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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.

Twenty-nine-year-old Vanessa Cole is a wild, stunningly beautiful heiress, the adopted only child of a New York brain surgeon and his socialite wife. Twice married, Vanessa has been scandalously linked to any number of rich and famous men. But on the night of July 4, 1936, at her parents' country home, two events coincide to permanently alter the course of Vanessa's life: her father dies suddenly of a heart attack, and a mysteriously seductive local artist, Jordan Groves, blithely lands his Waco biplane in the pristine waters of the Cole estate.  Jordan's reputation has preceded him; he is known as much for his exploits and conquests as for his paintings themselves. But for all his swagger, Jordan is staggered by Vanessa and falls prey to her electrifying personality, but it is not long before he discovers that the heiress carries a dark, deeply scarring family secret.  Moving from the secluded beauty of the Adirondack wilderness to the skies above war-torn Spain and Fascist Germany, The Reserve is a clever, incisive, and passionately romantic novel of suspense.

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.

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.

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! 

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.

In 1973, Liz Plenty Horses was accused of betraying the militant American Indian Movement to the FBI after the death of one of their members.  She went into hiding with her baby daughter, never to be seen again.  Now, a skeleton with a bullet hole in the back of the skull has been discovered at the bottom of a ravine on the Wind River Reservation.  The body was that of a woman who was murdered sometime in 1973.  With the police reluctant to investigate, Arapaho attorney Vicky Holden and Father John O’Malley must unravel the truth, even if it incites the malice of a long-dormant killer. 

We admit it, we love Harry Bosch and we’re crazy about Michael Connelly.. In his first case since returning to the Homicide Special squad, Harry is called in to investigate the murder of a physicist with access to a radioactive substance who is found dead in the trunk of his car. Harry learns that a large quantity of radioactive cesium was stolen shortly before the doctor’s death and fears the murder could be part of a terrorist plot to poison an American city. Soon Harry is in a race against time, not only against the culprits but also against the Department of Homeland Security and the FBI who are convinced the case is too big for the LAPD and Harry Bosch.

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.

Goldy Schulz is thrilled to be catering a holiday breakfast feast for the staff of the Aspen Meadow Library.  But her merriment turns to dismay when she spots a woman lurking in the stacks – a woman with a striking resemblance to Sandee Brisbane, the woman who shot and killed Goldy’s ex-husband.  But it can’t be her because Sandee is dead or so everyone believes.  Soon the body of Drew Wellington, a former D.A. turned high-end map dealer, is found in a corner of the library with a map worth thousands of dollars stashed in his clothing.  Goldy is convinced the allegedly dead Sandee Brisbane is involved.  Now all the intrepid amateur detective has to do is prove it – if she can stay alive, that is.

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!

In 1930’s Los Angeles, someone desperately wants to know who Danny Landon really is - that someone is Danny himself. His boss is mobster Bud Seitz, a vicious and sadistic killer ironically nicknamed “The Kind One” who has told him that he was hit in the head with a lead pipe, but Danny has no memory of that or of why he’s called “Two Gun Danny”. Ordered to keep an eye on Bud’s beautiful young girlfriend, Danny’s job only gets harder when he falls in love with her and she asks for his help in escaping Bud. On a mission to free those he cares about and to find out the truth about who he really is, Danny uncovers terrible secrets that draw to a violent shocking climax. This is a truly outstanding noir thriller, brilliantly written with both heart and soul.

Yay! Another new Stephanie Plum novel to spice up your summer with hilarious, off the wall adventures!  Look for all the familiar faces of family and friends you’ve been waiting for and expect a few strangers to join the lineup of memorable characters.  The burning question is – Ranger or Morelli?

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.