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Prodigal Son An Orphan X Novel by Gregg Hurwitz
Evan Smoak - a former government assassin who turned to helping the most desperate in their times of trouble - has retired. In exchange for an unofficial pardon, he's agreed to stop his clandestine activities as The Nowhere Man. Struggling to learn how to live a normal life, everything that he thought he knew is called into question when he gets a call for help from the one person he never thought he'd hear from - the woman who originally gave him up for adoption.
Her unlikely request: help for another orphan from the foster home he grew up in. Agreeing to help would put his deal, and his life, in danger.
Andre, Evan's fellow foster child, is struggling to stay afloat and get his own life back together. In doing his low-level job, he's unwittingly become the target of two top-level assassins who will go to any lengths to get rid of him. With nowhere to turn, and no safe place to hide, Evan is his only option. But if Evan Minotaur returns to his role as The Nowhere Man, he puts his own life in mortal On Sale: Jan 26/21 jeopardy. 6.12 x 9.25 • 432 pages 9781250252289 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket Fiction / Thrillers / Crime Author Bio Series: Orphan X GREGG HURWITZ is the New York Times bestselling author of the Orphan X Notes books, including Into the Fire. Critically acclaimed, his novels have graced top ten lists and have been published in 22 languages. Additionally, he's written screenplays for and sold scripts to many of the major studios, and written, developed, and produced television for various networks. Hurwitz resides in Promotion Los Angeles.
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Prodigal Son An Orphan X Novel by Gregg Hurwitz
Forced into retirement, Evan Smoak gets an urgent request for help from someone he didn't even suspect existed - in Prodigal Son, the next New York Times bestselling Orphan X book from Gregg Hurwitz.
As a boy, Evan Smoak was pulled out of a foster home and trained in an off- the-books operation known as the Orphan Program. He was a government assassin, perhaps the best, known to a few insiders as Orphan X. He eventually broke with the Program and adopted a new name - The Nowhere Man - and a new mission, helping the most desperate in their times of trouble. But the highest power in the country has made him a tempting offer - in exchange for an unofficial pardon, he must stop his clandestine activities as The Nowhere Man. Now Evan has to do the one thing he's least equipped to do - live a normal life.
But then he gets a call for help from the one person he never expected. A Minotaur woman claiming to have given him up for adoption, a woman he never knew - On Sale: Jan 26/21 his mother. Her unlikely request: help Andrew Duran - a man whose life has 6.14 x 9.25 • 432 pages gone off the rails, who was in the wrong place at the wrong time, bringing him 9781250794499 • $24.99 • pb to the deadly attention of very powerful figures. Now a brutal brother & sister Fiction / Thrillers / Crime assassination team are after him and with no one to turn to, and no safe place Series: Orphan X to hide, Evan is Duran's only option. But when the hidden cabal catches on to what Evan is doing, everything he's fought for is on the line - including his (...) Notes Author Bio
Promotion GREGG HURWITZ is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including the #1 international bestseller Orphan X, the first in a series of thrillers featuring Evan Smoak. He has also written young adult novels: The Rains and its sequel, The Last Chance . Hurwitz's books have been shortlisted for numerous literary awards, graced top ten lists, and have been translated into twenty-eight languages.
Hurwitz is also a New York Times bestselling comic book writer, having penned stories for Marvel ( Wolverine, The Punisher ) and DC ( Batman ). Additionally, he has written screenplays for many major studios and written, developed, and produced television for various networks.
Hurwitz resides in Los Angeles with two Rhodesian ridgebacks.
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The Mitford Trial by Jessica Fellowes
A timeless murder mystery with the fascinating, glamorous Mitford sisters at its heart, The Mitford Trial is the fourth installment in the Mitford Murders series from Jessica Fellowes, inspired by a real-life murder in a story full of intrigue, affairs and betrayal.
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JESSICA FELLOWES is an author, journalist, and public speaker. She is the author of The Mitford Murders novels as well as the New York Times bestselling official companion books to the Downton Abbey TV series. Former deputy director of Country Life, and columnist for the Mail on Sunday, she has written for the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, The Sunday Times, and The Lady . Jessica has spoken at events across the UK and US, and has made numerous appearances on radio and television. She lives in Oxfordshire with her family.
Minotaur On Sale: Jan 19/21 6.12 x 9.25 • 368 pages 9781250316837 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical Series: Mitford Murders
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Deep into the Dark by P. J. Tracy
New York Times bestseller P. J. Tracy returns withDeep into the Dark, a brand new series set in LA and featuring up-and-coming LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan and murder suspect Sam Easton.
Sam Easton - a true survivor - is home from Afghanistan, trying to rebuild a life in his hometown of LA. Separated from his wife, bartending and therapy sessions are what occupy his days and nights. When friend and colleague Melody Traeger is beaten by her boyfriend, she turns to Sam for help. When the boyfriend turns up dead the next day, a hard case like Sam is the perfect suspect.
But LAPD Detective Margaret Nolan, whose brother recently died serving overseas, is sympathetic to Sam's troubles, and can't quite see him as a killer. She's more interested in the secrets Melody might be keeping and the developments in another murder case on the other side of town.
Minotaur Set in an LA where real people live and work - not the superficial LA of Beverly On Sale: Jan 12/21 Hills or the gritty underbelly of the city - Deep into the Dark features two really 6.12 x 9.25 • 352 pages engaging, dynamic main characters and explores the nature of obsession, 9781250754943 • $36.50 • CL - With dust jacket revenge, and grief. Fiction / Thrillers / Crime P. J. Tracy is known for her fast, fresh, and funny" characters (Harlan Coben) Notes and her "sizzling" plots ( People ); the Monkeewrench series was her first, set in Minneapolis and co-written with her mother. Now with Deep into the Dark she's on her own - and it's a home run Promotion Author Bio
P. J. Tracyis the pseudonym of Traci Lambrecht, bestselling and award winning author of the Monkeewrench series. Lambrecht and her mother, P. J., wrote eight novels together as P. J. Tracy before P. J. passed away in 2016. Lambrecht has since continued the Monkeewrench series solo. She spent most of her childhood painting and showing Arabian horses, and graduated with a Russian Studies major from St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where she also studied voice. She now lives outside Minneapolis.
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The Stills by Jess Montgomery
Ohio, 1927: Moonshining is a way of life in rural Bronwyn County, and even the otherwise upstanding Sheriff Lily Ross has been known to turn a blind eye when it comes to stills in the area. But when thirteen-year-old Jebediah Ranklin almost dies after drinking tainted moonshine, Lily knows that someone has gone too far, and - with the help of organizer and moonshiner Marvena Whitcomb - she's determined to find out who.
Soon Lily's nemesis George Vogel reappears in town, and to the bootlegging business. So too does her no-good brother-in-law Luther Ross, now an agent for the newly formed Bureau of Prohibition. Lily must choose to help her community and peel back the layers of deception shrouding the town of Kinship, even while everyone around her seems to be betraying those they hold dear.
Author Bio Minotaur On Sale: Mar 9/21 JESS MONTGOMERY is the Literary Life columnist for the Dayton Daily News 6.12 x 9.25 • 320 pages and former Executive Director of the renowned Antioch Writers' Workshop in 9781250623409 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket Yellow Springs, Ohio. Based on early chapters of the novel, Jess was Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical awarded an Ohio Arts Council individual artist's grant for literary arts and the Series: Kinship John E. Nance Writer-in-Residence at Thurber House in Columbus. She lives in her native state of Ohio. Notes
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Every Waking Hour by Joanna Schaffhausen
After surviving a serial killer's abduction as a young teenager, Ellery Hathaway is finally attempting a normal life. She has a new job as a rookie Boston detective and a fledgling relationship with Reed Markham, the FBI agent who rescued her years ago. But when a twelve-year-old girl disappears on Ellery's watch, the troubling case opens deep wounds that never fully healed.
Chloe Lockhart walked away from a busy street fair and vanished into the crowd. Maybe she was fleeing the suffocating surveillance her parents put on her from the time she was born, or maybe the evil from her parents' past finally caught up to her. For Chloe, as Ellery learns, is not the first child Teresa Lockhart has lost. Ellery knows what it's like to have the past stalk you, to hold your breath around every corner. Sending one kidnapped girl to find another could be Chloe's only hope or an unmitigated disaster that dooms them both. Ellery must untangle the labyrinth of secrets inside the Lockhart household - secrets that have already murdered one child. Each second that ticks by reminds her Minotaur of her own lost hours, how close she came to death, and how near it still On Sale: Jan 26/21 remains. 6.12 x 9.25 • 336 pages 9781250249654 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural Author Bio Series: Ellery Hathaway JOANNA SCHAFFHAUSEN wields a mean scalpel, skills developed in her years studying neuroscience. She has a doctorate in psychology, which Notes reflects her long-standing interest in the brain - how it develops and the many ways it can go wrong. Previously, she worked for ABC News, writing for programs such as World News Tonight, Good Morning America, and 20/20. Promotion She lives in the Boston area with her husband and daughter. She is also the author of The Vanishing Season, No Mercy, and All the Best Lies.
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The Kaiser's Web by Steve Berry
In New York Times bestseller Steve Berry's latest Cotton Malone adventure, a secret dossier from a World War II-era Soviet spy comes to light containing information that, if proven true, would not only rewrite history - it could impact Germany's upcoming national elections and forever alter the political landscape of Europe.
Two candidates are vying to become Chancellor of Germany. One is a patriot having served for the past sixteen years, the other a usurper, stoking the flames of nationalistic hate. Both harbor secrets, but only one knows the truth about the other. They are on a collision course, all turning on the events of one fateful day - April 30, 1945 - and what happened deep beneath Berlin in the Furherbunker. Did Adolph Hitler and Eva Braun die there? Did Martin Bormann, Hitler's close confidant, manage to escape? And, even more important, where did billions in Nazi wealth disappear to in the waning days of World War II? The answers to these questions will determine who becomes the next Chancellor of Germany. Minotaur Strict On Sale: Feb 23/21 From the mysterious Chilean lake district, to the dangerous mesas of South 6.12 x 9.25 • 400 pages Africa, and finally into the secret vaults of Switzerland, former-Justice 9781250140340 • $38.50 • CL - With dust jacket Department agent Cotton Malone discovers the truth about the fates of Hitler, Fiction / Espionage Braun, and Bormann. Revelations that could not only transform Europe, but Series: Cotton Malone finally expose a mystery known as the Kaiser's web.
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A Extravagant Death A Charles Lenox Mystery by Charles Finch
London, 1878. With faith in Scotland Yard shattered after a damning corruption investigation, Charles Lenox's detective agency is rapidly expanding. The gentleman sleuth has all the work he can handle, two children, and an intriguing new murder case.
But when a letter arrives with an unexpected invitation, he's unable to resist the call of an old, unfulfilled yearning: to travel to America. Arriving in New York, he begins to receive introductions into both its old Knickerbocker society and its new robber baron splendor. Then, a shock: the suicide of the season's most beautiful debutante, who has thrown herself from a cliff. Or was it a suicide? Her closest friend doesn't think so, and Lenox, sacrificing his plans, travels to the family's magnificent Newport mansion in the guise of an idle English gentleman. What ensues is a fiendsh game of cat and mouse.
Witty, complex, and tender, An Extravagant Death is Charles Finch's Minotaur triumphant return to the main storyline of his beloved Charles Lenox series - a On Sale: Feb 16/21 devilish mystery, a social drama, and an unforgettable first trip for an 6.12 x 9.25 • 304 pages Englishman coming to America. 9781250767134 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical Praise for The Last Passenger: Series: Charles Lenox Mysteries Smashing. . . That's the charm of Finch's style and [Lenox's] own manner of Notes sleuthing - a brilliant display of brainy deduction. . . classy writing and beguiling details." - The New York Times Book Review
Promotion "Atmospheric." - Seattle Times
"No mystery writer except perhaps Anne Perry is as successful as Charles Finch at evoking the atmosphere of Victorian London." - The Washington Post
"Seriously satisfying." - AirMail
"Finch smoothly integrates the era's politics, fashion, culture and views, including how American issues have infiltrated British society. [He (...)
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CHARLES FINCH is the USA Today bestselling author of the Charles Lenox mysteries, including The Vanishing Man. His first contemporary novel, The Last Enchantments, is also available from St. Martin's Press. Finch received th 2017 N B l ki Cit ti f E ll i R i i f th
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Finlay Donovan Is Killing It by Elle Cosimano
Finlay Donovan is killing it. . . except, she's really not. The new book she promised her literary agent isn't written, her ex-husband went behind her back to fire the nanny, and this morning she had to send her four-year-old to school with hair duct-taped to her head after an incident with scissors.
When Finlay's overheard discussing the plot of her new novel with her agent over lunch, she's mistaken for a contract killer, and inadvertently accepts an offer to dispose of a problem husband in order to make ends meet. . . and she soon discovers that crime in real life is a lot more difficult than its fictional counterpart.
Funny and smart, twisty and surprising - Finlay Donovan is a character to root for. This suspenseful romp made me laugh but also kept me on the edge of my seat with its many surprises. I can't wait for the next book!" - Megan Miranda, New York Times bestselling author of The Last House Guest
Minotaur "Clever, perfectly plotted, and laugh out loud funny, Finlay Donovan is Killing On Sale: Feb 2/21 It is one of those books that will make you smile long after you've turned the 5.38 x 8.25 • 368 pages last page. This series is pitch-perfect and will be devoured by fans of Janet 9781250241702 • $36.50 • CL - With dust jacket Evanovich. Elle Cosimano hits it way, way, way out of the park!" -Wendy Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths Walker, bestselling author of The Night Before and Emma in the Night Notes Author Bio
Promotion ELLE COSIMANO is an award-winning young adult author. Elle's debut, Nearly Gone, was an Edgar Award finalist, and both Nearly Gone and her novel Holding Smoke were winners of the International Thriller Award. In addition to her novels, her essays have appeared in The Huffington Post and TIME. Elle lives with her husband and two sons and divides her time between Northern Virginia and Mexico.
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A Stranger in Town by Kelley Armstrong
Detective Casey Duncan has noticed fewer and fewer residents coming in to the hidden town of Rockton, and no extensions being granted. Her boyfriend, Sheriff Eric Dalton, presumes it's the natural flux of things, but Casey's not so sure. Something bigger is happening in the small town they call home.
When an injured hiker stumbles from the woods, the sole survivor of a hostile attack, it's all hands on deck. Even a member of the elusive Rockton council comes in to help. This council member also comes bearing news: Rockton is being shut down due to the hostile situation.
Casey and Eric must now race to save the town that has allowed residents to have a fresh start, away from the mistakes of their past, while also getting to the bottom of this latest attack.
Author Bio Minotaur On Sale: Feb 2/21 KELLEY ARMSTRONG graduated with a degree in psychology and then 6.12 x 9.25 • 368 pages studied computer programming. Now, she is a full-time writer and parent, and 9781250781727 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket she lives with her husband and three children in rural Ontario, Canada. Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Police Procedural Series: Casey Duncan Novels
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The Hiding Place A Mercy Carr Mystery by Paula Munier
Mercy and Elvis are back in The Hiding Place, the most enthralling entry yet in USA Today bestselling Paula Munier's award-winning Mercy Carr mystery series. When the man who killed her grandfather breaks out of prison and comes after her grandmother, Mercy must unearth the long- buried scandals that threaten to tear her family apart. And she may have to do it without her beloved canine partner Elvis, if the sniffer dog's former handler has his way. . . .
Some people take their secrets with them to the grave. Others leave them behind on their deathbeds, riddles for the survivors to solve.
When her late grandfather's deputy calls Mercy to his deathbed, she and Elvis inherit the cold case that haunted him - and may have killed him. But finding Beth Kilgore 20 years after she disappeared is more than a lost cause. It's a Pandora's box releasing a rain of evil on the very people Mercy and Elvis hold Minotaur most dear. On Sale: Mar 30/21 6.12 x 9.25 • 336 pages The timing couldn't be worse when the man who murdered her grandfather 9781250153074 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket escapes from prison and a fellow Army vet turns up claiming that Elvis is his Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths dog, not hers. With her grandmother Patience gone missing, and Elvis's future Series: Mercy Carr Mystery uncertain, Mercy faces the prospect of losing her most treasured allies, the only ones she believes truly love and understand her. Notes She needs help, and that means forgiving Vermont Game Warden Troy Warner long enough to enlist his aid. With time (...) Promotion Author Bio
Paula Munier is the author of the bestselling Plot Perfect, The Writer's Guide to Beginnings, Writing with Quiet Hands, and Fixing Freddie: A True Story of a Boy, a Mom, and a Very, Very Bad Beagle.She was inspired to write A Borrowing of Bones, the first Mercy and Elvis mystery, by the hero working dogs she met through MissionK9Rescue, her own Newfoundland retriever mix rescue Bear, and a lifelong passion for crime fiction. She lives in New Hampshire with her family, Bear, and a torbie tabby named Ursula.
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A Matter of Life and Death A Robin Lockwood Novel by Phillip Margolin
Joe Lattimore, homeless and trying desperately to provide for his young family, agrees to fight in a no-holds illegal bar bout, only to have his opponent die. Lattimore now finds himself at the mercy of the fight's organizers who blackmail him into burglarizing a house. However, when he breaks in, he finds a murdered woman on the floor and the police have received an anonymous tip naming him for the crime.
Robin Lockwood, an increasingly prominent young attorney and former MMA fighter, agrees to take on his defense. But the case is seemingly airtight - the murdered woman's husband, Judge Anthony Carasco, has an alibi and Lattimore's fingerprints are discovered at the scene. But everything about the case is too easy, too pat, and Lockwood is convinced that her client has been framed. The only problem is that she has no way of proving it and since this is a death case, if she fails then another innocent will die. Minotaur On Sale: Mar 9/21 Author Bio 6.12 x 9.25 • 320 pages 9781250258427 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket PHILLIP MARGOLIN has written over twenty novels, most of them New York Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Women Sleuths Times bestsellers, including Gone But Not Forgotten, Lost Lake, and Violent Series: Robin Lockwood Crimes. In addition to being a novelist, he was a long time criminal defense attorney with decades of trial experience, including a large number of capital Notes cases. Margolin lives in Portland, Oregon.
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Animal Instinct A K Team Novel by David Rosenfelt
The K Team is back in the second installment in this spinoff series from bestselling author David Rosenfelt's beloved Andy Carpenter mysteries.
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DAVID ROSENFELT is the Edgar-nominated and Shamus Award-winning author of twenty Andy Carpenter novels, most recently Dachshund Through the Snow; nine stand-alone thrillers; two non-fiction titles; and The K Team, the first in a new series featuring some of the characters from the Andy Carpenter series. After years of living in California, he and his wife moved to Maine with twenty-five of the four thousand dogs they have rescued.
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Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay
In one of the year's most anticipated debut psychological thrillers, a family made infamous by a true crime documentary is found dead, leaving their surviving son to uncover the truth about their final days.
They found the bodies on a Tuesday." So begins this twisty and breathtaking novel that traces the fate of the Pine family, a thriller that will both leave you on the edge of your seat and move you to tears.
After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family - his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister - have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain - and they won't tell Matt why.
The tragedy makes headlines everywhere because this isn't the first time the Pine family has been thrust into the media spotlight. Matt's older brother, Minotaur Danny - currently serving a life sentence for the murder of his teenage On Sale: Mar 2/21 girlfriend Charlotte - was the subject of a viral true crime documentary 6.12 x 9.25 • 368 pages suggesting that Danny was wrongfully convicted. Though the country has 9781250268822 • $36.50 • CL - With dust jacket rallied behind Danny, Matt holds a secret about his brother that he's never told Fiction / Thrillers / Psychological anyone: the night Charlotte was killed Matt saw something that makes him believe his brother is guilty of the crime. Notes When Matt returns to his small hometown (...)
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Alex Finlay is the pseudonym of an author who lives in Washington, D.C. Born in Opelika, Alabama, Alex's formative years were spent traversing the globe, from a tropical island in the Pacific to a small village in the UK to a remote region in the Far East. But it was on a vacation in Tulum, Mexico that Alex was inspired to write Every Last Fear
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Every Last Fear by Alex Finlay
In one of the year's most anticipated debut psychological thrillers, a family made infamous by a true crime documentary is found dead, leaving their surviving son to uncover the truth about their final days.
They found the bodies on a Tuesday." So begins this twisty and breathtaking novel that traces the fate of the Pine family, a thriller that will both leave you on the edge of your seat and move you to tears.
After a late night of partying, NYU student Matt Pine returns to his dorm room to devastating news: nearly his entire family - his mom, his dad, his little brother and sister - have been found dead from an apparent gas leak while vacationing in Mexico. The local police claim it was an accident, but the FBI and State Department seem far less certain - and they won't tell Matt why.
The tragedy makes headlines everywhere because this isn't the first time the Pine family has been thrust into the media spotlight. Matt's older brother, Minotaur Danny - currently serving a life sentence for the murder of his teenage On Sale: Mar 2/21 girlfriend Charlotte - was the subject of a viral true crime documentary 6.14 x 9.25 • 320 pages suggesting that Danny was wrongfully convicted. Though the country has 9781250794277 • $23.99 • pb rallied behind Danny, Matt holds a secret about his brother that he's never told Fiction / Suspense anyone: the night Charlotte was killed Matt saw something that makes him believe his brother is guilty of the crime. Notes When Matt returns to his small hometown (...)
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Alex Finlay is the pseudonym of an author who lives in Washington, D.C. Born in Opelika, Alabama, Alex's formative years were spent traversing the globe, from a tropical island in the Pacific to a small village in the UK to a remote region in the Far East. But it was on a vacation in Tulum, Mexico that Alex was inspired to write Every Last Fear
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The Dark Heart of Florence A Lady Emily Mystery by Tasha Alexander
In 1903, tensions between Britain and Germany are starting to loom over Europe, something that has not gone unnoticed by Lady Emily and her husband, Colin Hargreaves. An agent of the Crown, Colin carries the weight of the Empire, but his focus is drawn to Italy by a series of burglaries at his daughter's palazzo in Florence - burglaries that have caught the attention of his superiors. He and Emily travel to Tuscany, where they are greeted by a shocking death. Undaunted, they investigate, discovering that the house hides ominous secrets dating back to the days of the Medici - secrets unexpectedly pertinent in the troubled days of the early twentieth century, an uneasy time full of intrigue, duplicity, and warring ideologies. With the assistance of Darius Benton-Stone, Colin's trusted colleague and fellow agent, they race to untangle the cryptic clues leading them through the Renaissance city. But an unimagined danger follows closely behind, and much more than a family home is at stake. . . Minotaur Praise for In the Shadow of Vesuvius: On Sale: Mar 9/21 6.12 x 9.25 • 304 pages Alexander's precise attention to historical details invests her series about Lady 9781250622068 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket Emily Hargreaves with an unshakeable background that she expertly weaves Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical into solid plots. . . [her] skills shine in In the Shadow of Vesuvius . . . pitch- Series: Lady Emily Mysteries perfect." - Sun-Sentinel
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"[Evokes] the setting's rich history. . . lovers of classical culture should be pleased." - Publishers Weekly
"A captivating story of Pompeii. . . engaging." - Kirkus Reviews
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TASHA ALEXANDER, the daughter of two philosophy professors, studied English literature and medieval history at the University of Notre Dame. She and her husband, novelist Andrew Grant, live on a ranch in southeastern Wyoming.
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The Lost Village A Novel by Camilla Sten, translated by Alexandra Fleming
The Blair Witch Project meets Midsommar in this brilliantly disturbing thriller from an electrifying new voice in suspense.
Documentary filmmaker Alice Lindstedt has been obsessed with the vanishing residents of the old mining town, dubbed The Lost Village," since she was a little girl. In 1959, her grandmother's entire family disappeared in this mysterious tragedy, and ever since, the unanswered questions surrounding the only two people who were left - a woman stoned to death in the town center and an abandoned newborn - have plagued her. She's gathered a small crew of friends in the remote village tomake a film about what really happened.
But there will be no turning back.
Not long after they've set up camp, mysterious things begin to happen. Minotaur Equipment is destroyed. People go missing. As doubt breeds fear and their On Sale: Mar 23/21 very minds begin to crack, one thing becomes startlingly clear to Alice: 6.12 x 9.25 • 320 pages 9781250249258 • $36.50 • CL - With dust jacket They are not alone. Fiction / Suspense
They're looking for the truth. . . Notes But what if it finds them first?
Come find out. Promotion RELENTLESSLY CREEPY." - Alma Katsu, author ofThe Hunger (An NPR Best Horror Novel)
IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP READING." - Ragnar Jonasson, author of The Island "
THE LOST VILLAGE draws you in with its spooky premise - the disappearance of an entire town - but great atmospherics and unexpected twists keep you turning the pages. For fans of haunted reality TV shows, Scandinavian thrillers, and all things relentlessly creepy." - Alma Katsu, author of The Deep and The Hunger
"Very atmospheric and engaging mystery from a new and exciting voice in Scandinavian crime. The reader is drawn into a unique setting from page one and (...)
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Dance with Death A Barker & Llewelyn Novel by Will Thomas
In June of 1893, the future Nicholas II travels to London for a royal wedding, bringing with him his private security force and his ballerina mistress, Mathilde Kchessinska. Rumored to be the target of a professional assassin known only as La Sylphide, and the subject of conspiracies against his life by his own family who covet his future throne, Nicholas is protected by not only private security, but the professional forces of both England and Russia.
All of these measures prove inadequate when Prince George of England is attacked by an armed anarchist who mistakes him for Nicholas. As a result, Barker and Llewelyn are brought in to help track down the assassin and others who might conspire against the life of the tsarevitch. The investigations lead them down several paths, including Llewelyn's old nemesis, the assassin Sofia Ilyanova. With Barker and Llewelyn both surviving seperate attempts on their lives, the race to find both the culprit and the assassin they hired is on. Taking them through high society (including a masked ball at Kensington Minotaur Palace) and low, chasing down motives both personal and political, Barker On Sale: Apr 13/21 and Llewelyn must solve the case of their life before the crime of the century 6.12 x 9.25 • 320 pages is committed. 9781250624772 • $37.99 • CL - With dust jacket Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British Series: A Barker & Llewelyn Novel Author Bio
Notes WILL THOMAS is the author of the critically acclaimed Cyrus Barker and Thomas Llewelyn series, including Some Danger Involved, Fatal Enquiry, Old Scores, and, most recently, Lethal Pursuit. He lives in Oklahoma. Promotion
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The Granite Coast Murders A Brittany Mystery by Jean-Luc Bannalec
Inspector Dupin and Claire are on a two-week vacation, but while Claire seems to enjoy the quiet of the beach, Commissaire Dupin takes every opportunity to leave the beach towel. The fabulous dinners on the hotel patio and the rumors about a stolen statue of a saint are the few interesting moments of his days on vacation. But then a tourist vanishes without trace and there's an attack on a deputy to the local assembly, who is involved in confrontations with local farmers. Shortly after that, the Britanny beach resort is shocked by the discovery of a corpse. Dupin clandestinely begins to investigate with the help of the local villagers, something he must keep a secret from Claire and his colleagues in Concarneau. Between bewitched valleys and beautiful beaches, an unfathomable case develops.
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Minotaur Internationally bestselling author JEAN-LUC BANNALEC lives in Germany On Sale: Apr 20/21 and the southerly region of the French departement of Finistere. In 2016 he 5.38 x 8.25 • 304 pages was given the award ‘Mecene de Bretagne'. Since 2018 he has been an 9781250753069 • $36.50 • CL - With dust jacket honorary member of the Academie litteraire de Bretagne. He is also the author Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Traditional British of Death in Brittany, Murder on Brittany Shores, The Fleur de Sel Murders, Series: Brittany Mystery The Missing Corpse, and The Killing Tide.
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Death of a Showman A Mystery by Mariah Fredericks
It's the summer of 1914 and Jane Prescott - lady's maid to Louise Tyler, daughter of a wealthy New York society family - has just arrived home from Independence Day celebrations to find musician Leo Hirschfeld playing the Tylers' piano.
Jane's brief courtship with Leo had ended before the Tylers' vacation to Europe earlier in the summer, so she isn't entirely surprised to see him. She is, however, shocked to learn that he's been engaged to write a new Broadway show - and that he's married a chorus girl in his musical.
Jane and Louise Tyler are pulled into the sparkling and dramatic world of Broadway, with Louise becoming an investor in the show, and Jane accompanying her to rehearsals as her chaperone. But behind the glittering facade of costumes and love songs, the cast is restless and prone to deception, culminating in the death of the show's producer: Sidney Warburton. Minotaur On Sale: Apr 13/21 6.12 x 9.25 • 288 pages The accusation that Leo was involved jolts Jane, and her old friend and 9781250210906 • $36.50 • CL - With dust jacket tabloid reporter Michael Behan, into action. Determined to close the curtain on Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Historical these murders, Jane must strip back the masks of these consummate actors Series: A Jane Prescott Novel until she knows the truth. Notes Author Bio
MARIAH FREDERICKS was born and raised in New York City, where she still Promotion lives with her family. She is the author of several YA novels. A Death of No Importance was her first adult novel. Visit her website at MariahFredericksBooks.com, and follow her on Twitter @MariahFrederick.
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Deadly Editions A Scottish Bookshop Mystery by Paige Shelton
Bookseller Delaney Nichols receives a mysterious cloaked visitor one evening at the Cracked Spine Bookshop. He presents to her an even more perplexing note: an invitation to an exclusive treasure hunt hosted by eccentric socialite Shelaigh O'Connor. Delaney is intrigued, but also cautious: Shelaigh, while charming in person, has a reputation for her hijinks as a wealthy young woman in the '70s. She was even once suspected for the murder of a former boyfriend, though ultimately cleared of all charges.
But Delaney is enticed by the grand prize at the end of the treasure hunt: a highly valuable first edition copy of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson. The winner is also to receive the contents of Shelaigh's vast library, and an unspecified sum of cash.
The night after the first meeting of the treasure hunters, however, several homes in Edinburgh are robbed in a manner reminiscent of Shelaigh's old Minotaur tricks. And when a man connected to Shelaigh is killed, suspicion builds. On Sale: Apr 6/21 Except Sheilagh herself has disappeared from her home, seemingly 5.38 x 8.25 • 304 pages kidnapped by the villain. 9781250203908 • $36.50 • CL - With dust jacket Fiction / Mystery & Detective / Cozy Terror mounts throughout the city as Delaney attempts to solve the mystery, Series: A Scottish Bookshop Mystery while trying to stay out of the killer's clutches. For she, it seems, is his next target. Notes Praise for the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series:
Promotion Vivid descriptions of Edinburgh enhance the well-crafted plot. Cozy fans will look forward to the further adventures of smart and intuitive Delaney." - Publishers Weekly on The Stolen Letter
"The history Delaney uncovers. . . is fascinating and nicely woven into the tale." - Booklist on The Stolen Letter (...)
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PAIGE SHELTON is the author of the Scottish Bookshop Mystery series and the Alaska Wild Series, which begins with Thin Ice. Her other series include the Farmers' Market, Cooking School, and Dangerous Type mystery series. She lives in Arizona. Find out more at paigeshelton.com.
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