In New York Times bestselling author Steve Martini's latest, The Rule of Nine, the Old Weatherman dreams of a plan that could be his swansong, an attack to drive a stake through the heart of the right wing establishment and bury it for good. Now he's found the money, the ideal weapon, and the professional who knows how to use it. And he has put his sights on the perfect target at the very seat of the United States government, in the heart of downtown Washington. It will be a strike heard round the world.

San Diego defense attorney Paul Madriani is still reeling from the trauma of a near nuclear explosion he helped avert near the naval base in Coronado. Threatened by federal authorities to keep quiet about the near-miss in California, Madriani is now faced with a new problem in the steely-eyed and alluring Joselyn Cole, a weapons control expert, who believes he has to go public with what he knows if they have any hope of stopping a similar event in the future.

But Madriani has been linked to a murder of a Washington, D.C. political staffer, and...

A former journalist and attorney, Steve Martini has combined both halves of his résumé into a successful franchise of legal thrillers, most of which star the attorney Paul Madriani. According to Vincent Bugliosi, "We unquestionably have a new literary lion in the fictional crime genre."

From New York Times bestselling author Carla Neggers comes The Whisper, a spellbinding tale of suspense, romance and that most timeless of crimes: murder.

It was meant to be an adventure--a night alone on a remote Irish island. Archaeologist Sophie Malone never expected to find Celtic treasure or to end up in a fight for her life in a dark, desolate cave. Now, a year later, she's convinced answers to the mysteries of that night lie in Boston. Is the recent violence there connected to her night of terror? Who has the priceless gold artifacts that disappeared from the cave...and who is responsible for the whispers she heard in the dark?

Nearly killed in an explosion a month ago, Boston detective Cyrus "Scoop" Wisdom has recovered from his injuries. He's after the bomber--and he thinks it's another cop. But when Sophie unknowingly leads him to a retired officer's body amid symbols of ritual sacrifice, it's clear nobody's safe, and everyone's a suspect.

Tough and stubborn, Scoop is the best on the force at detecting lies...except maybe those of Sophie Malone. Together Sophie and Scoop face the greatest challenge of their lives: Someone is using ancient rituals to commit modern-day murder--and the killing has only just begun.

"No one does romantic suspense better!" Janet Evanovich

"Flat out great!" Providence Journal on THE MIST

With more than 10 million books in print, Carla Neggers has penned more than 50 novels, including 15 that have scored on the New York Times list since 2000. With her trademark blend of pulse-pounding action, mystery, suspense and adventure, Neggers' thrillers have been translated into 22 languages, including Russian and Japanese.

A magna cum laude graduate of Boston University and a former arts-and-entertainment reporter, Neggers is a former president of Novelists, Inc. and an accomplished musician. She was only 20-something when her first novel was published.

Neggers and her husband make their home on a hill near Vermont's Quechee Gorge. When not writing, she enjoys kayaking, gardening, snowshoeing, hiking and traveling.

In New York Times bestselling author Jeffery Deaver's latest Lincoln Rhyme novel, The Burning Wire, the weapon is invisible and omnipresent. Without it, modern society grinds to a halt. It is electricity. The killer harnesses and steers huge arc flashes with voltage so high and heat so searing that steel melts and his victims are set afire.
When the first explosion occurs in broad daylight, reducing a city bus to a pile of molten, shrapnel-riddled metal, officials fear terrorism.

Rhyme, a world-class forensic criminologist known for his successful apprehension of the most devious criminals, is immediately tapped for the investigation. Long a quadriplegic, he assembles NYPD detective Amelia Sachs and officer Ron Pulaski as his eyes, ears and legs on crime sites, and FBI agent Fred Dellray as his undercover man on the street. As the attacks continue across the city at a sickening pace, and terrifying demand letters begin appearing, the team works desperately against time and with maddeningly little forensic evidence to try to find the killer. Or is it killers . . . ?

Meanwhile, Rhyme is consulting on another high-profile investigation in Mexico with a most coveted quarry in his crosshairs: the hired killer known as the Watchmaker, one of the few criminals to have eluded Rhyme's net.
Juggling two massive investigations against a cruel ticking clock takes a toll on Rhyme's health. Soon Rhyme is fighting on yet another front--and his determination to work despite his physical limitations threatens to drive away his closest allies when he needs them most . . .

To learn more about Jeffery Deaver, read James Scott Bell's Between the Lines Interview.

In Amy J. Fetzer's Damage Control, Book #5 of Dragon One, pilot and explosives expert Sebastian Fontenot searches for his kidnapped friend and he uncovers former KGB operatives rushing to keep a failed submarine attack on the US where it belongs, under the Arctic circle.

"Fetzer is an auto-buy for me"-- NYT author, Cindy Gerard

The daughter, wife and mother of US Marines, Amy J. Fetzer has spent her life globtrotting for the Corps and now lives in South Carolina, trying to behave like a civilian. 

Devon Vaughn Archer's The Secrets of Paradise Bay is a mainstream suspense novel about a rivalry between two brothers, one recently released from prison, a beautiful wife who betrays her own husband to be with the last person he would ever suspect, and a vengeful minded man who plots to kill them all.

Clyde Lancaster just got out of prison after serving time for a violent assault. He accepts his rich brother Trey's offer to stay with him till getting back on his feet.

Ivana Kendall-Lancaster was not looking for trouble when her handsome brother-in-law moves in, but she gets it and more as their mutual attraction leads both to dark places neither wanted to go.

Trey Lancaster has his own demons to deal with. But that doesn't prepare him for the hell he is about to experience.

Willie Munroe has waited a longtime for his revenge and now will have it when he takes out three people to make that much sweeter.

This all leads to a thrilling finale.

"A love story wrapped up in the suspenseful situation of finding a killer." -- Romance Readers Connection on DESTINED TO MEET

"Archer has delivered an absorbing and gritty read." -- Romance in Color on DESTINED TO MEET

"A good story of contrasts that shows how powerful the mind can be and how it can interfere and sabotage the lives of those who fall victim to negative thinking and excessive guilt." -- Romantic Times on LOVE ONCE AGAIN

"Fans of deep character driven tales will want to read this strong story of love coming out of the ashes of tragedy." -- Genre Go Round Reviews on CHRISTMAS HEAT

Devon Vaughn Archer is a pseudonym of bestselling thriller writer R. Barri Flowers. Devon is the author of several mainstream and romantic suspense novels, including LOVE ONCE AGAIN and DESTINED TO MEET. He recently signed three book deals with Urban Books and Harlequin.

Learn more about Devon Vaughn Archer books on his website at: www.devonvaughnarcher.com

In Robin Parrish's newest, Nightmare, Ghost Town is the hottest amusement park in the country, but when Maia Peters visits, she's not expecting to be impressed. The daughter of two world-renowned "ghost hunters," she's grown up around the paranormal and to her most of the park is just Hollywood special effects. Until the very last attraction.

There, in a haunted house, a face appears from the mist. The face of Jordin Cole, a girl Maia knows. A girl, Maia discovers, who has gone missing.

Convinced what she saw wasn't a hoax and desperate to find Jordin, Maia launches into a quest for answers. Joined by Jordin's boyfriend -- a pastor's kid with very different ideas about the paranormal -- the two soon find themselves in a struggle on the edge of the spirit realm as dangerous forces try to keep the truth from emerging.

"Robin Parrish is a keen-eyed, passionate, pop cultural savant, whose writing is as incisive and insightful as it is entertaining." - Allan Heinberg, executive producer, Grey's Anatomy

"I wish I possessed the pure, God-given talent and insight of Robin Parrish. He stands without question among the greatest writers of our generation." - James Byron Huggins, author of Cain, Hunter, and The Reckoning

Robin Parrish is the author of Bethany House Publishers' suspense/thrillers, The Dominion Trilogy: Relentless (2006), Fearless (2007), and Merciless (2008), as well as the scifi thriller Offworld (2009). Robin is a full time journalist and writer living in North Carolina with his wife and two children.

A teenage girl, brutalized and discarded. A rural sheriff, gunned down and left to die. Millions in narcotics and a killer full of hate. In Shane Gericke's newest, Torn Apart, a tidal wave of murder is rushing full-speed toward the quiet Chicago suburb of Naperville, IL, and police detective Emily Thompson is locked and loaded to stop it. But she's up against a deadly countdown that threatens everyone she loves ... Her partner. Her best friend. Her whole world. In these final desparate hours, Emily will bring down the most diabolical killer she's faced yet--or die trying.

"A high-rev, page-turning thriller that offers a searing look at the very thin blue line separating good and evil. Set in a sharply observed Midwest, Torn Apart features one of the best heroines to come along in years, Detective Emily Thompson, whose dedication to her job throws her into a deadly cat-and-mouse game against complex, fleshed-out villains, some driven by good, some by evil, but all intent on leaving plenty of carnage in their wake." --New York Times bestseller Jeffery Deaver

"Torn Apart will keep you turning the pages so fast, you won't even notice that half the night's already gone. Shane Gericke knows how to tighten the screws and keep the fear and tension building." --New York Times bestseller Tess Gerritsen

"A no-nonsense thriller, action-packed and explosive. A real page-turner!" --New York Times bestseller Erica Spindler

"Shane Gericke is the real deal." --New York Times bestseller Lee Child

ThrillerFest chairman and national bestseller Shane Gericke (pronounced YER-key) began writing professionally in high school, as a $30-a-month sportswriter for the local Frankfort Herald. He liked it so much he never looked back. He spent 25 years as a journalist, most prominently at the Chicago Sun-Times, before plunging into crime thrillers. His latest, TORN APART (Kensington), launches July 6, 2010. His series debut, BLOWN AWAY, was named the nation's best debut mystery by RT Book Reviews, and appears in translation worldwide. Shane lives in the Chicago suburb of Naperville, where the series is set and which, ironically, is also the home of world-famous crime fighter Dick Tracy. Any resemblance is strictly coincidental. www.shanegericke.com.

In Linda O. Johnston's Feline Fatale, Kendra Ballantyne's dearest friend Darryl Nestler, owner of the Doggy Indulgence Day Resort, has fallen hard for Kendra's fellow pet-sitter Wanda Villareal. Wanda lives in a large condominium development that allows pets, and she has become the main sitter for them all.

When a nasty member of the condo's board of directors attempts to rid the development of pets and turns up dead, Wanda's accused of the killing... and Kendra must once more find the real murderer.

Linda O. Johnston is the author of 24 published novels. Currently, she is writing Silhouette Nocturnes--paranormal romances--about shapeshifters. She is also the author of the Kendra Ballantyne, Pet-Sitter mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime, and its upcoming spin-off mystery series about Lauren Vancouver, Pet Rescuer.

Kendra and Linda are both lawyers who live in the Hollywood Hills with their tri-color Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, both named Lexie. However, unlike Kendra, Linda has never lost her law license temporarily and become a pet sitter, nor is Linda a murder magnet.

In Unspeakable, by Laura Griffin, Elaina McCord's dream of being an FBI profiler is in jeopardy with her first case--investigating a string of murders near a Texas beach resort. The victims, all young women, were drugged and brutally murdered, their bodies abandoned in desolate marshland. Elaina's hunch--met with disbelief by local police--is that these are only the latest offerings from a serial killer who has been perfecting his art for years, growing bolder and more cunning with each strike.

True-crime writer Troy Stockton has a reputation as an irresistible playboy who gets his story at any cost. He's the last person Elaina should trust, let alone be attracted to. But right now Troy, along with the elite team of forensics experts known as the Tracers, are her only allies in a case that's turning dangerously personal. A killer is reaching out to Elaina, taunting her, letting her know how ruthless he is and how close he's getting. Now it's not just her career that's in danger--it's her life. . . .

"A perfect combination of forensic science, mystery, romance, and action make this series one to watch."
--Publishers Weekly starred review of UNTRACEABLE (Tracers Series, book 1)

"The superb first book in the Tracers series will leave you wanting more." --Singletitles.com

LAURA GRIFFIN started her career in journalism before venturing into the world of romantic suspense with her novels for Pocket Books. Her work has been nominated for numerous awards, including a 2010 RITA (Whisper of Warning) and a 2009 RT Reviewers Choice Award (Untraceable). Her debut novel, One Last Breath, won the Booksellers Best Award for romantic suspense. Laura currently lives in Austin. Visit her website at www.lauragriffin.com

In James Hayman's The Chill of the Night, Lainie Goff thought she had it all. The ambitious young attorney was brilliant, beautiful, and on a fast-track to a lucrative partnership at one of the top firms in New England. But a secret history of sexual abuse in Lainie's past left scars that never healed and one cold night she pushes things too far. Soon her body is found, frozen solid in sub-zero temperatures at the end of the Portland Fish Pier.

A schizophrenic woman named Abby Quinn witnesses the brutal crime. But when she tells what she has seen, nobody will believe her. Not until she too mysteriously disappears.

In The Chill of Night, Portland homicide detective Michael McCabe finds himself finds himself fighting memories from his own past as he races to find the killer before another life is lost.

Praise for The Cutting:

"Rarely does a new novelist make a debut, in Maine or anywhere else, as polished, well-paced, and plotted as this one." Portland Press-Herald.

"This is a stunning debut that gripped me from first page to last." Tess Gerritsen

James Hayman left a senior creative director's job at one of the world's biggest ad agencies to pursue his lifelong dream of writing fiction. In 2009, his debut thriller, The Cutting, was published to rave reviews. The Chill of Night is his second in the Mike McCabe series.