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A CHRISTMAS GARLAND
PERRY, ANNE
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The year is 1857, soon after the tragic Siege of Cawnpore. In the British garrison, a guard is killed and an Indian
prisoner escapes, which leads to yet more British deaths. Cries for revenge are overwhelming. Despite no
witnesses and no evidence against him, a luckless British medical orderly named John Tallis is arrested as an
accomplice simply because he was the only soldier unaccounted for when these baffling crimes were committed.
Though chosen to defend Tallis, young Lieutenant Victor Narraway is not encouraged to try very hard.
Narraway’s superiors merely want a show trial. But inspired by a soldier’s widow and her children, and by his
own stubborn faith in justice, Narraway searches for the truth. In an alien world haunted by memories of
massacre, he is the accused man’s only hope.
MYSTERY 1ST PRINTING 40,000
BALLANTINE 208 PAGES
9780345530745
$21.00 HC
OCTOBER 2012
CHRISTMAS HOME
KINCAID, GREGORY
By the author of A Dog Named Christmas.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 125,000
CROWN 256 PAGES
9780307951977
$19.00 HC
NOVEMBER 2012
CITY OF SAINTS
HUNT, ANDREW
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.
MYSTERY 1ST PRINTING 20,000
MINOTAUR 320 PAGES
9781250015792
$28.99 HC
OCTOBER 2012
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