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Eleventh Hour
Eleventh Hour

Catherine Coulter · G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pages: 385
Format: Book

Catherine Coulter has won acclaim for her "fast-paced twists and turns, believable dialogue, and case of well-developed characters" (San Francisco Examiner) . "Gripping, absorbing," hailed Publishers Weekly, "Coulter keeps the action moving fast." Now Coulter...
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Malice at the Palace: A Royal Spyness Mystery
Malice at the Palace: A Royal Spyness Mystery

Rhys Bowen · Berkley Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

From the New York Times betselling author of Queen of Hearts comes another mystery for "fans of P.G. Wodehouse looking for laughs mingled with some amateur sleuthing." (Publishers Weekly) Lady Georgiana Rannoch won't deny that being thirty-fifth in line for the British throne...
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Innocent Blood: The Order of the Sanguines Series
Innocent Blood: The Order of the Sanguines Series

James Rollins · HarperCollins
Pages: 448
Format: Print book

A vicious attack at a ranch in California thrusts archaeologist Erin Granger back into the folds of the Sanguines, an immortal order founded on the blood of Christ and tasked with protecting the world from the beasts haunting its shadows and waiting to break free into the sunlight. Following...
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The Walnut Tree: A Holiday Tale
The Walnut Tree: A Holiday Tale

Charles Todd · William Morrow; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

Youre going to love Todd.—Stephen King, Entertainment WeeklyThe critically acclaimed creator of the Inspector Ian Rutledge and battlefield nurse Bess Crawford mystery series, Charles Todd now offers readers a bittersweet love story and romantic mystery that unfolds at Christmas during...
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The World at Night: A Novel
The World at Night: A Novel

Alan Furst · Random House Trade Paperbacks
Pages: 268
Format: Paperback

Paris, 1940. The civilized, upper-class life of film producer Jean Casson is derailed by the German occupation of Paris, but Casson learns that with enough money, compromise, and connections, one need not deny oneself the pleasures of Parisian life. Somewhere inside Casson, though, is a stubborn...
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The Minotaur: A Novel
The Minotaur: A Novel

Barbara Vine · Shaye Areheart Books; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

As soon as Kerstin Kvist arrives at remote, ivy-covered Lydstep Old Hall in Essex, she feels like a character in a gothic novel. A young nurse fresh out of school, Kerstin has been hired for a position with the Cosway family, residents of the Hall for generations. She is soon introduced...
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Fear the Dark: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel
Fear the Dark: A Bishop/Special Crimes Unit Novel

Kay Hooper · Berkley Books, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, 2015. ©2015
Pages: 274
Format: Print book

In New York Times bestselling author Kay Hooper's new novel, an SCU team investigates a troubling string of disappearances. But how do you find someone who has vanished without a trace?Something strange is happening in the small mountain town of Serenity, Tennessee. People going on routine...
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Forever Odd (Odd Thomas)
Forever Odd (Odd Thomas)

Dean Koontz · Bantam; First Edition edition
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

I see dead people. But then, by God, I do something about it. Odd Thomas never asked for his special ability. He's just an ordinary guy trying to live a quiet life in the small desert town of Pico Mundo. Yet he feels an obligation to do right by his otherworldly confidants, and that's...
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Random Acts: A Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds Novella
Random Acts: A Joanna Brady and Ali Reynolds Novella

J A Jance · Witness Impulse
Pages: 112
Format: Print book

From New York Times bestselling author J. A. JANCE comes an all- new novella, in which Sheriff Joanna Brady and investigator Ali Reynolds join forces to solve a crime thathas hit dangerously close to home.Sheriff Joanna Brady has a lot on her plate - she is up for re-election as sheriff,...
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The Tail of the Tip-Off: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
The Tail of the Tip-Off: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery

Rita Mae Brown · Bantam Books
Pages: 309
Format: Book

The Tail of the Tip-OffWhen winter hits Crozet, Virginia, it hits hard--and hangs on for months. That's nothing new to postmistress Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen and her friends, who keep warm with hard work, hot toddies, and rabid rooting for the University of Virginia's...
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The Water's Lovely
The Water's Lovely

Ruth Rendell · Crown
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

The award-winning author of The Babes in the Wood and The Rottweiler brings us another terrifically paced, richly drawn novel of suspense and psychological intrigue.Weeks went by when Ismay never thought of it at all. Then something would bring it back or it would return in a dream. The dream...
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The Fever
The Fever

Megan Abbott · Little, Brown and Company; 1st edition
Format: Hardcover

The panic unleashed by a mysterious contagion threatens the bonds of family and community in a seemingly idyllic suburban community.The Nash family is close-knit. Tom is a popular teacher, father of two teens Eli, a hockey star and girl magnet, and his sister Deenie, a diligent student....
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Thankless in Death
Thankless in Death

J. D. Robb · G.P. Putnam's Sons; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

In the latest suspense thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling series, the year 2060 is drawing to a close in New York City and loved ones are coming together for Thanksgiving. But sometimes the deepest hatreds seethe within the closest relationships, and blood flows faster than water...
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Moving Day: A Thriller
Moving Day: A Thriller

Jonathan Stone · Thomas & Mercer
Format: Book

Forty years accumulation of art, antiques, and family photographs are more than just objects for Stanley Peke—they are proof of a life fully lived. A life he could have easily lost long ago.When a con man steals his houseful of possessions in a sophisticated moving-day scam, Peke wanders...
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The Burning Edge
The Burning Edge

Rick Mofina · Mira; Original edition
Format: Paperback

Lisa Palmer has barely recovered from the sudden death of her husband when she is drawn into a new nightmare. On her way home from upstate New York, Lisa stops at a service center minutes before an armored car heist. Four men are executed before her eyes - one, an off-duty FBI agent she tried...
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