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Fiction
BOOKS DUE: SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER, NOVEMBER, DECEMBER 2008 • VOlUME SEVENTEEN, NUMBER 3
LiBERty
a lake wobegon novel
garrison keillor
The town is dizzy with anticipation over the Fourth
of July parade, run for the last six years by reliable
Clint Bunsen. But then the citizens learn of his
ambition to run for Congress.
A Viking hardcover
September • 288 pp. • 978-0-670-01991-5 • $25.95
DEAF SENtENCE
david lodge
“No summary can do justice to the artful blend of
humor and poignancy with which Lodge delineates
the musings of a man facing his own aging and infirmities.”—Kirkus
Reviews (starred).
A Viking hardcover
September • 304 pp. • 978-0-670-01992-2 • $25.95
tHE SACRED Book oF tHE WEREWoLF
victor Pelevin
“Full of tour de force passages...The fantasy is fueled
by passion, the humor by grief.”—Ursula K. Le
Guin.
A Viking hardcover
September • 344 pp. • 978-0-670-01988-5 • $25.95
tHE UNPoSSESSED City
Jon Fasman
When gambling debts force young Jim Vilatzer to
flee America, he cadges a job in Moscow finding survivors
of the Gulag—and soon gets caught between
Russia’s Interior Ministry and the CIA.
A Penguin Press hardcover
November • 288 pp. • 978-1-59420-190-5 • $25.95
Also available as an Audiobook
11 hours, 9 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314359-8 • $39.95
tHE Book oF MURDER
guillermo martínez
Translated by Sonia Soto
A young writer has little in common with big-time
crime novelist Kloster except that both have employed
secretary Luciana B., who thinks Kloster is killing off
everyone close to her.
A Viking hardcover
September • 224 pp. • 978-0-670-01994-6 • $23.95
SoNgS FoR tHE MiSSiNg
stewart o’nan
When a popular high school student disappears
from her small midwestern town, the community
struggles to maintain hope and, finally, to live with
the unknown.
A Viking hardcover
November • 320 pp. • 978-0-670-02032-4 • $25.95
Also available as an Audiobook
11 hours, 9 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314356-7 • $39.95
tHE CHiNA LovER
ian Buruma
“Extraordinary in blending historical facts and artistic
imagination and in putting cinema in the context
of international politics. It tells the story of the legendary
Japanese movie star who is disguised as a
Chinese and torn by the two nations...Buruma’s
supple and intelligent prose and his intimate knowledge
of Asian countries and cultures make the reading
of this novel a pure pleasure. After finishing the
last page, one cannot but ponder over the depth and
complexity of the author’s vision.”—Ha Jin, author
of Under the Red Flag.
A Penguin Press hardcover
September • 368 pp. • 978-1-59420-194-3 • $26.95
tHE LittLE Book
selden edwards
“Edwards’s impressive debut novel is richly inventive,
woven tightly with incident, and fully engaging. It is
also superbly humane and readable.”—Richard Ford.
A Dutton hardcover
Available now • 416 pp. • 978-0-525-95061-5 • $25.95
Also available as an Audiobook
15 hours, 12 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314351-2 • $39.95
ALL tHE WoRLD’S A gRAvE
a new Play by william shakespeare
Edited with an Afterword by John Reed
In this inventive repackaging of the Bard’s works
into a five-act tragedy, Prince Hamlet goes to war for
Juliet, the daughter of King Lear.
A Plume paperback original
September • 208 pp. • 978-0-452-28986-4 • $12.00
FRiDA’S BED
slavenka drakulić
Translated by Christina Pribichevich-Zoric
Skillfully weaving the artist’s memories into descriptions
of her paintings, this novel imaginatively
reconstructs the last days of Kahlo’s life.
A Penguin paperback original
September • 176 pp. • 978-0-14-311415-4 • $13.00
2008 Boston globe-
Horn Book award
Honor Book
SAvvy
BY ingrid law
Dial, 978-0-80373-306-0
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tHiS MUSt BE tHE PLACE
anna winger
“As smart and cosmopolitan as the twenty-first-century
Berlin she chronicles so well...an essential love
story for our confused and difficult times. Funny,
touching, and unforgettable.”—Gary Shteyngart.
A Riverhead hardcover
Available now • 320 pp. • 978-1-59448-997-6 • $24.95
LittLE FACE
soPHie HannaH
“The power this novel packs derives from narrators
who play fast and loose with what they know...A
stunner.”—The Boston Globe.
A Penguin paperback
October • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311408-6 • $14.00
CoNFESSioNS oF A CoNtRACtoR
ricHard murPHY
No sooner does contractor Henry Sullivan take on
the houses of two women who used to be friends
than he attempts to unravel the mystery that tore
the two apart.
A Putnam hardcover
Available now • 320 pp. • 978-0-399-15507-9 • $24.95
tHE kiNg’S goLD
arturo Pérez-reverte
Translated by Margaret Jull Costa
The King of Spain charges Captain Alatriste with
recruiting a dozen swordsmen to protect contraband
gold returning from the West Indies on a Spanish
galleon.
A Putnam hardcover
Available now • 288 pp. • 978-0-399-15510-9 • $24.95
tHE LASt PoPE
luís miguel rocHa
Translated by Dolores M. Koch
2006, London: Journalist Sarah Monteiro receives a
mysterious envelope, containing a list of unfamiliar
names and a coded message, which she soon learns
holds the key to the sudden death of Pope John Paul
I in 1978.
A Putnam hardcover
Available now • 304 pp. • 978-0-399-15489-8 • $24.95
DoWN toWN
Ferrol sams
“Infused with Sams’s love of the South...and of the
people whose lives have provided the stories he has
translated into eminently readable books.”—St.
John Flynn, host of NPR’s Cover to Cover.
A Penguin paperback
October • 320 pp. • 978-0-14-311438-3 • $15.00
DiSqUiEt
Julia leigH
While her sister-in-law struggles to cope with her delivery
of a stillborn child, Olivia wrestles with her secrets
about the violent man she married years before.
A Penguin paperback original
December • 128 pp. • 978-0-14-311350-8 • $13.00
gooD PEoPLE
marcus sakeY
When their reclusive downstairs tenant dies, Tom and
Anna Reed find nearly half a million dollars stashed in
his kitchen. Little do they know that some of the most
dangerous men in Chicago are looking for it.
A Dutton hardcover
Available now • 336 pp. • 978-0-525-95084-4 • $24.95
LULU iN MARRAkECH
diane JoHnson
Lulu Sawyer lands in Marrakech hoping to rekindle
her romance with a worldly Englishman—the perfect
cover for her assignment with the CIA.
A Dutton hardcover
October • 336 pp. • 978-0-525-95037-0 • $25.95
DyiNg FoR REvENgE
eric Jerome dickeY
In the final installment of the trilogy, hit man Gideon
gets out of the life briefly before something pulls
him back in—his most dangerous adversary yet.
A Dutton hardcover
November • 320 pp. • 978-0-525-95086-8 • $25.95
WHERE SERPENtS SLEEP
a sebastian st. cyr mystery
c. s. Harris
The brutal slaughter of eight young prostitutes in a
house of refuge in 1812 London leaves only one survivor—who
turns to Sebastian St. Cyr.
An Obsidian hardcover
November • 368 pp. • 978-0-451-22512-2 • $23.95
MR. MoNk iS MiSERABLE
lee goldBerg
When Monk visits the notorious catacombs beneath
the Parisian streets, the repository of thousands of
old skulls and bones, he notices one skull that’s not
so old.
An Obsidian hardcover
December • 288 pp. • 978-0-451-22515-3 • $21.95
HEAt LigHtiNg
JoHn sandFord
Investigator Virgil Flowers doesn’t think much can
surprise him anymore—until Lucas Davenport calls
about a body in Stillwater with a lemon in his mouth.
A Putnam hardcover
September • 384 pp. • 978-0-399-15527-7 • $26.95
Also available as an Audiobook
10 hours, 9 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314362-8 • $39.95
6 hours, 5 CDs • Abridged • 978-0-14-314363-5 • $29.95
lambda literary award
Winner For Lesbian Debut Fiction
AMoNg otHER tHiNgS,
i’vE tAkEN UP SMokiNg
BY aoiBHeann sweeneY
Penguin, 978-0-14-311341-6
FRESH kiLLS
Bill loeHFelm
Loehfelm, a Hurrican Katrina evacuee, won the
inaugural Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award with
his story of estranged Staten Island siblings reuniting
after the murder of their father. “Fresh Kills
quickly expands itself, blows away its limiting genre
boundaries, and becomes a story of real psychological
complexity and emotional realism.”—Elizabeth
Gilbert, author of Eat, Pray, Love.
A Putnam hardcover
Available now • 336 pp. • 978-0-399-15531-4 • $24.95
Also available as an Audiobook
8 CDs, 10 hours • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314397-0 • $39.95
HEARtLESS
alison gaYlin
Soon after magazine editor Zoe Greene joins her
lover Warren in an idyllic Mexican village, she’s
unsettled by the blood-tipped spines of its indigenous
plants, Warren’s unexplained absences, and
then, the murders of tourists.
An Obsidian hardcover
September • 336 pp. • 978-0-451-22497-2 • $21.95
MURDER, SHE WRotE
a slaying in savannah
Jessica FletcHer and donald Bain
Jessica’s old friend Tillie passes away, unexpectedly
leaving her a million dollars—but only if she can
solve the murder of Tillie’s fiancé within the month.
An Obsidian hardcover
October • 288 pp. • 978-0-451-22505-4 • $21.95
tHE CHoCoLAtE SNoWMAN MURDERS
a chocoholic mystery
Joanna carl
As treasurer of WinterFest, chocolatier Lee Woodyard
expects the usual snafus—but not the suspicious
death of the guest juror of the art show.
An Obsidian hardcover
October • 240 pp. • 978-0-451-22506-1 • $19.95
Hot MAHogANy
a stone Barrington novel
stuart woods
CIA boss Lance Cabot hires his friend Stone to protect
his brother Barton Cabot, an army intelligence
agent suffering amnesia after a violent incident.
A Putnam hardcover
September • 304 pp. • 978-0-399-15515-4 • $25.95
Also available as an Audiobook
8 hours, 7 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314361-1 • $29.95
DEviL’S BRooD
sHaron kaY Penman
In the long-awaited conclusion to the trilogy of
Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, the king’s three
sons join his wife in rebellion against him.
A Putnam/Marian Wood hardcover
October • 528 pp. • 978-0-399-15526-0 • $27.95
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RoUgH WEAtHER
a spenser novel
roBert B. Parker
A hurricane hinders a kidnapping and Spenser hunts
the man responsible, the notorious Gray Man, both
a help and hindrance to Spenser in the past.
A Putnam hardcover
October • 304 pp. • 978-0-399-15519-2 • $25.95
RoUgH JUStiCE
Jack Higgins
Tasked by the president to survey Kosovo, agent
Blake Johnson runs into his British counterpart—
just in time to stop a Russian officer from torching a
mosque.
A Putnam hardcover
Available now • 336 pp. • 978-0-399-15513-0 • $25.95
DEAtH RUN
Jack Higgins witH Justin ricHards
Teen twins Rich and Jade Chance think they are on
vacation in Venice with their dad, master spy John
Chance—until criminal mastermind Tiger takes a
Swiss banker and Rich hostage.
A Putnam hardcover
October • 272 pp. • 978-0-399-25081-1 • $16.99
SiLkS
dick Francis and Felix Francis
Defense lawyer by day and amateur jockey by night,
Geoffrey Mason’s hobby soon comes too close to
work when a fellow rider is brutally murdered—and
his own life is threatened.
A Putnam hardcover
September • 352 pp. • 978-0-399-15533-8 • $25.95
Also available as an Audiobook
9 CDs, 10.5 hours • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314385-7 • $34.95
mary Higgins clark award
For Best novel
WiLD iNDigo
BY sandi ault
Berkley, 978-0-425-21901-0
christy award
For contemporary Fiction
Winner
HoME to HoLLy SPRiNgS
a Father tim novel
BY Jan karon
Penguin, 978-0-14-311439-0
SALvAtioN iN DEAtH
J. d. roBB
When Father Flores falls victim to poisoned wine
during a funeral mass, Lt. Eve Dallas learns from the
autopsy that he may not have been the priest his
parishioners had thought.
A Putnam hardcover
November • 352 pp. • 978-0-3999-15522-2 • $25.95
DARk CURSE
a carpathian novel
cHristine FeeHan
Born into a world of ice, slave to her evil father, Lara
Calladine must utilize her mysterious gifts if she’s ever
to claim her Carpathian heritage as a Dragonseeker.
A Berkley hardcover
September • 368 pp. • 978-0-425-22343-7 • $24.95
tHE BLESSED
a novel of the gifted
lisa t. Bergen
In the harrowing final chapter of the Gifted trilogy,
Sir Gianni de Capezzano and Daria d’Angelo take a
treacherous journey out of hell’s reach to their
blessed destiny.
A Berkley hardcover
September • 416 pp. • 978-0-425-22342-0 • $24.95
BLUE MooN
an anita Blake, vampire Hunter novel
laurell k. Hamilton
Anita’s ex-fiancé, alpha werewolf Richard Zeeman is
behind bars facing a rape charge, and in five days a
full moon will rise...
A Berkley hardcover
December • 400 pp. • 978-0-425-22383-3 • $25.95
ARCtiC DRiFt
a dirk Pitt novel
clive cussler and dirk cussler
NUMA director Dirk Pitt and his children, Dirk Jr. and
Summer, must find the connection among a series of
seemingly unrelated global events to forestall a shooting
war between the U.S. and one of its closest allies.
A Putnam hardcover
November • 576 pp. • 978-0-399-15529-1 • $27.95
Also available as an Audiobook
16 hours, 14 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314367-3 • $44.95
6 hours, 5 CDs • Abridged • 978-0-14-314368-0 • $29.95
iNto tHE FiRE
a novel of the national guard
in afghanistan
Bill Yenne
A California surfer, a Mexican American immigrant,
an African American auto mechanic, and a high school
teacher and mother band together amid car bombs,
AK-47s, and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
A Berkley paperback original
December • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22375-8 • $14.00
BESiDE A BURNiNg SEA
JoHn sHors
“Shors weaves psychological intrigue by looking at
his characters’ competing desires: love, revenge, and
meaning. Both lyrical and deeply imaginative, Beside
a Burning Sea confirms again that Shors is an
immense talent.”—Amy Tan.
An NAL paperback original
September • 368 pp. • 978-0-451-22492-7 • $14.00
qUANtUM oF SoLACE
the complete James Bond short stories
ian Fleming
Includes “Octopussy,” “The Living Daylights,” “For
Your Eyes Only,” and the title story, the basis of the
next Bond film.
A Penguin paperback original
September • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-311458-1 • $15.00
FRiENDS iN HigH PLACES
a commissario guido Brunetti mystery
donna leon
Shortly after beginning an investigation into irregularities
surrounding the building of Brunetti’s apartment
years before, a young bureaucrat takes a fatal
plunge from a scaffold.
A Penguin paperback original
September • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-311414-7 • $7.99
tHE SERPENt AND tHE SCoRPioN
an ursula marlow mystery
clare langleY-HawtHorne
Managing her father’s textile empire in 1911, Marlow
finds her business trip to Egypt interrupted by
two violent deaths.
A Penguin paperback original
October • 304 pp. • 978-0-14-311339-3 • $14.00
FRiNgE BENEFitS
valerie Frankel
Adora Benet is stuck in Brooklyn for the summer,
while her friends scatter the globe. Then she lands
an unexpected gig at a veterinarian’s office with a
totally hot doctor.
An NAL Jam paperback original
September • 272 pp. • 978-0-451-22496-5 • $9.99
tHE LovER’S kNot
a someday Quilts mystery
clare o’donoHue
Jilted at the altar, Nell Fitzgerald seeks solace in her
grandmother’s town of Arches Rest. But then a local
handyman is found murdered in her grandmother’s
quilt shop—and Nell’s ex-fiancé is a prime suspect.
A Plume paperback original
October • 304 pp. • 978-0-452-28979-6 • $13.00
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PRoM qUEEN gEEkS
laura PreBle
Throwing an alternative, low-cost Geek Prom turns
out to be more work than the Queen Geek Social
Club of Green Pines High bargained for—especially
when the popular kids try to sabotage it.
A Berkley Jam paperback original
September • 272 pp. • 978-0-425-22338-3 • $9.99
A qUEStioN oF gUiLt
a novel of mary, Queen of scots,
and the death of Henry darnley
Julianne lee
Convinced that Mary was an innocent bystander in
the murder of her husband, Scottish-born Lady Janet
de Ros travels from Fotheringhay Castle to Edinburgh
in pursuit of facts that may endanger her life.
A Berkley paperback original
October • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22351-2 • $14.00
tHE PRoFESSoRS’ WivES’ CLUB
Joanne rendell
“A captivating look at an ivory tower Peyton Place
filled with intrigue, heartbreak and hope.”—Michelle
Yu and Blossom Kan, authors of China Dolls.
An NAL Accent paperback original
September • 352 pp. • 978-0-451-22491-0 • $14.00
tHE SECREt PAPERS
oF MADAME oLivEtti
annie vanderBilt
In the wake of her husband’s sudden death, Lily
holes up in southern France, confiding all her secrets
to Madam Olivetti, her old manual typewriter. As
she limns her cryptic past, a new story emerges.
An NAL Accent paperback original
October • 304 pp. • 978-0-451-22527-6 • $14.00
tHE BLACk DAggER BRotHERHooD
an insider’s guide
J. r. ward
This comprehensive guide covers the dossiers, stats,
and special gifts of the Brothers—and features a
new story about stars Zsadist and Bella.
An NAL paperback original
October • 384 pp. • 978-0-451-22500-9 • $14.00
tHE CAPtivE HEARt
Bertrice small
When the winds of war in 1461 England uproot Alix
Givet, daughter of Queen Margaret’s physician, she
flees to Scotland, throwing herself at the mercy of a
brooding laird.
An NAL paperback original
October • 416 pp. • 978-0-451-22502-3 • $15.00
tHE SERPENt’S DAUgHtER
a Jade del cameron mystery
suzanne arruda
Soon after Jade joins her mother for a holiday in
Tangier, Doña del Cameron goes missing, victim of
an apparent kidnapping.
An Obsidian paperback
December • 368 pp. • 978-0-451-22465-1 • $14.00
SPEED DEMoN
erin lYnn
In order to close a demon portal, Kenzie Sutcliffe
had to drive the family’s minivan into the kitchen.
Now, she’s forbidden to drive and her new chauffeur
is...a demon!
A Berkley Jam paperback original
November • 192 pp. • 978-0-425-22366-6 • $9.99
DRivEN By DESiRE
luann mclane
Ten years earlier, when Alexia asked him to give up
motocross racing, Jayden rode off without even a
goodbye. Now, he finds himself on her doorstep,
determined to prove he’s over her.
A Signet Eclipse paperback original
October • 320 pp. • 978-0-451-22504-7 • $14.00
tHE HoUSE oN tRADD StREEt
karen wHite
An old man Melanie Middleton recently met just
died, leaving her his historic home, complete with
housekeeper, dog...and a family of ghosts.
An NAL paperback original
November • 336 pp. • 978-0-451-22509-2 • $14.00
tHE EDgE oF iMPRoPRiEty
Pam rosentHal
The ribald private life of novelist Countess Marina
Wyatt doesn’t exactly hurt the sales of her romances.
But now a new amour offers an erotic voyage to the
edge of impropriety.
A Signet Eclipse paperback original
November • 352 pp. • 978-0-451-22230-5 • $14.00
tHE CHRiStMAS CookiE kiLLER
a Fresh-Baked mystery
livia J. wasHBurn
Retired teacher Phyllis Newsom can’t imagine anyone
besting her lime sugar cookies in this year’s
Christmas bake-off. Then, the elderly Mrs. Simmons
is found dead—in a pile of lime sugar cookies.
An Obsidian paperback original
October • 304 pp. • 978-0-451-22534-4 • $14.00
congratulations!
JoHn lancHester
E.M. Forster Award Winner
Awarded each year to a young writer in the
UK or Ireland for a stay in the U.S. by the
American Academy of Arts and Letters
FAMiLy RoMANCE
Penguin, 978-0-14-311295-2
FRAgRANt HARBoR
Penguin, 978-0-14-029836-9
MR. PHiLLiPS
Penguin, 978-0-14-200337-4
SCARPEttA
Patricia cornwell
Scarpetta taps her husband, a forensic psychologist,
and niece, head of a forensic computer investigation
firm, to track a killer through cyberspace and the
mean streets of New York.
A Putnam hardcover
December • 416 pp. • 978-0-399-15516-1 • $26.95
Also available as an Audiobook
12 hours, 11 CDs • Unabridged • 978-0-14-314364-2 • $39.95
6 hours, 5 CDs • Abridged • 978-0-14-314365-9 • $29.95
BoND oF DARkNESS
a novel of texas vampires
diane wHiteside
The spellbinding erotic vampire trilogy concludes as
vampire Ethan Templeton falls in love with Stephanie
Darling, a Texas Ranger—and mere mortal.
A Berkley Sensation paperback original
October • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22354-3 • $14.00
City Dog
alison Pace
Aspiring to write the Great American Novel, Amy
Dodge instead created a bestselling children’s book
series about her West Highland White terrier. But
when she’s offered her own show, things turn surreal.
A Berkley paperback original
September • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22143-3 • $14.00
SWEEt LiFE
mia king
With her husband’s job change, Marissa Price arrives
in Hawaii hoping to save her marriage and reconnect
with her daughter. Then her husband announces he
needs to find himself.
A Berkley paperback original
September • 336 pp. • 978-0-425-22167-9 • $14.00
HEARt FAtE
roBin d. owens
Fleeing from an abusive home, 17-year-old Lahsin
Yew is on the cusp of her Second Passage, when her
HeartMate may be revealed. But is she too jaded to
trust him?
A Berkley Sensation paperback original
September • 384 pp. • 978-0-425-22367-3 • $14.00
tHE StoRM
a novel of the sons of destiny
Jean JoHnson
Can Rydan, the tormented sixth-born son, trust his
destined bride, Rora, who possesses a secret power
that could annihilate them both?
A Berkley Sensation paperback original
September • 352 pp. • 978-0-425-22217-1 • $14.00
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A CHRiStMAS StAR
a cape light novel
tHomas kinkade and katHerine sPencer
Single mom Julie Newton and her young daughter
need the help of Jack Baxter, a mourning widower
whose dark moods threaten to scare them away.
A Berkley hardcover
October • 272 pp. • 978-0-425-22358-1 • $23.95
tHE MAgiCAL CHRiStMAS CAt
lora leigH, erin mccartHY, nalini singH,
and linda winstead Jones
Four all-new holiday stories featuring passionate
romance, paranormal adventure, and a distinctly
alluring feline touch.
A Berkley Sensation paperback original
October • 384 pp. • 978-0-425-22355-0 • $14.00
DoUBLE tHE PLEASURE
lori Foster, deirdre martin, JacQuie
d’alessandro, and PennY mccall
These four all-new stories with a “twin” or “double”
angle include a novella featuring Foster’s Winston
cousins.
A Berkley Sensation paperback original
December • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22406-9 • $14.00
CAStiNg SPELLS
BarBara Bretton
Sugar Maple, Vermont, harbors many secrets, like
the fact that the owner of the knitting shop is a sorcerer’s
daughter, who’s in love with the cop investigating
the town’s first murder.
A Berkley paperback original
November • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22364-2 • $14.00
tHE DEMoN kiNg AND i
candace Havens
The partying Caruthers sisters are not only heiresses
with beauty and brains, but also Guardian Keys, possessors
of an otherworldly secret.
A Berkley paperback original
November • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22363-5 • $14.00
FLAt-oUt SExy
erin mccartHY
Resolved to remain independent, single mother
Tamara Briggs is tricked into a blind date with a
young NASCAR driver—who wants to stick around
to meet her kids.
A Berkley Sensation paperback original
November • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22407-6 • $14.00
tHE MiSSiNg
sHiloH walker
Cullen Morgan has never forgiven his psychic friend
Taige Branch from preventing his mother’s murder
when they were teens. But now his little girl has
been kidnapped, and Taige may be her only hope.
A Berkley Sensation paperback original
November • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22438-0 • $14.00
A MERMAiD’S kiSS
JoeY w. Hill
When a Dark One severs angel Jonah’s wings, knocking
him into the sea, Anna, a daughter of Ariadne,
risks her life to hide him.
A Berkley Sensation paperback original
November • 384 pp. • 978-0-425-22380-2 • $15.00
StoRMy WEAtHER
geri BuckleY
Her family was already falling apart when a hurricane
rips through Vonda Thayer’s Florida home. But
as she helps them weather the storm, she learns a
few survival instincts.
A Berkley paperback original
December • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-21949-2 • $14.00
tHE kiNg’S DAUgHtER
a novel of the First tudor Queen
sandra wortH
The rise of Richard of Gloucester has led to a series
of devastations upon the House of York. Will young
Elizabeth of York be able to accept her destiny, marry
Henry Tudor, and become Queen?
A Berkley paperback original
December • 416 pp. • 978-0-425-22144-0 • $15.00
UNRAvELLED
roBYn Harding
Beth Carruthers has even started dating again,
thanks to her new knitting circle. But her new man
has a secret that could destroy the best group of
friends she’s ever had.
A Berkley paperback original
December • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22462-5 • $14.00
tHE FLAME
a novel of the sons of destiny
Jean JoHnson
Seventh-born brother Koranen longs for a bride but
is cursed with a flame beneath his flesh. Then Danau
the Aquamancer arrives...
A Berkley Sensation paperback original
December • 368 pp. • 978-0-425-22405-2 • $14.00
the first american author
to win the 2008 galaxy
British Book awards
“crime thriller of the Year”
Book oF tHE DEAD
BY Patricia cornwell
Berkley, 978-0-425-21625-5
new York Public library’s
Young lions Fiction award
Winner
goD iS DEAD
BY ron currie
Penguin, 978-0-14-311348-5
WiCkED BURN
BetH kerY
Vic Savian wants his sexy neighbor, Niall Chandler.
When he sees her being harassed by an aggressive
suitor, he steps in—and is duly rewarded...
A Berkley Sensation paperback original
December • 368 pp. • 978-0-425-22427-3 • $14.00
BLooD MEMoRy
margaret coel
Her coverage of Indian affairs in Colorado has made
investigative reporter Catherine McLeod a target for
assassination. Now she’s uncovered some facts
about her own heritage that would make her even
more wanted.
A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover
September • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22345-1 • $24.95
DEAtH SWAtCH
a scrapbooking mystery
laura cHilds
Scrapbook-store owner Carmela Bertrand revels at a
Mardi Gras party in the French Quarter, until the
neighbor is discovered on the adjoining balcony
choked to death.
A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover
September • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22478-6 • $23.95
ESPRESSo SHot
a coffeehouse mystery
cleo coYle
Master barista Clare Cosi should be thrilled that
she’s been hired to create a gourmet coffee bar for a
swanky wedding—but the groom is her ex-husband.
A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover
October • 288 pp. • 978-0-425-22177-8 • $21.95
FLEECE NAviDAD
a knitting mystery
maggie seFton
The knitters of Fort Connor, CO, rejoice that the
town’s “little brown wren” librarian, Juliet, has
finally found love—then death finds her.
A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover
October • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22360-4 • $23.95
RiNgiNg iN MURDER
a special Pennyfoot Hotel mystery
kate kingsBurY
Cecily has a cracking surprise for her guests this holiday—Christmas
crackers, one of which holds a pearl
brooch. But then one cracker starts a deadly fire,
while another goes missing...
A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover
November • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22399-4 • $14.00
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tHE tALE oF BRiAR BANk
the cottage tales of Beatrix Potter
susan wittig alBert
The villagers of Sawrey are bamboozled by the mysterious
circumstances of Mr. Wickstead’s death
beneath a tree limb, and the only one who knows
what happened is Pickles, his fox terrier.
A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover
October • 320 pp. • 978-0-425-22361-1 • $23.95
WARNiNg At oNE
a lois meade mystery
ann Purser
Lois can’t keep a tenant in her rental house due to
the cranky old neighbor’s noisy rooster. But soon
after her son Douglas moves in, the neighboring
nuisances fall victim to fowl play.
A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover
November • 304 pp. • 978-0-425-22374-1 • $22.95
tHAi DiE
a needlecraft mystery
monica Ferris
One of the regulars at Betsy Devonshire’s Crewel
World needlework shop unwittingly becomes
involved in a deadly delivery of exotic antiquities.
A Berkley Prime Crime hardcover
December • 240 pp. • 978-0-425-22346-8 • $23.95
2008 man Booker Prize
Shortlist
tHE SECREt SCRiPtURE
BY seBastian BarrY
Viking, 978-0-670-01970-3
2008 international thriller
writers’ awards
Nominees:
tHE CRiME WRitER
BY gregg Hurwitz
Penguin, 978-0-14-311344-7
tRoUBLE
BY Jesse kellerman
Jove, 978-0-515-14368-3
tHE MAN iN tHE PiCtURE
a ghost story
susan Hill
The author of the Simon Serrailler mysteries “knows
exactly how to please...A delicious Victorian ghost story,
nostalgically and expertly comforting.”—The Spectator.
An Overlook hardcover
September • 160 pp.978-1-59020-091-9 • $15.00
CHoWRiNgHEE
sankar
Originally published in 1962, this popular saga
explores the intimate lives of managers, employees,
and guests at one of Calcutta’s largest hotels, the
Shahjahan.
A Penguin Global paperback
December • 420 pp. • 978-0-14-310103-1 • $14.00
CHiLD oF ALL NAtioNS
irmgard keun
Translated by Michael Hofmann
Originally published in 1938, this classic of Holocaust
literature is “hugely engaging...breathes compassion...has
room for everything—shrewdness,
forgiveness, wit and loneliness.”—Anne Michaels,
author of Fugitive Pieces.
An Overlook hardcover
September • 208 pp. • 978-1-59020-099-5 • $22.95
WiLL
cHristoPHer rusH
This fictional portrayal of the Bard’s final days is “masterful—a
lifetime’s engagement with Shakespeare’s
words informs every page.”—James Shapiro.
An Overlook hardcover
September • 464 pp. • 978-1-59020-097-1 • $25.95
A giRL AND A RivER
usHa k.r.
Influenced by Mahatma Gandhi’s visit to her small
town of Mysore, young Kaveri defies her father and
participates in the Quit India march.
A Penguin Global paperback
December • 336 pp. • 978-0-14-310123-9 • $10.00
goNE toMoRRoW
P. F. kluge
At the time of his accidental death, writing professor
George Canaris was decades removed from his singular
literary triumph—and the hefty advance for
its follow-up. Appointed literary executor, a young
professor begins to unravel the mystery.
An Overlook hardcover
November • 368 pp. • 978-1-59020-090-2 • $24.95
CHEMiCAL PiNk
katie arnoldi
“A dazzling first novel—entirely original, dizzyingly
controlled, all ice-cool momentum on the surface
and all shock below.”—Joan Didion.
An Overlook paperback
September • 192 pp. • 978-1-59020-083-4 • $13.95
EDDiE AND tHE CRUiSERS
P. F. kluge
New Introduction by Sherman Alexie
“A warm, entertaining, and highly evocative story of
youth, music, and growing up in the 1950’s.”—The
Philadelphia Inquirer.
An Overlook paperback
November • 256 pp. • 978-1-59020-094-0 • $14.95
A WiLD RiDE tHRoUgH tHE NigHt
walter moers
Translated by John Brownjohn
Illustrations by Gustave Doré
Illustrated with 21 Doré woodcuts on which the
story is based, this book follows the adventures of
12-year-old Gustave after a disaster at sea puts him
in the hands of Death.
An Overlook hardcover
September • 208 pp. • 978-1-58567-873-0 • $22.95
StoRiES gogo toLD ME
Edited by Lisa Grainger
Foreword by Iman
An enchanting collection of the stories told down
through the years by Gogos (grannies) sitting fireside
in African villages.
A Penguin Global paperback
December • 208 pp. • 978-0-14-302578-8 • $18.00
AN oUtRAgEoUS AFFAiR
PennY vincenzi
Chloe and Fleur have been protected from the truth
of their mother’s link to a tragic accident in the
1950s and a suicide 20 years later. “Gripping storytelling...An
addictive experience.”—Elizabeth Buchan.
An Overlook hardcover
October • 624 pp. • 978-1-59020-101-5 • $25.95
tHE AMERiCAN
Justin allen
In this thrilling ride through America’s legendary
past, an immigrant child joins a gang of roughnecks
to steal a gold mine deep in the western wilderness.
An Overlook hardcover
September • 320 pp. • 978-1-59020-100-8 • $19.95
DoLLAR BAHU
sudHa murtY
Soon after Vinuta marries a bank clerk and moves in
with his family in Bangalore, she has to endure comparisons
between her and his brother’s new wife, the
“Dollar Bahu.”
A Penguin Global paperback
December • 152 pp. • 978-0-14-310376-9 • $6.00
DoN’t tREAD oN My DREAMS
a collection of short stories
dora taYlor
Introduction by Dorothy Driver
Written in 1950’s and 60’s South Africa, these compelling
tales provide a rare historical record of the
times, reflecting the hopes of people of all races.
A Penguin Global paperback
December • 308 pp. • 978-0-14-302570-2 • $22.00
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kAtHiE
dora taYlor
Ostracized by her white mother’s family for being as
dark as her late Cape Colored father, Kathie nevertheless
refuses to abandon her light-skinned baby
sister, whose convoluted life finally meshes with her
own in a most unexpected way.
A Penguin Global paperback
December • 380 pp. • 978-0-14-302569-6 • $22.00
RANi
JaisHree misra
When the British annex Jhansi, its queen turns to Robert
Ellis, an officer in the East India Company. As war
clouds gather, their emotional attachment deepens.
A Penguin Global paperback
December • 432 pp. • 978-0-14-310210-6 • $15.00
11th annual coalition of
visionary resources (covr)
awards
winners
Conscious Living/Self-Help:
tHE CoMPLEtE ARtiSt’S WAy
BY Julia cameron
Tarcher, 978-1-585-42630-0
Spirituality/Alternative Science:
tAo oF DAiLy LiFE
BY derek lin
Tarcher, 978-1-585-42583-9
Finalists
Alternative Health/Healing:
tHE WRitiNg DiEt
BY Julia cameron
Tarcher, 978-1-585-42571-6-
Auto/Biographical:
RUDoLF StEiNER
BY garY lacHman
Tarcher, 978-1-585-42543-3
Divination:
PLANEtS iN PLAy
BY lawrence Hillman
Tarcher, 978-1-585-42587-7
Magick/Shamanism:
kABBALAH HANDBook
BY gaBriella samuel
Tarcher, 978-1-585-42560-0
62nd annual
edgar allan Poe awards
winners
Best First Novel
by an American Author:
iN tHE WooDS
BY tana FrencH
Penguin, 978-0-14-311349-2
Best Short Story:
ARtHUR CoNAN DoyLE
a life of letters
BY Jon lellenBerg, daniel stasHower
and cHarles FoleY
Penguin, 978-0-14-311433-8
Best Young Adult:
RAt LiFE
BY tedd arnold
Dial, 978-0-80373-020-5
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Penguin, 978-0-14-029640-2
“A subtly brilliant commentary on the nature
and balance of power in his homeland….Disgrace
is a mini-opera without music by a writer at the
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Plume, 978-0-452-27672-7
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PRiNCEPS’ FURy
Book Five of the codex alera
Jim ButcHer
After forging a fragile alliance with the savage
Canim, Tavi, heir to the Aleran crown, guides them
to their homeland. There, they discover devastation
wrought by the dreaded Vord.
An ACE hardcover
December • 464 pp. • 978-0-441-01638-9 • $24.95
tHE SCoURgE oF goD
a novel of the change
s. m. stirling
As Rudi MacKenzie continues his journey across the
former United States of America to expose the
Change, a fanatical officer from the Sword of the
Prophet sets out to destroy him.
A ROC hardcover
September • 464 pp. • 978-0-451-46228-2 • $25.95
vAMPiRES
JoHn steakleY
The cult classic back in print. “Exciting and surprising...a
real genre bender that keeps the best elements
of both.”—Locus.
A ROC paperback
September • 368 pp. • 978-0-451-46226-8 • $14.00
CRUSADE
destroyermen, Book ii
taYlor anderson
Swept from the WWII Pacific into an alternate world,
the crew of the USS Walker join forces with the
mammalian Lemurians against the reptilian Grik.
A ROC hardcover
October • 400 pp. • 978-0-451-46230-5 • $23.95
City oF JADE
a novel of mithgar
dennis l. mckiernan
Captain Aravan of the Elven ship Eroean sets out
with his true love, the Magekind Seeress, and a crew
of dwarves to find the lost city of jade.
A ROC hardcover
October • 368 pp. • 978-0-451-46231-2 • $23.95
UNUSUAL SUSPECtS
stories of mystery and Fantasy
Edited by Dana Stabenow
Original stories featuring otherworldly investigators
trailing uncanny criminals across fantastical realms,
including a new Sookie Stackhouse story by Charlaine
Harris.
An ACE paperback original
December • 320 pp. • 978-0-441-01637-2 • $14.00
HEiR to SEvENWAtERS
Juliet marillier
When Lady Aisling of Sevenwaters’s new baby is kidnapped,
Clodagh ventures into the shadowy Otherworld
to reclaim her newborn brother.
A ROC hardcover
November • 416 pp. • 978-0-451-46233-6 • $23.95
tHE UNitED StAtES oF AtLANtiS
HarrY turtledove
After driving the French from Atlantis, the English
king, George, tries to tighten his control over the
colonies, further aggravating the Atlanteans’ yearning
for certain inalienable rights.
A ROC hardcover
December • 448 pp. • 978-0-451-46236-7 • $25.95
tHE BELL At SEALEy HEAD
Patricia a. mckilliP
Lady Eglantyne lies dying in Aislinn House, whose
doors sometimes open to the wild majesty of a castle
full of knights and princesses.
An ACE hardcover
September • 288 pp. • 978-0-441-01630-3 • $23.95
DRAgoN StRikE
Book Four of the age of Fire
e. e. knigHt
Three dragon siblings constitute the last hope for
their dying breed, but now are at odds over the
impending human war.
A ROC paperback original
December • 368 pp. • 978-0-451-46235-0 • $14.00
BLooD MEMoRiES
BarB Hendee
When Eleisha Clevon’s old friend—and fellow vampire—destroys
himself after a killing spree, the case
falls to two policemen who have some special gifts of
their own.
A ROC paperback original
October • 256 pp. • 978-0-451-46229-9 • $14.00
goD EMPERoR oF DUNE
Book Four in the dune chronicles
Frank HerBert
New Introduction by Brian Herbert
Frank’s son offers a new introduction to the classic.
“A fourth visit to Arrakis that is every bit as fascinating
as the other three—every bit as timely.”—Time.
An ACE hardcover
September • 384 pp. • 978-0-441-01631-0 • $24.95
WHEN DUty CALLS
a novel of the legion of the damned
william c. dietz
While Captain Antonio Santan and his force of biobods
and cyborgs prosecute the war against the
Ramanthian, Santana’s love, diplomat Christine
Vanderveen, finds herself swayed by the new president
of the Clone Republic.
An ACE hardcover
October • 352 pp. • 978-0-441-01632-7 • $24.95
WoLFSBANE AND MiStLEtoE
Hair-raising Holiday tales
Edited by Charlaine Harris and Toni L. P. Kelner
Just in time for the howl-idays, the scariest werewolf
tales by the masters of the genre, best read by the
light of a full moon.
An ACE hardcover
October • 368 pp. • 978-0-441-01633-4 • $24.95
tHE FLAME AND tHE SHADoW
denise rossetti
The death of her baby daughter turned the heart of
Cenda the fire witch to ash, until she meets the sorcerer
of shadows. Little does she know he’s been
hired to kidnap her.
An ACE paperback original
November • 384 pp. • 978-0-441-01634-1 • $14.00
FoRtUNE AND FAtE
sHaron sHinn
Hired to guard a young heiress, Warrior Rider Wen
will face her greatest challenge behind the wall of
Fortune estate.
An ACE hardcover
November • 432 pp. • 978-0-441-01636-5 • $24.95
FoUNDAtioN
Book one of the collegium chronicles
mercedes lackeY
In the early days of Valdemar, a 13-year-old orphan
named Magpie escapes a life of slavery when chosen
by a magical horse to be trained as a Herald.
A DAW hardcover
October • 400 pp. • 978-0-7564-0524-3 • $25.95
tHE DEviL’S EyE
an alex Benedict novel
Jack mcdevitt
A cryptic message—and a large cash transfer—from
a mind-wiped writer summons interstellar antiquities
dealer Benedict to the most remote of human
worlds.
An ACE hardcover
November • 368 pp. • 978-0-441-01635-8 • $24.95
BREAk oF DAWN
vampire Babylon, Book three
cHris marie green
After confronting the Vampire Killer, Hollywood
stuntwoman Dawn Madison learned the whereabouts
of her missing father. But to save him, she
must enter the Vampire Underground.
An ACE paperback original
September • 320 pp. • 978-0-441-01629-7 • $14.00
tHE kNigHtS oF tHE CoRNERStoNE
James P. BlaYlock
When Calvin Bryson finally gets around to visiting
his aunt and uncle in New Cyprus, CA, he discovers
a modern-day incarnation of the Knights Templar.
An ACE hardcover
December • 304 pp. • 978-0-441-01653-2 • $23.95
RiDERS oF tHE StoRM
stratification #2
Julie e. czerneda
As they work to rebuild the ruined village of Sona—
on the distant world of Cersi—Om’ray Aryl Sarc and
her followers try to discover what happened to the
original Sona Clan.
A DAW hardcover
September • 464 pp. • 978-0-7564-0518-2 • $24.95
tHE SoLDiER kiNg
a novel of dhulyn and Parno
violette malan
Betrayed by the War Commander, the martial arts
duo flee with their prisoner, Prince Edmir, unwittingly
taking the first step down the path to Dhulyn’s
true past.
A DAW paperback
September • 448 pp. • 978-0-7564-0516-8 • $15.00
tHE goLDEN toWER
Book two of the warriors of estavia
Fiona Patton
Grown into their powers, Brax, Spar, and Graize
spark a war that initiates the rise of a new player
among the Gods.
A DAW hardcover
November • 400 pp. • 978-0-7564-0517-5 • $23.95
StRENgtH AND HoNoR
a novel of the U.S.S. Merrimack
r. m. melucH
As Captain John Farragut and the Merrimack retaliate
against the Roman Empire for its attack on the
United States, the world-devouring alien Hive makes
it move against Earth.
A DAW hardcover
November • 368 pp. • 978-0-7564-0527-4 • $23.95
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