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A Taste for Nightshade: A Novel

Martine Bailey · Thomas Dunne Books
Pages: 464
Format: Hardcover

Manchester 1787. When budding young criminal Mary Jebb swindles Michael Croxon's brother with a blank pound note, he chases her into the night and sets in motion a train of sinister events. Condemned to seven years of transportation to Australia, Mary sends him a 'Penny Heart'-a token...
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The Bone Collection: Four Novellas

Kathy Reichs · Bantam
Pages: 400
Format: Print book

A collection of pulse-pounding tales featuring forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan - including the untold story of her first case!Don't miss the excerpt of Kathy Reichs's upcoming novel Two Nights in the back of the book! The #1 New York Times bestselling author behind the hit Fox series...
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Dear Daughter: A Novel

Elizabeth Little · Viking; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

* Winner of the Strand Critics Award for Best First Novel * Nominated for the Barry and Macavity Awards for Best First Novel * Longlisted for the CWA John Creasy (New Blood) Dagger Award"Quick-witted and fast-paced, this debut mystery should be a hit with Gone Girl fans."...
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A Demon Summer: A Max Tudor Mystery

G. M. Malliet · Minotaur Books
Format: Hardcover

*Nominated for the 2014 Agatha Award*Agatha Award-winning author G. M. Malliet has charmed mystery lovers, cozy fans, and Agatha Christie devotees everywhere with Wicked Autumn, A Fatal Winter, and Pagan Spring, the critically acclaimed mysteries featuring handsome former-spy-turned-cleric...
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Disappearance at Devil's Rock: A Novel

Paul Tremblay · William Morrow
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

A family is shaken to its core after the mysterious disappearance of a teenage boy in this eerie tale, a blend of literary fiction, psychological suspense, and supernatural horror from the author of A Head Full of Ghosts."A Head Full of Ghosts scared the living hell out of me, and I'm pretty...
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The People vs. Alex Cross

James Patterson · Little, Brown and Company
Pages: 432
Format: Hardcover

The charges: explosiveAlex Cross has never been on the wrong side of the law-until now. Charged with gunning down followers of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Cross is being turned into the poster child for trigger-happy cops who think they're above the law. Cross knows it was self-defense....
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Defectors: A Novel

JOSEPH KANON · Atria Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

A USA TODAY "Must Read" Book A New York Post "Must Read" Book "Fascinating ... [Kanon] is a master of the genre...[The] roller-coaster plot will keep you guessing until the final page." - The Washington Post From the bestselling author of Istanbul Passage...
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Black Horizon

James Grippando · Harper; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In Black Horizon, a riveting and timely thriller drawn from tomorrow's headlines, New York Times bestselling author James Grippando brings back popular Miami criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck in an international case involving a devastating oil spill that pits him against his most...
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All the Old Knives: A Novel

Olen Steinhauer · Minotaur Books, 2015.
Pages: 294
Format: Print book

Six years ago in Vienna, terrorists took over a hundred hostages, and the rescue attempt went terribly wrong. The CIA's Vienna station was witness to this tragedy, gathering intel from its sources during those tense hours, assimilating facts from the ground and from an agent on the inside....
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The Last Good Girl: A Novel

Allison Leotta · Touchstone
Pages: 288
Format: Print book

From Allison Leotta, the "highly entertaining storyteller" (George Pelecanos) who writes "in a style that's as real as it gets" (USA TODAY) , a ripped-from-the-headlines novel featuring prosecutor Anna Curtis at the center of a national story involving campus...
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In the Dark Places: An Inspector Banks Novel

Peter Robinson · William Morrow & Company
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Published in the United Kingdom and Canada as Abattoir BluesLouise Penny calls In the Dark Places "brilliant." Tess Gerritsen says it's "thrilling." And Michael Connelly describes Peter Robinson as "amazing." One of the world's greatest suspense writers...
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Killer Look

Linda Fairstein · Dutton
Pages: 383
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Linda Fairstein delivers a heart-pounding thriller that explores the dark secrets of Manhattan's iconic fashion scene in her latest Alexandra Cooper novel. New York City is one of the fashion capitals of the world, well-known for its glamour and style....
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The Ripper's Shadow: A Victorian Mystery

Laura Joh Rowland · Crooked Lane Books
Pages: 368
Format: Print book

The year is 1888 and Jack the Ripper begins his reign of terror.Miss Sarah Bain, a photographer in Whitechapel, is an independent woman with dark secrets. In the privacy of her studio, she supplements her meager income by taking illicit "boudoir photographs" of the town's...
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A Game for All the Family: A Novel

Sophie Hannah · William Morrow
Pages: 447
Format: Print book

Pulled into a deadly game of deception, secrets, and lies, a woman must find the truth in order to defeat a mysterious opponent, protect her daughter, and save her own life in this dazzling standalone psychological thriller with an unforgettable ending from the New York Times bestselling...
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Tom Clancy True Faith and Allegiance

Mark Greaney · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 742
Format: Print book

The #1 New York Times-bestselling series is back with the most shocking revelation of all. After years of facing international threats, President Jack Ryan learns that the greatest dangers always come from within... It begins with a family dinner in Princeton, New Jersey. After months at sea,...
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