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Cover art for FIRED UP
FICTION
Released: Jan. 5, 2010

"The fun here is the sexual tension between the protagonists; the rest is psychic-babble. "
A lost lamp is the MacGuffin in this dim, talky paranormal suspenser from Krentz (White Lies, 2007, etc.). Read full book review >
Cover art for JANE BITES BACK
FICTION
Released: Jan. 5, 2010

Armed only with her vampire powers, 192-year-old Jane Austen hits the publicity trail to promote what fond readers think is her first novel. Read full book review >
Cover art for SKIN
FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2010

"Nice work once again from one of the most dependable pros in the murder business. "
Violated corpses and many other nasty things keep surfacing at smartly timed intervals in this high-octane thriller from Hayder (Ritual, 2008, etc.) Read full book review >
Cover art for BROOKLYN KNIGHT
FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2010

"Henderson delivers an entertaining Indiana Jones–style adventure with snappy dialogue and intriguing characters. As a bonus, he throws in a number of real-life historical tidbits about New York, a city the author clearly loves. "
A museum curator and his intern battle supernatural thieves in this fast-paced urban-fantasy mystery. Read full book review >
Cover art for CARRION COMFORT
FICTION
Released: Dec. 1, 2009

"A satisfying story that delivers everything it promises."
Does evil exist? You betcha--and you will obey it. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE EDGE OF EDEN
FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2009

"Despite moments of lyricism, more sensational than subtle."
Earthly paradise turns a British marriage hellish in this self-conscious, psychologically insecure novel from Benedict (The Opposite of Love, 2007, etc.). Read full book review >
Cover art for DRACULA
FICTION
Released: Oct. 13, 2009

"Flies and spiders, master! Big, messy, lots of fun--and not Stephenie Meyer."
Bram's great-grandnephew teams up with Dracula buff Holt to reclaim vampire lit from the unholy, unlettered legions churning out today's fang-and-cloak stuff. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE VAMPIRE ARCHIVES
FICTION
Released: Oct. 6, 2009
edited by Otto Penzler

"We're on the edge of our seats."
"Rubbish, Watson, rubbish! What have we to do with walking corpses who can only be held in their grave by stakes driven through their hearts? Read full book review >
Cover art for NO DOORS, NO WINDOWS
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2009

"Workmanlike and agreeably absorbing, though lacking genuine thrills or chills."
More New England horror and madness tied to sadistic events in the past from Schreiber (Chasing the Dead, 2006, etc.). Read full book review >
Cover art for JOHN DIES AT THE END
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2009

"Lowbrow, absurdist horror/comedy that works--a difficult trick to pull off."
Two wisecracking slackers attempt to thwart an invasion by supernatural beings. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE GHOSTS OF BELFAST
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2009

"Harsh and unrelenting crime fiction, masterfully done."
The IRA may have made peace with England, but decades of violence still haunt a former terrorist. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE DARKEST ROOM
FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2009

"The Swedish landscape Theorin (Echoes from the Dead, 2008) presents as if in an endless single breath is as bleak as Henning Mankell's, but a lot more eventful. "
One-hundred-and-fifty years of dark doings come to a head in a Christmas Eve whiteout on the Swedish island of Öland. Read full book review >