Down River

by John Hart

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From the "New York Times" bestselling author
of "The King of Lies" comes this highly-anticipated, heart-pounding new thriller
that tells the story of a river whose banks are filled with lies and murder,
and the man whose destiny lies deep below its surface

Murder At Deviation Junction

by Andrew Martin

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A train hits a snow drift in the frozen Cleveland
Hills. In the process of clearing the line, a body is discovered, and so begins
a dangerous case for struggling Edwardian railway detective, Jim Stringer. Jim's
new investigation takes him to the mighty blast furnaces of Ironopolis, to Fleet
Street in the company of a cynical reporter from "The Railway Rover", and to
a nightmarish spot in the Highlands. Jim's faltering career in the railway police
hangs on whether he can solve the murder - but before long the pursuer becomes
the pursued, and Jim finds himself fighting not just for his job, but for his
very life as well.

Stalked

by Brian Freeman

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In Minnesota, detective Maggie Bei wakes up
in the middle of the night to the sound of a gunshot and finds that her home
has become the scene of a violent crime. as her partner Jonathan Stride works
the case, the mutilated body of a young woman is found and a connection between
the crimes starts to emerge. With a killer at large, it's a race against time
to stop him before he kills again

The Bishop at the Lake

by Andrew M. Greeley

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Matters of succession lead to attempted murder
in the newest book in Father Greeleys popular Blackie Ryan mystery series.

Dead Heat

by Dick Francis

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After a six-year absence from the bestseller
lists, Dick Francis roared out of the gate with 2006's "Under Orders," demonstrating
once again every ounce of his famed narrative drive, brilliant plotting, and
simmering suspense. Hard on the heels of that triumph comes "Dead Heat," set
against the backdrop of Britain's famed Two Thousand Guineas Stakes....

The Cruellest Month

by Louise Penny

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The third novel in our Canadian crime series
featuring Chief Inspector Gamache of the Surete du Quebec and set in the picturesque
village of Three Pines. The novel takes place at Easter - traditionally a time
for death, and for spirits coming back from the dead! Gamache is called to Three
Pines when a seance attended by locals goes horrifyingly wrong, and a woman
is found on the floor, apparently scared to death. Something frightened Madeleine
Favreau so much that it literally stopped her heart, but Gamache knows her killer
is from this world, not the next. Meanwhile, Gamache's own enemies high up within
the Surete du Quebec are moving in for the kill, and the Inspector waits for
the Judas within his own team to strike. But what exactly does the traitor want
and, more importantly, how far will they go to ensure Gamache's downfall?

The Death List

by Paul Johnston<

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Matt Wells, once a best-selling novelist,
is suffering from such a bad case of writer's block that he seizes on the smallest
opportunity, such as checking his Web site for e-mails from fans, to convince
himself he is still a writer. But when the e-mails from one of his most loyal
readers suddenly turn threatening, Matt is plunged into a nightmare so bewildering
that it could have come from the pages of the kind of novel he used to write.
Why is the man who calls himself the White Devil committing gruesome crimes,
and why is he leaving evidence at the scenes that links Matt to those crimes?
Johnston tells a story that, though a good bit darker, will remind readers of
James Grippando or even Donald Westlake in his serious mode (think The Hook).
Very gripping, very frightening stuff.

Bloodline

by F. Paul Wilson

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With his2girlfriends encouragement, Jack dips
a toe back into the fix-it pool. Christy Pickerings 18-year-old daughter is
dating a man twice her age. Christy senses something shady and sinister about
him, so she hires a private investigator to look into his past. What will Jack
find out?

An Ice Cold Grave

by Charlaine Harris

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Hired to find a boy who has gone missing in
Doraville, North Carolina, Harper Connelly and her brother discover that the
boy is only one of several who had disappeared over the years. As she uncovers
the towns dark secrets, Harper becomes the next person likely to rest in an
ice-cold grave.

What's a Ghoul to Do?: A Ghost Hunter
Mystery

by Victoria Laurie <

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This first title in a new series introduces
no-nonsense medium M.J. Holliday. M.J. has two rules: One, she and her partner,
Gilley Gillespie, work alone; and two, she doesn't date clients. But when handsome
Dr. Steven Sable needs her help to prove his grandfather met with foul play,
M.J. is ready to break both her rules. Original.

Hard Row

by Margaret Maron

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For Judge Deborah Knott, it becomes clear
that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are brewing
in the countryside. When mutilated bodies are found, Deborahs search for the
killer leads her to a desperate realm of undocumented farm workers exploited
for cheap labor.

The Last Breath

by Denise Mina

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It is Glasgow in 1990. Paddy Meehan is home
alone when there's a knock at the door. It's the police and they have bad news.
Former boyfriend Terry Patterson's naked body has been found in a ditch. He's
been tortured, hooded, then shot through the head: all hallmarks of an IRA assassination.
Paddy is devastated: Terry was her first lover; the sort of journalist she's
always aspired to be. But why have the police come to her? Although she and
Terry have had an on/off affair since they first worked together in the 1980s,
she hasn't seen him for over a year. She is therefore horrified to find that
not only has Terry named her next of kin, but he has left her a huge Georgian
house in Ayrshire and several suitcases full of notes. What was Terry trying
to tell her? As Paddy begins her investigation into his death, she realises
that if the secret he was about to expose was worth killing for, she is next
in line...

Victory Square

by Olen Steinhauer

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The revolutionary politics and chaotic history
of life inside Olen Steinhauer’s fictionalized Eastern European country have
made his literary crime series, with its two Edgar Award nominations along with
other critical acclaim, one of today’s most acclaimed. Finally having reached
the tumultuous 1980s, the series comes full circle as one of the earliest cases
of the People’s Militia reemerges to torment all of the inspectors, including
Emil Brod, now the chief, who was the original detective on the case. His arrest
of one of the country’s revolutionary leaders in the late 1940s resulted in
the politician’s conviction and imprisonment, but Emil was too young in those
days to understand what it meant to go up against someone so powerful—and win.
Only now, in 1989, when he is days from retirement and spends more time looking
over his shoulder than ahead, does he realize that what he did may get him—and
others—killed.

Midnight Rambler: A Novel of Suspense

by James Swain

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Explosive. Pulse-pounding. Heart-racing. From
the bestselling author The Wall Street Journal hails as "one terrific writer,"
Midnight Rambler is the breakout thriller of the year-a brawny, brainy novel
of suspense that pairs James Swain's trademark smooth-as-silk prose with a plot
bigger and bolder than anything he's done before....

Dying to Sin

by Stephen Booth

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The atmospheric and terrfiying new thriller,
featuring Detectives Fry and Cooper from the award-winning Stephen Booth. For
decades, Pity Wood Farm has been a source of employment for poor workers passing
through Rakedale, migrants with lives as abject as the labour they sought. But
now it seems a far worse fate may have befallen some of those who came upon
this isolated community. Routine building work at the farm has unearthed a grisly
discovery: a human hand preserved in clay. When police dig up the farmyard,
they find not one, but two bodies -- and several years between their burials.
With pressure from a new Superintendent and scant forensic evidence to aid them,
DS Diane Fry and DC Ben Cooper have only the memories of local people to piece
together the history of the farm. In a case as cold as the ground, Cooper finds
himself drawn to a desperate theory: that somewhere, there lies a third body
which holds the key to these dreadful crimes.

Dancing with Demons

by Peter Tremayne

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Sister Fidelma must investigate the murder
of the High King himself and by doing so risk civil war, in Peter Tremayne's
brilliant new novel in the popular series. When Sechnussach, High King of Ireland,
is found dead in his bedchamber with his throat cut, all clues seem to suggest
an all-too-obvious prime suspect. Dubh Duin, the chieftain of the clan Cinel
Cairpre, was found with the murder weapon in his hand when the High King's guards
entered the royal chamber, before taking his own life. The Chief Brehon of Ireland
asks Sister Fidelma to investigate and find out what possible motives could
have driven Dubh Duin to assassinate the High King. Her investigations reveals
an intricate web of conspiracy and deception that threatens to unbalance the
five kingdoms and send them spiralling into a violent and bloody civil war and
religious conflict

Exit Music

by Ian Rankin

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The year 2007 marks Detective Inspector John
Rebus's last year in the Scottish police force. Forced to retire by both the
law and his - relieved - superiors, Rebus knows that his time in the blue ranks
must now come to an end. But how will the irascible detective deal with this
grim terminus? Particularly with his nemesis, Ger Cafferty, still walking the
streets of Edinburgh. And how will John's protege and friend Siobhan Clarke
move forward with the old relic finally gone?

Dream Chasers

by Barbara Fradkin

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A seventeen year-old sets out to meet her
secret lover by the cliffs of Ottawa' s Hogs Back Falls. Three days later her
nude body washes up in the shallows downstream. When no one comes forward and
the autopsy reveals she was dead before she hit the water, the public fears
a sexual predator is on the loose....

Flawed

by Jo Bannister

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Brodie Farrell, who has taken on plenty of
dangerous cases, embarks on her most demanding case yet to help a child in danger.

Sucker Punch

by Marc Strange

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Joe Grundy is an ex-heavyweight boxer whose
main claim to fame was that he got knocked out by champ Evander Holyfield. Now
he's chief of security for a posh old hotel, the Lord Douglas, in downtown Vancouver,
and life is pretty good. But then a young neo-hippie inherits over half a billion
dollars and decides to give it all away. As soon as the kid checks into the
Lord Douglas with the intention of holding a press conference to announce the
scheme, Joe knows big trouble is headed his way, especially when the kid winds
up dead. Grundy sets out to discover who murdered the would-be philanthropist
only to collide with suspects and sucker punches around every corner. Joe had
some pretty tough battles during his days in the ring, but this time the stakes
are higher, the opponents are lethal, and the final count could be fatal.