FICTION
Released: Feb. 5, 2013
"A smart entry into the modern thriller pantheon, at once slick and gritty."
An ice-in-his-veins fixer trawls Atlantic City for a missing bundle of cash in this watertight debut thriller.
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FICTION
Released: Jan. 15, 2013
"Satisfies from start to finish."
FICTION
Released: Jan. 9, 2013
"The remarkable output of Harvey, whose 100-plus titles (Far Cry, 2010, etc.) have earned him the CWA Cartier Diamond Dagger Award, represents the best of British crime writing."
FICTION
Released: Jan. 1, 2013
"Among Phryne's pleasantly dashing adventures (Dead Man's Chest, 2010, etc.), this one stands out for its emphasis on sexual orientation and institutional coverups."
FICTION
Released: Dec. 19, 2012
"One hopes that White's clever tale, meticulously researched and pleasingly written, is the first in a series that will bring Florence and its many famous denizens to life."
FICTION
Released: Dec. 11, 2012
"With so many twists and turns, even the most devoted noir fans may wish they had a map. But it's well worth trying to find the way."
More hangs in the balance than he imagines when a private eye signs on to help a police friend solve her latest case.
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FICTION
Released: Dec. 11, 2012
"Dunn's third Cornish adventure (Manna From Hades, 2009, etc.) offers strong female characters, a double helping of tension and the revival of some largely forgotten history."
FICTION
Released: Dec. 1, 2012
"Horton's 10th is a treat for fans of the puzzle-box mystery."
A convict's death triggers an ever-expanding investigation for DI Andy Horton (
A Killing Coast, 2012, etc.) of the Portsmouth CID.
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FICTION
Released: Dec. 1, 2012
"A tasty combination of police procedural and forensics, with a touch of romance."
When three people die in a tragic fire, is it an accident or murder? That's a question for DI Alex Randall and coroner Martha Gunn.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 27, 2012
"Casual readers be warned: Pattison's seventh Inspector Shan thriller is another hypnotic immersion in a fascinating culture."
A brutal killing in Tibet draws a veteran investigator out of the safety of his new bureaucratic job and into a complicated tangle of political interests and deadly alliances.
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FICTION
Released: Nov. 14, 2012
"Harry's adventures continue to provide physical dangers, Florida lore and an endless supply of women for him to fall in love with. This installment, more thriller than mystery, grips you from beginning to end."
FICTION
Released: Nov. 13, 2012
"It's not the game, but how well you play it, and Haas plays it very well indeed in what clearly seems a series launch."
Once more to Moscow and the Russian tundra on a supersecret mission goes a solitary hero in a thriller that makes the familiar seem fresh.
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FICTION
Released: Oct. 16, 2012
"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.
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FICTION
Released: Sept. 25, 2012
"An engaging crime caper. This book hits the mark."
The triumvirate writing as Miles Arceneaux (aka Texas authors Brent Douglass, John T. Davis and James R. Dennis) debuts with a hurricane-ravaged thriller in the atmosphere-and-action mode of Sue Grafton's Santa Teresa and James Lee Burke's Cajun country.
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