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FICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2012
THE BONE BED
by Patricia Cornwell
"An ingenious murder method, more hours in the mortuary and forensics lab than usual, an uncharacteristically muffled killer, and all the trademark battles among the regulars and every potential ally who gets in their way."
Having survived brushes with ruthless killers, human monsters and treacherous colleagues of every stripe (Red Mist, 2011, etc.), forensic pathologist Dr. Kay Scarpetta limps into her 20th case to encounter more of the same. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 9, 2012
RED RAIN
by R.L. Stine
"More icky than scary."
YA fearmonger Stine tries his hand at adult horror, with decidedly jejune results. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 2, 2012
WHAT THE CAT SAW
by Carolyn Hart
"Veteran Hart (Death Comes Silently, 2012, etc.) launches a new series with a combination of red herrings, romance and what some readers will consider the bonus of a psychic cat."
A fill-in job lands a young woman right in the middle of a murder case. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 25, 2012
YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, YOUR CHILDREN ALL GONE
by Stefan Kiesbye
"A devious intimation of homegrown terrors likely to keep readers awake long after closing time has come and gone."
Infidelity, bullying, savage beatings, sororicide, curses, murder and the devil himself all come into play in this quietly savage meditation on evil. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2012
DEATH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WITCH
by Laura Levine
"Levine's latest finds her at her witty and wacky best."
If good fences made good neighbors, ad writer Jaine Austen (Pampered to Death, 2011, etc.) would need the Berlin Wall to cope with the nutty crew that surrounds her South Beverly Hills rental. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
Kirkus Star THE BROKEN ONES
by Stephen M. Irwin
"A flawlessly assembled thriller."
In the strange, devastating aftermath of Gray Wednesday, when the Earth's poles suddenly switched, the world is in even greater chaos, climatic distress and financial ruin than it is now. Read full book review >