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New Mysteries & Thrillers


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FICTION
Released: June 26, 2012

"Unger knows how to write a taut thriller, but one improbable character keeps this book from being extraordinary."
Unger's latest offers a triumvirate of strong women pitted against a shared past and dangerous future. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 5, 2012

"A tepid case that heats up only when Matthews (Bet Your Bones, 2011, etc.) delves into Norse myths. "
Freezing to death in Norway. Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 12, 2012

"Nobody but Lovesey could thump out a gritty procedural yet instill Bath with so much charm and history that readers will have to put it on their bucket lists."
How many mistakes can Detective Superintendent Diamond make and still catch the Somerset Sniper? Read full book review >
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FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012

"The immediacy of Duns' writing grabs and suspends the reader in a beautifully realized heartbeat of recent history."
A trio of gritty spy yarns featuring British double agent Paul Dark. Read full book review >
Cover art for DEATH'S DOOR
FICTION
Released: May 1, 2012

"Not all the details of the complex investigation are equally compelling, but the quality of Kelly's prose and the ongoing upstairs-downstairs relationship between the two protagonists will propel readers past the dry spots. "
For CID coppers Shaw and Valentine (Death Toll, 2011, etc.), an unsolved murder poisons the air 20 years later. Read full book review >
Cover art for A CLASS ON MURDER
FICTION
Released: June 15, 2012

"Gibson creates a mystery as laid-back and mellow as her heroine. "
An academic cozy about murder. Read full book review >