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June/July 2008

New and Forthcoming in Hardcover

Abbott, Jeff. Collision (Dutton, 24.95) June. A corporate consultant and a former CIA agent are thrown together by a violent accident and realize that they are being framed in an elaborate setup and must work together to save themselves.

Aird, Catherine. Losing Ground (STM, 23.95) July. DCI Sloan has a case of arson and robbery when a valuable painting is stolen from a manor house just before it burns, but the grisly discovery of bones turns it into a high profile murder case.

Alpert, Mark. Final Theory (SS, 24.00) June. A debut thriller about a professor who is on the run when his mentor dies after mentioning Einstein’s Theory of Everything—the proposed theory of everything that Einstein died before discovering—and which everyone wants to know from the FBI to mercenaries.

Asner, Jules. Whacked (WB, 23.95) June. A Hollywood television writer has the almost perfect life until she discovers that her TV director boyfriend is cheating on her, and then she takes a very modern sort of revenge. This is funny, satiric look at life in Hollywood and the perfect chick-lit beach read, until the chill going up your spine tells you it’s something else. Highly recommended.

Bajo, David. The 351 Books of Irma Arcuri (Vik, 25.95) June. A mathematician must track down his missing lover who has disappeared leaving him her library, including five books that she wrote detailing their romance. and the others that contain clues to her disappearance. A wonderful mystery about books.

Battles, Brett. The Deceived (BDD, 24.00) July. A professional “cleaner” for clandestine government agencies discovers that he’s been hired to vanish all traces of a CIA friend, so he decides to get justice for his friend in a suspenseful thriller that moves from Washington to Singapore.

Bell, James Scott. Try Darkness (Hach,21.99) July. A Los Angeles attorney, who has left a high-powered corporate firm to work on his own, takes on the case of a poor woman with a little girl being evicted from a transient hotel only to have the woman murdered, leaving him with a little girl and questions that lead to a high- end call girl ring and a billionaire real estate developer. I liked this a lot for the depth of characterization and the redemptive ending.

Block, Lawrence. Hit and Run (24.95) July. Hitman extraordinaire John Keller is in Iowa on a job, when the governor of Ohio is shot and Keller becomes the main suspect: even worse, his handler Dot is incommunicado and Keller is on his own.

Bolton, S.J. Sacrifice (STM, 24.95) June. A mesmerizing debut thriller set on the Shetland Islands with an obstetrician who discovers a body in a bog on the property where she and her husband have recently moved, and examination shows that it is the body of a young woman who has just given birth. When she tries to investigate further and finds a pattern of missing women, she meets a wall of secrets.. I loved this for the wonderful sense of place, the fast pacing, the intricate plotting, and the engaging protagonist. Highly recommended.

Booth, Stephen. Scared to Live (BDD, 25.00) June. The violent death of an elderly woman in a quiet Derbyshire village has detectives Fry and Cooper embroiled in a case that has its roots on the other side of Europe.

Braver, Gary. Skin Deep (STM, 24.95) July. Boston is in the grip of the “Black Stocking Strangler,” who targets women who’ve recently had plastic surgery, and the homicide detective in charge of the case has reason to fear that he himself could be the man who is obsessed by beautiful women and sexual sadism.

Brundage, Elizabeth. Somebody Else’s Daughter (Vik, 24.95) July. A psychological mystery set in the Berkshires about an adopted teenager whose birth father’s quest to see her sets off a series of events that reveal the secrets and dark motives hidden in the past.

Buchanan, Edna. Legally Dead (SS, 25.00) June. A former US Marshall uses the tricks he learned from the Witness Protection Plan to help innocent people get a fresh start, but his clients are being killed and he must find out if it’s someone in the federal program or someone targeting him.

Burke, James Lee. Swan Peak (SS, 25.95) July. Dave Robicheaux has a mystery to solve while on vacation in Montana when his former partner is targeted by the security guards for a Texas oilman after inadvertently fishing on private land. As always Burke mixes lyrical prose with violence and perversity.

Canin, Ethan. America America (RH, 27.00) July. A young son of a working class family is befriended by a powerful family in New York state and becomes an aide to a senator running for president, but when a crime is committed, he finds himself forced to reconcile his loyalty to the family with the tragedy.

Carey, Mike. Vicious Circle (GC, 24.99) July. Exorcist Felix Castor is broke and at odds with his friends when he gets a “missing ghost” case that turns into a plot to raise one of the fiercest demons of Hell in the second in this series of gritty thrillers with a supernatural edge.

Carson, Paul. Ambush (STM, 24.95) June. An American ex-pat doctor in Ireland who has a flourishing career as an anti-drug spokesman is devastated when his wife is murdered by narcotraffickers and joins forces with her brother in an international covert mission to find the killers.

Carter, Stephen L. Palace Council (Knopf, 26.95) When he stumbles across the body of a white Wall Street attorney, an ambitious African-American writer is afraid to go the police, but an inverted cross held in the victim’s hand intrigues him, and his investigation leads to a shadowy group of conspirators.

Casey, Kathryn. Singularity (STM, 24.95) July. A debut mystery featuring a single mother, one of the few female Texas Rangers, who is assigned the case of the murder of a wealthy businessman and his alleged mistress. Casey has been a writer of true crime for many years.

Castrique, Mark de. Blackman’s Coffin (PP, 24.95) June. A journal from 1919 about a funeral director in Asheville foreshadows the death of an Iraqi war veteran in the latest to feature funeral director “Buryin’ Barry.”

Cavanagh, Thomas. Prodigal Son (STM, 24.95) July. The second in this funny series set in Florida finds retired detective Mike Garrity helping a woman who’s dying find the son she put up for adoption, but when she disappears and her son is murdered, he is the chief suspect for the crimes.

Chercover, Sean. Trigger City (HC, 23.95) June. Chicago PI Ray Dudgeon is hired to find the killer of a woman whose death, he discovers, is tied to the shady world of the war on terror, where military contractors and black operatives are free to do as they please in the name of security.

Child, Lee. Nothing to Lose (BDD, 27.00) June. Jack Reacher arrives in the appropriately named Despair, Colorado to find that he is not only unwelcome, someone wants him dead in a case with ties to a foreign war.

Clark, Martin. The Legal Limit (Knopf, 24.95) July. Clark, a circuit court judge in Virginia, is one of my favorite writers because he concentrates on the bonds of family and conflicts between the letter of the law and its spirit. Here, an attorney is caught between his brother, a compulsive felon, and the law he is sworn to uphold when his brother threatens to reveal the secret of a murder cover-up that they’d sworn to take to the grave.

Cole, Martina. Close (GC, 24.99) July. The first US appearance of an award-winning British crime writer, whose latest is a family saga of a crime family in London that is in as much danger from each other as from the crime underworld.

Connolly, John. The Reapers (SS, 26.00) June. Someone is hunting Louis and his partner Angel, someone named Bliss who is a killer of killers, and when Louis and Angel disappear Charlie Parker must find them.

Cook, Thomas H. Master of the Delta (Har, 24.00) June. A man who returns to his father’s Mississippi Delta estate to teach high school dredges up dark secrets from the past when he teaches a class on historical evil and encourages the son of a notorious local murderer to examine his father’s case, revealing a connection between the murders and his own father that leads to deadly consequences. Cook is an elegant writer of darkly disturbing crime novels. Highly recommended.

Cooper, Natasha. A Poisoned Mind (STM, 25.95) July. Barrister Trish Maguire is caught in an ethical dilemma when her legal partner is gravely injured in an accident, leaving the defense of a corrupt company in her reluctant hands.

Coulter, Catherine. Tailspin (Put, 25.95) June. FBI Special Agents Savich and Sherlock are called in when the small aircraft carrying a prominent DC psychiatrist, suffering from frontal lobe dementia crashes in the Appalachians and it is feared that he may reveal confidential secrets of those in power.

Craig, Philip R. Vineyard Chill (SS, 24.00) June. The final installment of the popular series set in Martha’s Vineyard reveals the dark side of the off-season when PI J.W. Jackson helps a friend who needs to hide out, and he and his family begin to receive threats.

Crais, Robert. Chasing Darkness (SS, 25.95) July. Elvis Cole plunges into his own investigation when new evidence suggests that a man he helped clear in a murder case was in fact guilty of that and two more murders committed after Cole’s investigation exonerated him. A strongly plot-driven story.

Crombie, Deborah. Where Memories Lie (HC, 24.95) July. A neighbor woman who escaped from Nazi Germany during WWII asks for Gemma’s help when a unique piece of jewelry stolen years ago turns up at a prestigious London auction house. Signed.

Cussler, Clive with Jack duBrul. Plague Ship (Put, 26.95) June. The Oregon, a covert ship working for the US government, comes across a cruise ship floating adrift with the decks littered with hundreds of bodies.

Danton, John. Black and White and Dead All Over (Knopf, 24.95) July. The murder of the unpleasant managing editor of a New York newspaper leads an investigative reporter to join forces with an NYPD detective to find the murderer—who could be just about anyone who works on the paper.

Deaver, Jeffrey. The Broken Window (SS, 26.95) June. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs return in a case of a deadly killer who commits vicious crimes and then plants iron-clad evidence to implicate innocent men—including Rhyme’s cousin.

DePoy, Phillip. The Drifter’s Wheel (STM, 24.95) July. Georgia folklorist Fever Devlin attracts strange happenings so when a young man is found shot to death by the side of the road, he investigates.

Deutermann, P.T. The Moonpool (STM, 24.95) June. A very scary thriller featuring former cop Cam Richter who discovers that someone inside a nuclear power plant is plotting to release the radioactive waters of its storage pond to lead to a nuclear disaster.

Elkins, Aaron. Uneasy Relations (Brk, 23.95) July. Professor Oliver is attending a conference on Gibraltar where two murders occur close to the discovery of the remains of a woman holding the skeleton of a half-Neanderthal, half-human child.

Enger, Lin. Undiscovered Country (Lb, 23.99) July. While hunting in the cold northern Minnesota woods, a young man find his father dead, apparently of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, but the boy is reluctant to accept suicide and digs deeper into family secrets to avenge his father’s death. A brilliant debut using the plot of Hamlet as its starting point.

Evanovich, Janet. Fearless Fourteen (STM, 27.95) June. Stephanie Plum returns on June 17th! Need I say more? (yes, there will be signed copies!)

Evans, Mary Anna. Findings (PP, 24.95) July. Archaeologist Faye Longchamp investigates the murder of a colleague who is killed during a break-in where all that was taken were her field notes—after she discovered a fabulous emerald.

Fister, Barbara. In the Wind (STM, 24.95) June. A former Chicago police detective gives a ride to a church worker and finds herself involved in a case that reaches back to the 1970’s American Indian Movement.

Fossum, Karin. Black Seconds (Har, 24.00) June. Inspector Sejer has a case of a missing nine-year-old girl and the chief suspect is an eccentric local character who hasn’t spoken since childhood. Fossum’s books combine psychological insight and police procedural. Highly recommended.

French, Tana. The Likeness (Vik, 24.95) July. A Dublin detective is called in when a murdered girl is found outside the city who not only looks like her, but has the same name she used working undercover in order to find the killer among the victim’s friends and colleagues in graduate school. Highly recommended.

Galchen, Rivka. Atmospheric Disturbances (STM, 23.00) June. An inventive psychological thriller about a psychiatrist who believes that the woman he lives with is not his wife—she just looks and behaves like her—and his quest to find her leads him from New York to Patagonia as he is helped by the Royal Academy of Meteorology.

Gardiner, Meg. The Dirty Secrets Club (Dut, 24.95) July. Gardiner has been published for years in the UK, but never here until now. Brace yourself for some great thriller writing! This is the first of a new San Francisco-based series featuring a forensic psychiatrist who discovers that all of the recent high-profile suicides shared membership in a group—the Dirty Secrets Club. I loved this—the characters, setting, and especially plotting are first rate. I’m ready for more.

Gardiner, Lisa. Say Goodbye (BDD, 25.00) July. When a young woman who claims to have special, inside information on a series of disappearances of at-risk young women goes to the one FBI agent who has taken notice of the disappearances, together they go after the killer in a suspenseful thriller.

Goldberg, Lee. Mr. Monk Goes to Germany (NAL, 21.95) July. Monk follows his therapist to Germany, and across a crowded town square sees the mysterious man with six fingers who could be responsible for the death of his wife.

Goldstein, Paul. A Patent Lie (BDD, 24.95) June. Having resigned from the prestigious Manhattan law firm where he worked, attorney Michael Seeley reluctantly accepts a case of patent infringement on an AIDS vaccine brought to him by his estranged brother, only to discover that the financial stakes are so high that even murder can’t be ruled out.

Grabien, Deborah. Rock and Roll Never Forgets (STM, 24.95) July. A middle-aged rock and roll guitarist must investigate the murder of a muckraking tabloid biographer of his band when the body is found in his dressing room and one of the two women in his life is implicated.

Greenlaw, Linda. Fisherman’s Bend (Hyperion, 24.95) June. The second mystery featuring a PI who lives on the coast of Maine finds that her sleepy little village hides some very ugly secrets. A mystery with the flavor of a sea story.

Greenwood, Kerry. Heavenly Pleasures (PP, 24.95) June. Someone is sabotaging the neighboring chocolate shop as baker Corinna Chapman discovers when she bites into a violet cream and gets a chile chocolate instead in a rich and satisfyingly chocolate mystery from Australian crime writer Greenwood.

Guthrie, Allan. Savage Night (Har, 25.00) June. A savage look at the dark side of the Scottish capital that takes place during a six-hour period with blackmail, robbery, and murder by an award-winning crime writer.

Haines, Carolyn. Wishbones (STM, 23.95) July. Before returning home to Mississippi and becoming a PI, Sarah Booth Delaney was an actress, so when the chance comes to star in a Hollywood movie opposite an old flame, she jumps at the chance only to have to solve the mystery of “accidents” on location. A wonderfully fun series that’s as southern as Spanish moss.

Handler, David. The Sour Cherry Surprise (STM, 24.95) July. Connecticut trooper Desiree Mitry has broken off with Mitch Berger and everything in her personal and professional life is going awry, and most seriously a major drug ring has been operating right under her nose.

Howard, Linda. Death Angel (Ball, 26.00) July. A paranormal crime novel about a cynical, manipulative, amoral mistress of a crime lord, killed while stealing from him who comes back to life a changed woman and helps the FBI. Howard does a wonderful job of combining action and romance.

Howell, Liz. The Chorister at the Abbey (SOHO, 24.95) June. A biblically obsessed serial killer in a market town in northern England is terrifying the members of the Abbey Chorus in this ecclesiastical mystery. A nice sense of village life and interesting characters make this a perfect read for a hot summer’s day.

Johansen, Iris and Roy. Silent Thunder (STM, 24.95) July. The two Johansens—mother and son—team up for a thriller featuring a marine architect and her brother who are hired to check over a Russian nuclear submarine that has been purchased for a museum. When the brother finds a hidden message and then is murdered, the sister becomes the bait in a deadly hunt.

Johnson, Craig. Another Man’s Moccasins (Vik, 24.95) June. The new mystery set in Wyoming finds Sheriff Longmire faced with a case that connects two murders separated by forty years when a dead Vietnamese woman is found and a homeless Vietnam vet has the victim’s purse. Highly recommended.

Judson, Daniel. The Water’s Edge (STM, 24.95) July. A thriller that takes place in the Hamptons during the time period of twenty-four hours as a man who had freed himself from the local crime family is forced to find the traitor within the organization before all-out war erupts.

Klavan, Andrew. Empire of Lies (Har, 25.00) July. An upright Midwesterner receives a call from his violent criminal past when he discovers that his daughter is missing and that he is dangerously and unwittingly involved with a terrorist conspiracy that targets the US. Klavan is great.

Konrath, J.A. Fuzzy Navel (Hyperion, 23.95) July. Lt. Jack Daniels of the Chicago PD must track down a group of vigilantes on a murderous spree who decide to take down a cop.

Kramer, Julie. Stalking Susan (BDD, 22.95) July. An investigative reporter at a television station in Minneapolis is handed two cold cases by a longtime police source that indicate that a serial killer is targeting women named Susan and killing one on the same day each year, but she has trouble convincing the station manager that she must warn women as the date approaches.

Lawson, Mike. House Rules (AtlM, 22.00) June. Joe DeMarco, the secret troubleshooter for the Speaker of the House, is called in when a thwarted terrorist attack leads to the proposal of a law targeting Muslim Americans, and he is sent on a dangerous quest that leads to mobsters, meth dealers, and the political elite.

Levine, Laura. Killing Bridezilla (Ken, 22.00) June. Los Angeles writer-for-hire Jaine Austen is hired to rewrite Romeo and Juliet with a happy ending for an elaborate wedding, but when the bride falls to her death during the balcony scene, Jaine must find out who wanted to turn the play back into a tragedy.

Lynn, Jackie. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (STM, 24.95) June. When a friend from Shady Grove campground is implicated in murder, Rose Franklin tries to help him out in the third in this spiritual detective series.

Lowell, Elizabeth. Blue Smoke and Murder (HC, 24.95) June. A river guide is in personal danger when her aunt dies in a mysterious fire and the discovery of the family’s cache of western art causes a stir in the high-stakes and high-dollar world of western art collecting.

Margolin, Phillip. Executive Privilege (HC, 25.95) June. A junior associate in an Oregon law firm is working on the appeal of a man convicted of the murder of a teenager who worked for the then governor, now president. When the attorney and a Washington D.C. private investigator working on the case of a murdered college student find themselves in possession of evidence suggesting that the president of the United States is a serial murderer their lives are in danger.

McCrery, Nigel. Still Waters (RH, 23.95) July. The first in a new series featuring DCI Mark Lapslie who suffers from synaesthesia, a neurological condition that causes him to taste sound, faced with the case of murder when the decayed body of an elderly woman is found and the only clue is that the murderer had a deadly knowledge of household plants.

McFetridge, John. Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere (Har, 25.00) July. A noir set in Toronto where a police detective is on an collision course with a prostitute/drug grower in a case involving drugs, murder, police corruption, and the sex industry. I liked this.

Oates, Joyce Carol. My Sister, My Love (HC, 25.95) July. A dark and subtle novel that is part mystery and part exposé of middle class pretensions about a family caught in tabloid hell after a six-year-old girl is murdered.

O’Neil, Vincent H. Exile Trust (STM, 23.95) July. The third in the series featuring Frank Cole who has moved to a small Florida town and works as an investigator finds him helping update the files of safe deposit box holders in anticipation of a bank audit, but things turn criminal when an imposter gains access to the box of a woman who had died a few days earlier and Frank is up to his neck in land fraud, identity theft, and murder. An appealing protagonist and nicely eccentric secondary characters give this series an engaging small-town feel.

Patterson, James and Howard Roughan. Sail (LB, 27.99) June. A family’s sailing vacation becomes a nightmare in another of summertime’s favorite pleasures—a new James Patterson thriller.

Pearson, Ridley. Killer View (Put, 24.95) July. In the midst of a snowstorm, Sun Valley sheriff Walt Fleming must find his missing friend and deal with an unexplained death at a water-bottling plant that sets off a biohazard warning in a case that leads him to a large-scale crime.

Perry, Thomas. Fidelity (Har, 25.00) June. When a Los Angeles PI is shot dead on the street in front of his home, his widow discovers things about him that she never knew—including the fact that he had drained their bank accounts. While she is trying to discover his secrets, his killer is trying to discover why he has been hired to kill her as well. An intelligent and fast-paced thriller by a master.

Pronzini, Bill. Fever (STM, 24.95) June. Nameless agrees to help a friend find his missing wife, a woman with a gambling addiction and a history of disappearances, but when she disappears again and her blood is found on the kitchen floor, her husband is the chief suspect until Nameless uncovers a ruthless racket preying on gamblers.

Reich, Christopher. Rules of Deception (BDD, 24.95) July. When his wife is killed in an accident a doctor discovers that he knew very little about her life, and must discover why he has become the subject of an international manhunt as he is thrust into the world of spies and global terrorism. Reich is a fantastically good thriller writer.

Rendell, Ruth. Not in the Flesh (RH, 25.95) June. Inspector Wexford returns in a case that involves a body of a man who disappeared eleven years earlier, but he is surprised when another body is found nearby as long-buried secrets are brought to light.

Richmond, Michelle. No One You Know (BDD, 23.00) July. After a chance meeting with the man accused of killing her sister twenty years ago, a woman receives her notebook filled with mathematical equations and begins a search for a hundred-year-old mathematical puzzle, a secret lover of her sister, and the motives of the man who profited from the death in a mystery that is about mathematics as well as the secrets family members keep from one another.

Rimington, Stella. Illegal Action (Knopf, 23.95) July. MI5 officer Liz Carlyle is assigned to go undercover to protect a wealthy Russian oligarch who is targeted for assassination because of his criticism of Putin and must unmask a Russian government agent who is also working undercover to prevent an international incident. Rimington, the former Director General of MI5, writes novels that are as suspenseful as they are psychologically complex.

Rosenfelt, David. Don’t Tell a Soul (STM, 24.95) July. A New Jersey businessman whose wife was killed in a boating accident finds his life spins out of control when a drunken stranger in a bar tells him that he recently murdered a woman. A great stand-alone thriller, and, yes, there is a golden retriever!

Salem, J.J. Tan Lines (STM, 24.95) July. Billed as a “bitchy beach read,” this scorching mix of sex, scandal, and murder set in the Hamptons will keep you reading when the temperature is in the 100’s.

Sefton, Maggie. Dyer Consequences (Brk, 23.95) June. Kelly is busy trying to renovate her alpaca ranch when a young woman is found dead in her knitting store—drowned in a tub of dye.

Schorr, Mark. Fixation (STM, 24.95) June. Set in Portland Oregon, featuring a drug counselor and Vietnam vet who agrees to help a disgraced former FBI agent who is the target of a white supremacist drug lord and a stalker from her past.

Sims, Elizabeth. The Actress (STM, 24.95) June. A struggling actress takes on the job of coaching the defendant in a high profile case of a wealthy woman accused of killing her little girl in this debut set in Hollywood. I was pleasantly surprised how Sims combines a traditional cozy situation—divorced single mother with a five-year-old son and a gay friend—with a very compelling and edgy mystery.

Smiley, Patricia. Cool Cache (NAL, 23.95) June. Los Angeles management consultant Tucker Sinclair is hired by the owner of a new gourmet chocolate shop, but things become less sweet when the body of the cleaning woman is found next to a bloody green feather. A smart and funny series with an appealing protagonist and a great sense of place.

#Spenser-Fleming, Julia. I Shall Not Want (STM, 24.95) June. Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson and Russ van Alstyne have been separated by griefover the tragic death of Russ’s wife, but the murder of a Latino man in the migrant community of Miller’s Kill in upstate New York brings them together when it appears that a serial killer is at work. Highly recommended. Signed copies.

Strohmeyer, Sarah. Sweet Love (Dut, 24.95) June. A brilliant local television reporter fired for the sin of turning forty, is broke, divorced, unemployed, and trying to raise a teenaged daughter when she takes a class in dessert making and finds culinary creativity that she didn’t know she had.

Thor, Brad. The Last Patriot (SS, 26.00) July. Covert Homeland Security operative Scot Harvath is called into action in a series that is based on the author’s own experience in the Department of Homeland Security.

Thurlo, Aimée and David. The Prodigal Nun (STM, 24.95) June. When a series of violent threats arrive at the monastery of Our Lady of Hope, right after a boisterous young nun moves in, Sister Agatha must discover the truth of what’s going on before it’s too late.

Unger, Lisa. Black Out (RH, 23.00) June. A beautifully-written thriller about a woman who is suffering from a dissociative state allowing her to forget her violent past and enjoy her present with a doting husband and beautiful daughter hat she must finally confront. I tend to be very skeptical of suppressed memories, but the characterization of the protagonist and the beauty of the writing convinced me. Highly recommended.

Waddell, Dan. The Blood Detective (STM, 24.95) June. When a number of murder victims are found in various parts of London with carved letters and numbers referring to birth, marriage, and death records on their bodies, the DCI in charge calls in genealogist Nigel Barnes to solve the mystery. This debut is a police procedural with a twist that I enjoyed a lot.

Wells, Shirley. A Darker Side (SOHO, 24.95) June. A forensic psychologist who has retired from police work is called back when a seventeen-year-old schoolboy is murdered, and they discover that the victim was a blackmailer and that his family is very strange indeed.

Whitehouse, Lucie. The House at Midnight (Ball, 25.00) June. When a man inherits his uncle’s manor house in Oxfordshire, he wants to use it for an escape London, but the house has a strange effect on everyone, but especially on its new owner obsessed with the house’s past and his uncle’s death. A creepy debut novel of psychological suspense.

Willett, Jincy. The Writing Class (STM, 24.95) June. A darkly funny novel about a university writing teacher who discovers that her new class is not normal when scary phone calls and obscene threats lead to murder.

Winslow, Don. The Dawn Patrol (Knopf, 23.95) June. A former San Diego policeman who is a fanatic surfer and who works as a PI to keep himself in fish tacos is hired by an attorney to investigate an insurance scam in a case that leads to the cold case of a young girl who was abducted while he was still a cop.

Wroblewski, David. The Story of Edgar Sawtelle (HC, 26.95) June. A debut that has received glowing reviews, the story of a young boy who flees into the wilderness with three young dogs of a breed that his family has made famous after the arrival of his uncle Claude and the mysterious death of his father. He finally returns to his home to avenge his father’s death. A beautifully written retelling of Hamlet and an exploration of the alliance between humans and dogs.

Yessayan, Raffi. Eight in the Box (Ball, 25.00) July. When Boston’s Homicide Response Team is called in to find a serial killer who takes his victim’s bodies with him, leaving a bathtub filled with their blood, the only connection between the victims is that they all spent time on juries in the south Bay Courthouse.

Zubro, Mark Richard. Schooled in Murder (STM, 24.95) July. After a contentious faculty meeting, Chicago area high school teacher Tom Mason finds a dead colleague, and must find the killer with the help of his husband Scott.

New and Forthcoming in Paperback Reprint

Andrews, Donna. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much (STM, 6.99) June.

Andrews, Lori. The Silent Assassin (STM, 6.99) June.

Andrews, Sarah. In Cold Pursuit (STM, 6.99) June.

Babson, Marian. Only the Cat Knows (STM, 6.99) June.

Battles, Brett. The Cleaner (BDD, 6.99) June.

Billingham, Mark. Buried (HC, 7.99) June.

Brockmann, Suzanne. Force of Nature (BDD, 7.99) July.

Carcaterra, Lorenzo. Chasers (BDD, 7.99) June.

Carey, Mike. The Devil You Know (GC, 6.99) June.

Coulter, Catherine. Double Take (Brk, 7.99) July.

Cussler, Clive with Paul Kamprecos. The Navigator (Brk, 9.99) July.

Daheim, Mary. Scots on the Rocks (HC, 6.99) July.

Deaver, Jeffrey. The Sleeping Doll (Pkt, 9.99) June.

Deutermann, P.T. Spider Mountain (STM, 6.99) June.

Dunnett, Kaitlyn. Kilt Dead (Ken, 6.99) July.

Elkins, Aaron. Little Tiny Teeth (Brk, 7.99) July.

Ellis, Robert. City of Fire (STM, 6.99) July.

Evanovich, Janet. Lean Mean Thirteen (STM, 7.99) June 17th.

Frost, Scott. Never Fear (Brk, 9.99) June.

Gagliano, Anthony. Straits of Fortune (HC, 7.99) June.

Gardner, Lisa. Hide (BDD, 7.99) June.

Goldberg, Lee. Mr. Monk in Outer Space (NAL, 6.99) July.

Goldman, Mary Elizabeth. To Love and Die in Dallas (STM, 6.99) July.

Harris, Charlaine. The Julius House (Brk, 7.99) June.

Hawke, Richard. Cold Day in Hell (BDD, 7.99) June.

Jance, J.A. Justice Denied (HC, 9.99) July.

Kenner, Julie. Demons Are Forever (Brk, 7.99) July.

King, Jonathon. Acts of Nature (NAL, 7.99) June.

Konrath, J.A. Dirty Martini (HC, 7.99) June.

Koryta, Michael. A Welcome Grave (STM, 6.99) June.

Kostova, Elizabeth. The Historian (GC, 9.99) June. Mass market reissue.

Krueger, William Kent. Thunder Bay (Pkt, 7.99) July.

Loomis, Jon. High Season (STM, 6.99) July.

Parker, Robert B. Spare Change (Brk, 9.99) June.

Patterson, James and Michael Ledwidge. Step on a Crack (GC, 9.99) June.

Pearson, Ridley. Killer Weekend (Brk, 9.99) July.

Preston, Douglas and Lincoln Child. The Wheel of Darkness (GC, 7.99) July.

Reichs, Kathy. Bones to Ashes (Pkt, 7.99) July.

Rhoades, J.D. Safe and Sound (STM, 6.99) June.

Rollins, James. The Judas Strain (STM, 7.99) June.

Sefton, Maggie. A Killer Stitch (Brk, 6.99) June.

Shuman, George D. Last Breath (Pkt, 7.99) July.

Silva, Daniel. The Secret Servant (NAL, 9.99) July.

Smiley, Patricia. Short Change (NAL, 6.99) June.

Thor, Brad. The First Commandment (Pkt, 7.99) June.

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Bauer, Sydney. Undertow (Brk, 7.99) July. A debut legal thriller featuring a female attorney who witnesses the death of a senator’s daughter and then is accused of murder by the victim’s vengeful father.

Bishop, Claudia. The Case of the Ill-gotten Goat (Brk, 6.99) June. Veterinarian Austin McKenzie investigates when a milk inspector is found dead in a vat of goat milk and must cull a killer from a herd of bleating suspects.

Brennan, Alison. Tempting Evil (BDD, 6.99) June. Three people stranded in a remote valley town face the fury of a crippling blizzard and a deadly criminals.

Byerrum, Ellen. Armed and Glamorous (NAL, 6.99) July. Fashion reporter Lacey takes a course in private investigation, and gets a chance for some hands-on experience when a D.C. socialite is found murdered outside of the classroom.

Caine, Leslie. Poisoned by Gilt (BDD, 6.99) July. A green-homes contest finds murder the design theme of the day when a judge is killed.

Christopher, Paul. The Aztec Heresy (NAL, 7.99) July. When archaeologist Finn Ryan goes on a hunt for a missing manuscript said to be by Hernán Cortez and detailing the location of the Cities of Gold, she is shadowed by a sinister religious group in a chase that leads from the jungles of Yucatán to the Sonoran desert.

Cohen, Jeffrey. It Happened One Knife (Brk, 7.99) July. Theater-owner Elliot Freed sets out to prove that the members of a legendary comedy duo are innocent of a decades-old Hollywood murder in a second mystery featuring movie trivia.

Dublin, D.H. Freezer Burn (Brk, 7.99) June. The third in the forensic series set in Philadelphia finds Madison Cross moving from the city’s criminal underworld to the highest echelon of organized crime when a bag full of body parts, a shriveled corpse, a man thrown from a car, and a dead gangster point to a horrific plot.

Fox, Kathryn. Skin and Bone (HC, 7.99) July. In the third in the forensic series set in Sydney, Australia a mother has been murdered, a baby is missing, and a teenaged girl has vanished.

Gardiner, Meg. China Lake (NAL, 7.99) June. The first US appearance of a first-rate series this features Santa Barbara investigator Evan Delaney who learns that her former sister-in-law has joined a religious cult and plans to disappear within it, taking Evan’s nephew with her. Highly recommended.

_____. Mission Canyon (NAL, 7.99) July. The hit-and-run death of a friend may be more than an accident, when Evan discovers that the witnesses are dying.

Hartman, Honor. The Unkindest Cut (NAL, 6.99) June. A bridge weekend in the Texas Hill Country is anything but relaxed when two battling bridge instructors make it clear that only one will survive until Monday.

Hill, Reginald. The Roar of the Butterflies (HC, 7.99) June. The fifth in the series featuring PI Joe Sixsmith. I can get the earlier ones in the series from the UK.

Hirahara, Naomi. Gasa-Gasa Girl (BDD, 6.99) June. The second in the delightful series featuring Los Angeles gardener Mas Arai, Hiroshima survivor and father of a daughter who has become too Americanized for his tastes.