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2011 Best of Fiction: Mysteries


Cover art for THE STRANGER YOU SEEK
FICTION
Released: Aug. 30, 2011

"Think Mary Higgins Clark with an edge."
A suspenseful tale of a clever crime-solver who gets a little too close to the action. Read full book review >
Cover art for BACK OF BEYOND
FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011

"Once again, Box provides the complete suspense package: unobtrusively slick detection, buckets of surprises and mounting thrills, all amid his trademark settings in the majestic high country."
A second standalone from the chronicler of Twelve Sleep County Game Warden Joe Pickett (Cold Wind, 2011, etc.) takes a Montana cop deep into the wilds of Yellowstone National Park in the hope of protecting his teenaged son from a determined killer. Read full book review >
Cover art for STEALING MONA LISA
FICTION
Released: Aug. 2, 2011

"Like La Joconde, Carson's debut novel is set in an elegant frame--a newspaper reporter wrests the amazing story from a dying Valfierno--that still isn't as finely crafted as what lies inside."
A world-class art thief snatches a world-famous masterpiece from under the noses of its guardians in 1911 Paris. Read full book review >
Cover art for DEAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN
FICTION
Released: July 1, 2011

"Buzzelli will have you packing your bags for a move to northern Michigan in the hope that you'll find a friend as appealing as Emily and a dog as lovable as Sorrow."
Whatever it is that women want, it's probably not a Noel Coward ditty. Read full book review >
Cover art for MISTERIOSO
FICTION
Released: July 1, 2011
by Arne Dahl, translated by Tiina Nunnally

"Thoughtfully haunting and sometimes beautifully written, the first of Hjelm's cases to be translated into English is likely to resonate with readers of the Stieg Larsson trilogy."
An elite team of misfit police officers band together to stop a serial killer. Read full book review >
Cover art for NOW YOU SEE ME
FICTION
Released: June 7, 2011

"Bolton (Blood Harvest, 2010, etc.) provides excruciating tension and much else. Romantics can drool over Jonesbury's turquoise eyes; amateur psychologists can mull Lacey's one-nighters; and Ripperologists can ponder theories of Jack's real identity, one of which helps tie up the plot."
A Jack the Ripper aficionado is on the loose. Read full book review >