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MINOTAUR BOOKS

The Beautiful Mystery A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Louise Penny

The brilliant new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by one of the most acclaimed crime writers of our time

No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. They grow vegetables, they tend chickens, they make chocolate. And they sing. Ironically, for a community that has taken a vow of silence, the monks have become world-famous for their glorious voices, raised in ancient chants whose effect on both singer and listener is so profound it is known as “the beautiful mystery.”

But when the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery’s massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec. There they discover disquiet beneath the silence, discord in the apparent harmony. One of the brothers, in this life of prayer and contemplation, has been contemplating murder. As the peace of the monastery crumbles, Gamache is forced to confront some of his own demons, as well as those roaming the remote corridors. Before finding the killer, before restoring peace, the Chief must first consider the divine, the human, and the cracks in between.

LOUISE PENNY is The New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of seven previous novels featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Her debut, Still Life, won the John Creasey Dagger and the Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys Awards, and was named one of the five Mystery/Crime Novels of the Decade by Deadly Pleasures magazine. Penny was the first author ever to win the Agatha Award four times—for A Fatal Grace, The Cruelest Month, The Brutal Telling (which also received the Anthony Award for Best Novel), and Bury Your Dead (which also won the Dilys, Arthur Ellis, Anthony, Macavity, and Nero Awards). She lives in a small village south of Montréal.

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AUGUST 2012

MARKETING

* National One-Day Laydown: 8/28/2012 * National Author Tour * National Print Publicity * National Print and Online Advertising Campaign * Advertised in the GLIBA, NCIBA, and NEIBA Holiday Catalogs * Featured Title at BEA * Advance Readers' Editions * IndieBound Campaign * Social Media and Online Campaign * Email Marketing Campaign * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * Excerpt in St. Martin's Griffin Edition of A Trick of The Light (July 2012) * 10-Copy Signed Pre-Pack Available 978-1-250-02...

PRAISE

Praise for Louise Penny’s A Trick of the Light: "The superbly gifted Louise Penny is on my secret shortlist of must-read authors. A Trick of the Light will not only keep you engrossed from start to finish, it will teach you something new about love, truth, and the human heart." —Lisa Scottoline, author of Save Me

"Stellar. . . . Penny proves again that she is one of our finest writers.” —People Magazine (4 out of 4 stars)

"Deceptively charming . . . delivering acute insights into the complicated motives of complex characters." —New York Times Book Review (one of the Notable Crime Books of 2011)

"Penny, elevating herself to the pantheon that houses P.D. James, Ruth Rendell and Minette Walters, demonstrates an exquisite touch with characterization, plotting and artistic sensitivity." —Kirkus Reviews (starred)

FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | August 2012 9780312655464 | $25.99/$27.99 Can. Hardback | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 20 9.25in H | 6.13in W

Other Available Formats: Audio ISBN: 9781427226099 Ebook ISBN: 9781250015273

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MINOTAUR BOOKS

The Beautiful Mystery 10-Copy Signed Prepack A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel

Louise Penny

The brilliant new novel in the New York Times bestselling series by one of the most acclaimed crime writers of our time

No outsiders are ever admitted to the monastery of Saint-Gilbert-Entre-les-Loups, hidden deep in the wilderness of Quebec, where two dozen cloistered monks live in peace and prayer. They grow vegetables, they tend chickens, they make chocolate. And they sing. Ironically, for a community that has taken a vow of silence, the monks have become world-famous for their glorious voices, raised in ancient chants whose effect on both singer and listener is so profound it is known as “the beautiful mystery.”

But when the renowned choir director is murdered, the lock on the monastery’s massive wooden door is drawn back to admit Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Sûreté du Québec. There they discover disquiet beneath the silence, discord in the apparent harmony. One of the brothers, in this life of prayer and contemplation, has been contemplating murder. As the peace of the monastery crumbles, Gamache is forced to confront some of his own demons, as well as those roaming the remote corridors. Before finding the killer, before restoring peace, the Chief must first consider the divine, the human, and the cracks in between.

LOUISE PENNY is The New York Times and Globe and Mail bestselling author of seven previous novels featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache. Her debut, Still Life, won the John Creasey Dagger and the Arthur Ellis, Barry, Anthony, and Dilys Awards, and was named one of the five Mystery/Crime Novels of the Decade by Deadly Pleasures magazine. Penny was the first author ever to win the Agatha Award four times—for A Fatal Grace, The Cruelest Month, The Brutal Telling (which also received the Anthony Award for Best Novel), and Bury Your Dead (which also won the Dilys, Arthur Ellis, Anthony, Macavity, and Nero Awards). She lives in a small village south of Montréal.

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AUGUST 2012

MARKETING

* National One-Day Laydown: 8/28/2012 * National Author Tour * National Print Publicity * National Print and Online Advertising Campaign * Advertised in the GLIBA, NCIBA, and NEIBA Holiday Catalogs * Featured Title at BEA * Advance Readers' Editions * IndieBound Campaign * Social Media and Online Campaign * Email Marketing Campaign * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * Excerpt in St. Martin's Griffin Edition of A Trick of The Light (July 2012) * 10-Copy Signed Pre-Pack Available * Author Web...

PRAISE

Praise for Louise Penny’s A Trick of the Light: "The superbly gifted Louise Penny is on my secret shortlist of must-read authors. A Trick of the Light will not only keep you engrossed from start to finish, it will teach you something new about love, truth, and the human heart." —Lisa Scottoline, author of Save Me

"Stellar. . . . Penny proves again that she is one of our finest writers.” —People Magazine (4 out of 4 stars)

"Deceptively charming . . . delivering acute insights into the complicated motives of complex characters." —New York Times Book Review (one of the Notable Crime Books of 2011)

"Penny, elevating herself to the pantheon that houses P.D. James, Ruth Rendell and Minette Walters, demonstrates an exquisite touch with characterization, plotting and artistic sensitivity." —Kirkus Reviews (starred)

FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | August 2012 9781250026507 | $259.90/$279.90 Can. Dumpbin – filled | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 9.25in H | 6.13in W

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A Killing in the Hills Julia Keller

In this powerful, intricate debut from a Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist, a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it's too late

What's happening in Acker's Gap, West Virginia? Three elderly men are gunned down over their coffee at a local diner, and seemingly half the town is there to witness the act. Still, it happened so fast, and no one seems to have gotten a good look at the shooter. Was it random? Was it connected to the spate of drug violence plaguing poor areas of the country just like Acker's Gap? Or were Daniel Streeter, Paul McClurg, and Ralph Rader targeted somehow?

One of the witnesses to the brutal incident was Carla Elkins, teenaged daughter of Bell Elkins, the prosecuting attorney for Raythune County, WV. Carla was shocked and horrified by what she saw, but it's a few days before she begins to realize she may have seen the shooter after all—and that he might be someone she knows. What better way to repair a fragile, damaged relationship with her mother than to help her do her job?

“A Killing In The Hills is a gripping, beautifully-crafted murder mystery that shows that small-town West Virginia is no longer Mayberry. Great reading.”

—Scott Turow

JULIA KELLER is a culture critic for the Chicago Tribune where she won a Pulitzer Prize. A recipient of a Nieman Fellowship at Harvard University, she was born in West Viriginia and splits her time between Chicago and Ohio. This is her first mystery.

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MARKETING

* National Print Publicity * Featured Title at BEA * Minotaur First Edition Selection * Pre-Pub Advertising on Shelf Awareness * National Print and Online Advertising Campaign * Advance Readers’ Editions * Featured in the Minotaur Presents Mailing * Online Promotion * Bookbrowse First Impressions Campaign * Email Marketing Campaign * Read-it-First.com Selection * Social Media Campaign: Twitter Expansion * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * Library Marketing Campaign

PRAISE

"Be careful opening this book because once you do you won't be able to close it. Instead, clear the weekend, silence the phone and settle into Acker's Gap, a place as fascinating and fraught with violence and beauty as Daniel Woodrell's Ozarks or William Gay's Tennessee. A killer novel."

—Tom Franklin, author of Crooked Letter, Crooked Letter

"Julia Keller's A Killing in the Hills is a terrific debut—atmospheric, suspenseful, assured. I hope there's more to come in the story of Bell Elkins and Acker's Gap." —Laura Lippman

"A Killing in the Hills is a remarkably written and remarkably tense debut. I loved it." —Dennis Lehane

FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | August 2012 9781250003485 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 416 pages | Carton Qty: 12 9.25in H | 6.13in W

Other Available Formats: Ebook ISBN: 9781250018069

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Hiss and Hers An Agatha Raisin Mystery

M. C. Beaton

If only the bossy, beloved Agatha Raisin were as lucky at finding the right man as she is at catching killers in M. C. Beaton's New York Times bestselling mystery series

Celebrating the twentieth anniversary of everyone's favorite sleuth, M. C. Beaton's Agatha Raisin is as feisty as ever—armed with her famous wit and biting sense of humor. This time, though, there's some biting of a whole other sort going on. Agatha has fallen head over heels in love—again. This time, she has her eye on the local gardener, George Marston, but so do other women in their little Cotswold village. Shamelessly determined, Agatha will do anything to get her man—including footing the bill for a charity ball just for the chance to dance with him. And then George doesn't even show up. Only partly deterred, Agatha goes looking for him, and finds his dead body in a compost heap. Murder is definitely afoot, but this killer chose no ordinary weapon: A poisonous snake delivered the fatal strike.

Rising to the occasion, Agatha rallies her little detective agency to find the killer, only to learn that George had quite a complicated love life. But murderously complicated? Well, if she can't have George, at least Agatha can have the satisfaction of confronting the other women and solving the crime. Once again, "M. C. Beaton has a foolproof plot for the village mystery" (The New York Times Book Review) in the irresistible adventures of the irrepressible Agatha.

M. C. BEATON, the British guest of honor at Bouchercon 2006, has been hailed as the “Queen of Crime" (The Globe and Mail). She is the author of twenty-two previous Agatha Raisin novels, whose fans range from the actress Elizabeth Hurley to the Archbishop of Canterbury. Born in Scotland, she now divides her time between Paris and the English Cotswolds.

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SEPTEMBER 2012

MARKETING

* National Print Publicity * Print Advertising Campaign * Online Advertising Campaign * 20th Anniversary Promotion Including Sweepstakes and Fan Engagement * Social Media Campaign * Email Marketing Campaign * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * A Read-it-First.com Selection * Excerpt in the St. Martin's Paperbacks edition of As the Pig Turns (August 2012) * Library Marketing Campaign * Author Website: MCBeaton.com * Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01526-6

PRAISE

"Once you meet Agatha Raisin, you’ll keep coming back." —New York Journal of Books on As the Pig Turns

"Terrific. . . . [Beaton] does a brilliant job of depicting Agatha's struggles with aging and keeping her detective agency afloat. Her romance upheavals continue to tantalize." —Publishers Weekly (starred) on Busy Body

"I know I once vowed to read only Agatha Christie for a year, but I've cheated. My No. 1 mistress: M.C. Beaton and her Agatha Raisin whodunits. Agatha is like Miss Marple with a drinking problem, pack-a-day habit, and major man lust." —Entertainment Weekly on A Spoonful of Poison

"Few things in life are more satisfying than to discover a brand-new Agatha Raisin mystery." —Tampa Tribune

"Beaton has a winner in the irrepressible, romance-hungry Agatha." —Chicago Sun-Times

FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | September 2012 9780312616250 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 20 8.25in H | 5.50in W


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Outrage An Icelandic Thriller

Arnaldur Indridason

"Indridason fills the void that remains after you've read Stieg Larsson's novels." —USA Today

Arnaldur Indridason is universally recognized as one of the top international crime novelists writing today, and, in Outrage he is at the top of his form.

Haunted by personal demons, Detective Erlender decides to take a short leave of absence, putting his female assistant, Elinborg, in charge while he is gone. When a disturbing case lands on her desk, Elinborg is quickly thrust into a world of violent crime. A serial rapist is on the loose, and the clock is ticking as the police race to catch him before he strikes again.

With exceptional prose, heartpounding suspense, and a mystery that is not solved until the last page, Indridason fans everywhere will be thrilled to return to Reykjavik in this outstanding crime novel.

ARNALDUR INDRIDASON won the CWA Gold Dagger Award for Silence of the Grave and is the only author to win the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel two years in a row, for Jar City and Silence of the Grave. The film of Jar City, now available from Netflix, was Iceland’s entry for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film, and the film of his next book, Silence of the Grave, is currently in production with the same director. The recent film Contraband, starring Mark Wahlberg, is based on an Icelandic film written by Indridason, who lives in Reykajvik, Iceland.

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SEPTEMBER 2012

MARKETING

* National Print Publicity * National Print Advertising * Online Advertising Campaign * Featured in the Minotaur Presents Mailing * Online Reviewer Campaign * Email Marketing Campaign * Ebook Promotion * Online Promotion * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * Library Marketing Campaign * Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01276-0

PRAISE

“What’s Icelandic for ‘we have ourselves a winner?’” —Newsday

"A commanding new voice . . . Puts Iceland on the map as a major destination for enthusiasts of Nordic crime fiction." —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review

"Keeps readers guessing until the very last pages." —Washington Post Book World

"Defiantly unconventional crime fiction . . . Psychologically astute, beautifully told, and filled with insight into matters of life and death." —Booklist (starred)

"Highly recommended for fans of Indridason's previous mysteries and for lovers of Scandinavian crime fiction." —Library Journal (starred)

"Arnaldur Indridason is already an international literary phenom—and it's easy to see why. His novels are gripping, authentic, haunting, and lyrical. I can't wait for the next." —Harlan Coben

FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | September 2012 9780312659110 | $24.99 Hardback | 288 pages | Carton Qty: 24 9.25in H | 6.13in W


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MARKETING * National Print Publicity * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * Author Website: LauraJohRowland.com * Back Ad in the St. Martin’s Griffin Edition of The Ronin's Mistress (September 2012) * Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01528-0

The Incense Game A Novel of Feudal Japan

Laura Joh Rowland

In the wake of a terrifying earthquake, Sano Ichirō races to solve a crime that could bring down the shogun's regime

When a massive earthquake devastates Japan in 1703, even the shogun's carefully regulated court is left teetering on the brink of chaos. This is no time for a murder investigation—except when a nobleman's daughters are found dead from incense poisoning and their father threatens to topple the regime unless Sano Ichiro tracks down the killer.

As Sano and his wife strive to solve the case in a world that is crumbling around them, Laura Joh Rowland—author of one of the "five best historical mystery novels" (The Wall Street Journal)—brings us her most powerful and evocative thriller yet.

PRAISE

"The Ronin’s Mistress is the most accomplished novel yet in Laura Joh Rowland’s

remarkable series, brilliantly weaving together historical fact, meticulous research, and page-turning storytelling." —David Liss, author of The Twelfth Enchantment

"Masterful . . . Established fans will be pleased . . . while newcomers should find the people, plot, and early eighteenth century Japanese setting hard to resist." —Publishers Weekly (starred) on The Cloud Pavilion

"An exercise in pure entertainment." —The Washington Post on The Fire Kimono

LAURA JOH ROWLAND is the author of fifteen previous Sano Ichiro mysteries, which have twice been named Best Mysteries of the Year by Publishers Weekly. She lived through a natural disaster when Hurricane Katrina nearly destroyed her house in New Orleans, and now lives in New York City.

MINOTAUR BOOKS SEPTEMBER 2012

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MARKETING * Online Promotion * Excerpt in the St. Martin's Griffin edition of The Assassin in the Marais (July 2012) * Available as an E-Book: 978-1-250-01210-4

In the Shadows of Paris A Victor Legris Mystery

Claude Izner

A murderer is at large in belle-epoque Paris in the fifth installment in this c'est magnifique Victor Legris series

In the turbulent Parisian summer of 1893,Victor Legris has vowed to his fiancée to give up the dangerous hobby of amateur sleuthing to concentrate on selling books. But a killer is at large, leaving mysterious references to a leopard in his notes, and intent on revenge for events that took place many years before during the Commune. When a bookbinder friend of Victor's dies in a house fire that does not seem to be accidental, the young bookseller feels impelled to resume his detective work and uncover the identity of the Batignolles predator. Alongside his trusty assistant Jojo, Victor embarks on a new investigation in the bourgeois quarters of Paris, where scoundrels abound and streethawkers call out their wares among market stalls, under the bloody shadow of the Commune.

PRAISE

"Izner combines a sparkling puzzle with complex characters and appealing descriptions of Paris . . . a well-executed beginning to a series with great potential." —The Richmond Times Dispatch

"An extremely satisfying traditional mystery with lots of suspects and panache." —Providence Journal-Bulletin

"The taut pacing and vivid period detail will have readers eagerly turning the pages." —Publishers Weekly

CLAUDE IZNER is the pseudonym of two sisters, Liliane Korb and Laurence Lefevre. Both are second-hand booksellers on the banks of the Seine and experts on nineteenth century Paris.


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MARKETING * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * Library Marketing Campaign * Author Website and Blog: JasonWebster.net * Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01211-1

A Death in Valencia Jason Webster

Detective Max Camara, with his love of flamenco and brandy, delves into issues that rouse and divide the Spanish people today

Detective Max Camara is feeling low. Ominous cracks have appeared in the walls of his apartment; the body of a well-known paella chef has been washed up on the beach; there are rows and threats about abortion clinics; and the town of Valencia is set on demolishing El Cabanyal, the colorful fisherman's quarter on the sea front. As Camara untangles these threads, he stumbles into a web of corruption and violence, uncovering deep animosities and hidden secrets, and forcing him to question his own doubts and desires.

PRAISE

Praise for Or The Bull Kills You: “Valencia looks dazzling in Jason Webster’s first novel.” —The New York Times Book Review

"With its rapid pace and wonderfully flawed detective, this vibrant novel has tremendous appeal." —Library Journal (starred)

"[A] remarkable first novel, a baffling mystery." —Publishers Weekly (starred)

JASON WEBSTER was born in California and brought up in England and Germany. He lives near Valencia with his wife and their son. He is also the author of Or the Bull Kills You.


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MARKETING * Regional Author Appearances * Online Promotion * Blog Campaign * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * E-book Promotion with Detroit Electric Scheme * Also Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01212-8 * Author Website: DEJohnsonAuthor.com

Detroit Breakdown Daniel E. Johnson

Like Caleb Carr, D.E. Johnson has mastered a time and place in history that absorbs readers and brings a forgotten city back to life

Will Anderson and Elizabeth Hume are called to the vast Eloise Insane Asylum, where Elizabeth’s cousin Paul is suspected of murder. The victim, like three others before him, was killed with the “Punjab lasso,” the murder weapon of the Phantom of the Opera.

Certain of Paul’s innocence, they begin an investigation with the help of Detective Riordan. Will has himself committed to the asylum to investigate from the inside, and Elizabeth volunteers at Eloise and questions people outside the asylum. While Will endures horrific conditions in his search for the killer, Elizabeth and Riordan follow the trail of a murder suspect all the way to Kalamazoo, where they realize the killer might still be at Eloise, putting Will in extreme danger. They race back to Detroit, but will they arrive in time to save Will and bring the killer to justice?

PRAISE

Praise for Motor City Shakedown:

“The scenes of Motor City, riding high on the industrial wave, are extraordinarily vivid.” —The New York Times Book Review

"If Dennis Lehane was from Detroit, this is the book he’d write." —Steve Hamilton, Edgar Award-winning author of The Lock Artist

D.E. JOHNSON is the author of The Detroit Electric Scheme and Motor City Shakedown. He lives near Kalamazoo, Michigan.


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MARKETING

* Regional Author Events * Online Promotion * Social Media Campaign * Featured author on Criminal Elements * Author Website: TracyKielyMysteries.com * Contributing blogger at CriminalMinds.blogspot.com * Also available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01735-2

Murder Most Austen A Mystery

Tracy Kiely

“Kiely's admiration for the wit and wisdom of Jane Austen is one of the many charms of this delightful series.” —Dorothy Cannell

A dedicated Anglophile and Janeite, Elizabeth Parker is hoping the trip to the Jane Austen Festival in Bath will distract her from her lack of a job and her uncertain future with her boyfriend. On the plane ride, she and Aunt Winnie meet Professor Zackary Baines, a self-proclaimed expert on all things Austen. He claims that within each Austen novel there is another darker secondary story, usually involving sordid behavior. He claims to know the true cause of Austen's death, and it's a truth which will greatly outrage Austen fans. Elizabeth and Aunt Winnie don't take him or his findings seriously. But someone must, because during the costume ball, Baines is stabbed to death. Kiely expertly combines the wit and spunk of Austen’s protagonists with a contemporary traditional mystery, creating an entertaining puzzle. Austen fans especially are in for a big treat.

PRAISE

"Kiely's well-paced . . . contemporary mystery . . . takes its inspiration from Persuasion . . . Janeites will enjoy tracking the parallels." —Publishers Weekly on Murder Most Persuasive

"Kiely's characters are instantly appealing, plucky Elizabeth chief among them. . . . Fun throughout, and ultimately moving, Murder on the Bride's Side places Kiely in the first rank of cozy-mystery writers." —Richmond Times-Dispatch

TRACY KIELY is a finalist for the Mary Higgins Clark Award. She lives in Maryland.


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Salvation of a Saint Keigo Higashino

From the author of the internationally bestselling, award-winning The Devotion of Suspect X comes the latest novel featuring “Detective Galileo”

In 2011, The Devotion of Suspect X was a hit with critics and readers alike. The first major English language publication from the most popular bestselling writer in Japan, it was acclaimed as “stunning,” “brilliant,” and “ingenious.” Now physics professor Manabu Yukawa—Detective Galileo—returns in a new case of impossible murder, where instincts clash with facts and theory with reality.

Yoshitaka, who was about to leave his marriage and his wife, is poisoned by arsenic-laced coffee and dies. His wife, Ayane, is the logical suspect—except that she was hundreds of miles away when he was murdered. The lead detective, Tokyo Police Detective Kusanagi, is immediately smitten with her and refuses to believe that she could have had anything to do with the crime. His assistant, Kaoru Utsumi, however, is convinced Ayane is guilty. While Utsumi’s instincts tell her one thing, the facts of the case are another matter. So she does what her boss has done for years when stymied—she calls upon Professor Manabu Yukawa.

But even the brilliant mind of Dr. Yukawa has trouble with this one, and he must somehow find a way to solve an impossible murder and capture a very real, very deadly murderer.

Salvation for a Saint is Keigo Higashino at his mind-bending best, pitting emotion against fact in a beautifully plotted crime novel filled with twists and reverses that will astonish and surprise even the most attentive and jaded of readers.

KEIGO HIGASHINO is currently the bestselling author in Japan with over three dozen bestsellers, hundreds of millions of copies of his books sold worldwide, and nearly twenty films and television series based on his work. He won the Naoki Prize for his first novel featuring Detective Galileo and he lives in Tokyo, Japan. ALEXANDER O. SMITH has translated a wide variety of novels, manga, and video games, for which he has been nominated for the Eisner Award, and won the ALA's Batchelder Award. He studied at Dartmouth College and holds an M.A. in Classical Japanese from Harvard University. He lives in Vermont.

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OCTOBER 2012

MARKETING

* National Print Publicity * National Print Advertising Campaign * Online Advertising Campaign * Advance Readers' Editions * Online Promotion * Bookbrowse First Impressions Campaign * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * Library Marketing Campaign * E-book Promotion with The Devotion of Suspect X * Excerpt included in the St. Martin’s Griffin edition of The Devotion of Suspect X (February 2012) * Available on CD from Macmillan Audio * Also Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01586-0

PRAISE

Praise for The Devotion of Suspect X: “Ingeniously plotted . . . the brilliance of this scheme can’t be fully appreciated until the conclusion of the story.” —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Book Review “An elegant literary experiment.” —The Wall Street Journal “Compelling . . . intricate . . . heady!" —The Boston Globe

FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | October 2012 9780312600686 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 336 pages | Carton Qty: 20 9.25in H | 6.13in W


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Rogue Mark Sullivan

"A true juggernaut of a thriller, pure adrenaline in print. With the creation of Robin Monarch, Sullivan has crafted a Jason Bourne for the new millennium." —James Rollins

A propulsive, compelling new thriller, Rogue is one part Bourne Identity and one part Mission: Impossible, with a nod to Hitchcock’s It Takes a Thief. Two years ago, Robin Monarch was a top level CIA operative—perhaps the best they had when it came to black bag operations. Then one day, in the middle of an operation, with his team around him in the field, Monarch walked away, leaving his old life and friends behind without a word of explanation. Now this ex-soldier, ex-operative, and orphan with a murky past is a thief, stealing from the super-rich and has surfaced in St. Tropez. But when a complicated, high profile jewel heist goes wrong, Monarch is led into a carefully woven trap designed to force him to complete the very same mission he walked away from years ago. It will take all of his skills (as well as those of the team he burned) and all of his cunning to thwart the violent and deadly goals of the very powerful cabal who will do whatever it takes to bring the very dangerous "Green Fields" technology under their control.

A former Reuters journalist, MARK SULLIVAN is the author of several internationally bestselling thrillers on his own as well as the coauthor with James Patterson of the bestsellers Private Games (February 2012) and the forthcoming Private Berlin (February 2013). He lives in Bozeman, Montanta.

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OCTOBER 2012

MARKETING

* National Author Tour * National Print Publicity * National Print Advertising Campaign * Online Advertising Campaign: Prepub and OnSale * Advance Readers' Editions * IndieBound Campaign * Major e-original promotion timed to coincide with James Patterson coauthor publications * Social Media Campaign * NetGalley Promotion * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * Library Marketing Campaign * Author Website: MarkTSullivan.com * Available as an E-book: 978-1-4299-9028-8

PRAISE

"Fast moving and well-written! Rogue reminded me of the Bourne books and movies, only it's much, much better." —James Patterson "Diabolical! Filled with twists, turns, crosses, and double-crosses, Sullivan delivers a harrowing international thriller, while introducing one of the most compelling heroes since Jason Bourne." —Lisa Gardner "A compelling, page-turning blend of spy and caper fiction: it's Robin Hood for the twenty-first century. Loaded with intrigue, laced with detail, and full of bone-shaking action, Rogue is the fantastic start to an exciting new series." —Jeff Abbott

FICTION / THRILLERS Minotaur Books | October 2012 9780312378516 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 384 pages | Carton Qty: 20 9.25in H | 6.13in W


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Death in the Floating City A Lady Emily Mystery

Tasha Alexander

The Huffington Post calls Tears of Pearl author Tasha Alexander "one to watch—and read" and her new Lady Emily mystery set in Venice proves it!

Years ago, Emily's childhood nemesis, Emma Callum, scandalized polite society when she eloped to Venice with an Italian count. But now her father-in-law lies murdered, and her husband has vanished. There's no one Emma can turn to for help but Emily, who leaves at once with her husband, the dashing Colin Hargreaves, for Venice. There, her investigations take her from opulent palazzi to slums, libraries, and bordellos. Emily soon realizes that to solve the present day crime, she must first unravel a centuries old puzzle. But the past does not give up its secrets easily, especially when these revelations might threaten the interests of some very powerful people.

TASHA ALEXANDER attended the University of Notre Dame, where she signed on as an English major in order to have a legitimate excuse for spending all her time reading. She lived in Amsterdam, London, Wyoming, Vermont, Connecticut, and Tennessee before settling in Chicago.

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MARKETING

* Author Tour * National Print Publicity * Online Advertising Campaign * Online Promotion * Online Reviewer Campaign * IndieBound Campaign * Ebook Campaign * Reading Group Guide available at ReadingGroupGold.com * A Read-it-First.com Selection * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * Romance Community Outreach * Excerpt in St. Martin's Griffin Edition of A Crimson Warning (August 2012) * Library Marketing Campaign * Author Website: TashaAlexander.com * Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01103-9

PRAISE

"Tasha Alexander has created Victorian London's most colorful and delightfully eccentric sleuth. Anglophiles and fans of the well-plotted historical mystery will be charmed by Lady Emily—and will thoroughly enjoy A Crimson Warning!" —Jacqueline Winspear, New York Times bestselling author of the Maisie Dobbs Series on A Crimson Warning "Alexander knows how to construct a compelling plot; but despite her cliffhanger climaxes and witty repartee, there's a depth of sensitivity which sets her apart." —The Huffington Post on Dangerous to Know

"Enchanting . . . Alexander keeps readers guessing to the very end." —Publishers Weekly on A Crimson Warning

“Infused with wit and charm, with just the right amounts of danger, romance and detection blended in.” —Denver Post on Tears of Pearl

FICTION / SUSPENSE Minotaur Books | October 2012 9780312661762 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 20 9.25in H | 6.13in W


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Paradise City A Joe Gunther Novel

Archer Mayor

Now a New York Times bestselling series, "Even in beautiful Vermont, Archer Mayor finds shadows . . . and his detective, Joe Gunther, finds a way to beat them back." —NPR

Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation are alerted to a string of unrelated burglaries across Vermont. Someone, in addition to flatscreens, computers, and stereos, has also been stealing antiques and jewelry.

Meanwhile, in Boston, an elderly woman surprises some thieves in her Beacon Hill home and is viciously murdered. The Boston police find that not only is the loot similar to what's being stolen in Vermont, but it may have the same destination. Word is out that someone powerful is purchasing these particular kinds of items in the “Paradise City” of Northampton, Mass. Gunther, the Boston Police, and the vengeful niece of the murdered old lady convene on Northampton, eager to get to the bottom of the mystery and find the "responsible parties"—although each is motivated to mete out some very different penalties.

ARCHER MAYOR is a death investigator, a sheriff's deputy, and a volunteer firefighter and EMT in addition to being a best-selling novelist. He lives in Newfane, Vermont.

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PRAISE

"Archer Mayor's Vermont police procedurals are the best thing going." —The New York Times Book Review on The Price of Malice "Mayor writes an intelligent mystery. His characters are real, the things that happen to them are logical, and the plot is believable. It's a pleasure to find a story that captures readers' attention, makes them care about the characters—and offers such dark chills.” —Associated Press on Tag Man “Richly drawn characters and a delightful sense of place are hallmarks of Mayor's superb procedurals, and they are both in evidence in this fine addition to the series” —Booklist on Tag Man "One of the best series around . . . with its excellent noir touches, terrific plots, and really interesting central character, it out to appear at the top of most lists." —The Globe and Mail (Toronto) on The Price of Malice



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Sacrifice Fly Tim O'Mara

In this outstanding mystery debut, ex-cop and school teacher Raymond Donne is dragged back to the force when his student goes missing

Raymond Donne wasn’t always a school teacher. Not only did he patrol the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as a police officer, but being the nephew of the chief of detectives, he was expected to go on to bigger things. But when an accident destroyed his knees and he was no longer able to do the job the way he wanted, he became a teacher in the same neighborhood. He put the force behind him and came to terms with the change, or at least he thought he had until Frankie Rivas, one of his students and a baseball phenom, stops showing up to class. With Frankie in danger of failing and missing out on a scholarship, Ray goes looking for him only to find Frankie’s father bludgeoned to death on the floor of their apartment. Frankie and his younger sister are gone, possibly on the run. But did they really kill their father? Ray can’t believe it. But then who did and where are Frankie and his sister? To bring Frankie and his sister home safely Ray must return to the life, the people, and the demons he walked out on all those years ago.

Authentic, intense, and gripping, Tim O’Mara’s Sacrifice Fly is the first in a series from a stellar new voice in crime fiction.

PRAISE

"Superb—one of those rare first novels that delivers on every level. Raymond Donne is an unforgettable character, and O'Mara will make you feel the steam coming off the Brooklyn streets where Donne works, lives, and tries to stay alive long enough to do the right thing. I can't wait to read O'Mara's next." —Jan Burke, national bestselling author of Disturbance

"The best first crime novel I've read in years. Knowing about the ways of city life and compassionate about its flawed characters, the writing has a swing as natural and strong as Roberto Clemente's. It's a real gem." —Peter Blauner, author of Slow Motion Riot and Slipping into Darkness

TIM O'MARA is a teacher in the New York City public school system. Raised on Long Island, he now lives in Manhattan’s Hell’s Kitchen with his wife and daughter.

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Blood Lance A Medieval Noir

Jeri Westerson

"Among the most courageous and compelling protagonists at work in fictional detection." —Richmond Times-Dispatch

Crispin Guest, returning home after a late night, sees a body hurtling from the uppermost reaches of the London Bridge. Guest's attempted rescue fails, however, and the man—an armourer with a shop on the bridge—is dead. While whispers in the street claim that it was a suicide, Guest—known in certain London circles as The Tracker for his skill in solving puzzles—is unconvinced. What Guest uncovers is that the armourer had promised Sir Thomas Saunfayl, a friend from Guest's former life, that he would provide him something that would make him unbeatable in battle, something for which he'd paid a small fortune. Sir Thomas believes that the item was in fact the Spear of Longinus - the spear that pierced the side of Christ on the cross—which is believed to make those who possess it invincible. Complicating matters is another old friend, Geoffrey Chaucer, who suddenly comes to London and is anxious to help Guest find the missing spear, about which he seems to know a bit too much. With various forces anxious to find the spear, the life of Sir Thomas in danger and perhaps the very safety of England hangs in the balance, Guest and his apprentice Jack Tucker must navigate some very perilous waters if they are to survive.

PRAISE

“Absolutely first-class!” —Library Journal (starred) on The Demon's Parchment "This is a fantastic book you won't want to put down!" —Romantic Times on Troubled Bones

JERI WESTERSON is the author of four previous books featuring Crispin Guest—Veil of Lies, Serpent in the Thorns, The Demon's Parchment, and Troubled Bones. She lives in Menifee, California.


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The Dead Man's Wife Solomon Jones

A diabolical story about marriage gone awry—The next thrilling novel in the all-new Colletti series from acclaimed author Solomon Jones

She’s a cop-turned defense lawyer. Her husband is a research scientist. She lives in a half-million-dollar home. Yet on this night, Andrea Wilson—a woman who seemingly has everything—awakens to a living nightmare. Her husband Paul is dead, she’s covered in his blood, and the police are banging on her door. Andrea doesn’t remember what happened, but she knows how it looks. With just a split second to make a choice, Andrea decides to run, and in doing so, risks everything in an attempt to clear her name.

Enter Detective Mike Coletti. He and Andrea shared a relationship once. Now all they share is the chase. As Andrea races to prove her innocence and Coletti struggles to track her down, they each uncover clues about the mystery of Paul’s death. Along the way, Andrea uncovers the biggest mystery of all: Is her husband actually still alive?

PRAISE

"Deftly melds the dark legends of Poe into a modern police procedural." —Booklist on The Gravedigger's Ball

"A terrific, spellbinding mystery . . . Highly Recommended." —Jeff Stetson, author of Blood on Leaves on The Last Confession

"In a masterful blending of King and McBain, Jones steals his readers along on a wild and thoroughly satisfying ride through the venerable, haunted streets of Philadelphia." —Lou Manfredo, author of Rizzo’s War on The Last Confession "Explosive." —Publishers Weekly on Payback "Fast-paced and gritty." —Philadelphia Inquirer on C.R.E.A.M. "Quick, satisfying entertainment." —Publishers Weekly on Ride or Die

SOLOMON JONES is an Essence bestselling author. He is an award-winning columnist for the Philadelphia Daily News and a member of the authors group, the Liars Club. Jones teaches creative writing at Temple University. He lives in Philadelphia with his family, and is currently at work on his next novel.


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FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | October 2012 9780312606633 | $25.99/$29.99 Can. Hardback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 8.25in H | 5.50in W


MARKETING * Regional Author Tour * Blog Tour * Social Media Campaign * Online Promotion * Author Website: JoelleCharbonneau.com * Regular Blogger at DoSomeDamage.blogspot.com and TheStilettoGang.blogspot.com * Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01745-1

Skating on the Edge A Mystery

Joelle Charbonneau

"Rebecca is a spunky, independent heroine. . . . [She] and the quirky secondary characters will appeal to Evanovich fans." —Booklist

It’s Native American Summer Days in Indian Falls, and Rebecca Robbins is roped into taking a turn in the Senior Center dunk tank. That is, until her rhinestone-studded grandfather Pop needs help setting up his Elvis act. Minutes from climbing into the tank, Rebecca has to find a replacement. Roller derby girl Sherlene-n-Mean takes her place, and is promptly electrocuted and killed. It’s obvious to the police and Rebecca that this was no accident, and no one knows who the murderer’s intended target was. With Pop cheering her on and aided by a trio of self-appointed bodyguard derby girls, Rebecca digs for answers, dodges bullets, and races to find a killer.

PRAISE

Praise for Skating Over the Line:

"Rebecca’s second . . . features the Midwest’s laid-back answer to Stephanie Plum in another funny, spunky romp." —Kirkus Reviews

"Light and breezy, Charbonneau’s . . . humor mixed with an eccentric cast keeps the mystery rolling at a steady clip. With this title’s romantic triangle not unlike Janet Evanovich’s trio . . . and relatives reminiscent of those in books by Rita Lakin or Deborah Sharp, you’ve got another humorous series at the ready." —Library Journal

JOELLE CHARBONNEAU is a private voice teacher and has been a professional singer and actress. Her mother was a world champion roller skater. Charbonneau lives with her family in Illinois.


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MARKETING * Author Website and Blog: DavidHandlerBooks.com * Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01734-5

The Snow White Christmas Cookie A Berger and Mitry Mystery

David Handler

"Suspenseful plot, skillful telling, and occasional splashes of comic relief add up to a heady cocktail." —Publishers Weekly

Des Mitry gets her first taste of Christmas in the historic New England village of Dorset. Three blizzards have blanketed the village in forty inches of snow. Mitch’s neighbor has just been found dead of a drug overdose. Kylie Champlain has slammed her car into a building after she’s caught trying to shoplift. And a grinch is stealing mail in the Historic District.

Stealing mail is a serious federal crime, but Des soon discovers that she’s into something much bigger: a black market prescription drug gang that has ties to organized crime. A fourth blizzard is on its way. And so is murder. If Des doesn’t act fast this will truly be a Christmas to remember—but for all the wrong reasons.

David Handler's ninth in this original series is brimming with plenty of murder, mayhem, and holiday spirit!

PRAISE

"A must read for fans of hilarious crime dramas . . . The Blood Red Indian Summer is a

whirlwind of hilarity, mystery . . . and romance. It is best described by a one-word expression that is often used by Mitch Berger's dad, Chat: 'Sa-weet.'" —Gumshoe Review

"Series fans will have fun catching up with the latest twists in the always interesting relationship of this interracial couple." —Publishers Weekly on The Shimmering Blond

"Well paced and cheerfully written, this book has a number of fun perks." —RT Book Reviews (4 stars) on The Shimmering Blond

DAVID HANDLER is the author of the Edgar Award-winning Stewart Hoag series and an Anthony, Derringer, and Dilys Award finalist. He lives in Old Lyme, Connecticut.


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Death on Telegraph Hill A Sarah Woolson Mystery

Shirley Tallman

Plucky attorney Sarah Woolson flouts "proper" femininity and investigates a shooting in nineteenth-century San Francisco

San Francisco, 1882. After enjoying an evening listening to the young Oscar Wilde, crusading young lawyer Sarah Woolson and her brother, Samuel, are making their way home when a gunshot sounsd and a bullet pierces the fog, striking Samuel. Who could want to hurt Samuel? Was he even the intended target? Determined to find answers, Sarah discovers more murder and mayhem on Telegraph Hill.

Shirley Tallman delivers an exciting whodunit with a trailblazing heroine in a time and place when a nice young woman was supposed to be found in the drawing room instead of the courtroom.

PRAISE

"[Scandal on Rincon Hill] neatly marries mystery, romance and historic San Francisco in an enjoyable tale of the stubbornly independent career woman.” —Kirkus Reviews

"Once again bringing Victorian San Francisco to colorful life, Tallman offers an entertaining mystery with an indomitable, independent heroine that will appeal to fans of Anne Perry and Rhys Bowen." —Library Journal (starred) on The Cliff House Strangler

"Sarah Woolson is spunky as hell." —Contra Costa Times on The Russian Hill Murders

SHIRLEY TALLMAN lives in Eugene, Oregon and Incline Village, Nevada.


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Rest for the Wicked Ellen Hart

Armed with little more than a message on her phone from a dead man, PI and restaurateur Jane Lawless races to find a killer

DeAndre Moore came to Minneapolis from St. Louis to clear up a misunderstanding. But when the situation gets out of hand, he reaches out to P.I. Jane Lawless just as his uncle, Jane’s partner Andy Nolan, told him to. However, the message Moore leaves on Jane’s phone becomes a voice from beyond the grave when she discovers that he left it minutes before he was knifed outside of a gentlemen’s club. And soon his murder isn’t the only one. With Nolan in the hospital, Jane sets out to find out who killed his nephew and what his death has to do with the others in another outstanding addition to Ellen Hart’s award-winning mysteries series.

PRAISE

“An appealing homage to Dashiell Hammett’s The Maltese Falcon underscores the

bountiful action, which also includes a revelatory scene involving Chess’s girlfriend that would made Alfred Hitchcock proud.” —Yahoo Shine! on The Cruel Ever After

“[Hart] knows how to spin a tale full of complex plot lines, fast-paced action, and characters skilled in deception.” —Library Journal (starred) on The Mirror and the Mask

ELLEN HART, “a top novelist in the cultishly popular gay mystery genre” (Entertainment Weekly), is also a Lambda and Minnesota Book Award winner. The author of nineteen previous mysteries featuring Jane Lawless, she lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota.


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A Death in the Small Hours Charles Finch

From the critically acclaimed author of A Beautiful Blue Death and A Burial at Sea comes an intriguing new mystery in what The New York Times calls "a beguiling series"

Charles Lenox is at the pinnacle of his political career and is a delighted new father. His days of regularly investigating the crimes of Victorian London now some years behind him, he plans a trip to his uncle's estate, Somerset, in the expectation of a few calm weeks to write an important speech. When he arrives in the quiet village of Plumley, however, what greets him is a series of strange vandalisms upon the local shops: broken windows, minor thefts, threatening scrawls. Only when a far more serious crime is committed does he begin to understand the great stakes of those events, and the complex and sinister mind that is wreaking fear and suspicion in Plumley. Now, with his protege, John Dallington, at his side, the race is on for Lenox to find the culprit before he strikes again. And this time his victim may be someone that Lenox loves.

CHARLES FINCH is a graduate of Yale and Oxford. He is the author of the Charles Lenox mysteries, including The Fleet Street Murders, The September Society, A Stranger in Mayfair, and A Burial at Sea. His first novel, A Beautiful Blue Death, was nominated for an Agatha Award and was named one of Library Journal’s Best Books of 2007, one of only five mystery novels on the list. He lives in New York City.

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MARKETING

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PRAISE

“Agatha Christie meets Patrick O’Brian, the best in the series to date.” —Publishers Weekly (starred) on A Burial at Sea

“Readers of Anne Perry should be snatching up Finch’s books and clamoring for more.” —Library Journal on A Stranger in Mayfair

“Deftly plotted and richly detailed, The Fleet Street Murders is a taut Victorian thriller delivered from the pen of a master.” —Deanna Raybourn, author of Silent on the Moor

“Somewhere in detective heaven, Sherlock Holmes and Lord Peter Wimsey are already preparing a glass of hot whisky for Mr. Charles Lenox . This suave and flinty sleuth has a gorgeously dangerous future ahead of him.” —Louis Bayard, author of The Black Tower on The Fleet Street Murders

FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | November 2012 9781250011602 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 320 pages | Carton Qty: 20 8.25in H | 5.50in W


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A Fatal Winter A Max Tudor Mystery

G. M. Malliet

"There are certain things you want in a village mystery: a pretty setting, a tasteful murder, an appealing sleuth . . . Malliet delivers all that." —Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times

Last year, Agatha Award-winning author G. M. Malliet charmed mystery lovers, cozy fans, and Agatha Christie devotees with Wicked Autumn, the first mystery featuring her captivating protagonist, Max Tudor, and the small English village of Nether Monkslip. In A Fatal Winter, Max—Anglican priest, former MI5 agent, and village heartthrob—investigates two deaths at Chedrow Castle. But his growing attraction to Awena Owen complicates his case, as does the recent arrival at Chedrow Castle of a raucous group of long-lost, greedy relatives, any one of whom has a motive for murder. With a cozy setting, intricate puzzles, and a handsome (non-celibate) priest doing the sleuthing, the books in this series are destined to become instant classics in the mystery world.

Winner of the Agatha Award for Death of a Cozy Writer, G. M. MALLIET attended Oxford University and holds a graduate degree from the University of Cambridge. She lives in Alexandria, Virginia.

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PRAISE

Praise for Wicked Autumn: "Malliet has mastered the delights of the cozy mystery so completely that she seems to be channeling Agatha Christie." —Booklist (starred) "Malliet, like Louise Penny, brings a contemporary freshness to the traditional mystery." —Library Journal (starred) "Rarely have I read descriptions that have left me gasping, in both their hilarity and their painful truth. A wonderful read." —Louise Penny, author of A Trick of the Light "A winning entry in the quiet English village mystery genre." —Mystery Scene "A tongue-in-cheek village mystery to be savored." —Julia Spencer-Fleming "Provid[es] the sort of comfort a quintessential cozy can offer." —Kirkus Reviews "Takes the traditional English cozy mystery and plants it firmly into the twenty-first century." —The New York Journal of Books

FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | October 2012 9780312647971 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 400 pages | Carton Qty: 16 8.25in H | 5.50in W Includes printed endpapers


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MARKETING * Regional Author Events * National Print Publicity * SIBA Campaign * Library Marketing Campaign * Excerpt in the St. Martin's Griffin Edition of Ranchero (October 2012) * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * Also Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01599-0

Beluga Rick Gavin

Rick Gavin is the master of a genre he invented—the raucous Delta noir

A few months ago Nick Reid and his compadre Desmond liberated some money from a nasty meth dealer, and now they need to launder it. After lending out a couple of thousand here and there, with hope of getting a small return, all kinds of “investment opportunities” are coming out of the woodwork. And one of them has trouble written all over it. The brother of Desmond’s ex-wife wants a small sum to set up a scheme involving a trailer full of stolen tires. Which sets off all kinds of alarm bells, but Shawnica insists that Nick and Desmond help him out. In the next few days, they are set upon by a ninja schoolgirl assassin and a couple of Delta gangsters. Soon all thought of recouping their investment goes out the window, and they’ll settle for staying alive. The twists and turns and the dry wit that made Ranchero a delight are all on display once again in Rick Gavin’s latest.

PRAISE

Praise for Ranchero: “Hilarious . . . The irresistible Ranchero has the humor of a tall tale told by Mark Twain.” —The Wall Street Journal

“Gavin turns out phrase after phrase of ear-pleasing insight into the Delta and those who live there . . . And when Gavin waxes funny, he really is funny.” —The Associated Press

When he's not writing, RICK GAVIN frames houses and hangs sheetrock in Ruston, Louisiana. This is his second novel.


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FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | November 2012 9780312550639 | $24.99/$28.99 Can. Hardback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 20 8.25in H | 5.50in W


MARKETING * National Print Publicity * Featured Author on CriminalElement.com * E-book Promotion of A Corpse in the Koryo * Also Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01792-5

A Drop of Chinese Blood James Church

Like Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir trilogy, A Drop of Chinese Blood presents an unfamiliar world where the rules are an enigma

James Church’s Inspector O novels have been hailed as “crackling good" (The Washington Post) and “tremendously clever” (Tampa Tribune), while Church himself has been embraced by critics as “the equal of le Carré” (Publishers Weekly, starred). Now Church—a former Western intelligence officer who pulls back the curtain on the hidden world of North Korea in a way that no one else can—comes roaring back with an unputdownable new series featuring Inspector O’s nephew, Bing, the director of state security in a region in northeast China bordering North Korea.

When clues point to a connection between a beautiful woman's disappearance and Bing's sensitive assignment to bring an agent across the North Korean border, O reluctantly helps him navigate an increasingly complex and deadly maze. James Church has crafted a story with beautifully spare prose and layered descriptions of a country and a people he knows by heart.

JAMES CHURCH (pseudonym) is a former Western intelligence officer with decades of experience in Asia. No matter what hat he wore, Church says, he ran across Inspector O many times.

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FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | November 2012 9780312656041 | $25.99/$29.99 Can. Hardback | 352 pages | Carton Qty: 20 9.25in H | 6.13in W | 1.00lb Wt


MARKETING * National Print Publicity * Online Promotion * E-book Promotion with Skull Mantra * Author Website: EliotPattison.com * Also Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01208-1

Mandarin Gate Eliot Pattison

Edgar Award–winner Pattison brings Shan back in a thriller that navigates the explosive political and religious landscape of Tibet

Shan has just begun to settle into his menial job as an inspector of irrigation and sewer ditches in a remote Tibetan township when he encounters a wrenching crime scene. Strewn across the grounds of an old Buddhist temple undergoing restoration are the bodies of two unidentified men and a Tibetan nun. Shan quickly realizes that the murders pose a riddle the Chinese police might in fact be trying to cover up. When he discovers that a nearby village has been converted into a new internment camp for Tibetan dissidents arrested in Beijing’s latest pacification campaign, Shan recognizes the dangerous landscape he has entered. To find justice for the victims and to protect an American woman who witnessed the murders, Shan must navigate through the treacherous worlds of the internment camp, the local criminal gang, and the government’s rabid pacification teams, while coping with his growing doubts about his own identity and role in Tibet.

PRAISE

Praise for Skull Mantra and the Shan mysteries: "An unparalleled series . . . erudite, eloquent, and entertaining." —Booklist

"A rich and multilayered story." —San Francisco Chronicle

"A thriller of laudable aspirations and achievements." —Chicago Tribune

ELIOT PATTISON is the Edgar Award-winning author of six previous Shan novels. A frequent visitor to China, his books and articles on international policy issues have been published around the world. He lives in Oley, Pennsylvania.


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City of Saints A Mystery

Andrew Hunt

Winner of the 2011 Hillerman Prize—an engaging historical mystery set in 1930s Salt Lake City starring a newly-minted Mormon lawman

To the outside observer, Salt Lake City seems to be the squeaky-clean “City of Saints”—its nickname since Mormon pioneers first arrived. Its wide roads, huge Mormon temple topped by a horn-blowing angel, and orderly neighborhoods give it the appearance of the ideal American city. But looks can be deceiving. When beautiful socialite Helen Kent Pfalzgraf turns up dead, Salt Lake County Deputy Art Oveson—a twenty-something husband, dad, and devout Mormon just getting his start—finds himself thrust into the role of detective. With his partner, a foul-mouthed, vice-ridden former strikebreaker, he begins to pursue Pfalzgraf’s murderer—or murderers. Their search takes them into the dark underbelly of Salt Lake City, a place rife with blackmail, corruption and murder. Throw in a cowardly sheriff seeking reelection, a prominent local physician with a host of skeletons in his closet, and swirling rumors of an affair between the murder victim and an elusive Hollywood star, and you’ve got City of Saints, a mystery based on a true yet largely forgotten murder that once captivated the nation but still remains unsolved eighty years later.

ANDREW HUNT is a professor of history in Waterloo, Ontario. His areas of study include post-1945 U.S. History, the Civil Rights Movement, the Vietnam War, and the American West. He has written reviews for The Globe and Mail and The National Post, and he is the author of two works of nonfiction, The Turning and David Dellinger and is coauthor of The 1980s. He grew up in Salt Lake City, where his novel, City of Saints, is set, and he currently lives in Canada.


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FICTION / MYSTERY & DETECTIVE Minotaur Books | October 2012 9780312613716 | $25.99/$29.99 Can. Hardback | 304 pages | Carton Qty: 9.25in H | 6.13in W


MARKETING * E-book Promotion with Witches' Tongue * Excerpt in the St. Martin's Paperbacks Editions of Coffin Man (August 2012) * Also Available as an E-book: 978-1-250-01809-0

The Old Gray Wolf James D. Doss

Colorado rancher and investigator Charlie Moon accidentally kills a purse snatcher with ties to the mob in Doss's latest gem

Former police officer, sometime tribal investigator, and current rancher Charlie Moon and Chief of Police Scott Parris didn’t mean for things to get out of hand, but the purse-snatching LeRoy Hooten left them with little choice when he made a run for it. When Hooten dies due to his injuries, as bad as they feel about it, there is little that they can do. However, the dead man’s mother—a widow to a brutal mobster—wastes no time making a call to an old associate to settle the score. With an assassin on his way, the FBI close behind, and a new P.I. bringing up the rear, Moon and Parris will need to watch their backs in Doss’s raucous addition to his wild and witty western mystery series.

PRAISE

“Amusing . . . Series fans will enjoy spending time with old friends.” —Publishers Weekly on Coffin Man

“Top-flight work from Doss, who can outplot most anybody and give cold-blooded miscreants a case of the giggles.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred) on A Dead Man’s Tale

JAMES D. DOSS is the author of the sixteen previous Charlie Moon mysteries. Two of the Moon books were named among the best books of the year by Publishers Weekly. Originally from Kentucky, he divides his time between Los Alamos and Taos, New Mexico.


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A Small Hill to Die On A Penny Brannigan Mystery

Elizabeth J. Duncan

"Readers who enjoy the cozy mysteries of Dorothy Cannell and Nancy Atherton will want to take a look at this series." —Booklist

The Welsh town of Llanelen is anxious to learn who will be moving into Ty Brith Hall. Spa owner Penny Brannigan is among the first to find out who bought the big house on the hill when a woman walks into the spa inquiring about tanning. She is Mai Grimstead, owner of a chain of salons. A few weeks later, Penny and her art group are out sketching the daffodils in a scenic wooded area when they come across a dead body. It is Mai's nineteen-year-old daughter, Ashlee. An autopsy reveals that she was pregnant. As the police investigate the murder, Penny digs into the financial aspect of Mai's business, which looks suspicious. Her business partner Victoria and love interest Detective Inspector Davies get involved in another entertaining and puzzling mystery filled with plenty of Welsh charm.

PRAISE

Praise for A Killer's Christmas in Wales: "Cozy fans will enjoy this light, quick read." —Library Journal

"Readers who enjoy classic English mysteries will find lots to love. . . . Duncan excels at bringing her characters to life." —Mystery Scene Magazine

"A delightfully intriguing, fast-paced cozy, à la Agatha Christie. . . . With its gorgeous, small-town setting; friendly, interesting characters; and baffling murders, it's a holiday cozy that is sure to please." —Gumshoe

ELIZABETH J. DUNCAN is a winner of the Malice Domestic Best First Traditional Mystery Novel Competition and was shortlisted for the Agatha and Arthur Ellis Awards. She lives in Toronto.


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Not Dead Yet Peter James

Roy Grace tracks a stalker obsessed with a Hollywood starlet in the latest from #1 international bestselling author Peter James

Days before one of Hollywood’s hottest stars, Gaia Lafayette, leaves home for a movie role on location in Brighton, England, there is a bungled attempt on her life. The whole city of Brighton awaits Gaia’s arrival, including her dangerously obsessive Number One fan looking for revenge and an anxious Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, charged with protecting Gaia.

When a mutilated torso is found on a chicken farm miles away in the countryside, Roy Grace has no reason at all to connect this to the star’s visit to the county. But as events rapidly begin to unfold, Roy Grace and his team find themselves in a desperate race against time to save Gaia’s life from a clever maniac who will stop at nothing to kill her.

PETER JAMES is the #1 international bestselling author of the Roy Grace series. His novels, including the #1 bestseller Possession, have been translated into thirty languages, and three have been filmed. He divides his time between his homes in Notting Hill in London and near Brighton in Sussex, England.

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Praise for Dead Man's Grip: “Peter James always gives double value in his elegant police procedurals. . . . The methodical investigation is always authentically detailed . . . [and] James’s inspired villains are also worthy of lead roles in mad-dog-killer thrillers.” —The New York Times “Fans will love this latest Roy Grace thriller, and newcomers will find Dead Man's Grip the perfect place to start.” —The Associated Press "Once again, James pens an intensely personal, harrowing thriller that marks the finest British crime writing this side of the wondrous Jane Tennison in the Prime Suspect series. Dead Man’s Grip is a tour de force triumph." —The Providence Journal "Readers will come back begging for more after this exciting one. For fans of Lee Child and Jeffery Deaver." —Library Journal

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Safe House A Mystery

Ewan, Chris

A brilliant thriller from the author of the acclaimed Good Thief's Guide series asks, how can a beautiful woman simply vanish?

When Rob Hale wakes up in a hospital after a motorcycle crash, his first thought is for the gorgeous blonde, Lena, who was on the back of his bike. The doctors and police, however, insist that he was alone at the scene. The shock of the accident must have made him imagine Lena, especially since his description of her resembles his late sister, Laura.

Convinced that Lena is as real as he is, Rob teams up with Rebecca Lewis, a London-based PI who has a mysterious connection to Laura—and learns that even a close-knit community like the Isle of Man can hide dangerous secrets that will not stay safe forever.

PRAISE

"Taut plotting adds substance to . . . considerable style." —Publishers Weekly (starred) on The Good Thief's Guide to Venice

"Big fun." —The Seattle Times on The Good Thief's Guide to Venice

“Ewan masterfully merges the comic with the thrilling.” —Romantic Times (Top Pick! Gold Medal) on The Good Thief’s Guide to Vegas

“Wonderful descriptions of locale, engaging and wacky characters, and an entertaining plot.” —Library Journal (starred) on The Good Thief’s Guide to Paris

CHRIS EWAN, who lives on the Isle of Man, began his crime-writing career with the Good Thief’s Guide to Amsterdam, which was called one the "best books for grownups" by Publishers Weekly and AARP The Magazine, and one of the best thrillers of the year by the London Times. The Huffington Post also named Ewan one of America’s favorite British authors.

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The Valley of the Shadow A Cornish Mystery

Carola Dunn

A cryptic message spurs Eleanor, Megan, and Nick Gresham on a frantic search for a refugee's missing family

While out on a walk, Eleanor Trewynn, her niece Megan, and her neighbor Nick spot a young, half-drowned Indian man floating in the water. Delerious and concussed, he utters a cryptic message about his family being trapped in a cave and his mother dying. The young man, unconscious and unable to help, is whisked away to a hospital while a desperate effort is mounted find the missing family in time.

The local police inspector presumes that they are refugees from East Africa, abandoned by the smugglers who brought them in, so while the countryside is being scoured for the family, Eleanor herself descends into a dangerous den of smugglers in a desperate search to find the man responsible while there is still time.

PRAISE

"Dunn has a knack for writing meatier-than-usual cozies with strong female characters, and she has another charming winner here." —Booklist on Manna from Hades

CAROLA DUNN is the author of numerous books, including Manna from Hades and A Colourful Death, the two previous books featuring Eleanor Trewynnm. Born and raised in England, she lives in Eugene, Oregon.


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Lethal Investments K. O. Dahl

A string of murders sucks the Oslo Detectives into a maelstrom of dark secrets in the latest from the master of Norwegian crime writing

K.O. Dahl’s fourth installment in the Oslo Detective series is set seven years prior to the book that started it all: The Fourth Man. It’s the early nineties, and Oslo is driven by the rapid success of the IT boom. The brutal murder of a beautiful girl employed at a software company becomes the point of departure for a puzzling investigation led by Inspectors Gunnarstranda and Frølich. The duo has a thick web of temporary sexual relations, affairs, and downright lies to straighten out in order to find the girl’s killer. When the girl’s lover and later her aggressive neighbor are also murdered, it becomes clear there are dark secrets that must be laid bare at any cost in order to stop the senseless killing. Once again, Dahl's dark, lyrical writing and fresh setting bring new life to the modern noir mystery.

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International Praise for K.O. Dahl and the Oslo Detectives Series: "The new king of detective stories. He is the next Henning Mankell.” —Max (Germany)

"In a league of his own." —Aftenposten (Norway)

“Dahl is a formidable talent.” —Booklist

K.O. DAHL has been awarded with the Riverton Prize and nominated for Glasnyckeln (The Glass Key), Brage Literary Prize and the Martin Beck Award.


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Extra Credit Maggie Barbieri

College professor Alison Bergeron is out to catch a killer when a mysterious uncle is found dead with a load of cash

Alison Bergeron has her doubts about hosting a birthday party for her twin stepdaughters, seeing as it’ll include all of her new husband's ex-in-laws. Still, she’s a good sport, and everyone has a great time, especially the girls, who receive $10,000 from their estranged uncle, Chick.

The girls’ father NYPD Detective Bobby Crawford and Christine, his ex, think the gift is too much. But when he swings by Chick’s apartment to return it he finds Chick dead with roughly $250,000 stuffed in his mattress. The death is ruled a suicide, but Christine isn’t convinced, and even Alison can’t help but admit that there must be a lot more to Chick’s death.

Extra Credit, the latest in Barbieri’s stellar Murder 101 series, has Alison and Bobby delving into family secrets that are better left untouched.

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“Barbieri's fizzy fifth mystery featuring English professor Alison Bergeron rates well more than a passing grade. . . . Some punchy plot twists catapult the action to a satisfying reveal.” —Publishers Weekly on Third Degree

“Barbieri, the daughter of an NYC cop, has a nice, light touch with a procedural.” —Daily News (New York) on Final Exam

MAGGIE BARBIERI is a freelance editor as well as a mystery novelist. Her father was a member of the NYPD, and his stories provide much of the background for her novels.


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Good Junk A Cliff St. James Novel

Ed Kovacs

Cliff St. James returns to a Post-Katrina New Orleans to take on another case in this wonderful action-packed follow-up to Storm Damage

While wrestling with guilt over having accidentally killed a mixed martial arts opponent in a sparring session, private detective Cliff St. James returns to New Orleans and finds himself assisting the police in an investigation of the murder of a U.S. government “black projects” engineer. St. James quickly uncovers “The Buyers Club,” a murky network of seedy arms dealers and foreign intelligence agents purchasing state-of-the-art weaponry and high technology, perhaps abetted by elements of the U.S. government. As members of the Buyers Club start turning up dead, St. James fights for his life and sanity as he struggles to solve the murders and undermine a treacherous espionage conspiracy.

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"Fast-paced, gritty . . . [Kovacs's] noir take on the thriller will hook readers." —Associated Press

"Cliff takes plenty of knocks, but proves as resilient as New Orleans in this action-filled crime novel." —Publishers Weekly

"Powerful as a Category Five hurricane." —Gayle Lynds "Hard-edge. Frenetic. . . . Ed Kovacs is a vivid addition to the thriller genre." —Steve Berry "Ed Kovacs comes out of the gate with a bang. . . . Highly recommended." —Jonathan Maberry

ED KOVACS has worked for many years as a private security contractor deploying to challenging locations worldwide. He is a member of the Association for Intelligence Officers, International Thriller Writers, and Mystery Writers of America. When not on a contract, he splits his time between his home in Southeast Asia and his aircraft hangar home at a Southern California airport.


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Swift Run A Mystery

Laura DiSilverio

"DiSilverio has a bit of Sue Grafton’s tone, with a dash of Janet Evanovich thrown in. Expect to laugh." —Library Journal

With Charlie Swift convalescing from a gunshot wound, Gigi Goldman is in charge of running Swift Investigations. Imagine her surprise when Heather-Anne, the personal trainer who ran off to Costa Rica with Gigi's husband, shows up, wanting to hire them to find Les who has gone missing. Gigi's first instinct is to say scram, but then she remembers that Les fathered her children and that Heather-Anne is a paying client. She takes the case and soon finds Les holed up in Aspen, hiding from his girlfriend. He begs Gigi to take him back. But then Heather-Anne's dead body turns up, and Gigi is named the prime suspect. Les disappears again and Gigi and Charlie hunt for him, hoping he can clear Gigi's name. Detective Connor Montgomery is at odds with Charlie and she must turn to Father Dan Allgood for help in solving their most difficult and personal case yet. The third in the series, Swift Run is another thrilling and hilarious romp with this engaging crime-fighting duo.

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“This well-crafted, zany mystery will appeal, especially, to fans of Janet Evanovich, Laura Levine, and Lisa Lutz.” —Booklist

"Readers will look forward to seeing more of Charlie and her two clueless assistants." —Publishers Weekly

"DiSilverio's sequel to her highly praised debut novel, Swift Justice, is ideal for those

who enjoy humorous mysteries. Fans of Janet Evanovich will be easily hooked and impressed; the adventures of the Swift Investigation team are highly entertaining." —Lansing State Journal

LAURA DISILVERIO is a Lefty Award finalist. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado.


Index

Alexander, Tasha; Death in the Floating City: A Lady EmilyMystery 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Barbieri, Maggie; Extra Credit 47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beaton, M. C.; Hiss and Hers: An Agatha Raisin Mystery 8. . . .Beautiful Mystery 10-Copy Signed Prepack: A ChiefInspector Gamache Novel, The; Louise Penny 4. . . . . . . . . . .Beautiful Mystery: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel, The;Louise Penny 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Beluga; Rick Gavin 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Blood Lance: A Medieval Noir; Jeri Westerson 26. . . . . . . . . .Charbonneau, Joelle; Skating on the Edge: A Mystery 28. . . . . .Church, James; A Drop of Chinese Blood 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .City of Saints: A Mystery; Andrew Hunt 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dahl, K.O.; Lethal Investments 46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dead Man's Wife, The; Solomon Jones 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Death in the Floating City: A Lady Emily Mystery; TashaAlexander 21. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Death in the Small Hours, A; Charles Finch 32. . . . . . . . . . . . .Death in Valencia, A; Jason Webster 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Death on Telegraph Hill: A Sarah Woolson Mystery; ShirleyTallman 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Detroit Breakdown; D. E. Johnson 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .DiSilverio, Laura; Swift Run: A Mystery 49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Doss, James D.; The Old Gray Wolf 40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Drop of Chinese Blood, A; James Church 37. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Duncan, Elizabeth J.; A Small Hill to Die On: A PennyBrannigan Mystery 41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Dunn, Carola; The Valley of the Shadow: A Cornish Mystery . .

45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ewan, Chris; Safe House: A Mystery 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Extra Credit; Maggie Barbieri 47. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fatal Winter: A Max Tudor Mystery, A; G. M. Malliet 34. . . . .Finch, Charles; A Death in the Small Hours 32. . . . . . . . . . . . . .Gavin, Rick; Beluga 36. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Good Junk: A Cliff St. James Novel; Ed Kovacs 48. . . . . . . . .Handler, David; The Snow White Christmas Cookie: A Bergerand Mitry Mystery 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hart, Ellen; Rest for the Wicked 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Higashino, Keigo; Salvation of a Saint 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hiss and Hers: An Agatha Raisin Mystery; M. C. Beaton . . .

8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Hunt, Andrew; City of Saints: A Mystery 39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .In the Shadows of Paris: A Victor Legris Mystery; ClaudeIzner 13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Incense Game: A Novel of Feudal Japan, The; Laura JohRowland 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Indridason, Arnaldur; Outrage: An Icelandic Thriller 10. . . . . . . .Izner, Claude; In the Shadows of Paris: A Victor Legris Mystery

13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .James, Peter; Not Dead Yet 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Johnson, D. E.; Detroit Breakdown 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jones, Solomon; The Dead Man's Wife 27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Keller, Julia; A Killing in the Hills 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kiely, Tracy; Murder Most Austen: A Mystery 16. . . . . . . . . . . . .Killing in the Hills, A; Julia Keller 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kovacs, Ed; Good Junk: A Cliff St. James Novel 48. . . . . . . . . .Lethal Investments; K.O. Dahl 46. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Malliet, G. M.; A Fatal Winter: A Max Tudor Mystery 34. . . . . . .Mandarin Gate; Eliot Pattison 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mayor, Archer; Paradise City: A Joe Gunther Novel 23. . . . . . . .Murder Most Austen: A Mystery; Tracy Kiely 16. . . . . . . . . . .Not Dead Yet; Peter James 42. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Old Gray Wolf, The; James D. Doss 40. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

O'Mara, Tim; Sacrifice Fly 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Outrage: An Icelandic Thriller; Arnaldur Indridason 10. . . . . .Paradise City: A Joe Gunther Novel; Archer Mayor 23. . . . . .Pattison, Eliot; Mandarin Gate 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penny, Louise; The Beautiful Mystery 10-Copy SignedPrepack: A Chief Inspector Gamache Novel 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Penny, Louise; The Beautiful Mystery: A Chief InspectorGamache Novel 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rest for the Wicked; Ellen Hart 31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rogue; Mark Sullivan 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Rowland, Laura Joh; The Incense Game: A Novel of FeudalJapan 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sacrifice Fly; Tim O'Mara 25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Safe House: A Mystery; Chris Ewan 44. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Salvation of a Saint; Keigo Higashino 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Skating on the Edge: A Mystery; Joelle Charbonneau 28. . . .Small Hill to Die On: A Penny Brannigan Mystery, A;Elizabeth J. Duncan 41. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Snow White Christmas Cookie: A Berger and MitryMystery, The; David Handler 29. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sullivan, Mark; Rogue 19. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Swift Run: A Mystery; Laura DiSilverio 49. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tallman, Shirley; Death on Telegraph Hill: A Sarah WoolsonMystery 30. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Valley of the Shadow: A Cornish Mystery, The; Carola Dunn

45. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Webster, Jason; A Death in Valencia 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Westerson, Jeri; Blood Lance: A Medieval Noir 26. . . . . . . . . . .

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