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New Mysteries & Thrillers


Cover art for DEADLY POLITICS
FICTION
Released: Aug. 8, 2012

A financial consultant, back in Washington years after the suicide of her congressman husband, battles a hydra-headed extragovernmental agency whose existence she's only dimly aware of. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE LAST POLICEMAN
FICTION
Released: July 10, 2012

"A promising kickoff to a planned trilogy. For Winters (Bedbugs, 2011, etc.), the beauty is in the details rather than the plot's grim main thrust."
In a pre-apocalyptic world, one detective still keeps watch--but to what end? Read full book review >
Cover art for HEARTBROKEN
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 >
Cover art for THE PARIS DIRECTIVE
FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012

"By-the-numbers plotting, with a killer whose motivations make you wonder how he's lasted so long; a police hero who's bound to return in further installments; and some meals you'll remember long after the 10 fatalities have faded from memory."
Pseudonymous Jay's debut plops a killer-for-hire down in the placid Dordogne village of Taziac to produce a mashup of cloak-and-dagger and cozy replete with murder and fine dining. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE LINE BETWEEN HERE AND GONE
FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012

"A light thriller with romantic elements."
Amanda Gleason's infant son, Justin, is fighting for his life, and only his father can save him. But his father, Paul Everett, is dead. Or is he? Read full book review >
Cover art for THE RISK AGENT
FICTION
Released: June 19, 2012

"Exotic locale. Credible heroics. Vicarious thrills. Fans will want more, and soon."
If you have the right incentives, dollars in the billions can be made in Shanghai, where capitalism wrestles with communism. So says Pearson (In Harm's Way, 2010, etc.) in this first in a new series of thrillers. Read full book review >