Random House New Releases - Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical - Between May 26, 2012 and June 25, 2013.

Masaryk Station by David Downing

2013-06-18T00:30:00-05:00

Masaryk Station
Written by David Downing

Berlin, 1948. Still occupied by the four Allied powers and largely in ruins, the city has become the cockpit of a new Cold War. The legacies of the war have become entangled in the new Soviet-American conflict, creating a world of bizarre and fleeting loyalties—a paradise for spies. As spring unfolds, a Western withdrawal looks increasingly likely. Berlin’s German inhabitants live in fear of the Soviet forces who occupy half the city, and whose legacy of violence has ripped apart many families.

John Russell works for both Stalin's NKVD and the newly created CIA, trying his best to cut himself loose from both before his double-agency is discovered by either. As tensions between the great powers escalate, each passing day makes Russell’s position more treacherous. He and his Soviet liaison, Shchepkin, seek out one final operation—one piece of intelligence so damning it could silence the wrath of one nation and solicit the protection of the other. It will be the most dangerous task Russell has ever taken on, but one way or the other, it will be his last.

Masaryk Station by David Downing

2013-06-18T00:30:00-05:00

Masaryk Station
Written by David Downing

The Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis

2013-06-04T00:30:00-05:00

The Malice of Fortune A Novel of the Renaissance
Written by Michael Ennis

When Pope Alexander orders the courtesan Damiata to the remote fortress city of Imola to learn the truth behind the murder of his beloved son, Juan, she knows that failure comes at the price of her own child’s freedom.

However, a string of gruesome murders have left Imola’s residents too gripped by fear to help a lone woman. Enlisting the aid of the obscure Florentine diplomat Niccolò Machiavelli and the eccentric military engineer Leonardo da Vinci, Damiata sets off to decipher the killer’s taunting riddles: she with her street smarts, Leonardo with his groundbreaking “science of observation,” and Machiavelli with his new “science of men.”

Zoo Station by David Downing

2013-05-28T00:30:00-05:00

Zoo Station
Written by David Downing

Trade Paperback | Soho Crime | Fiction - Espionage; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical | $9.99 | May 28, 2013 | 978-1-61695-348-5 (1-61695-348-9)

By 1939, Anglo-American journalist John Russell has spent over a decade in Berlin, where his son lives with his mother. He writes human-interest pieces for British and American papers, avoiding the investigative journalism that could get him deported. But as World War II approaches, he faces having to leave his son as well as his girlfriend of several years, a beautiful German starlet.

When an acquaintance from his old communist days approaches him to do some work for the Soviets, Russell is reluctant, but he is unable to resist the offer. He becomes involved in other dangerous activities, helping a Jewish family and a determined young American reporter. When the British and the Nazis notice his involvement with the Soviets, Russell is dragged into the murky world of warring intelligence services.

The Double Game by Dan Fesperman

2013-05-21T00:30:00-05:00

The Double Game
Written by Dan Fesperman

Trade Paperback, 368 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Adventure; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical | $15.95 | May 21, 2013 | 978-0-307-74440-1 (0-307-74440-X)

A Seattle Times Best Mystery of the Year

A Times of London Best Crime/Thriller Book of the Year

A few years before the fall of the Berlin Wall, spook-turned-novelist Edwin Lemaster reveals to up-and-coming journalist Bill Cage that he’d once considered spying for the enemy. For Cage, a fan who grew up as a Foreign Service brat in the very cities where Lemaster set his plots, the story creates a brief but embarrassing sensation. More than two decades later, Cage receives an anonymous note hinting that he should have dug deeper. Spiked with cryptic references to some of his and his father’s favorite old spy novels, the note is the first piece of a puzzle that will lead Cage back to Vienna, Prague, and Budapest in search of the truth, even as he discovers that the ghosts of Lemaster’s past eerily—and dangerously—still haunt the present. As the suspense steadily increases, decades of secrets begin to unravel.

Sacred Games by Gary Corby

2013-05-21T00:30:00-05:00

Sacred Games
Written by Gary Corby

Hardcover, 350 pages | Soho Crime | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Cozy | $25.95 | May 21, 2013 | 978-1-61695-227-3 (1-61695-227-X)

The third book in the critically acclaimed series set in Classical Athens, featuring the historically inspired amateur detective Nicolaos.

It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Arakos from Sparta. When Arakos is found beaten to death, it is obvious Timodemus must be the killer. Who else could have killed the second-best fighter in all Hellas but the very best? The Judges of the Games sentence Timodemus to be executed in four days' time, as soon as the Sacred Games have finished.

Complicating everything is the fact that Athens and Sparta are already at each other's throats, in the opening stages of a power struggle for control of Hellas. If an Athenian is found to have cheated at the Games by murdering a Spartan, it will be everything the hawks in Sparta need to declare open war the moment the Sacred Truce is over. And that's a war Athens cannot hope to win.

Nico and his partner in sleuthing, the annoyingly clever priestess Diotima, have four days to save their friend and avert a war that would tear their world apart.

Sacred Games by Gary Corby

2013-05-21T00:30:00-05:00

Sacred Games
Written by Gary Corby

eBook, 350 pages | Soho Crime | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Hard-Boiled; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Cozy | $25.95 | May 21, 2013 | 978-1-61695-228-0 (1-61695-228-8)

The third book in the critically acclaimed series set in Classical Athens, featuring the historically-inspired amateur detective Nicolaos.

It is the Olympics of 460 BC. Nico's best friend, Timodemus, is a competitor in the pankration, the deadly martial art of ancient Greece. Timo is hot favorite to win. His only serious rival is Parmonos from Sparta. When Parmonos is found beaten to death, it is obvious Timodemus must be the killer. Who else could have killed the second-best fighter in all Hellas but the very best? The Judges of the Games sentence Timodemus to be executed in four days' time, as soon as the Sacred Games have finished.

Complicating everything is the fact that Athens and Sparta are already at each other's throats, in the opening stages of a power struggle for control of Hellas. If an Athenian is found to have cheated at the Games by murdering a Spartan, it will be everything the hawks in Sparta need to declare open war the moment the Sacred Truce is over. And that's a war Athens cannot hope to win.

Nico and his partner in sleuthing, the annoyingly clever priestess Diotima, have four days to save their friend and avert a war that would tear their world apart.

Not My Blood by Barbara Cleverly

2013-05-07T00:30:00-05:00

Not My Blood
Written by Barbara Cleverly

Trade Paperback | Soho Crime | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Police Procedural | $14.95 | May 7, 2013 | 978-1-61695-293-8 (1-61695-293-8)

Scotland Yard Detective Joe Sandilands is caught off guard one night in 1933 by a phone call from a distressed boy named Jackie Drummond, who just might be the illegitimate son Joe never knew he had. Jackie is in trouble at his Sussex boarding school, where a teacher has been murdered. When Joe gets himself assigned to the investigation, he learns the boarding school case is more complicated than it appears: A frightening number of boys, all from wealthy families, have gone missing over the school’s history, and by some coincidence none of the families have followed up on their sons' whereabouts.

Midnight at Marble Arch by Anne Perry

2013-04-09T00:30:00-05:00

Midnight at Marble Arch A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

In this superbly accomplished new Charlotte and Thomas Pitt adventure, Anne Perry takes us beneath the glittering surface of wealthy Victorian society into a nightmare world of fear and intimidation, where women are too often blamed for the violent attacks against them, and powerful men take what they want, leaving others to pay the price.

The horrifying rape and apparent suicide of Catherine Quixwood, wife of a wealthy merchant banker, falls outside the new jurisdiction of Special Branch head Thomas Pitt, but so pervasively offensive are the rumors about the victim that Pitt quietly takes a hand in the investigation.

Yet even with the help of his ingenious wife, Charlotte, and his former superior, Victor Narraway, Pitt is stumped. Why did high-minded, cultured Catherine choose not to accompany her husband to a grand party on the night of her demise? Why did she dismiss all her servants for the evening and leave the front door unlocked? What had been her relationship with the young man seen frequently by her side at concerts and art exhibits? And what can be done to avenge another terrible crime: the assault on Angeles Castelbranco, beloved teenage daughter of the Portuguese ambassador?

As an ordinary policeman, Pitt had once entered London’s grand houses through the kitchen door. Now, as a guest in those same houses, can he find the steel in his soul to challenge the great men of the world with their crimes? The path to the truth takes him in deeply troubling directions, from the lofty world of international politics and finance to his own happy home, where his own teenage daughter, Jemima, is coming of age in a culture rife with hidden dangers.

In this rich, emotionally charged masterpiece, Anne Perry exposes yet another ugly secret of Victoria’s proud empire. And in a courtroom battle of unparalleled brilliance, we thrill at the chance to witness a massive wrong righted.

Praise for Midnight at Marble Arch

“[Anne] Perry is a master at illuminating the wrongs of the Victorian age.”—Booklist (starred review)

“Bestselling author Perry continues her Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series with another splendid success. She is so familiar with life at this time that history, attitudes and culture are slipped in seamlessly so the reader sees the world as Victorians did. Not only are Inspector Pitt and his wife fully realized, their circle of friends and acquaintances also feel real and alive. This is a series to read from the beginning.”—RT Book Reviews (Top Pick)

“May be [Perry’s] most intense and thrilling novel to date . . . Midnight at Marble Arch is stunning and insightful from start to finish.”—Bookreporter

“This book is packed with intrigue.”—The Huffington Post

“The monsters Anne Perry creates are not easy to live with, and their actions linger long after the book is closed.”—New York Journal of Books

“Engrossing . . . intriguing . . . Perry does a nice job exploring late Victorian attitudes toward sex crimes.”—Publishers Weekly

Midnight at Marble Arch by Anne Perry

2013-04-09T00:30:00-05:00

Midnight at Marble Arch A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry

The Ionia Sanction by Gary Corby

2013-03-19T00:30:00-05:00

The Ionia Sanction
Written by Gary Corby

And to solve the crime, Nico must uncover a secret that could not only destroy Athens, but will force him to choose between love, ambition, and his own life.

The case takes Nico, in the company of a beautiful slave girl, to the land of Ionia within the Persian Empire. The Persians will execute him on the spot if they think he's a spy. Beyond that, there are only a few minor problems: He's being chased by brigands who are only waiting for the right price before they kill him; somehow he has to placate his girlfriend, who is very angry about that slave girl; he must meet Themistocles, the military genius who saved Greece during the Persian Wars, and then defected to the hated enemy.

Athens, 460 B.C. Life's tough for Nicolaos, the only investigating agent in ancient Athens. His girlfriend's left him and his boss wants to fire him. But when an Athenian official is murdered, the brilliant statesman Pericles has no choice but to put Nico on the job.

Dorchester Terrace by Anne Perry

2013-03-12T00:30:00-05:00

Dorchester Terrace A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry

“[A] magic kingdom of Victorian murder and intrigue.”—The New York Times Book Review

Thomas Pitt is now the powerful head of Britain’s Special Branch, and some people fear that he may have been promoted beyond his abilities. His own self-doubt is fueled by rumors of a plot to blow up connections on the Dover-London rail line, on which Austrian duke Alois Habsburg is soon to travel. But why destroy an entire train to kill one obscure Austrian royal? Are the rumors designed to distract police from an even more devastating plot? Meanwhile, in a London sickroom, an old Italian woman is terrified that as she sinks into dementia, she may divulge secrets from her career as a revolutionary spy. And behind the doors of a stately manor, a beautiful young Croatian woman hoards mysteries of her own. Pitt and his clever wife, Charlotte, need these two fascinating women to tell them things they desperately need to know—before death and terror ignite an international catastrophe.

Includes a preview of Anne Perry’s next Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel, Midnight at Marble Arch

“The always clever Anne Perry infuses Dorchester Terrace with the right amount of intrigue and complex relationships that have made this prolific series one of the finest in modern mystery fiction.”—Bookreporter

“A classic . . . [a] novel of intrigue, romance and treason . . . replete with well-drawn characters.”—Huntington News

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die by Colin Cotterill

2013-02-19T00:30:00-05:00

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die
Written by Colin Cotterill

The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's Slash & Burn.

In a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglary; she was given a funeral and everyone in the village saw her body burned. Then, three days later, she was back in her house as if she'd never been dead at all. But now she's clairvoyant, and can speak to the dead. That's why the long-dead brother of a Lao general has enlisted her to help his brother uncover his remains, which have been lost at the bottom of a river for many years.

Lao national coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun and his wife, Madame Daeng, are sent along to supervise the excavation. It could be a kind of relaxing vacation for them, maybe, except Siri is obsessed with the pretty undead medium's special abilities, and Madame Daeng might be a little jealous. She doesn't trust the woman for some reason─is her hunch right? What is the group really digging for at the bottom of this remote river on the Thai border? What war secrets are being covered up?

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die by Colin Cotterill

2013-02-19T00:30:00-05:00

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die
Written by Colin Cotterill

The long-awaited follow-up to 2011's Slash & Burn and the ninth installment in Colin Cotterill's bestselling mystery series starring the inimitable Lao national coroner, Dr. Siri

In a small Lao village, a very strange thing has happened. A woman was shot and killed in her bed during a burglary; she was given a funeral and everyone in the village saw her body burned. Then, three days later, she was back in her house as if she'd never been dead at all. But now she's clairvoyant, and can speak to the dead. That's why the long-dead brother of a Lao general has enlisted her to help his brother uncover his remains, which have been lost at the bottom of a river for many years.

Lao national coroner Dr. Siri Paiboun and his wife, Madame Daeng, are sent along to supervise the excavation. It could be a kind of relaxing vacation for them, maybe, except Siri is obsessed with the pretty undead medium's special abilities, and Madame Daeng might be a little jealous. She doesn't trust the woman for some reason─is her hunch right? What is the group really digging for at the bottom of this remote river on the Thai border? What war secrets are being covered up?

Sacrilege by S.J. Parris

2013-02-12T00:30:00-05:00

Sacrilege
Written by S.J. Parris

London, summer of 1584: Radical philosopher, ex-monk, and spy Giordano Bruno suspects he is being followed by an old enemy. Instead, he is shocked to discover that his pursuer is in fact Sophia Underhill, a young woman with whom he was once in love. When Bruno learns that Sophia has been accused of murdering her husband, a prominent magistrate of Canterbury, he agrees to do anything he can to help clear her name.

But in the city that was once England’s greatest center of pilgrimage, Bruno uncovers a more dangerous plot in the making, one that forces him to turn his detective’s eye to the strange case of Saint Thomas Becket, a twelfth-century cardinal of Canterbury Cathedral whose mysterious murder is only matched by the legend surrounding the disappearance of his body.

The Bedlam Detective by Stephen Gallagher

2013-02-05T00:30:00-05:00

The Bedlam Detective A Novel
Written by Stephen Gallagher

From a basement office in London’s notorious Bethlehem Hospital, former policeman and Pinkerton agent Sebastian Becker is sent to interview Sir Owain Lancaster at his country estate. They wealthy industrialist returned alone from a disastrous scientific adventure in the Amazon, claiming that wild beasts killed his family and colleagues. He tells Becker that the same dark creatures have followed him home and are responsible for the deaths of two local girls and rumors of beasts on the moor. But while madmen may see monsters, some monsters hide in plain sight.

The Truth of All Things by Kieran Shields

2013-02-05T00:30:00-05:00

The Truth of All Things A Novel
Written by Kieran Shields

When Deputy Marshal Archie Lean is called in to investigate a prostitute's murder in Portland, Maine, he's surprised to find the body laid out like a pentagram and pinned to the earth with a pitchfork. He's even more surprised to learn that this death by "sticking" is a traditional method of killing a witch.
Baffled by the ritualized murder scene, Lean secretly enlists the help of historian Helen Prescott and brilliant criminalist Perceval Grey. Although skeptical of one another's methods, together the detectives pursue the killer's trail through postmortems and opium dens, into the spiritualist societies and lunatic asylums of gothic New England. Before the killer closes in on his final victim, they must decipher the secret pattern to these murders--a pattern hidden within the dark history of the Salem witch trials.

The Pericles Commission by Gary Corby

2013-01-15T00:30:00-05:00

The Pericles Commission
Written by Gary Corby

Nicolaos walks the mean streets of Classical Athens as an agent for the promising young politician Pericles. His mission is to find the assassin of the statesman Ephialtes, the man who brought democracy to Athens and whose murder has thrown the city into uproar. It's a job not made any easier by the increasing number of dead witnesses.

But murder and mayhem don't bother Nico; what's really on his mind is how to get closer (much closer) to Diotima, the intelligent and annoyingly virgin priestess of Artemis, and how to shake off his irritating twelve-year-old brother Socrates.

Ratlines by Stuart Neville

2013-01-01T00:30:00-05:00

Ratlines
Written by Stuart Neville

Ireland 1963. As the Irish people prepare to welcome President John F. Kennedy to the land of his ancestors, a German national is murdered in a seaside guesthouse. Lieutenant Albert Ryan, Directorate of Intelligence, is ordered to investigate. The German is the third foreigner to die within a few days, and Minister for Justice Charles Haughey wants the killing to end lest a shameful secret be exposed: the dead men were all Nazis granted asylum by the Irish government in the years following World War II.

A note from the killers is found on the dead German's corpse, addressed to Colonel Otto Skorzeny, Hitler's favorite commando, once called the most dangerous man in Europe. The note simply says: "We are coming for you."

As Albert Ryan digs deeper into the case he discovers a network of former Nazis and collaborators, all presided over by Skorzeny from his country estate outside Dublin. When Ryan closes in on the killers, his loyalty is torn between country and conscience. Why must he protect the very people he fought against twenty years before? Ryan learns that Skorzeny might be a dangerous ally, but he is a deadly enemy.

Ratlines by Stuart Neville

2013-01-01T00:30:00-05:00

Ratlines
Written by Stuart Neville

Random House New Releases - Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Historical - Between May 26, 2012 and June 25, 2013.

Masaryk Station by David Downing

Masaryk Station Written by David Downing

Masaryk Station by David Downing

Masaryk Station Written by David Downing

The Malice of Fortune by Michael Ennis

The Malice of Fortune A Novel of the RenaissanceWritten by Michael Ennis

Zoo Station by David Downing

Zoo Station Written by David Downing

The Double Game by Dan Fesperman

The Double Game Written by Dan Fesperman

Sacred Games by Gary Corby

Sacred Games Written by Gary Corby

Sacred Games by Gary Corby

Sacred Games Written by Gary Corby

Not My Blood by Barbara Cleverly

Not My Blood Written by Barbara Cleverly

Midnight at Marble Arch by Anne Perry

Midnight at Marble Arch A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt NovelWritten by Anne Perry

Midnight at Marble Arch by Anne Perry

Midnight at Marble Arch A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt NovelWritten by Anne Perry

The Ionia Sanction by Gary Corby

The Ionia Sanction Written by Gary Corby

Dorchester Terrace by Anne Perry

Dorchester Terrace A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt NovelWritten by Anne Perry

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die by Colin Cotterill

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die Written by Colin Cotterill

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die by Colin Cotterill

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die Written by Colin Cotterill

Sacrilege by S.J. Parris

Sacrilege Written by S.J. Parris

The Bedlam Detective by Stephen Gallagher

The Bedlam Detective A NovelWritten by Stephen Gallagher

The Truth of All Things by Kieran Shields

The Truth of All Things A NovelWritten by Kieran Shields

The Pericles Commission by Gary Corby

The Pericles Commission Written by Gary Corby

Ratlines by Stuart Neville

Ratlines Written by Stuart Neville

Ratlines by Stuart Neville

Ratlines Written by Stuart Neville

Masaryk Station
Written by David Downing

Masaryk Station
Written by David Downing

The Malice of Fortune A Novel of the Renaissance
Written by Michael Ennis

Zoo Station
Written by David Downing

The Double Game
Written by Dan Fesperman

Sacred Games
Written by Gary Corby

Sacred Games
Written by Gary Corby

Not My Blood
Written by Barbara Cleverly

Midnight at Marble Arch A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry

Midnight at Marble Arch A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry

The Ionia Sanction
Written by Gary Corby

Dorchester Terrace A Charlotte and Thomas Pitt Novel
Written by Anne Perry

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die
Written by Colin Cotterill

The Woman Who Wouldn't Die
Written by Colin Cotterill

Sacrilege
Written by S.J. Parris

The Bedlam Detective A Novel
Written by Stephen Gallagher

The Truth of All Things A Novel
Written by Kieran Shields

The Pericles Commission
Written by Gary Corby

Ratlines
Written by Stuart Neville

Ratlines
Written by Stuart Neville