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Cover art for THE SOLITARY HOUSE
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2012

"Shepherd offers an intricate plot and a thousand details of the least-admirable side of Victorian life. A must-read."
Shepherd's latest detective story (Murder at Mansfield Park, 2010) is a Victorian tour de force that borrows characters from Charles Dickens' Bleak House and Wilkie Collins' The Woman in White. Read full book review >
Cover art for DROWNED
FICTION
Released: May 22, 2012

"A slim novel with a taut narrative line and a sense of impending disaster. "
A tale of identity and tense personal relationships, one that as a film property would have appealed to Hitchcock or de Palma. Read full book review >
Cover art for ANGEL OF DARKNESS
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012

"Munger's third Dead Detective case (Angel Interrupted, 2010, etc.) is a police procedural with a twist. Kevin's latest attempt at redemption is filled with anger and anguish right up to the exciting climax."
The lost soul of an unsuccessful police officer roams a Delaware town seeking redemption. Read full book review >
Cover art for YOU CAME BACK
FICTION
Released: June 12, 2012

"An overlong but potent story, balancing supernatural gloom and marital conflict. "
A man grows increasingly convinced the ghost of his son haunts his previous home in this fast-paced suburban gothic tale. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE BROKEN ONES
FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012

"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 >
Cover art for DEATH OF A NEIGHBORHOOD WITCH
FICTION
Released: Sept. 1, 2012

"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 >