Rules of Deception

Written by Christopher Reich

Format: Hardcover, 400 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $24.95

Dr. Jonathan Ransom, world-class mountaineer and surgeon for Doctors Without Borders, is climbing in the Swiss Alps with his beautiful wife, Emma, when a blizzard sets in. In their bid to escape the storm, Emma is killed when she falls into a hidden crevasse.

Twenty-four hours later, Jonathan receives an envelope...

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Say Goodbye

Written by Lisa Gardner

Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $25.00

Lisa Gardner, the New York Times bestselling author of Hide and Gone, draws us into the venomous mind games of her most terrifying killer yet.

Come into my parlor . . .

For Kimberly Quincy, FBI Special Agent, it all starts with a pregnant hooker. The story Delilah Rose tells Kimberly about her... Read more >

Force of Nature
A Novel
Written by Suzanne Brockmann

Format: Paperback, 512 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $7.99

Hard-driving suspense and intense passion are the hallmarks of bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann’s pulse-pounding thrillers. In her tales of daring, danger, courage, and desire, men and women of action fight fiercely, love deeply, and time after time raise the bar for adventure to new heights. Brockmann’s latest novel is no exception... Read more >

Stalking Susan
A Novel
Written by Julie Kramer

Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: July 15, 2008
Price: $22.95

Inside the desperate world of TV ratings, an investigative reporter discovers that a serial killer is targeting women named Susan and killing one on the same day each year.

Television reporter Riley Spartz is recovering from a heartbreaking, headline-making catastrophe of her own when a longtime police source drops two homicide files...

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The Chicago Way

Written by Michael Harvey

Format: Trade Paperback
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $13.95

Private detective Michael Kelly is hired by his former partner to solve an eight-year old rape and battery case long gone cold. But when the partner turns up dead, Kelly enlists a team of his savviest colleagues to connect the dots between the recent murder and the cold case it revived... Read more >

Into the Fire
A Novel
Written by Suzanne Brockmann

Format: Hardcover, 496 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2008
Price: $25.00

Suspense doesn’t burn any brighter and desire doesn’t run any deeper than when Suzanne Brockmann takes the helm, opens the throttle, and takes readers along for a breathless ride as she breaks the thrill barrier–again and again. With Into the Fire, Brockmann lights the fuse on her most explosive story yet.

Vinh... Read more >

The Deceived

Written by Brett Battles

Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $24.00

“Unputdownable.”* “Brilliant and heart-pounding.”** “A tightly written page-turner.”*** Brett Battles won rave reviews for his debut novel, The Cleaner, which introduced hero Jonathan Quinn. A freelance operative and professional “cleaner,” Quinn knows better than to get emotionally involved in any of his jobs. But in this superb powerhouse of suspense, Quinn’s... Read more >

The Legal Limit

Written by Martin Clark

Format: Hardcover, 368 pages
On Sale: July 8, 2008
Price: $24.95

Martin Clark’s most remarkable novel yet is the gripping, complex story of a murder cover-up that wreaks widespread havoc even as it redefines the concept of justice—a relentlessly entertaining saga that delves deeply into matters at once ambiguous and essential.

While Gates Hunt chose to fight his abusive father head-on, his younger...

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The Seventh Sacrament

Written by David Hewson

Format: Paperback, 592 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $6.99

In the heat of a Rome summer, a seven-year-old boy vanishes in the dank catacombs beneath the city. Now fourteen years have passed, and in acclaimed author David Hewson’s stunning new crime novel the heart-wrenching case has come back to life as Detective Nic Costa and his fellow investigators search through... Read more >

Illegal Action

Written by Stella Rimington

Format: Hardcover, 304 pages
On Sale: July 1, 2008
Price: $24.95

The new installment in Stella Rimington’s series of “frighteningly authentic” espionage thrillers (Chicago Tribune) featuring the fiercely intelligent, ambitious MI5 officer Liz Carlyle.

Liz has been transferred to counter-espionage—the hub of MI5 operations during the Cold War, which has been scaled back as anti-terrorism has gained priority. But there’s plenty for her...

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