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Jamaica Wild, Bureau of Land Management agent, and her wolf companion, Mountain, made an impressive debut last year in Wild Indigo. Now they’re back in a new outdoor mystery thriller. A wildfire has erupted on the Southern Ute reservation, and Wild has been sent to locate Grandpa Ned, an old Native American who has wandered into the burn area.  However, before Jamaica can find him she is forced to flee when a firestorm descends. Upon her retreat she discovers a smoldering fireman separated from his brigade who utters a cryptic clue and later she finds the charred remains of Grandpa Ned. What was Ned doing on the mountain? And why didn’t the fireman stay with his crew?  Fans of Tony Hillerman, Nevada Barr, and Margaret Coel have good reason to welcome this exciting new talent to the fold.

Park ranger Anna Pigeon has been sent to Isle Royale in Lake Superior to learn about managing and understanding wolves.  She’s housed in the island’s bunkhouse with the famed wolf study team as well as two scientists from Homeland Security.  Soon after her arrival, the wolf packs begin to act in peculiar ways.  When a female member of the team is savaged, Anna is convinced she is being stalked.  Alone on an island without electricity or running water and with temperatures hovering around zero, Anna fights not only for the wolves but for her own survival.

A writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad.  His grandmother won’t talk about it but his grandfather reluctantly agrees.  What follows is the captivating odyssey of two young men trying to survive against desperate odds.  Lev Beniov, small, smart and insecure, spends his nights working as a volunteer firefighter.  When a dead German paratrooper lands in his street, Lev is caught looting the body and dragged to jail.  He shares his cell with the charismatic Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested for desertion.  Instead of the standard bullet to the back of the head, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive – secure a dozen eggs for a powerful colonel to use in his daughter’s wedding cake.  In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt to find the impossible.  David Benioff, author of the acclaimed The 25^th Hour, has been receiving rave reviews for this compelling coming-of-age tale.

In the eagerly awaited sequel to the Edgar-winning The Faithful Spy, John Wells is back in Washington.  His wounds have healed but his mind is far from clear.  When the CIA finds evidence of a surge in Taliban activity, backed by an unknown foreign power, it takes little to convince Wells to return to Afghanistan to investigate. With a deadly power play in China, a mission to North Korea gone terribly wrong, an Iran determined to go nuclear, and a mole within the ranks of the CIA, the world is hurtling toward confrontation and there may be nothing Wells can do to stop it.

It’s elk season in the Rockies and Joe Pickett can hardly believe his ears when the call comes in – game wardens have found a hunter dead at a camp in the mountains, strung up, gutted and flayed.  A spent cartridge and a poker chip lie next to his body.  As always, Joe is the governor’s go-to guy, and he’s put on the case to track the murderous hunter as more bodies and poker chips turn up. 

In the woods of Northern Idaho, 12-year-old Annie Taylor and her younger brother William witness a murder by four men.  The killers are not common thugs but retired LAPD officers. Where do you go and who do you trust when your community nicknamed “Blue Heaven” is comprised of hundreds of retired cops? The children find aid from an unlikely source - Jess Rawlins, a local rancher facing foreclosure.  But it’s one man against four ruthless and desperate rogue cops. One wrong move by word or deed could have fatal consequences for the Taylor children. C. J. Box in his first standalone novel delivers another knockout punch.

For a certain sum of money, Samuel Carver will arrange a death.  A ruptured gas line, an automobile crash, a fall from a window – anything can look like an accident.  When Carver is hired to carry out a job in a tunnel in Paris, things go very wrong – he discovers that he himself has become a target for assassination and he must seek out the very people who hired him.  This is an exhilarating thriller that races above and below the streets of Paris and across Europe.  We just love a good assassin novel and this debut delivers! 

There aren’t many guarantees in life but here’s one: you won’t be able to put this book down once you begin! When Jack Reacher leaves the town of Hope, Colorado to walk to the town of Despair, he has no immediate plans, but when the town collectively kicks him out and forbids his return, all that changes. Now Jack is out to find out the town’s sinister secrets and between the town and the man, something has to give. Which would you bet on? Take the day off and meet the charming creator of one of crime fiction’s most original protagonists.

Tia and Mike Baye never imagined they’d become the type of overprotective parents who spy on their kids.  But their 16-yearl-old son Adam has become unusually distant and after the suicide of his classmate, they can’t help but worry.  They install a sophisticated spy program on Adam’s computer and within days are jolted by an anonymous message to their son – “Just stay quiet and all safe.”  When Adam goes missing, it soon becomes clear that something deep and sinister has infected their community.

Jack Hilliard has it all – a devoted wife and two young sons and he’s about to be elected DA of St. Louis. But he is far from perfect. Jack fails to resist temptation when he becomes attracted to, and ultimately obsessed with, an old friend and colleague, Jenny Dodson. A one-night stand threatens to unravel everything when Jenny is accused of the murder of one of her clients and Jack’s romantic fling is her only alibi. His family and his political future will both be shattered if the truth comes out. What will he do? 

 The Reapers are a group of killer elite and Louis, friend of private detective Charlie Parker, is one of their members. But someone is hunting Louis. That someone is Bliss, the killer of killers, the most feared of all the assassins, and a man with a personal vendetta against Louis. When Louis and his partner Angel decide to strike back, they disappear, and it’s up to their friends, led by Charlie Parker, a killer himself and reaper in waiting, to find them.

From the best crime writers working today (T. Jefferson Parker, Laurie King, Peter Robinson, Edward Hoch, Michael Connelly to name a few) comes a Mystery Writers of America anthology of nineteen original stories about showdowns between cops and criminals tracing the dangers and triumphs of the lawmen and women who police our streets. Michael has been kind enough to sign his Harry Bosch story for us. Please call or email as soon as possible to reserve your copy as quantities are limited.

Alfred of Wessex has survived the Danish invasions, but though he now has an uneasy truce with his enemies, fresh Viking ships are arriving to plunder and enslave the Saxons.  Those Vikings must be defeated and Alfred’s first move is to deny them their fortress on the Thames, the decayed Roman city of London.  His weapon is Uhtred, a warrior of formidable reputation.  But neither Alfred’s wisdom nor Uhtred’s prowess may be enough to save Wessex when a Viking lord captures a prize of inestimable value. 

Fresh from her bruising battle with a psychopath in Florida, Kay Scarpetta decides it’s time for a change of pace.  Moving to the historic city of Charleston, S.C., she opens a unique private forensic pathology practice, one in which she and her colleagues, including Pete Marino and her niece, Lucy, offer expert crime-scene investigation and autopsy services to communities lacking local access to modern, competent death investigation technology.  It seems an ideal situation until the new battles start – with local politicians, with entrenched interests, with someone whose covert attempts at sabotage are clearly meant to run Scarpetta out of town.  Once again Patricia Cornwell proves her exceptional ability to entertain and enthrall.

Last year’s At Risk introduced Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano, a shrewd man of mixed-race heritage with a chip on his shoulder and District Attorney Monique Lamont, a hard-charging woman with powerful ambitions and a willingness to cut corners.  In The Front, Lamont has a special job for Garano.  As part of a new public relations campaign about the dangers of declining neighborhoods, she’s sending him to Watertown.  Garano is leery because he knows that Watertown is also the home base for a loose association of municipal police departments called the FRONT, set up to reduce dependence on the state, much to Lamont’s anger.  In the days that follow, he’ll find that Lamont’s task and the places it leads him will resemble a house of mirrors – everywhere he turns, he’s not quite sure if what he’s seeing is true.

The brilliant criminologist Lincoln Rhyme and his partner Amelia Sachs face their toughest adversary yet in this latest novel. The mysterious “522” commits vicious crimes and then plants ironclad evidence to implicate innocent men - including Rhyme’s own cousin. Knowledge is power in this case where the killer collects data as efficiently as he kills victims. Could this be the case that destroys Rhyme and Sachs when the hunters become the hunted?

Having survived murderous thieves, a perilous sea voyage, and the deadly sands of Egypt with Napoleon’s army, American adventurer Ethan Gage finds himself in the Holy Land in pursuit of an ancient Egyptian scroll imbued with magic that Napoleon hopes will catapult him to power.  The wily and inventive Gage will face old enemies with unlikely new friends and must use wit, humor, derring-do and an archeological key to prevent dark powers from seizing control of the world.

Everyone’s favorite psychopath, Serge A. Storms, and his sidekick Coleman are setting sail on the SS Serendipity, a ship full of fools as well as oversexed deck-stalking retirees, cocaine-filled souvenirs and sweet, blue-haired drug mules.  Then there’s a fugitive murderer named Tex and a crew of feds out to bring Coleman down.  And when they’re not bellied up to the bar, Serge and Coleman have fun with a few spontaneous and rather murderous activities not listed on the itinerary.  Find a deck chair, sit back and revel in the madness, mayhem and murder that hilariously unfold – with Serge aboard, there’s no cruise like it!

America’s favorite bounty hunter, Stephanie Plum along with sidekicks Lula, Connie, Grandma Mazur, Joe Morelli and Ranger, returns on June 17 with non-stop action, comic mayhem, hot sexual tension, plenty of junk food, exploding cars, and a viewing at the Burg’s premier funeral home.  Need we say more? 

Stephanie Plum has a way of attracting danger, lunatics, oddballs, bad luck . . . and mystery men. And no one is more mysterious than Diesel. He’s back and hot on the trail of a little man in green pants who’s lost a giant bag of money. Problem is, the money isn’t exactly lost. Stephanie’s Grandma Mazur has found it, and like any good Jersey senior citizen, she’s hightailed it to Atlantic City and hit the slots. With Lula and Connie in tow, Stephanie attempts to bring Grandma home, but the luck of the Irish is rubbing off on everyone: Lula’s found a job modeling plus-size lingerie. Connie’s found a guy. And Stephanie has found herself in over her head with a caper involving thrice-stolen money, a racehorse, a car chase, and a bad case of hives.