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Cover art for SEAL TEAM SIX OUTCASTS
FICTION
Released: May 29, 2012

"If you enjoy multiplayer shooting games and know or want to learn more about weapons systems, this book is for you."
Capitalizing on the success of the memoir Wasdin wrote with Stephen Templin, Seal Team Six: Memoirs of an Elite Navy Seal Sniper (2011), the pair returns with a cartoonish novel. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE STORM
FICTION
Released: May 29, 2012

"Classic Cussler: testosterone-driven action, over-the-horizon technical wizardry, beautiful and talented women and exotic locations."
Cussler (Devil's Gate, 2011, etc.), with co-author Brown, dips into the NUMA Files for another Kurt Austin action-on-the-sea escapade. Read full book review >
Cover art for PLAYING DEAD
FICTION
Released: May 29, 2012

"First-timer Heaberlin combines equal parts gruesome (a mummified child's finger) and poignant (Tommie's niece's brain tumor) with perhaps a smidgen too many secrets for a single plot. "
Every family has a deep dark secret. Maybe more than one. Read full book review >
Cover art for A KILLING COAST
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012

"A generally satisfying puzzler whose hero takes a little too long to connect the dots."
DI Andy Horton (Blood on the Sand, 2010, etc.) misses the mark when he mistakes a murder for an accidental drowning. Read full book review >
Cover art for VULTURES AT TWILIGHT
FICTION
Released: June 1, 2012

"The killer is surprisingly lightweight for someone of Atkins' formidable ability to evoke evil. And Lillian isn't a patch on Jessica Fletcher, still less Miss Marple. First of a series."
Generally scarifying Atkins (Mother's Milk, 2009, etc.) dials down the violence, though not the body count, in a demi-cozy that asks who's declared war on the antique dealers of Grenville, Conn. Read full book review >
Cover art for THE DARK CHRONICLES
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 >