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Featuring Author of the Month
IRIS JOHANSEN
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IRIS JOHANSEN 
2013 NY: St. Martin's Press
#1 New York Times bestselling author Iris
Johansen is back with the first book in a chilling new Eve Duncan
trilogy that asks the question: will Eve survive what lies ahead?
Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan's mission is to
bring closure to the families whose loved ones have vanished. She
knows their anguish-her own beloved daughter, Bonnie, was taken from
her when Bonnie was just seven years old. It is only recently that
this mystery was resolved and Eve could begin her journey to peace.
Now, Jim Doane wants the same kind of answers that Eve always longed
for. His twenty-five-year old son may or may not be dead and he has
only burned skull fragments as possible evidence.
But he
cannot go to the police for answers without risking his own secrets and
dark past, so instead he chooses a bold step to find the truth-a truth
that takes Eve down a twisted path of madness and evil and into the
darkest heart of her own history. Doane needs Eve Duncan's skills and
he'll do anything to get them.
Even if it means taking Eve.
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In case you missed it...
Philip Kerr
Bernie Gunther Series #9
2013 NY: Marian Wood
 Mixing
mystery and historical fiction, Philip Kerr's ninth Bernie Gunther
novel finds the Berlin investigator up to his neck in intrigues.
Set
in WWII Poland, the story involves the mass killing of Polish officers
in the Katyn Forest, Third Reich politics, the Prussian aristocracy, and
a cunning killer with his own agenda. The result is an intricate
whodunit that doesn't shy away from the moral complexities of war. It's
one of our best books of the month.
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Robert McCammon 
I TRAVEL BY NIGHT
2013 MI: Subterranean Press
I Travel by
Night marks Robert McCammon's triumphant return to the sort of
flamboyant, go-for-broke horror fiction that has earned him an
international reputation and a legion of devoted fans. The terrors of
the Dark Society, the gothic sensibilities of old New Orleans, and the
tortured existence of the unforgettable vampire adventurer Trevor Lawson
all combine into a heady brew that will thrill McCammon's loyal
readers and earn him new ones as well.
For Lawson,
the horrors that stalked the Civil War battlefield at Shiloh were more
than just those of war. After being forcibly given the gift of undeath
by the mysterious vampire queen LaRouge, Lawson chose to cling to what
remained of his humanity and fought his way free of the Dark Society's
clutches. In the decades since, he has roamed late nineteenth century
America, doing what good he can as he travels by night, combating evils
mundane and supernatural, and always seeking the key to regaining a
mortal life.
That key lies
with his maker, and now Lawson hopes to find LaRouge at the heart of a
Louisiana swamp with the aid of a haunted priest and an unexpected
ally. In the tornado-wracked ghost town of Nocturne, Lawson must face
down monstrous enemies, the rising sun, and his own nature. Readers
will not want to miss this thrilling new dark novella from a master
storyteller.
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Nora Roberts 
WHISKEY BEACH
2013 NY: Penguin
For more than three hundred
years, Bluff House has sat above Whiskey Beach, guarding its shore-and
its secrets. But to Eli Landon, it's home...
A Boston lawyer, Eli has
weathered an intense year of public scrutiny and police investigations
after being accused of-but never arrested for-the murder of his
soon-to-be-ex wife.
He finds sanctuary at Bluff
House, even though his beloved grandmother is in Boston recuperating
from a nasty fall. Abra Walsh is always there, though. Whiskey Beach's
resident housekeeper, yoga instructor, jewelry maker, and massage
therapist, Abra is a woman of many talents-including helping Eli take
control of his life and clear his name. But as they become entangled in
each other, they find themselves caught in a net that stretches back
for centuries-one that has ensnared a man intent on reaping the rewards
of destroying Eli Landon once and for all...
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T. Jefferson Parker 
THE FAMOUS
AND THE DEAD
2013 NY: Penguin
Three men: earnest law-enforcer, inveterate lawbreaker, and the man who
pits them against each other-hurtle toward one another in the
jaw-dropping conclusion to T. Jefferson Parker's mesmerizing vision of
the border. Their climactic showdown brings to a spectacular close a
crime series that obliterated the boundaries of the genre.
Los
Angeles County sheriff 's deputy Charlie Hood is attached to the ATF,
working undercover on the iron river that flows across the U.S.-Mexican
border. Meanwhile, Bradley Jones, sheriff 's deputy and employee of
the Baja Cartel, son of the love of Charlie's life, the deceased L.A.
outlaw Suzanne Jones, is expecting a son of his own. Charlie knows all
of Bradley's secrets; the question is what he'll do with the
information...
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Daniel Palmer 
STOLEN
2013 NY: Kensington Publishing
In this chilling,
brilliantly plotted new thriller, Daniel Palmer explores the terrifying
aftermath of a good man's bad decision, the flip side of identity
theft, and the lengths some will go to save a life--or destroy one...
The future has never looked
brighter for Boston couple John Bodine and Ruby Dawes. Then Ruby
receives a life-changing diagnosis, and their cut-rate insurance won't
cover the treatment she desperately needs. Faced with a ticking clock,
John makes a risky move: he steals a customer's identity and files a
false claim for Ruby's medication.
The plan works
perfectly--until the customer in question contacts John with a
startling proposition. If John and Ruby agree to play a little game
he's devised, he won't report their fraud. The rules of 'Criminal' are
simple: commit real crimes. Fail in their assigned tasks, and there
will be deadly consequences. Their only option is to keep playing, all
the while trying to outwit a psychopath who has no intention of letting
them leave this game alive...
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Bill Loehfelm 
THE DEVIL
IN HER WAY
2013 NY: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
When Maureen Coughlin first appeared in The Devil She Knows (2011), the New Orleans Times-Picayune called her "unforgettable" and "the character of the year." Booklist named The Devil She Knows one of 2011's ten best thrillers and declared Maureen "as compelling a character as this reviewer expects to see this year."
Now she's back in Bill Loehfelm's new thriller, The Devil in Her Way,
and her life has changed in more ways than one: She's starting over in
New Orleans as a newly minted member of the police force.
Kicking off her final week
of field training, Maureen takes a punch from a panicked suspect
bursting out of an apartment. Her training officer laughs it off, and
the incident even yields a small victory: the cops recover a stash of
pot and guns. But out on the street, on the fringes of the action,
Maureen sees something sinister transpire between two neighborhood boys
that leaves her shaken, and she knows there's more to the story than
she's seen. As we follow Maureen's dangerous hunt for answers, Loehfelm
leads us around New Orleans's most hidden corners and into its darkest
outposts.
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Peter Lovesey 
THE TOOTH TATTOO
2013 NY: Soho Press
Peter Diamond, head of the Criminal Investigation Division in scenic
Bath, England, is investigating the murder of a young woman whose body
has been found in the canal, the only clue to her identity a tattoo of a
music note on one of her teeth. For Diamond, who wouldn't know a
Stradivarius from a French horn, the investigation is his most demanding
ever.
Meanwhile,
strange things are happening to jobbing violist Mel Farran, who finds
himself in a cushy residency at Bath Spa University with the
quartet-and embroiled in the unusually musical murder investigation. As
the story unfolds in fugue-like counterpoint, Peter and Mel both learn
frightening secrets about fandom and about what it takes to survive in
the cutthroat world of professional musicians. Peter
Lovesey has been hailed by the critics as 'superlative', 'a master of
the genre', 'never puts a foot wrong' and the Peter Diamond series as
'one of the most enjoyable police series around'. This new case for the
much-loved detective will bring new praise and much satisfaction for
his legions of fans.
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