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marley-z-violin.jpgWhen her best friend is accused of stealing a rare violin, Marley Zimmerman, a funky 13- year-old New Yorker, decides to investigate. Danger and adventure follow her through the streets and landmarks of the city as she pursues the thief of the Bloodstained Violin.

fusilli-jim.jpgJim Fusilli is the author of five novels, one non-fiction book, the editor of "The Chopin Manuscript" and The Wall Street Journal's rock and pop critic. 
1787.jpgAt 36,000 feet, the cyber-battle has begun and the stakes are higher than life-or-death. Matt Newton and his fellow passengers aboard Flight 1787 from Kennedy Airport face a series of desperate struggles; both real and virtual. They must defeat a fearless enemy, who uses secret technology and ruthless violence in a grab to achieve a sacred goal. The odds are impossible, the consequences beyond reckoning.

"Sean Michael Bailey's 1787 is an edge-of-your-seat thriller, the likes of which you've never read before... Buckle your seatbelts and prepare for the flight of your life with this heart-stopping drama that will grip you until the very last page. You won't want to put this book down." -- Lisa Pulitzer, author of The Daughters of Juarez

"Sean Michael Bailey, the pseudonym for a bestselling author of non-fiction, re-imagines an old scenario with a few new twists in this Poseidon Adventure translated for post-9/11 air travel. ... The inventive way the villains engineer their attack must have alarmed someone during the publishing process; the reader is assured that the manuscript was vetted for classified information that "might adversely impact national security." ... Bailey's thinly-veiled allusions to the cowboy commander-in-chief and his czarist number-two can be hilarious if you're game for that sort of thing." -- Nicole K. Sia, Mystery Scene Magazine

bailey-sean.jpgSean Michael Bailey is the pen name of a New York Times bestselling author of True Crime books who has gone from the Dark Side to the Darker Side, in a switch to thriller fiction. 1787is his first novel.
tailspin.jpgFBI Agent Jack Crowne barely manages to rescue his passenger, Dr. Timothy MacLean, after crash landing his Cessa in a remote valley near Parlow, Kentucky. MacLean, a prominent psychiatrist under Agent Crowne's protection, has a patient list of big-wig Washington elites and is the target of several recent murder attempts. At the crash site crowne gets help from a young woman, Rachael Abbott, who is escaping from vengeful assassins herself. Returning characters Agents Savich and Sherlock join in this baffling double mystery as mayhem continues to follow both the enigmatic Rachael and the very unwell Dr. MacLean. Suspects are thick on the ground, murder attempts are vicious and immediate, and the terror escalates. In addition to all this, there's no cell phone reception in Parlow, Kentucky. Go figure. What are the poor feds to do?

"Coulter, one of the best suspense authors, is in top form, providing readers with a pulse-pounding mystery that continues until the breathless conclusion." -- Library Journal

"The twelfth thriller featuring agents Savich and Sherlock is one of Coulter's best, delivering her trademark quips and nonstop action as the heroes chase bad guys from Kentucky to Washington, D.C." -- Booklist

coulter-catherine.JPGCatherine Coulter has written 62 books and has over 60 million books in print worldwide. In 1988, she appeared on the New York Times Bestseller List and has continued to hit The List 57 times now. Her newest thriller, TailSpin, is the 12th book in her terrifically popular FBI series. Catherine loves to travel and ski, but her favorite pastime above all is watching professional fottball. She and her husband and two cats, Corky and Cleo, live in the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area.
saving-paulo.jpgCharlie Long, celebrating the loss of his job with a couple of mid-day beers, sees two thugs murder a man who's shielding a frightened little boy. Charlie snatches the boy and runs...and is quickly caught in a web that stretches from Russia to Rio, from the mansions of Lake Forest to the huts of the Amazon Basin.

"Saving Paulo is...a complex thriller with a compassionate heart. This is a twisting, turning story about a group of misfits who do their best to rescue a boy worth saving, and Walker had me rooting for them every step of the way." -- William Kent Krueger

"This is Edgar nominee Walker's first stand-alone thriller. Readers should be hooked from the first scene. What follows is a plunge into a protracted chase... through a wonderfully sustained suspense story." -- Booklist

walker-david.jpgDavid J. Walker is the author of nine mystery/suspense novels. His latest, Saving Paulo, is a stand-alone novel described in Booklist as "a wonderfully sustained suspense story." He is also the author of two private eye series: the "Mal Foley" series, and the "Wild Onion, Ltd." series. His short story, A Weekend in the Country, recently appeared in the critically acclaimed anthology, Chicago Blues.

Walker has been an Edgar® nominee, and has served on the Board of Directors of Mystery Writers of America. He is a full-time writer and lives just north of Chicago.
boneyard.jpgOn the trail of a serial killer, the path splits in two...

FBI Special Agent Kelly Jones has worked on many disturbing cases in her career, but nothing like this. A mass gravesite unearthed on the Appalachian Trail puts Kelly at the head of an investigation that crosses the line--from Massachusetts to Vermont, from wealthy vacationers to poor transients, from a serial killer to a copycat nemesis.

Assisted by law enforcement from both states and a forensic anthropologist, Kelly searches for the killers. But as darkness falls, another victim is taken. Kelly must race to save him before he joins the rest...in the boneyard.

"Boneyard is a winner! A compelling page-turner." -- Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author

"I defy anyone to read the first chapter of Boneyard and put the book down." -- Douglas Preston, New York Times bestselling author

gagnon-michelle.jpgMichelle Gagnon is a former modern dancer, dog walker, bartender, freelance journalist, personal trainer, model, and Russian supper club performer. Her debut thriller The Tunnels was published in the United States and Australia, and was an IMBA bestseller. Described as "Silence of the Lambs meets The Wicker Man," the story involves a series of ritualized murders in the abandoned tunnel system beneath a university.



hunting-king.jpgdebut-author.jpgIn the midst of the American invasion of Iraq, an international cast of schemers, spies, churchmen, and scientists race to claim the greatest archaeological prize the world has ever known. But who is buried under the sands of ancient Babylon? Molly O'Dwyer, brilliant and beautiful young American archaeologist, is convinced that she is destined to find it. But to do so she will have to outwit the ruthless former chief of intelligence for Sadaam Hussein, a shadowy rival archaeologist who is not who he appears to be, a crazed American with US army backing, and a Muslim holy man on a mission to save his country.

"Fans of intellectual thrillers and historical fiction will find a worthy new voice in Clenott. With the ease of a seasoned novelist, he takes readers from the bowels of Aby Ghraib and the streets of ancient Jerusalem to the stuffy offices of Boston academia and the desert enclave of a devout imam...Given such an auspicious start, the sequel can't come too soon." -- ForeWord Magazine, featured review

"This is a very readable thriller... Clenott takes a risk, setting the tale in Iraq during the American invasion but focusing not on the conflict itself but on a story that exists outside it. And, yet, he does a fine job of making his readers feel the violence of the invasion without overwhelming us with it... it never takes our interest away from The Da Vinci Code-like draw of this compelling variation..." -- Booklist

"Hunting the King is a page-turning adventure featuring American archaeologist Molly O'Dwyer whose search for truth drops her into the middle of the American/Iraqi military operations surrounded by people who may or may not be her friends and allies. I read it straight through, and it's already featured prominently on my fiction shelf." -- The Kaleidoscope, a Book Sense Store

clenott-peter.JPGPeter Clenott was born and raised in Portland, Maine and moved to Boston after graduating Bowdoin College. Married with three kids, he has worked for many years in the non-profit world, focusing on the homeless and at-risk families of Massachusetts.
skin-bone.jpgJust back from stress leave, Detective Kate Farrer's attends a brutal crime scene. The charred corpse of a young woman, burned beyond recognition, smolders on a bed near a bag full of baby items. Autopsy reveals that the victim had recently given birth. Yet no child has been found.

Teamed with a new partner, Oliver Parke, Kate struggles to hold her own demons at bay - while also pursuing leads in the seemingly unrelated affair of a missing teenager who was keeping secrets that may have cost her her life. But as disturbing clues begin linking the two investigations - and another unspeakably cruel murder secures the knot - Kate and Oliver realize, with horror, that a desperate killer's next victim might be the most innocent one of all.

"Well-constructed and strikingly written...brims with forensic and procedural detail and psychological suspense" The Age

"Fox strews just enough clues to keep readers guessing, then twists the plot assuredly. Both Farrer and Parke are delightful turns on the standard "veteran and rookie" buddy pairing, as Oliver demonstrates fresh ideas and reasoning that make him an excellent counterpart for Kate's cynicism and experience. Fox ties several story lines together deftly, and the forensics enrich the story." -- Publishers Weekly

fox-kathryn.jpgKathryn Fox is a medical practitioner with a special interest in forensic medicine. She is the award-winning author of the internationally bestselling and critically acclaimed thrillers MALICIOUS INTENT and WITHOUT CONSENT. Her books are sold in over 30 countries and translated into over a dozen languages.

Kathryn combines her passions for reading and medicine as the patron of a reading program for disadvantaged families, promoting the inextricable link between literacy and health.

skin-deep.jpgSomeone is killing the most alluring women of Boston--someone with a keen eye for beauty that masks a twisted mind. Someone who leaves them with nothing but an elegant black stocking knotted around their necks.
 
Detective Lt. must stop the killer before another woman is sacrificed--possibly even his own estranged wife.

Beset with loneliness and addictions, Steve pursues leads all over Boston--from the haunts of blue-blooded Brahmins, to seedy strip joints, to mansions by-the-sea, to the halls of prestigious universities, to the offices of his own precincts--and to the recesses of his own heart, only to discover that he himself may actually be the killer.

In this stunning psychological thriller, bestselling author Gary Braver explores the nature of beauty, how women may strive to achieve it, and the forbidden yearnings that kill in its name.
say-goodbye1.jpgYou don't want to get caught in this monster's web...

For FBI Special Agent Kimberly Quincy, counting down the days to her impending maternity leave, the story a young prostitute tells is too horrifying to be true. A lunatic is preying on young girls and using spiders to do his dirty work. But without any bodies as proof, is Kimberly tracking a serial killer who's found the key to the perfect murder...or being lured into his foolproof trap? Kimberly is about to find out that she's close--too close--to a psychopath who makes women's nightmares come alive.

"A twisted, spellbinding thriller...heart-stopping suspense."-- Harlan Coben

"Gripping." -- Wall Street Journal

"Chilling." -- People Magazine

gardner-lisa1.jpg Lisa Gardner is the New York Times bestselling author of eleven novels, including ALONE, GONE, HIDE and SAY GOODBYE. She lives in the New England area with her family, where she's hard at work on her next novel or, more likely, out hiking. For more information, visit www.LisaGardner.com, where you can nominate the person of your choice to die in the annual Kill a Friend, Maim a Buddy sweepstakes.
last-oracle.jpgWhat if you could bioengineer the next great world prophet: scientifically produce the next Buddha, the next Muhammad, or the next Jesus? Would it mark the Second Coming or initiate a chain reaction with disastrous consequences? James Rollins brings back SIGMA Force to battle a group of rogue scientists who've unleashed a bioengineering project that could bring about the extinction of humankind.

From ancient Greek temples to glittering mausoleums, from the slums of India to the toxic ruins of Russia, two men must race against time to solve a mystery that dates back to the first famous oracle of history--the Greek Oracle of Delphi.

But one question remains: Will the past be enough to save the future?

"Gypsies, power-mad Russians bent on unleashing enough radioactivity to poison the world, rogue American spy agencies and genetically enhanced wolves and tigers. Lots of absorbing scientific information and tantalizing sentences like keep the pages flying by." -- Publishers Weekly

james-rollins.jpgJames Rollins is the New York Times bestselling author of international thrillers, sold to over thirty countries. His last three thrillers Map of Bones, Black Order, and The Judas Strain earned national accolades, such as one of 2005's "top crowd pleasers (New York Times) and as one of 2006's "hottest summer reads (People Magazine). He was also hand-picked to novelize this summer's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. His most current thriller, The Last Oracle, hit stands June 24, 2008.

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