: PBO; Cicely is a witch, but recently discovered she's also a shifting Fae. Now she must perfect her gift, because she and her friends may have escaped from Myst, but Myst has managed to capture the Fae Prince who holds Cicely's heart.) Golden, C/Lebbon, T -- The Shadow Men $7.99 (Hidden Cities #4: When Jim's wife and daughter disappear, Jim and his wife's best friend Trix learn that a mad magician has split Boston into three versions of itself. With the help of Boston's Oracle, they must travel between the fractured cities, because if they can't bring their loved ones back, the madman's spell will fail, and the versions will reintegrate - catastrophically. And it seems that is just what someone hopes to achieve.) Gould, Steven -- 7th Sigma $24.99 (The bugs showed up 50 years ago: self-replicating, metal- eating machines. They don't like water, so they stayed in the American Southwest. People still live in the territory, but they do it without metal. Kimble Monroe was born in the territory, and is extraordinarily well-adapted to it. He's one in a million. Maybe one in a billion.) Goyer, D/Cassutt, M -- Heaven's Shadow $25.95 (As an object approaches Earth's sun, two competing manned vehicles race through space to reach it - and learn it has been sent for a reason. An intelligent race is desperately attempting to communicate with us. And the message is: Help us.) Green, Chris Marie -- Deep in the Woods $7.99 (Vampire Babylon #6: Vamp hunter Dawn Madison must fight off a pack of undead teenage girls who are the followers of the captive female master of the London Underground) Gregory, Daryl -- Raising Stony Mayhall $15.00 (PBO; A woman and her daughters find a woman lying dead beside a road, with a baby wrapped in her jacket. When they get him in the car, he begins to stir. The girls name him Stony because of his gray complexion. Eventually we will learn that Stony is a zombie.) Haines, Jess -- Deceived by the Others $6.99 (H&W Investigations #3: PBO; PI Shiarra Waynest's vacation with her boyfriend Chaz and his werewolf pack turns dangerous as threatening notes appear, their cabin is ransacked, and rumors of her vampire connections arouse the pack's hostility.) Handeland, Lori -- Crave the Moon $7.99 (Nightcreature #11: PBO; When Gina loses her family's ranch, she's prepared to despise Mateo, the archaeologist who purchased it. But as they band together to fight an ancient evil, their attraction grows.) Hearne, Kevin -- Hammered $7.99 (Iron Druid #3: After centuries, Viking vampire Leif Helgarson is ready to get his vengeance, and he's asked his friend Atticus O'Sullivan, the last of the Druids, to help take down Thor, the Norse god of thunder, who has ruined countless lives and killed scores of innocents.) Hickman, Tracy -- Song of the Dragon $7.99 (Annals of Drakis #1: Once humans had magic and an alliance with dragons. Now they are enslaved by elves, unable to remember how the world used to be. But a slave warrior and a determined dwarf are about to change all that.) Hickman, Tracy -- Citadels of the Lost $24.95 (Annals of Drakis #2: As they search for the truth behind legends, Drakis and Soen must each face their destinies: Drakis amid the ruins of humanity's Lost Citadels; and Soen in a desperate race to seize control of the farthest Aether Well of the empire.) Higgins, F.E. -- The Eyeball Collector $7.99 (Tales from the Sinister City #3: Kids; Young Hector yearns to slip away from his comfortable home and see the seedy side of Urbs Umida - until he finds himself penniless and on the streets, plotting revenge against the man responsible, an Eyeball Collector who steals jewels from the wealthy to make false eyes to replace his missing one.) Hines, Jim C. -- The Snow Queen's Shadow $7.99 (Princess #4: PBO; When a spell shatters Snow White's enchanted mirror, a demon escapes. The demon's magic distorts the vision of all it touches, showing them only ugliness and hate. It is a power that turns even friends and lovers into foes, threatening humans and fairies alike.) Hinks, Darius -- Sigvald $8.99 (Warhammer: Sigvald, the champion of Chaos, is tricked into an impossible war by the promise of an artifact to slake his dark desires. He leads his army to battle against the legions of the Blood God Khorne, but his obsession with the artifact leaves him unaware that enemies are closing in around him.) Hoffman, Erin -- Sword of Fire and Sea $16.00 (Chaos Knight #1: Vidarian is called upon to fulfill his family's obligation to the fire priestesses by transporting Ariadel, a young fire priestess, to a far-off temple. The perils of the journey include pirates, rogue magic-users, imperial intrigue, gryphons, and their own convoluted family legacies.) Hoffman, Paul -- The Left Hand of God $15.00 (Thomas Cale #1: 16-year-old Thomas Cale has grown up imprisoned in the fortress of a sect of warrior monks, training for a holy war, with no idea there's a world outside the walls. And then, he opens a door. A daring escape and an unlikely alliance lead to the discovery that he is destined to save the world - or destroy it.) Holkins, J/Krahulik, M -- Be Good, Little Puppy $15.00 (Penny Arcade #7: Full color. Collects the popular webcomic starring geeky heroes Gabe and Tycho.) Hunter, Erin -- Crookedstar's Promise $17.99 (Warriors Super Edition: Kids; RiverClan leader Crookedstar watches, helpless, as those closest to him begin to betray him - and as the delicate balance between the four warrior Clans is threatened.) Irvine, Alex -- Exodus $7.99 (Transformers: The story of Optimus and Megatron before they were enemies, before they arrived on Earth, before they even knew each other, and the official history of the war for Cybertron.#) Johnson, Jaleigh -- The Darker Road $7.99 (Forgotten Realms: Unbroken Chain #2: PBO; The witch Ilvani's nightmares are luring shadows creatures into Ikemmu. Ashok is determined to find a way to stop this before the creatures destroy the city. The trail leads them to the masked witches of the steppes, where similar attacks are occurring.) Kidd, Paul -- Red Sails in the Fallout $7.99 ( World: PBO; 2012: Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider embarked on a series of high- energy experiments. No one knows exactly what went wrong, but thousands of possible universes all condensed into a single reality. What follows is the adventure of a thousand lifetimes.) Knight, E.E. -- Dragon Outcast $7.99 (Age of Fire #3: The young, nameless Copper dragon was an outcast from his own kind, but he survived his trials by fire to prove himself equal to any enemy - and to finally take his place among those who abandoned him.) Lackey, M/Edghill, R -- Conspiracies $10.99 (Shadow Grail #2: YA; When a series of magical attacks disrupt Oakhurst, Doctor Ambrosius calls upon alumnus Mark Rider to start training the students for war. But Spirit doesn't trust Rider. She and her friends will have to find out what is really going on before it's too late.) Lee, Sharon/Miller, Steve -- Saltation $7.99 (Liaden: Theo Waitley #2: After a series of confrontations and fights at pilot school, Theo Waitley must decide between returning to Delgado in disgrace, or launching herself as a freelance pilot with little more than a hastily procured guild card, a pistol taken from an attacker, and the contents of her pockets.) London, Laurie -- Embraced by Blood $7.99 (Sweetblood #2: PBO; Alfonso Serrano is a hunted man. For months he's managed to elude the Darkbloods. But he still craves one dangerous temptation: Lily DeGraff, the sexy Guardian agent he'll risk anything to protect.) MacGregor, Trish J. -- Esperanza $7.99 (Tess and Ian aren't sure why they are waiting for a bus to Esperanza. But together they hold the key to a mystical war between the kind spirit guardians and the hungry ghosts. Tess and Ian will find a love that can transcend time, and a cause that not even death will overcome.) MacKenzie, Kasey -- Green-Eyed Envy $7.99 (Shades of Fury #1: PBO; When the bodies of cat shape-shifters start piling up, Boston's Chief Magical Investigator Marissa Holloway discovers that the victims are all old flames of FBI Agent Harper Cruz.) Malmont, Paul -- The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown $26.00 (A group of writers led by and Robert Heinlein, part of a special military lab, confront a deadly Nazi peril that threatens to tip the balance of WWII.) McCaffrey, Anne & Todd -- Dragon's Time $26.00 (Pern: The plague that was killing dragons has been cured, but Thread is falling, and there aren't enough dragons to fight it. It's up to Lorana to coordinate the complicated time travel that is the planet's only hope.) McMahon, Gary -- The Concrete Grove $7.99 (Concrete Grove #1: Imagine a place where your nightmares become real. A housing project that is a gateway to somewhere else, a realm where ghosts and monsters stir hungrily in the shadows. Welcome to the Concrete Grove.) Metcalf, Dawn -- Luminous $17.99 (YA; Consuela finds herself thrust into the world of the Flow, where she has the power to step out of her earthly skin and cloak herself in new ones crafted from water, fire, or air. When murder threatens to undo the Flow, the Watcher sends Consuela and the elusive, attractive V to stop the killer. But the psychopath who threatens her new world may also hold the only key to Consuela's way home.) Miller, Karen -- The Reluctant Mage $7.99 (Fisherman's Children #2: Nine months after Rafel disappeared, Deenie starts dreaming about him. She comes to believe that he is not dead, but in need of help, and sets out with her friend Charis to find him.) Milway, Alex -- The Curse of Mousebeard $6.99 (Mousehunter #2: Kids; The dastardly Isiah Lovelock is growing in power, and only pirate captain Mousebeard is brave enough to stop him - but first Mousebeard must be freed from a curse that prevents him from setting foot on dry land.) Modesitt Jr., L.E. -- Imager's Intrigue $7.99 (Imager Portfolio #3: Rhenn now has a wife and child, and a solid career. But he made enemies during his journey from apprentice painter to master imager, and even his great powers won't allow him to escape his past.) Monk, Devon -- Dead Iron $15.00 (Age of Steam #1: Men, monsters, machines, and magic battle for America. In this chaos, bounty hunter Cedar Hunt rides, cursed by lycanthropy. Then he's offered hope that his brother may yet survive. All he has to do is find the Holder, a powerful device now in the hands of an ancient Strange.) Newton, Mark Charan -- City of Ruin $16.00 (Legends of the Red Sun #2: Villiren is a city of sin that is being torn apart from the inside. Creatures shamble through shadows, and barely human gangs fight turf wars. When a soldier goes missing, a commander of the Night Guard and an inspector are brought together to uncover what's happening. But can anyone save a city that is already a ruin?) Nylund, Eric -- The Fall of Reach $7.99 (Halo: Novelization of the video game.) Palma, Felix J. -- The Map of Time $26.00 (To save innocent lives, H.G. Wells must discover the truth about purported incidents of time travel.) Palmer, Philip -- Hell Ship $13.99 (The Hell Ship has taken everything from the Trader Jak. Now Jak is no more than a mind in the body of a starship, bent on vengeance. When one slave finds a way to communicate with him, he discovers that there is more to this mad chase than he realized.) Parrish, Leslie -- Cold Touch $7.99 (Extrasensory Agents #2: PBO; Olivia Wainwright has died a hundred deaths - she can touch a lifeless body and relive the deceased's final moments. Now she needs Savannah detective Gabe Cooper's help to solve a crime that's haunted her for years - her own murder.) Peake, M/Gilmore, M -- Titus Awakes $24.95 (Gormenghast #4: The final volume of the Gormenghast story, outlined by Peake, finished by his wife, and recently discovered by his granddaughter in her attic.) Petersen, Jesse -- Eat Slay Love $7.99 (Living with the Dead #3: PBO; Sarah and David have survived the zombie apocalypse. Now, with a possible cure in hand, they're looking for a safe zone behind the rumored 'Wall'. They're feeling optimistic - until David stops sleeping and starts lifting huge objects.) Phoenix, Adrian -- Black Heart Loa $7.99 (Kallie Riviere #2: PBO; While searching for her missing bayou pirate cousin, Kallie finds out the hard way that working magic has become random - and that the wards woven to protect New Orleans and the Gulf coast are in danger of unraveling.) Pitts, J.A. -- Honeyed Words $14.99 (Sarah Beauhall #2: Sarah has managed to reforge an ancient sword. Lots of people want it. Those who don't, want Sarah to fulfill her destiny. Odin appears, offering cryptic advice. Plus Sarah's girlfriend is from a family that has been fighting this battle for generations - and they think Sarah is their last, best hope. Apparently the powers of the world have decided it's her job to clean up the magical mess.) Pohl, F/Hull, Elizabeth (ed) -- Gateways $15.99 (Anthology; 18 original stories inspired by sf great Frederik Pohl) Price, Kalayna -- Grave Dance $7.99 (Alex Craft #2: PBO; With her love life in turmoil, Alex is eager to get back to work solving murders by raising the dead. But when her latest case forces her to overuse her magic, it might be the last mystery she ever gets to solve.) Roland, Lee -- Viper Moon $7.99 (Dark Huntress #1: PBO; For years, Cass has been rescuing kids from monsters - human and supernatural - in the Barrows district. But when two kids disappear, clues point to a cataclysmic event, and Cass must prevent a sacrifice that could destroy the entire Missouri town.) Rowen, Michelle -- Bloodlust $7.99 (Nightshade #2: PBO; Jillian Conrad's blood has killed the vampire king. Now the vampires plan to eliminate her, and the dead king's infant daughter. Jill must prevent the baby's death, or both the living and the dead will be in great peril.) Rowland, Diana -- My Life as a White Trash Zombie $7.99 (PBO; Angel Crawford is a high school dropout, an addict with a police record a mile long. But when she's made into a zombie after a car crash, her addictions disappear - except for her all-consuming need to stay 'alive'.) Salvatore, R.A. -- The Bear $7.99 (Corona #4: The reign of self-appointed King Yeslnik is already the bloodiest in Honce history. Allies and battle lines become tangled as old friends become enemies and old enemies become allies.) Salvatore, R.A. -- Gauntlgrym $7.99 (Forgotten Realms: Neverwinter #1: Drizzt joins Bruenor on his quest for the fabled dwarven kingdom of Gauntlgrym. But Jarlaxle and Anthrogate stumble across it first, and inadvertently set in motion events that could spell catastrophe for the people of Neverwinter. To stop it, they'll need the help of Drizzt and Bruenor.) Sanders, Rob -- Atlas Infernal $8.99 (Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor Czevak #1: Escaping from the Black Library of the eldar, Czevak steals the Atlas Infernal - a living map of the webway - and uses it to thwart the Harlequins sent to apprehend him and his murderous enemies within the Inquisition. But the arch-sorcerer of the Thousand Sons is after the artifact, leading to a desperate chase that will bend the fabric of reality.) Schend/Johnson/de Bie -- Blackstaff Tower / Mistshore / Downshadow $15.95 (Forgotten Realms: Ed Greenwood Presents Waterdeep Book 1: Omnibus reprint) Schwaeble, Hank -- Diabolical $7.99 (Jake Hatcher #2: PBO; A Hellion has escaped damnation and returned to Earth to unleash the forces of darkness there. Only Jake Hatcher has the experience to track it, and only he can get close enough to it - because the Hellion is his brother.) Shan, Darren -- Hell's Horizon $13.99 (City #2: A murder investigation leads Al Jeery into a mystery that draws in the dead, the City's Incan forefathers, The Cardinal, and an assassin who can apparently kill anyone he chooses without fear of retribution.) Shulman, Polly -- The Grimm Legacy $7.99 (Kids; Elizabeth has an after-school job at an unusual library - in the basement, the librarians lock away items straight out of the Brothers Grimm fairy tales. When the magical objects start to disappear, Elizabeth sets out to catch the thief) Silverberg, Robert -- Hunt the Space-Witch! Seven Adventures in Time and Space $15.99 (Reprints 7 hard-to-find classic novellas) Somers, Jeff -- The Final Evolution $7.99 (Avery Cates #5: PBO; The world is dying, and only Canny Orel - Avery's long-pursued and now non- human enemy - has the code to save it. Cates must choose between getting his revenge and saving the world.) Stackpole, Michael -- Conan the Barbarian (movie tie-in) $7.99 (PBO; Novelization of the new film; includes photos) Stewart, K.A. -- A Shot in the Dark $7.99 (Jesse James Dawson #2: PBO; Jesse's vacation is interrupted by a pack of hell-spawned creatures. To save friends, family, and himself, Jesse will have to put his trust in his most dangerous enemy - his personal demon.) Stross, Charles -- The Fuller Memorandum $7.99 (Laundry Files #3: A top-secret dossier has disappeared - along with Bob's boss. Determined to discover what the dossier contained, Bob runs afoul of Russian agents, ancient demons, and the apostles of a hideous faith, who plan to raise an undead entity known as the Eater of Souls.) Stross, Charles -- Rule 34 $25.95 (The Rule 34 Squad monitors the internet to determine whether people are engaging in harmless or illegal activities. When three ex-con spammers are murdered, DI Liz Kavanaugh must uncover the link between them before the homicides go viral.) Van Lente/Foley/Lima -- Cowboys and Aliens $15.99 (Movie novelization; an Old West showdown is interrupted by an extraterrestrial invasion force, forcing the cowboys to ally with the Indians to save the planet.) Van Name, Mark L. -- Children No More $7.99 (Jon & Lobo #4: A mission to rescue a group of children conscripted by rebels hurtles Jon and Lobo into confrontations with the horrors the children have experienced, and with a dark chapter from Jon's past.) Vaughn, Carrie -- Kitty's Big Trouble $7.99 (Kitty Norville #9: PBO; Kitty's recent experiences make her wonder how long the US government has been covertly using werewolves in combat - and if any famous names in US history might have been supernatural. Her research leads her to a clue about enigmatic vampire Roamn, and the mysterious Long Game played by vampires through the millennia.) Waggoner, Tim -- Dark War $7.99 (Matt Richter #3: From his arrival at Nekropolis, zombie PI Matt Richter has found himself embroiled in disputes with the city's vampire lords, shapeshifters, golems, and other monstrosities. But none of this has prepared him for the Dark War.#) Ward/Dilmore/etc -- Declassified $7.99 (Star Trek Vanguard: PBO; 4 novellas) Warren, Kaaron -- Mistification $7.99 (Marvo is a stage magician. His magic is real. The magicians have always been with us, filling our heads with the mist, keeping us from witnessing stark reality. But are things so bad that Marvo will bring it down on all of us, forever? He begins to understand those around him, and his place in the world. He only has to choose: use his remarkable powers for good, or evil.) Wilson, Robert Charles -- Vortex $25.99 (Transported ten thousand years into the future, Turk Findley must unravel the true nature and purpose of the mysterious entities known as 'the Hypotheticals' before they carry him on a journey through warped time to the end of the universe itself.) Yu, Charles -- How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe $14.95 (Every day in Universe 31, people get into time machines and try to change the past. That's where time travel technician Charles Yu steps in. He helps save people from themselves. Literally. When he's not taking client calls, he searches for his father, who invented time travel and then vanished.) Zettel, Sarah -- A Taste of the Nightlife $7.99 (Vampire Chef #1: PBO; Charlotte isn't a member of NYC's undead community - she just cooks for them at her restaurant Nightlife. But when a drunk customer causes a scene, then winds up dead on Nightlife's doorstep, Charlotte's brother is suspected of the murder. Charlotte must reopen her restaurant and clear her brother's name.) Zubrin, R./Wagner, R. -- The Case for Mars $16.99 (Nonfiction; updated from the 1996 edition. Explains how scientists can use present-day technology to send humans to Mars; produce fuel and oxygen on the planet's surface with its own natural resources; build bases and settlements; and eventually terraform.)

Mid July

Anderson, Kevin J. -- The Key to Creation $15.99 (Terra Incognita #3: PBO; Criston Vora from Tierra and Saan of Uraba race to the legendary promised land. Saan seeks the Key to Creation, a weapon that may defeat Uraba's enemies, and Criston wants vengeance against the Leviathan that ruined his life) Archer, Alex -- Tear of the Gods $6.99 (Rogue Angel #31: PBO; A dream leads archaeologist Annja Creed to an astonishing find in England: an unusual torc known as the Tear of the Gods. But someone else is willing to do anything to get his hands on it.) Atwater-Rhodes, Amelia -- Token of Darkness $8.99 (YA; Cooper Blake awakes from a car accident with a mysterious girl by his side. He doesn't know how she got there or why he can see her. All he knows is that she's a ghost, and the shadows that surround her seem intent on destroying her.) Axler, James -- Perception Fault $6.99 (Deathlands #99: PBO; Denver is caught in a war between two would-be leaders and their armies - and Ryan Cawdor is caught in the middle.) Drake, David -- Out of the Waters $25.99 (Books of the Elements #2: During a theatrical event, the illusion of a tentacled horror appears and devastates an on-stage city. The crowd is delighted, but a few in the audience realize the illusion was not mere stagecraft but an intrusion of dreadful supernatural powers into the real world.) Duncan, Glen -- The Last Werewolf $25.95 (Jake is a bit elderly, 201 in March, but otherwise in the pink of health. Lots of sex, lot of exercise, lots of flesh and blood in his diet. He's also the last remaining werewolf, which depresses him to the point of suicide. But there are powerful forces who - for very different reasons - want and have the power to keep Jake alive.) Egan, Greg -- The Clockwork Rocket $24.99 (Orthogonal #1: Threatened by strange meteors, a planet sends a spaceship crew on a journey to discover the science their planet urgently needs and bring it back in time to avert disaster. The trip will last many generations for those on board, but will return after just a few planetary years.) Faust, Christa -- Coyote's Kiss $7.99 (Supernatural: A truck, full of Mexican illegal immigrants slaughtered with supernatural force, is found by the side of the road. Trying to find answers, Sam and Dean are plunged into the dangerous world that exists along the Mexican border.) Fisher, Catherine -- The Hidden Coronet $16.99 (Relicmaster #3: YA; The coronet, a long-lost ancient relic, might be the only way to defeat the power that is destroying Anara. But only legend tells of its whereabouts. Will Galen and Raffi be able to find it before the Watch does? ) French, Vivian -- The Flight of Dragons $15.99 (Five Kingdoms #4: Kids; It's Gracie's birthday, and Prince Marcus plans to show her a flight of dragons as a special gift. But when greedy twins awaken the banished Old Malignant One, evil magic threatens the Five Kingdoms. Gracie must find a powerful, long-forgotten dragon's egg to save the day.) Gilman, Felix -- The Half-Made World $14.99 (What exists of the world has been carved out amidst a war between the Line, paving the world with industry and claiming its residents as slaves, and the Gun, a cult of terror and violence. The Red Republic once battled them both, and almost won, but now they're just a myth of hope. At a mental institution, a psychologist finds an old general of the Red Republic, whose shattered mind may hold the secret to stopping the Gun and the Line. And either side will do anything to understand how.) Goonan, Kathleen Ann -- This Shared Dream $25.99 (Sequel to In War Times. Changes in history have created a present day that is in many ways superior to our own, while in other worlds people strive to prevent those changes in order to prevent their own erasure. The three Dance kids, seemingly abandoned by their parents when they were younger, are now adults, and disturbed by memories of a reality that existed in place of their world.) Hamilton, Laurell et al -- Circus of the Damned Vol. 1: The Charmer $16.99 (Anita Blake Vampire Hunter #03: Full color graphic novel; collects issues 1-5 of the comic.) Harrison, Kim et al -- Blood Work $23.00 (Rachel Morgan GN #1: Full color graphic novel; the story of Rachel and Ivy's first experiences working together in Inderland Security.) Horton, Rich (ed) -- The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy 2011 $19.95 (Anthology; the best stories published in 2010) Howard, Jonathan L. -- Johannes Cabal the Detective $14.95 (Johannes Cabal #2: On the run from the local government, Cabal steals the identity of a minor bureaucrat, and looks forward to a clean escape by aeroship, until he comes face to face with Leonie Barrow, an enemy from the old days who could blow his cover. But after a suspicious death onboard, he and Leonie reluctantly team up to find a murderer) Kambayashi, Chohei -- Good Luck, Yukikaze $15.99 (When his intelligent fighter plane forcibly ejects him, pilot Rei Fukai begins to wonder: Are the alien JAM actually targeting Earth's machines? Or have Earth's AIs actually been collaborating with the JAM from the start?) Kelleher, Pat -- The Ironclad Prophecy $9.99 (No Man's World #2: Trapped on an alien world, the Pennine Fusiliers encampment is threatened by the alien Khungarrii; a Black Hand Gang search party discovers an ancient edifice with a secret that will tear the Battalion apart.) Lawson, Mike -- House Justice $7.99 (Joe DeMarco #5: When a leaked news story leads to the torture and execution of a US spy in Tehran, the Speaker of the House tasks Joe DeMarco with discovering the source of the leak.) Martin, George R.R. -- A Dance with Dragons $35.00 (Song of Ice and Fire #5: The Seven Kingdoms are once again beset by newly emerging threats from every direction. And from all corners, bitter conflicts soon reignite, intimate betrayals are perpetrated, and a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves, will face seemingly insurmountable obstacles, as the tides of destiny and politics lead inevitably to the greatest dance of all.) Moore, Christopher et al -- The Griff $22.99 (Full color graphic novel; the aliens planned to conquer Earth in four easy steps. But there are some pesky survivors who aren't planning to let them get away with it.) O'Reilly, S/Hanna, K -- The Clockwork Girl $19.99 (Graphic novel; reprints the comics that inspired the upcoming animated film. ) Schachner, Judy -- Class Action $17.99 (Skippyjon Jones #6: Full color picture book. After his mama tells him that obedience school is only for dogs, the kitty boy who imagines he's a Chihuahua knows that's the place for him - even though a bully there is sending shiver-itos down the spines of his Chimichango buddies) Shirley, John -- Rapture $14.99 (BioShock: Prequel to the video game, revealing how the city below the sea became dystopian.) Turtledove, Harry -- The Big Switch $27.00 (War That Came Early #3: 1938: Instead of appeasing Hitler, Chamberlain stand up to him. Enraged, Hitler reacts by lashing out at the West. Three years later, his genocidal apparatus not fully in place, Hitler has barely survived a coup, while Jews cling to survival. But England and France wonder whether the war is still worthwhile.) VanderMeer, Jeff & Ann (ed) -- The Thackery T. Lambshead Cabinet of Curiosities $22.99 (Anthology; original fantastic fiction, illustrated in black & white, by top authors and artists) Wilber, Rick (ed) -- Future Media $16.95 (Anthology; essays and sf stories contemplating the communication of the future.) Wood, Jonathan -- No Hero $16.99 (Oxford detective Arthur Wallace is a good cop, but he's no hero. Then MI12 comes calling, hoping to recruit Arthur for their struggle against tentacled horrors from another dimension. Can an everyman stand against sanity-ripping cosmic horrors?) Zahn, Timothy -- Choices of One $27.00 (Star Wars: After the Battle of Yavin, when Governor Ferrouz of Candoras Sector offers the Rebels sanctuary in return for protection, Luke, Leia, Han, and Chewie are sent to evaluate the deal. Mara Jade is also heading for Candoras to punish Ferrouz's treason and smash the Rebels for good.)

Early August

Adams, CT /Clamp, C -- Blood Song $7.99 (Blood Singer #1: Bodyguard Celia Graves wakes to find herself transformed into something that should not exist, neither human nor vampire - and now both humans and supernaturals want her dead.) Adams, Guy -- Restoration $7.99 (World House #2: They sought the box for many years, because held inside that arcane artifact was, miraculously, a house. But now its real purpose has become clear - it was a prison, and the infinitely evil being it was built to imprison has been let loose. Now the real quest begins in earnest.) Armstrong, Kelley -- Spell Bound $25.95 (Women of the Otherworld #12: With witch-hunting assassins, necromancers, half-demons, and rogue witches after her, Savannah Levine finds herself trapped alone on the road, and unable to use her vast spell-casting talent.) Baker, Richard -- Forsaken House / Farthest Reach / Final Gate $15.95 (Forgotten Realms: Last Mythal: Omnibus reprint) Barnhill, Kelly -- The Mostly True Story of Jack $16.99 (Kids; When Jack is sent to Hazelwood, Iowa, to live with his crazy aunt and uncle, he expects a summer of boredom. But the people of Hazelwood have been waiting for him for a long time. Astonishing, magical things happen. He makes friends. The town bully beats him up. And the richest man in town begins to plot Jack's imminent, and hopefully painful, demise. It's up to Jack to figure out why suddenly everyone cares so much about him, when back home he was practically invisible; autographing at Uncle Hugo's August 20) Beck, Greig -- Dark Rising $7.99 (Alex Hunter #2: Massive gamma radiation is detected beneath the Iranian desert - is it a nuke, or worse? The search for answers takes Alex Hunter and his team to the ancient caves of Arak, where they come face to face with a creature from their darkest nightmares.) Bennett, K. -- Pay Me in Flesh $6.99 (PBO; Mallory Caine is a top criminal lawyer in LA, and a zombie. She hides her condition well, until she eats the brains of a murderous LAPD detective. Then one of Mallory's clients, a vampire, is arrested for the crime) Birmingham, John -- After America $7.99 (Without Warning #2: President James Kipper leads the battle to rebuild America in the face of predation by pirates and freebooters, as well as a challenge from the rogue governor of Texas) Bradbury, Ray -- A Pleasure to Burn $14.99 (Collection; 16 vintage stories, including 'The Fireman', the immediate precursor to Fahrenheit 451) Brooks, Terry -- Bearers of the Black Staff $7.99 (The magic that has kept the survivors of the Great Wars safe is wearing down, and frightening creatures are wreaking havoc on the valley. It is time for the four peoples to stand together and create the new world of Shannara.) Brunner, John -- Stand on Zanzibar $18.99 (Reissue; Norman's work is leading powerful corporation General Technics to the forefront of global economic and political domination. Donald is his bookworm roommate, and a spy, and he's about to discover a breakthrough in genetic engineering that will change the world - and kill him.) Butcher, Jim -- Ghost Story $27.95 HC, $49.95 unabridged audio (Dresden Files #13: He's been murdered by an unknown assassin, but being dead won't stop Harry Dresden when his friends are in danger. But to save his friends - and his own soul - he'll have to pull off the ultimate trick without anyone or any magic to help him.) Butcher, Shannon K. -- Blood Hunt $7.99 (Sentinel Wars #5: PBO; Hope's blood is imbued with a strange power. Sanguinar demon-fighter Logan needs her essence to survive. When they both fall prey to a Synestryn lord, will their bond be powerful enough to thwart their captor's plan?) Caine, Rachel -- Working Stiff $7.99 (Revivalist #1: PBO; Bryn Davis was killed on the job after discovering her bosses were selling a drug designed to resurrect the dead. Now, revived by that same drug, she becomes an undead soldier in a corporate war to take down that pharmaceutical company.) Cannon, Peter -- Forever Azathoth: Pastiches and Parodies $40.00 (Collects his funniest Lovecraftian pastiches, including a six-part sequel to 'The Thing on the Doorstep', three Wodecraft (Wodehouse/Lovecraft) tales, mashups of Fitzgerald, Faulkner, Herriot, and more.) Carroll, Lee -- The Watchtower $15.99 (Garet James #2: Struggling to understand her family's magical legacy, Garet James travels to Paris, where Will James has asked her to join him on his quest to rid himself of vampirism.) Chandler, A. Bertram -- First Command: Spartan Planet (alternate title: False Fatherland) / The Inheritors / The Big Black Mark / The Far Traveller $13.00 (John Grimes: Omnibus reprint; John Grimes' space adventures as a merchantman and courier) Chandler, David (aka Wellington, David) -- Den of Thieves $7.99 (Ancient Blades #1: Malden became a thief by necessity. Now he must pay a fortune to join Cutbill's criminal operation. The coronet of the Burgrave would fulfill Malden's obligations, although it's guarded by hungry demons. But the desperate endeavor leads to a more terrible destiny, as Malden, an outlaw knight, and an ensorcelled lady must face the most terrifying evil in the land.) Charlton, Blake -- Spellwright $7.99 (Nicodemus #1: For a caster to create a spell, he must write out the text - but Nicodemus can't spell anything correctly. He begins to suspect that his misspelling is the result of a curse, but before he can discover the truth, he must flee for his life from an evil that is killing wizards.) Chima, Cinda Williams -- The Exiled Queen $9.99 (Seven Realms #2: YA; Han journeys south to begin his schooling in Oden's Ford, where he meets a mysterious wizard who agrees to tutor him in dark sorcery - but the bargain they make is one Han may regret. Princess Raisa, running from a forced marriage, heads for the military academy at Oden's Ford, seeking the education she needs to succeed as the next queen. Everything changes when Han and Raisa's paths cross.) Cody, Christine -- Bloodlands $7.99 (Bloodlands #1: PBO; The New Badlands was home to the survivors of a cataclysm that altered the entire nation. Then it was rechristened the Bloodlands. Not because of the vampire who arrived, but because of the gun-for-hire who planned to slay every monster in the country.) Cook, Glen -- Introducing Garrett P.I.: Sweet Silver Blues / Bitter Gold Hearts / Cold Copper Tears $16.00 (Garrett PI #01 / #02 / #03: Omnibus reprint; 3 fantasy novels) Correia, Larry -- Alpha $7.99 (Monster Hunter #3: PBO; When MHI leader Earl Harbinger receives word that one of his oldest foes, a werewolf that worked for the KGB, has appeared in the Michigan woods, he heads there to take care of unfinished business. But another force is working to bring about the creation of a new species of werewolf. When darkness falls, the final hunt begins, and the only thing standing in their way is a handful of locals, a lot of firepower, and Earl.) Datlow, Ellen (ed) -- Supernatural Noir $19.99 (Anthology; original tales of the dark fantastic) Davidson, MaryJanice -- Me, Myself, and Why? $7.99 (A serial killer who likes to kill in threes, leaving behind inexplicable newspaper clippings and no forensic evidence, starts leaving messages that seem to be directed at FBI agent Cadence Jones and her two sisters. Could the killer know about Cadence's special 'talent'?) Dick, Philip K. -- Adjustment Team $40.00 (Collected Stories #2: Collects 26 stories and novellas, and is the 2nd of 5 volumes, expanded from the previous Collected Stories set, with new story notes.) Dietz, William C. -- A Hole in the Sky $7.99 (Resistance: PBO; Prequel to videogame Resistance 3.) Douglass, Sara -- The Infinity Gate $7.99 (DarkGlass Mountain #3: Tencendor is no more, but a few SunSoars still remain. When unexpected treachery threatens, they and their allies face a darkness greater than any they have known before.) Douglass, Sara -- The Devil's Diadem $26.99 (A terrible plague sweeps across 12th-century Europe, then England and Wales. As those around her begin to fall, it becomes clear to Maeb Langtofte that the plague has been sent by the Devil himself - and that he wants something that Maeb herself may unknowingly possess.) Dozois, Gardner -- When the Great Days Come $14.95 (Collection; sf short stories) Duane, Diane -- Omnitopia Dawn $7.99 (Omnitopia #1: For millions of people, online game Omnitopia has become almost a way of life. But Dev Logan, the game's creator, has a secret: the game has become sentient - alive. And it's Dev's job to keep it that way.) Elliott, Kate -- Cold Magic $7.99 (Spiritwalker #1: Young women at college at the dawn of the Industrial Revolution, Cat and her cousin Bee are learning of the science that will shape their future, while ignorant of the magics that rule their families. But all of that will change when the Cold Mages come for Cat.) Estep, Jennifer -- Touch of Frost $9.95 (Mythos Academy #1: YA; Gwen Frost's gift of psychometry - knowing an object's history by touching it - reveals dark undercurrents and danger afoot at the Academy. When mean girl Jasmine Ashton is murdered, Gwen is determined to find the killer - especially since she was the one who should have died.) Fallon, Jennifer -- The Palace of Impossible Dreams $8.99 (Tide Lords #3: Branded and sold into slavery, fearing all she knows and loves is lost, Arkady turns to her new owner for help, but learning the truth about him may cost them both their lives. And Jaxyn's plan to kill Stellan hits a snag when he realizes that Stellan has sought asylum in Caelum, where the Empress of the Five Realms and Tide Lords Tryan and Elyssa seem to be on his side.) Gibson, William -- Zero History $16.00 (A Department of Defense contract for combat wear turns out to be the gateway drug for arms dealers so shadowy that even global marketing magnate Hubertus Bigend, whose subtlety and power in the private sector would be hard to overstate, finds himself outmaneuvered and adrift in a seriously dangerous world. ) Gideon, Nancy -- Bound by Moonlight $7.99 (Charlotte Caissie #4: PBO; New Orleans is buzzing with gossip about the cop and her shapeshifting reformed-mobster boyfriend, but Cee Cee and Max don't care - until her partner on the force threatens to expose her secret to save his own career.) Glass, Seressia -- Shadow Fall $7.99 (Shadowchaser #3: PBO; When humans begin disappearing from a new Egyptology exhibit that Kira was involved with at the museum, and some of them turn up dead, she finds herself a suspect. With the preternatural community suddenly united against her, she'll need to use all her resources to solve the mystery.) Grant, Michael -- The Call $5.99 (Magnificent 12 #1: Kids; To defeat the Pale Queen and save the world, 12-year-old Mack, armed only with his phobias and quick wits, will have to gather 11 other powerful children from around the world. In Australia he finds Jarrah, and together they face off against the Pale Queen's daughter) Greenwood, Ed -- Bury Elminster Deep $25.95 (Forgotten Realms: The vampiric Lord Manshoon thinks he has destroyed Elminster at last. But Elminster survives in the form of magical ash, and with the help of his scion and the vestige of the long-dead goddess of magic, he still has a chance to counter Manshoon's insidious plots.) Gustainis, Justin -- Sympathy for the Devil $7.99 (Morris & Chastain #3: Occult investigator Quincey Morris and white witch Libby Chastain have a problem. Senator Howard Stark wants to be President of the United States. So does the demon inside him. If he gets to the White House, Hell on Earth will follow.) Gustainis, Justin -- Hard Spell $7.99 (Occult Crimes Unit #1: Scranton's got an uneasy 'live and let unlive' relationship with the supernatural. But when a vamp puts the bite on an unwilling victim, or some witch casts the wrong kind of spell, they call Stan Markowski. He carries a badge. Also, a crucifix, some wooden stakes, a big vial of holy water, and a 9mm Beretta loaded with silver bullets.) Hamilton, Peter F. -- The Mandel Files: Mindstar Rising / A Quantum Murder / The Nano Flower $19.95 (Greg Mandel #1 / #2 / #3: Omnibus reprint; 3 near-future sf mystery novels) Harris/Kelner (ed) -- Home Improvement: Undead Edition $26.95 (Anthology; original stories of the paranormal perils of DIY) Harrison, Thea -- Storm's Heart $7.99 (Elder Races #2: PBO; Able to wield thunder and lightning, wyr sentinel Tiago Black Eagle is sent to protect Tricks, the heir to the Dark Fae throne, after she's almost assassinated in Chicago. Their passion will shake the very foundation of all the worlds.) Healey, Karen -- Guardian of the Dead $8.99 (YA; Ellie must set aside her worries about her term paper and her crush on the mysterious Mark to save her Maori friend Kevin from mist-dwelling Maori fairies who need human lives to gain immortality.) Hemry, John G. -- Stark's War $7.99 (Ethan Stark #1: Reissue; In a brutal battle for control of Earth's satellite, Sergeant Ethan Stark must train his squadron to fight in an airless atmosphere against a desperate enemy. But ensuring survival means choosing which orders to obey - and which to ignore.) Henderson, Jason -- Vampire Rising $8.99 (Alex Van Helsing #1: YA; Alex is stuck at a boarding school near Lake Geneva, Switzerland, which turns out to be near a secret school for vampires - and a vampire clan lord using that school for his own ends. It's up to Alex to make like his vampire- hunting ancestor and put a stop to the clan lord's plans.) Henry, Christina -- Black Night $7.99 (Black Wings #2: PBO; As a descendant of Lucifer and heir to her father's principality, Maddy is betrothed to a fallen angel she can't stand, and in love with a half-nephilim she can never touch. And now she's supposed to negotiate a treaty betwen Hell and the Fairy Court.) Henry, Mark -- Battle of the Network Zombies $7.99 (Amanda Feral #3: Amanda agrees to appear on a new TV reality show. When a lecherous wood nymph is found incinerated in a locked room, Amanda must figure out who was responsible. Was it the yeti stripper? The trannie werewolf? The vampire with the detachable head?) Hoffman, Nina Kiriki -- Thresholds $6.99 (Magic Next Door #1: Kids; When her family moves, Maya is nervous about making friends, until a fairy flies into her room, and it turns out that the kids next door do magic, and their basement is full of portals to other worlds) Hoffman, Nina Kiriki -- Meeting $16.99 (Magic Next Door #2: Kids; Maya and her alien companion Rimi are learning how to live together and how to keep their secret - which becomes a lot harder as they help track down the Krithi, who snatched Rimi from her home planet in an attempt to rule the universe.) Hoffman, Paul -- The Last Four Things $25.95 (Thomas Cale #2: The warrior-monk Redeemers decide to use Cale's prodigious gifts to further their goal: the extinction of humankind and the end of the world.) Johnson, Jean -- A Soldier's Duty $7.99 (PBO; Tormented by visions of the future where her home galaxy has been devastated, Ia enlists in the military to become a soldier who will inspire generations for the next 300 years - a soldier history will call Bloody Mary.) Jones, J/Bennett, D -- Steelhands $26.00 (Volstov & Ke-Han #4: Rumors that someone is trying to bring the beautiful and fearsome mechanical dragons back to life threaten to upset the fragile peace between Volstov and Ke-Han.) Kadrey, Richard -- Kill the Dead $7.99 (Sandman Slim #2: In town as an advisor on a biopic of his life, Lucifer needs protection, and wants Stark as his bodyguard. Not a bad gig - until a zombie plague complicates matters.) Kasai, Kirsten Imani -- Tattoo $15.00 (Sorykah Minuit #2: Sorykah defeated the Collector, but the dark tendrils of his projects are beginning to rot the world of the Sigue from within. A chance encounter aboard Sorykah's submarine proves that the most dangerous opponent she must face is not the man who seeks to capture her, but the man within her own body.) Kenyon, Sherrilyn -- Retribution $25.99 (Dark- Hunter #20: Brought together by an angry god, Jess, a hired gun turned Dark-Hunter, and Abigail, who has been slaying Dark-Hunters, must overcome their mutual hatred, or watch as one of the darkest powers rises and kills both the human and the vampire races.) Kerr, Katharine -- Water to Burn $7.99 (Nola O'Grady #2: With the aid of her bodyguard and lover Ari, Nola's new mission is to track down and apprehend the head of the now-dispersed Chaos cult - who may be an invader from another dimension.) Krinard, Susan -- Code of the Wolf $7.99 (PBO; Ten years after outlaw werewolves killed his wife, Jacob Constantine is back in New Mexico, bent on justice - until he's ambushed by bandits, and saved by Serenity Campbell. Will their growing passion be enough to right the wrongs of the past?) Landon, Kristen -- The Limit $6.99 (Kids; When his family unexpectedly exceeds their government- mandated debt limit, 13-year-old Matt is taken away to a workhouse, where he faces dangers more serious than anyone on the outside realizes.) Larke, Glenda -- Stormlord's Exile $7.99 (Stormlord #3: With the Quartern still in peril, Shale must harness his stormlord powers, Terelle must find the mysterious Watergivers, and they must find a way to save their people from the looming threat of further Redunner uprisings.) Lawrence, Mark -- Prince of Thorns $25.95 (Broken Empire #1: When he was nine, his mother and brother were killed before his eyes. At thirteen, he was leading a band of thugs. By fifteen, he intends to be king. It's time for Prince Jorg to take what's rightfully his - but treachery and dark magic await him at his father's castle.) Lee, Mike -- Nagash Immortal $8.99 (Warhammer Time of Legends: Nagash #3: Nagash must call upon all his reserves to defeat a skaven assault and continue his unholy reign. When he realizes he can use these enemies for his own plans, an alliance is struck to form a vast nightmarish army and launch an attack on Nehekhara. The outcome of this confrontation will decide the fate of all the Old World.) Lee, Sharon/Miller, Steve -- Ghost Ship $25.00 (Liaden: Theo Waitley #3: Theo has survived the Academy and become one of the best pilots in the galaxy, but now the past is about to blast her. Her destiny as master pilot and leader of a powerful Liaden clan calls - and a lot of enemies are planning to make sure she's quite dead before she has the chance to reply; autographing at Uncle Hugo's August 27) Littlefield, Sophie -- Rebirth $14.95 (Aftertime #2: PBO; Cass agrees to help survivalist leader Dor rescue his daughter - a captive of the totalitarian Rebuilders, who plan to increase the human population by stealing women and children for their breeding farms.) Loory, Ben -- Stories for Nighttime and Some for the Day $15.00 (Collection; contemporary fables populated by people - and monsters and trees and jocular octopi - who are united by the twin motivations of fear and desire.) Malan, Violette -- Path of the Sun $7.99 (Dhulyn & Parno #4: Dhulyn and Parno are escorting the Princess of Arderon to her wedding with the new Tarkin of Menoin, but the Mercenary Brotherhood also has a secret mission for them: find out what happened to the two Brothers who vanished on assignment in Menoin a year ago.) Mann, George -- Ghosts of War $16.00 (Ghost #2: 1926: The Ghost is on the hunt for a deranged military scientist whose creations are snatching people from the streets of New York City. The madman is part of a plot to escalate the Cold War with Britain - and he's building a weapon that will fracture dimensional space and allow the monstrous creatures that live on the other side to break through.) Marmell, Ari -- The Goblin Corps $16.00 (Follow a squad of goblin soldiers during what might be the final days of the evil empire they serve, as the combined armies of humanity and the other 'good' races seek to destroy Morthul the Charnel King and his forces once and for all.) Martin/Dozois (ed) -- Warriors 3 $7.99 (Anthology; original fantasy tales (partial reprint of hardcover)) McCarthy, T.C. -- Germline $7.99 (100 years from now, Russia and the US are at war, with soldiers battling genetically engineered troops beneath the mountains of Kazahkstan. To reporter Oscar Wendell, the front line promises a Pulitzer, but when he arrives, he finds that the only way out is to go deeper into the heart of war.) McKenna, Juliet E. -- Dangerous Waters $7.99 (Hadrumal Crisis #1: The use of magecraft in warfare is forbidden, but a wizard has been illegally selling his skills to corsair slavers. Corrain, an enslaved captain, is determined to bring the rogue to justice. Magewoman Jilseth plans to catch the renegade quietly: if his villainy is exposed, the scandal could topple the Archmage's rule.) Mead, Richelle -- Succubus on Top (UK title: Succubus Nights) $7.99 (Georgina Kincaid #2: When her co-worker at a Seattle bookstore exhibits bizarre behavior, Georgina suspects something demonic is responsible.) Meding, Kelly -- Another Kind of Dead $7.99 (Dreg City #3: PBO; A vampire-obsessed scientist has a wealth of powerful anti-Dreg weaponry to trade for what he wants most: Evy Stone, alive, well, and the key to his ultimate mad science experiment.) Meyer, Stephenie -- The Host $9.99 (The alien invaders take over human minds while leaving their bodies intact. Wanderer, the invader who has been given Melanie's body, didn't expect her to refuse to relinquish possession. As Melanie fills Wanderer's thoughts with visions of her boyfriend Jared, Wanderer begins to yearn for a man she's never met.) Miller, Karen -- A Blight of Mages $25.99 (Morgan is one of Dorana's ruling elite, fanatically devoted to enforcing the caste system and maintaining the purity of mage bloodlines. When he falls in love with Barl, a woman of inferior breeding but astonishing mage powers, he sets himself upon a perilous course that will shake the world.) Modesitt Jr., L.E. -- Empress of Eternity $7.99 (In the far future, an indestructible canal spans the mid-continent of Earth. Scientists from three different civilizations, separated in time by hundreds of millennia, are investigating the canal. In one of them, religious rebellion is brewing, plotting to overthrow the world government using a weapon that can destroy anything - except the canal - and which might literally unravel the universe. The lives and fates of the three civilizations become intertwined as the forces behind the canal react to the threat.) Moore, Moira J. -- Heroes at Odds $7.99 (Lee & Shintaro #6: PBO; Before our heroes can figure out why so many people are suddenly interested in gaining control of Westsea, Lee's family arrives with startling news. Long before she was trained as a Shield, she was betrothed as part of an alliance with another merchant clan - and her betrothed wants her to fulfill the contract.) Owens, Robin D. -- Heart Search $15.00 (Celta #10: Laev is rebuilding his life after falling victim to the greed of the woman he thought was his HeartMate. Camellia's life has taught her not to trust men. When they meet, they refuse to acknowledge that they are true HeartMates - but their destiny cannot be avoided.) Peeler, Nicole -- Eye of the Tempest $7.99 (Jane True #4: PBO; Jarl's on the lam, the Territory is unguarded, and Jane still has the grim job of telling her father about her mother. And now it's up to Jane to wake the ancient power that rests underneath the Old Sow.) Pineiro, Caridad -- Lost $7.99 (Sin Hunters #1: PBO; Adam Salvatore, heir to a powerful magic, is drawn to Bobbie Carerra, home from combat in Iraq; she joins him in a terrifying battle against paranormal enemies.) Rawn, Melanie -- The Diviner $25.95 (When his family is destroyed by royal treachery, lone survivor Azzad al-Ma'aliq flees to the desert. With the help of the Shagara, a nomadic tribe of powerful magicians, he begins to take his revenge - but at a terrible cost to himself.) Rex, Adam -- Fat Vampire $8.99 (YA; Attacked by a vampire, Doug is cursed with being fat and fifteen forever. When he falls hard for the new exchange student, he wants to prove himself to her, but that's not going smoothly - and now the star of reality show Vampire Hunters is hot on his trail.) Reynolds, Alastair -- Troika $35.00 (Novella; a trio of cosmonauts confront a vast alien construct and attempt to penetrate its mysteries.) Richardson, Kat -- Labyrinth $7.99 (Greywalker #5: Harper has to watch her step while searching for the ghost of her 'killer', who could be a valuable clue in the puzzle of Harper's past and her father's death, as well as the key to learning who is trying to manipulate her new powers.) Richardson, Kat -- Downpour $24.95 (Greywalker #6: Harper sees a ghostly car accident whose victim insists that he was murdered, and that the nearby lake was to blame. She learns that the lake hides a terrible power, as well as a host of hellish beings under the thrall of a sinister cabal.) Ringo, J/Thomsen, B (ed) -- Citizens $7.99 (Anthology; 15 military sf stories (4 originals, 11 reprints) written by military veterans) Russell, C & C -- The Warrior Sheep Go West $6.99 (Warrior Sheep #2: Kids; When a strange monster called Red Tongue threatens all sheepdom, the Warrior Sheep know it's up to them to stop him. And so they head to America, to the hot air of Las Vegas. Can they give crazy Professor Boomberg the slip and stop the sheep-killing monster?) Scholes, Ken -- Antiphon $8.99 (Psalms of Isaak #3: The hand of the Wizard Kings still reaches out to challenge the Androfrancine Order. Nebios now runs the vast deserts of the world, and is being hunted by strange women warriors. Jin Li Tam guards her son against the usurper queen and her evangelists. And the remnants of the Androfrancine Order formulate their response to the song pouring out of a silver crescent that was found in the wastes.) Scott, William B. et al -- Counterspace: The Next Hours of World War III $7.99 (Nonfiction; the authors use war gaming scenarios to show how the US Strategic Command might use current and near- future technology to prevent global disaster.) Stirling/Turtledove/Ringo/Nye -- Exiled: Clan of the Claw $25.00 (Anthology; 3 linked novellas. After the extinction asteroid doesn't strike Earth, the dinosaurs keep evolving, and so do the mammals. In a Bronze Age world, the felinoid Mrem Clan of the Claw and its sister warbands face the Lishkash, a reptilian empire of slave armies and magic.) Stratford, Sarah Jane -- The Moonlight Brigade $14.99 (Millennials #2: The search for a comrade, who disappeared after a battle with Nazi vampire hunters, takes the millennials' mission leader Mors to his ancient stomping ground, Rome. He hatches a plan to collaborate with human partisans to restore democracy in Italy.) Swallow, James -- Cast No Shadow $7.99 (Star Trek: PBO; A civilian transport ship docks at the space station orbiting the planet Da'Kel, then destroys itself with a massive blast of subspace energy that obliterates the station and cripples the other vessels in orbit.) Sylvan, Dianne -- Shadowflame $7.99 (Shadow World #2: PBO; It's been three months since musician Miranda Grey became a vampire and married David Solomon. But when a powerful force from David's past appears, Miranda begins to realize how little she knows about her husband.) Tepper, Sheri S. -- The Waters Rising $14.99 (The people of Norland live in small kingdoms, unaware that a hideous evil from ages past has been revived. Powers are being used, curses are being laid - and the waters rise like never before. A princess fights death, awaiting the one who can save, not her, but perhaps humanity.) Thurman, Rob -- Basilisk $7.99 (Stefan Korsak #2: PBO; Stefan and his brother have evaded the Institute for three years. When they learn the new location of the secret lab, they plan to break in and save the other children there. But one of the little ones doesn't want to leave. She wants to kill.) Tyler, J.D. -- Primal Law $7.99 (Alpha Pack #1: PBO; When Jax, a member of a top-secret military team of wolf-shifters, rescues a beautiful woman, she awakens his primal instincts - but is their connection worth defying the ultimate shifter law?) Van Name, Mark L. (ed) -- The Wild Side $13.00 (Anthology; original sexy urban fantasy tales) Vinge, Joan -- Cowboys & Aliens $7.99 (Novelization of the film.) Weber, David -- Mission of Honor $7.99 (Honor Harrington #12: Honor will risk anything to end the Havenite Wars and stop the Solarian League - and she has a plan to do just that. But there are things she doesn't know about: forces in play, hidden enemies in motion, all converging on Manticore to crush the life out of it.) Wells, Dan -- I Am Not a Serial Killer $6.99 (John Cleaver #1: John works in his family's mortuary, is obsessed with serial killers, and fears he is a sociopath. For years he has suppressed his dark side - but when a demon begins killing people in his small town, John is forced to give in to his darker nature in order to save them.) Williams, Richard -- Imperial Glory $8.99 (Warhammer 40,000: Tired, broken, stretched across the galaxy by their loyalty to the Emperor, the men of the Brimlock 11th Imperial Guard face a battle that will allow them the reward they seek: to colonize Voor. All that stands in their way is a force of feral orks that has spread across the planet. But can the Brimlock's battered bodies and minds withstand the greenskins?) Williamson, Michael Z. -- Do Unto Others $7.99 (Freehold: Inside the mines of Govannon, Caron Prescot has only six bodyguards to face a competitor's army. Plus two advantages: the miners are on her side; and the local psychotic demolition expert has a nuke) Wooding, Chris -- The Black Lung Captain $16.00 (Ketty Jay #2: Captain Frey takes on a job that seems too good to be true: a salvage job in the untamed jungle for technology that could be worth a fortune - if it wasn't so dangerous. Because now they're delving into the Mane territory, the bogeymen of legend, a topic that navigator Jez desperately wants to avoid.) Wrede, Patricia C. -- Across the Great Barrier $16.99 (Frontier Magic #2: Kids; Things are changing on the frontier. There are new professors of magic for Eff and Lan to learn to work with. There's tension between William and his father. And there are new threats on the frontier and at home. Eff must travel beyond the Barrier, and come to terms with her magical abilities - and those of her brother - to stop the newest threat encroaching on the settlers; autographing at Uncle Hugo's August 27) Wyatt, James -- Oath of Vigilance $7.99 (Dungeons & Dragons: Abyssal Plague: PBO; The Voidharrow disease has spread through the land, transforming creatures into plague demons. Shara, Uldane, and Valgammar join forces with Tempest and Rohgar to find the creature that green dragon Vestapalk has become - the patient zero of the abyssal plague.)

Mid August

Axler, James -- Truth Engine $6.99 (Outlanders #58: PBO; An exiled god prince demands that Kane lead his armies to retake Earth in the ultimate act of revenge.) Beagle/Lansdale (ed) -- The Urban Fantasy Anthology $15.95 (Anthology; stories ranging from playful modern mythologies to sexy paranormal romances to gritty urban noir.) Bestwick/McMahon/Bark -- Tide of Souls / Hungry Hearts / Way of the Barefoot Zombie $12.99 (Tomes of the Dead - Best of #2: : Omnibus reprint; 3 zombie novels) Fisher, Catherine -- The Margrave $16.99 (Relicmaster #4: YA; Galen and Raffi's quest has brought them to the Pits of Maar. There, below the surface of the world, in the deepest darkness, a most evil thing is waiting for them to come. ) Foglio, Phil & Kaja -- Agatha H. and the Airship City $14.99 (Girl Genius Novel: In a Europe ruled by dynasties of mad scientists, university student Agatha Clay seems incapable of building anything that actually works. But when the University is overthrown by a tyrant, and Agatha finds herself a prisoner aboard his airship, it begins to look like she might carry a spark of Mad Science after all.) Goodkind, Terry -- The Omen Machine $29.99 (Richard & Kahlan #1: The mysterious machine has awakened, and begun issuing a series of alarmingly accurate omens. As the wizard Zeddicus attempts to destroy it, it issues a catastrophic omen involving Richard and Kahlan, then reveals that it has the power to withdraw the omen - on fulfillment of an impossible demand.) Ibbotson, Eva -- The Ogre of Oglefort $16.99 (Kids; Excitement-hungry orphan Ivo and his companions set out to save Princess Mirella from an ogre. But when the rescuers arrive at the ogre's castle, they learn that the princess doesn't need saving - the depressed ogre does!) Kollin, Dani & Eytan -- The Unincorporated Woman $25.99 (Justin Cord #3: Justin Cord is dead, his legacy of rebellion and freedom in danger. General Black is the great hope of the military, but she can't wage war as President. Someone must take over the desk job, and who better than the unincorporated woman? The perfect figurehead - but as it turns out, she has ideas of her own, and the talent to run the government her way.) Mantchev, Lisa -- Perchance to Dream $9.99 (Theatre Illuminata Act 2: YA; Now that Bertie has discovered her own magic, she's ready to write her own story outside the protective walls of the Theatre. But will her story go toward Nate, who's being held captive by the Sea Goddess, and loves Bertie dearly? Or toward Ariel? He's by her side every day, and she's finding his charms so very hard to resist.) Monette, S/Bear, E -- The Tempering of Men $25.99 (Iskryne #2: A new danger is coming to Iskryne, an army of men that wishes to conquer and rule. The giant trellwolves and their human brothers have never hunted men before. They will need to learn, if they are to defend their homes.) Niven, Larry -- Stars and Gods $15.99 (Collection; fact, fiction, and wit from the award-winning sf author) Niven, Larry/Barnes, S -- The Moon Maze Game $25.99 (Dream Park #4: 2085: The first lunar live-action role-playing game turns ugly when a dozen gamers are kidnapped. But the gamers are brilliant, unpredictable, resourceful, and addicted to problem-solving - they're going to play this new scenario to win.) Ruckley, Brian -- The Edinburgh Dead $14.99 (1827: Edinburgh is a city populated by mad alchemists, with a criminal underclass prepared to do business with the darkest of powers. Even so, nothing has prepared Adam Quire, an officer of the recently formed City Police, for the trail of undead hounds, emptied graves, brutal murders, and mob violence that will take him into the darkest corners of the underworld, and to the elegant reaches of high society.) Vaughn, Carrie -- Kitty's Greatest Hits $14.99 (Kitty Norville: Collection of short fiction, including a new story and new novella) Westerfeld, Scott -- Behemoth $9.99 (Leviathan #2: YA; Aboard a mighty airship, heading toward Constantinople to deliver a secret package, Alek and Deryn's secrets are jeopardized when their mission goes awry.)

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Wait, Lea -- Shadows of a Down East Summer $14.95 (Antique Print #5: PBO; In 1890, two young women posed for artist Winslow Homer. What happened that summer, the secrets the women kept, and the lies they told, changed their families forever. Now, more than a hundred years later, one of their descendants has been murdered, leaving to antique print dealer Maggie Summer the family papers that may finally reveal the truth.) Woodward, I.E. -- Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers $13.95 (Lambda Award finalist. When bizarre threats lead to murder and kidnapping in the kitchen of the city's biggest gay brothel, Logan and and a very motley crew of amateur sleuths must track down the culprit before things explode - possibly literally.) Zafon, Carlos Ruiz -- The Midnight Palace $17.99 (YA; 1930s: 16 years ago, an English lieutenant lost his life saving newborn twins Ben and Sheere from an unthinkable threat. Now the threat has returned, and the twins must face the the most frightening creature in the history of Calcutta) Early June

Ackerman, Hal -- Stein, Stung $15.95 (Harry Stein #2: Stein investigates the theft of some honeybee hives; this cottage industry is revealed to be a global economic force, influencing California's billion-dollar almond pollination season as well as the honey that finances al- Qaeda. ) Adams, Riley -- Finger Lickin' Dead $6.99 (Memphis BBQ #2: PBO; When an anonymous food critic blasts several local restaurants, including Aunt Pat's, Lulu and her friends get mad - especially when they learn the critic is Evelyn's cheating boyfriend. When he turns up dead, there's a long list of suspects.) Atkinson, Deborah T. -- Pleasing the Dead $14.95 (Storm Kayama #4: On a trip to Kahului, Hawaiian attorney Storm Kayama discovers that the are exploiting underage girls there, and eliminating anyone who dares face up to them.) Barr, Nevada -- Burn $9.99 (Anna Pigeon #16: On a trip to visit an old friend from the Park Service, Anna uncovers very dark doings in the heart of post-Katrina New Orleans.) Barrett, Lorna -- Sentenced to Death $7.99 (Booktown #5: PBO; When a friend is killed in a freak accident, mystery bookstore owner Tricia Miles must use her sleuthing skills to solve a murder that's much more sinister than anything in the books on her shelves.) Beaufort, Simon -- The Bloodstained Throne $15.95 (Sir Geoffrey Mappestone #7: 1103: When former crusader knight Geoffrey Mappestone and his friend Roger of Durham try to slip out of England to the Holy Land, a ferocious storm destroys the ship they are on. Thrust into the company of other shipwrecked passengers, the two knights are unwillingly drawn into a plot to overthrow the king and return England to Saxon rule.) Berry, Steve -- The Jefferson Key $26.00 (Cotton Malone #7: Malone risks his life to foil an attempt to assassinate the US President, only to find himself at odds with a secret society of pirates that was founded during the American Revolution.) Black, David -- The Extinction Event $7.99 (His law partner's death plunges a man and his companion into a race for their lives; hunted by hitmen and government agencies, the fate of the earth and humanity's survival hinge on their quest for justice.) Blackwell, Juliet -- Hexes and Hemlines $7.99 (Witchcraft #3: PBO; Called away from her vintage clothing store to consult with the police, Lily finds the evidence points to murder by dark magic, and is determined use magic of her own to find the killer.) Bolin, Janet -- Dire Threads $7.99 (Threadville #1: PBO; Willow Vanderling's new embroidery shop is not a hit with the local zoning commissioner. When he's murdered, the evidence is stacked against her.) Bolton, S.J. -- Now You See Me $25.99 (Young DC Lacey Flint stumbles onto a woman who has been brutally stabbed. Alarming similarities raise the question: is the killer bent on recreating London's bloody Jack the Ripper slayings?) Brackmann, Lisa -- Rock Paper Tiger $14.00 (A chance encounter in Beijing with a member of a Chinese Muslim minority turns Iraq War veteran Ellie Cooper's life upside down. Security organizations are suddenly hounding her. Are the things she saw and did in Iraq at the root of their interest?) Britton, Andrew -- The Exile $7.99 (Ryan Kealey #4: When the US President's niece is slain in West Darfur, ex-CIA agent Ryan Kealey is drawn into a conspiracy that stretches from the Sudan to the highest levels of the American government.) Buckley, Carla -- The Things That Keep Us Here $15.00 (As a flu pandemic sends Columbus, Ohio, into a panic, Ann Brooks must make tough choices to protect everyone she loves.) Burke, Alafair -- 212 $14.99 (Ellie Hatcher #3: After receiving anonymous internet threats, an NYU sophomore is murdered. Rather than leading to an obsessed stalker, the investigation reveals links to two very different murders.) Campion, Alexander -- The Grave Gourmet $15.00 (Capucine Culinary #1: A Parisian detective, assigned a high-profile murder that took place in the kitchen of a famous restaurant, enlists the aid of her food-critic husband and her flirtatious government-agent cousin.) Capuzzo, Michael -- The Murder Room $17.00 (Nonfiction; the members of the Vidocq Society, a team of the world's finest forensic investigators, gather monthly to solve a cold case over a gourmet lunch) Carcaterra, Lorenzo -- Midnight Angels $7.99 (After finding three long-lost sculptures by Michelangelo, an American art historian and an Italian art student find themselves on the run from a gang of art thieves, and under suspicion by the famed Art Squad.) Child, Lee -- Bad Luck and Trouble $15.00 (Jack Reacher #11: Reissue; A woman from Reacher's old military unit tells him about the brutal death of a man they both served with; Reacher scrambles to unravel the disappearance of two other comrades.) Child, Lee (ed) -- First Thrills $7.99 (Anthology; 25 original stories from the bestsellers and the rising stars of the thriller world) Christopher, Paul -- The Templar Legion $9.99 (John Holliday #5: PBO; When an archaeologist makes a bizarre find in Ethiopia, retired Army Ranger John Holliday follows a trail of clues through the chaotic Horn of Africa in search of a treasure that can only be found by those who can solve a riddle from the past.) Clare, Alys -- The Rose of the World $28.95 (Hawkenlye #13: 1210: The excommunicated King John's men have come to Hawkenlye Abbey to take it over. Abbess Caliste worries how she is to feed the nuns under her care. Meanwhile, Helewise has moved into Hawkenlye Manor with Josse. But after a visit to St Edmund's Chapel, Helewise's 11-year- old granddaughter goes missing - and soon all that they hold dear is threatened.) Connelly, Michael -- Angels Flight $9.99 (Harry Bosch #06: Reissue; Harry investigates the death of an activist attorney with enemies inside the LAPD; the hunt for the killer leads to another high-profile murder case where every cop had a motive. But did any of them have the guts?) Cussler, C/Scott, J -- The Spy $9.99 (Isaac Bell #3: 1908: Isaac Bell tracks an elusive spy who is orchestrating the murders of men who are working on a top-secret American military project.) Cussler/Blackwood -- The Kingdom $27.95 (Fargo #3: Hunting for a missing friend, Sam and Remi find themselves embroiled with black-market fossils, an ancient Tibetan kingdom, a lost landmass in the North Sea, Stone Age ostrich egg shards inscribed in a cryptic language, a pair of battles separated by thousands of miles and hundreds of years, and a skeleton that might just turn the history of human evolution on its head.) Davys, Tim -- Lanceheim $14.99 (Mollisan Town #2: Unlike the other stuffed animals, Maximillian did not arrive by green delivery truck. He has no seams, and grows in size. When he begins to preach strange parables, he attracts followers - and his growing influence threatens the power of the dark forces ruling Mollisan Town.) Dugoni, Robert -- Murder One $24.99 (David Sloane #4: Barclay Reid was opposing counsel in Sloane's most prominent case. When she's accused of murdering a Russian drug dealer she blamed for her daughter's overdose death, she chooses Sloane to defend her.) Evans, Geraldine -- Death Dance $15.95 (Rafferty & Llewellyn #13: DI Joseph Rafferty has just left his wedding rehearsal when Sgt. Dafyd Llewellyn calls to say that a local man has come home to find his wife dead. To Rafferty's horror, his fiancee Abra's fingerprints are among those found in the dead woman's house.) Finder, Joseph -- Zero Hour $9.99 (Reissue; One of the world's most dangerous terrorists plans to bring down the Network, Wall Street's fragile electronic nerve center, and obliterate America's economy.) Fitzgerald, Conor -- The Fatal Touch $25.00 (Commissario Blume #2: Blume and his associate Caterina investigate a death connected to a spate of muggings. When it becomes clear the victim was an art forger, enemies - and hidden treasures - begin to emerge.) Forsyth, Frederick -- The Cobra $9.99 (Paul Devereaux used to run CIA Special Ops, until they retired him for being too ruthless. Now he's asked to take charge of the fight against the drug cartels. No boundaries, no rules, no questions asked.) Gardiner, Meg -- The Liar's Lullaby $7.99 (Jo Beckett #3: When the US President's ex-wife, a washed-up singer desperate to get back atop the charts, dies suspiciously, Jo Beckett is called in to do a psychological autopsy and avert a political disaster.) Gibbins, David -- The Mask of Troy $7.99 (Jack Howard of the International Maritime University and his team discover the wreckage of the legendary Greek fleet from the Trojan War. But the biggest surprise is yet to come, as they uncover another mystery so explosive that it leads to the kidnapping of Jack's daughter.) Goldberg, Lee -- Mr. Monk on the Couch $22.95 (Monk #12: Three strangers are murdered: a security guard, a student, and a woman. They have something in common, and Monk can't believe what it is - a couch.) Gomez-Jurado, Juan -- The Moses Expedition $15.00 (Fowler #2: Father Anthony Fowler, CIA agent and member of the Vatican's secret service, joins an expedition to Jordan to recover the Ark of the Covenant.) Greanias, Thomas -- The Promised War $7.99 (Sam Deker #1: Israeli counter-terrorism agent Sam Deker is captured and tortured, then escapes, only to be taken down again on the banks of the Jordan River. He wakes up in the middle of the ancient Israelite army on the eve of the siege of Jericho.) Grisham, John -- The Abduction $16.99 (Theodore Boone #2: Kids; When Theo's best friend April disappears in the middle of the night, fear ripples through his hometown, and the police hit dead ends. It's up to Theo to use his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.) Gustainis, J (ed) -- Those Who Fight Monsters $14.95 (Anthology; original stories of occult detectives) Guttridge, Peter -- City of Dreadful Night $15.95 (Brighton #1: 1934: A woman's torso is found in a trunk at the left-luggage office of the Brighton railway station. Her identity is never established, her killer never caught. 2009: Ambitious radio journalist Kate Simpson hopes to solve the murder with the help of ex-Chief Constable Robert Watts.) Haines, Carolyn -- Bone Appetit $7.99 (Sarah Booth Delaney #10: Sarah Booth and Tinkie's luxurious weekend at a spa and cooking school is interrupted by the poisoning of the top contender in a cook-off/beauty contest; the prime suspect hires them to investigate.) Hamilton, Steve -- Misery Bay $24.99 (Alex McKnight #8: The quest for a few answers about a suicide in Michigan's Upper Peninsula leads Alex into nightmare of sudden violence and bloody revenge, and a race to catch a ruthless killer.) Harris, Charlaine -- Three Bedrooms, One Corpse $25.95 (Aurora Teagarden #3: Reissue; Hardcover reissue) Henderson, Bruce -- Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the War $14.99 (Nonfiction; 1966: US pilot Dieter Dengler, shot down over North Vietnam, used his legendary escape and evasion skills to plan and lead an organized escape from a POW camp.) Hoffman, Jilliane -- Pretty Little Things $7.99 (When 13-year-old Lainey Emerson disappears, special agent Bobby Dees discovers she may be the victim of an online predator. And she may not be the only one.) Hogan, Shanna -- Dancing with Death $7.99 (PBO; Nonfiction; stripper turned housewife Marjorie Orbin is convicted of killing and dismembering her seventh husband.) Housewright, David -- Highway 61 $25.99 (Mac McKenzie #8: McKenzie's girlfriend's daughter asks him to help her father, Jason Truhler. Truhler met a girl, then awoke hours later from a blackout, in a motel room with the girl's murdered body on the floor. He slipped away and thought he was home free until he started getting texts with photos of the body and blackmail demands he couldn't pay. McKenzie learns that Truhler was set up - but Truhler's version of events wasn't exactly the truth either. And McKenzie now finds himself trapped in the middle of a very dangerous game, with some of the most powerful men in the state on one side and some of the deadliest on the other; autographing at Uncle Edgar's June 11) Howell, Dorothy -- Clutches and Curses $22.00 (Haley Randolph #4: A curse from an irate customer brings Haley a sudden string of bad luck - especially when she finds the body of an old classmate and rival, and becomes the number-one murder suspect.) Hyzy, Julie -- Grace Interrupted $7.99 (Manor House #2: PBO; Civil War re-enactors have set up camp on the grounds of Marshfield Manor; curator Grace Wheaton investigates when one of them turns up dead.) Jackson, L/Bush, N -- Wicked Lies $7.99 (All her life, Laura Adderley has been able to sense approaching evil. But that won't stop a psychopath bent on destroying her.) Jacobson, Alan -- Velocity $7.99 (Karen Vail #3: When her detective boyfriend disappears, FBI profiler Karen Vail finds no clues to his whereabouts, other than a blood stain - and potential connections to a Napa Valley serial killer.) Jahn, Ryan David -- Good Neighbors (UK title: Acts of Violence) $15.00 (Novel inspired by the 1964 Kitty Genovese murder. A young woman is attacked in the courtyard of her Queens apartment building. Her neighbors hear her cries; no one calls for help. Winner of the 2010 CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger) Johnson, Craig -- Junkyard Dogs $14.00 (Walt Longmire #6: The owners of a development of ranchettes want to get rid of the adjacent junkyard. When a severed thumb is discovered there, Sheriff Walt Longmire and his deputies must deal with the conflicts that erupt.) Johnson, Craig -- Hell Is Empty $25.95 (Walt Longmire #7: Longmire pursues a group of escaped murderers into the icy hell of Wyoming's Cloud Peak Wilderness Area.) Jordan, R.T. -- Set Sail for Murder $7.99 (Polly Pepper #4: When the organizer of the Polly Pepper Playhouse reunion cruise is murdered, Polly must find the killer among the woman's horde of burned cast mates, spurned lovers, and crazed fans.) Kane, Andrea -- The Girl Who Disappeared Twice $24.95 (When her daughter is kidnapped, veteran family-court judge Hope Willis hires Forensic Instincts, a team of renegade investigators, to dig through the clues and find the girl.) Kava, Alex -- Damaged $7.99 (Maggie O'Dell #8: A fishing cooler filled with body parts, found on the Gulf Coast of Florida, leads Special Agent Maggie O'Dell to a man who disappeared weeks earlier on the Atlantic side of the state.) Kramer, Julie -- Silencing Sam $7.99 (Riley Spartz #3: When she's accused of murdering a gossip columnist she'd recently clashed with, TV reporter Riley Spartz must clear her name; her investigation leads to a Channel 3 reporter who may have killed his wife - for ratings.) Krueger, William Kent -- Vermilion Drift $15.00 (Cork O'Connor #10: Hired to head security when protests erupt after a local mine is shortlisted for storage of nuclear waste, Cork stumbles across a secret room with the remains of six murder victims inside. Five appear to be old enough to be connected to a 1964 series of unsolved disappearances, when Cork's father was sheriff. The sixth body has been dead less than a week. Cork must dig into the darker parts of his family's past, and unravel the clues before more death comes to Tamarack County, Minnesota.) Land, Jon -- Strong Justice $7.99 (Caitlin Strong #2: The case of a Mexican girl on the run from human traffickers brings Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong face to face with a serial killer who's left a trail of bodies along the Mexican border) Lawton, John -- Black Out $14.00 (Frederick Troy #1: Reissue; London, 1944: A severed arm found at an East End bomb site is not the work of a V-1 rocket. After Scotland Yard's DS Troy links the arm to the disappearance of a refugee German scientist, he unearths a chain of secrets leading straight to the Allied high command.) Loehfelm, Bill -- The Devil She Knows $26.00 (Maureen Coughlin walked in on a tryst between a male coworker and aspiring politician Frank Sebastian. When the coworker turns up dead the next morning, Maureen searches for answers - while Sebastian threatens Maureen's mother.) Lovesey, Peter -- The Last Detective $9.99 (Peter Diamond #01: Reissue; A woman's nude corpse has been found in a reservoir near Bristol. To solve the killing, DS Peter Diamond must locate two missing letters to Jane Austen, and defy his superiors to exonerate a suspect.) Lupton, Rosamund -- Sister $24.00 (Tess has been found dead, apparently a suicide, but Beatrice is convinced that something more sinister was responsible for her sister's death.) Maclean, Anna -- Louisa and the Missing Heiress $14.00 (Louisa May Alcott #1: Reissue; 1850s: When her dear friend, wealthy newlywed Dorothy Wortham, is found dead, floating in Boston's harbor, Louisa investigates.) Martini, Steve -- Trader of Secrets $26.99 (Paul Madriani #12: Papers left in the apartment of his hit man nemesis Muerte Liquida send Paul Madriani to Paris in search of a former NASA scientist with stolen weapons technology.) McCrumb, Sharyn -- The Devil Amongst the Lawyers $14.99 (Ballad #8: 1934: A young journalist - aided by his cousin Nora, who is gifted with 'the sight' - searches for the truth about an Appalachian girl accused of murdering her drunken father.) McGovern, Cammie -- Neighborhood Watch $15.00 (Twelve years ago librarian Betsy Treading was convicted of murdering her neighbor. Now, exonerated by DNA tests, she is determined to salvage her life and find the real killer.) Mercer, Ken -- East on Sunset $25.99 (Will Magowan #2: Will has retired from law enforcement and is rebuilding his life. Then a killer he sent to prison years ago turns up and makes a mysterious demand. Will tries to brush him off, but things spin violently out of control.) Miller, Steve -- Girl, Wanted: The Chase for Sarah Pender $7.99 (PBO; Nonfiction; the search for the depraved young woman dubbed 'the female Charles Manson') Morgan, Fidelis -- The Rival Queens $14.95 (Countess De La Zouche #2: Reissue; London, 1699: Countess Ashby de la Zouche and her maid Alpiew are plying their trade as scandalmongers. Happily, scandals are falling into their laps like ripe plums. But scandal takes on some gravitas when they are hired to solve the murder of a popular leading lady.) O'Donohue, Clare -- Missing Persons $15.00 (Kate Conway #1: Chicago TV producer Kate Conway is the main suspect when her soon to be ex-husband is found dead. She begins working on a show about a young woman who disappeared a year earlier - and begins to suspect that the two crimes are linked.) Olson, Karen E. -- Ink Flamingos $7.99 (Tattoo Shop #4: PBO; When a pop star client's dead body is found surrounded by ink pots and needles, Las Vegas tattoo artist Brett Kavanaugh becomes a murder suspect. She'll have to act fast, before the killer once again puts the dye in dying.) Palahniuk, Chuck -- Tell-All $14.95 (For years, Hazie has been looking after veteran Hollywood actress Katherine Kenton. When Hazie discovers that Miss Kathie's newest beau has written a celebrity tell-all memoir - foretelling Miss Kathie's death in an upcoming Lillian Hellman musical - she must come up with a plan to save her) Pape, Sharon -- To Sketch a Thief $7.99 (Portrait of Crime #2: PBO; PI Rory McCain ends up with a new pet - and involved in a homicide case - when a dog leads her to his owner's corpse. And the dog has Rory's ghostly partner Zeke more than a little spooked.) Parker, I.J. -- The Masuda Affair $15.95 (Akitada #7: 11th-century Japan: Sugawara Akitada finds a small mute boy on a deserted road, and sets out to find the parents. Akitada's servant Tora has lost his new bride to a powerful man who pursues beautiful women and will stop at nothing to possess them. The two problems lead Akitada and Tora to the entertainers and prostitutes of the amusement quarter, and murder follows in their footsteps.) Patterson, J/Ledwidge, M -- Worst Case $9.99 (Michael Bennett #3: Detective Bennett must protect the children of Manhattan's elite from an insane killer out to make a point about the price others pay so they can live in luxury.) Patterson, Richard North -- In the Name of Honor $9.99 (Home from Iraq, a lieutenant kills his commanding officer. Was it self-defense, or premeditated murder?) Penny, Louise -- A Rule Against Murder (UK title: The Murder Stone) $14.99 (Inspector Gamache #4: Reissue; Canadian C.I. Gamache is celebrating his anniversary at a remote luxurious lodge when the secrets and resentments of fellow guests become a prelude to murder) Penzler, Otto (ed) -- The Big Book of Adventure Stories $25.00 (PBO; Anthology; reprints 1000+ pages of classic adventure stories.) Perry, Marta -- Vanish in Plain Sight $7.99 (Amish #2: PBO; Years ago, Marisa's mother walked away from her and her father to return to her Amish roots. Now the police have found her mother's bloodstained suitcase. Together with Link Morgan, who found the suitcase when he inherited the Lancaster County farmhouse from his uncle, Marisa sets out to learn what happened to her mother.) Pintoff, Stefanie -- Secret of the White Rose $24.99 (Simon Ziele #3: NYC, 1906: When the judge presiding over a notorious anarchist bomber's trial is murdered on the eve of jury deliberations, criminologist Alistair Sinclair and police detective Simon Ziele investigate.) Poole, Sara -- The Borgia Betrayal $14.99 (Francesca Giordano #2: Rome, 1493: Having played a crucial role in helping Rodrigo Borgia become pope, poisoner Francesca Giordano now must unravel a plot to destroy the Borgias and seize control of Christendom.) Pronzini, Bill -- Camouflage $24.99 (Nameless Detective #36: Hired to deliver paperwork to a man's ex-wife, Nameless finds himself stuck in the middle when she refuses to accept the paperwork, and the client refuses to pay, then disappears. Meanwhile, Jake's suspicions about who beat up his girlfriend's son turn out to be wrong - the truth is much darker and deadlier.) Richtel, Matt -- Devil's Plaything $9.99 (After Nat Idle is nearly gunned down, he learns it was no random attack. Suddenly he's running for his life through the shadows of Silicon Valley, caught in a deadly maze of neurotechnology and institutional paranoia. And his survival rests entirely in the hands of his 85-year-old grandmother, a dementia patient who can't remember the secret at the heart of the conspiracy. ) Rose, Karen -- You Belong to Me $7.99 (PBO; Detective J.D. Fitzpatrick has never seen anything like the trail of tortured bodies turning up in . And he's starting to suspect that medical examiner Dr. Lucy Trask is next on the killer's list.) Rosenfelt, David -- Dog Tags $7.99 (Andy Carpenter #8: Dog-loving lawyer Andy Carpenter plunges into a high-profile murder case in which a German Shepherd police dog plays a crucial role) Rowe, Rosemary -- The Vestal Vanishes $28.95 (Libertus #12: When a former vestal virgin's covered carriage arrives in Glevum, the lady in question is nowhere to be found. Libertus investigates and makes a gruesome discovery, suggesting that Druid rebels may have been involved. But then another lady disappears.) Rowland, Laura Joh -- Bedlam $15.00 (Charlotte Bronte #2: On a tour of London's famous insane asylum, Charlotte is sure she recognizes her long- missing ex-lover strapped to one of the stretchers. She starts digging, and soon finds herself trying to reveal a secret that powerful men would kill to protect.) Rutherford, Alex -- Raiders from the North $15.99 (Empire of the Moghul #1: In the early 1500s, Timurid prince Babur leads his warriors against rampaging armies and ambitious enemies to found an empire that will dominate the Indian subcontinent.) Sakey, Marcus -- The Amateurs $15.00 (For four friends from the old neighborhood, pushed to the ragged edge, the only thing more dangerous than the men coming after them might be their best friends.) Sala, Sharon -- Blood Ties $7.99 (Searchers #2: PBO; When Savannah Slade learns that the man who raised her wasn't actually her father, and that she may be the heiress to a fortune, she decides to confront her biological family. The Stosses are wealthy, powerful - and not overjoyed to see her. But they've always been willing to eradicate any threat to their perfect lives . . .) Seal, Mark -- The Man in the Rockefeller Suit $26.95 (Nonfiction; over a period of 30 years, a man assumes a series of false identities to move up the social ladder on both coasts, eventually convincing people he is a Rockefeller.) Sefton, Maggie -- Skein of the Crime $7.99 (Knitting #8: Kelly Flynn investigates when one of her knitting students is found dead on the river trail near Kelly's house) Sefton, Maggie -- Unraveled $24.95 (Knitting #9: When Jennifer's new real estate client is murdered, Kelly must unravel a tangle of clues.) Slaughter, Karin -- Fallen $26.00 (Grant County #9 / Will Trent #5: Will Trent and Sara Linton investigate when Special Agent Faith Mitchell goes to pick up her daughter from her mother's, and finds the child alone in the toolshed, a gangland hostage situation in her mother's bedroom, and her mother vanished into thin air.) Smith, Alexander McCall -- Corduroy Mansions $15.00 (Corduroy Mansions #1: A genteel, crumbling mansion block in London's vibrant Pimlico neighborhood is home to a cast of quirky characters) Stevens, Chevy -- Still Missing $14.99 (A woman recounts the story of her year as a psychopath's captive, as she struggles to piece her life back together, and the police strive to identify her captor.) Sutton, Henry -- Get Me Out of Here $15.00 (Londoner Matt Freeman is desperately trying to keep a toehold in the financial world by running a shadow banking business with contacts in North Korea and Iran. He is furious with the emptiness of 21st century life, but addicted to luxury. Meanwhile, there is the question of why the women in his life seem to disappear.) Tanenbaum, Robert K. -- Outrage $26.00 (Butch Karp #23: When his wife discovers that his office has indicted the wrong man for murder, New York DA Butch Karp must go up against the NYPD to catch and then successfully prosecute the real killer.) Thompson, Victoria -- Murder on Lexington Avenue $7.99 (Gaslight #12: 1890s NYC: Assigned to investigate the murder of an influential man in the deaf community, Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy reluctantly turns to midwife Sarah Brandt for assistance.) Thompson, Victoria -- Murder on Sisters' Row $24.95 (Gaslight #13: 1890s: With the help of a charitable lady of means, midwife Sarah Brandt rescues a young woman and her baby from a brothel. When the benefactor is murdered, Sarah and NYPD Sgt. Frank Malloy investigate.) Thor, Brad -- Foreign Influence $9.99 (Scot Harvath #09: When a group of American students are killed in a bombing in Rome, the evidence points to a dangerous colleague from Harvath's past - and a plan for further attacks on an unimaginable scale.) van Rooy, Michael -- An Ordinary Decent Criminal $14.99 (Monty Haaviko #1: Monty, an ex-con starting a straight life with a new family, foils a robbery in his new home, killing the intruders, and ends up with both a small-time crime boss and a star cop out to get him) Ward, Nathan -- Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront $16.00 (Nonfiction; in 1948, investigative reporter Malcolm Johnson exposes mob control of the New York waterfront, with racketeers doubling as union officers - even as J. Edgar Hoover denies the existence of organized crime.) Watson, Wendy Lyn -- A Parfait Murder $6.99 (Mystery a la Mode #3: PBO; When Tally's cousin Bree spots her deadbeat ex with a fat wallet, she immediately files for back child support. But when his lawyer is found dead, things get a little sticky.) Wittman, R/Shiffman, J -- Priceless: How I Went Undercover to Rescue the World's Stolen Treasures $15.00 (Nonfiction; the creator of the FBI's Art Crime Team, whose undercover work has led to the recovery of millions of dollars worth of stolen art, reveals the stories behind his remarkable career) Young, Thomas W. -- The Mullah's Storm $9.99 (When a plane carrying a Taliban detainee is shot down over , the navigator and the interpreter struggle to survive in the face of forbidding terrain, Taliban pursuit, and a prisoner who wants all three of them to be caught.)

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Atkins, -- The Ranger $25.95 (Quinn Colson #1: Army Ranger Quinn Colson returns from Afghanistan to the northeast Mississippi hill country he calls home, only to find it overrun by corruption, and his uncle, the county sheriff, dead. Is it suicide, or murder?) Brown, Sandra -- Tough Customer $9.99 (An ex- lover turns to Dodge Hanley for help when her daughter is threatened by a depraved stalker who is determined to have her - or kill her.) Burke, Alafair -- Long Gone $24.99 (Alice Humphrey has finally landed her dream job, managing a new Manhattan art gallery for an anonymous wealthy owner. Then one day she arrives at work to find the gallery stripped bare, as if it never existed, with the body of the agent who hired her dead on the floor.) Burke, Jan -- Disturbance $25.00 (Irene Kelly #10: Serial killer Nick Parrish's sons, now criminals in their own right, have a plan to spring their father from prison and kill the person who put him there: investigative journalist Irene Kelly.) Castillo, Linda -- Breaking Silence $24.99 (Kate Burkholder #3: Three adult members of an Amish family are dead, apparently from accidental asphyxiation. But autopsy uncovers evidence of foul play. Is there a connection to a recent string of hate crimes against the Amish? Or was the killing personal?) Christie, Agatha -- The Murder on the Links $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #02: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- Three Act Tragedy (alternate title: Murder in Three Acts) $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #10: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- Death in the Clouds (alternate title: Death in the Air) $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #11: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- Cards on the Table $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #13: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- Dumb Witness (alternate title: Poirot Loses a Client) $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #16: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- One, Two, Buckle My Shoe (alternate titles: An Overdose of Death / The Patriotic Murders) $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #22: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- After the Funeral (alternate title: Funerals are Fatal) $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #30: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- Cat Among the Pigeons $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #33: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- The Clocks $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #34: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- Third Girl $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #35: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- Hallowe'en Party $12.99 (Hercule Poirot #36: Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- Murder Is Easy (alternate title: Easy to Kill) $12.99 (Reissue; Classic reprint) Christie, Agatha -- They Came to Baghdad $12.99 (Reissue; Classic reprint) Clements, Rory -- Revenger $25.00 (The Earl of Essex wants to replace Queen Elizabeth; Sir Robert Cecil seeks to protect her. Both will use intelligencer John Shakespeare as a pawn in their deadly battle, where the stakes are England itself.) Cook, Thomas H. -- The Last Talk with Lola Faye $14.95 (Lucas Page has an unexpected encounter with the 'other woman' he has long blamed for his father's murder. Turns out there's a lot Lucas doesn't know - and it can hurt him.) Cook, Thomas H. -- The Quest for Anna Klein $27.00 (1939: In NYC, Thomas Danforth is asked to provide a place where a woman can receive training in firearms and explosives. Thus begins an international plot to be carried out by Anna Klein. When the plan goes wrong and Klein disappears, Danforth's search for answers will span decades and continents.) DeMille, Nelson -- The Lion $14.99 (John Corey #5: Notorious Libyan terrorist Asad Khali has returned to the US; anti-terrorist agent John Corey will stop and nothing to find and kill him.) DeSilva, Bruce -- Rogue Island $14.99 (A suspicious fire in Providence, RI, clues an old- school reporter in to a chain of foul play; he must weed through maniacal vigilantes, sleazy politicians, and the last vestiges of the mob to get to the bottom of it.) Doiron, Paul -- Trespasser $24.99 (Mike Bowditch #2: A brutal attack on a woman raises a question: was the wrong man convicted for a similar rape/murder seven years ago? Mike's investigation stirs up old hostilities between Maine locals and rich summer residents.) Elish, Dan -- The School for the Insanely Gifted $15.99 (Kids; Musical prodigy Daphna Whispers is a student at the prestigious Blatt School for the Insanely Gifted. Her mom disappeared two months ago, and now someone is after Daphna. What starts out as a simple fact-finding trip to the basement with her friends spirals into an international expedition. Along the way, she uncovers an outrageous secret about her school, and an insanely shocking secret about herself.) Evanovich, Janet -- Sizzling Sixteen $8.99 (Stephanie Plum #16: Someone wants to kill Vinnie - and there's a long list of suspects; Lula's involved in a Ponzi scheme - and you know she'll be pissed; Stephanie's chasing a dangerous skip.) Evanovich, Janet -- Smokin' Seventeen $28.00 HC, $32.00 unabridged audio (Stephanie Plum #17: Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but it's clear that Stephanie's name is on the killer's list. Stephanie faces further complications when her family and friends decide that it's time for her to choose between Morelli and Ranger.) Farmer, Philip Jose -- The Peerless Peer $9.95 (Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Reissue; Holmes teams up with Lord Greystoke (aka Tarzan) to bring down notorious German aviator Von Bork.) Finder, Joseph -- Buried Secrets $25.99 HC, $39.99 unabridged audio (Nick Heller #2: The search for a failed hedge fund manager's abducted daughter leads Nick to a conspiracy that reaches the government's highest levels.) Fleming/Deaver, J -- Carte Blanche $26.99 HC, $39.99 unabridged audio (James Bond: Bond is updated for the new millennium, with a contemporary setting, and Fleming's legendary 007 firmly in the modern age.) Furst, Alan -- Spies of the Balkans $15.00 (Salonika, 1940: Senior police official Costa Zannis finds himself working with operatives in Budapest, Zagreb, Sofia, and Belgrade, as well as a resistance cell in Berlin, to organize an escape route from Berlin through Greece to neutral Turkey.) Gaiman/Sarrantonio (ed) -- Stories $16.99 (Anthology; 27 original stories that expand and redefine the limits of imaginative fiction, by Walter Mosley, Joe R. Lansdale, Chuck Palahniuk, and others) Glynn, Alan -- Winterland $16.00 (Two men from the same family, with the same name, die on the same night - one a gangland murder, one an apparent road accident. Coincidence?) Hagberg, David -- Abyss $24.99 (Kirk McGarvey #15: Former CIA director Kirk McGarvey manages to stop a meltdown at a nuclear power plant, but the failed sabotage sets off a terrifying chain of events.) Haines, Carolyn -- Bones of a Feather $24.99 (Sarah Booth Delaney #11: PI Sarah Booth Delaney's hunt for a missing diamond necklace turns complicated when one of her clients disappears, and the kidnappers demand the necklace's insurance money as ransom.) Hall, Tarquin -- The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing $15.00 (Vish Puri #2: When a so- called Guru buster is killed at his local 'Laughing Club', witnesses point to one of the country's most recognizable Hindu ascetics; Vish Puri sends an undercover operative to the sacred town of Haridwar to investigate.) Hansen, Ron -- A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion $25.00 (1920s Manhattan: A woman trapped in a loveless marriage begins a torrid affair, and convinces her lover to kill her husband.) Herron, Mick -- Smoke & Whispers $14.00 (Oxford #5: Sarah Tucker identifies the body pulled out of the River Tyne as PI Zoe Boehm, but putting a name to the corpse only raises further questions.) Hiaasen, Carl -- Star Island $14.99 (Meet young pop star Cherry Pye. Now meet her again, in the person of Ann DeLusia, who portrays Cherry whenever the singer is too wasted to go out in public. When Ann-mistaken-for-Cherry is kidnapped by an obsessed photographer, Cherry's handlers must rescue her while keeping her existence a secret from Cherry's public - and from Cherry.) Howard, David -- Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic $15.95 (Nonfiction; one of the original copies of the Bill of Rights, pilfered during the Civil War, changes hands over the course of 138 years, until an FBI sting brings it back into government hands) Ifkovic, Ed -- Escape Artist $14.95 Trade PB, $24.95 HC (Edna Ferber #2: 1904: Edna, a 19- year-old fledgling reporter in Appleton, Wisconsin, teams up with famed escape artist Harry Houdini to solve the murder of a girl who disappeared from a locked room at the local high school.) Joss, Morag -- Among the Missing $25.00 (After a tragic bridge collapse in the Scottish Highlands, three lost souls create a fragile sanctuary in the shadow of the bridge that has changed their lives, and struggle to survive, to trust, and to love even as the consequences of their pasts prove inescapable.) Kelly, Jim -- Death Toll $25.99 (Shaw & Valentine #3: Detectives Shaw and Valentine investigate when a murdered pub landlady's coffin is exhumed and turns out to contain the twisted corpse of a young man.) Kepler, Lars -- The Hypnotist $27.00 (The only witness to a triple homicide in Tumba, Sweden, is the boy who was meant to be the fourth victim, who is in a state of shock. Desperate for information, DI Joona Linna decides to have a psychiatrist hypnotize the boy, which sets a terrifying chain of events in motion.) Koryta, Michael -- The Ridge $24.99 (After reporter Roy Darmus discovers that a deadly supernatural force has plagued his Kentucky hometown for over a century, can he convince people that an old legend is fact?) Land, Jon -- Strong at the Break $25.99 (Caitlin Strong #3: The search for a missing boy takes Texas Ranger Caitlin Strong to a militia compound run by a man whose father died in a gunfight with Strong's father.) Larsson/Gabrielsson -- There Are Things I Want You to Know about Stieg Larsson and Me $23.95 (Nonfiction; an inside look at the best-selling writer's life, by his longtime companion.) Liebman, Ron -- Jersey Law $25.00 (Salerno & Mezzonatti #2: Junne Salerno and Mickie Mezzonatti, two Camden, NJ, cops turned attorneys, struggle to corral and defend their clients, almost all of whom are guilty.) Littlefield, Sophie -- A Bad Day for Scandal $24.99 (Stella Hardesty #3: When Priss Porter's body is found, along with two others, in Kansas City, Stella and her partner Chrissy head to the city, where they investigate a host of suspects, including a crooked and libidinous female judge and several jealous male escorts.) Lovesey, Peter -- Stagestruck $25.00 (Peter Diamond #11: When a pop diva's face is burned by tainted stage makeup, fingers point at her makeup artist. Detective Peter Diamond investigates when the makeup artist is found dead, pushed from a catwalk far above the stage.) McClure, James -- The Gooseberry Fool $14.00 (Kramer & Zondi #3: Reissue; Afrikaner Lt. Tromp Kramer and Zulu DS Mickey Zondi investigate the murder of respected citizen Hugo Swart. While Zondi pursues the chief suspect, Swart's black servant, through miserable Bantu villages, Kramer tries to wring the truth out of some of Swart's acquaintances in Trekkersburg and Cape Town.) McIntosh, Pat -- Counterfeit Madam $25.00 (Gil Cunningham #8: Medieval Glasgow: Gil investigates an outbreak of counterfeit coins and the death of a bawdyhouse dame; rumors circulate that the Devil is abroad in Strathblane.) McLean, Margaret -- Under Fire $24.99 (A Senegalese Muslim immigrant is arrested for arson and murder after a Boston firefighter is shot and killed while rescuing her and her teenage son from their burning store; her defense attorneys discover that someone is willing to go to great lengths to keep them from winning their case.) Nesser, Hakan -- The Inspector and Silence $24.95 (Inspector Van Veeteren #5: When a girl is found raped and strangled near a secretive religious sect's holiday camp, Inspector Van Veeteren and his team are mystified when the sect members choose to remain silent rather than defend themselves. A string of new crimes challenge everything they thought they knew about the case.) Pendleton, Don (creator) -- Enemy Agents $4.99 (Executioner #391: PBO; Bolan travels to California's Mojave Desert to infiltrate a militia group with a deadly scheme to 'take back' America.) Pendleton, Don (creator) -- Power Grab $6.99 (Stony Man #113: PBO; An explosion at a New York shopping mall sends the Stony Man team after a warlord turned dictator planning a series of attacks against the US - and the world.) Pendleton, Don (creator) -- Kill Shot $6.99 (SuperBolan #142: PBO; When the clock strikes noon, gunfire rings out in major cities along the east coast, putting Bolan on the trail of homegrown terrorists seeking global domination.) Pizzolatto, Nic -- Galveston $15.00 (Roy Cady is diagnosed with a terminal illness, learns that his employer has put out a hit on him, and goes on the run with a young prostitute; Edgar nominee for Best First Novel) Pressfield, Steven -- The Profession $25.00 (2032: After the commander of the world's largest mercenary army launches a campaign to take over the US, his top commando faces the most challenging mission of his career: taking out his mentor.) Rendell, Ruth -- Tigerlily's Orchids $26.00 (When Stuart decides to throw a party in his new flat, he invites everyone in his building. The party will be remembered - but not in a good way. Living opposite is a young, beautiful, reclusive Asian woman. She emerges to exert a terrible spell on Stuart and his guests.) Riccardi, Ted -- Between the Thames and the Tiber: The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes $25.00 (Collection; Holmes tackles cases in England and Italy in these original stories.) Riccardi, Ted -- The Oriental Casebook of Sherlock Holmes $14.95 (Published in hardcover in 2003. Nine original tales set between Holmes' supposed death and his triumphant return three years later.) Rickman, Phil -- The Bones of Avalon $25.99 (When dangerous questions arise about Queen Elizabeth's legitimacy, Robert Dudley and astrologer are sent to to find King Arthur's missing bones. But the quest turns deadly, and Dee finds himself caught in the tangled roots of English magic - and the cold heart of a plot against the Queen.) Robotham, Michael -- The Wreckage $24.99 (Someone is bombing the banks of Baghdad. An international financier has vanished. Ex-cop Vincent Ruiz has his briefcase stolen on a London street. 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Spindler, Erica -- Watch Me Die $24.99 (Suspected of murdering her assistant, with evidence against her mounting, stained glass restoration artist Mira Gallier races to prove that she's not a killer.) Swierczynski, Duane -- Fun & Games $14.99 (Charlie Hardie #1: Ex-cop Charlie Hardie's latest housesitting gig comes complete with a trespassing B-movie actress ranting about hit men that make deaths look like accidents. Unfortunately, it's the real deal, and to protect her, Hardie will have to square off against a small army of the most lethal men in the world.) Thompson, John Milliken -- The Reservoir $15.95 (Based on a true story. Richmond, Virginia, 1885: After the body of a pregnant young woman is found floating in the reservoir, the investigation brings to light her dark family history, as well as her reckless affair with an ambitious young lawyer.) Watson, S.J. -- Before I Go to Sleep $25.99 (A woman with a damaged memory desperately searches for the truth. Who is she? And who can she trust?) Wiley, Michael -- A Bad Night's Sleep $24.99 (Joe Kozmarski #3: Joe joins a burglary crew, working as an inside agent to uncover the corrupt Chicago cops involved.) Wise, David -- Tiger Trap: America's Secret Spy War with China $28.00 (Nonfiction; a history of Chinese espionage in the US, based on interviews with key insiders at the FBI and CIA as well as with Chinese agents and people close to them.)

Early July

Abbott, Jeff -- Adrenaline $24.99 (Sam Capra #1: When an unknown enemy sets him up as a traitor, agent Sam Capra escapes from the CIA, and goes on a desperate hunt for the killer who kidnapped his pregnant wife.) Abernethy, Mark -- Second Strike $12.95 (Alan McQueen #2: On assignment in Indonesia, Mac discovers that the terrorists responsible for a series of bombings in Bali five years earlier have a powerful mini-nuke - and their next target is Australia.) Albert, Susan Wittig -- The Darling Dahlias and the Cucumber Tree $7.99 (Darling Dahlias #1: The ladies of a Depression-era garden club investigate when a treasure trove of sterling silver is found buried under a tree, and the body of an unknown woman is discovered on a hill outside their town) Albert, Susan Wittig -- The Darling Dahlias and the Naked Ladies $25.95 (Darling Dahlias #2: Depression-era Alabama: The ladies of the garden club investigate when rumors sprout that the town's newest visitors may be the Naughty and Nice Sisters from the Ziegfield Frolic, who specialize in dancing nearly naked.) Alden, Laura -- Foul Play at the PTA $6.99 (Beth Kennedy #2: PBO; When Sam Helmstetter is strangled in his car following a PTA meeting, PTA secretary Beth Kennedy and her best friend Marina fear there may be a cold-blooded killer in the group.) Allbritten, Esri -- Chihuahua of the Baskervilles $23.99 (The eccentric staff of a paranormal magazine investigate a ghostly chihuahua. Is the apparition really the deceased namesake of 'Petey's Closet, Where Dapper Dogs Shop'? Or is someone trying to teach a dead dog new tricks?) Andrews, Donna -- Stork Raving Mad $7.99 (Meg Langslow #12: The very pregnant Meg's house becomes a crime scene when the dean of the English department is murdered. Before her due date rolls around, she'll have to help Chief Burke solve the murder, and rescue Michael's tenure as well as his grad student's dissertation.) Baldacci, David -- Hell's Corner $9.99 (Camel Club #5: When a bomb is detonated, it looks like a terrorist plot directed at the US President and British Prime Minister. But when the investigation shows that the attackers had a different target, it's up to the Camel Club to stop them.) Barney, James -- The Genesis Key $9.99 (Biologist Dr. Kathleen Sainsbury is targeted by covert government operatives as she races to uncover the mystery behind her parents' secret research and brutal deaths - a mystery locked in the human genome, in the sands of antiquity, and in the Book of Genesis.) Beaton, M.C. -- Death of a Greedy Woman (original title: Death of a Glutton) $6.99 (Hamish Macbeth #08: Reissue; Eight hopeful members of the Checkmate Singles Club gather at Tommel Castle Hotel for a week of serious matchmaking; Hamish investigates when the dating director's gluttonous partner is found dead with an apple in her mouth.) Bell, Ted -- Warlord $9.99 (Alex Hawke #6: Duty calls MI6 operative Alex Hawke back into action: recent threats to the lives of the royal family may be connected to the assassination of Lord Mountbatten 30 years earlier.) Black, Benjamin -- A Death in Summer $25.00 (Quirke #4: When a newspaper tycoon is discovered with his head blown off by a shotgun blast, is it murder or suicide? DI Hackett calls in his old friend Quirke, who has unusual access to Dublin's elite.) Blair, Annette -- Skirting the Grave $7.99 (Vintage Magic #4: PBO; When the new design intern for Maddie's boutique turns up dead at the train station under suspicious circumstances, Maddie is determined to iron out the wrinkles of this mystery.) Blake, Richard -- The Terror of Constantinople $11.95 (Aelric #2: AD 610: Aelric is sent to Constantinople, where Emperor Phocas is preparing for the battle of his life, with enemy armies closing in, and traitors in the city plotting his downfall. A pawn in a conspiracy, Aelric will have to rely on his wits, charm, and fighting skills to stay alive.) Brundage, Elizabeth -- A Stranger Like You $15.00 (When a studio exec pulls the plug on a project, saying the script's ending was implausible, the writer decides to prove otherwise by staging his ending, casting the exec as the victim.) Bush, Nancy -- Hush $6.99 (PBO; Around a campfire, Coby, Rhiannon, and Yvette shared dark secrets before a tragic accident shattered their bond. 12 years later, as a series of 'accidents' befalls the circle of friends, Coby races to unravel a mystery buried in the past.) Campion, Alexander -- Crime Fraiche $24.00 (Capucine Culinary #2: When an automotive executive is found murdered in the kitchen of a famous restaurant, Paris detective Capucine LeTellier works with a trio of comical detectives, her food-critic husband, and her government-agent cousin to crack the case.) Cantrell, Rebecca -- A Game of Lies $24.99 (Hannah Vogel #3: 1936: Posing as travel reporter Adelheid Zinsli, Hannah covers the Berlin Olympic Games while gathering Nazi secrets for the British. When her mentor dies at the Olympic Stadium, Hannah must discover who killed him and get his secret information out of Germany.) Connolly, John -- The Whisperers $7.99 (Charlie Parker #09: The border between Maine and Canada is porous. Anything can be smuggled across it: drugs, cash, people. A smuggling operation there has attracted the attention of the reclusive Herod, and a shadowy figure he calls the Captain. To defeat them, Parker must team up with the killer known as the Collector.) Connolly, Sheila -- Let's Play Dead $7.99 (Nell Pratt #2: PBO; When one of the installers of a new exhibit at the Philadelphia children's museum is zapped by a fatal electrical charge, fundraiser and amateur sleuth Nell Pratt investigates.) Coulter, Catherine -- Whiplash $9.99 (FBI Thriller #14: Agents Sherlock and Savich investigate when a top employee of a German pharmaceutical company turns up murdered behind their US headquarters.) Crider, Bill -- The Wild Hog Murders $24.99 (Dan Rhodes #18: With the county overrun by feral hogs, Sheriff Rhodes' murder investigation is complicated by angry hog hunters, a crusading talk-show host, a bounty hunter, and the inept two-man motorcycle gang that's caused trouble in the past.) Crisp, Aiden -- The Constantine Covenant $9.99 (1944: Nazi agents are gathering ancient artifacts that could turn the tide of the war. Special Agent Matt Hart is ordered to infiltrate the U-boat carrying the artifacts, and discovers a plot that reaches far beyond mere victory in war.) Darnton, Nina -- An African Affair $25.95 (1990s: The assassination of a prominent Nigerian politician leads New York journalist Lindsay Cameron to Lagos to follow a trail of corruption, drug smuggling, and murder.) Dekker, Ted -- Blink of an Eye $7.99 (Reissue; Seth, a genius suddenly struck with the ability to see multiple potential futures, stumbles upon Miriam, a Saudi princess fleeing a forced marriage. Cultures collide as they are thrown together and forced to run from men determined to kidnap or kill Miriam.) Dietrich, William -- Blood of the Reich $25.99 (At the height of WWII, daring American adventurers pit their cunning against Nazi SS agents seeking a powerful weapon. Today, the descendants of those adventurers must unlock the secrets of their ancestors' mission to save the world from the resurgent Reich.) Dolan, Harry -- Very Bad Men $25.95 HC, $39.95 unabridged audio (David Loogan #2: Loogan finds a manuscript outside his door that begins, 'I killed Henry Kormoran'. Seventeen years ago, Kormoran and two other men were involved in a notorious robbery. Now someone is hunting them, and won't stop until they're dead.) DuBois, Brendan -- Deadly Cove $24.99 (Lewis Cole #7: Cole digs into the background of a murdered activist, as well as the anti-nuclear protesters who are gathering on the New Hampshire coast, threatening violent action to get what they want.) Estleman, Loren D. -- Infernal Angels $24.99 (Amos Walker #21: Hired to recover some stolen HDTV converter boxes, PI Walker ends up working with the local police and the feds when it turns out the boxes were being used to smuggle high- grade heroin.) Ewan, Chris -- The Good Thief's Guide to Vegas $14.99 (Charlie Howard #3: Charlie plans to steal $60,000 in casino chips from illusionist Josh Masters - but there's a dead redhead in Masters' bathtub, and Masters just disappeared in a puff of smoke after cheating at roulette.) Fesperman, Dan -- Layover in Dubai $12.00 (When his pharmaceutical company's security officer asks him to keep an eye on a hard-partying colleague in Dubai, auditor Sam Keller agrees, only to find himself arrested for murder when the colleague turns up dead. Has he been set up?) French, Tana -- Faithful Place $16.00 (Dublin Murder Squad #3: Everyone thought Rosie Daly left Dublin to live a shiny new life in England. Until, twenty-two years later, her suitcase shows up behind a fireplace in a derelict house on Faithful Place.) Gerritsen, Tess -- The Silent Girl $26.00 (Rizzoli & Isles #9: Boston detective Jane Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles pursue a savage killer who leaves clues pointing to the Chinese legend of the Monkey King.) Gilstrap, John -- Threat Warning $7.99 (Jonathan Grave #1: PBO; Caught in the crossfire of a sniper attack in DC, Jonathan Graves spies a gunman getting away with hostages. To free them, Graves and his team of rescue specialists must enter the dark heart of a nationwide conspiracy.) Goldberg, Tod -- The Bad Beat $7.99 (Burn Notice: PBO; Brent Grayson is a college kid who claims to own a company that doesn't really exist. Michael Westen has to save Brent's father from loan shark, while fending off sinister Russian businessmen who see every takeover as an opportunity to be hostile.) Golemon, David L. -- Primeval $7.99 (Event Group #5: As the US and Russia vie for the lost Romanov treasure, they collide with a prehistoric predator long believed extinct; it's up to the Event Group to lay the legends to rest.) Greanias, Thomas -- The 34th Degree $24.00 (Sam Deker #2: The Pentagon sends Deker back in time to Nazi-occupied Greece to locate an ancient text with the formula for the ultimate weapon. He discovers that the SS is a front for an ancient organization working to establish a Thousand Year Reich in the 21st century.) Griffin/Butterworth -- The Vigilantes $9.99 (Badge of Honor #10: When vigilante groups begin taking credit for the murders of Philadelphia lowlifes, Sgt. Matthew Payne knows it isn't true. Then the targets get bigger, and events start moving out of control) Gulli, Andrew & Lamia (ed) -- No Rest for the Dead $24.99 (Over 20 bestselling authors collaborated to write this serial novel. All royalties will be donated to The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. 10 years after the murder of a museum curator, whose wife was convicted and executed for the crime, a skeptical detective gathers the other suspects, intent on uncovering the truth.) Haddam, Jane -- Wanting Sheila Dead $7.99 (Gregor Demarkian #25: Scheduled to appear on a reality TV show, retired FBI agent Gregor Demarkian ends up consulting on a case when the hated host is found beaten unconscious next to a murdered girl's body.) Hagberg, David -- The Cabal $9.99 (Kirk McGarvey #14: The murders of his CIA son-in-law and an investigative reporter put legendary spy Kirk McGarvey on the trail of a shadowy group that includes high-ranking government members.) Hale, Rebecca -- How to Moon a Cat $7.99 (Cats and Curios #3: PBO; When her cat Rupert sniffs out a vase with a toy bear inside, Rebecca has no doubt it's another of her Uncle Oscar's clues to a hidden treasure. Soon she and the cats are headed to Nevada City to solve the puzzle.) Harper, Paul -- Pacific Heights $25.00 (Marten Fane #1: As San Francisco detective Marten Fane investigates the deaths of two wealthy women who had the same illicit lover and the same therapist, he uncovers a plot involving a private intelligence agency and a monstrous psychological experiment: a traceless form of murder.) Hurwitz, Gregg -- You're Next $24.99 (Shady characters are threatening Mike Wingate, and the police seem more interested in Mike's past - which he doesn't remember - than in protecting him. So Mike turns to Shep, his only friend from his days in foster care. Together they will do whatever it takes to protect Mike's family.) Huston, James W. -- Falcon Seven $9.99 (Two US Navy fliers face war crimes charges at the Hague after bombing a medical post instead of a terrorist target; their lawyer prepares a defense, but would prefer to extract them by extra-legal means.) Jance, J.A. -- Betrayal of Trust $25.99 (J.P. Beaumont #20: When she discovers that her teenage grandson has a snuff film on his phone, the governor of Washington asks old friend J.P. Beaumont to investigate.) Johansen, Iris & Roy -- Shadow Zone $7.99 (Hannah Bryson #2: To prevent a global catastrophe, Hannah turns to a mysterious and deadly man from her past; they race to unravel the last great secret of the sunken city of Marinth.) Jones, Darynda -- First Grave on the Right $14.99 (Charley Davidson #1: Charley sees dead people, and convinces them to 'go to the light'. But sometimes they're murder victims, and want her to bring the bad guys to justice.) Kaufman, Thomas -- Steal the Show $24.99 (Willis Gidney #2: To raise money for an adoption lawyer, PI Willis Gidney takes a job he knows he shouldn't - breaking into a film-pirating facility for hacker Rush Gemelli, who then blackmails Gidney into joining up with his father, head of the motion picture lobby.) Kennedy, Douglas -- The Woman in the Fifth $16.00 (A disgraced American college professor flees to Paris, and ends up working as night watchman for a sinister operation. When he begins to notice that all those who have recently done him wrong are meeting unfortunate ends, it soon becomes apparent that he has stumbled into a nightmare.) Kuzneski, Chris -- The Prophecy $9.99 (Payne & Jones #5: Payne and Jones hunt for a hidden collection of prophecies by Nostradamus.) La Plante, Lynda -- Blind Fury $15.00 (Anna Travis #6: DCS Langton's team is investigating a triple murder, with no suspect. A murderer DI Travis helped arrest years ago insists he can help them find the killer - but he will only divulge his secrets to Anna.) Lakin, Rita -- Getting Old Can Kill You $7.99 (Gladdy Gold #7: PBO; Sultry Joyce Steiner moves to Fort Lauderdale, reopening an old rivalry with Arlene Simon, whose husband ran off with Joyce 55 years earlier. When Joyce is found murdered, Arlene becomes the prime suspect. It's up to Gladdy and the gals to catch the real killer.) Laurie, Victoria -- Vision Impossible $23.95 (Psychic Eye #9: When the drone aircraft containing the military's digital photography software - which captures auras just like Abby can - is stolen, Abby goes after the criminals.) Leather, Stephen -- Rough Justice $8.99 (Dan Shepherd #7: Villains across London are being beaten, crippled, and killed by vigilante cops. Crime rates are falling, but the powers that be want Shepherd to bring the wave of rough justice to an end.) Lehane, Dennis -- $9.99 (Reissue; 1954: Searching for an escaped mental patient, a US Marshal and his partner stumble into a nightmare world of CIA drug trials, eugenics, and mind control - or possibly someone is trying to drive them insane.) Levine, Laura -- Death of a Trophy Wife $7.99 (Jaine Austen #09: When Jaine's neighbor is the prime suspect in the murder of a local business tycoon's wife, Jaine sets out to find the real killer.) Liesche, Margit -- Hollywood Buzz $14.95 (Pucci Lewis #2: When a director is murdered, possibly by Nazi operatives, Military Intelligence sends Pucci to Hollywood to work undercover on the set of a documentary on the Women Air Force Service Pilots.) Longworth, M.L. -- Death at the Chateau Bremont $14.00 (Verlaque & Bonnet #1: When Etienne de Bremont falls to his death from his family's Aix- en-Provence chateau, chief magistrate Antoine Verlaque suspects foul play. He turns to law professor Marine Bonnet for help when he learns she was a close friend of the dead man's family.) MacBride, Stuart -- Dark Blood $12.95 (Logan McRae #6: DS McRae is not thrilled to be helping a supposedly rehabilitated rapist settle into his new Aberdeen home, or with DSI Danby, there to keep an eye on the ex-con. Especially when three heavies arrive from Newcastle, wanting a 'quiet word' with Danby about a missing mob accountant.) Madison, Ada -- The Square Root of Murder $7.99 (Professor Sophie Knowles #1: PBO; Dr. Sophie Knowles teaches math at Henley College in Massachusetts. When a colleague turns up dead, she must find the killer before anyone else is subtracted.) Mariotte, Jeff -- The Burning Season $7.99 (CSI: Crime Scene Investigation: PBO; Six firefighters lose their lives battling a blaze that threatens expensive homes. The initial determination is that it's arson, but the CSIs assigned to the case soon find much more than they bargained for.) Marshall, Michael -- Killer Move $24.99 (Bill already has a lot, but he wants much more. He has a plan for super-success. Then one morning he arrives at work to find an anonymous message waiting for him: MODIFIED. And when people around him begin to die, it becomes clear that someone has a very different plan for Bill's future.) McKinlay, Jenn -- Books Can Be Deceiving $7.99 (Library Lover's #1: PBO; When a New York editor visits the Briar Creek Public Library, Lindsey's friend Beth hopes to sell the editor her children's book, but Beth's author boyfriend gets in the way. When he's found murdered, Lindsay has to act fast to clear Beth's name.) McPhee, Michele R. -- A Professor's Rage $7.99 (PBO; Nonfiction; the story of Harvard PhD Amy Bishop, her brother's mysterious death, and the shooting spree that shocked the nation.) McRae, Cricket -- Wined and Died $14.95 (Home Crafting #5: Intrigued by a recording in which a therapist contemplates her client's murderous threats, Sophie Mae investigates when the therapist ends up dead. Along the way, she explores the age-old arts of making wine and mead.) Meier, Leslie -- English Tea Murder $24.00 (Lucy Stone #17: A trip to England is disrupted when tour leader George Temple suffers a fatal asthma attack; Lucy learns the other tour members were all victims of a financial fraud Temple perpetrated twenty years ago.) Milway, Alex -- The Curse of Mousebeard $6.99 (Mousehunter #2: Kids; The dastardly Isiah Lovelock is growing in power, and only pirate captain Mousebeard is brave enough to stop him - but first Mousebeard must be freed from a curse that prevents him from setting foot on dry land.) Moody, Mary -- A Killing in Antiques $6.99 (Lucy St. Elmo Antiques #1: PBO; When the wrong man is accused of murder at the Brimfield Antiques Show, Cape Cod antique shop owner Lucy St. Elmo sets out to find the real killer.) Morrison, Boyd -- The Vault $24.99 (Tyler Locke #2: Industrial engineer Tyler Locke races against time to save his father from a terrorist organization bent on unearthing the truth about the fabled touch of King Midas and using it for their own deadly purposes.) Morton, James -- The First Detective: The Life and Revolutionary Times of Vidocq $27.95 (Nonfiction; born in France in 1775, Vidocq became a criminal, then a police , and went on to form a plainclothes unit that would become the Surete Nationale. He later started a private detective agency, also doing some spying on the side.) Mustafa, S/Israel, S -- Dismembered $6.99 (PBO; Nonfiction; Sean Vincent Gillis killed and mutilated 8 women in and around Baton Rouge, LA.) Neggers, Carla -- The Whisper $7.99 (PBO; Boston detective Scoop Wisdom and archaeologist Sophie Malone team up to stop the killing when ancient Celtic rituals lead to modern-day murder.) Novak, Brenda -- Inside $7.99 (PBO; Virgil Skinner is supposed to infiltrate the gang that's taking control of a notorious supermax. The warden doesn't want him there. She's not sure she can protect him if things go bad - and she might be falling in love with him.) Palma, Felix J. -- The Map of Time $26.00 (To save innocent lives, H.G. Wells must discover the truth about purported incidents of time travel.) Paretsky, Sara -- Body Work $9.99 (V.I. Warshawski #14: A woman's sketch triggers a violent outburst from an Iraq war veteran. When the woman is shot several days later, the police arrest the angry vet. His family hires V.I. to clear his name; her investigation takes her from the North Side of Chicago to the far reaches of the Gulf War.) Patterson, J/Ledwidge, M -- Now You See Her $27.99 (Nina would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York - including lying about her past. But when an innocent man is framed for murder, she must go back to Florida and confront the murderous evil she fled 18 years ago.) Peacock, Justin -- Blind Man's Alley $12.00 (Duncan Riley is walks the knife edge of legal ethics and personal morality when a pro bono case he's working on turns out to have connections to a powerful real estate developer his firm represents.) Pulitzer/Thompson -- Portrait of a Monster $25.99 (Nonfiction; Joran van der Sloot is suspected of murdering Natalee Hollowy in Aruba and Stephany Flores Ramirez in Peru.) Quinn, Spencer -- To Fetch a Thief $15.00 (Chet & Bernie #3: When a circus elephant and her trainer go missing, the trainer's partner hires Chet and his dog Bernie to track them down.) Raybourn, Deanna -- The Dark Enquiry $14.95 (Julia Grey #5: PBO; An investigation for Julia's brother Lord Bellmont leads Julia and Brisbane to London's exclusive Ghost Club, where the alluring Madame Seraphine holds evening seances - and where they uncover a lurid tangle of dark deeds, and secrets men will kill to keep.) Rimington, Stella -- Dead Line $12.00 (Liz Carlyle #4: Word is that two individuals are planning to violently disrupt a Middle East peace conference at a Scottish resort. As leads turn into dead ends, MI5 officer Liz Carlyle begins to sense that the threat is greater than anyone has imagined.) Robb, J.D. -- Time of Death $16.00 (Eve Dallas: Collection; reprints 3 novellas) Rogan, Jack -- The Collective $7.99 (A trail of seemingly accidental deaths leads investigators Josh Hart and Rachael Voss to a chilling truth: someone is waging war against children.) Rosenfelt, David -- One Dog Night $24.99 (Andy Carpenter #9: Five years ago, Matt Stark took a golden retriever puppy to a shelter, and Andy Carpenter adopted her. When Matt is accused of murder, his wife hires Andy to defend him.) Rotenberg, Robert -- The Guilty Plea $26.00 (After a wealthy Toronto man is stabbed to death the night before his divorce trial, and his wife arrives at her lawyer's office hours later with a bloody knife, what looks like a straightforward guilty plea turns into a complex murder trial.) Rutherford, Alex -- A Kingdom Divided $25.99 (Empire of the Moghul #2: The newly-crowned Emperor Humayun has inherited wealth and glory. But his brothers are plotting against him, and soon he will be locked in a terrible battle for the empire's very existence.) Silva, Daniel -- The Rembrandt Affair $9.99 (Gabriel Allon #10: When an art restorer is murdered and the newly discovered Rembrandt he was working on is taken, Gabriel is persuaded to use his unique skills to trace the painting and those responsible for the crimes.) Sipila, Jarkko -- Nothing But the Truth $13.95 (Helsinki Homicide; autographing at Uncle Edgar's July 27) Smith, Alexander McCall -- The Dog Who Came in from the Cold $24.95 (Corduroy Mansions #2: A pair of New Age operators think Terence Moongroove's estate is just the spot for their Centre for Cosmological Studies. Literary agent Barbara Ragg has decided to represent a man who is writing a book about his time spent hanging out with the Abominable Snowman. And our endlessly surprising canine hero Freddie de la Hay has been recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring.) Speller, Elizabeth -- The Return of Captain John Emmett $26.00 (Laurence Bartram #1: London, 1920: Old flame Mary Emmett's brother has apparently killed himself. Aided by his dauntless friend Charles, whose detective skills are cadged from mystery novels, Laurence looks into the death.) Stevens, Chevy -- Never Knowing $24.99 (34- year-old Sara Gallagher sets out to find her birth parents, only to learn that her biological father is a serial killer who has been hunting women for over 30 years. And now he's found out about her.) Teller, Joseph -- Guilty as Sin $7.99 (Jaywalker #5: PBO; Up against a team of prosecutors - one a talented, ethical newcomer, the other a sleazy veteran - defense lawyer Harrison J. Walker has almost nothing on his side - except his unshakeable belief in his client.) Truman, Margaret -- Monument to Murder $24.99 (Capital Crimes #25: While looking into a twenty- year-old murder case, an ex-cop turned PI uncovers a secret government organization whose contract killers murder in the name of patriotism. And he's just become their next target.) van Rooy, Michael -- Your Friendly Neighborhood Criminal $24.99 (Monty Haaviko #2: Monty would prefer to be known as the friendly neighborhood daycare provider, but when his criminal past brings him to the attention of activists and local thugs, things rapidly escalate to kidnapping, torture, and an explosive stand- off.) Vance, Lee -- The Garden of Betrayal $12.00 (Right after a terrorist attack on a Russian oil pipeline, a colleague slips energy market analyst Mark Wallace classified information about Saudi oil fields, then turns up dead.) Verdon, John -- Think of a Number $7.99 (Dave Gurney #1: A letter-writer who can predict a person's thoughts moves from threats to murder; a retired detective, the most decorated in NYPD history, finds himself in a desperate race to outthink the ingenious foe.) Wambaugh, Joseph -- Hollywood Hills $7.99 (Hollywood #4: LAPD veteran 'Hollywood Nate' Weiss is keeping an eye on an estate while the owners are away. He and his team will have to deal with a shady art dealer after the mansion's paintings, and a pair of drug-addled home invaders.) Wells, Melinda -- Pie a la Murder $7.99 (Della Cooks #2: PBO; Della's sweetie Nicholas drops a bomb: he now has his teenage daughter living with him. When one of the girl's friends is found murdered, Nicholas is a suspect, and Della must find the real killer.) Winslow, Don -- The Gentlemen's Hour $25.00 (Boone Daniels #2: PI Boone Daniels risks the wrath of his fellow surfers when he agrees to help defend a young man accused of murdering a local surfing legend.) Wolfe, Inger Ash -- The Taken $13.95 (Hazel Micallef #2: When a body is fished out of a lake, the local paper has just published a story featuring that scenario. DI Hazel Micallef and DC James Wingate know they are being played, but who is pulling the strings, and why?) Zettel, Sarah -- A Taste of the Nightlife $7.99 (Vampire Chef #1: PBO; Charlotte isn't a member of NYC's undead community - she just cooks for them at her restaurant Nightlife. But when a drunk customer causes a scene, then winds up dead on Nightlife's doorstep, Charlotte's brother is suspected of the murder. Charlotte must reopen her restaurant and clear her brother's name.) Zouroudi, Anne -- The Messenger of Athens $14.99 (Hermes Diaktoros #1: Hermes Diaktoros arrives, uninvited, on a remote Greek island to investigate a young woman's death. He uncovers a tale of passion, corruption, and murder, but brings his own mystery to the web of secrets and lies. )

Mid July

Andrews, Donna -- The Real Macaw $24.99 (Meg Langslow #13: Meg's living room full of animals. Financial woes have led the local shelter to repeal its no-kill policy, and a group led by her dad and granddad have stolen the shelter's animals. But the volunteer who was to transport the animals to new homes has been murdered.) Billingham, Mark -- Bloodline $24.99 (Tom Thorne #8: London homicide detective Tom Thorne must stop a killer who is targeting the children of victims of an infamous serial killer.) Cotterill, Colin -- Killed at the Whim of a Hat $24.99 (Jimm Juree #1: Crime reporter Jimm Juree thinks her career is over when her family relocates to a small village on the Thai coast. But when a van containing skeletal remains is found, and the abbot at a local Buddhist temple is murdered, she'll need luck and the help of her entire oddball family to unravel the mysteries.) Coulter, Catherine -- Split Second $26.95 (FBI Thriller #15: FBI agents Savich and Sherlock try to track down a woman serial killer before she kills again. And Special Agent Carlisle sets out to learn the truth - why did her grandmother murder her grandfather 22 years ago?) Dahl, Arne -- Misterioso $24.95 (Intercrime #1: Detective Paul Hjelm joins an elite team assembled to find a killer who has been targeting business leaders. Navigating the murky world of the Russian Mafiya and the secret societies of Sweden's wealthiest citizens, they must also face the deep- rooted xenophobia that affects both police and perpetrator.) Dezenhall, Eric -- The Devil Himself $25.99 (1942: Desperate to secure the East Coast, the Navy turns to Jewish mob boss Meyer Lansky, who assembles an unlikely alliance of mobsters and intelligence officers to catch Nazi saboteurs and lay the groundwork for the invasion of Sicily.) Drake, Nick -- Tutankhamun: The Book of Shadows $14.99 (Rahotep #2: Rahotep, chief detective of the Thebes division, finds a connection between evil objects being sent to the new pharaoh and a series of sadistic murders plaguing the city) Dudgeon, Piers -- Neverland: J.M. Barrie, the Du Mauriers, and the Dark Side of Peter Pan (UK title: Captivate) $15.95 (Nonfiction; the story of J.M. Barrie's abuse and exploitation of the Du Maurier family.) Flint, Shamini -- A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul $25.99 (Inspector Singh #2: Sent to Bali to help with anti-terrorism efforts after an explosion, Singh investigates when a body discovered in the wreckage turns out to have been killed by a bullet before the bomb went off.) Gardiner, Meg -- The Nightmare Thief $25.95 (Jo Beckett #4: Forensic psychologist Jo Beckett and her partner Gabe Quintana are working a case when they bump into an abduction-in-progress, and find themselves nabbed by the kidnappers.) Genelin, Michael -- The Magician's Accomplice $14.00 (Jana Matinova #3: Jana is transferred to Europol headquarters in the Hague; on the flight there she meets a retired magician, the uncle of a student murdered in Bratislava, who is determined to help her investigate his nephew's death.) Genelin, Michael -- Requiem for a Gypsy $25.00 (Jana Matinova #4: To solve the murder of a prominent businessman's wife, Commander Matinova must travel to Berlin and Paris, and look back into the darkest period of Slovak history.) George, Kathleen -- The Odds $14.99 (Richard Christie #4: With Homicide head Richard Christie in the hospital, it falls to Potocki and Greer to help Narcotics investigate when a young boy on Pittsburgh's North Side dies of a suspicious overdose.) Gomez-Jurado, Juan -- The Traitor's Emblem $24.99 (Fowler #3: 1940: Captain Gonzalez rescues a group of German castaways. In gratitude, one of them offers him a strange emblem made of gold and diamonds. Years later, the captain's son receives a substantial offer for the object. He refuses to sell, but in the process learns its astonishing history.) Gross, Andrew -- Eyes Wide Open $25.99 (When disaster strikes his brother Charlie, Jay Erlich is pulled back into his brother's past - into a labyrinth of secrets and lies. Jay is determined to uncover the truth.) Hart, John -- Iron House $25.99 HC, $39.99 unabridged audio (Twenty years ago, a pair of orphaned brothers were separated when Michael fled a murder accusation, eventually becoming an enforcer for an organized crime syndicate. Then he met Elena, and decided to leave that life behind. He takes her back to North Carolina, and his brother Julian. There he faces a thicket of deceit and violence that leads inexorably back to the orphanage he fled so long ago; Signed copies expected) Hayes, J.M. -- Server Down $14.95 (Mad Dog & Englishman #5: Mad Dog has been playing an online computer game, where a vampire wizard has been tormenting him; after a string of catastrophes, Mad Dog realizes that the creature has somehow reached out of the game to come after him in real life.) Hill, Suzette A. -- A Bedlam of Bones $25.00 (Oughterard #5: A blackmailer is stalking the bishop - can he survive the threat of being outed? And why is there a body in the flowerbed? The Reverend Oughterard is immersed once again in a web of danger, while his cat Maurice and dog Bouncer try to clear up all this human mayhem.) Johansen, Iris -- Quinn $27.99 (Eve Duncan #12: John Gallo seems to hold the key to the mystery of the fate of Eve's daughter Bonnie. With Joe Quinn's life hanging in the balance, justice may never be served, unless CIA agent Catherine Ling can outsmart Gallo at his own game.) Kava, Alex -- Hotwire $25.95 (Maggie O'Dell #9: The investigation into the deaths of three teenagers leads FBI agent Maggie O'Dell into the middle of a conspiracy involving biological warfare.) Kelman, Stephen -- Pigeon English $24.00 (Lying in front of 11-year-old Harri is the murdered body of one of his classmates. Armed with detective techniques absorbed from TV shows, Harri and his best friend Dean plot to bring the perpetrator to justice.) Kleier, Glenn -- The Knowledge of Good & Evil $24.99 (A defrocked priest embarks on an epic odyssey through the afterlife in search of answers to life's Ultimate Question.) Lindsay, Jeff -- Dexter Is Delicious $14.95 (Dexter #5: Dexter investigates the disappearance of a 17-year-old girl who has been running with a group who fancy themselves to be vampires, and discovers that they are actually cannibals - and that they've decided they'd like to eat Dexter.) Ludlum, R/Lustbader, E -- The Bourne Dominion $27.99 (Bourne #9: Bourne learns that the Severus Domna cabal has targeted him for death - and that the assignment was given to Boris Karpov, his longtime friend and ally.) Moody, Rick -- The Four Fingers of Death $15.99 (A down-on-his-luck writer is hired to write the novelization of the 2025 remake of horror movie The Crawling Hand. The tale: Of the nine astronauts sent to Mars, only a lone human arm (missing its middle finger) returns to earth. Does it hold the secret to reanimation, or is it simply an infectious killing machine?) O'Shaughnessy, Perri -- Dreams of the Dead $25.00 (Nina Reilly #13: A new client wants Nina to locate the remains of his son, who has been missing for nine years and is presumed dead. Nina suspects that her former investigator (and ex- lover) Paul van Wagoner may have had something to do with the disappearance - and possibly the death.) Pajer, Bernadette -- A Spark of Death $14.95 Trade PB, $24.95 HC (Professor Bradshaw #1: Seattle, 1901: When UW Professor Benjamin Bradshaw discovers a despised colleague dead inside the Faraday Cage of the Electric Machine, he becomes the lone suspect. To protect his young son and clear his name, he must find the killer.) Patterson, J/Marklund, L -- The Postcard Killers $14.99 (After his daughter and her boyfriend are murdered in Rome - one of several young couples killed in European cities - an NYPD detective teams up with a Swedish reporter to track down the killers.) Pendleton, Don (creator) -- Shadow Hunt $5.99 (Executioner #392: PBO; Bolan sets out on a search-and-rescue mission when a US Marshal goes missing in New Orleans, and discovers that the Mafia is planning to take over the Big Easy.) Pendleton, Don (creator) -- Stealth Sweep $6.99 (SuperBolan #143: PBO; A rogue major from Chinese Intelligence is the mastermind behind a long-term plan to achieve Chinese world domination. It's up to Bolan to take him out.) Pope, Barbara Corrado -- The Blood of Lorraine $15.95 (Bernard Martin #2: 1894: In the town of Nancy in Lorraine, France, an infant boy is found dead and mutilated. His wet nurse and mother blame wandering tinkers or Jews. Magistrate Bernard Martin must get to the truth.) Quartey, Kwei -- Children of the Street $15.00 (Darko Dawson #2: Detective Inspector Darko Dawson investigates when street children start showing up dead in Ghana's capital city of Accra, marked in a way that could signify ritual killings. The case takes him into the brutal world of the urban poor.) Ramsay, Frederick -- Rogue $14.95 (Ike Schwartz #7: Ruth Harris heads to a Maine island to settle an estate, but the task is complicated by two suspicious deaths. Ike joins her just as a third body turns up: a developer with Mafia ties and a very professionally place bullet hole in his forehead.) Reichs, Kathy -- Spider Bones $7.99 (Temperance Brennan #13: The body of a drowning victim is identified as a man declared dead in a 1968 crash in Vietnam - so who's buried in his grave? And why are his dog tags found tangled in a third set of remains?) Silva, Daniel -- Portrait of a Spy $26.99 (Gabriel Allon #11: ) Simenon, Georges -- Act of Passion $14.95 (Reissue; After a life of bourgeois conformity, a middle-aged French doctor's liaison with a young drifter precipitates a spiritual awakening - and sets the stage for his disintegration. ) Tesh, Jane -- A Little Learning $14.95 (Maddy Maclin #3: Fledgling PI Madeline Maclin becomes involved in the mysterious death of an unpopular teacher, and is hired by a gentleman to solve a riddle left to him by his uncle.) Verdon, John -- Shut Your Eyes Tight $24.00 (Dave Gurney #2: When a young bride is gruesomely murdered at her wedding reception, retired detective Dave Gurney can't resist the challenge. He soon discovers that the killing is part of a latticework of complex conspiracies and sinister agendas.) Wiprud, Brian M. -- Ringer $26.99 (Morty Martinez #2: Tasked with recovering a sacred relic for his La Paz diocese, Monty finds the gold ring - on the finger of NYC billionaire Robert Grant - then finds himself caught in murderous cross-plots between the man and his stepdaughter.) Zouroudi, Anne -- The Taint of Midas $23.99 (Hermes Diaktoros #2: When crooked developers take control of the Greek island of Arcadia, the caretaker of the island's ruined Temple of Apollo meets a violent death. Hermes finds his old friend's body by the roadside, and resolves to find the killer.)

Early August

Barclay, Linwood -- Never Look Away $7.99 (On a trip to a local amusement park, David Harwood's wife disappears - along with everything he thought he knew about their life together.) Barrett, Tracy -- The Case That Time Forgot $6.99 (Sherlock Files #3: Kids; An amulet is rumored to be able to turn back time once every hundred years. When it disappeared from a London museum long ago, Sherlock Holmes had no luck finding it. Now Xena and Xander are on the case - and so is someone else!) Baxter, Holly -- Tears of the Dragon $14.95 (Chicago, 1931: Elodie Browne is the breadwinner for her mother and sisters. For extra cash, she takes a job serving at a party given by importer Lee Chang. The event is disrupted when a dying man stumbles in raving about 'Ming Dao'. Elodie's curiosity is piqued. Big mistake.) Bebris, Carrie -- The Intrigue at Highbury, or, Emma's Match $13.99 (Mr. & Mrs. Darcy #5: On their way to Highbury, the Darcys are robbed; a guest is poisoned at a party given by the Knightleys; the crimes may be connected) Beck, Greig -- Dark Rising $7.99 (Alex Hunter #2: Massive gamma radiation is detected beneath the Iranian desert - is it a nuke, or worse? The search for answers takes Alex Hunter and his team to the ancient caves of Arak, where they come face to face with a creature from their darkest nightmares.) Birmingham, John -- After America $7.99 (Without Warning #2: President James Kipper leads the battle to rebuild America in the face of predation by pirates and freebooters, as well as a challenge from the rogue governor of Texas) Black, Lisa -- Trail of Blood $7.99 (Theresa MacLean #3: A desiccated corpse found in an abandoned warehouse is assumed to be a victim of the 1930s Torso Killer - until a fresh corpse turns up at the scene, also bearing the marks of the Torso Killer.) Blake, Richard -- The Blood of Alexandria $11.95 (Aelric #3: AD 612: Aelric, now a trusted henchman of Emperor Heraclius, comes to Alexandria to send Egypt's harvest to Constantinople and to force the unwilling viceroy to give the land to the peasants. But the city, with its factions and conspirators, thwarts him at every turn. When an old enemy arrives, Aleric will have to use his cunning, charm, and talent for violence to survive.) Bourbon, Melissa -- Pleating for Mercy $6.99 (Magical Dressmaking #1: PBO; After she opens a dressmaking boutique in the 1900s Texas farmhouse she inherited, Harlow senses an inexplicable 'presence'. When her old friend Josie's boss turns up dead, Harlow has to find the killer - with a little help from beyond.) Box, C.J. -- Back of Beyond $25.99 HC, $39.99 unabridged audio (When his mentor and AA sponsor is found burned to death in a remote mountain cabin, brilliant but troubled cop Cody Hoyt is determined to find the killer. Clues link the murderer to an outfitter leading an expedition into the remote corners of Yellowstone; Signed copies expected) Boyd, Noah -- Agent X $9.99 (Steve Vail #2: The FBI must track down an intelligence officer from the Russian embassy who has a list of Americans supplying secrets to the Russians; to keep the operation quiet, they turn to ex-agent Steve Vail.) Brady, Jacklyn -- A Sheetcake Named Desire $7.99 (Piece of Cake #1: PBO; When her almost-ex-husband turns up dead with a chef's knife in his back, New Orleans pastry chef Rita Lucero becomes prime suspect. Can she find the real killer before she becomes the next victim?) Brant, Kylie -- Deadly Sins $7.99 (Mindhunters #5: PBO; An unknown assassin is taking out high- level human targets citywide. The case will test the resolve of tough FBI agent Jaid Marlowe. Especially when her new partner is her ex-lover Adam Raiker.) Bugge, Carole -- The Star of India $9.95 (Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Reissue; A case involving a clandestine love affair and the disappearance of a priceless sapphire once again pits Holmes and Watson against villainous nemesis Moriarty.) Burke, James Lee -- The Glass Rainbow $9.99 (Dave Robicheaux #18: Detective Dave Robicheaux returns to Louisiana, and becomes entangled in a series of murders connected with an ex-con turned bestselling author.) Clemens, Judy -- Flowers for Her Grave $14.95 (Grim Reaper #3: Casey and Death are on the run again. Casey changes her identity to begin a new life as fitness instructor at a Florida gated community. When one of the residents is murdered, Casey is determined find the killer.) Compton, Jodi -- Thieves Get Rich, Saints Get Shot $23.00 (Hailey Cain #2: After her identity is stolen, Hailey hits the road again with her old friend , looking to reclaim her name and chase down the murderer who took it.) Connolly, Sheila -- Bitter Harvest $7.99 (Orchard #5: PBO; With the apples harvested and sold, Meg has been enjoying some free time - until a series of small but annoying mishaps turns sinister.) Cook, Robin -- Cure $9.99 (Stapleton & Montgomery #10: Medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton link a CIA agent's murder to a dangerous game of biotech espionage.) Coyle, Cleo -- Roast Mortem $7.99 (Coffeehouse #09: Someone is torching cafes around New York City; when firefighters begin to die in mysterious ways, Clare investigates.) Coyle, Cleo -- Murder by Mocha $25.95 (Coffeehouse #10: Clare's Village Blend coffee beans are being used to create a love potion, to be sold exclusively online at Aphrodite's Village. When one of the website editors is murdered, Clare is convinced the killer is after the secret formula.) Crosby, Ellen -- The Vintage Vendetta (HC title: The Viognier Vendetta) $7.99 (Wine Country #5: Lucie's reunion with her old friend Rebecca in Washington, DC, turns strange when Rebecca's clothes are found in a rowboat floating on the Potomac. Is it suicide, murder, or an elaborate scheme to disappear? As she tries to locate her missing friend, Lucy uncovers a political and financial scandal.) Culver, Carol -- A Good Day to Pie $14.95 (Pie Shop #1: After taking over her retired Grannie Louise's pie shop, Hanna has to convince the handsome new police chief that Grannie couldn't possibly have committed murder.) Cussler, C/Du Brul, J -- Dark Watch $9.99 (Oregon Files #3: When Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the spy ship Oregon are hired to stop the ferocious pirates trolling the waters of Southeast Asia, they discover a deadly international conspiracy behind the predation.) Deaver, Jeffery -- Edge $9.99 (Federal protection officer Corte races to find and stop a criminal who uses torture, kidnapping, and murder to extract the information he needs from his victims.) DeMille, Nelson -- Plum Island $9.99 (John Corey #1: Reissue; NYPD homicide cop John Corey is convalescing in Long Island when the murder of two locals - biologists rumored to be working on germ warfare - takes on global implications, and thrusts him into a search for the truth about the Plum Island research center.) DiSilverio, Laura -- Die Buying $7.99 (Mall Cop #1: PBO; Former Army MP Emma-Joy Ferris has been finding mall cop work a bit humdrum - until someone 'liberates' a 15-foot python from the Herpetology Hut, and a mannequin turns out to be a very real corpse.) Domenici, Joe -- The Death Factory $25.99 (When Jim Simpson, the beloved son of an old colleague, goes missing, old Army buddies Fred Custer and Green Beret Hickey set out to rescue him. The trail leads to a torture prison in the Egyptian desert.) Donald, Angus -- Holy Warrior $15.99 (Robin Hood #2: 1190: Ferocious warrior Robin of Locksley and his loyal men join King Richard the Lionheart's crusade to seize Jerusalem from the Sarcens.) Douglas, Carole Nelson -- Cat in a Vegas Gold Vendetta $24.99 (Midnight Louie #23: Hired to investigate the death of a rich woman's handyman, Temple finds plenty of greedy humans swarming around the woman. Temple thinks she's close to solving the case, but it becomes clear to feline detective Midnight Louie that there are more deaths - both human and feline - to come.) Eisler, Barry -- Inside Out $7.99 (Ben Treven #2: Scott Horton recruits Ben Treven to take out a former operative, a twisted bomb expert who has been blackmailing the CIA.) Eriksson, Kjell -- The Hand That Trembles $24.99 (Ann Lindell #8: Detective Lindell investigates a severed female foot found in an area where most of the inhabitants are single men. But the owner of the house where the victim is believed to have lived is no longer able to answer questions . . .) Ewan, Chris -- The Good Thief's Guide to Venice $24.99 (Charlie Howard #4: Charlie has vowed to give up his life of crime to write crime fiction full-time. Then a femme fatale burgles his prized first edition of The Maltese Falcon, and he finds himself blackmailed into committing a dastardly crime to get his book back.) Fleeman, Michael -- Seduced by Evil $7.99 (PBO; Nonfiction; Mechele Hughes Linehan, a stripper turned suburban mom, is eventually accused of conspiring to kill a former fiance.) Francis, Dick & Felix -- Crossfire $9.99 (Racing stable owner Josephine Kauri is being blackmailed and forced to lose races; her ex-army son sets out to discover and defeat this hidden enemy.) Francis, Felix -- Gamble $26.95 (Jockey turned financial adviser Nicholas Foxton investigates when a coworker is murdered execution-style right in front of him - and 60,000 other potential witnesses - at the Grand National races.) Glenn, Alan -- Amerikan Eagle $7.99 (Can one murder change the course of history? It can, and has, and 1940s America is no longer the land of the free.) Grace, Nancy -- Death on the D-List $9.99 (Hailey Dean #2: After years as a prosecutor, Hailey moves to Manhattan and returns to psychology. When she's lured on camera as a TV crime fighter, she learns that the TV industry can be downright deadly.) Gregory, Susanna -- The Killer of Pilgrims $13.95 (Matthew Bartholomew #16: Cambridge, 1358: When a wealthy benefactor is found dead in Michaelhouse, Brother Michael and Matthew Bartholomew must find the culprit before the College is discredited.) Grisham, John -- The Confession $9.99 (In 1998, Travis abducted, raped, and kill a cheerleader, then watched in amazement as a local football star was convicted and sent to death row. Nine years later, Travis is suffering from an incurable brain tumor. He decides to do what's right and confess, but how can a guilty man convince lawyers, judges, and politicians that they're about to execute an innocent man?) Haddam, Jane -- Flowering Judas $25.99 (Gregor Demarkian #26: 12 years ago, Chester Morton disappeared. His mother has kept the search alive - and now his corpse, recently killed, has turned up in his hometown. The local police turn to former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian to unravel the truth.) Haig, Brian -- The Capitol Game $7.99 (A Wall Street banker is embroiled in a scandal after enlisting the help of a powerful corporation to take over a small company that developed a miraculous polymer for military use.) Hardberger, M/Fisher, D -- Seized: Battling Scoundrels and Pirates While Recovering Stolen Ships in the World's Most Troubled Waters $15.00 (Nonfiction; the shadowy world of maritime shipping, where third-world governments place exorbitant liens against ships, pirates seize commercial vessels with impunity - and hapless owners hire Max Hardberger to recapture their stolen freighters.) Harris, C.S. -- What Remains of Heaven $7.99 (Sebastian St. Cyr #5: Investigating two deaths for the Archbishop of Canterbury, St. Cyr amasses a wide-ranging list of suspects - and finds himself confronting the well-guarded secrets of his own family.) Hill, Reginald -- The Woodcutter $25.99 (Thrown into prison, protesting his innocence, Wolf Hadda retreats into silence. Seven years later, psychologist Alva Ozigbo makes a breakthrough. Wolf begins to talk, and is paroled to his Cumbria home. But there was a period in Wolf's youth when he disappeared from home, and was known to his employers as the Woodcutter. Now the Woodcutter is back, looking for the truth - and revenge.) Hills, Kathleen -- The Kingdom Where Nobody Dies $14.95 (John McIntire #4: Rural Michigan, 1950s: When Reuben Hofer, an abusive father and husband, is shot dead in his hayfield, town constable John McIntire investigates) Jackson, Lisa -- Born to Die $7.99 (Montana #3: PBO; Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli investigate the deaths of two women who bear an uncanny resemblance to Dr. Kacey Lambert - and find links to the man Kacey just started dating.) Jecks, Michael -- King's Gold $24.95 (Knights Templar #30: 1326: London is in flames, and Queen Isabella and her lover Sir Roger Mortimer are ascendant. Guarding the deposed King Edward II for Mortimer, Sir Baldwin and Simon find themselves tangled in a net of conspiracy, greed, betrayal, and murder.) Johnson, Claire M. -- Roux Morgue $14.95 (Mary Ryan #2: San Francisco pastry chef Mary Ryan finds herself in the middle of a turf war between the dinosaurs and the young brats on the teaching staff of her alma mater, and investigates when faculty and staff begin dying.) Jones, Darynda -- Second Grave on the Left $21.99 (Charley Davidson #2: Charley and her friend Cookie hunt for a missing woman who had been acting strange since hearing about the murder of a high school friend. Meanwhile, Reyes (aka the Son of Satan) has left his corporeal body and is haunting Charley.) Kaehler, Tammy -- Dead Man's Switch $14.95 (Kate Reilly #1: Aspiring racecar driver Kate Reilly goes looking for a full-time ride in the American Le Mans Series - and stumbles over a dead driver. When she takes that driver's job just hours later, she also takes pole position on the list of suspects in his murder.) Karp, Marshall -- Cut, Paste, Kill $14.99 (Lomax & Biggs #4: Lomax and Biggs are on the hunt for an LA vigilante who is killing unpunished criminals and leaving a scrapbook by each victim documenting the motive for vengeance in lurid detail.) Kenneth, Maxine -- Paris to Die For $13.99 (1951: 21-year-old Jacqueline Lee Bouvier becomes an unofficial CIA agent in Paris.) Kent, Christobel -- A Murder in Tuscany (UK title: A Fine and Private Place) $24.99 (Sandro Cellini #2: When the director of an artists' retreat in the hills outside Florence is found dead, PI Sandro Cellini does not believe it's an accident. As he attempts to uncover the truth, he is drawn into the lives of the retreat's small, highly strung community.) Khoury, Raymond -- The Templar Salvation $9.99 (Sean Reilly #2: FBI agent Sean Reilly's love, Tess Chaykin, has been kidnapped. The key to her freedom lies in the Vatican Secret Archives of the Inquisition, in the form of a document that details the secret history of the infamous Templars.) Knox, Tom -- The Marks of Cain $15.00 (An ancient map leads a lawyer to the Basque mountains, where a genetic curse lies buried; a London journalist learns that two murder victims had been interred at a top-secret Nazi camp in the Basque region and knew about experiments conducted there.) Kramer, Julie -- Killing Kate $23.99 (Riley Spartz #4: A killer who draws chalk outlines of angels around his victims and a local legend lead investigative reporter Riley Spartz to the infamous Black Angel monument in an Iowa cemetery - and to a graveyard confrontation.) Lavene, Joyce & Jim -- Harrowing Hats $7.99 (Renaissance Faire #4: PBO; When one of the chocolatiers at the Renaissance Faire Village is found drowned in a vat of chocolate in his shop, hat-maker Jessie Morton must sort through a long list of knaves, knights, and wenches to find the culprit.) Lehane, Dennis -- Moonlight Mile $9.99 (Kenzie & Gennaro #6: In 1997, Kenzie and Gennaro found missing 4-year-old Amanda McCready, only to return her to a negligent mother. Now Amanda is 16 - and gone again. The tough PIs follow a 12-year trail of lies and secrets down Boston's blue-collar streets.) Levine, Laura -- Pampered to Death $22.00 (Jaine Austen #10: Off for an all-expenses-paid vacation at a spa, Jaine dreams of pampering, but discovers it's a strict diet joint. When a celebrity spa guest with a disgruntled entourage is strangled with a piece of kelp, Jaine has one week to locate the killer - and something decent to eat.) Lutz, John -- Serial $7.99 (Frank Quinn #6: PBO; The NYC homicide detective and his team hunt for a serial killer who skins his victims alive.) Mayes, Casey -- A Killer Column $7.99 (By the Numbers #2: PBO; When her editor is found stabbed to death, puzzle columnist Savannah Stone is the prime suspect. But Savannah knows she wasn't the only puzzle-maker to have cross words with him.) McCoy, Judi -- Till Death Do Us Bark $7.99 (Dog Walker #5: PBO; When the Hamptons wedding they're attending is interrupted by a murder, Ellie and her yorkiepoo Rudy must sniff out the killer.) McFarland, Nora -- Hot, Shot, and Bothered $14.99 (Lilly Hawkins #2: While shooting a raging California wildfire, Lilly learns of the drowning death of an environmentalist she knew years ago. She suspects the death was no accident, and soon she's juggling the story she's supposed to be covering with the story she can't let go.) Meier, Leslie -- Wicked Witch Murder $7.99 (Lucy Stone #16: 4/30/2011) Morton, Carson -- Stealing Mona Lisa $25.99 (In this novel based on the actual 1911 theft, charming con artist Eduardo de Valfierno assembles his team for their final and most ambitious theft: the Mona Lisa. ) Nadel, Barbara -- A Noble Killing $12.95 (Inspector Ikmen #13: Investigating what appears to be an honor killing, Ikmen and Suleyman learn that the young woman, who was burned alive, had a secret boyfriend, who has disappeared. And that her family, along with those of other immolation victims, now appears to be broke. They also find links to a local gangster.) Palmer, Michael -- A Heartbeat Away $9.99 (When a terrorist group unleashes a deadly virus in the Capitol building during the State of the Union address, virologist Griffin Rhodes must unravel the secrets of the virus.) Parrish, P.J. -- The Killing Song $7.99 (When Miami journalist Matt Owens' sister comes to visit and is murdered, he's determined to find her killer. The trail dead ends in Paris, where he enlists the help of sexy detective Eve Bellamont, whose obsession with a cold case may help Matt bring a killer to justice.) Patterson, J/Paetro, M -- Private $9.99 (Ex-CIA agent Jack Morgan inherits his father's renowned LA detective business, and tackles an NFL gambling scandal, 18 unsolved schoolgirl slayings, and the murder of his best friend's wife) Pearson, Ridley -- In Harm's Way $9.99 (Sun Valley #4: Sheriff Walt Fleming looks for the link between a badly beaten body found just off a local highway and a murder in Seattle.) Perez-Reverte, Arturo -- Pirates of the Levant $16.00 (Captain Alatriste #6: Captain Alatriste and Inigo accept jobs as mercenaries aboard a galleon, on a journey that will take them to Morocco, Algeria, and Malta.) Perry, Douglas -- The Girls of Murder City: Fame, Lust, and the Beautiful Killers Who Inspired Chicago $16.00 (Nonfiction; murderers Belva Gaertner and Beulah Annan become media sensations in 1924 Chicago) Phelps, M. William -- Too Young to Kill $7.99 (PBO; Nonfiction; Adrianne Reynolds, a fun-loving teenage girl, is strangled by jealous acquaintances) Poyer, David -- Ghosting $7.99 (A neurosurgeon and his family, on a sailing trip to Bermuda, face a dangerous storm and a terrifying gang of smugglers who will stop at nothing to gain control of the yacht.) Preston, D/Child, L -- Cold Vengeance $26.99 (Pendergast #11: Devastated by the discovery that his wife was murdered, Pendergast stalks his wife's betrayers even as he digs further into her past. He is stunned to learn that the conspiracy goes back generations, and is more monstrous than he could ever have imagined.) Rendell, Ruth -- Portobello $15.00 (When he discovers an envelope bulging with cash on the street in his Notting Hill neighborhood, 51-year- old Eugene Wren hatches a plan to find the rightful owner, with unforeseen consequences.) Ridpath, Michael -- Where the Shadows Lie $24.99 (Magnus Jonson #1: Seconded to the Icelandic Police Force after a put a bounty on his head, Boston detective Magnus Jonson investigates when rumors of an ancient manuscript containing a saga about a powerful ring lead to murder.) Robb, J.D. -- Treachery in Death $7.99 (Eve Dallas #33: When her partner Peabody overhears an argument between two corrupt NYPSD cops, detective Eve Dallas, Peabody, and Eve's husband Roarke set out to get hard evidence to bring the dirty cops down.) Robinson, Jeffrey -- The Takedown $28.99 (Nonfiction; assistant US attorney Bonnie Klapper and federal agent Rooney Viola battle to bring down the brutal Colombian Norte Valle cocaine cartel.) Rosenberg, Nancy Taylor -- My Lost Daughter $7.99 (Lily Forrester #4: A sociopath has decided that his best new obsession is Shana, daughter of Ventura County, California, judge Lily Forrester.) Russell, C & C -- The Warrior Sheep Go West $6.99 (Warrior Sheep #2: Kids; When a strange monster called Red Tongue threatens all sheepdom, the Warrior Sheep know it's up to them to stop him. And so they head to America, to the hot air of Las Vegas. Can they give crazy Professor Boomberg the slip and stop the sheep-killing monster?) Russell, S. Thomas -- A Battle Won $17.00 (Charles Hayden #2: Winter, 1793: As the Reign of Terror rips through revolutionary France, Master and Commander Charles Hayden is ordered back to the HMS Themis to join the British battle against the French for control of the island of Corsica.) Ryan, Annelise -- Scared Stiff $7.99 (Mattie Winston #2: When a waitress/model is murdered, her estranged husband is the prime suspect; Sorenson, Wisconsin, deputy coroner Mattie Winston sets out to prove he's innocent.) Sallis, James -- The Killer Is Dying $24.00 (A burned-out detective, whose wife is slowly dying, is looking for a hired killer. The killer is looking for the man who took down his target before he had a chance. And a homeless boy is having the killer's dreams.) Serrano, Daniel -- Gunmetal Black $7.99 (Ex-con Eddie Santiago has one dream - head for Miami and start his own salsa record label. But Chicago's mean streets aren't letting him go that easy. Soon Eddie is wanted for murder, under the gun, and running out of time.) Spiegelman, Peter -- Thick as Thieves $24.95 (An ex-CIA agent is the reluctant leader of an elite heist crew . They're planning a timed-to- the-minute scheme involving diamonds, money laundering, and extortion - and facing big problems due to loose ends and hidden agendas.) Tentler, Leslie -- Midnight Fear $7.99 (PBO; Two years ago, Caitlyn Cahil helped FBI agent Reid Novak link her troubled brother to a string of horrific murders. Now a copycat killer is on the loose, with Caitlyn as his ultimate target. Reid vows to save the woman he's never forgotten.) Thor, Brad -- Full Black $26.99 (Scot Harvath #10: When former US President Thomas Carver Banks is appointed Secretary General of the UN, the final phase of an intricate plan to destroy the US is set in motion. Harvath races to evade capture and discover who is behind the plot.) Townsend, Kari Lee -- Tempest in the Tea Leaves $7.99 (Fortune Teller #1: PBO; Sunny uses various fortune-telling tools to interpret her visions for the residents of Divinity, New York. But what the tea leaves tell her about the frazzled town librarian is anything but helpful.) Unger, Lisa -- Fragile $7.99 (A small town's secrets are exposed when a teenage girl goes missing in circumstances similar to another girl's disappearance twenty years earlier.) Wells, Dan -- I Am Not a Serial Killer $6.99 (John Cleaver #1: John works in his family's mortuary, is obsessed with serial killers, and fears he is a sociopath. For years he has suppressed his dark side - but when a demon begins killing people in his small town, John is forced to give in to his darker nature in order to save them.) White, Stephen -- The Last Lie $9.99 (Alan Gregory #17: Alan and Lauren's new neighbors host a party, and one of their guests elects to spend the night after drinking too much, only to wake up in the morning with no memory beyond getting ready for bed. Was she drugged? Raped?) Wood, Tom -- The Killer $9.99 (In Paris to perform a standard kill for an anonymous client, Victor finds himself in the middle of an ambush, fighting for his life. Pursued by enemies, he sets out to discover who wants him dead, and why - one corpse at a time.)

Mid August

Church, James -- The Man with the Baltic Stare $14.99 (Inspector O #4: Wrenched out of retirement and back to Pyongyang, Inspector O must investigate a crime of passion committed by the young man who has been selected as the best possible leader of a transition government.) Collins, Max Allan -- Bye Bye, Baby $24.99 (Nate Heller #15: 1962: Hired by Marilyn Monroe to tap her phone so she'll have a record of calls from her studio if they decide to sue her, PI Nate Heller ends up investigating when the movie star winds up dead of a convenient overdose.) Cotterill, Colin -- Love Songs from a Shallow Grave $14.00 (Dr. Siri Paiboun #7: While investigating the deaths of three young Laotian women from fencing sword wounds, 74-year old coroner Dr. Siri is lured to Cambodia. Accused of spying for the Vietnamese, he is imprisoned, beaten, and threatened with death by the Khmer Rouge) Disher, Garry -- Wyatt $25.00 (Wyatt Wareen #7: Wyatt's newest job is a simple jewel heist. Wyatt prefers to work alone, but this is Eddie Oberin's job, and Eddie's very smart ex-wife Lydia has the inside info. With Wyatt's planning genius and meticulous prep, what could possibly go wrong? Plenty. And when you wrong Wyatt, you don't just walk away.) Evanovich, Janet -- Wicked Appetite $8.99 (Unmentionable #1: 4/30/2011) Ferraris, Zoe -- City of Veils $14.99 (When the body of a brutally beaten woman is found on a Saudi Arabian beach, Katya, one of the few females in the coroner's office, is determined to identify the woman and find her killer. ) Fleming, Irene -- The Brink of Fame $25.99 (Emily Daggett Weiss #2: 1913: Film tycoon Carl Laemmle offers Emily a job directing a film in Hollywood, provided she can track down and bring back the missing star actor.) Fossum, Karin -- Broken $13.95 (A woman, an author, wakes up in the middle of the night. A man is in her bedroom, one of her characters from a long line that waits in her driveway for the time when she'll tell their stories. He has broken into her house to demand that she begin. He, the author decides, is named Alvar Eide, 42 years old, single, works in a gallery. A quiet, orderly life, until one icy day when a fragile young drug addict walks into the gallery. Alvar gives her a cup of coffee to warm her up. And then one day she appears on his doorstep) Fossum, Karin -- Bad Intentions $24.00 (Inspector Sejer #7: Sejer must face down his memories and fears as he struggles to determine why a pair of troubled young men drowned in two local lakes.) George, Kathleen -- Hideout $24.99 (Richard Christie #5: When a young Pittsburgh mother dies in a hit-and-run caused by two young brothers, they flee to the summer community where they vacationed as children. As detectives Greer and Christie search for them, the brothers create a terrifying hostage situation.) Golemon, David L. -- Legacy $25.99 (Event Group #6: When NASA uncovers billion-year-old skeletal remains on the moon, the flames of fundamentalism threaten to engulf the world. The Event Group sets out to explain the ancient visitor, or at least keep the planet from descending into chaos.) Huang, Yunte -- Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History $16.95 (Nonfiction; the story of Chang Apana, a rough-and-tumble Cantonese detective born in Hawaii around 1871, who was the inspiration for fictional detective Charlie Chan. Huang also traces Charlie Chan's evolution from island legend to pop culture icon to vilified postmodern symbol.) Hunter, Stephen -- Dead Zero $9.99 (Bob Lee Swagger #7: Staff Sgt. Ray Cruz has gone AWOL in Afghanistan. With the FBI and a Taliban warlord on his heels, the clock is ticking on this human time bomb. Can Swagger get to him before he pulls the trigger?) King, Laurie R. -- The God of the Hive $15.00 (Mary Russell #10: Russell is covertly making her way back to London, picking up a mysterious friend along the way. Holmes has fled to Holland, hiding a wounded son. And the villains who nearly killed them all are back in London, laying traps to finish off the intrepid detectives.) Logsted, Greg -- Alibi Junior High $6.99 (Kids; Having been home-schooled by his dad, who he thinks is a CIA agent, Cody is trained in weapons, explosives, and martial arts. None of this has prepared him for junior high - but he'll need his special skills to protect him from a hidden threat.) Pendleton, Don (creator) -- Stand Down $5.99 (Executioner #393: PBO; In a small Kansas town, Bolan finds a meth lab disguised as a pharmaceutical company, and decides to shut it down for good.) Pendleton, Don (creator) -- Unconventional Warfare $6.99 (Stony Man #114: PBO; The Stony Man team goes after an international crime ring that is distributing raw materials for weapons of mass destruction.) Upson, Nicola -- Two for Sorrow $13.99 (Josephine Tey #3: Josephine's research for her next novel, about two women hanged in 1903 for killing newborn babies, proves useful to Inspector Archie Penrose as he investigates the sadistic murder of a young seamstress.#) Walker, Martin -- The Dark Vineyard $14.95 (Bruno #2: Municipal policeman Bruno must deal with a string of problems, including two suspicious deaths, when a bevy of winemakers descend on Saint-Denis, competing for its land and spurring resentment among the villagers.)