FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2011
"An uncharacteristically lumpy series opener, though Card's storytelling skills and devoted audience guarantee success."
First of a fantasy series about overweening magic power, from the author of
Hidden Empire (2009).
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FICTION
Released: Dec. 28, 2010
"A good ghost story is all about the suspension of disbelief, which is hampered here by haphazard plotting. Still, Koontz has a pile of unswervingly loyal fans for whom the screw may turn no matter."
In his latest, Koontz (
Breathless, 2009, etc.) makes the case that the only thing worse than a serial killer might be his ghost.
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INDIE
Released: Nov. 17, 2010
"Readers looking for a fast-paced, superficial read should seek their literary escapism elsewhere, but those who enjoy challenging, provocative and ultimately uplifting novels will want to get to know Bean."
Stuart's (
The Wonder of All That Is, 2009) second installment in his Bean trilogy is a cerebral and wildly thought-provoking fusion of fantastical fiction and metaphysical speculation.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"Taut, spare and seamlessly plotted. The real accomplishment, however, is the villain of the piece, portrayed sympathetically but without sentimentality."
Marital difficulties turn murderous in Pronzini's suspenseful departure from the estimable Nameless Detective series (
Schemers, 2009, etc.).
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"Standard zombie fare from Moody (Dog Blood, 2010), slowed down to a lifeless crawl."
When a fast-moving virus decimates the population, the few survivors struggle to make lives for themselves, even as some of the dead come back as mindless zombies.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 1, 2010
"A collection of page-turning narratives for those who prefer the prolific tale spinner at his pulpiest."
Following an overstuffed feast of a novel (
Under the Dome, 2009), King returns with four comparative snacks, each of which deals in some way with the darkest recesses of the human soul.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 5, 2010
"Although Irwin packs his debut novel with fairy-tale and horror-story motifs, the results are lamentably tame."
A haunted woods, an old witch and the death of several children over a century and a half--Irwin writes a cautionary fairy tale but sets it in contemporary Australia.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
"A philosophical story about fears to which no beating heart is immune."
Bright lights in a big city herald the return of the dead in Swedish horrorist Lindqvist's second novel, after
Let the Right One In (2007), a vampire tale that was later turned into a movie.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 1, 2010
"Relentlessly paves the way for what promises to be an epic third book."
The second book in Guillermo del Toro (director of
Pan's Labyrinth,
Hellboy, etc.) and Chuck Hogan's (
Devils in Exile, 2010, etc.) The Strain trilogy finds civilization teetering on the brink.
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INDIE
Released: Sept. 27, 2010
"An utterly readable fusion of vampire fiction and labyrinthine whodunit powered by a highly intelligent narrative containing deep existential speculation and numerous philosophical references; Anne Rice meets Dashiell Hammett at a Zen Buddhist monastery."
FICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2010
"A lighthearted pastiche of pre–World War II mysteries, enjoyable for readers who know not to take the dark doings too seriously."
A member of the British Royal Family travels to Transylvania for a wedding beset by werewolves and murder.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 7, 2010
"Have no fear: All those tender feelings don't keep Dexter from breaking into a walk-in refrigerator, attacking a pirate ship and preventing Debs from turning into a late-night snack. Ghoulish fun for like-minded souls."
Fatherly affection, empathy, guilt--could everyone's favorite law-enforcement sociopath (
Dexter by Design, 2009, etc.) be turning soft?
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