Random House New Releases - Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Short Stories - Between June 19, 2012 and July 19, 2013.

Mortal Lock by Andrew Vachss

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

Mortal Lock
Written by Andrew Vachss

Trade Paperback, 400 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Short Stories; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense | $15.95 | May 7, 2013 | 978-0-307-95083-3 (0-307-95083-2)

A VINTAGE CRIME/BLACK LIZARD ORIGINAL

A hit man stalks his mark at a race track. A sociopath crosses every moral boundary to become a published author. An ex-mercenary obsessively defends his “perimeter” from a dangerous interloper. A man for hire grudgingly accepts help from a teenage girl to track an online predator. In a dystopian future, young people struggle for survival underground, forming themselves into vicious gangs with only the graffiti of the “last journalists” accepted as truth. Andrew Vachss collects twenty tight, powerful stories—all from the past decade of his career, including some now published for the first time—along with an original screenplay. Together, they form Mortal Lock, a searing portrait of the criminal underworld, with both its depravity and humanity on display.

Mortal Lock by Andrew Vachss

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

Mortal Lock
Written by Andrew Vachss

eBook, 300 pages | Vintage | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Short Stories; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Suspense | $9.99 | May 7, 2013 | 978-0-307-95084-0 (0-307-95084-0)

Bruno and the Carol Singers by Martin Walker

2012-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

Bruno and the Carol Singers A Christmas Mystery of the French Countryside
Written by Martin Walker

Martin Walker has created a delightful, internationally acclaimed series of mysteries featuring Bruno, chief of police of the small French village of St. Denis.

“A gentle reminder to slow down and smell the grapes” says The New York Times Book Review.

In this exclusive eBook, St. Denis is experiencing its coldest winter in years—bringing the promise of snow and shared chocolats chauds in the village’s cafés—and Bruno is occupied with his Christmastime duties. From organizing carolers to playing Father Christmas for the local schoolchildren, Bruno has his hands full . . . at least until some funds raised for charity go missing. Then it’s up to Bruno to save the day (and perhaps manage a Christmas miracle) in this charming holiday installment of Walker’s best-selling series.

Crime and Guilt by Carol Janeway

2012-07-10T00:30:00-05:00

Crime and Guilt Stories
Written by Ferdinand von Schirach
Translated by Carol Janeway

From Ferdinand von Schirach, one of Germany’s most prominent defense attorneys, comes a jolting debut collection of short stories that daringly brings to light the motivations stirring within the criminal mind. By turns witty and sorrowful, unflinchingly brutal and heartbreaking, the deeply affecting, quietly unnerving cases presented in Crime urge a closer examination of guilt and innocence.

In “Fähner,” a small-town physician and avid gardener betrays little emotion when he takes an ax to his wife’s head, an act that shocks the locals but provides a
long-awaited reprieve for the good doctor. Abbas, a Palestinian refugee who is cornered into a life of crime, finds true love and seemingly a saving grace with a beautiful student named Stefanie in “Summertime.” But when she is viciously murdered in a hotel room after having been paid to sleep with one of the country’s wealthiest men, is Abbas to blame or is it the man who seems to have it all? And in the startling story “Love,” a young man’s infatuation with his girlfriend takes a grisly turn as he comes to grips with his unconventional—and uncontrollable—impulses to truly know a woman.

“Guilt,” writes von Schirach, “always presents a bit of a problem.” In this beautifully nuanced and telling collection, guilt is indeed never as clear-cut as the crime, and justice is more nebulous still.

Random House New Releases - Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Short Stories - Between June 19, 2012 and July 19, 2013.

Mortal Lock by Andrew Vachss

Mortal Lock Written by Andrew Vachss

Mortal Lock by Andrew Vachss

Mortal Lock Written by Andrew Vachss

Bruno and the Carol Singers by Martin Walker

Bruno and the Carol Singers A Christmas Mystery of the French CountrysideWritten by Martin Walker

Crime and Guilt by Carol Janeway

Crime and Guilt StoriesWritten by Ferdinand von Schirach Translated by Carol Janeway

Mortal Lock
Written by Andrew Vachss

Mortal Lock
Written by Andrew Vachss

Bruno and the Carol Singers A Christmas Mystery of the French Countryside
Written by Martin Walker

Crime and Guilt Stories
Written by Ferdinand von Schirach
Translated by Carol Janeway