Random House New Releases - Mystery

Eternal Life by Annie Janusch

2014-01-28T00:30:00-05:00

Eternal Life
Written by Wolf Haas
Translated by Annie Janusch

Trade Paperback, 224 pages | Melville International Crime | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Political | $14.95 | 978-1-61219-270-3 (1-61219-270-X)

When the corpses of an American couple are found frozen to death on a ski lift in a pristine Alpine village, Brenner is called in to investigate, in his first case as a P.I.

When Inspector Simon Brenner leaves the police force, he's looking forward to some peace and quiet, and the lovely Alpine village of Zell seems like just the place. That is, until the corpses of an American couple are found frozen on a ski lift, and Brenner, doing some part time work for an insurance company, is called in to investigate the matter. It turns out that the victims have relatives in the area, and the crime—if it is a crime—seems like it could be a family affair. Except the prime suspect has a solid alibi and no one in picture-perfect Zell is talking.

So Brenner, in his inimitable style, draws out all the village's characters—the longtime residents, the resort staff and guests—and uncovers the dirty doings that lurk underneath the pristine snow...and family secrets long buried. This first book sets up the totally unique, quirky narrative voice that runs throughout the series and introduces the reluctant, yet brilliant, Detective Brenner,in a plot with as many twists and turns as a Double Black Diamond.

Known Devil by Justin Gustainis

2014-01-28T00:30:00-05:00

Known Devil An Occult Crimes Unit Investigation
Written by Justin Gustainis

Paperback | Angry Robot | Fiction - Fantasy - Urban Life; Fiction - Fantasy - Contemporary; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural | $7.99 | 978-0-85766-166-1 (0-85766-166-3)

My name’s Markowski. I carry a badge. Also, a crucifix, some wooden stakes, a big vial of holy water, and a 9mm Beretta loaded with silver bullets.

A new supernatural gang is intent on invading Scranton – as if I didn’t have enough to contend with!

Supernatural gang warfare? Not on my watch!

File Under: Urban Fantasy [ Fang Warfare | Invading Forces | Uneasy Alliances | The Devil You Know ]

Known Devil by Justin Gustainis

2014-01-28T00:30:00-05:00

Known Devil An Occult Crimes Unit Investigation
Written by Justin Gustainis

eBook | Angry Robot | Fiction - Fantasy - Urban Life; Fiction - Fantasy - Contemporary; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural | $6.99 | 978-0-85766-167-8 (0-85766-167-1)

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

2014-01-28T00:30:00-05:00

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress A Novel
Written by Ariel Lawhon

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical | $20.00 | 978-0-8041-4887-0 (0-8041-4887-2)

A tantalizing reimagining of a scandalous mystery that rocked the nation in 1930—Justice Joseph Crater's infamous disappearance—as seen through the eyes of the three women who knew him best.

They say behind every great man, there's a woman. In this case, there are three. Stella Crater, the judge's wife, is the picture of propriety draped in long pearls and the latest Chanel. Ritzi, a leggy showgirl with Broadway aspirations, thinks moonlighting in the judge's bed is the quickest way off the chorus line. Maria Simon, the dutiful maid, has the judge to thank for her husband's recent promotion to detective in the NYPD. Meanwhile, Crater is equally indebted to Tammany Hall leaders and the city's most notorious gangster, Owney "The Killer" Madden.

On a sultry summer night, as rumors circulate about the judge's involvement in wide-scale political corruption, the Honorable Joseph Crater steps into a cab and disappears without a trace. Or does he?

After 39 years of necessary duplicity, Stella Crater is finally ready to reveal what she knows. Sliding into a plush leather banquette at Club Abbey, the site of many absinthe-soaked affairs and the judge's favorite watering hole back in the day, Stella orders two whiskeys on the rocks—one for her and one in honor of her missing husband. Stirring the ice cubes in the lowball glass, Stella begins to tell a tale—of greed, lust, and deceit. As the novel unfolds and the women slyly break out of their prescribed roles, it becomes clear that each knows more than she has initially let on.

With a layered intensity and prose as effervescent as the bubbly that flows every night, The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress is a wickedly entertaining historical mystery that will transport readers to a bygone era with tipsy spins through subterranean jazz clubs and backstage dressing rooms. But beneath the Art Deco skyline and amid the intoxicating smell of smoke and whiskey, the question of why Judge Crater disappeared lingers seductively until a twist in the very last pages.

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

2014-01-28T00:30:00-05:00

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress A Novel
Written by Ariel Lawhon

eBook, 320 pages | Doubleday | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical | $ | 978-0-385-53763-6 (0-385-53763-8)

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

2014-01-28T00:30:00-05:00

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress A Novel
Written by Ariel Lawhon

Hardcover, 320 pages | Doubleday | Fiction - Historical; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical; Fiction - Romance - Historical | $25.95 | 978-0-385-53762-9 (0-385-53762-X)

The Ways of Evil Men by Leighton Gage

2014-01-21T00:30:00-05:00

The Ways of Evil Men
Written by Leighton Gage

Hardcover, 304 pages | Soho Crime | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural; Fiction - Hispanic & Latino | $26.95 | 978-1-61695-272-3 (1-61695-272-5)

As Chief Inspector Mario Silva has learned, justice is hard to come by in Brazil, so when his niece tells him about a possible genocide deep in the jungle, he agrees to round up his team and charter a plane to Pará to check it out.

Thirty-nine natives have recently dropped dead of mysterious causes. Given the tense relationship between the Awana tribe and the white townsfolk nearby, Jade Calmon, Pará's sole government-sponsored advocate for the native population, immediately suspects foul play and takes the two remaining Awana—a father and his eight-year-old son—into her custody. But when the father is discovered holding a bloody machete next to the body of a village big-shot just before Silva's arrival, the plot thickens. Why would a peaceful man who doesn't believe in alcohol turn into a drunken killer?

The Ways of Evil Men by Leighton Gage

2014-01-21T00:30:00-05:00

The Ways of Evil Men
Written by Leighton Gage

eBook | Soho Crime | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural; Fiction - Hispanic & Latino | $26.95 | 978-1-61695-273-0 (1-61695-273-3)

As Chief Inspector Mario Silva has learned, justice is hard to come by in Brazil, so when his niece tells him about a possible genocide deep in the jungle, he agrees to round up his team and charter a plane to Pará to check it out.

Thirty-nine natives have recently dropped dead of mysterious causes. Given the tense relationship between the Awana tribe and the white townsfolk nearby, Jade Calmon, Pará's sole government-sponsored advocate for the native population, immediately suspects foul play and takes the two remaining Awana—a father and his eight-year-old son—into her custody. But when the father is discovered holding a bloody machete next to the body of a village big-shot, just before Silva's arrival, the plot thickens. Why would a peaceful man who doesn't believe in alcohol turn into a drunken killer?

The Blood Promise by Mark Pryor

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Blood Promise A Hugo Marston Novel
Written by Mark Pryor

Trade Paperback, 280 pages | Seventh Street Books | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - International Mystery & Crime | $15.95 | 978-1-61614-815-7 (1-61614-815-2)

Hugo Marston must figure out what lies hidden inside an old sailor's chest before a 200-year-old blood promise is revealed and claims another life.

In post-Revolution Paris, an old man signs a letter in blood, then hides it in a secret compartment in a sailor's chest. A messenger arrives to transport the chest and its hidden contents, but then the plague strikes and an untimely death changes history.

Two hundred years later, Hugo Marston is safeguarding an unpredictable but popular senator who is in Paris negotiating a France/U.S. dispute. The talks, held at a country chateau, collapse when the senator accuses someone of breaking into his room. Theft becomes the least of Hugo's concerns when someone discovers the secrets hidden deep inside the sailor's chest, and decides that the power and money they promise are worth killing for.

But when the darkness of history is unleashed, even the most ruthless and cunning are powerless to control it.

The Blood Promise by Mark Pryor

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Blood Promise A Hugo Marston Novel
Written by Mark Pryor

eBook | Seventh Street Books | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - International Mystery & Crime | $11.99 | 978-1-61614-816-4 (1-61614-816-0)

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce Novel
Written by Alan Bradley

Hardcover, 384 pages | Delacorte Press | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Historical | $24.00 | 978-0-385-34405-0 (0-385-34405-8)

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce Novel
Written by Alan Bradley

Unabridged Compact Disc | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Historical | $40.00 | 978-0-307-87985-1 (0-307-87985-2)

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce Novel
Written by Alan Bradley

Unabridged Audiobook Download | Random House Audio | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Historical | $20.00 | 978-0-307-87986-8 (0-307-87986-0)

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce Novel
Written by Alan Bradley

eBook, 384 pages | Delacorte Press | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Historical | $ | 978-0-345-53969-4 (0-345-53969-9)

A Flash of Green by Dean Koontz

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

A Flash of Green A Novel
Written by John D. MacDonald
Introduction by Dean Koontz

eBook | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | $ | 978-0-307-82714-2 (0-307-82714-3)

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything by Dean Koontz

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything A Novel
Written by John D. MacDonald
Introduction by Dean Koontz

eBook | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | $ | 978-0-307-82715-9 (0-307-82715-1)

A Key to the Suite by Dean Koontz

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

A Key to the Suite A Novel
Written by John D. MacDonald
Introduction by Dean Koontz

eBook | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | $ | 978-0-307-82707-4 (0-307-82707-0)

The Last One Left by Dean Koontz

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

The Last One Left A Novel
Written by John D. MacDonald
Introduction by Dean Koontz

eBook | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Fiction - Mystery & Detective | $ | 978-0-307-82708-1 (0-307-82708-9)

Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

Mayhem
Written by Sarah Pinborough

Hardcover, 400 pages | Jo Fletcher Books | Fiction - Thrillers - Historical; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical; Fiction - Horror | $24.95 | 978-1-62365-086-5 (1-62365-086-0)

Mayhem is a masterwork of narrative suspense: a supernatural thriller set in a shadowy, gaslit London, where monsters stalk the cobbled streets and hide in plain sight.

A new killer is stalking the streets of London’s East End. Though newspapers have dubbed him "the Torso Killer", this murderer’s work is overshadowed by the hysteria surrounding Jack the Ripper’s Whitechapel crimes.

The victims are women too, but their dismembered bodies, wrapped in rags and tied up with string, are pulled out of the Thames--and the heads are missing. The murderer likes to keep them.

Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough

2014-01-14T00:30:00-05:00

Mayhem
Written by Sarah Pinborough

eBook | Jo Fletcher Books | Fiction - Thrillers - Historical; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical; Fiction - Horror | $24.95 | 978-1-62365-087-2 (1-62365-087-9)

Random House New Releases - Mystery

Eternal Life by Annie Janusch

Eternal Life Written by Wolf Haas Translated by Annie Janusch

Known Devil by Justin Gustainis

Known Devil An Occult Crimes Unit InvestigationWritten by Justin Gustainis

Known Devil by Justin Gustainis

Known Devil An Occult Crimes Unit InvestigationWritten by Justin Gustainis

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress A NovelWritten by Ariel Lawhon

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress A NovelWritten by Ariel Lawhon

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress by Ariel Lawhon

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress A NovelWritten by Ariel Lawhon

The Ways of Evil Men by Leighton Gage

The Ways of Evil Men Written by Leighton Gage

The Ways of Evil Men by Leighton Gage

The Ways of Evil Men Written by Leighton Gage

The Blood Promise by Mark Pryor

The Blood Promise A Hugo Marston NovelWritten by Mark Pryor

The Blood Promise by Mark Pryor

The Blood Promise A Hugo Marston NovelWritten by Mark Pryor

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce NovelWritten by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce NovelWritten by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce NovelWritten by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce NovelWritten by Alan Bradley

A Flash of Green by Dean Koontz

A Flash of Green A NovelWritten by John D. MacDonald Introduction by Dean Koontz

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything by Dean Koontz

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything A NovelWritten by John D. MacDonald Introduction by Dean Koontz

A Key to the Suite by Dean Koontz

A Key to the Suite A NovelWritten by John D. MacDonald Introduction by Dean Koontz

The Last One Left by Dean Koontz

The Last One Left A NovelWritten by John D. MacDonald Introduction by Dean Koontz

Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough

Mayhem Written by Sarah Pinborough

Mayhem by Sarah Pinborough

Mayhem Written by Sarah Pinborough

Eternal Life
Written by Wolf Haas
Translated by Annie Janusch

Known Devil An Occult Crimes Unit Investigation
Written by Justin Gustainis

Known Devil An Occult Crimes Unit Investigation
Written by Justin Gustainis

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress A Novel
Written by Ariel Lawhon

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress A Novel
Written by Ariel Lawhon

The Wife, the Maid, and the Mistress A Novel
Written by Ariel Lawhon

The Ways of Evil Men
Written by Leighton Gage

The Ways of Evil Men
Written by Leighton Gage

The Blood Promise A Hugo Marston Novel
Written by Mark Pryor

The Blood Promise A Hugo Marston Novel
Written by Mark Pryor

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce Novel
Written by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce Novel
Written by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce Novel
Written by Alan Bradley

The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches A Flavia de Luce Novel
Written by Alan Bradley

A Flash of Green A Novel
Written by John D. MacDonald
Introduction by Dean Koontz

The Girl, the Gold Watch & Everything A Novel
Written by John D. MacDonald
Introduction by Dean Koontz

A Key to the Suite A Novel
Written by John D. MacDonald
Introduction by Dean Koontz

The Last One Left A Novel
Written by John D. MacDonald
Introduction by Dean Koontz

Mayhem
Written by Sarah Pinborough

Mayhem
Written by Sarah Pinborough