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Nitro Mountain: A novel

Lee Clay Johnson · Alfred A. Knopf
Pages: 207
Format: Print book

An astonishing, even shocking debut written with both humor and heart by, as John Casey puts it, "a natural-born writer who inhabits every one of his characters - the good, the bad, and those who swing back and forth." Set in a bitterly benighted, mine-polluted corner of Virginia,...
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Thrill Kill: A voodoo mystery set in New Orleans

DON BRUNS · Severn House Publishers
Pages: 224
Format: Hardcover

Beneath the carefree atmosphere of Mardi Gras, something very sinister is going on in the intriguing new Quentin Archer mystery. Three murders so far. No apparent motive; no link between the victims; none of them have been robbed. One item ties them together: a can of spray gas known...
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The President Is Missing

Bill Clinton · Little, Brown and Company and Knopf
Pages: 513
Format: Hardcover

"Clinton and Patterson are a dynamic duo weaving a suspenseful and gripping technothriller that will leave readers wondering, 'Could this really happen?' Highly recommended." --Library Journal, starred review The publishing event of 2018: Bill Clinton and James Patterson's The President...
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Paris Match

Stuart Woods · Penguin Group USA
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover

Stone Barrington is back and better than ever in the astonishing new thriller from New York Times bestseller Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington has returned to Paris to attend to some business concerns, and finds himself embroiled in high-stakes trouble on both sides of the pond. An old enemy...
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Gossamer Ghost

Laura Childs · Berkley Pub Group
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover

Carmela Bertrand knows that Halloween in New Orleans means a week of rabble-rousing, costumed craziness - and she can't wait to get the party started. But when a local antiques dealer turns up dead, Carmela suddenly finds herself in a real-life danse macabre ... An evening's work...
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Blood Wedding

Pierre Lemai?tre · MacLehose Press
Pages: 320
Format: Print book

Sophie Duguet doesn't understand what's happening to her: she has begun losing things, from her recently delivered mail to the car she parked the night before. She is constantly forgetting things she's said and done . . . and things that she's supposed to do. She's...
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Count to Ten: A Private Novel

JAMES PATTERSON · Grand Central Pub
Pages: 368
Format: Hardcover

#1 BESTSELLING WRITER, #1 BESTSELLING SERIESOne by one, people are missing. Find them before they're dead.Santosh Wagh quit his job as head of Private India after harrowing events in Mumbai almost got him killed. But Jack Morgan, global head of the world's finest investigation agency, needs...
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The Unforgotten: A Novel

Laura Powell · Gallery Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

For fans of Louise Penny and Tana French, this haunting debut novel "with a slight Broadchurch feel" (Sunday Herald) explores the devastating repercussions of a long-ago crime as it delves into forbidden relationships, the emotional bond between mothers and daughters, and the dark...
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Murder on Brittany Shores: A Mystery

Jean-Luc Bannalec · Minotaur Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book

Ten miles off the coast of Brittany lie the fabled Glénan Islands. Boasting sparkling white sands and crystal clear waters, they seem perfectly idyllic, until one day in May three bodies wash up on shore. At first glance the deaths appear accidental, but as the identities of the victims...
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The Vanishing Season

Joanna Schaffhausen · Minotaur Books
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover

Winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Competition, Joanna Schaffhausen's accomplished debut The Vanishing Season will grip readers from the opening page to the stunning conclusion.Ellery Hathaway knows a thing or two about serial killers, but not through...
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Kill Fee

Owen Laukkanen · Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
Pages: 400
Format: Book

The new Stevens and Windermere novel from one of the most dazzlingly acclaimed new writers in crime fiction. The billionaire picked a heck of a way to die. On a beautiful Saturday in downtown Saint Paul, Minnesota, state investigator Kirk Stevens and FBI special agent Carla Windermere,...
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The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency: A Hettie Bagshot Mystery

Mandy Morton · Minotaur Books
Pages: 272
Format: Print book

Prepare to be besotted with Mandy Morton's The No. 2 Feline Detective Agency, the first book in a new series that turns the traditional British cozy on its head and features feline crime-solvers.Hettie Bagshot has bitten off more than any cat could chew. As soon as she launches her No. 2 Feline...
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Six Four: A Novel

Hideo Yokoyama · Farrar
Pages: 576
Format: Print book

THE NIGHTMARE NO PARENT COULD ENDURE. THE CASE NO DETECTIVE COULD SOLVE. THE TWIST NO READER COULD PREDICT.For five days, the parents of a seven-year-old Japanese schoolgirl sat and listened to the demands of their daughter's kidnapper. They would never learn his identity. And they would...
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Something Borrowed, Someone Dead: An Agatha Raisin Mystery

M. C. Beaton · Minotaur Books; Reissue edition
Format: Book

Agatha Raisin knows the truth when she sees it. Now all she has to do is find it… Gloria French was a jolly widow with bottle-blonde hair, a raucous laugh, and rosy cheeks. When she first moved from London to the charming Cotswold hills, she was heartily welcomed. She...
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The Perfect Witness: A Novel

Iris Johansen · St. Martin's Press; First Edition first Printing edition
Format: Hardcover

She had the perfect life.She had the perfect cover.She was the perfect witness.Until they found her.When Teresa Casali was young she discovered she had a strange gift: the ability to read people's memories. But the gift seemed more like a curse as her mob boss father used her to gain...
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