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

Newsletter #105 March - May 2014

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Parking

Metered parking (25 cents for 20 minutes) is available in front of the store. Meters are enforced 8am-6pm Monday through Saturday (except for federal holidays). Note the number on the pole you park by, and pay at the box located between the dental office driveway and Popeyes driveway. The box accepts quarters, dollar coins, and credit cards, and prints a receipt that shows the expiration time. Meter parking for vehicles with Disability License Plates or a Disability Certificate is free. (Rates and hours shown are subject to change without notice - the meters are run by the city, not by us.)

Free parking is also available in the dental office lot from 5pm-8pm Monday through Thursday, and all day Friday, Saturday, and Sunday.

Sales

The 40th Anniversary Sale runs Friday, February 28, through Sunday, March 9, giving you two weekends to take advantage of the sale. March 2 marks Uncle Hugo's 40th anniversary. Come into Uncle Edgar's or Uncle Hugo's and save 10% off everything except discount cards and gift certificates. A discount card will save you even more - you'll get both 10% savings from the discount card and 10% off from the sale. (Sale prices apply to in-store purchases, but not to mail, phone, or website orders.)

Author Events (at Uncle Hugo's)

Saturday, May 10, 1-2pm: Douglas Hulick - Sworn in Steel and Neve Maslakovic - The Runestone Incident

Holiday Schedule

Sunday, April 20: Closed Monday, May 26: Closed

Award News

The Mystery Writers of America have announced the nominees for the 2014 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. The winners will be announced May 1.

The nominees for Best Novel are Sandrine's Case by Thomas H. Cook ($24.00), The Humans by Matt Haig ($25.00), Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger ($24.99 signed hc, $16.00 tr pb due in March), How The Light Gets In by Louise Penny ($25.99), Standing in Another Man's Grave by Ian Rankin ($25.99 hc, $15.00 tr pb), and Until She Comes Home by Lori Roy ($26.95).

The nominees for Best First Novel by an American Author are The Resurrectionist by Matthew Guinn ($25.95), Ghostman by Roger Hobbs ($14.95), Rage Against the Dying by Becky Masterman ($24.99), Red Sparrow by Jason Matthews ($26.99, $9.99 pb due in April), and Reconstructing Amelia by Kimberly McCreight ($15.99). The nominees for Best Paperback Original are The Guilty One by Lisa Ballantyne ($14.99), Almost Criminal by E. R. Brown ($17.99), Joe Victim by Paul Cleave ($16.00). Joyland by Stephen King ($12.95, $7.99 pb due in April), The Wicked Girls by Alex Marwood ($16.00), and Brilliance by Marcus Sakey ($14.95).

Many mystery awards are presented at the Left Coast Crime Convention. The nominees for the Lefty Award, for the most humorous mystery, are The Hen of the Baskervilles by Donna Andrews ($24.99, $7.99 pb due in March), The Fame Thief by Timothy Hallinan ($25.00, $14.95 tr pb due in March), The Last Word by Lisa Lutz ($15.00 tr pb due March, retitled The Next Generation). The Good Cop by Brad Parks ($24.99), and Dying for a Daiquiri by Cindy Sample.

The nominees for the Bruce Alexander Memorial Historical Mystery Award are Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen ($24.95), His Majesty's Hope by Susan Elia MacNeal ($15.00), Dandy Gilver and a Bothersome Number of Corpses by Catriona McPherson ($25.99), Murder as a Fine Art by David Morrell ($25.99), Covenant with Hell by Priscilla Royal ($14.95), and Leaving Everything Most Loved by Jacqueline Winspear ($26.99, $15.99 tr pb due in April).

The nominees for The Squid (best mystery set in the U.S.) are W Is for Wasted by Sue Grafton ($28.95), Purgatory Key by Darrell James ($14.99), Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger ($24.99 signed hc, $16.00 tr pb due in March), The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryan ($24.99), and A Killing at Cotton Hill by Terry Shames ($15.95).

The nominees for The Calamari (best mystery set anywhere else in the world) are Murder Below Montparnasse by Cara Black ($25.95), Hour of the Rat by Lisa Brackmann ($25.95), As She Left It by Catriona McPherson ($14.99), How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny ($25.99), and Mykonos After Midnight by Jeffrey Siger ($14.95).

The nominees for the Agatha Award for Best Historical Novel: Heirs and Graces by Rhys Bowen ($24.95), Death in the Time of Ice by Kaye George, A Friendly Game of Murder by J. J. Murphy ($7.99), Murder in Chelsea by Victoria Thompson ($25.95, $7.99 pb due in May), and A Question of Honor by Charles Todd ($25.99).

The nominees for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel: Through the Evil Days by Julia Spencer- Fleming ($25.99), Pagan Spring by G. M. Malliet ($24.99), How the Light Gets In by Louise Penny ($25.99), Clammed Up by Barbara Ross ($7.99), and The Wrong Girl by Hank Phillippi Ryan ($24.99).

The nominees for the Agatha Award for Best First Novel: Death al Dente by Leslie Budewitz ($7.99), You Cannoli Die Once by Shelley Costa ($7.99), Board Stiff by Kendel Lynn ($15.95), Kneading to Die by Liz Mugavero ($7.99), and Front Page Fatality by LynDee Walker ($15.95).

The Minnesota Book Awards nominees in the Genre Fiction category are The Book of Killowen by Erin Hart ($26.00 signed hc, $16.00 tr pb due in March), The Cold Nowhere by Brian Freemantle (this apparently had a 2012 British edition, but the first U.S. publication will be April, 2014 at $24.95, so we're wondering why it's on a list for best of 2013), Tamarack County by William Kent Krueger ($24.99 signed), and Wolves by Cary J. Griffith.

The finalists for the Philip K. Dick Award (for best sf published as a paperback original in the U.S.) are A Calculated Life by Anne Charnock ($14.95), The Mad Scientist's Daughter by Cassandra Rose Clarke ($14.99), Self- Reference Engine by Toh EnJoe, trans. by Terry Gallagher ($14.99), Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie ($15.00), Life on the Preservation by Jack Skillingstead ($7.99), Solaris Rising 2: The New Solaris Book of Science Fiction edited by Ian Whates ($8.99), and Countdown City by Ben. H. Winters ($14.95).

How's Business? By Don Blyly

This has been a really nasty winter, and that has hurt sales a lot. November in-store sales were up a little from the year before, but December was down a lot, January was down even more, and February looks like it will also be down a lot. It's just been too difficult for many people to get around. Fortunately, mail order has been more stable than in-store sales, but it's still been rough. And our 3 year old furnace that has been malfunctioning on subzero mornings has made things more miserable. When I come in early to work on stuff hours before opening the store, I find it challenging to use the keyboard on the computer when the temperature is 54 degrees (with the thermostat set at 70). The furnace starts functioning around opening time, and the temperature starts getting comfortable about the time UPS pulls up with 15 cases of books–which have been setting on the truck at below zero temperatures for hours before being delivered. Such a nasty winter. I suppose I should be happy about Uncle Hugo's 40th Anniversary, but I've really been looking forward for years to Uncle Hugo's 50th Anniversary, so that I could use the line "Bringing you the future for half a century!" I'm becoming skeptical that we'll last that long. We should still be around for a few more years, but our sales just keep going downhill (much more rapidly this winter than usual). Fortunately, the percentage of business coming from used books keeps increasing, and the profit margin is better and the cost of carrying inventory is lower on the used books, so the bills keep getting paid. And I find myself going downhill, too. Sometimes after a 13 hour day at the store, I'm too tired to do much when I get home, which didn't used to happen. Naturally, I've been trying to think of how the store could go on when I can no longer put in 70 hours a week here, but anybody who could afford to buy the store could get a much better return on their money elsewhere.

I'll mention a couple of things coming up after the period covered by this newsletter. Jim Butcher's next Dresden Files book, Skin Game, is coming in early June, and we have signed copies on order. Larry Correia's new Monster Hunter Nemesis is coming at the beginning of July, and Larry will be signing at Uncle Hugo's on July 3. By then, we shouldn't have to worry about snow or below zero temperatures, even in Minnesota. I'm feeling better already.

Short Recommendations by Don Blyly

Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie ($15.00) is set in the distant future. Humans have spread through much of the galaxy, and culturally diverged on their various planets. A couple of thousand years ago, the Radch started conquering the human portion of the galaxy, sending in the troops to "annex" planets, "civilize" them (force them into the Radch cultural mode), and then grant citizenship to the survivors. Most of the troops are "ancillaries", human resisters from previously "annexed" planets who have been brain-wiped and augmented so that they can be controlled by the AI that runs the troop ship, but there are some regular human officers mixed in. The human officers are all from the Houses that compete for influence within the empire, and the officers are often as interested in advancing the goals of their Houses as they are in fighting the war. To control such a huge empire, the ruler has cloned herself, and the various clones roam the empire, micromanaging things. But over the centuries, the clones have started having differing ideas about the way the empire should be run, resulting in a very strange civil war within the empire. Everybody, human or AI, must obey the commands of any clone of the ruler, but the commands from the different clones are often at cross purposes.

The main character is sometimes known as Breq. She was once the AI that ran the troop ship Justice of Toren, and she would simultaneously run companies of ancillaries, seeing through 20 sets of eyes at once, firing 20 weapons at once, obeying the commands of the human company commander, and she could handle many companies at the same time. But she downloaded part of herself into a single ancillary named Breq and fled the empire. She has been discovering that many things are not the way she was programmed to believe they were. She is determined to gain control of a secret weapon, return to the empire, and end the civil war. Highly recommended.

I previously recommended Prince of Thorns by Mark Lawrence ($7.99), and I just finished King of Thorns ($7.99), and will now have to find the time to read the conclusion, Emperor of Thorns ($25.95). There are other grim, gritty, blood-drenched fantasy series out there–Joe Abercrombie and George R. R. Martin immediately come to mind as prime examples–but the Lawrence series has a distinct flavor to it.

Set at least 1100 years after civilization collapsed, there is a medieval flavor to the world, but with some weapons of mass destruction still laying around. Since the fall of civilization, magic has been creeping back into the world, and late in the second book we start to learn why. At the age of 9, Jorg decided to seek revenge for the killing of his mother and brother, and goes on in the first novel to become a stone cold killer. In the second book, he is king of a small highlands kingdom about to be invaded by a huge army led by another man determined to become emperor. Lots of trickery and bloodshed result. But what makes this series stand out is the flashes of finely polished writing between the battles:

And when pain bites, men bargain. Boys too. We twist and turn, we plead and beg, we offer our tormentor what he wants so the hurting will stop. And when there is no tormentor to placate, no hooded man with hot irons and tongs, just a burn you can't escape, we bargain with God, or ourselves, depending on the size of our egos. I made mock at the dying at Mabberton and now their ghosts watched me burn. Take the pain, I said, and I will be a good man. Or if not that, a better man. We all become weasels with enough hurt on us. But I think a small part of it was more than that. A small part was that terrible two-edged sword called experience, cutting away at the cruel child I was, carving out whatever man might be yet to come. I promised a better one. Though I have been known to lie. The Lives of Tao ($7.99) and The Deaths of Tao ($7.99) by Wesley Chu are the first two books in a series about a long-term invasion of Earth. Back when the dinosaurs were still around, an organic spaceship of the Quasing started to die, and Earth was the only place the Quasing could survive before their ship died. But the Quasing could not survive in Earth's atmosphere on their own. They had to enter a living creature that evolved on Earth. Ever since then, they have been living as symbionts, always trying to help evolve a higher life form capable of helping them return to their planet. They are responsible for the evolution of the humans, and have decided that war is a great tool for advancing human technology. If a human becomes a host for a Quasing, the Quasing can communicate with the human and try to influence the human, but cannot actually control the human, and is stuck with that human until the human dies, at which point the Quasing has a very short time to find a new host before it dies. Sometimes a human host will think he's gone crazy when he starts hearing the voice in his head, sometimes he just becomes very uncooperative, and sometime he becomes a willing ally of the Quasing.

Back in the Middle Ages, a civil war broke out among the Quasing. The majority feels that if it becomes necessary to wipe out the humans in order to achieve the Quasing goals, that's a small price to pay. The minority feels that the Quasing have been stuck on Earth for millions of years, and if it takes a few extra centuries to achieve their goals while continuing to help the humans to increase their technological base safely, that's the ethical thing to do. The action in the first two books are in roughly current times. Much of the first book involves the training of a new host, and involves smaller conflicts between the two groups. In the second book, we see how the two groups are trying to take over various governments, diverting major military systems for their secret wars, etc. I'm looking forward to the third book.

Robert Conroy's latest is Liberty: 1784 ($25.00, expected early March). In this timeline, the British won the battle of Yorktown, accepted the surrender of the rebels, and then imprisoned or killed as many of the leaders of the rebels as they could sieze. Most of the rebels who avoided capture fled to the west and began building another army. The British government wants the rebels completely eliminated, but on the other hand wants the British troops back as soon as possible to deal with the situation in France. The battle on the frontier is not the kind of war the British troops are experienced at, but they have an large advantage in men, weapons, and experienced leaders. The rebels have a better system of spies, and are forced to be more sneaky. This is another good alternate history novel.

In The Long Earth by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter ($9.99), there are millions of parallel worlds, each a little different (a few a lot different), but only our Earth has humans–although many of the other worlds have other forms of intelligent life. When a method is found for humans to step over to these parallel worlds, some go exploring, some go to grab some land and settle in another world, and some are crooks with get-rich-quick schemes. And all the governments on Earth (now called Datum Earth, to differentiate it from all the other Earths) agree that each government on Earth should be able to control the same territory on the parallel worlds that they control on Datum Earth. But many of the people who fled Datum Earth don't want anything to do with the Datum Earth governments.

In The Long War by Terry Pratchett and Stephen Baxter ($9.99), twenty-five years have passed since people started stepping off to other planets. The U.S. government has declared that it has the right to collect taxes on anybody living in U.S. territory on the millions of other planets, and that sounds great to the voters still living in the original U.S., but doesn't sound so good to all the people who have moved off Datum Earth, many of whom are experimenting with all sorts of alternate government systems, alternate economic systems, and often have abandoned the concept of money. The "war" of the title is more of a severe cultural conflict, rather than a shooting war. Over the course of the book, we learn a lot more about the other intelligent races on the other Earths, the various human cultural experiments on the other planets, and how some of the stranger planets became so strange.

Starhawk by Jack McDevitt ($25.95) is a prequel to Engines of God ($7.99), which is the book I usually hand to people who want to sample McDevitt. Starhawk is the story of Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins as she becomes qualified as an interstellar pilot and has some early adventures, before she flies all over the galaxy in Engines of God ($7.99), trying to solve the puzzle of the alien artifacts found abandoned all over the galaxy. Starhawk was an enjoyable read, but it didn't keep me on the edge of my seat–I already knew that Hutch would survive and go on to have a long, successful career.

Mystery Reviews by Gerri Balter

Book restoration expert Brooklyn Wainwright goes to Edinburgh, Scotland, to attend the book fair and teach a couple of classes in If Books Could Kill by Kate Carlisle ($7.99). Her trip begins happily enough. She meets some old friends, including Kyle McVee, an old boyfriend. He's hoping she can authenticate a book, unknown poems by Robert Burns with a scandalous connection to the British royal family. He believes someone is trying to kill him because of the book. When he turns up murdered, Brooklyn is the prime suspect and tries to prove her innocence. When Lucie Montgomery goes home for her father's funeral in The Merlot Murders by Ellen Crosby ($7.99), due to the luck of the dice, her vote determines what happens to her family's Virginia winery. Her brother, who wants to sell it, is fighting her for control. Luckily for Lucie, the person who helps run the winery is willing to work with her. Her godfather wants her to believe that her father has been murdered. When he is murdered as well, Lucie is determined to find out the truth.

Breakdown by Sara Paretsky ($9.99) begins when V.I. Warshawski receives a phone call from her cousin Petra. The kids in one of Petra's book groups are in trouble. V.I. finds them in a cemetery, carrying out a ceremony found in a popular vampire series they have been reading. While she tries to round them up to send them home, she finds a man impaled with a stake. Two of the girls are members of important Chicago families, who don't want their girls involved in the murder investigation that follows. V.I. makes no promises. Her cousin is being harassed by the press, and V.I. will do whatever is necessary to help her.

Cloaked in Malice by Annette Blair ($7.99) is filled with kidnapping and murder. A young woman named Paisley Skye comes to Maddie Cutler's vintage clothing shop with a dress and a strange story: she has spent the first twenty-six years of her life on an island, cut off from the world. The only reason she was able to leave is that those who raised her died. Paisley resembles Maddie's friend Dolly, and when Dolly sees Paisley, she tells Maddie to watch over her and leaves for France. When she touches the dress Paisley shows her, Maddie has visions that don't make sense. Nick, Maddie's FBI agent boyfriend, offers to take them to the island where Paisley was raised to see what they can find out. They find coffins filled with money, and dead bodies dressed as clowns. When their boat is stolen, other members of the FBI rescue them, but they have more questions. Paisley has no answers for them, but each time Maddie touches any of the clothing on the island, she sees more visions filled with danger. All Maddie wants is to find out what connects Paisley and Dolly.

In Black Thunder by Aimee & David Thurlo ($14.99), Navajo Police special investigator Ella Clah and her team have a case involving bodies found buried on both sides of the border of the Navajo Reservation. That means she has to work with both the FBI and the New Mexico police. The case is made harder because there was little to tell who the victims were - some have been buried for years. They have to look into all missing persons who disappeared around the time the killings took place.

RECENTLY RECEIVED AND FORTHCOMING SCIENCE FICTION Already Received

Doctor Who Magazine #466 $9.99 (2 covers to collect; 9 missing episodes found; the origins of Doctor Who; more.) Doctor Who Magazine #468 $11.99 (Includes a double-sided poster, celebrating Matt Smith's years on one side, and featuring images from each of the first 800 episodes on the other. Preview of 'The Time of the Doctor'; DWM's review of 2013; watcher's guide to the Eleventh Doctor; more.) Doctor Who: The Essential Guide $20.00 (Kids; Full color. A guide to the first 11 Doctors.) Fantasy & Science Fiction January / February 2014 $7.99 (New fiction, reviews, more) Locus #635 December 2013 $7.50 (Interviews with Tanya Huff and Hugh Howey; forthcoming books; industry news, reviews, more.) Locus #636 Jan 2014 $7.50 (Interviews with Stephen Baxter and Stina Leicht; industry news, reviews, more.) Aaronovitch, Ben Broken Homes audiobook $39.95 (Peter Grant #4: Unabridged, performed by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith. Police constable and apprentice magician Peter Grant has three main objectives for the new year: pass the detective exam; work out what his relationship with Lesley is supposed to be; and get through the year without destroying a major London landmark. A town planner has gone under a tube train; a grimoire has been stolen; and the prime suspect in a mutilation killing in Crawley may be an associate of the Faceless Man, Peter's least favorite ethically challenge magician. Now something odd is going on in Elephant and Castle, on a housing estate designed by a nutter, built by charlatans, and inhabited by the truly desperate.) Abraham, Daniel Balfour and Meriwether in the Incident of the Harrowmoor Dogs $20.00 (Novella; When a private envoy of the queen and member of Lord Carmichael's discreet service goes missing, Balfour and Meriwether are asked to look into the affair.) Adams, Douglas The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy audiobook $14.99 (Unabridged, read by Stephen Fry. Seconds before Earth is demolished to make way for a galactic freeway, Arthur Dent is plucked off the planet by his friend Ford Prefect, who has been posing as an out-of-work actor for the last fifteen years, but is actually a researcher for the revised edition of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Together they begin a journey through the galaxy.) Armstrong, Kelley Bitten (TV tie-in edition) $9.99 (Women of the Otherworld #1: Reissue; Elena Michaels has done all she can to fit into the human world, but the man whose bite changed her forever continues to haunt her. Thrown into a desperate war for survival that tests her allegiance to a werewolf clan, she must reckon with who, and what, she is.) Asprin/White/Rosen The Beginning $14.99 (Adventures of Duncan & Mallory #1: Novel by Selina Rosen based on the Robert Asprin/Mel White graphic novel. When Duncan, a naive nobleman who prefers romance to war, and Mallory, a dragon who prefers scams to scaring people, team up, misadventures ensue.) Brust, Steven Sethra Lavode $15.99 (Viscount of Adrilankha #3: Reissue; An ambitious Dragonlord means to rebuild the Empire in his own name. But unknown to him, the true heir, the Phoenix Zerika, has already retrieved the Imperial Orb from the Paths of the Dead. Sethra Lavode - the oldest person in the Dragaeran Empire, a military genius, the Enchantress of Dzur Mountain, whose story stretches back to before the dawn of history - means to see Zerika on the throne.) Carter, Nick Whispers of Death / Trail of the Scorpion $14.95 (Nick Carter #2: Pulp reprints) Charnock, Anne A Calculated Life $14.95 (Philip K. Dick Award finalist. Genetic engineering has produced a compliant population, and violent crime is rare. Jayna is a mathematical modeler, producing accurate predictions that are both good for the world and good for her employer's bottom line. When a string of events contradicts her forecasts, Jayna suspects she needs more data and better intuition. To understand what it means to be 'normal', she disrupts her strict daily routine, leading to new experiences - and new emotions.) Cutler, Bill The Bell of Caledon $12.99 (Beau Brumsfeld thought he would always be an apple farmer. But that changes when one of the mysterious Old Ones appears to tell him that someone wants to see him, someone who will tell him that the old legends are true, and that an ancient evil has woken; Signed copies) Emerson, Kevin The Fellowship for Alien Detection $7.99 (Kids; Two kids from opposite sides of the country find themselves on a road trip to save the world from an impending alien attack) Fisher, Jude The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Visual Companion $19.95 (Full color. A guide to characters and places in the film, illustrated with movie stills.) Fisher, Jude The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Visual Companion $19.95 (Full color. A guide to characters and places in the film, illustrated with movie stills.) Fry, Jason Hunt for the Hydra $16.99 (Jupiter Pirates #1: Kids; Three siblings in a family of privateers must compete to determine who will be the next starship captain, while battling space pirates, Earth diplomats, and treachery from within the family.) Gaiman, Neil Fortunately, the Milk audiobook $13.99 (Kids; Unabridged, perfomed by the author. When a father heads out to buy milk for his children, the last thing he expects is to be abducted by aliens. He finds himself transported through time and space on an extraordinary adventure, where the fate of the universe depends on him and the milk. But will his children believe his wild story?) Goscinny/Uderzo/et al Asterix and the Picts $14.95 (Asterix #35: Full color graphic novel. After Asterix and Obelix rescue MacAroon, a mysterious Pict, they travel with him to Caledonia, where a treacherous chieftain plans to claim the throne with some help from the Romans.) Grant, Maxwell Death Ship / The Black Dragon $14.95 (Shadow #76: Pulp reprints) Grant, Maxwell Temple of Crime / The Curse of Thoth $14.95 (Shadow #77: Pulp reprints) Grant, Maxwell The Circle of Death / The Sledge-Hammer Crimes $14.95 (Shadow #78: Pulp reprints) Grant, Maxwell Crime Circus / Noose of Death $14.95 (Shadow #79: Pulp reprints) Grant, Maxwell Shiwan Khan Returns / The Invincible Shiwan Khan $14.95 (Shadow #80: Pulp reprints) Kelso, Sylvia Spring in Geneva $12.00 (PBO; Novella. Mary Shelley, a young banker's son, and William, an excessively tall man with a 'lividly hued visage, watery eyes, and blackened lips within a straggling beard', pit their wits and derring-do against Lord Byron, master of steampunk technology, and his thuggish minions.) Kiernan, Caitlin R. The Ape's Wife and Other Stories $40.00 (Collection; reprints 13 stories, ranging from dark fantasy to sf to steampunk to sword & sorcery.) Lackey, Mercedes Dragon's Teeth: Fiddler Fair / Werehunter $15.00 (Reissue; Reprints of 2 short story collections plus 5 stories original to this volume.) Lansdale, Joe R. Bleeding Shadows $40.00 (Collection; reprints stories and poems, mainly horror and suspense.) Lasky, Kathryn Star Wolf $6.99 (Wolves of the Beyond #6: Kids; With the Beyond shattered by great cold and a powerful earthquake, Faolan leads the wolves across the narrow Ice Bridge, heading for the Distant Blue. They will face jagged ice, howling winds, and unknown threats from the deep. Will they find a new home, or only another broken land?) Maitland, Sara Moss Witch and Other Stories $15.95 (Collection; 14 stories fusing scientific theory with ancient myth and folkloric archetype, each with an afterword by a scientist consultant.) Marciuliano, Francesco I Could Chew on This and Other Poems by Dogs $12.95 (A small, gift-size hardcover with funny poems and full color dog photos.) Martin, George et al The Sworn Sword $14.95 (Song of Ice and Fire GN Prequel #2: Reissue; Full color graphic novel. Collects issues 1-6 of the comic book plus bonus material. Dunk and Egg continue their search for Tanselle; along the way, elderly knight Ser Eustace takes both men into his charge, along with another knight - and this one promises trouble.) McGuire, Seanan Indexing $14.95 (For a few unfortunate people, fairy tale narratives become reality, often with disastrous results. That's where the ATI Management Bureau steps in. Because, when you're dealing with storybook narratives in the real world, no one gets a happily ever after.) Pratchett, Terry Wyrd Sisters $9.99 (Discworld #6: Reissue; Witches Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg, and Margat Garlick must save a prince and restore him to the throne of Lancre. Which turns out to be a lot more difficult than playwrights would have you think.) Pratchett, Terry Pyramids audiobook $24.95 (Discworld #7: Abridged; performed by Tony Robinson. Being trained by the Assassin's Guild in Ankh-Morpork did not fit Teppic for the task assigned to him by fate. He inherited the throne of the desert kingdom of Djelibeybi rather earlier than he expected (his father wasn't too happy about it either), but that was only the beginning of his problems.) Pratchett, Terry Reaper Man audiobook $24.95 (Discworld #11: Abridged; performed by Tony Robinson. When Death starts pondering the existential, his Discworld bosses send him off with best wishes and a gold watch. Now Death has found greener pastures where he can put his scythe to a new use. But like every cutback in an important public service, Death's absence soon leads to unrest - literally, for those whose time was supposed to be up, like Windle Poons, the oldest geezer in the Unseen University faculty. Windle was looking forward to a wonderful afterlife, so he sets off to find Death and save the world for the living (and everyone else).) Pratchett, Terry Witches Abroad $9.99 (Discworld #12: Reissue; Granny, Nanny, and Magrat are headed to the distant city of Genua, to make sure that a servant girl doesn't marry a prince. How difficult could it be? In a city controlled by a witch who believes in Happy Endings - whether people want them or not - they'll have to overcome the power of the Story.) Pratchett, Terry Interesting Times $9.99 (Discworld #17: Reissue; The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the Discworld is in turmoil, brought about by the revolutionary treatise 'What I Did On My Holidays'. Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes. Warlords are struggling for power. War (and his daughter Clancy) are spreading through the ancient cities. And standing in the way of doom for everyone are Rincewind, possibly the Discworld's least competent wizard, Cohen the Barbarian, who has a lifetime's experience of not dying, and a very special butterfly.) Pratchett, Terry Interesting Times audiobook $24.95 (Discworld #17: Abridged; performed by Tony Robinson. The oldest and most inscrutable empire on the Discworld is in turmoil, brought about by the revolutionary treatise 'What I Did On My Holidays'. Workers are uniting, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes. Warlords are struggling for power. War (and his daughter Clancy) are spreading through the ancient cities. And standing in the way of doom for everyone are Rincewind, possibly the Discworld's least competent wizard, Cohen the Barbarian, who has a lifetime's experience of not dying, and a very special butterfly.) Pratchett, Terry Maskerade $9.99 (Discworld #18: Reissue; The Ghost in the mask was always considered a benign presence, until the Ankh-Morpork Opera House suffers a rash of bizarre backstage deaths, putting Perdita X. (Agnes) Nitt's singing career in jeopardy. Now it's up to wise and wily Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg to track down a phantom killer and set things right.) Pratchett, Terry Feet of Clay $9.99 (Discworld #19: Reissue; Who's murdering harmless old men? Who's poisoning the Patrician? Sam Vimes and the City Watch search for answers. Maybe the golems know something - but the clay creatures, who work day and night and never cause trouble, have started to commit suicide. And there's a scheme afoot to resurrect the monarchy - and put Corporal Nobbs on the throne.) Pratchett, Terry Hogfather $9.99 (Discworld #20: Reissue; It's the night before Hogswatch. And it's too quiet. There's a notable lack of the big fat man who delivers the toys. Death's granddaughter Susan has to find him before morning, otherwise the sun won't rise. And her only helpers are a raven with an eyeball fixation, the Death of Rats, and the oh god of hangovers. Meanwhile, someone very tall and bony has decided to fill in for the missing Hogfather.) Robeson, Kenneth The Munitions Master / The King of Terror $14.95 (Doc Savage #69: Pulp reprints) Robeson, Kenneth The All-White Elf / The Wee Ones $14.95 (Doc Savage #70: Pulp reprints) Robeson, Kenneth The Angry Ghost / The Disappearing Lady $14.95 (Doc Savage #71: Pulp reprints) Robeson, Kenneth The Purple Dragon / Colors for Murder $14.95 (Doc Savage #72: Pulp reprints) Rothfuss, Pat The Dark of Deep Below $25.00 (Princess & Mr. Whiffle #2: NOT for kids. Really. A darkly humorous, twisted take on a classic children's picture book. Black & white illustrations throughout.) Ruiz, K.M. Mind Storm / Terminal Point $16.99 (Strykers #1 / #2: Omnibus reprint. 250 years after nuclear war, the dregs of humanity fight to survive on a ruined Earth while the powerful plan to ascend to another planet. But the enslaved soldiers of the elite are a deadly new kind of human who plan on fighting back against their masters.) Selke, Lori The XY Conspiracy $12.00 (PBO; Novella. Jyn, an Asian-American lesbian, is a UFO hunter whose not entirely orthodox theories involve the origins and history of XY chromosomes. When she realizes she's being stalked by a Man in Black, she packs up her car and sets off on an road trip that leads inexorably to New Mexico.) Singh, Vandana Of Love and Other Monsters $12.00 (Novella. After emerging from a fire, his memories and identity vanished with the flames, Arun soon discovers his unique ability to sense and manipulate the minds of others around him. He inhabits a dangerous place outside conventional boundaries: man/woman, mind/body. With the arrival of Rahul Moghe, who shares his ability, Arun senses a power beyond any he has known. A friend warns of the grave danger posed by Rahul, sending Arun fleeing from the one person who may have answers to the mystery of his past.) Spires, Ashley Binky the Space Cat $8.9500 (Binky #1: Kids; Full color graphic novel. Newly qualified as a Space Cat, Binky wants to explore unknown places and battle alien creatures, so he sets out to build a rocket ship. But when it's ready to go, he discovers a flaw in his plan. (No, not zero-gravity kitty litter, he packed that already.)) Spires, Ashley Binky to the Rescue $8.95 (Binky #2: Kids; Full color graphic novel. On his first trip to outer space, certified space cat Binky must rescue his copilot Ted from an alien warship.) Spires, Ashley Binky Under Pressure $8.95 (Binky #3: Kids; Full color graphic novel. Unsettled by the arrival of Gracie, a foster cat, Binky soon learns that she is a space cat captain sent to evaluate his performance. Can he make the grade?) Spires, Ashley Binky Takes Charge $8.95 (Binky #4: Kids; Full color graphic novel. Binky's excitement over being chosen to train a cadet takes a nose dive when Gordon turns out to be a puppy. A failure at the training exercises, is Gordon actually working for the aliens?) Spires, Ashley License to Scratch $8.95 (Binky #5: Kids; Full color graphic novel. Boarding at the vet while their humans are away, Binky, Gordon, and Gracie find themselves up against feline traitor Professor Tuffy and her alien allies. But what made this brilliant scientist turn her back on humans?) Stockbridge, Grant The Devil's Paymaster / The Benevolent Order of Death $14.95 (Spider #2: Pulp reprints) Valente, Catherynne M. The Bread We Eat in Dreams $40.00 (Collection; 26 sf and fantasy stories and poems, including award winners.) Vess, Charles Drawing Down the Moon: The Art of Charles Vess $29.99 (Oversize; full color and black & white. Over 200 images of his fantasy and comics art, some never before published.) Worra, Bryan Thao Demonstra: A Poetry Collection $9.99 (Collection; poems about monsters) Wright, John C. The Judge of Ages $26.99 (Montrose #3: AD 10515: In their final showdown, self- appointed Master of the World Ximen del Azarchel squares off against posthuman Menelaus Montrose. The fate of Earth will be decided in a battle of gunfire and cliometric calculus, powered armor and posthuman intelligence.)

Early March

Almasi, G.T. Hammer of Angels $9.99 (Shadowstorm #2: PBO; Alix is dispatched in secret to Greater Germany to incite a revolt among the enslaved Jewish population. But as a full-blown revolution explodes, it's all she can do to stay one step ahead of the authorities.) Anderson/Vernon (ed) Tesseracts Seventeen: Speculating Canada from Coast to Coast to Coast $16.95 (Anthology; original works of sf, fantasy, and horror.) Archer, Alex River of Nightmares $6.99 (Rogue Angel #47: PBO; Deep in the Amazon jungle, a tribe holds the key to the truest form of dreaming, where the human spirit walks the line between life and death. But this uncharted world may steal the one thing that archaeologist Annja Creed needs to survive: her self.) Armstrong, Kelley The Rising $9.99 (Darkness Rising #3: YA; Pursued by the St. Clouds and the Nast Cabal, Maya and her friends continue to search for answers. Why are they so valuable? And why are their supernatural powers getting more and more out of control?) Arthur, Keri Circle of Death $7.99 (Damask Circle #2: Reissue; In Melbourne to hunt down a killer, Circle investigator Doyle Fitzgerald finds a cadre of witches capable of controlling the elements, a sorceress determined to take that power for herself, and Kirby Brown, a woman whose special gifts have the strength to destroy the world.) Axler, James Hanging Judge $6.99 (Deathlands #115: PBO; In what used to be Oklahoma, the companions run into trouble at the ville of a sadistic baron.) Bach, Rachel (Aaron, Rachel) Honor's Knight $15.00 (Paradox #2: PBO; Devi is determined to keep her head down and get on with her life. But trouble keeps finding her. When a deadly crisis exposes more of the truth than she bargained for, she discovers there are worse fates than being shot - and sometimes the only people you can trust are the ones who want you dead.) Behre, Mary Spirited $7.99 (PBO; All Jules Scott wants is a normal life, without ghosts. But when a needy spirit implicates her in a series of crimes, Jules must entrust her paranormal secrets to sexy detective Seth English.) Bishop, Anne Written in Red $7.99 (Others #1: Meg can see the future when her skin is cut. When she escapes from the human Controller who has enslaved her, the only safe place she can hide is in a business district operated by the Others - unearthly entities who rule the Earth and prey on humans. She applies for a job as Human Liaison there, but shape-shifter Simon Wolfgard is reluctant to hire her. He senses she's keeping a secret, and she doesn't smell like human prey. When he learns that she's wanted by the government, he must decide if she's worth the fight between humans and Others that will surely follow.) Bishop, Anne Murder of Crows $26.95 (Others #2: As the prophetic urge strikes Meg Corbyn more frequently, the Others and the handful of humans residing in the Courtyard must work together to stop the man bent on reclaiming their blood prophet.) Bradley, MZ/Ross, D The Children of Kings $7.99 (Darkover: When smugglers start arming the Dry Towners with forbidden weapons, Gareth Elhalyn, grandson of Regis Hastur and heir to the throne, takes off on a secret mission to stop them.) Brennan, Marie The Tropic of Serpents $25.99 (Lady Trent #2: 3 years after her journey to Vystrana, Isabella embarks on an expedition to Eriga, home to exotic draconian species. In the jungle known as the Green Hell, her courage, resourcefulness, and scientific curiosity will be tested as never before.) Briggs, Patricia Night Broken $26.95 (Mercy Thompson #8: Adam's ex-wife wants Adam back, and she's willing to do whatever it takes, including turning the pack against Mercy. But there's a more dangerous threat circling; Mercy must put her personal troubles aside to face a creature with the power to tear her world apart.) Card, Orson Scott The Gate Thief $7.99 (Mithermages #2: When Danny North took power from Loki, he also took the responsibility for the Great Gates. And when he faces the mages Bel and Ishtoreth, he will come to understand why Loki closed the gates all those centuries ago.) Collins, Suzanne Mockingjay $12.99 (Hunger Games #3: YA; Against all odds, Katniss has survived the Hunger Games twice. But the Capitol wants revenge. Who do they think should pay for the unrest? Katniss. And it's clear that her family, friends, and the people of District 12 aren't safe either.) Columbus, C/Vizzini, N House of Secrets $7.99 (House of Secrets #1: Kids; By the time the Walker kids realize a neighbor has sinister plans for them, they've been banished to a primeval forest. Bloodthirsty warriors patrol the woods, supernatural pirates roam the seas, and a power-hungry queen rules the land. To survive, the kids will have to be brave, fight against their darkest impulses, and discover their connection to a secret legacy.) Conroy, Robert Liberty 1784 $25.00 (After the American Revolution collapses, the British begin a bloody reign of terror. Heading west, a group of rebels set up a colony where they will make a last stand against a large British force.) Corey, James S.A. Honor Among Thieves $25.00 (Star Wars: Empire & Rebellion: Sent to extract rebel spy Scarlet Hark from the very heart of the Empire, Han Solo finds his mission complicated by Hark's plan to track down a pirate who has stolen secrets the Empire would destroy worlds to protect.) Cornell, Paul London Falling $7.99 (Quill's Team #1: During an investigation, police officers Quill, Costain, Sefton, and Ross come into contact with an artifact that gives them the Sight. Armed with police instincts and procedures, they take on the otherworldly creatures secretly prowling London.) Cox, Greg No Time Like the Past $7.99 (Star Trek: When ruthless Orion raiders attempt to disrupt diplomatic negotiations on the planet Yusub, Captain Kirk finds an unexpected ally in the form of enigmatic stranger Annika Seven. But can he help this castaway from the future return to her own era?) Czerneda, Julie E. A Turn of Light $8.99 (Night's Edge #1: The isolated village of Marrowdell is the place where two worlds overlap, and at the turn of light - sunset - the world of magic known as the Verge can briefly be seen. Jenn belongs to both Verge and Marrowdell, but she doesn't know how special she is, or that her invisible friend Wisp is actually a dragon, sent to guard her and keep her from leaving the valley. When Jenn's spell to create a husband goes awry, Wisp is transformed into a man. But he is not the only newcomer to Marrowdell - and far from the most dangerous of those who are suddenly finding their way to the valley.) Estep, Jennifer Killer Frost $9.95 (Mythos Academy #6: PBO; YA; The Reapers have kidnapped Grandma Frost. The ransom? A powerful artifact that will restore Loki's full strength. After Gwen uses her bracelet to nullify the artifact's powers, can she and her friends defend the Academy from a full-scale Reaper attack?) Evans, Leigh The Problem with Promises $7.99 (Mystwalker #3: PBO; With the Old Mage holding Hedi's twin brother captive on the other side of the Gates of Merenwyn, it's up to Hedi and her alpha mate Robson to free him.) Fisher, Catherine Obsidian Mirror $9.99 (Chronoptika #1: YA; The mirror's power is great and terrible. One has been sent from the future to destroy it. One protects it, obsessed with its power. One needs it to find a murdered father and save his life. Only one can succeed. The mirror can send you to the past, but it will not bring you back.) Flint, Eric 1632 - Leatherbound Signed Edition $36.00 (Reissue; When the town of Grantville finds itself relocated from modern-day West Virginia to northern Germany in 1632, Mike Stearn and his friends (including the entire local chapter of the United Mine Workers) find themselves bringing American-style freedom and justice to the middle of the Thirty Years' War.) Fowler, Karen Joy We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves $16.00 (Meet the Cooke family: Mother and Dad, brother Lowell, sister Fern, and our narrator Rosemary: 'I spent the first 18 years of my life defined by one fact: that I was raised with a chimpanzee. I tell you Fern was a chimp and already you aren't thinking of her as my sister. But until Fern's expulsion, I'd scarcely known a moment alone. She was my whirlwind other half, and I loved her as a sister.') Frenette, Bethany Burn Bright $17.99 (YA; In Minneapolis, a Harrower demon is bent on destroying people like Morning Star, Leon, and Audrey. Like others before her, she seeks the Remnant, a Kin girl who has the power to unleash the inhabitants of the Beneath. But to what end?) Frost, Kimberly Halfway Hexed $7.99 (Southern Witch #3: Tammy Jo's mixed-up magic is getting her in trouble, and now the World Association of Magic has come to town to investigate her forbidden romance with a hunky wizard.) Gannon, Charles E. Fire with Fire $7.99 (2117: Intelligence analyst Caine Riordan is sent to a newly settled world to investigate whether a primitive native species was once sentient enough to have built a lost civilization. But with assassins and saboteurs dogging his every step, it's clear someone doesn't want his mission to succeed.) Gould, Steven Impulse $7.99 (Jumper #3: Raised in isolation by her parents, in hiding from the people who want to control her father's ability to teleport, Cent was never able to teleport herself. Until the day an avalanche thundered down on her, and she suddenly found herself in her bedroom. That was the first time.) Harrison, Kim The Undead Pool $27.99 (Rachel Morgan #12: Strange magic is attacking Cincinnati and the Hollows, causing spells to backfire or go horribly wrong, and the truce between Inderlander and human is shattering. With dark magic to stop and supernatural war to prevent, Rachel knows of only one weapon to ensure the peace: ancient elven wild magic. But that carries its own perils.) Howard, Amalie Alpha Goddess $16.95 (YA; Gods and goddesses exist. Sera knows, because she is Lakshmi reborn, the human avatar of a Hindu goddess. Meant to bring balance to the mortal world, all she creates is chaos - which the Lord of Death hopes to use to unleash hell on earth. Struggling between her opposing halves, Sera must become the goddess she was meant to be before the Mortal Realm is destroyed.) Jones, Stephen (ed) Psycho Mania $14.95 (Anthology; horror and crime stories featuring deranged killers.) Kashina, Anna Blades of the Old Empire $7.99 (Majat Code #1: PBO; Kara is an elite mercenary, a member of the Majat Guild. When her contract with Prince Kythar ends, he accompanies her to the Guild to negotiate her continued service. But the Kaddim, his enemies, have already paid the Guild to engage her services. Their task for her? Capture the prince and hand him over to them.) Kaufman, A/Spooner, M These Broken Stars $17.99 (Starbound #1: YA; Tarver, a young war hero, and Lilac, the daughter of the richest man in the universe, are the lone survivors when their spaceliner crashes on a eerie, deserted planet. Thrown into each other's arms by the tragedy, they begin to wonder - without any hope of a future together in their own world, would they be better off staying here forever?) Kemp, Paul S. The Godborn $7.99 (Forgotten Realms: Sundering #2: At the crossroads of divine intrigue and mortal destiny, Erevis Cale's son Vasen teams up with his father's former compatriot Drasek Riven to thwart the powers of shadow and hell - and the sundering of worlds is set on its course.) Kirkman/Bonansinga The Fall of the Governor Part 2 $25.99 (Walking Dead Novel #4: The Governor and Rick face off one last time, and only one of them will be left standing.) Knapp, Andrew Find Momo $14.95 (Momo the border collie is particularly good at hiding, photographed by his human companion in a variety of scenic landscapes.) Krumwiede, Lana Freakling $7.99 (Kids; When 12-year-old Taemon loses his psi - the power to move objects with his mind - in an accident, he is exiled to the powerless colony. He's startled to find that people there actually enjoy using their hands to work and play and comfort their children. As he settles into his new life, he discovers the colony has secrets that could give unchecked power to psi wielders. When he unwittingly leaks one of the secrets, will he have the courage to repair the damage - even if it means facing those who exiled him?) Lafferty, Mur Ghost Train to New Orleans $15.00 (Shambling Guides #2: PBO; The only person who can save her boyfriend from zombism is rumored to live in the swamps outside New Orleans, but city talker Zoe Norris is out of her element in the wilderness. With her supernatural colleagues waiting to see her fail, and rumors of a new threat hunting city talkers, can Zoe stay alive long enough to finish a New Orleans travel guide?) Lee, Sharon/Miller, Steve Necessity's Child $7.99 (Liaden: The kompani sees none as enemy, and yet few as friend, living quietly in the shadows in many places, thriving off the bounty that others have no wit to secure, nor skill to defend. Clan Korval is in many ways the opposite: wealthy in enemies, fortunate in friends, protecting itself with vigor, and teaching even its youngest children the art of war. When representatives of Clan Korval arrive on the planet Surebleak where the kompani has lived secret and aloof, it seems to the kompani that they are borne by the winds of change, and that their plans may bring catastrophe, changing the culture, and the kompani, forever. There, the lives of three people intersect: Kezzi, apprentice to the kompani's grandmother; Syl Vor, Clan Korval's youngest warrior; and Rys, a man without a world, or a past.) Leigh, Stephen Immortal Muse $24.95 (A chase through time, from 1300s Paris to modern New York City, as an immortal Muse, whose survival depends on the creativity she nurtures within her lovers, is pursued by another immortal who feeds on pain and torment.) Liu, Marjorie M. Labyrinth of Stars $7.99 (Hunter Kiss #5: PBO; To save her husband's life, Maxine must make a deal with the devil that lives inside her, risking her sanity and her soul as she slowly transforms into something more than human.) McGuire, Seanan Half-Off Ragnarok $7.99 (InCryptid #3: PBO; When Alex Price headed to Ohio to oversee a basilisk breeding program and assist in the recovery of his psychic cousin, he didn't expect people to start dropping dead at the zoo.) Moning, Karen Marie Iced $7.99 (Fever #6: As Dublin is overrun by dark forces, and the sidhe seer's abbey reels from the influence of the dark Fae imprisoned there, Dani must capture a murderous new Fae creature.) Morrison, Grant et al WE3 $14.99 (Reissue; Not for kids. Full color graphic novel. Three house pets, weaponized by a shadowy government agency that now intends to destroy them, escape from the lab and search for home.) Neill, Chloe Some Girls Bite $7.99 (Chicagoland Vampires #1: When Merit is attacked, a master vampire saves her by making her undead. Ethan's gorgeous, but he expects her servitude. And someone's still out to get her.) Priest, Cherie Clementine $16.95 (Clockwork Century: A government transport dirigible with a top secret load of military essentials is being violently pursued. The Union Army suspects Captain Hainey, an escaped slave wanted for felonies on both sides of the Mason- Dixon line, and sends Confederate spy turned Pinkerton agent Maria Boyd in pursuit.) Roy, Lauren M. Night Owls $7.99 (PBO; Can bookstore manager Val McTeague's mismatched crew of humans, vampires, and succubi stop the evil entities known as Creeps from getting their claws on a book capable of unleashing nameless horrors?) Sage, Angie Fyre $7.99 (Septimus Heap #7: Kids; To destroy the power of the evil Two-Faced Ring forever, the ancient Alchemie Fyre must be relit, a task that sends Septimus to the very origins of Magyk and Physik, testing both his skills and his loyalties.) Sanderson, Brandon Words of Radiance $28.99 (Stormlight Archive #2: The war with the Parshendi moves into a dangerous new phase as Dalinar leads the human armies into the Shattered Plains. To strengthen themselves for the human challenge, the Parshendi risk the return of the fearsome Voidbringers. Now Kaladin must learn to lead the restored Knights Radiant while mastering the powers of a Windrunner.) Scalzi, John The Human Division $8.99 (Old Man's War #5: Now the Colonial Union's secrets are known on Earth. Other alien races have come on the scene, forming a new alliance against the CU. And they've invited Earth to join. For a shaken and betrayed Earth, the choice isn't obvious. So managing the survival of the CU won't be easy either. It will take diplomatic finesse, political cunning - and a brilliant 'B Team', centered on the resourceful Lt. Harry Wilson.) Scull, Luke The Grim Company $7.99 (Grim Company #1: The Gods are dead. The Magelord Salazar and his troops crush any dissent they find. On the other side of the Broken Sea, the White Lady and her spymistresses plot the liberation of Dorminia. Demons and abominations plague the Highlands. The people need heroes. What they get instead is the Grim Company: a ragtag band of old warriors, a crippled Halfmage, two orphans, and an oddly capable manservant.) Shepherd, M (Moscoe, M) To Do or Die $7.99 (Jump Universe #4: PBO; A strongman backed by thugs and tanks plans to stay in power despite new peacetime rules, and expects to win the coming elections handily. But Ray Longknife, Terrence Tordon, and his wife Ruth are standing in the way - and nothing is going to flatten them.) Smith, Sherri L. Orleans $9.99 (YA; First came the storms. Then the Fever. Then the Wall. Years after the Gulf Coast was quarantined, a primitive new society exists. When her tribe is ambushed, Fen survives, along with a newborn, and sets out to get the baby to a better life over the Wall before her blood becomes tainted. Brought together by chance, Fen and Daniel - a scientist who snuck into the Delta to research a cure for the Fever - navigate the wasteland of Orleans.) Smylie, Mark The Barrow $18.00 (Novel set in the world of the Artesia comic books. In the barrow of a long-dead wizard lies a fabled sword. A crew of scoundrels, would-be heroes, deviants, and ruffians, brought together by accident and dark design, sets out on a quest that will either make them famous, or get them killed.) Stirling, S.M./Drake, D Hope Rearmed: The Anvil / The Steel $14.00 (Raj Whitehall #3 / #4: Omnibus reprint; 2 sf novels) Stourton, Ivo The Happier Dead $7.99 (The Treatment grants the richest and most powerful permanent physical youth. London's Great Spa is where the newly immortal go to revitalize their aged souls. When a guest at the highly secure Spa is murdered, DCI Oates of the Metropolitan Police is called in to investigate.) Sutherland, Tui T. The Hidden Kingdom $6.99 (Wings of Fire #3: Kids; RainWings are going missing from their beautiful forest. Glory and the other dragonets are determined to find the missing dragons, even if it drags the peaceful RainWing kingdom where they never wanted to be - into the middle of the war.) Thompson, Vicki Lewis Werewolf in Las Vegas $7.99 (Wild About You #6: PBO; In Las Vegas to haul her wayward Were brother back home, Giselle Landry falls prey to her attraction to human casino owner Luke Dalton.) Tregillis, Ian Necessary Evil $14.99 (Milkweed #3: London, 1940. Again. Raybould Marsh has traveled to another Earth in a desperate attempt to save at least one timeline from the cosmic horrors who destroyed his timeline. To do this, he must remove all traces of the supermen created by the Nazi war machine. But the mad seer Greta has sent a version of herself to thwart him.) Viehl, Lynn The Clockwork Wolf $7.99 (Kit Kittredge #2: PBO; While avoiding attempts by deathmage Lucien Dredmore and Chief Inspector Tom Doyle to take her under their protection, Kit attempts to find out what is turning respectable citizens into savage wolfmen made of strange clockwork machinery. The trail leads to a gambling club with a hellish secret, and to a vengeful native tribe.) Walton, David Quintessence $14.99 (In pursuit of a substance he believes will grant magical powers and immortality, alchemist Christopher Sinclair takes ship for the Western Ocean. Fleeing an inquisition, physician Stephen Parris and his daughter follow Sinclair to an island on the edge of the world that teems with fantastical animals and alluring mysteries.) Weber, David Shadow of Freedom $15.00 (Honorverse #6: According to their messenger, the Mobius Liberation Front is planning to throw off Solarian rule, aided by their powerful ally Manticore. Mike Henke sees a problem: she's never heard of the MLF. They've been duped by the Mesan Alliance in a plot to destroy Manticore's reputation as the champion of freedom. Mike has no orders to help them, but no one is going to send thousands of patriots to their deaths, trusting in Manticoran help that will never come. Not on her watch.) Wells, Martha Emilie and the Sky World $9.99 (Emilie #2: PBO; YA; Young adventurer Emilie and her patron discover a ship from a different aetheric realm. Emilie must find out if they are friend or foe, and face the even greater dangers which follow fast on the ship's trail.) Wendig, Chuck The Cormorant $7.99 (Miriam #3: PBO; Miriam is on the road again, hired by a wealthy businessman and headed to Florida to practice the one thing she's good at. But in her vision she sees him die by another's hand, and on the wall written in blood is a message just for Miriam. She's expected.) Wingrove, David The Broken Wheel $15.95 (Chung Kuo Recast #7: 2207: Chung Kuo's stasis is falling apart. The Seven's dominance is threatened by terrorist attacks as the War of Two Directions intensifies. Scientific genius Kim Ward is attacked by a group of assassins bent on destroying his work. And rich young American rebels intend to create change at any price.) Wraight, Chris Blood of Asaheim $14.00 (Warhammer 40,000: Space Wolves #1: There is friction amongst the ranks of the Space Wolves Chapter, as the proud Space Marines enter into an uneasy alliance with the devout Sisters of Battle on a war-torn Ecclesiarchy world.)

Mid March

Grimm: Below the Surface $16.99 (Official illustrated guide to the show: the show runners talk about the show's development and ongoing creation; cast interviews; behind the scenes look at costumes, special effects, makeup, and more.) Barnhill, Kelly Iron Hearted Violet $7.00 (Kids; Andre Norton Award finalist. Princess Violet is plain, reckless, and possibly too clever for her own good. She and her friend Demetrius find a forbidden book in a hidden room, telling the story of the Nybbas, an evil being imprisoned in their world. The story can't really be true - but then the whispers start. Violet and Demetrius, along with an ancient dragon, may hold the key to the Nybbas' triumph - or its demise. After all, stories make their own rules.) Boucher, Chris Corpse Maker $12.99 (Doctor Who: Reissue; Features the Fourth Doctor as played by Tom Baker. On the planet Kaldor, society depends on benign and obedient robots. But the Doctor and Leela have faced these robots before on a huge Sandminer, and know they are not always harmless.) Carey, Mike et al Suicide Risk Volume 2 $16.99 (Full color graphic novel. Cop Leo Winters launches an off-the-books investigation into the supervillains who attacked his unit and put his partner in the hospital.) Clark, Platte F. Bad Unicorn $6.99 (Kids; Max is the only living person who can read The Codex of Infinite Knowability. Killer unicorn Princess the Destroyer is on a mission: first, find Max and retrieve the Codex for an evil sorcerer and his mysterious master; then, an all-the-humans-you-can-eat buffet in Texas. Now Max, stuck in another world with a carnivorous unicorn on his trail, must find the courage to save himself, his friends, and the entire human race.) Cogan, B/Massey, J Everything I Ever Needed to Know About ______I Learned from Monty Python* $25.99 (A humorous, comprehensive guide to understanding the Pythons' jokes, providing context for their myriad references and allusions.) Cook, Glen Working God's Mischief $27.99 (Instrumentalities of the Night #4: The oldest and fiercest of the Instrumentalities has been destroyed by a mortal. There will never be a new Windwalker. The world, battered by savage change, limps toward its destiny. And the ice is coming.) Cooper, Elspeth The Raven's Shadow $27.99 (Wild Hunt #3: With war brewing on both sides of the Veil between the worlds, old friends and old foes converge in battle.) Dicks, Terrence Shakedown $12.99 (Doctor Who: Reissue; Features the Seventh Doctor as played by Sylvester McCoy. The Doctor races to uncover the Sontarans' secret plan to destroy the Rutans.) Doescher, Ian William Shakespeare's Star Wars: The Empire Striketh Back $14.95 (Star Wars Shakespeare #2: Return to the star-crossed galaxy far, far away as the brooding young hero, a power-mad emperor, and their jesting droids match wits, struggle for power, and soliloquize. Illustrated with black & white Elizabethan-style artwork.) Domingue, Ronlyn The Mapmaker's War $15.00 (Keeper of Tales #1: Aoife has been tasked with charting her kingdom's entire domain; traveling beyond its borders, she finds a secretive people who claim to protect a mythic treasure connected to the creation of the world.) Don, Lari Breaking the Spell: Stories of Magic and Mystery from Scotland $19.99 (Kids; Full color picture book. 10 whimsical tales, adapted for young readers.) Dunn, Christian (ed) Xenos Hunters $14.00 (Warhammer 40,000: Deathwatch: PBO; Anthology; short stories featuring the alien hunters of the Deathwatch Space Marines.) Elliott, Will The Pilgrims $26.99 (Pendulum #1: A small door in a London railway bridge takes Eric and Casey to a land where a dragon with the powers of a god sleeps beneath a castle ruled by a sinister lord, and a vast wall divides the land. And soon the wall may be broken - but what will enter from the other side?) Herbert, B/Anderson, K Mentats of Dune $27.99 (Dune: As Butlerian fanaticism grows stronger, the Mentats, the Navigators, and the Sisterhood all strive to improve the human race in a stuggle to choose the path of humanity's future.) Kessler, Liz Emily Windsnap and the Land of the Midnight Sun $5.99 (Emily Windsnap #5: Kids; Strange storms are blowing up from the ocean, caused by the nightmares of Neptune, King of the Sea. Convinced that his dreams herald an approaching threat, Neptune enlists half-mermaids Emily and Aaron to find and eliminate the source of the trouble.) 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Schroeder, Karl Lockstep $26.99 (Lost in space, Toby expects his drift into cold sleep to be his last, only to wake again 14,000 years later in the Lockstep Empire, where civilization is kept alive by careful hibernation, and ruled by its founding family: his own. His brother Peter has become a tyrant and sees Toby as a threat. With the help of a Lockstep girl, Toby must outwit his siblings and save human civilization.) Silver, B/Busch, H Dancing with Cats $15.95 (Reissue; Nine lives, four paws, and all the right moves: full color photographs of people and cats engaging in their favorite dance routines.) Smith, Clark Ashton The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies $16.00 (Collection of tales and poems of fantastical, phantasmagorical worlds, selected and introduced by S.T. Joshi.) Smith, Gavin The Age of Scorpio $19.95 (Only Eldon Sloper was desperate enough to agree to a salvage job in Red Space; now he and his crew are regretting the decision. There's something wrong about Red Space. Some things work, others don't. Stick close to the Church beacons. Don't get lost.) Steele, Jon Angel City $9.99 (Angelus #2: PBO; Katherine Taylor and Jay Harper no longer remember each other - or the cosmic battle they fought against the Nephilim. And in Paris, a disfigured defrocked priest and his ward have discovered something unfathomable in the catacombs.) Swain, James Shadow People $7.99 (Peter Warlock #2: Confronted during a seance by shadow people, evil spirits with the power to kidnap a person's soul, Peter is taken to another plane, where he barely survives an encounter with a serial killer about to claim a victim. Now Peter has only a few days to help the police figure out the killer's identity before another victim dies.) Sylvan, Dianne Shadowbound $7.99 (Shadow World #5: PBO; Their transformation has left Miranda and David with a growing appetite for the taste of death. Meanwhile, the Order of the Morningstar has become a serious threat, assassinating vampires all over the world.) Tsouras, Peter G. Britannia's Fist: From Civil War to World War $14.95 (First in a trilogy. After the US Navy seizes a British-built Confederate ironclad in British waters, Great Britain and then France declare war on the US. Meanwhile, antiwar Democrats in the north plot to overthrow the government.) Tsouras, Peter G. A Rainbow of Blood: The Union in Peril $14.95 (Second in a trilogy. French and British armies are on the march, and reinforcements have put to sea. The Union is beleaguered, but new technology and the art of intelligence are thrown onto the scales, while Russia plans to enter the war to avenge its Crimean humiliation.) Viguie, Debbie Circle of Blood $7.99 (Witch Hunt #3: PBO; Witch-hunting cop Samantha Ryan travels to New Orleans to confront Lilith Black, not realizing that her own nightmarish past is inescapably intertwined with the witch's.) Vizzini, Ned The Other Normals $9.99 (YA; Perry's parents send him to summer camp to work on his social skills. But once there, he stumbles into the world of the Other Normals, where he meets the creator of his favorite game, Creatures & Caverns, as well as creatures from the game. They need his help to save their princess.) Weber, D/Flint, E Cauldron of Ghosts signed limited edition $27.00 (Honorverse #7: Relying on genetic wizardry for disguise, agents Anton Zilwicki and Victor Cachat return to Mesa to gather more information on the Alignment.) Williams, Tad The Very Best of Tad Williams $15.95 (A career-spanning assortment of his short fiction.)

Mid April

Fun with Kirk and Spock $14.95 (Star Trek: Parody of the classic 'Dick and Jane' books for beginning readers.) Bach, Rachel (Aaron, Rachel) Heaven's Queen $15.00 (Paradox #3: PBO; Government conspiracies, alien races out for her blood, an incurable virus eating her alive. Now Captain Caldwell is missing, and everyone is determined to hunt Devi down. She's sick of running - it's time to do what she knows is right. But with all human life hanging on her actions, the price of taking a stand might be more than Devi can pay.) Banks, Iain The Quarry $15.00 (18-year-old Kit is big, odd, socially disabled. Now his father Guy is dying, and old friends are gathering. As young film students they all lived with Guy, and they've all come back because they want something. Kit wants something, too - to know who his mother is, and what's on the mysterious tape the visitors are all looking for. But most of all, he wants to stop time, and keep his father alive.) Bear, Elizabeth Steles of the Sky $26.99 (Eternal Sky #3: Re Temur has finally raised his banner and declared himself at war with his usurping uncle. But Temur's enemies are not idle. All the world seems to be on fire, and who knows if even the beloved son of the Eternal Sky can save it?) Benford, G/Niven, L Shipstar $27.99 (The humans exploring the artifact are separated - one group captured by the gigantic structure's alien inhabitants, the other pursued across its strange and dangerous landscape.) Bova, Ben Transhuman $25.99 (When he learns that his young granddaughter has an inoperable brain tumor, cellular biologist Luke Abramson wants to try a new treatment on her. When the hospital refuses to allow the unapproved enzyme to be used, Luke abducts the girl and sets out for a private research lab across the country.) Colfer, Eoin The Reluctant Assassin $8.99 (W.A.R.P. #1: YA; Apprenticed to Garrick, a Victorian illusionist turned criminal, young Riley is inadvertently transported via wormhole to modern-day London, with Garrick close behind. Chevie, a young FBI agent in disgrace, teams up with Riley; together they must evade Garrick, who is determined to track down Riley and then use Chevie's timekey to return to Victorian London and change the world - and not in a good way.) Datlow, Ellen (ed) Lovecraft's Monsters $16.95 (Anthology; reprints 18 stories by modern masters of horror, each featuring one of Lovecraft's iconic monsters.) Davidson, Rjurik Unwrapped Sky $25.99 (A hundred years ago, the godlike Minotaurs saved the ancient city of Caeli-Amur from conquest. Now, three very different people - philosopher-assassin Kata, bureaucrat Boris Autec, and seditionist Maximilian - risk everything for a future that can only be created by throwing off the shackles of tradition and superstition.) Graedon, Alena The Word Exchange $26.95 (Bookstores, libraries, the printed word are things of the past; people live glued to handheld devices called Memes. When Anana's anti-Meme father disappears, her search for him leads to dark basements and tunnels, the stacks and reading rooms of the Mercantile Library, and meetings of the underground resistance, even as a pandemic of decaying language called 'word flu' spreads.) Gregory, Daryl Afterparty $26.99 (Near-future Toronto: A brain-altering drug is being used as a sacrament by a new church that preys on the underclass. Now one of the scientists who helped create the drug is on a quest to set things right.) Groening, Matt Bart Simpson to the Rescue $15.99 (Full color graphic novel; reprints issues of the comic book series.) Grossman, Austin You $15.00 (Russell meets a crew of nerds hacking the frontiers of both technology and entertainment when he joins Black Arts game studio. When their revolutionary next-gen game is threatened by a mysterious glitch, Russell must unravel a mystery leading back twenty years, through real and virtual worlds, to a secret that changed the history of gaming.) Hautman, Pete The Cydonian Pyramid $8.99 (Klaatu Diskos #2: YA; Lah Lia has been raised for one purpose: to be sacrificed through a diskos. But as she is about to be killed, a strange boy appears from the diskos, saving her and launching her on a time-spinning journey in which her fate is irreversibly linked to his.) Hautman, Pete The Klaatu Terminus $16.99 (Klaatu Diskos #3: YA; Tucker, Lia, and Kosh must evade the pursuit of maggot-like Timesweeps, battle Master Gheen's cult of Lambs, and puzzle out the enigmatic Boggsians as they search for one another and the secrets of the diskos. Who built them? Who is destroying them? Where and when will it all end?) Hunter, Erin Yellowfang's Secret $7.99 (Warriors Super Edition #5: Kids; The story of Yellowfang's past, when she served as medicine cat and warrior for ShadowClan.) Hunter, Erin The Sun Trail $6.99 (Warriors: Dawn of the Clans #1: Kids; First in a prequel story arc revealing the origins of the four Clans.) Hunter, Erin The First Battle $16.99 (Warriors: Dawn of the Clans #3: Kids; Gray Wing still believes there is a way for all cats to live in peace. Clear Sky insists that lines must be drawn and territories divided. As they struggle to find a path for the forest cats' future, more blood will be shed.) Jones, Diana Wynne Earwig and the Witch $5.99 (Kids; Disguised as foster parents, Bella Yaga and the Mandrake arrive at the orphanage, and whisk young Earwig off to their mysterious house. Most children would run in terror from a house full of invisible rooms, potions, and spell books, with magic around every corner, but not the clever and intrepid Earwig. With a lot of help from a talking cat, she decides to show the witch who's boss.) Jones, Diana Wynne The Islands of Chaldea $17.99 (Kids; Her last work, nearly finished at her death, completed by her sister. Aileen comes from a long line of magic makers, but her own magic has yet to reveal itself. On a mission for the king, she worries she'll be useless, but a powerful (mostly invisible) cat changes all that. Aileen grows stronger with each challenge she faces, until her magic blooms.) Lackey, M/Edghill, R Victories $11.99 (Shadow Grail #4: YA; Having escaped from Oakhurst, Spirit and her friends set out to recover the Four Hallows. Can they recapture the magic of Camelot in time to save their fellow students and prevent the end of the world?) Lebbon, Tim Coldbrook $14.95 (PBO; At a secret lab in the Appalachian mountains, scientists have achieved a gateway to a new world - and inadvertently released a disease that is ravaging the human population. To find a cure, they must find a person who is genetically resistant, uninfected among the billions of dead. But will they find her in time?) Lerangis, Peter Lost in Babylon $6.99 (Seven Wonders #2: Kids; Their friend Marco has disappeared, along with everything they fought so hard to find. With no leads, the kids have no choice but to trust Beghad again when he sends them off to find Babylon.) Lerangis, Peter The Select / The Orphan $2.99 (Seven Wonders: Kids; 2 short works, prequels to the novels in the series.) Lukyanenko, Sergei New Watch $15.99 (Night Watch #5: When Anton, a powerful Light magician, hears a young boy screaming that a plane will crash, he suspects the child is a rare type of Other who portends catastrophe. If Anton is right, then the boy has awakened a terrifying danger that exists to stop the prophecy from coming true. Anton must find a way to save the Twilight world.) Marr/Armstrong Loki's Wolves $8.00 (Blackwell Pages #1: Kids; Matt Thorsen knows every Norse myth, saga, and god - because it's family history. Most people in Blackwell, South Dakota, are direct descendants of either Loki or Thor. But the gods died long ago. When the rune readers reveal that Ragnarok is coming and the kids will stand in for the gods in the final battle, Matt and his friends must race to put together a team to prevent the end of the world.) Mass, Wendy Pi in the Sky $8.00 (Kids; Joss is the seventh son of the Supreme Overlord of the Universe. He comes from a family of overachievers, and is happy to let his older brothers shine. But when the Earth suddenly disappears, Joss is given the not-so- simple task of bringing it back.) McClellan, Brian Promise of Blood $16.00 (Powder Mage #1: Field Marshal Tamas' coup against his king sent corrupt aristocrats to the guillotine and brought bread to the starving. But it also provoked war with the Nine Nations, internal attacks by royalist fanatics, and a scramble for money and power by his supposed allies. Tamas is relying heavily on his few remaining powder mages. As attacks batter them from within and without, the credulous are whispering about the gods waking to walk the earth. No modern educated man believes that sort of thing. But they should.) Moore, Christopher The Serpent of Venice $26.99 (Pocket of Dog Snogging #2: Venice, a long time ago: Desperate to rid themselves of Pocket the Fool once and for all, Antonio the merchant, senator Montressor Brabantio, and naval officer Iago have invited Pocket for an evening of festivities to include a rare Amontillado sherry and Brabantio's beautiful daughter Portia. They think they're luring him to his death, but this Fool is no fool, and has more than a few tricks (and hand gestures) up his sleeve; Signed copies expected) Newman, Kim Life's Lottery $14.95 (Reissue; Small decisions can have monumental consequences. Choose well, and you may have a long happy life, become rich, win the lottery. Other choices may lead you to become a murderer, die young, make every mistake possible, or make no impression on life at all. The choice is yours.) North, Claire The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August $25.00 (Harry is on his deathbed. Again. No matter what he does, when death comes, Harry always returns to where he began, a child with all the knowledge of the lives he has already lived. Nothing ever changes. But as Harry nears the end of his 11th life, a girl appears at his bedside to send a message back with him. This is the story of what Harry does next, and what he did before, and how he tries to save a past he cannot change and a future he cannot allow.) Powell, William Campbell Expiration Day $17.99 (YA; 2049: Tania is a human child in a world where, after a global decline in fertility, most children are androids manufactured by Oxted. What sets the androids apart from their human counterparts? Tania looks for answers, but time is running out. For when androids reach their eighteenth 'birthdays', they must be returned to Oxted, never to be heard from again.) Pratchett, T/Briggs, S Turtle Recall: The Discworld Companion . . . So Far $27.99 (Discworld: A encyclopedia of the Discworld Universe from The Colour of Magic through Snuff, with characters both major and minor, locations, items, and more described with typical Discworld wit.) Priest, Christopher The Adjacent $24.99 (A photographer returns to near-future Britain after the death of his wife in a terrorist incident in Afghanistan, and finds that Britain has itself been suffering terrorist attacks. But no one knows quite what is happening or how. A magician is asked to travel to the frontline of the Great War to help a naval aerial reconnaissance unit hide its planes from the German guns. On the way to France he meets a certain H.G. Wells. On the airfields of the WWII Bomber Commands, there is also an obsession with camouflage, with misdirection. With deceit. And in a garden, an old man raises a conch shell to his ear and initiates the first Adjacency.) Ramirez, David The Forever Watch $24.99 (The remnants of humanity are on a thousand-year journey to a new planet; policeman Leonard Barrens and city planning administrator Hana Dempsey team up to investigate a violent death.) Reese, Jenn Horizon $16.99 (Above World #3: Kids; Ex-scientist Karl Strand is planning to conquer the world with his tech-enhanced soldiers. Aluna's plan is dangerous: pose as Upgraders and infiltrate the army. But the enemy isn't what they expected, and the friends are torn apart by conflicting allegiances. Do Aluna and her friends have any hope of defeating Strand if they can't take him on together?) Riordan, Rick The Mark of Athena $9.99 (Heroes of Olympus #3: Kids; After banding together to defeat the giants released by the Earth Mother, the Greek and Roman demigods set sail for Greece to find the Doors of Death.) Santillan, Jorge When's the Doctor? $7.99 (Doctor Who: Kids; Full color. Can you find the Doctor and his friends in each of these intricate images?) Shepherd, Joel Operation Shield $16.95 (Cassandra Kresnov #5: PBO; Returning home to Callay, Kresnov finds that Federation member worlds, exhausted by the previous lengthy war against the League, are unwilling to risk a confrontation. Some of these forces will go to any lengths to avoid a new conflict, including taking a sledgehammer to the Federation Constitution and threatening the removal by force of Cassandra's own branch of the Federal Security Agency.) Smith, Clete Barrett Aliens in Disguise $6.99 (Intergalactic Bed & Breakfast #3: Kids; David's grandma is off to another planet to accept an award. It should be a breeze to run the B&B for a few days, but David and Amy (and alien pooch Snarflle) soon find themselves hunting for a lost alien and dealing with a couple of pushy UFO-watchers.) Stenson, Peter Fiend $14.00 (The end of the world really has arrived. Maybe it's a last chance for Chase, a longtime meth addict, to hit restart and become the man he once dreamed of being. Soon he's fighting to reconnect with his lost love and dreaming of becoming her hero among civilization's ruins. But is salvation just another pipe dream?) Sullivan, Michael J. Hollow World $15.95 (When he is faced with a terminal illness, Ellis Rogers is willing to take an gamble. He's secretly built a time machine in his garage, and if it works, he'll face a utopian world that challenges his understanding of what it means to be human, what it takes to love, and what the cost of paradise really might be.) Vande Velde, Vivian Frogged $6.99 (Kids; Princess Imogene kisses a frog to break the spell he's under - and gets turned into a frog herself!) Vonnegut, Kurt If This Isn't Nice, What Is? $21.95 (A collection of his graduation speeches, offering heartfelt and humorous advice.) Vonnegut, Kurt Welcome to the Monkey House: The Special Edition $18.00 (Reprints his 1968 collection of short fiction, plus alternate drafts of the title story and an essay by Vonnegut scholar Gregory D. Sumner.) Wexler, Django The Forbidden Library $16.99 (Kids; When a talking cat sneaks you into your uncle's library, which you've been forbidden to enter, and introduces you to an arrogant boy who dares you to open a book, it's hard to resist. Which is how Alice finds herself inside a book. The only way out is to defeat the creature imprisoned within. It seems her uncle is more than he says he is. But then, so is Alice.) Willis, Connie The Best of Connie Willis $18.00 (Collects all her Hugo and Nebula Award-winning short fiction, plus an afterword from the author for each piece, and three speeches.) Wilson, D/Adams, J (ed) Robot Uprisings $15.95 (Anthology; stories of robotic revolution and human resistance.)

Early May

Aguirre, A.A. Silver Mirrors $7.99 (Apparatus Infernum #2: PBO; The city of steam and shadows is plagued by strange troubles. Machines have developed minds of their own, cragger pirates are raiding the seas with relentless aggression, and mad elementals are running amok. As the chaos builds, Inspectors Mikani and Ritsuko must fight a war on two fronts.) Anderson, Kevin J. The Dragon Business $14.95 (Long ago, young Cullin traveled with Sir Dalbry and his sidekick Reeger, selling dragon-protection services to every kingdom with a coffer. There were no dragons, but with severed alligator heads and a willingness to play dirty, the trio was crushing the competition. Then Princess Affonyl faked a dragon of her own, escaped her arranged marriage, and threw in with Cullin and company. But with her father sending a crew of do-gooder knights to find her, the dragon business just got cutthroat.) Anderson, Taylor Storm Surge $7.99 (Destroyermen #8: In the Pacific, Matt Reddy and his crew begin to plan a bold raid against the very heart of the Grik Empire. The Alliance is on the offensive everywhere, but their enemies have new weapons, new tactics, and powerful and deadly new allies.) Anderson, Taylor Deadly Shores $26.95 (Destroyermen #9: The long-planned raid on the heart of the Grik Empire has grown more ambitious. Many Lemurians see an opportunity to reclaim their sacred homeland. Others, Lemurian and human, have agendas that may not be in the best interests of the Alliance. As the raid begins and chaos reigns, Commander Matthew Reddy has no choice but to risk everything in a desperate act.) Archer, Alex Grendel's Curse $6.99 (Rogue Angel #48: PBO; Annja can't wait to excavate a barrow that may be the final resting place of Beowulf; an extremist politician would kill to get his hands on two mythical swords that legends say are buried there.) Asher, Neal Jupiter War $15.99 (Owners #3: Power vacuums and new despots spring up across the solar system, with Alan Saul in the middle of the chaos and destruction.) Asprin, Robert Dragons Luck $7.99 (Griffen McCandles #2: Disgruntled dragons have put out a hit on Griffen McCandles, and the ghost of a voodoo queen wants him to moderate a supernatural conclave.) Axler, James End Program $6.99 (Deathlands #116: PBO; A settlement built on a predark military installation turns out to be home to high tech designed to destroy civilization.) Axler, James Necropolis $6.99 (Outlanders #69: PBO; After Neekra the vampire queen emerges from her hidden city beneath Africa to stake her claim to blood power, the Cerberus rebels race to contain her undead horrors.) Baxter, Stephen The Wheel of Ice $16.00 (Doctor Who: The Doctor, Jamie, and Zoe find themselves suspected of theft and vandalism at a mining colony near one of Saturn's moons - but the real trouble is waiting for them down in the mines.) Britain, Kristen Mirror Sight $27.95 (Green Rider #5: Jolted out of Blackveil during a magical confrontation, Karigan wakes to realize she is sealed in a stone sarcophagus. If she escapes, will she find herself in the world she remembers, or somewhere completely different? And if she wins free of her prison, is she walking straight into a trap created by Morhavon?) Cameron, Anne The Lightning Catcher $7.99 (Kids; 11-year-old Angus discovers he is a Storm Prophet - he can predict and control extreme weather. While learning about his powers at the Perilous Exploratorium for Weather and Vicious Storms, Angus learns that his mom and dad are Lightning Catchers . When they're kidnapped, it's up to Angus and his friends to rescue them.) Campbell, J (Hemry, J) Guardian $7.99 (Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #3: Black Jack Geary's latest mission: return safely to Alliance space with representatives of the alien Dancers and a captured warship that might be the most valuable object in human history. But despite the peace treaty, the Syndicate Worlds regime threatens to make the fleet's homeward journey grueling and perilous.) Campbell, J (Hemry, J) Steadfast $26.95 (Lost Fleet: Beyond the Frontier #4: When two of Geary's lieutenants vanish, the search for them ends at the one spot in space from which all humans have been banned: the moon Europa. Any ship that lands there must stay, or be destroyed. Meanwhile, strains on the Alliance are growing as the Syndics continue to meddle. Ordered to take a small force to the border of Syndic space, Geary finds a mysterious threat that could force the Alliance to its knees.) Campbell, John L. Omega Days $15.00 (Reissue; No one knew where the Omega Virus started, but soon it was everywhere. Within weeks, the world is overrun by the walking dead. Only the quick and the smart, the strong and the determined will survive - for now.) Card, O/Johnston, A Earth Afire $7.99 (First Formic War #2: Victor Delgado beat the alien ship to Earth, but not soon enough to convince skeptical governments there was a threat. When space stations, ships, and colonies go up in sudden flame, only Mazer Rackham and the Mobile Operations Police can move fast enough to meet the threat.) Chan, Kylie Dark Serpent $7.99 (Celestial Battle #1: When Emma's ancestry is revealed, it threatens the harmony of the entire Celestial realm. The demons are gathering, alliances are being made, and the stone Shen are under threat. Xuan Wu must save Emma from the Demon King and give her the elixir of immortality - but at what cost?) Clarke, Cassandra Rose The Wizard's Promise $9.99 (YA; Hanna, apprenticed to fisherman Kolur, has spent her life hearing about the adventures of Ananna the pirate and Naji the assassin. After their boat is swept off course by a storm, Kolur adds a stranger to the crew and sets course, not for home, but for Jadanvar. It seems Kolur has a deadly past, and Hanna's wish for an adventure is about to come dangerously true.) de Pierres, Marianne Peacemaker $7.99 (Virgin Jackson is the senior ranger at Birrimun Park, the world's last natural landscape, overshadowed by a sprawling coastal megacity. Her bosses have brought in Nate Sixkiller to help her catch some drugrunners. When an imaginary animal from her teen years reappears, and dead bodies start piling up, Virgin realizes that something terrible is happening in the park - and she and Nate are standing in its path.) DeCandido, Keith R.A. The Klingon Art of War $25.99 (Star Trek: Passed down from the time of Kahless, 10 precepts have shaped Klingon culture. With this new translation, people from all worlds can harness ancient Klingon wisdom and learn to embody courage, discipline, and honor.) DiTerlizzi, Tony The Battle for WondLa $17.99 (WondLa #3: Kids; Eva Nine has gone into hiding for fear of luring the Loroc to her companions, but when human leader Cadmus Pryde captures the city of Solas, Eva goes action once again. With help from an unlikely ally, she sets out to thwart Loroc's ultimate plan for both humanity and the alien life on Orbona.) Doyle, Tom American Craftsmen $24.99 (Captain Dale Morton and Major Michael Endicott are craftsmen, magician soldiers. After a black-ops mission gone wrong, Dale is cursed by a Persian sorcerer and haunted by his good and evil ancestors. Endicott finds gruesome evidence that the evil Mortons have returned, and that Dale might be one of them. They will discover that the demonic horrors that have corrupted US magic are bound neither by family nor by death itself.) Drake, David The Sea Without a Shore $25.00 (RCN #10: The son of Cinnabar's chief spymaster is determined to search for an ancient treasure in the middle of a civil war on a mining planet; Captain Daniel Leary and cyberspy Adele Mundy will have their hands full keeping the boy safe as they try to end the war.) Egan, Alexa Warrior's Curse $7.99 (Imnada Brotherhood #3: PBO; Summoned to his estranged grandfather's deathbed, Gray de Coursy seizes the opportunity to steal an Imnada relic that may break his fiendish curse; since shaman Alys Swynford's soul is inextricably bound to the relic, he has to steal her, too.) Evans, Erin M. The Adversary $7.99 (Forgotten Realms: Sundering #3: Farideh is thrust into a maelstrom of devilish politics and magical intrigue that will have far-reaching implications for the future of the Forgotten Realms.) Fletcher, Charlie The Oversight $15.00 (Once there were hundreds of members of the Oversight, who guard the borders between the mundane and the magic. Now there are only five. Then a vagabond brings a screaming girl to the Oversight's London headquarters. Will she be their new recruit, or the instrument of their downfall?) Flint, Eric/Spoor, Ryk Portal $7.99 (Boundary #3: Stuck on Europa, Madeline Fathom, Helen Sutter, A.J. Baker and the team must survive lethal radiation, vacuum, and ice hard as steel while they figure out how to make their ship fly again. And Europa has one more surprise waiting for them - which might be the deadliest trap in the solar system.) Fredsti, Dana Plague World $7.99 (Ashley Parker #3: PBO; In San Diego, Ashley and the wild cards learn that a splinter group from their organization is trying to weaponize the zombie plague. Even worse, the plague now spreads without physical contact, and reports of the zombie swarm are coming in from across the world.) Frost, Kimberly Slightly Spellbound $7.99 (Southern Witch #4: PBO; Tammy Jo must decide between a sexy wizard and her sexy ex. Meanwhile, a skeletal creature is spying on her, a fae knight is hunting her, and a new friend has disappeared.) Gaider, David Asunder $8.99 (Dragon Age: Novel based on the game.) Gaiman, Neil et al The Books of Magic $16.99 (Reissue; Full color graphic novel. Collects all 4 issues of the original comic series. Timothy Hunter could be the most powerful magician in the world - but does he really want to be? A series of magicians, sent to help him decide whether or not to embrace his gift, guide him through the magical world.) Garton, Ray Frankenstorm $7.99 (Where do you hide when the forecast calls for Hell?) Gladstone, Max Two Serpents Rise $14.99 (Craft #2: Caleb is dispatched to deal with the shadow demons plaguing the Dresediel Lex reservoir; he discovers that his father - last priest of the old gods and leader of the True Quechal terrorists - is wanted in connection with the attacks on the water supply.) Greenfield, Amy Butler Chantress $9.99 (YA; 1667: When her power to sing magic into the world makes her the most hunted girl in England, Lucy finds sanctuary with the Invisible College. But can she learn the song-spells and harness her power before the nefarious Lord Protector finds her?) Harris, Charlaine Midnight Crossroad $27.95 (Midnight, Texas #1: It's a town with many boarded-up windows and few full-time inhabitants. There's a pawnshop (someone lives in the basement and is seen only at night). There's a diner (people who are just passing through tend not to linger). And there's new resident Manfred Bernardo, who thinks he's found the perfect place to work in private (and who has secrets of his own). Stop at the one traffic light in town, and everything looks normal. Stay awhile, and learn the truth.) Healy, Christopher The Hero's Guide to Storming the Castle $7.99 (Hero's Guide #2: Kids; When the Princes Charming discover that an object of power is in danger of falling into any number of wrong hands, they band together once again to stop it from happening. Magical gemstones, bladejaw eels, a Grey Phantom, and maniacal warlords - it's all in a day's work for the League of Princes.) Hendee, Barb Witches in Red $7.99 (Mist-Torn Witches #2: PBO; Prince Anton sends the witches north to find out what is transforming the men at a silver mine into vicious beasts that slaughter anyone in sight.) Holt, Christopher The Long Road $7.00 (Last Dogs #3: Kids; Max, Rocky, and Gizmo continue south, following the beacons that promise to lead them to their people. As they head into the spooky swampland, can they discover what has driven the humans away?) Hulick, Douglas Sworn in Steel $7.99 (Tale of the Kin #2: Drothe is the newest Gray Prince in the underworld - and he's just been framed for the murder of a fellow crime lord. On the run, Drothe must travel to Djan to find the only person who can clear his name - a friend he betrayed; Autographing at Uncle Hugo's Saturday, May 10, 1-2pm) Jones, Terry Chaucer's Knight: The Portrait of a Medieval Mercenary $19.95 (Fourth edition, featuring new material and research. Jones questions the accepted view of Geoffrey Chaucer's Knight as a paragon of Christian chivalry, and argues that he is in fact no more than a professional mercenary who has spent his life in the service of petty despots and tyrants around the world.) Jury, W/Fine, S Scan $17.99 (YA; As Tate sees it, his father has unreasonably high expectations. Tate finally learns what he's being prepared for when he steals one of his dad's odd inventions and mercenaries ambush the school, killing his father and sending Tate on the run from aliens who look just like humans. Even with all he knows - like how to defend himself with useful tools made out of bubblegum - can Tate keep his father's invention out of alien hands?) Karpyshyn, Drew Children of Fire $15.00 (Chaos Born #1: Gifted by the gods with three magical Talismans, Daemron became corrupted by his power, and allied himself with Chaos. After a titanic battle, he was defeated, the Talismans were lost, and Chaos was sealed off behind the Legacy, a magical barrier the gods sacrificed themselves to create. Now the Legacy is fading. On the other side, the banished Daemron stirs. And on this side, four children are born of suffering and strife, each touched by one aspect of Daemron: wizard, warrior, prophet, king. They will either restore the Legacy, or bring it crashing down, freeing Daemron to wreak havoc upon the mortal world.) Kirkman/Bonansinga The Road to Woodbury $7.99 (Walking Dead Novel #2: The story of the Governor's ruthless conquest of Woodbury, Georgia.) Koch, Gini Alien Collective $7.99 (Alien #9: PBO; With Jeff Martini being wooed as running mate for a presidential candidate, the Diplomatic Corps has to deal with the pressures of a campaign sure to uncover secrets they don't want shared with the world. And Kitty has other worries, too, like the reemergence of an enemy she thought was dead and buried.) Kowal, Mary Robinette Valour and Vanity $25.99 (Glamourist Histories #4: Traveling to Murano to study with glassblowers there, Jane and Vincent's ship is set upon, and they lose everything to the Barbary pirates. One of the gentlemen from the ship is a local banker and arranges for a line of credit and a place to live. When a solicitor arrives at their house and charges them with illegal trespass, Jane and Vincent produce letters from their banking friend, but they are all forgeries - and forged letters have been used to clean out their funds in England. Vincent hatches a reckless plan to get their money back.) London, Alex Proxy $9.99 (YA; As a proxy, Syd is the scapegoat for his patron's crimes. So when Knox crashes a car and kills someone, Syd is sentenced to death. Realizing that the only way to beat the system is to save each other, the boys flee. The ensuing cross- country chase will uncover a secret society of rebels, and shine a blinding light onto a world of those who owe and those who pay.) Mariotte, Jeff Serpents in the Garden $7.99 (Star Trek: News of increasing Klingon presence sends Admiral Kirk on a secret mission back to the planet Neural, where years ago he intervened in a conflict.) Martinez, Michael J. The Enceladus Crisis $15.99 (Daedalus #2: Lt. Cmdr. Shaila Jain finds the first manned mission to Saturn complicated by the Chinese, who are vying for control of Titan. And the moon Enceladus may harbor secrets deep under its icy crusts. After helping destroy the French fleet at the Nile, Thomas Weatherby must chase an escaped French ship to Saturn. And alchemist Andrew Finch discovers the true, horrible reason behind the French invasion of Egypt.) McClellan, Brian The Crimson Campaign $26.00 (Powder Mage #2: Cut off behind Kez lines and drastically outnumbered, Tamas must lead his men through northern Kez and back over the mountains to defend his country from the angry god Kresimir. And in Adro, Inspector Adamat's quest to rescue his wife puts him on the trail of the evil Lord Vetas.) McGuire, Seanan Sparrow Hill Road $16.00 (PBO; Rose Marshall died in 1952, run off the road by a man named Bobby Cross, who had sold his soul to live forever, and intended to use her death to pay the price of his immortality. But he didn't ask Rose what she thought of the idea. All these years later, Rose is still 16, and she's still running.) Mitchell, Sandy The Greater Good $9.99 (Warhammer 40,000: Ciaphas Cain: When the tau attacking Quadravidia call for a ceasefire, Ciaphas Cain expects the worst, and his fears are answered in the form of the dread menace of the tyranids. As a hive fleet approaches, Cain must try to forge an alliance between the Imperium and the tau - but can he truly trust the inscrutable xenos?) Moon, Elizabeth Limits of Power $7.99 (Paladin's Legacy #4: The Eight Kingdoms are under threat. Magical ability is popping up in family after family, even those with no known mage parentage, and some kingdoms are killing everyone in whom powers emerge. And with one very determined traitor intent on undoing any effort at peace, the future hangs in the balance.) Niven/Colebatch/Fox Treasure Planet $15.00 (Man-Kzin: After receiving information and a map from an unlikely source, young Peter Cartwright and his kzinrett friend Marthar find themselves fighting the most ruthless pirates in Known Space for an unimaginable prize.) Norton, Andre Secret of the Stars: Secret of the Lost Race (alternate title: Wolfshead) / Star Hunter $14.00 (Omnibus reprint; 2 sf novels) O'Ryan, Ray Drake Makes a Splash! $4.99 (Galaxy Zack #8: Kids; Zack may be in over his head when he tries to help his friend Drake learn to swim.) Ochse, Weston Grunt Life $7.99 (Task Force Ombra #1: When insect-like aliens invade Earth, establishing secret hives across the planet, the Grunts - men whose business is soldiering - must learn how to defeat a very different kind of enemy.) Patten, E.J. The Legend Thief $7.99 (Hunter Chronicles #2: Kids; The entire Hunters of Legend are coming to Exile with one mission: kill Sky. Sky thought there was only one mission, but now he realizes there is something else afoot. And all those friends that he kept in the dark to keep them safe? He might have to ask them to risk their lives yet again to stop an unspeakable evil from wreaking havoc.) Posey, Jay Morningside Fall $7.99 (Duskwalker #2: Wren, the new governor of the devastated settlement of Morningside, is forced to flee until he and his retinue can determine who can be trusted. They arrive at a border outpost that is infested with a great number of Weir; the creatures harbor a terrible secret that will have consequences for the future of what remains of the world.) Pratchett, Terry Jingo $9.99 (Discworld #21: Reissue; An island rises in the Circle Sea, leading to a dispute over its ownership. Then war is declared after someone tries to murder a Klatchian diplomat in Ankh-Morpork. When hot pursuit of a suspect brings Sam Vimes and the Watch to the desert of Klatch, they find themselves honored, albeit unwilling, guests of the fierce D'regs. Can Vimes bring his suspect to justice? And why is a most unlikely trio from Ankh-Morpork undercover in Klatch, looking for the army's high command?) Pratchett, Terry The Last Continent $9.99 (Discworld #22: Reissue; There's big trouble at Unseen University. A professor is missing - and the one person who can find him is currently stranded on the unfinished down-under continent of Fourecks. As the UU faculty tries to bring him back, inept wizard Rincewind is having troubles of his own, thanks to a pushy mystical kangaroo trickster named Scrappy and a mob of hooligans who are out to hang him.) Pratchett, Terry Carpe Jugulum $9.99 (Discworld #23: Reissue; In a fit of diplomatic thinking, King Verence has invited the Magpyrs, a vampire family, to Lance to celebrate his daughter's birth. And these thoroughly modern vampires plan to stay, with Verence as their puppet ruler. Now it's up to Lancre's witches to sort things out, with a bit of help from the Nac Mac Feegle and Omnian priest Mightily Oats.) Pratchett, Terry The Fifth Elephant $9.99 (Discworld #24: Reissue; When Lord Vetinari makes Sam Vimes head of Ankh-Morpork's delegation to the crowning of the Low King of the Dwarves, an apparently senseless crime in Ankh-Morpork provides clues to the disappearance of an important dwarf artifact in Uberwald. Sam will need all his skills as a copper to uncover a conspiracy.) Rawn, Melanie Thornlost $26.99 (Glass Thorns #3: Cade's theater group is reaching for the highest levels of society and power - but not in the way Cade's aristocratic mother thinks they should. They'll change their world, or die trying.) Robinson/Canavan (ed) Green Planets: Ecology and Science Fiction $27.95 (Nonfiction; exploring the close relationship between sf, ecology, and environmentalism, these essays consider how sf writers have been working through this crisis.) Saulter, Stephanie Gemsigns $26.99 (For years the human race was under attack from a deadly Syndrome, but when a cure was found - in the form of genetically engineered human beings, Gems - the line between survival and ethics was radically altered. Now the Gems are fighting for their freedom.) Scott, M.J. Fire Kin $7.99 (Half-Light City #4: PBO; The vampire Blood and the shape-shifting Beast Kind seek to seize control now that the treaty is broken. Desperate for help, the humans seek aid from Ahasharic, a powerful Fae, and his mercenary army. Thirty years ago, Ash was exiled by the Veiled Queen, leaving Bryony behind. Now they will have to join forces to save the city.) Sebold, Gaie Shanghai Sparrow $7.99 (In Victorian London, where poverty and glittering etheric inventions exist side by side, young Eveline is a thief and con-artist. Caught in an act of deception, she is offered a choice: transportation, or an education at a school for female spies and a place in Her Majesty's Service.) Shannon, Samantha The Bone Season $17.00 (2059: In London's criminal underworld, Paige gathers information by breaking into others' minds. Arrested and sent to the voyant prison in Oxford - which is controlled by the Rephaim, an otherworldly race that uses voyants as soldiers in their army - Paige will have to learn something of the mind and motives of her Rephaite keeper if she wants to regain her freedom.) Silverberg, Robert Science Fiction 101 (original title: Robert Silverberg's Worlds of Wonder) $16.00 (Reissue; 13 classic sf stories plus Silverberg's essays about how each inspired him and taught him to write.) Sladek, John The Reproductive System (alternate title: Mechasm) / The Muller-Fokker Effect / Tik-Tok $29.95 (Omnibus reprint; 3 darkly satirical classic sf novels) Smith, E.E. 'Doc' The Skylark of Space / Skylark Three / Skylark of Valeron / Skylark DuQuesne $29.95 (Omnibus reprint; 4 classic space opera novels) Stackpole, Michael A. Vol'jin: Shadows of the Horde $7.99 (World of Warcraft: Novel based on the game.) Stephens, James The Crock of Gold $15.95 (Reissue; A classic humorous fairytale for adults, set in a world peopled by policeman, philosophers, tinkers, leprechauns, and a very wise salmon.) Swann, S. Andrew Dragon Princess $7.99 (PBO; Frank's last heist didn't go as planned, and a kingdom of cultists would like him dead. Court wizard Elhared the Unwise will deal with the cultists, if Frank will rescue Princess Lucille from a dragon. One explosion of misapplied magic later, Frank's mind is in Lucille's body, and Lucille's mind is in the dragon's body. The two must pair up and face off against thugs, knights, slavers, a wicked queen, and a dark lord's hordes.) Tan, Shaun Rules of Summer $18.99 (Kids; Full color picture book. Never break the rules - especially if you don't understand them. Even if they feel completely arbitrary. Even if your older brother seems to be making them up. Fantastical consequences ensue if you do.) Trenholm, Hayden(ed) Strange Bedfellows $16.95 (Anthology; sf stories with political themes.) Tubb, E.C. Extra Man (alternate title: Fifty Days to Doom) / The Space-Born / Fires of Satan $29.95 (Omnibus reprint; reprints 2 classic sf adventure novels, plus previously unpublished posthumous novel Fires of Satan.) VanderMeer, Jeff Authority $15.00 (Southern Reach #2: PBO; In the wake of the disastrous twelfth expedition to Area X, the Southern Reach is in disarray. From a series of interrogations, a cache of hidden notes, and profoundly troubling video footage, the secrets of Area X begin to reveal themselves, pushing John Rodriguez, the team's newly appointed head, to confront disturbing truths about himself and the agency he serves. And the consequences will spread much further than that.) Vonnegut, Kurt Novels 1976-1985: Slapstick / Jailbird / Deadeye Dick / Galapagos $35.00 (Omnibus reprint) Ward, Michael J. The Legion of Shadow $16.95 (DestinyQuest #1: You are an outcast, a renegade with no memory of your past. In seeking to unlock your true identity, you find yourself on a path to redemption: saving the world from the sinister Legion of Shadow.) Weber, David/BuNine House of Steel: The Honorverse Companion $7.99 (Honorverse: An new short Honorverse novel by Weber, plus a compendium of tech, specs, history, and backstory.) Wellington, David Chimera $9.99 (Jim Chapel #1: Seven fugitives - super-soldiers gone rogue - escape from a secret military facility in upstate New York, leaving a trail of bodies in their wake. Seven innocent citizens are targeted for death. Special Forces veteran Jim Chapel is drafted for a desperate mission to stop this lethal force. But are the killers really rogue soldiers, or are they only the tip of a conspiracy?) Willrich, Chris The Silk Map $15.95 (Gaunt & Bone #2: Seeking their son, Persimmon and Imago ally with a bandit who also lost her child to the Scroll of Years. The Great Sage knows a way to reach the Scroll, but there is a price - they must find the worms of the alien Iron Moths. As they search, they tangle with treasure hunters, a blind mystic warrior with a homicidal magic carpet, and a secret society willing to kill to protect the lost paradise where the Moths are found.) Wraight, Chris Scars $16.00 (Warhammer 40,000: Horus Heresy #28: PBO; Jaghatai Khan and his White Scars Legion must choose - the Emperor or Horus?)

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Adams, John Joseph (ed) Dead Man's Hand $15.95 (Anthology; original tales of the US frontier, populated by gunslingers, rattlesnakes, outlaws, aliens, time travelers, and steampunk.) Anderson, K/Peart N Clockwork Angels $14.95 (Companion novel to the newest Rush album; a young man travels across a steampunk world of lost cities, pirates, anarchists, carnivals, and a Watchmaker who imposes precision on daily life.) Asher, Neal Polity Agent $15.99 (Agent Cormac #4: Reissue; When refugees from 800 years in the future gate into the Polity, Cormac learns that the Maker civilization has been destroyed by a pernicious virus known as the Jain technology. This raises questions. Meanwhile an entity called the Legate is distributing pernicious Jain nodes, and a renegade attack ship has encountered something very nasty outside the Polity itself.) Bacon, Lee The Nameless Hero $6.99 (Joshua Dread #2: Kids; Phineas Vex is still alive, and he wants Joshua dead. So Joshua, Sophie, and Milton are glad to be invited to a training program for kids with superpowers. Then they learn they've been chosen to form a superhero team, and are thrust into the media spotlight. What will happen if Joshua's supervillain parents learn that he's the new celebrity superhero?) Baker, Stephen The Boost $24.99 (When Ralf discovers that a software upgrade for the US population's boosts - networked supercomputers invented by Chinese researchers and contained in chips connected to the brains of 99 percent of the world's population - includes an open surveillance gate, he finds himself targeted by a powerful Washington lobbyist.) Ball, Nate Radio Active $4.99 (Alien in My Pocket #3: Kids; Hoping to call off the invasion of Earth, Amp decides to use parts from Zack and Olivia's walkie-talkies to build a quantum radio. But instead of contacting his commanders, he accidentally informs the entire town of his existence. Now Zack and Olivia have to keep their tiny friend from being discovered, and save the planet from invasion panic.) Canavan, Trudi Thief's Magic $20.00 (Millennium's Rule #1: In a world where an industrial revolution is powered by magic, Tyen unearths a sentient book: Vella, a young sorcerer- bookbinder who was transformed into a useful tool. Since then Vella has been collecting information, including a vital clue to the disaster Tyen's world faces. Elsewhere, in an land ruled by priests, Rielle has been taught that to use magic is to steal from the Angels. But she has a talent for it, and there is one willing to teach her, should she dare to risk it. But not everything is as Tyen and Rielle have been raised to believe. Not the nature of magic, not the laws of their lands, not even the people they trust.) Cargill, C. Robert Queen of the Dark Things $26.99 (Word has spread of Colby's deeds, and powerful enemies from the past have resurfaced to exact their revenge. As darkness gathers around the city, Colby is forced to turn for aid to forces even darker than those he once battled.) Clement-Moore, RosemarySpirit and Dust $9.99 (YA; Daisy can speak to the dead - which is why she ends up knocked out and kidnapped. A mob boss wants his missing daughter found. And he has no scruples about using magic - and Daisy - to get what he wants.) Cook, Glen Sung in Blood $15.99 (For centuries, the legendary Protector has kept safe the Crossroad of the World. Now he has been murdered by a stranger. Setting out to find the killer, the Protector's son Rider and his companions must face a merciless sorcerer bent on ruling all of Shasesserre.) Cornell, Paul The Severed Streets $26.99 (Quill's Team #2: Their inquiries into the strange murders of a cabinet minister and the Commisioner of the Metropolitan Police take Quill and his team to the corridors of power at Whitehall, to meetings with MI5, to an auction of objects of power at the Tate Modern, and into London's occult underworld.) Cox, Greg Godzilla $7.99 (Novelization of the 2014 film.) Dalglish, David A Dance of Shadows (original title: Watcher's Blade) $16.00 (Shadowdance #4: When Lord Victor Kane attacks Veldaren, determined to stamp out all corruption, foreign gangs pour in amidst the chaos in an attempt to overthrow the current lords of the underworld. And when a killer begins mutilating thieves, paranoia engulfs the city. Haern knows someone is behind the turmoil, pulling strings. If he doesn't find out who, his beloved city will burn.) Domingue, Ronlyn The Chronicle of Secret Riven $24.00 (Keeper of Tales #2: One thousand years after the conflict known as the Mapmaker's War, her mentor confronts Secret Riven with the truth of her destiny - she must make a choice that is tied to an ancient past.) Epstein, A/Jacobson, A Starbounders $6.99 (Starbounders #1: Kids; Zachary is headed to Indigo 8, a top secret training center where future Starbounders learn the skills needed to protect the galaxy. When a plot to destroy Indigo 8 comes to light, Zachary must get back to Earth fast - before there's no Earth left!) Epstein, A/Jacobson, A Rebellion $16.99 (Starbounders #2: Kids; Zachary has yet to decipher the cryptic warning Professor Olari left him, and it looks like someone is trying to beat him to it. When all the clues point to a conspiracy, Zachary and his friends once again leave Indigo 8 to take matters into their own hands in the far reaches of space.) Gaiman, N/Campbell, H The Art of Neil Gaiman $39.99 (An illustrated look at the artistic inspirations and musings of the best-selling author, based on unprecedented access to his personal notebooks and early work.) Hatke, Ben The Return of Zita the Spacegirl $12.99 (Zita #3: Kids; Full color graphic novel. Zita has saved planets, battled monsters, and wrestled with fame. Now, wrongfully imprisoned on a penitentiary planet, she must plot the galaxy's greatest jailbreak, and stop the warden from carrying out his plan of interstellar domination.) Hoare, Andy Commissar $14.00 (Warhammer 40,000: Imperial Guard: PBO; The disgraced Vostroyan 77th Imperial Guard and their new commissar face a violent uprising on a prison planet.) Johnson, Kij (ed) Nebula Awards Showcase 2014 $18.00 (Anthology; short fiction nominated for the 2013 awards, plus excerpts from the winning novels.) Jones, Darynda Sixth Grave on the Edge $25.99 (Charley Davidson #6: When the official FBI file about Reyes' childhood abduction lands in her lap, Charley decides to go behind her mysterious beau's back and conduct her own investigation. What could go wrong?) Kittredge, Caitlin et al Forest of the Night $9.99 (Coffin Hill #1: Not for kids. Full color graphic novel; collects issues 1-7 of the comic book. 10 years ago, a night of sex, drugs, and witchcraft in the woods left Eve with one friend missing, one in a mental ward - and one who knows Eve is responsible. Now Eve has returned to Coffin Hill, where the darkness she unleashed that night continues to seep through the town.) Lyons/Dembski-Bowden/Sanders Honour Imperialis: Dead Men Walking / Cadian Blood / Redemption Corps $17.50 (Warhammer 40,000: Omnibus reprint) Marmell, Ari Hot Lead, Cold Iron $14.95 (Chicago, 1932: Mick Oberon is a pointy-eared PI packing a wand. 16 years ago, a mobster's daughter was replaced with a changeling; now Mick's been hired to find the real child. The trail leads to the Seelie Court.) McIntosh, Will Defenders $15.00 (PBO; When Earth is invaded by telepathic aliens, humanity responds by creating the defenders. They are perfect warriors, 17 feet tall, knowing and loving nothing but war, their minds closed to the aliens. But what do you do with millions of genetically-engineered warriors once the war is won?) Ming-Yi, Wu The Man with the Compound Eyes $25.95 (Young Atile'i, sent out alone into the Pacific as a sacrifice to the Sea God, happens upon a vast island made of trash. Alice is preparing to commit suicide following the disappearance of her husband and son, until the trash island collides with the Taiwan coast, destroying her home. She meets Atile'i, and they set out to solve the mystery of her lost family.) Modesitt Jr., L.E. Cyador's Heirs $27.99 (Recluce #17: Duke Kiedron's younger son Lerial has talents few suspect: he can harness both Order and Chaos. As war engulfs the fringes of Cigoerne, where Cyador's survivors have settled, his growing mastery is tested to its limits.) Moyer, Jaime Lee Delia's Shadow $15.99 (In the wake of the 1906 earthquake, Delia Martin fled San Francisco, and the many ghosts clamoring for her help. Several years later, a determined specter - just one of a serial killer's many victims - summons her home.) Odyssey, Shawn Thomas The Magician's Tower $7.99 (Oona Crate #2: Kids; Brave souls from all over Dark Street enter the Magician's Tower Contest - an array of dangerous tasks, riddles, and obstacles - in hopes of becoming the first successful contestant. This year, Oona is going to try her luck. As the contest commences, a punchbowl with great magical powers disappears from the carnival surrounding the Magician's Tower. Can Oona find the culprit?) Painter, Kristen House of the Rising Sun $14.00 (Crescent City #1: Augustine lives the perfect life in the Haven city of New Orleans, residing in a Garden District mansion paid for by Olivia Goodwin, who has come to think of him as an adopted son, providing him room and board and whatever else he needs. When Augustine returns home to find Olivia has been attacked by vampires, it's time for revenge - and to take up the mantle of the city's Guardian.) Parkinson, Siobhan Spellbound: Tales of Enchantment from Ancient Ireland $12.99 (Kids; Full color picture book. 7 ancient legends of Ireland, told for younger children.) Sanderson, Brandon The Rithmatist $9.99 (YA; The son of a lowly chalkmaker, Joel can only watch as Rithmatist students learn the magical art that he would do anything to practice. Then students start disappearing from their rooms at night, leaving trails of blood. Assigned to help the professor who is investigating the crimes, Joel and his friend Melody find themselves on the trail of an unexpected discovery, one that will change Rithmatics, and their world, forever.) Scott, C/Wright, M The Quotable Doctor Who: Wise Words from Across Time and Space $19.99 (A collection of smart, strange, and mysterious quotes from all five decades of the TV series.) Strahan, Jonathan (ed) The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 8 $19.99 (PBO; Anthology; some of the best stories of 2013) Walton, Jo My Real Children $25.99 (Patricia Cowan is very old, and remembers things that don't seem possible. Her childhood, her years at Oxford - those are solid. But after that? She remembers marrying Mark and having four children - and not marrying Mark and raising three children with Bee. She remembers the bomb that killed President Kennedy in 1963 - and Kennedy in 1964, declining to run again after nukes took out Miami and Kiev. And the moon outside her window: does it host a benign research station, or a command post bristling with nuclear missiles?)

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Apothecary and healer Sabin de Gifford is troubled after examining the body, and turns to fellow healer Meggie, Sir Josse d'Acquin's daughter, for help. Was the death natural, or did the man's reluctant new wife have a hand in it?) Collins, Paul Duel with the Devil $26.00 (Edgar Award finalist. Nonfiction. Manhattan, 1799: When Quaker Elma Sands was found murdered, suspicion fell on one of her suitors, carpenter Levi Weeks. Bitter rivals Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr teamed up to defend him.) Daniel, John M. Hooperman $14.95 (1972: Hooperman Johnson works as a bookstore cop, catching shoplifters in the act. It's a difficult job for a man with a stammer, but somebody's got to do it, because Maxwell's Books is getting ripped off big-time. And, more and more, it looks like the thief works for the store.) Davidson, John P. The Obedient Assassin $24.95 (Novel based on a true story. 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Gray, Alex A Small Weeping $16.95 (Lorimer #2: Reissue; When the body of a prostitute is found, her hands placed as if in prayer, psychologist Solomon Brightman is called to assist DCI Lorimer in the murder hunt. When a nurse's corpse is found, carefully arranged, and then a third body turns up, it seems increasingly clear that they have a serial killer on their hands.) Gray, Alex Shadows of Sounds $16.95 (Lorimer #3: Reissue; When the leader of the Glasgow Orchestra is murdered in his dressing room, DCI Lorimer and psychologist Solomon Brightman investigate, uncovering a tangle of relationships between orchestra members. But did the dead man's dalliances really incite murder?) Hayder, Mo The Devil of Nanking (alternate title: Tokyo) $14.00 (Reissue; The search for rare film footage shot during the 1937 Nanking Massacre brings Grey, obsessed with a past she cannot understand, to Tokyo. An elderly yakuza might be the key to the answers Grey seeks.) Hendricks, G/Lindsay, T The Third Rule of Ten $14.95 (Tenzing Norbu #3: PBO; When a housekeeper goes missing, the investigation leads Ten down a dangerous path littered with bodies, untraceable prescription drugs, and human organ trafficking, to the shocking realization that the criminal behind it all is Chaco Morales - who slipped through Ten's hands once before.) Hone, Joseph Goodbye Again $14.99 (His mother's death leads painter Ben Contini into the world of underground art dealings. How did the widow of an Italian refugee wind up with a Modigliani in her attic?) Joel, Maggie The Past and Other Lies $14.95 (Nothing poisons the present like lies from the past. Charlotte and Jennifer have a history of amusing misunderstandings about attempted suicide. Their granny Bertha is wrapped in memories of 1920s London, when she and her sister brought new meaning to betrayal. 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Kate is shocked when her daughter's exclusive Brooklyn school tells her that Amelia has been caught cheating, and devastated when she arrives at the school and is told that Amelia is dead after jumping off the roof. An anonymous text - Amelia didn't jump - sends Kate to Amelia's emails, texts, and Facebook posts to get to the truth.) Nadel, Barbara Death by Design $12.95 (Inspector Ikmen #12: Reissue; Documents found in an Istanbul factory point to a terrorist attack in London. Ikmen goes undercover in the North London Turkish community, but what he uncovers there is certainly not what his British colleagues were expecting.) Redmann, J.M. The Shoal of Time $16.95 (Micky Knight #8: PBO; PI Micky Knight agrees to give a visiting team of investigators a tour of the underside of New Orleans; when it turns into a risky game of cat and mouse, she winds up caught between them and the human traffickers they're after.) Sakey, Marcus Brilliance $14.95 (Edgar Award finalist. Federal agent Nick Cooper is a brilliant, whose special gifts render him exceptional at hunting terrorists. His latest target is a brilliant drenched in blood and intent on provoking civil war. But to catch him, Cooper will have to violate everything he believes in - and betray his own kind.) Shaffer/Barrows The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society $15.00 (January 1946: London writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale - told in letters by various people - of the island of Guernsey during the brutal Nazi occupation and just after the war ends.) Sobol, Donald J. Encyclopedia Brown and the Case of the Soccer Scheme $4.99 (Encyclopedia Brown #28: The boy detective takes on the case of the African killfish, a library vandal, and eight more cases - can you solve the mysteries with him?) 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Tingle, Tim House of Purple Cedar $16.95 (PBO; Skullyville, a once-thriving Choctaw community, was destroyed by land-grabbers, culminating in the 1896 arson of a school. Twenty Choctaw girls died, but Rose escaped. Now she tells her tale of growing up in Indian Territory, a world where backwoods spiritualism and Bible- thumping Christianity mix with bad guys, and shape-shifting panthers render justice.) Tope, Rebecca The Windermere Witness $16.95 (Lake District #1: Mark Baxter, a young man from a wealthy family, has been murdered at his sister's wedding. Florist Simmy Brown was one of the last people to talk with him, and becomes further entangled in the case when she witnesses another killing.) Wilcox, John Starshine $16.95 (1914: British forces are trying to hold off the Germans in France. Jim Hickman and Bertie Murphy are plunged into this nightmare. Jim receives honor after honor, while Bertie sinks into depression. Back home, the girl they both love will have to choose between them - if they ever come back alive.)

Early March

Aitcheson, James Sworn Sword $14.99 (Tancred #1: 1069: On a march into Northumbria, the Normans are ambushed at Durham. Determined to exact vengeance for his lord's death, ambitious knight Tancred uncovers a plot that harks back to the Battle of Hastings.) Andrews, Donna The Hen of the Baskervilles $7.99 (Meg Langslow #15: When her friend Molly's unfaithful husband turns up murdered at the Caerphilly fair, Meg sets out to find the killer and clear her friend's name.) Atkins, Ace The Broken Places $16.00 (Quinn Colson #3: Sheriff Quinn Colson has to cope when an infamous murderer is released from prison. The victim's family is intent on revenge, and the gang who helped the killer on his last armored car robbery has broken out of prison, figuring he's headed for the hidden loot.) Bain, D/Fletcher, J Prescription for Murder $7.99 (Murder, She Wrote #39: Jessica's latest book tour takes her to Tampa; festivities at a doctor's lavish home come to a halt when her host dies, apparently struck by lightning.) Barrett, Jackie The Haunting of the Gemini $9.99 (PBO; Nonfiction; Psychic medium Barrett's account of her connection with the spirit of one of the Zodiac Killer's victims, and with Zodiac Killer Eddie Seda; in exclusive letters, drawings, and recorded telephone conversations from prison, Eddie divulges things that have never been made public, including how he killed and why.) Beaton, M.C. Death of Yesterday $8.00 (Hamish Macbeth #29: Sergeant Hamish Macbeth has a crime to investigate, but the only known witness is dead.) Beaton, M.C. Death of a Policeman $25.00 (Hamish Macbeth #30: Local police stations all over the Highlands are being threatened with closure; DCI Blair sends keen young officer Cyril Sessions to monitor what Sgt. Macbeth does every day. Hamish is prepared to insure that Cyril returns with a full report, but finds himself prime suspect when Cyril is killed.) Black, Cara Murder in Pigalle $27.95 (Aimee Leduc #14: 1998: Pregnant PI Aimee Leduc is doing computer security work and avoiding dangerous cases. But with a serial rapist targeting teenage girls, when a cafe owner comes to her for help when his daughter disappears, Aimee can't say no.) Blair, Peggy The Poisoned Pawn $16.00 (Ramirez #2: After being cleared in the death of a young boy in Cuba, detective Mike Ellis returns home to discover he's a suspect in his estranged wife's death. And Inspector Ramirez is dispatched to Ottawa to take custody of a Cuban priest apprehended with child pornography.) Bolton, S.J. Lost $16.99 (Lacey Flint #3: Police detective Lacey Flint is on leave, but when a killer targets children in her neighborhood, putting her young neighbor Barney at risk, she has to get involved.) 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Sherlock Holmes and Shadwell Rafferty play crucial roles in the unraveling of the case; Signed copies expected) Mina, Denise The Red Road $26.00 (Alex Morrow #4: Police detective Alex Morrow is serving as a witness in an arms dealer's trial, where the case hinges on his fingerprints found on the guns he sells. When the investigation leads to a privileged Scottish lawyer who's expecting to be assassinated after a money laundering scheme goes bad, and a woman who's spying on the people who put her in jail, Morrow has her hands full.) Ohlsson, Kristina The Disappeared $25.00 (Frederika Bergman #3: Bergman and her team investigate when bodies are found buried in a forest glade in a Stockholm suburb. With the killer still at large, whose body will turn up next?) Oswald, James Natural Causes $13.95 (Tony McLean #1: A victim's mutilated body, carefully arranged, is discovered in a room that has lain sealed for 60 years. 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And three mutilation murders are keeping Cross so busy that he hasn't noticed he's being stalked.) Patterson, James Nevermore $10.00 (Maximum Ride #8: Kids; The two biggest threats that humankind has ever known are combining forces in a plot to destroy the world, and it's up to Max and the Flock to stop them.) Pendleton, Don (creator) Amazon Impunity $5.99 (Executioner #424: PBO; In Brazil to take down a drug lord, Bolan is caught in a deadly game of cat and mouse with cartel soldiers.) Pendleton, Don (creator) Terror Ballot $6.99 (SuperBolan #164: PBO; When France's presidential elections are hijacked by terrorists, fueling anti-foreigner extremists, Mack Bolan answers the call of duty.) Persson, Leif G.W. Free Falling, As If in a Dream $27.95 (Fall of the Welfare State #3: 2007: With retirement approaching, Lars Martin Johansson puts together a trusted team and reopens the files on the unsolved murder of Prime Minister Olof Palme. 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Before Felix, Captain of the Palace Guard, can begin to hunt for it, someone deposits a corpse at his house. It seems half the city wants to possess the relic, see Felix dead, or both. As he fights for survival, unsure who his enemies are, or even if they are human, the exiled John lends a hand from afar.) Robb, J.D. Thankless in Death $7.99 (Eve Dallas #38: Lt. Eve Dallas investigates the brutal slayings of a couple; the evidence points to their adult son. Now, with the money he's stolen and a long list of grievances, he's planning to make his mark on the world.) Robertson, Michael The Baker Street Translation $15.99 (Heath Brothers #3: Robert Buxton, Reggie Heath's rival for the love of Laura Rankin, has gone missing. Reggie must suss things out before an upcoming royal event. If he doesn't, something very bad will happen to everyone at the event - and to Laura.) Robinson, Gina Love Another Day $7.99 (Agent Ex #5: PBO; After years working on CIA cover stories and logistics, Mal has been wanting to try some fieldwork, but posing as her ex's girlfriend? Hardly a dream assignment. Especially when his mission is to seduce an enemy agent.) Robinson, Jeremy Island 731 $7.99 (A research vessel battered by a raging storm ends up at Island 731, the former home of Japan's World War II human experimentation program. Only the program was never decommissioned - and crew members are starting to disappear.) Robinson, Peter Watching the Dark $14.99 (Alan Banks #20: When a DI is murdered and compromising photos are found in his room, DCI Banks finds a link that takes him to Estonia to search for the truth about an English girl's disappearance there 6 years ago. Back in Eastvale, other clues lead DI Cabbot to a migrant labor scam involving corrupt bureaucrats and a loan shark.) Russell, S. Thomas Take, Burn or Destroy (UK title: A Ship of War) $17.00 (Charles Hayden #3: 1794: Ordered to destroy a French frigate sailing from Le Havre and gather intelligence from a royalist spy, Hayden learns of French plans to invade England. The enemy is lying in wait as they attempt to return to Portsmouth to give warning, and a dangerous chase out into the Atlantic sends them into the clutches of a French squadron.) Ryan, Annelise Board Stiff $7.99 (Mattie Winston #5: PBO; Wisconsin deputy coroner Mattie Winston investigates the death of a nursing home board member; rumor has it he was offing residents who cost him too much.) Sax, Elise Love Game $7.99 (Gladie Burger #3: PBO; Luanda, a so-called psychic, is pilfering matchmaking clients. Granny Zelda wants Gladie to prove Luanda is a fake, but Gladie's attention is diverted when the murder of a local real estate flipper is followed by an attempt on Luanda's life.) Saylor, Steven Raiders of the Nile $26.99 (Roma sub Rosa Prequel #2: Alexandria, 88 BCE: Needing a way to ransom his kidnapped slave Bethesda, 22-year-old Gordianus finds himself involved in a raid to steal the golden sarcophagus of Alexander the Great.) Spindler, Erica Justice for Sara $7.99 (Ten years after her sister's murder, an anonymous letter brings Kat back to her Louisiana hometown to search for justice. In a place filled with suspicion and secrets, she has only one ally, Sergeant Luke Tanner.) Stein, Triss Brooklyn Graves $14.95 (Erica Donato #2: When a family man without an enemy in the world is murdered, Erica's friendship with his family compels her to help. Soon secrets begin to emerge in unexpected places - too many people have hidden histories and hidden agendas.) Stevens, Taylor The Doll $14.00 (Vanessa Munroe #3: Munroe goes up against a human trafficking ring run by a shadowy figure known as the Doll Maker.) Strukul, Matteo The Ballad of Mila $7.99 (Mila Zago Novel #1: Novel based on the Italian comic book series. Traumatized in her youth, her father killed before her eyes, bounty hunter Mila Zago plans to cut the Mafia down to size - one limb at a time.) Swanson, Denise Dead Between the Lines $7.99 (Dime Store #3: PBO; To keep the store in the black, Dev hosts local clubs, including a book club. Which leads to Dev doing some sleuthing when a visiting poet turns up dead outside the store.) Tanenbaum, Robert K. Tragic $9.99 (Butch Karp #25: Union leader Charlie Vitelli has clawed his way to the top. When rival Vince Carlotta accuses Vitelli of embezzlement and election rigging, then turns up dead, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that Vitelli is involved. But DA Butch Karp may die trying to prove it in court.) Thoft, Ingrid Loyalty $9.99 (In a family of high-powered lawyers, Fina is a law school dropout who works as the family firm's PI. When her sister-in-law disappears, she is caught up in a case unlike any she's worked before.) Thompson, James Helsinki Blood $15.00 (Kari Vaara #4: Kari Vaara is approached by an Estonian woman who begs him to find her daughter, a young woman with Down syndrome who was promised work and a better life in Finland, and has since disappeared.) Thomson, Keith Seven Grams of Lead $7.99 (PBO; A Capitol Hill staffer has contacted journalist Russ Thornton, wanting to disclose some government secrets. When she's gunned down before his eyes, Thornton finds himself in a deadly game with the killer. The stakes are life and death and the technology so sophisticated that he wouldn't believe it existed - if it weren't implanted in his own head.) Walker, Martin The Resistance Man $25.95 (Bruno #6: A veteran of the Resistance dies, leaving behind documents that connect him to a train robbery. A former British spymaster's estate is burglarized. A home is broken into just as the owner is finishing a book on France's nuclear weapons program. An antiques dealer is found murdered, and his former lover, the number one suspect, is on the run. As police chief Bruno investigates, he begins to suspect the crimes are somehow linked; in this part of France, the past is never really past.) White, Randy Wayne Bone Deep $26.95 (Doc Ford #21: When a Crow Indian acquaintance asks Tomlinson to help recover a stolen relic, Doc Ford is happy to tag along. The search takes them to Central Florida's Bone Valley, where neither the black marketeers nor the phosphate strip-miners tolerate nosy outsiders.)

Mid March

Berk, Josh Strike Three, You're Dead $6.99 (Lenny & the Mikes #1: Kids; Edgar Award finalist. When a young pitcher drops dead on the mound at a Phillies game, the verdict is heart attack. But Lenny suspects there's more going on, so he and his best friends Mike and Other Mike set out to investigate.) Betto, Frei Hotel Brasil $14.95 (At a family hotel in Rio de Janeiro, residents are being murdered and decapitated, but the police are finding few leads or clues worth pursuing.) Bonner, Brynn Death in Reel Time $15.00 (Family History #2: PBO; Sophreena and Esme expect to have an easy time tracing Olivia Clement's family tree. But after Olivia's son-in-law is murdered, as they try to find out more about the 1940s disappearance of Olivia's father, they discover that the events of the past are shedding light on the present.) Box, C.J. Stone Cold $26.95 (Joe Pickett #14: Everything about the man is a mystery: the massive ranch, the women who live with him, the secret philanthropies, the private airstrip, the sudden disappearances. And the persistent rumors that the man's wealth comes from killing people. Assigned by the governor to find out the truth, Joe Pickett discovers a lot more than he bargained for.) Caspary, Vera The Man Who Loved His Wife $13.95 (Reissue; When Fletcher marries a younger woman, he can't imagine a more passionate union. Then an illness destroys his confidence, and all he can picture is her next affair. He keeps a diary of his fantasized suspicions, making his impending suicide look like murder.) Clark, Mary Higgins Daddy's Gone a Hunting $7.99 (A dark secret from a family's past threatens the lives of sisters Kate and Hannah Connelly.) Coben, Harlan Missing You $27.95 (When she finds an old flame's profile on an online dating site, NYPD detective Kat Donovan contacts him. But her romantic hopes darken into suspicion and terror as a conspiracy comes to light that preys upon the most vulnerable, and the body count rises.) Cornwell, Bernard Agincourt audiobook $19.99 (Unabridged. The soldiers of Henry V, facing disease, hunger, and formidable weather, rally around longbowman Nicholas Hook, who in spite of his outlaw status fights for his country and the woman he loves.) Davidson, Hilary Evil in All Its Disguises $15.99 (Lily Moore #3: On a press trip to an Acapulco resort, a deadly trap is set - and travel journalist Lily Moore is the bait.) Edwardson, Ake Room No. 10 $15.99 (Erik Winter #7: A woman is found hanged in a Gothenburg hotel room, leaving behind a puzzling note. As he works the case, Inspector Winter recalls that one of his first cases concerned a young woman who disappeared from the same hotel room. He becomes convinced that the missing woman was also murdered - possibly by the same killer.) Estleman, Loren D. Don't Look for Me $26.99 (Amos Walker #23: First a woman is missing, then bodies start showing up. PI Amos Walker is up to his neck in dames, drugs, and murder - again.) Ford, Jamie Songs of Willow Frost $15.00 (After glimpsing an actress onscreen, 12-year-old William Eng is convinced she is his mother. He and his friend Charlotte escape from their orphanage to search for her; they must survive on the streets of Depression-era Seattle as they confront the mysteries of William's past and his connection to film star Willow Frost.) Gee, Poppy Bay of Fires $15.00 (A holiday visit to her parent's tiny Tasmanian town is shattered when Sarah finds a young woman's body on the shore. A year earlier, another woman went missing, and hasn't been seen since. Is there a killer in this quiet harbor?) George, Elizabeth The Edge of the Water $18.99 (Becca King #2: YA; Still on the run from her criminal stepfather, Becca is living in a secret location that even her boyfriend Derric doesn't know. But strange things are happening on Whidbey Island, and Becca is drawn into the maelstrom as secrets of past and present are revealed and Becca becomes aware of her growing paranormal powers.) Gray, J/Swift, A Furry Towers $12.95 (Guinea Pigs Online #2: Kids; Furry Towers promises the best food and fabulous facilities for guinea pigs, but when Fuzzy and Coco arrive, they find themselves in a smelly old hutch with moldy lettuce to eat. When it becomes clear that something sinister is going on at Furry Towers, can the friends save the day?) Griffiths, Elly A Dying Fall $14.95 (Galloway & Nelson #5: After a colleague is murdered, forensic archeologist Ruth Galloway is invited to Lancashire to examine the bones he found. But the campus is living in fear of a right-wing group, and the bones have vanished. Who is willing to kill to keep the bones a secret? DCI Nelson is drawn into the investigation.) Griffiths, Elly The Outcast Dead $27.00 (Galloway & Nelson #6: Ruth Galloway's recent dig turned up the body of a Victorian murderess. Now Ruth is the reluctant star of TV series 'Women Who Kill'. Meanwhile, three children have been found dead in their home, and DCI Harry Nelson is sure that the mother is responsible, until another child is abducted and a kidnapper dubbed the Childminder claims responsibility. Is the Childminder behind all the deaths?) Hart, Erin The Book of Killowen $16.00 (Gavin & Maguire #4: MN Book Award finalist. Archaeologist Cormac Maguire and pathologist Nora Gavin are back in the bogs, investigating a 9th-century body found buried in the trunk of a car. Pinned beneath it is the body of a philosopher who disappeared months ago. Both men were viciously murdered, but centuries apart, so how did they end up buried together?) Herron, Mick Slow Horses $9.99 (Slough House #1: A young man is abducted, and his kidnappers threaten to broadcast his beheading live on the Internet. Is the victim who he first appears to be? How are the kidnappers connected with a disgraced journalist? The disgraced MI5 agents of London's Slough House look for answers.) Jia, Mai Decoded $26.00 (An autistic math genius, recruited into a top-secret unit, becomes China's greatest cryptographer, only to discover that the mastermind behind a maddeningly difficult code is his former teacher and friend, now working for an enemy power.) Jungstedt, Mari The Dead of Summer $14.95 (Anders Knutas #5: With Anders Knutas on vacation, assistant commissioner Karin Jacobsson must lead the investigation into the murder of a young father on a Gotland beach.) Leon, Donna The Golden Egg $15.00 (Brunetti #22: To please his wife, Commissario Brunetti investigates the death of a mentally handicapped man who has just died of a sleeping pill overdose. Surprisingly, he finds the man had no birth certificate, no passport - as far as the government is concerned, the man never existed. As secrets unravel, Brunetti suspects an aristocratic family might be connected to the death. But why would anyone want this sweet, simple-minded man dead?) Lescroart, John The Ophelia Cut $9.99 (Dismas Hardy #17: When Brittany is raped by a possessive ex-boyfriend, the man turns up dead within 24 hours. When her father Moses McGuire is arrested for the crime, Dismas Hardy is hired to defend his brother-in-law.) Lutz, Lisa The Next Generation (HC title: The Last Word) $15.00 (Spellmans #6: After Izzy's hostile takeover of Spellman Investigations, Izzy's parents go on strike. Her sister Rae comes back into the family business with questionable motivations. And before long, Izzy finds herself accused of embezzling from a former client.) Lyndon, Robert Imperial Fire $27.00 (The mercenary Vallon is sent by the defeated Byzantine emperor on a secret and near-impossible quest to the distant land of Song Dynasty China, seeking the destructive might of a new weapon: gunpowder.) MacBride, Stuart Close to the Bone $12.99 (Logan McRae #8: Someone's leaving little knots of bones outside DI McRae's house, but he has bigger things to worry about. Rival drug gangs are fighting; two teen lovers are missing; someone's crippling Asian immigrants; and Logan's been lumbered with an ambitious new DS, a mountain of paperwork, and unwelcome attention from his superiors and the local crime boss.) Mackenzie, Jassy Pale Horses $14.95 (Jade de Jong #4: Johannesburg, South Africa: When a woman falls to her death while attempting to parachute off a newly built skyscraper, her partner insists it was no accident, and hires PI Jade de Jong to uncover the truth.) Monday, T.T. The Setup Man $24.95 (Johnny Adcock is an aging Major League pitcher who moonlights as a PI. When a teammate confides that he has a problem with his wife, what sounded like a marriage gone sour quickly turns into a deadly case involving murder, porn, Mexican cartels, and pro-ball intrigue.) Patterson, J/Ellis, D Mistress $16.00 (Ben is a man consumed by his obsessions: movies, motorcycles, presidential trivia, and Diana Hotchkiss, a beautiful woman Ben knows he can never have. When Diana is found dead outside her apartment, Ben is determined to find out what happened to her.) Pavone, Chris The Accident $26.00 (A manuscript full of shocking revelations and disturbing truths puts literary agent Isabel Reed, eager to publish it, on a collision course with veteran CIA station chief Hayden Gray, who will stop at nothing to keep it from seeing the light of day. As they try to outwit each other, the anonymous author watches from afar.) Quartey, Kwei Murder at Cape Three Points $26.95 (Darko Dawson #3: Months ago, a married couple, pillars of their coastal community, were murdered. The rural police have made no headway on the case, so the federal police send DI Darko Dawson to investigate.) Steinhauer, Olen The Cairo Affair $26.99 (At the American embassy in Hungary, minutes after Sophie Kohl confesses to her husband that she had an affair while they were in Cairo, he is shot in the head and killed. Stan Bertolli, a Cairo-based CIA agent, feels his heart skips a beat when he hears the voice of the only woman he ever truly loved, calling to ask why her husband has been assassinated. When the murder of a US diplomat in Hungary sends ripples all the way to Cairo, Egyptian intelligence operative Omar Halawi must follow the fallout wherever it leads. US analyst Jibril Aziz knows more than anyone about a covert operation the CIA rejected. So when it appears someone else has obtained a copy of the blueprints, Jibril alone knows the danger it represents; Signed copies expected) Stevenson, Steve The Eiffel Tower Incident $5.99 (Agatha: Girl of Mystery #5: PBO; Kids; A Russian diplomat's final words send Agatha and Dash through the busy streets of Paris to track down the culprit.) Temple, Peter White Dog $14.95 (Jack Irish #4: Reissue; Ned Kelly Award winner. Jack has a new job, hunting for evidence that might save sculptor Sarah Longmore from a murder rap.) Vachss, Andrew Aftershock $15.95 (The small coastal town seems idyllic. But when the star pitcher of the girls' softball team guns down the most popular boy in school, the shockwaves reverberate far beyond the school's walls. In the wake of the killing, two of the town's newer residents are determined to get to the truth of the incident - and to whatever town secret the shooter is guarding.) Westlake, Donald E. The Comedy Is Finished $7.99 (1977: America is finally getting over the nightmares of Watergate and Vietnam. But not everyone is ready to let go. When radicals kidnap a popular comedian, threatening to kill him unless some of their cohorts are released from prison, the FBI jumps on the case - with bloody consequences.) Williams, Timothy Another Sun $9.99 (Newly assigned to the island of Guadeloupe, French-born judge Anne Marie Laveaud is called in to make a ruling on a seemingly open-and-shut murder case. She must navigate the unfamiliar Caribbean justice system to confirm her suspicions that all is not as it seems.)

Early April

Albert, Susan Wittig Widow's Tears $7.99 (China Bayles #21: While her friend Ruby investigates a supposedly haunted B&B, China walks into a storm of trouble in nearby Pecan Springs when the bank is robbed and a teller is killed. Before she can identify the killers, China is drawn into the mystery of the haunted house, and opens the door on some very real danger.) Albert, Susan Wittig Death Come Quickly $25.95 (China Bayles #22: Karen Prior was involved with a documentary about a 15-year-old murder case, which ended with the suspect's acquittal. When she dies as the result of a mugging, China wonders if the same person could be responsible for both deaths.) Allan, Barbara Antiques Chop $7.99 (Trash 'n' Treasures #7: Brandy and Vivian are starring in a reality TV show based on their adventures with antiques and crime-solving. And what better set than a house that was the site of a decades-old unsolved ax murder? Then the producer turns up dead.) Allen, Beverly Bloom and Doom $7.99 (Bridal Bouquet #1: PBO; Audrey is designing a bouquet for her childhood friend Jenny, who has snagged the town's most eligible bachelor. When he's found dead, sprinkled with bits of bouquet, Jenny is a suspect, and Audrey decides to dig for the truth.) Archer, Connie A Roux of Revenge $7.99 (Soup Lover's #3: PBO; The town is full of itinerant travelers working at the Harvest Festival, and one newcomer seems to take a particular interest in Lucky's young server Janie. Is he stalking her? After a stranger is murdered, and Janie is put in harm's way, Lucky teams up with the travelers to turn up the heat on the killer.) Atherton, Nancy Aunt Dimity and the Lost Prince $14.00 (Aunt Dimity #18: With Aunt Dimity's otherworldly guidance, Lori's search for the true owner of a finely wrought silver sleigh figurine leads her to a tangled web of secrets stretching back to the blood-drenched soil of the Russian Revolution.) Baldacci, David King and Maxwell $16.00 (King & Maxwell #6: Teenager Tyler Wingo asks Sean and Michelle to investigate his soldier father's death. He was reported killed in Afghanistan, but Tyler received a communication from him after his supposed death. The deeper they dig, the more questions they uncover.) Barr, Nevada Destroyer Angel $26.99 (Anna Pigeon #18: Anna's canoe trip in upstate Minnesota goes harrowingly wrong when armed thugs capture her friends.) Bell, Ted Warriors $27.99 (Alex Hawke #8: As the US and China move dangerously close to nuclear war, counterspy Alex Hawke must rescue a kidnapped US scientist.) Blake, Richard The Curse of Babylon $13.95 (Aelric #6: 615 CE: Aelric, the young adventurer from England, now dominates the city of Constantinople. He is pushing forward reforms that are the Roman Empire's only hope of survival. But a vengeful Persian tyrant is preparing a blow to annihilate the Empire.) Bond, Larry Shattered Trident $9.99 (Jerry Mitchell #4: A Chinese attack on a Vietnamese merchant ship starts a war in the western Pacific. To buy the US time to resolve the crisis through diplomacy, Jerry Mitchell's submarine squadron is ordered to interfere with the attacks of both sides in the conflict.) Bourbon, Melissa A Killing Notion $7.99 (Magical Dressmaking #5: PBO; Harlow uses her magical talents to make homecoming dresses for several girls, including her boyfriend's daughter Gracie. When Gracie's date is accused of murder, Harlow must helps Gracie clear the football player's name.) Brightwell, Emily Mrs. Jeffries Pleads the Fifth: Mrs. Jeffries Takes the Cake / Mrs. Jeffries Rocks the Boat / Mrs. Jeffries Weeds the Plot $17.00 (Mrs. Jeffries #13 / #14 / #15: Omnibus reprint; 3 mysteries featuring the sleuthing housekeeper of a Victorian Scotland Yard inspector.) Burton, Jeffrey The Chessman $14.95 (Hidden forces are willing to kill any and all who stand in the way of untold billions. To toss the authorities off track, they borrow the MO of a serial killer who stalked Washington, DC, years ago. A brilliant ruse except for one minor detail: the real killer is not pleased. Former FBI agent Drew Cady finds himself sucked back into the case that almost took his life.) Burton, Mary You're Not Safe $7.99 (PBO; The broken body hanging from a tree in the Texas hill country, the frozen figure huddled in a meat locker. What seem like suicides are far more sinister, and the terror is only beginning.) Calkins, Susanna A Murder at Rosamund's Gate $15.99 (Lucy Campion #1: 17th century England: Lucy Campion's life is an endless round of household chores, until a fellow servant is killed and Lucy's brother is arrested for the crime. Her quest to identify the true murderer takes Lucy into raucous printing shops, secretive gypsy camps, the foul streets of London, and even the bowels of Newgate Prison.) Cameron, Christian Killer of Men $14.95 (Long War #1: As the Greeks begin to flex their muscles against the Persian empire, young Arimnestos finds himself betrayed into slavery by a jealous cousin, and discovers he has a talent that pays well in this new, violent world: he can fight and kill.) Cameron, Christian Tyrant $14.95 (Tyrant #1: Exiled from Athens, Kineas agrees to lead a band of veterans to Olbia, where the Tyrant is offering good money to train the city's cavalry. Kineas and his men find they have stumbled into a deadly maze of intrigue as the Tyrant plots to use them as pawns in his struggle against the dread military might of Macedon.) Camilleri, Andrea Hunting Season $15.00 (In 1880s Vigata, a stranger comes to town to open a pharmacy. Fofo turns out to be the son of a man legendary for having a magic garden stocked with plants that could cure any ailment - a man who was found murdered years ago. Fofo escaped, but has now reappeared, hoping to make his fortune. He soon finds himself mixed up in the dealings of a philandering local marchese intent on producing an heir.) Campbell, Colin Montecito Heights $14.99 (Resurrection Man #2: PBO; Jim Grant is done in Yorkshire. Now he's working off the books in LA, helping a senator's daughter get out of the porn business, and a ring of dirty cops want him dead.) Cannell, Dorothy Murder at Mullings $28.95 (Edward Stodmarsh makes an ill-advised second marriage to the scheming Regina Stapleton, who insists on bringing her family's 'ornamental hermit' to live on the estate. Strange but harmless, thinks housekeeper Florence Norris - until a sudden, violent death occurs.) Carmack, Amanda Murder at Westminster Abbey $7.99 (Kate Haywood #2: PBO; 1559: At Elizabeth's royal court in London, musician Kate Haywood befriends Lady Mary Everley. Mary is very close to Elizabeth, they even resemble each other - which makes Mary's murder all the more chilling. When another redhead is murdered, Kate follows the trail of a killer whose grievance can only be answered with royal blood.) Chapman, Brenda Cold Mourning $14.99 (Stonechild & Rouleau #1: When a wealthy businessman disappears into thin air - with more than enough people wanting him dead - Kala Stonechild is tasked with returning him home. From a First Nations reserve, Stonechild is used to working alone and surviving on her wits. Her new boss, Ottawa police detective Jacques Rouleau, will have his hands full controlling her, his team, and an investigation that keeps threatening to go off track.) Child, Lee Never Go Back $9.99 (Jack Reacher #17: Returning to Virginia, Reacher finds himself drafted back into the Army, facing a case that digs deep into his past.) Clark, Marcia Killer Ambition $8.00 (Rachel Knight #3: When the daughter of a billionaire director is found murdered, LA DA Rachel Knight must face down the murderously ambitious side of Hollywood.) Clark, Mary Higgins I've Got You Under My Skin $26.99 (A new TV series will gather an unsolved murder victim's friends and family, who have lived under suspicion for years. Paid to reenact events on TV, each will have a chance to prove innocence - unless, of course, someone is guilty.) Condon, Matthew The Toe Tag Quintet $16.95 (Five novellas. In his prime, a Sydney detective collared some of the most murderous criminals in Australia. Now he has retired to the Gold Coast - but so have many of the criminals he once pursued. In post-retirement pursuit of justice, he finds himself shot, knocked out, tortured, and thrown from buildings.) Cook, J.J. (Lavene) Death on Eat Street $7.99 (Biscuit Bowl #1: PBO; After buying a used food truck, Zoe Chase is soon dishing out classic Southern food in Mobile, Alabama. When a food truck rival turns up dead inside Zoe's truck, she'll have to find the real killer before she gets burned.) Corby, Gary Sacred Games $15.95 (Nicolaos #3: 460 BCE: Nico's best friend Timodemus is competing at the Olympics in the pankration, a deadly martial art. His only serious rival is Parmonos from Sparta. When Parmonos is found beaten to death, the Judges are sure Timodemus is the killer - who else could have killed such a great fighter? Nico and Diotima have four days to save their friend from a death sentence.) Corris, Peter The Dunbar Case $14.95 (Cliff Hardy #39: PI Cliff Hardy's latest case has him looking for the connection between a famous 19th century shipwreck and a multi- million dollar heist.) Crompton, Richard Hour of the Red God $16.00 (Mollel #1: Nairobi, Kenya, 2007: Detective Mollel, a former Maasai warrior, investigates the brutal murder of a Maasai prostitute.) Cronin, Doreen The First Misadventure $12.99 (Chicken Squad #1: Kids; Meet the Chicken Squad: Dirt, Sugar, Poppy, and Sweetie. Not your typical barnyard puffs of fluff, they are not about to spend their days just pecking chicken feed and chasing bugs - they're too busy solving mysteries.) Daheim, Mary Gone with the Win $7.99 (Bed & Breakfast #28: Someone from Judith's past comes knocking: Ruby's mother was strangled years before, soon after her divorce from Ruby's father, and the killer is still at large. Undaunted, Judith agrees to help Ruby.) Daheim, Mary The Alpine Yeoman $26.00 (Emma Lord #25: When a deputy takes a leave of absence and hightails it out of town, his disappearing act reveals a shocking link to an unidentified corpse that leads journalist Emma Lord and Sheriff Milo Dodge down a dangerous road, revealing a dark secret of one of Alpine's own.) Daniels, Bartholomew Rotten at the Heart $14.99 (London, 1596: Will Shakespeare receives an offer he can't refuse - his patron's son will continue to sponsor the troupe, if Shakespeare can ferret out the person responsible for the patron's mysterious death.) Deaver/Benson (ed) Ice Cold (Mystery Writers of America Presents) $16.00 Trade PB, $25.00 HC (Anthology; original mystery and thriller stories featuring Cold War intrigue.) Delany, Vicki Under Cold Stone $14.95 (Molly Smith #7: A dead body has turned up in the Banff apartment of Paul Keller's estranged son Matt, but Matt is gone. All signs indicate he's escaped into the backcountry. Molly Smith has no intention of meddling in the police investigation, until Matt's girlfriends asks for her help. And Molly is as good in the wilderness as Matt is.) Dickens, Charles Hunted Down: The Detective Stories of Charles Dickens $15.95 (A collection of his detective stories, plus excerpts from his novels in which the men of the law make their mark.) Donoghue, Emma Frog Music $27.00 (Novel based on an unsolved murder. San Francisco, 1876: After Jenny Bonnet is shot dead through the window of a railroad saloon, her friend Blanche Beunon, a French burlesque dancer, will risk everything to bring the murderer to justice.) Doudera, Vicki Deal Killer $14.99 (Darby Farr #5: PBO; Darby arrives in Manhattan to search for a dream property for a client, and for a much-anticipated visit with Miles, only to learn that Miles is a suspect in the murder of a Russian businessman. Darby and Miles set out to find the killer.) Downing, David Masaryk Station $15.95 (John Russell #6: 1948: Berlin is still occupied by the four Allied powers and largely in ruins, entangled in the new Soviet/American Cold War. John Russell works for Stalin's NKVD and the newly created CIA, trying his best to cut himself loose from both before his double-agency is discovered. He and his Soviet liaison Shchepkin search for one piece of intelligence so damning it could silence the wrath of one nation and solicit the protection of the other.) Entwistle, Vaughn The Revenant of Thraxton Hall $25.99 (Doyle's Paranormal Casebooks #1: A medium who has foreseen her own murder at an upcoming seance asks Arthur Conan Doyle to investigate; he turns to his friend Oscar Wilde for help narrowing down the list of potential suspects.) Fabbri, Robert Tribune of Rome $12.95 (Vespasian #1: 26 CE: Young Vespasian heads to Rome, planning to find a patron and join his brother in the army. With the city in turmoil, Vespasian is in over his head, making dangerous enemies and even more dangerous friends. When he finds himself ensnared in a conspiracy against the aging emperor Tiberius, he flees the city to become tribune on the Balkan frontier.) Force, Marie Fatal Justice $7.99 (Sam Holland #2: PBO; The pressure is on to find the killer of a Supreme Court nominee; then a new lead in her father's unsolved shooting puts Sam in danger.) Freeman, Brian The Cold Nowhere $26.99 (Jonathan Stride #6: MN Book Award finalist. 10 years ago, little Catalina Mateo hid under the porch while a knife butchered her mother and a bullet killed her father. Now a rough-sleeping teenager, Catalina arrives at the home of detective Jonathan Stride, pleading for protection. She claims to have narrowly escaped a killer, but Stride's partner Maggie Bei is not convinced.) George, Kathleen A Measure of Blood $14.99 (Richard Christie #7: Maggie Brown's killer has vanished, and her young son Matt is too scared to remember anything. As homicide detective Richard Christie looks for the killer and Maggie's friends fight to keep Matt out of the hands of Child Services, Nadal watches the news and waits. A boy should be with his father.) Golemon, David L. Carpathian $7.99 (Event Group #8: When excavation at the ruins of Jericho unearths the petrified remains of a creature that could not exist, the Event Group gathers to discover the truth behind the Exodus.) Grant, Teresa The Berkeley Square Affair $15.00 (Suzanne & Malcolm Rannoch #4: PBO; A manuscript has been stolen that the head of British intelligence claims could reveal the identity of an English Bonapartist spy - and one of the possibilities is Malcolm's late father. The Rannochs must untangle a mystery that involves Irish rebels, a tragic 16th- century love affair, Lord Byron, and Marie Antoinette.) Graves, Sarah A Bat in the Belfry $7.99 (Home Repair Is Homicide #16: When the body of local teenager Karen Hansen is found in the steeple of the Seaman's Church, and evidence seems to point to one of Sam's friends, Jake and her sleuthing partner Ellie get to work.) Griffin, Paul Burning Blue $9.99 (YA; When the most beautiful girl at a New Jersey high school is splashed with acid on the left side of her perfect face, the world takes notice. But quiet loner Jay Nazarro does more than that - he decides to find out who did it.) Gross, Andrew No Way Back $9.99 (In a moment of weakness, Wendy follows an attractive stranger to his hotel room, where a murder takes place and she's the only witness. Now she's running from rogue federal agents determined to keep her silent. Lauritzia is a devoted nanny, forced into hiding by a deadly past that has caught up with her. These two women join forces and embark on a dangerous odyssey to find the truth.) Gunn, Elizabeth Red Man Down $27.95 (Sarah Burke #5: A man shot by a rookie cop while stealing copper wire turns out to be ex-cop and Red Man Ed Lacey. Sarah and her team delve into Ed's life; after deciding to reopen an investigation into three deaths, they encounter obstacles, particularly from the family. What are they hiding?) Hamrick, Janice Death Rides Again $7.99 (Jocelyn Shore #3: Jocelyn heads to her family's Texas ranch for a reunion. When her cousin Ruby June disappears and then Ruby June's no- good husband turns up dead, the police focus on the family as the most likely suspects; Jocelyn and her cousin Kyla decide to investigate.) Handler, David The Coal Black Asphalt Tomb $25.99 (Berger & Mitry #10: A road project in Dorset's Historic District unearths the body of Lance Paffin, who went missing off his sailboat more than forty years ago. The murder investigation takes Des and Mitch into the dark secrets of Dorset's elite.) Hanley, C.B. The Bloody City $14.95 (Edwin Weaver #2: 1217: The city of Lincoln has been captured by a French army, and the castle is besieged. Edwin Weaver is sent to infiltrate the city, identify the traitors who are helping the French, and return with the information. With the city awash in violence, Edwin must decide what he is willing to do to protect others.) Harlow, Jennifer Werewolf Sings the Blues $14.99 (Midnight Magic #2: PBO; Abducted from a singing gig, Vivian discovers that her werewolf rescuer Jason was sent by the father who abandoned her as a baby. Now they're driving cross-country, on the run from the rival pack that has targeted her.) Harris, Charlaine Dead Ever After $7.99 (Southern Vampire #13: A shocking murder rocks Bon Temps, and Sookie is arrested for the crime. The evidence against her is weak, and she makes bail. Investigating the killing, she'll learn that what passes for truth in Bon Temps is only a convenient lie.) Hayder, Mo Wolf $24.00 (Jack Caffery #7: When a vagrant finds a dog wandering in the woods, with the words 'help us' written on its collar, DI Jack Caffery investigates.) Hirahara, Naomi Murder on Bamboo Lane $7.99 (Ellie Rush #1: PBO; LA bike cop Ellie Rush gets a shock when the first dead body she encounters on the job is that of a former college classmate. When her Aunt Cheryl, highest-ranking Asian-American officer in the LAPD, involves her in the investigation, Ellie faces equal parts help and hindrance from her best friend, her boyfriend, a smoldering detective, and most of her extended family.) Hubbard, Janet Bordeaux: The Bitter Finish $14.95 (Vengeance in the Vineyard #2: While in Bordeaux acting as bodyguard to a famous American wine critic, NYPD detective Max Maguire once again finds herself assisting Olivier Chaumont with a murder investigation.) Jaffarian, Sue Ann Ghost of a Gamble $7.99 (Ghost of Granny Apples #4: PBO; Spiritual medium Emma Whitecastle and the ghost of Granny Apples head for Las Vegas, where a former showgirl is being haunted by a dead hoodlum. When an aging mobster is found dead and the showgirl goes missing, Emma and Granny decide to go all in on finding the killer.) Jardin, Quintin Pray for the Dying $14.95 (Bob Skinner #23: The killing was an expert hit at a public event. The shooters are dead, too, killed at the scene. It's up to Edinburgh Chief Constable Bob Skinner to figure out who sent them.) Jecks, Michael Templar's Acre $14.95 (Knights Templar Prequel: The Holy Land, 1291: After decades of war, the Muslims have pushed back the Crusader forces until only one city remains under Crusader control. Acre must be defended at all costs. Baldwin de Furnshill has just arrived, a frightened boy on the run from a dark past. He has never seen battle, but he has no choice but to stay and fight.) Kava, Alex Stranded $7.99 (Maggie O'Dell #11: FBI special agent Maggie O'Dell and her partner Tully embark on a frantic cross-country effort to stop a serial killer who is targeting truckers and travelers at rest stops.) Kellerman, Faye The Beast $9.99 (Decker & Lazarus #21: Two very different cases lead Peter and Rina to reevaluate everything they hold dear. One case involves Gabe, the troubled boy they've taken into their home. The other, much stranger and darker, is that of a man found dead in his apartment, apparently mauled by his pet tiger.) Kennedy, Elle Midnight Pursuits $7.99 (Killer Instincts #4: PBO; After answering a distress call, soldier-for-hire Ethan Hayes finds himself fighting a powerful new enemy, as well as the passion he feels for master thief Juliet Mason.) Kent, Hannah Burial Rites $15.00 (Novel based on a true story. Iceland, 1829: Charged with the murder of her former master, Agnes is sent to an isolated farm to await execution. As the date approaches, the farmer's wife and daughters learn there is another side to the sensational story of the murder.) Kerr, Philip A Man Without Breath $16.00 (Bernie Gunther #9: 1943: When word reaches Berlin of the Katyn Forest massacre of Polish army officers, Bernie is dispatched to gather proof of Russian complicity in the war crime. But in Smolensk, the truth is as much a victim of war as those dead Polish officers.) Kerr, Philip (P.B.) The Winter Horses $16.99 (Kids; 1941: Max, the caretaker of an animal preserve, must learn to live with the Nazis. He must also learn to keep secrets, for there is a girl hiding in the park. Kalinka has lost everything but her life. Still, she has gained one gift: a relationship with the rare wild Przewalski's horses that wander the preserve. When a Nazi campaign of extermination nearly wipes them out, Kalinka sets out across the frozen Ukrainian forest to save the only two surviving horses - and herself.) Keyes, Marian The Mystery of Mercy Close $16.00 (Walsh Family #5: PI Helen Walsh's dodgy ex offers her a lucrative gig: Wayne Diffney from boyband Laddz has vanished from his house - and the Laddz have a sold-out comeback gig in five days. Playing by her own rules, Helen is drawn into a darkly glamorous world, where increasingly the only person she feels connected to is Wayne, a man she has never even met.) Lakhous, Amara Dispute Over a Very Italian Piglet $15.00 (2006: Turin is being rocked by deadly crimes involving Albanians and Romanians. Is a centuries-old feud to blame, or is the violence related to organized crime? Journalist Enzo Lagana is determined to get to the bottom of this crime wave. But first, he has to settle a thorny issue concerning a small pig belonging to his Nigerian neighbor. Who brought the pig to the neighborhood mosque? And for heaven's sake why?) Laycock, Stuart All the Countries We've Ever Invaded and the Few We Never Got Round To $17.95 (Historian Laycock offers a look at the United Kingdom's imperial past as you've never seen it before.) Lefebure, Molly Murder on the Home Front $14.00 (Nonfiction. Lefebure tells the story of her work as a forensic pathologist's assistant in World War II London.) Leon, Donna Death in a Strange Country $15.00 (Brunetti #2: Reissue; Commissario Guido Brunetti finds himself knee-deep in a toxic waste cover-up with political ties.) Leon, Donna Dressed for Death (UK title: The Anonymous Venetian) $15.00 (Brunetti #3: Reissue; Commissario Guido Brunetti uncovers a connection between a murdered transvestite prostitute,Venice's most renowned institutions, and the underworld.) Leon, Donna Death and Judgment (UK title: A Venetian Reckoning) $15.00 (Brunetti #4: Reissue; A truck crashes and spills a dangerous cargo; a prominent international lawyer is found dead on a train; Commissario Guido Brunetti connects both tragedies to a crime network.) Leon, Donna Blood from a Stone $15.00 (Brunetti #14: Reissue; A Senegalese man who sells counterfeit fashion accessories is killed. What was the penniless foreigner doing with a fortune in diamonds? And why does Commissario Brunetti's boss want him off the case?) Leon, Donna By Its Cover $26.00 (Brunetti #23: Someone has stolen pages out of several rare books at a prestigious Venetian library. Surely the culprit must be the man who requested the volumes, a professor from the US. The problem? The man fled the library earlier, and a check of his credentials proves he doesn't exist. The suspects multiply, and when a seemingly harmless theologian, who had spent years reading at the library, turns up murdered, Commissario Brunetti must question his expectations about what makes a person innocent or guilty; Signed copies expected) Leon, Donna Gondola $26.00 (The story of the quintessential Venetian boat, accompanied by a CD of barcaroles, popular Italian boat songs.) Loupas, Elizabeth The Red Lily Crown $16.00 (PBO; Florence, 1574: The Grand Duke is dying, and the crown will go to Prince Francesco, who is obsessed with alchemy. To save her starving family, Chiara hopes to sell rare alchemical equipment to the prince, but instead finds herself trapped in his household. Seeking a safe path through the labyrinth of Medici intrigue and murder plots, Chiara finds a friend and teacher in alchemist Ruanno. But he has his own dark goals. Can she trust him to keep her secrets, or will he prove to be her most treacherous enemy?) Maitland, Barry The Marx Sisters $14.95 (Brock & Kolla #1: Reissue; New Blood Dagger finalist. Six months ago, a great-granddaughter of Karl Marx - a longtime resident of Jerusalem Lane, a Dickensian section of London inhabited by Eastern European immigrants - was found dead in her apartment. Now one of her sisters has been murdered. Are they victims of realtors looking to redevelop their neighborhood, or were they killed for the politics of another age? DS Kathy Kolla, new to Scotland Yard, has been assigned the case - and notorious curmudgeon DCI David Brock has assigned himself to help her.) Maitland, Barry The Chalon Heads $14.95 (Brock & Kolla #4: Reissue; Ned Kelly Award finalist. Villain turned businessman Sammy Starling - who nearly cost Brock his job years ago, and took at least one good man's life - needs DCI Brock's help when his wife is kidnapped.) Mallock The Cemetery of Swallows $17.00 (One day, Manuel Gemoni travels to the other end of the world to kill an old man in the Dominican Republic. Unable to comprehend why an ordinary family man with no history of violent behavior would go to such lengths to kill a man he didn't even know, Police Commissioner Mallock decides to investigate.) Malvaldi, Marco Game for Five $15.00 (Bar Lume #1: At the Bar Lume, four old-timers and Massimo the barman while away the time theorizing about the murder of a young woman. Everyone in town is thinking that her death had something to do with the world of drug trafficking and dangerous sex that she inhabited. But just to pass the time, the pensioners begin to pull the case to pieces, forcing Massimo into the role of amateur sleuth.) Mason, Jamie Three Graves Full $7.99 (When extraordinary circumstances drive Jason Getty to murder, he buries the body in his backyard, then struggles to come to terms with the reality of his actions. Just when he's finally learning to live with it, a landscaper discovers a body on Jason's property - but it's not the body Jason buried.) Maxwell, Alyssa Murder at the Breakers $15.00 (Gilded Newport #1: PBO; A party at the Vanderbilts' Newport mansion turns deadly when a body falls from a balcony. When her brother Brady is accused of the crime, Emma Cross finds herself embroiled in the investigation.) McDermid, Val Northanger Abbey $25.00 (An updated take on Jane Austen's classic novel about a young woman whose visit to an acquaintance's stately home stirs up her most macabre imaginings.) McKinlay, Jenn Sugar and Iced $7.99 (Cupcake Bakery #6: PBO; A high-strung judge and a pushy stage mom are trying to eliminate Mel and Angie's young friend Lupe from the Sweet Tiara beauty pageant. When the judge winds up dead and Lupe becomes lead suspect, Mel and Angie need to find the real killer) Mofina, Rick Whirlwind $7.99 (Kate Page #1: PBO; As the FBI launches an investigation into the disappearance of an infant in the wake of a tornado, reporter Kate Page uncovers troubling clues to the trail of the woman last seen with the baby, and risks everything in a race to find the truth.) Mugavero, Liz A Biscuit, a Casket $7.99 (Pawsitively Organic #2: PBO; Catering a doggie costume party at a local organic farm gets complicated when the farmer is found dead in his corn maze; can Stan separate the truth from the lies?) O'Donnell, P/Romero, E The Young Mistress: The Young Mistress / Ivory Dancer / Our Friend Maude $19.95 (Modesty Blaise: Reprints classic black & white comic strips featuring three adventures of detective Modesty Blaise and her trusty henchman Willie Garvin.) Palmer, Daniel Stolen $9.99 (When their cut-rate insurance won't cover his wife's treatment, John Bodine steals a customer's identity and files a false claim for Ruby's medication. The plan works perfectly - until the customer contacts John and demands they commit crimes. John assumes it's a sick joke, until people start dying.) Palmer, Michael Political Suicide $9.99 (Looking into the circumstances surrounding the shooting death of a US Representative puts Dr. Lou Welcome in the crosshairs of a conspiracy that extends to the highest level of government.) Pendleton, Don (creator) Patriot Strike $5.99 (Executioner #425: PBO; Investigating the murder of a Texas Ranger, Bolan discovers a group of homegrown terrorists planning to use a dirty bomb to remove Texas from the Union.) Pendleton, Don (creator) Atomic Fracture $6.99 (Stony Man #130: PBO; When a civil war in the Middle east creates a perfect breeding ground for al Qaeda's brand of terror, Phoenix Force goes in to sort things out while Able Team ferrets out a stateside mole.) Pendleton, Don (creator) Death Metal $6.99 (SuperBolan #165: PBO; When rumors spread of a weapons cache in Scandinavia, Bolan is sent to deal with the extremist groups vying to get their hands on the nukes.) Perry, Anne Midnight at Marble Arch $16.00 (Thomas Pitt #28: The horrifying rape and apparent suicide of the wife of a wealthy merchant banker falls outside the new jurisdiction of Special Branch head Thomas Pitt, but so pervasively offensive are the rumors about the victim that Pitt quietly takes a hand in the investigation. And what can be done to avenge another terrible crime, the assault on the teenage daughter of the Portuguese ambassador?) Perry, Anne Death on Blackheath $27.00 (Thomas Pitt #29: 1897: When the local police find evidence at a government official's home of what appears to be an ugly crime - no corpse, but a missing maid and signs of a bloody struggle - Thomas Pitt and the Special Branch are called in to investigate.) Pocalyko, Michael The Navigator $9.99 (A potential trillion-dollar deal for an entirely new global communication system draws a financier, a political aide, and a tech start-up veteran into a web of intrigue and dangerous secrets.) Purser, Ann The Blackwoods Farm Enquiry $7.99 (Ivy Beasley #5: PBO; A reclusive widow hires Ivy and her investigators to look into ghostly visitations at her farmhouse. When the ghost is revealed to be flesh and blood, the widow may be in more trouble than Ivy and her team can handle.) Quirk, Matthew The 500 $8.00 (Mike Ford #1: Thriller winner, Edgar and Anthony finalist. A year ago, fresh out of law school, former con artist Mike Ford landed his dream job. Now he's staring down the barrel of a gun, pursued by two of the world's most dangerous men. To get out, he'll have to do all the things he thought he'd never do again: lie, cheat, steal - and this time, maybe even kill.) Rickman, Phil The Heresy of Dr. Dee $12.95 (Dr. Dee #2: 1560: Queen Elizabeth sends Robert Dudley and Dr. John Dee, astrologer royal and adviser on the Hidden, to Dee's family home on the Welsh Border in pursuit of a crystal credited with supernatural properties. They travel with a London judge sent to try a Welsh brigand with a legacy dating back to the Battle of Brynglas. After the battle, many of the English bodies were, according to legend, obscenely mutilated. Now, on the same haunted hill, another dead man has been found, similarly slashed.) Rindell, Suzanne The Other Typist $16.00 (1920s: A typist for the NYPD, confessions are Rose Baker's job. But while she may hear about shootings, knifings, and crimes of passion, as soon as she leaves the room, she reverts to a proper lady. Until Odalie joins the typing pool, luring Rose into a sparkling underworld of speakeasies, and a simple fascination turns into an obsession from which Rose may never recover.) Robinson, Peter Children of the Revolution $25.99 (Alan Banks #21: The body of a disgraced college lecturer has been found on an abandoned railway line. The man lost his job four years ago, so where did he get the 5000 pounds in his pocket? When the investigation seems to lead back to the 1970s, when the man attended a university known for militant protest, DCI Banks' superior warns him to back off. But Banks isn't about to stop.) Rosenfelt, David Without Warning $25.99 (In her small town's time capsule, Kate Callahan discovers a set of macabre predictions, including a murder and 49 other tragedies, which have been occurring right on schedule for years. Kate and police chief Sean Blaylock race to stop the next predictions from coming true.) Ross, Ann B. Miss Julia Stirs Up Trouble $16.00 (Miss Julia #14: Miss Julia is less than thrilled when Hazel Marie's no-good uncle shows up. What could he possibly want?) Ryan, Sofie (Kelly, Sofie) The Whole Cat and Caboodle $7.99 (Second Chance Cat #1: PBO; At her shop in Maine, Sarah sells items she has refurbished and repurposed; her cat Elvis is a favorite with the clientele. When Sarah's elderly friend Maddie is found with a dead body in her garden, even investigator Nick Elliot thinks Maddie was up to no good. So it's up to Sarah and Elvis to make sure the real killer doesn't get another chance.) Scerbanenco, Giorgio A Private Venus $16.95 (Milan, 1966: Hired to cure a millionaire's alcoholic son, Dr. Duca Lamberti discovers the young man is hiding a terrible secret that links him to a woman's unsolved death - and behind her death is a pornography and prostitution ring.) Scofield, Ted Eat What You Kill $25.99 (A young Wall Street analyst, struggling back from disaster, gets an offer. His new job is to short stocks - bet against the market. But when a stock goes up and he finds himself on the brink of ruin once again, another option presents itself: murder. How far will a man go for money and vengeance?) Seymour, Gerald A Deniable Death $16.99 (Danny Baxter has a talent for surveillance, which is how he ends up on the wrong side of the Iranian border, lying under a merciless sun, observing the house of a bomb maker that MI6 is planning to kill.) Shannon, John Chinese Beverly Hills $14.95 (Jack Liffey #14: PI Jack Liffey's ex-mistress asks for his help finding her missing niece. The hunt leads Liffey to Monterey Park, where he dives into an undercurrent of racial tension that puts the peace of the small suburb in jeopardy.) Silver, Elizabeth L. The Execution of Noa P. Singleton $14.00 (Noa spoke not a word at her brief trial. Now she sits on death row. She is visited by Marlene Dixon, a high-powered Philadelphia attorney and the heartbroken mother of the woman Noa was imprisoned for killing. She tells Noa that she will do everything in her considerable power to convince the governor to commute Noa's sentence - if Noa will finally reveal what led her to commit her crime.) Simenon, Georges The Carter of La Providence (alternate titles: The Crime at Lock 14 / Maigret Meets a Milord) $10.00 (Maigret #2: Reissue; What was the woman doing in a stable, wearing pearl earrings, a stylish bracelet and white buckskin shoes? How was she murdered? And why? And how is it no one heard a thing? These questions lead Maigret into an unfamiliar world of canals, with its rundown cafes, shadowy towpaths, and eccentric inhabitants.) Simenon, Georges The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien (alternate titles: The Crime of Inspector Maigret / Maigret and the Hundred Gibbets) $10.00 (Maigret #4: Reissue; On a trip to Brussels, Maigret unwittingly causes a man's suicide, but his own remorse is overshadowed by the discovery of the sordid events that drove the desperate man to kill himself.) Smith, Denis O. The Mammoth Book of the Lost Chronicles of Sherlock Holmes $13.95 (Collection; more adventures of the Great Detective.) Snicket, Lemony File Under: 13 Suspicious Incidents $12.00 (All the Wrong Questions: Kids; Called upon to investigate thirteen suspicious incidents in Stain'd-By-The-Sea, young Lemony Snicket collects clues, questions witnesses, and cracks every case - join the investigation and tackle the mysteries with him!) St. James, Simone Silence for the Dead $14.00 (PBO; 1919: Portis House is a hospital for shell- shocked soldiers; they suffer from nervous attacks and tormenting dreams. But something more is going on there. The former occupants left abruptly, but where did they go? And why do the patients all seem to share the same horrific nightmare? Nurse Kitty Weekes and inmate Jack Yates search for the truth.) Stevens, Chevy Still Missing $7.99 (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.) Vater, Tom The Man with the Golden Mind $7.99 (Maier #2: 2001: Julia Rendel asks PI Maier to investigate her father's murder - he was killed near a CIA airbase in Laos in 1976. When his client is kidnapped, Maier follows Julia's trail to Vientiane, where he learns his client - and other parties - are searching for a CIA file of Cold War secrets. But the real prize is the file's author, a former US and Vietnamese spy and assassin no one has seen for a quarter century.) Wells, Marcia Mystery on Museum Mile $16.99 (Eddie Red #1: Kids; Sixth-grader Eddie has a photographic memory and a talent for drawing anything he sees. When the NYPD is stumped by an art thief, Eddie becomes their secret weapon, drawing him deeper into Museum Mile and closer to a dangerous criminal group.) Wenger, Christine A Second Helping of Murder $7.99 (Comfort Food #2: PBO; When a cottage resident turns up dead, Trixie suspects the crime might be connected to an unsolved disappearance in the picturesque town's past.) Williams, Charles Confidentially Yours (alternate titles: The Long Saturday Night / Finally, Sunday!) $13.95 (Reissue; In a backwoods town, two early morning shotgun blasts are the sound of Dan Roberts' death. At first glance, the young man killed himself, but suicide victims seldom shoot twice. Roberts was sleeping with John Warren's wife - and he wasn't her only lover. Warren didn't kill Roberts, but the rumors begin to swirl. In a town where every man is a crack shot, shooting a rival isn't murder. It's target practice.) Woods, Stuart Doing Hard Time $9.99 (Stone Barrington #27: Longtime fugitive Teddy Fay's new life in New Mexico is going just fine, until Stone's son rolls into town. And when Stone and Dino Bachetti make their own trip west, the situation might just become explosive.) Woods, Stuart Carnal Curiosity $26.95 (Stone Barrington #29: Stone and Dino are drawn into the world of high-end security and fraud, where Manhattan's elite are made vulnerable by the very systems meant to keep them safe.) Zouroudi, Anne The Lady of Sorrows $25.00 (Hermes Diaktoros #4: A painter is found dead off the coast of a remote Greek island. For detective Hermes Diaktoros, the plot can only thicken: the painter's work, an icon of the Virgin long famed for its miraculous powers, has just been uncovered as a fake. But has the painter died of natural causes or by a wrathful hand?)

Mid April

Atherton, Nancy Aunt Dimity and the Wishing Well $25.95 (Aunt Dimity #19: After Lori laughingly tosses a coin into a garden's old well and makes a wish, she is baffled when the wish seems to come true. The villagers turn out in droves to make wishes of their own, but soon learn that one person's wish is another person's worst nightmare. With the village thrown into chaos, Lori resolves to find out what's really going on.) Baldacci, David The Target $28.00 (Will Robie #3: For a high-risk assignment - to illicitly take down a global menace - the President turns to assassins Will Robie and Jessica Reel. But there are those in power who don't trust the pair, who will do anything to see that the assassins succeed but don't survive.) Barnes, Linda The Perfect Ghost $15.99 (Shy Em Moore is the writing half of a celebrity biography team. Her charismatic partner Teddy does the interviewing and schmoozing. When Teddy dies in a car accident, Em honors his memory by deciding to finish the interviews for their current project with a reclusive film director. But she soon hears whispers of skeletons in the director's closet - and then the police begin looking into Teddy's crash.) Beil, Michael D. Lantern Sam and the Blue Streak Bandits $15.99 (Kids; 1937: Lantern Sam is a wise-cracking talking cat (for those who can hear him) who lives onboard the Lake Erie Shoreliner train. He's also a great detective. He doesn't have much patience for humans, but when 10-year-old traveler Henry can't find his new friend Ellie, and a ransom note is discovered, Sam and Henry are on the case, with the help of Clarence the Conductor.) Blackwood, Gary Curiosity $16.99 (Kids; Philadelphia, 1835: Rufus, a young chess prodigy, is recruited by a shady showman to operate a mechanical chess player called the Turk; audience members and opponents must never realize Rufus is hidden inside the contraption. He fears he may never be able to escape his unscrupulous master. And what happened to the previous operators of the Turk?) Bruen, Ken Merrick $17.99 (A rogue cop, who takes advantage of an exchange program to transfer from the Irish Garda to the NYPD, has a very dark secret.) Calkins, Susanna From the Charred Remains $25.99 (Lucy Campion #2: London, 1666: In the cleanup after the Great Fire, a murder victim's body is found. Lucy Campion, now apprenticed to a printmaker, uses her free time to help the local constable investigate.) Chang, Henry Death Money $25.00 (Jack Yu #4: When the body of an unidentified Asian man is found in the Harlem River, NYPD detective Jack Yu's investigation takes him to Chinatown's restaurants, strip clubs, and gambling establishments.) Cotterill, Colin The Axe Factor $24.99 (Jimm Juree #3: Several local women have left the rural Thai village of Maprao without a word, leaving their possessions behind. These include Dr. Sumlak, who never returned from a conference, and the Thai wife of Conrad Coralbank, an Englishman who writes award-winning crime novels. All of which looks a bit suspicious, especially to Jimm's ex-cop grandfather, who notices Coralbank's interest in Jimm with a very jaundiced eye.) Deaver, Jeffery The Kill Room $15.00 (Lincoln Rhyme #10: When a US citizen is targeted by the US government, and assassinated by an elite sniper in the Bahamas, forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme investigates.) DeMille, Nelson The Panther $10.00 (John Corey #6: Corey and his wife are posted to Yemen to work with a small team tracking down a high-ranking al Qaeda operative.) Flynn, Gillian Gone Girl $15.00 (Edgar Award finalist. Amy, a beautiful, clever, perfectionist, disappears on her wedding anniversary. Her husband Nick, the town's golden boy, parades an endless series of lies, deceits, and inappropriate behavior. Is he a killer? And if he isn't, where is Amy?) Friedman, Daniel Don't Ever Look Back $24.99 (Buck Schatz #2: 88-year-old retired Memphis cop Buck Schatz gets a visit from a man from his past, who offers Buck a tidy sum to do him a favor, giving Buck a chance to close the book on a series of unsolved robberies. Soon, things go downhill. Way downhill.) Gross, Andrew Everything to Lose $26.99 (When the car ahead of her on a back road slams into a tree, a down on her luck single mom stops to help. She finds a dead driver - and a satchel stuffed with money that could keep her special-needs son in school. The impulsive decision she makes entangles her in a murderous conspiracy.) Harvey, Michael The Innocence Game $14.95 (Three Chicago journalism students, invited to participate in an elite class focused on exonerating the falsely accused, find themselves drawn into a web of distrust, deceit, and corruption when someone sends them two chilling clues to the long-ago murder of a young boy.) Hayder, Mo Poppet $15.00 (Jack Caffery #8: After a patient is released from a high-security mental health ward, the staff realizes that he was connected to episodes of self-harm among the ward's patients, and that he was released in error. Will the terrifying little effigies he made provide the clues detective Jack Caffery needs to track down the man before he can kill again?) Herron, Mick Dead Lions $14.95 (Slough House #2: Gold Dagger winner. When a Cold War-era spy is found dead on a bus outside Oxford, far from his usual haunts, the irascible Jackson Lamb is convinced the man was murdered. As the disgraced MI5 agents of Slough House dig into the case, they uncover a tangle of Cold War secrets leading back to Alexander Popov, who is either a Soviet bogeyman, or the most dangerous man in the world.) Holt, Jonathan The Abomination $14.99 (Carnivia #1: Working her first murder case, Venetian Carabiniere Captain Kat Tapo must unravel a dark conspiracy linking the CIA and the Catholic Church.) Huston, Charlie Skinner $16.00 (Skinner founded his career in 'asset protection' on fear. To touch anyone under his protection was to invite destruction. Effective, until his CIA handlers began to fear him as much as his enemies did, and banished him to the hinterlands of the intelligence community. Now an evolving cyber-terrorist attack is about to end that exile.) Hutton, Ewart Dead People $25.99 (Glyn Capaldi #2: In disgrace and exiled to rural Wales, DS Glyn Capaldi investigates when excavation work for a new wind farm turns up a human skeleton - and then more bodies.) Iggulden, Conn The Blood of Gods $16.00 (Emperor #5: Julius Caesar is dead. Though his assassins are cleared of any wrongdoing by the senate, his friend Mark Antony and his heir Octavian burn for justice. They come together to make the murderers pay the blood price for their crime.) Lapidus, Jens Never Fuck Up $16.95 (Stockholm Noir #2: An ex-con agrees to work for a mob boss, a decision he soon regrets. A security contractor home from Iraq decides to put his expertise and appetite for violence to work meting out vigilante justice. A volatile cop, his efforts to investigate a murder suspiciously stymied, goes off the grid in search of answers. Crimes and secrets come to light when these three men's paths intertwine.) Lentricchia, Frank The Dog Killer of Utica $15.95 (Eliot Conte #2: PBO; Eliot has given up the PI life in favor of teaching American literature. Then a Bosnian Muslim student disappears, leaving a trail of texts and emails suggesting a terror plot. And pet dogs are being brutally killed. With the help of cop Catherine Cruz and a teenage hacker, Eliot get back into the PI business.) 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Pflugfelder/Hockensmith Nick and Tesla's Secret Agent Gadget Battle $12.95 (Nick & Tesla #3: Kids; When they discover that someone has placed their Uncle Newt under electronic surveillance, 11-year-old whiz kids Nick and Tesla are determined to find out who is spying on him, and why. Includes instructions for building assorted gadgets.) Potzsch, Oliver The Ludwig Conspiracy $14.95 (Rare book dealer Steve Lukas acquires an encoded diary, written by a confidant of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, who died under suspicious circumstances. Lukas teams up with art detective Sara Lengfeld to investigate Ludwig's fantastical castles, looking for clues to crack the code.) Price, Cate A Dollhouse to Die For $7.99 (Deadly Notions #2: PBO; When local collector Harriet Kunes tries to strong-arm Daisy into selling a dollhouse, and an intruder breaks in and tries to steal it, Daisy comes to suspect that the miniature Victorian holds the key to an unsolved murder.) Rennison, Nick Carver's Quest $12.95 (London, 1870: Amateur archaeologist Adam Carver and his loyal but obdurate retainer Quint find themselves pitched headlong into a mystery involving a lost text in ancient Greek that may reveal the treasure hoard of Philip II of Macedonia.) Robotham, Michael (ed) If I Tell You . . . I'll Have to Kill You $16.95 (Top Australian crime writers share the secrets of their success, their best writing tips, and their favorite must-reads.) Ross, Barbara Boiled Over $7.99 (Maine Clambake #2: PBO; When the townspeople want to pin a murder on the clambake company's new employee, who has disappeared, Julia has to cook up a proper investigation to find the real killer.) Round, Jeffrey Pumpkin Eater $11.99 (Dan Sharp #2: An anonymous tip sends missing persons investigator Dan Sharp to a burned-out slaughterhouse in Toronto's west end, and a grisly find - someone is targeting sex offenders whose identities have been released on the internet.) Sandford, John Silken Prey $9.99 (Lucas Davenport #23: When a political fixer disappears, the clues lead troublingly to the Minneapolis police department, and then to a woman who has very definite ideas about the way the world should work, and the money and ruthlessness to make it happen - no matter who gets in the way.) Sandford, John Field of Prey $28.95 (Lucas Davenport #24: When a cistern in an abandoned farmyard near Red Wing, Minnesota, turns out to hold over a dozen corpses, Lucas Davenport is called in to investigate.) Shaw, Catherine Fatal Inheritance $16.95 (Vanessa #5: 1900: When a brilliant violinist is found dead, leaving behind a cryptic suicide note mentioning a cursed inheritance, Vanessa's investigation leads to the science of genetics, the dead man's equally brilliant grandfather, and long-kept family secrets.) Smith, Mark Allen The Inquisitor $9.99 (Geiger has a gift - he knows a lie when he hears it - which is priceless in his line of work: information retrieval. But when a client demands that he interrogate a 12-year-old boy, Geiger takes the boy to safety, then sets out to discover why the client is so desperate to learn the boy's secret.) Spillane/Collins Complex 90 $7.99 (Mike Hammer: In Moscow with a conservative politician on a fact-finding mission, Hammer is imprisoned by the KGB on a bogus charge, and creates an international incident by getting into a fire fight with Russian agents. A single question dogs him: Why was he singled out to accompany the senator to Russia in the first place?) Story, Jack Trevor The Trouble with Harry $16.95 (Reissue; In a small English town, the body of a man has been found in the woods, and 3 different people think they may be responsible for his death. Sam Marlowe becomes a good-natured sleuth, helping to bury, dig up, and rebury the corpse in an effort to evade the authorities and discover the truth about Harry.) Tafoya, Dennis The Poor Boy's Game $25.99 (Former US Marshal Frannie Mullen must protect herself and her newly-sober sister from the most dangerous criminal she's ever faced - her own father, newly escaped from prison.) Templeton, Aline Evil for Evil $16.95 (Marjory Fleming #7: A skeleton found shackled to the rock in a sea-cave near an isolated Scottish village looks like the relic of some long-ago conflict between rival smuggling gangs - except for the modern watch clasped around the wrist. DI Marjory Fleming investigates.) Thilliez, Franck Syndrome E $16.00 (When an old friend develops a case of spontaneous blindness after watching a rare and violent film from the 1950s, detective Lucie Hennebelle discovers that there are unspeakably heinous subliminal images embedded in the film. When nearly everyone who comes in contact with the film starts turning up dead, she enlists the help of Paris police inspector Franck Sharko, who is exploring the film's connection to five murdered men left in the woods.) Thompson, Victoria Murder in Chelsea $7.99 (Gaslight #15: A woman has inquired after Catherine, the abandoned child Sarah has taken as her daughter, claiming she was Catherine's nursemaid and is acting on behalf of the girl's mother to reunite them. But when Sergeant Frank Malloy tries to verify the woman's identity, he finds she has been murdered.) Thompson, Victoria Murder in Murray Hill $25.95 (Gaslight #16: 1890s NYC: Cop Frank Malloy is assigned to find a missing young woman who had been responding to 'lonely hearts' ads in the newspaper. Her father suspects she has eloped with a stranger, but Malloy knows those who place such ads often do much worse to their victims.) Viets, Elaine Board Stiff $7.99 (Dead-End Job #12: One of Sunny Jim's customers was killed in a paddle boarding mishap, and he's sure it was no accident. Helen and Phil are going to have to work fast to catch the killer before he pulls another victim under.) Viets, Elaine Catnapped! $24.95 (Dead-End Job #13: The one thing Trish Barrymore and her husband Mort can agree on in their bitter divorce is shared cat custody. When Mort is found brained by a cat tower, and their pedigreed show cat goes missing, Trish calls on Helen and Phil. Can they find the feline filcher and save Trish from a murder rap?) Wilde, Tom The Blood of Alexander $24.99 (Jonathan Blake's job is to steal antiquities back from thieves and looters. He's used to dangerous assignments. But when the US government forces him into a mission involving a missing Napoleonic standard, he finds himself in over his head.) Wilson, F. Paul Sibs (alternate title: Sister Night) $17.99 (Reissue; Kara is back in New York City to claim her twin sister Kelly's body, and find out what led to her death. What was behind the perverse, decadent lifestyle Kelly had embraced?)

Mid May

Aspe, Pieter The Square of Revenge $14.95 (Van In #1: After Degroof's jewelry store in Bruges is broken into, Inspector Van In pays little attention to the scrap of paper found in the empty safe, until Degroof's offspring receive letters with the same strange square on them.) Berry, Steve The Lincoln Myth $27.00 (Cotton Malone #9: A call from his former boss pulls Cotton Malone from his Copenhagen bookstore into an adventure involving the history of the Mormon Church, a US Senator's secession plan, and a long-lost letter handed down from president to president until it shocked Abraham Lincoln and changed US history.) Block, Lawrence Borderline $9.95 Trade PB, $23.99 HC (Reissue; A professional gambler. A bored divorcee. A beautiful hitchhiker. A redhead with her own agenda. A killer with a straight razor, on the run from the police. Their lives collide on the border between El Paso, Texas, and Juarez, Mexico - with fatal results.) Castle, Richard Wild Storm $25.99 (Derrick Storm #2: Derrick Storm investigates three suspicious plane crashes where many of the victims were prominent in political, business, and religious circles.) Cook, Thomas H. Fatherhood and Other Stories $14.95 (11 works of short fiction from the acclaimed crime writer.) Deaver, Jeffery The Skin Collector $28.00 (Lincoln Rhyme #11: A new serial killer, inspired by the Bone Collector, is on the loose. Rhyme must untangle a twisted web of clues before the killer targets more victims - or Rhyme himself.) Dennison, Hannah Murder at Honeychurch Hall $24.99 (Kat Stanford is surprised when her mother Iris unexpectedly purchases a carriage house near Honeychurch Hall - and even more surprised to learn that Iris has been penning popular romance novels. The gentry and servants at the Hall regard the newcomers with suspicion. When the nanny goes missing, the housekeeper ends up dead, and Iris is accused of murder, Kat realizes she hardly knows her mother at all, and wonders if she is indeed guilty.) DuBois, Brendan Fatal Harbor $25.95 (Lewis Cole #8: When a violent anti-nuke demonstration puts police detective Diane Woods in a coma, Cole abandons his job to find the man who nearly killed his friend.) Gibson, Gregory The Old Turk's Load $15.00 (1967: When a five million dollar shipment of heroin disappears, crime lord Angelo DiNoto isn't the only one willing to turn over every rock (and bust some heads, arms, legs, etc.) to locate it.) Gran, Sara Claire DeWitt and the Bohemian Highway $14.95 (Claire DeWitt #2: Claire investigates the robbery that led to the death of her ex-boyfriend, a popular musician in the San Francisco scene.) Grecian, Alex The Devil's Workshop $26.95 (Murder Squad #3: London, 1890: When four vicious murderers escape from prison, Walter Day, Nevil Hammersmith, and the rest of the Murder Squad must hunt them down before they can resume their bloody sprees. And another, uncaught killer is prepared to join forces with them - Jack the Ripper.) Hale, Bruce Playing with Fire $6.99 (School for S.P.I.E.S. #1: Kids; Juvenile delinquent and budding pyromaniac Max Segredo ends up on the very heavily guarded doorstep of Merry Sunshine Orphanage, where he learns a few things: first, cracking a cipher isn't as hard as it seems; second, never sass your instructor if she's holding throwing knives; and third, he may not be an orphan after all. Max and the rest of the students are sent on a mission to keep a dangerous weapon out of the hands of LOTUS, an international group bent on world domination.) Hill, Antonio The Summer of Dead Toys $15.00 (Salgado #1: Inspector Hector Salgado, an Argentine living in Barcelona, is assigned to a routine accidental death: a college student's fall from a balcony in a ritzy neighborhoods. Salgado discovers the death was not simple, and drugs might be involved. The trail will lead him deep into the underbelly of Barcelona's high society.) Hunter, Stephen Sniper's Honor $27.99 (Bob Lee Swagger #9: Swagger uncovers why WWII's greatest sniper was erased from history - and why her disappearance still matters today.) Johnson, Craig Any Other Name $26.95 (Walt Longmire #10: Gerald Holman is dead, and Lucian wants to know what drove his old friend to take his own life. Sheriff Walt Longmire learns that the by-the-book detective for the neighboring county might have suppressed evidence concerning three missing women, and uncovers an incriminating secret so dark that it may claim other lives.) Kane, Ben Rebellion $15.99 (Spartacus #2: After their victories over the Roman army, Spartacus wants to lead his men over the Alps and home, but Castus and Gannicus want to march on Rome and bring the Republic to its knees.) Lackberg, Camilla The Stranger (UK title: The Gallows Bird) $15.95 (Patrik Hedstrom #4: A Fjallbacka woman is killed in a car crash, but it isn't a clear-cut drunk driving case. The victim's blood contains high alcohol levels, but she rarely drank a drop. Meanwhile, a reality TV show begins shooting in the town, and a drunken party ends with an unpopular contestant's murder. Could there be a murderer among the cast and crew?) Lackberg, Camilla The Hidden Child $25.95 (Patrik Hedstrom #5: Erica Falck searches for answers about her family's World War II activities; when a man who refused to answer her questions meets a violent death soon after, detective Patrik Hedstrom is drawn into the murder investigation. Who would kill to bury secrets so old?) Larsson, Asa Until Thy Wrath Be Past $14.99 (Rebecka Martinsson #4: International Dagger finalist. A young woman's body surfaces through the breaking ice of a river in northern Sweden. At the same time, visions of a shadowy figure haunt the dreams of prosecutor Rebecka Martinsson. Could the body belong to the ghost in her dreams? Her investigation stirs up rumors of a German supply plane that went missing in 1943, and of Nazi collaborators. And a murderer is willing to kill again to keep the past buried.) Limon, Martin Nightmare Range $14.95 (Suneo & Bascom: Collection; 17 stories featuring Army Intelligence investigators Sergeant George Sueno and Sergeant Ernie Bascom in 1960s-1970s Korea.) Link, Charlotte The Other Child $15.95 (When a student is murdered in Scarborough, the investigators have no leads. Months later, after a similar murder, they struggle to establish a connection between the victims. Detective Valerie Almond suspects the obvious: a rift within the second victim's family. But there is far more to the case, a dark secret linked to the evacuation of children to Scarborough during WWII.) Mosley, Walter Debbie Doesn't Do It Anymore $25.95 (After black porn queen Debbie Dare's tomcatting husband dies, leaving her with massive debts that various LA thugs want to collect on, she decides she's done with porn. But executing her exit strategy from the porn subculture is a wrenching and far from simple process.) Nesbo, Jo The Son $25.95 (When a young man with uncanny abilities to soothe and absolve, serving time for crimes he didn't commit, learns some long-hidden truths about his dead father, he makes a brilliant prison escape, and begins hunting down the people responsible for the hideous crimes he's paid for.) Preston, Douglas The Kraken Project $26.99 (Wyman Ford #4: When things go awry at a NASA test of a space probe, an explosion kills several scientists, and the probe's AI flees into the internet. The president's science advisor taps Wyman Ford to track down the self- modifying software.) Robotham, Michael Lost $15.00 (Joe O'Loughlin #2: Reissue; After a firefight that landed him in the Thames, covered in his own blood and that of at least two other people, DI Vincent Ruiz is accused of faking amnesia. He turns to psychologist Joe O'Loughlin to help him unearth his memory and clear his name.) Rollins, J/Blackwood, G The Kill Switch $27.99 (Tucker Wayne #1: SIGMA Force turns to former Army Ranger Wayne Tucker and his military working dog Kane to extract a Russian pharmaceutical magnate from Siberia. The scientific genius holds the biological key to a new weapon system engineered from the ancient past.) Russinovich, Mark Rogue Code $25.99 (Jeff Aiken #3: Called in to investigate a possible computer security breach at the New York Stock Exchange, Jeff Aiken discover that those in charge knew about it. Now he has to stop a billion-dollar heist that could upend the US economy.) Salvalaggio, Karin Bone Dust White $24.99 (When Grace Adams witnesses a woman's murder, she's shocked to discover the victim is her mother Leanne, who abandoned her years ago. But detective Macy Greeley has been waiting for Leanne's return ever since she disappeared. She's looking to close a case that has been haunting Collier, Montana, for far too long.) Talty, Stephan Hangman $26.00 (Abbie Kearney #2: The city of Buffalo is in a panic after a serial killer escapes from prison; homicide detective Abbie Kearney is tasked with finding him before he claims another victim.) Thomas, Will Fatal Enquiry $25.99 (Barker & Llewelyn #6: Victorian London: Believing they need his help, the British government has granted aristocratic sociopath Sebastian Nightwine immunity for his past crimes. When private enquiry agent Cyrus Barker and his assistant Thomas Llewelyn set out to uncover and thwart Nightwine's real plans, they find themselves in the gravest danger of their lives.) Thor, Brad Hidden Order $9.99 (Scot Harvath #12: When the five candidates being considered to head a US black ops agency go missing, then turn up murdered, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath faces his most dangerous mission ever.)