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Bearskin: A Novel

James A McLaughlin · Ecco
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover

"Bearskin is visceral, raw, and compelling - filled with sights, smells, and sounds truly observed. It's a powerful debut and an absolute showcase of exceptional prose. There are very few first novels when I feel compelled to circle brilliant passages, but James McLaughlin's writing...
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The Cold Cold Ground

Adrian Mckinty · Seventh Street Books
Format: Paperback

Spring 1981. Northern Ireland. Belfast on the verge of outright civil war. The Thatcher government has flooded the area with soldiers, but nightly there are riots, bombings, and sectarian attacks. In the midst of the chaos, Sean Duffy, a young, witty, Catholic detective in the almost entirely...
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The Last Chance Olive Ranch

Susan Wittig Albert · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In this exciting new mystery from New York Times bestselling author Susan Wittig Albert, China Bayles fears for her husband's life as an escaped convict targets him... Max Mantel, the killer McQuaid put away years ago, has busted out of the Huntsville prison and appears to be headed for Pecan...
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Cold Tuscan Stone

David Wagner · Poisoned Pen Press
Format: Hardcover

Rick Montoya has just moved from Santa Fe to Rome, embracing the life of a translator. He’s beginning to embrace la dolce vita when school friend Beppo, now senior in the Italian Art Squad, recruits Rick for an unofficial undercover role. Armed with a list of galleries, suspects,...
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Charlie Martz and Other Stories: The Unpublished Stories

Elmore Leonard · William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pages: 261
Format: Print book

A collection of fifteen stories, eleven of which have never been previously published, from the early career of bestselling American master Elmore Leonard.Over his long and illustrious career, Elmore Leonard was recognized as one of the greatest crime writers of all time, the author of dozens...
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Mirage

Clive Cussler · Putnam
Pages: 416
Format: Hardcover

The extraordinary new novel in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from the grand master of adventure. In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax...
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The Fallen: A Testament Novel

ERIC VAN LUSTBADER · Forge Books
Pages: 351
Format: Hardcover

The Fallen: A new, pulse-pounding thriller from Eric Van Lustbader, the New York Times bestselling author of the Jason Bourne series and The Testament. The End of Days has been predicted for the last two thousand years. Now, without warning, it is upon us. In a hidden cave in the mountains...
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Still Lives: A Novel

Maria Hummel · Counterpoint LLC
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

A young editor at a Los Angeles art museum finds herself pulled into the strange and disturbing world of a famous artist who goes missing on the opening night of her exhibition Kim Lord is a giant in the Los Angeles art scene: avant garde figure, feminist icon, and agent provocateur. And her new exhibition...
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Three Minutes to Midnight

A J Tata · Pinnacle Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

"ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC . . . PULSE-POUNDING." - Brad Thor, #1 New York Times bestselling author on Foreign and Domestic One Army geologist is kidnapped - on U.S. soil.Two nuclear plants are attacked - in a matter of days.No American is safe - from the next, and final, wave of terror....
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Mother, Mother: A Novel

Koren Zailckas · Crown
Pages: 366
Format: Hardcover

From Koren Zailckas, author of the iconic memoir SMASHED: an electrifying debut novel about a family being torn apart by the woman who claims to love them most Josephine Hurst has her family under control. With two beautiful daughters, a brilliantly intelligent son, a tech-guru of a husband...
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Liberty's Last Stand

Stephen Coonts · Regnery Publishing
Pages: 544
Format: Print book

New York Times bestselling author Stephen Coonts delivers another nail-biting thriller starring CIA Director Jake Grafton and his right-hand man, Tommy Carmellini. The president of the United States stands on an outdoor stage, flanked by powerful members of his administration and party....
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The Chocolate Clown Corpse: A Chocoholic Mystery

JoAnna Carl · NAL
Format: Hardcover

Revenge is sweet for a killer on the loose - and it all started with the murder of Warner Pier's most hated clown.... Everyone who knew the bozo wanted him dead. Odd, then, that a complete stranger was accused of bursting Moe Davidson's balloons. But it's been a month since...
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Cave of Bones

Anne Hillerman · Harper
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

New York Times bestselling author Anne Hillerman brings together modern mystery, Navajo traditions, and the evocative landscape of the desert Southwest in this intriguing entry in the Leaphorn, Chee, and Manuelito series.When Tribal Police Officer Bernadette Manuelito arrives to speak at an outdoor...
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Trace: A Scarpetta Novel

Patricia Cornwell · Putnam Adult; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

The heart-stopping new Dr. Kay Scarpetta thriller from America's #1-bestselling crime writer. Dr. Kay Scarpetta, now freelancing from south Florida, returns to the city that turned its back on her five years ago. In Trace, Scarpetta travels to Richmond, Virginia, at the odd behest...
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