Fiction on Order

February 2012

Ahmed, Saladin

Throne of the Crescent Moon

Three superheroes in the Crescent Moon Kingdoms bound together by a series of magical murders must work together in a race against time to prevent a sorcerer's plot from destroying the world.

Andrews, V. C.

Into the Darkness

Atherton, Nancy

Aunt Dimity and the Village Witch

Baldacci, David

The Innocent

Begley, Louis

Schmidt Steps Back

Behrens, Peter

The O'Briens

A family saga spanning half a century in the lives of a restless and ambitious clan starts with the story of backwoods youth-turned-railroad magnate Joe O'Brien, who becomes the patriarch of a family that sees the first airplanes, two world wars, and the election of JFK.

Bell, Ted

Phantom

Birmingham, John

Angels of Vengeance

Bisson, Terry

Any Day Now

Locus magazine columnist Bisson pays homage to the beat poets as he embraces the social atmosphere of the late '60s and early '70s in staccato, pared-down prose that suits the novel's coming-of-age narrative.

Bowen, Rhonda

One Way or Another

Boyd, William

Waiting for Sunrise

In 1913 Vienna, young English actor Lysander Rief is accused of rape after launching a passionate affair and escapes with the help of two dodgy British diplomats, who promptly enlist his help in a dangerous mission.

Bradford, Barbara Taylor

Letter from a Stranger

Brett, Simon

Blotto, Twinks and the Dead Dowager Duchess

The extremely privileged 1920s brother-sister pair of Blotto (the handsome, brainless scion of a wealthy family) and his sister, Twinks (drop-dead gorgeous and over-the-top brainy), once again embark on solving a mystery that drops into their laps. Hilarious sendup of the traditional country house mystery.

Briggs, Patricia

Fair Game

Brody, Frances

Dying in the Wool

Brown, Rita Mae

The Big Cat Nap

Cameron, Peter

Coral Glynn

Nursing an elderly cancer patient in an isolated English countryside manse in 1950, Coral interacts with a disgruntled housekeeper and her charge's sexually torn and war-ravaged son until a series of random events culminates in a complicated marriage.

Clark, Carol Higgins

Gypped

Clark, Mary Higgins

The Lost Years

Cleland, Jane K.

Dolled Up for Murder

Coughlin, Jack

Running the Maze

Dams, Jeanne M.

The Evil That Men Do

De Robertis, Carolina

Perla

A coming-of-age story, based on a recent shocking chapter of Argentine history, about a young woman who makes a devastating discovery about her origins with the help of an enigmatic houseguest.

Dean, Anna

A Woman of Consequence

Refusing to believe that Penelope Lambe suffered a dangerous fall at an abbey ruin because of a ghost sighting, Miss Dido Kent uncovers a human skeleton at the scene and investigates clues linking the remains to Miss Lambe's accident.

Denning, Troy

Apocalypse

Dickey, Eric Jerome

An Accidental Affair

Doherty, P. C.

The Mysterium

Investigating the February 1304 murder of the king's disgraced former Chief's Justice, Sir Hugh Corbett sifts through clues to determine if the culprit is a vengeance-seeking former adversary of the victim or a copycat killer who has been using brutal methods in a series of crimes.

Dryden, Alex

The Blind Spy

When Burt Miller of Cougar, the powerful private intelligence company that overshadows the CIA, discovers Russia's plans to destroy the Ukraine's independence, he calls upon Anna Resnikov to run interference, pitting her against a gifted and unusual KGB spy.

Dunthorne, Joe

Wild Abandon

Dybek, Nick

When Captain Flint Was Still a Good Man

It's dangerous business, catching king crab on the Bering Sea each fall, but the men of Loyalty Island need the work. Cal's parents don't want him to join in, he's confused by his mother's relationship with fleet owner John Gaunt, and then Gaunt dies. Swift, atmospheric, and cuttingly honest; from a first novelist who's already won many awards.

Eastland, Sam

Archive 17

Appointed by Stalin to finance a war with Germany by finding the legendary missing gold of Tsar Nicholas II, former investigator Pekkala goes undercover in Siberia to infiltrate a gang of convicts rumored to know the treasure's whereabouts.

Edwardson, Ake

Sail of Stone

Faye, Lyndsay

The Gods of Gotham

Joining the newly formed NYPD in 1845, Timothy reluctantly assumes his duties near the notorious Five Points slum, where in the middle of the night he hears a little girl's claim that dozens of bodies have been buried in a local forest.

Fletcher, Jessica

Trouble at High Tide

Flint, Eric (CRT)

Grantville Gazette VI

Flower, Amanda

Murder in a Basket

Ford, Michael Thomas

Jane Vows Vengeance

Fowler, Christopher

The Memory of Blood

When a murder at a drama company's cast party thrusts them into London's Theater underground, Arthur Bryant and John May enlist the aid of an old-world Punch-and-Judy puppeteer to investigate a neurotic director, a jealous theater owner, a deranged playwright and a terminally rude critic.

Frazer, Margaret

A Play of Heresy

Funder, Anna

All That I Am

Set in 1930's Europe and based on a true story, this brilliant debut novel follows a group of young German exiles who dedicate themselves to bringing down Hitler and warning the British government about the very real Nazi threat to which it has remained willfully blind.

Gear, W. Michael

A Searing Wind

Glass, Matthew

Trigger Point

In a near-future world where America has emerged from painful wars and a devastating recession, the U.S. President risks relations with China by sending troops to a Uganda territory where aid workers have been massacred by terrorists, a situation that culminates in a Chinese plot to decimate the American economy.

Graham, Heather

The Unseen

Gregory, Susanna

Mystery in the Minster

Grisham, John

Calico Joe

Halliday, Gemma

Play Nice

Hardie, Titania

The House of the Wind

Sent to Tuscany by her fiery Italian grandmother to mourn the death of her fiance, Madeline is immersed in the mystery of a ruined villa that once housed 14th-century woman Mia, who while grieving for her mother became fatefully involved with an anonymous bride. By the best-selling author of The Rose Labyrinth.

Harris, Jane

Gillespie and I

Taking readers back in time to 1888 Glasgow during the world-famous International Exhibition, elderly Harriet Baxter reminisces about her friendship with Ned Gillespie, a talented artist who took his own life at the age of 36, never having achieved the fame and recognition she believes he deserved. By the author of The Observations.

Harrison, Kim

A Perfect Blood

When she discovers that a would-be creator is determined to make his (or her) own demons and needs her blood, former witch-turned-day-walking-demon Rachel Morgan, a bounty hunter, faces her toughest adversary yet --humanity.

Hart, Carolyn G.

Death Comes Silently

Hawley, Noah

The Good Father

Establishing a specialty in diagnosing otherwise abandoned patients with conflicting symptoms, Chief of Rheumatology Paul Allen is placed in the impossible position of having to unlock the mind of his 20-year-old son, who has attempted to assassinate a presidential candidate.

Hays, Tony

The Stolen Bride

Hobb, Robin

City of Dragons

Jackson, Lisa

Afraid to Die

Jaffarian, Sue Ann

Gem of a Ghost

Johansen, Iris

What Doesn't Kill You

Jones, J. Sydney

The Silence

Julavits, Heidi

The Vanishers

Keifetz, Mandy

Flea Circus

In the heart of New Jersey, a young mathematician refuses to get over her lover's suicide, in a lyrical novel by the author of Corrido.

Kerr, Philip

Prague Fatale

In 1941 Prague, private detective Bernie Gunther must sort through a roomful of murderous high-ranking Nazi Party members to discover who killed a young member of Reinhard Heydrich's staff.

King, Stephen

The Wind Through the Keyhole

Kleypas, Lisa

Rainshadow Road

Embittered by her fiance's abandonment for her sister, Washington state glass artist Lucy is unknowingly set up by her ex with his friend Sam, a relationship that is threatened by her ex's second thoughts and Lucy's discovery of the truth.

Knight, Bernard

Grounds for Appeal

Lansdale, Joe R.

Edge of Dark Water

Trying to escape her worthless life leads to unexpected and disastrous consequences when Sue Ellen steals money and a raft and embarks on a journey to dig up her best friend's body, burn it and sprinkle the ashes in Hollywood.

Laukkanen, Owen

The Professionals

When a joke about making illicit money in the poor economy escalates to a kidnapping scheme, four friends enjoy the proceeds of a low-risk operation until they abduct the wrong target and capture the attentions of state investigator Kirk Stevens, hotshot FBI agent Carla Windermere and a vengeful organized-crime ring. Thriller fans – don't miss this debut!

Leather, Stephen

The Basement

Lelic, Simon

The Child Who

A chance phone call throws the biggest murder case in southern England into the hands of provincial attorney Leo Curtice. Twelve-year-old Daniel Blake stands accused of murdering an eleven-year-old girl.

Leon, Donna

Beastly Things

Commissario Brunetti investigates the death of an animal lover whose decomposed body was found in a Venice canal.

Lupton, Rosamund

Afterwards

After a house fire leaves Grace and her daugher, Jenny, in the hospital, Grace must find the true culprit before Jenny's life is once again in danger--and before her mute son is convicted for an arson he didn't commit. By the author of Sister.

Margolin, Phillip

Capitol Murder

Marklund, Liza

Last Will

A shooting at the glamorous Nobel Prize Dinner in Stockholm enmeshes investigative reporter and witness Annika Bengtzon in a web of international terrorism and global pharmaceutical interests that forces her to track down a professional assassin.

Marlowe, Mia

Touch of Rogue

Mcafee, Stephanie

Diary of a Mad Fat Girl

McCall Smith, Alexander

The Limpopo Academy of Private Detection

The formidable talents of Precious Ramotswe are put to the test in the face of a mysterious disciplinary problem at her adopted daughter's school, assistant Grace Makutsi's early marital adjustments and the appearance of the No. 1 Ladies' hero detective.

McKevett, G. A.

Buried in Buttercream

Murray, J. J.

I'll Be Your Everything

Parks, Brad

The Girl Next Door

Pavone, Chris

The Expats

Newly arrived in Luxembourg , mother and expat Kate Moore suspects that another American couple are not who they claim to be and as her paranoia grows, she becomes increasingly terrified that her own past is catching up with her.

Perry, Anne

Dorchester Terrace

Investigating his own men when evidence of a mole within the Special Branch is discovered, newly promoted Thomas Pitt realizes that he cannot trust anyone; while his boss, Victor Narrawy, learns that Charlotte's aunt's friend might have unearthed war-provoking secrets.

Phan, Aimee

The Reeducation of Cherry Truong

Rash, Ron

The Cove

Living deep within a cove in the Appalachians of North Carolina during World War I, Laurel Shelton, a lonely young woman branded as a witch, finally finds the happiness she deserves in Walter, a mysterious stranger who is mute, but their love might not be enough to protect them from a devastating secret.

Reed, Mary

Nine for the Devil

The year is 548 and Empress Theodora is dead of disease. Or so everyone in Constantinople, capital of the Roman Empire, believes. Everyone except Emperor Justinian, who orders John, his Lord Chamberlain, to find her murderer or suffer the consequences.

Roberts, Nora

The Witness

Robinson, Peter

Before the Poison

Returning to the Yorkshire dales of his youth after his beloved wife dies, composer Chris Lowndes discovers that the old house he has just purchased was the scene of a murder more than fifty years before and becomes obsessed with solving the case. A stand-alone from the Arthur Ellis Award winner.

Ross, Ann B.

Miss Julia to the Rescue

Scotch, Allison Winn

The Song Remains the Same

Scottoline, Lisa

Come Home

Seymour, Gerald

Timebomb

Sheldon, Sidney

Sidney Sheldon's Angel of the Dark

Singer, Randy

The Last Plea Bargain

Snyder, Maria V.

Touch of Power

Troy, Peter

May the Road Rise Up to Meet you

A tapestry of nineteenth-century America follows the lives of four individuals--Ethan McOwen, an Irish immigrant and war photographer; Marcella, an abolitionist from Spain; and Mary and Micah, slaves of varying circumstances.

Tyler, Anne

The Beginner's Goodbye

Sharing a happy marriage with the plain and outspoken Dorothy, Aaron, a physically disabled man who spent his youth avoiding a controlling sister, is devastated by his wife's sudden death and moves through the grieving process with the help of her apparition.

Ullman, Ellen

By Blood

Taking a downtown office to plot his comeback in tumultuous 1970s San Francisco, a disgraced professor eavesdrops on a woman's therapy sessions and becomes enraptured by her struggles with identity and ongoing search for her war-torn Jewish-German birth family.

Vachss, Andrew H.

That's How I Roll

Wambaugh, Joseph

Harbor Nocturne

Ward, J. R.

Lover Reborn

Weber, David

A Rising Thunder

Weis, Margaret

Rage of the Dragon

Westlake, Donald E.

The Comedy Is Finished

Winspear, Jacqueline

Elegy for Eddie

When Eddie Pettit's death is ruled an accident by the police, friends and neighbors believe that this gentle soul who had a special way with horses was murdered and Maine Dobbs, determined to do right by Eddie, searches for the truth amid the working-class of Lambeth.