Available
December 30, 2008
Old Flame
A Jackson Steeg Novel
Written by Ira Berkowitz


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: December 30, 2008
Price: $12.95

Dark streets. Darker secrets.

Jackson Steeg thought he’d finally put all that behind him.

He was wrong.

Jackson Steeg isn’t an NYPD homicide cop anymore, not since the bullet he took to the lung. But Steeg’s retirement is looking anything but relaxing.

After months of death threats, his ex-wife’s new flame... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Mary of Nazareth
A Novel
Written by Marek Halter


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: December 2, 2008
Price: $13.95

The ancient world through the eyes of a young Jewish woman—Mary of Nazareth.

Mary was born into a Palestine oppressed by Herod the Great; she is accustomed to living with uncertainty and unrest. But when her beloved father is wrongly imprisoned by the Romans, she takes action. She calls upon a well-known... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Infected
A Novel
Written by Scott Sigler


Format: Trade Paperback, 400 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $13.95

A terrifying thriller that will crawl beneath your skin . . . and leave fresh blood on every page.

A mysterious disease is turning thousands of ordinary Americans into raving, paranoid murderers who inflict brutal horrors on strangers, their own families, and even themselves. And one morning, ex–football star Perry Dawsey... Read more >
Vampire Zero
A Gruesome Vampire Tale
Written by David Wellington


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $13.95

One man stood between them and us.

U.S. Marshal Jameson Arkeley—the country’s foremost authority on vampires—taught police investigator and vampire fighter Laura Caxton everything she knows about monsters. After a bloody war visited upon Gettysburg by an army of vampires, Arkeley gave up his own life to save others. Except he... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
To Hold the Crown
The Story of King Henry VII and Elizabeth of York
Written by Jean Plaidy


Format: Trade Paperback, 416 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $14.95

From exile and war to love and loss—every dynasty has a beginning.

Henry Tudor was not born to the throne of England. Having come of age in a time of political turmoil and danger, the man who would become Henry VII spent fourteen years in exile in Brittany before returning triumphantly to... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Witch's Trinity
A Novel
Written by Erika Mailman


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: October 7, 2008
Price: $13.95

“A gripping, well-told story of faith and truth.”
—Khaled Hosseini, bestselling author of The Kite Runner

“A disturbingly effective historical novel.”
Boston Globe

“Beautifully written, nary a word out of place, and with a few moments that throw you beyond—the way good books do ... deeply satisfying.”
San Francisco Chronicle

San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book of 2007

The... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Fourth Comings
A Novel
Written by Megan McCafferty


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $13.95

The New York Times Bestseller

“Acidly funny, imaginatively profane, and, above all, a sharp reflection of the what-to-do-now, post-college dilemma.­”
Miami Herald

Is the real world ready for Jessica Darling?

At first it seems she’s living the New York City dream. She’s subletting an apartment with her best friend, working for a magazine that... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
The Kingdom of Bones
A Novel
Written by Stephen Gallagher


Format: Trade Paperback, 384 pages
On Sale: September 9, 2008
Price: $14.95

In the twilight of the Gilded Age, a man accused of gruesome murders struggles to clear his name—and save his soul.

The Kingdom of Bones is the haunting story of Tom Sayers, a former boxing champion who is wrongly accused of a series of grisly murders. As Sayers struggles for justice, he... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Queen's Devotion
The Story of Queen Mary II
Written by Jean Plaidy


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: August 26, 2008
Price: $14.95

A daughter’s love. A monarch’s duty.

On the road to greatness, one young woman must make an unthinkable choice.


For Princess Mary, life has never been simple, but through it all the love of her father, the Duke of York, has been a constant and reliable comfort. Despite his own loyalty to... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Mad Dash
A Novel
Written by Patricia Gaffney


Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $13.95

The poor thing was cold and trembling, abandoned on their front doorstep. Dash, impulsive as always, decides on the spot that they should keep it. But her husband, Andrew, thinks it’s the craziest thing he’s ever heard. A fight over a scruffy little dog doesn’t seem like much of a reason... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Man in the Blizzard
A Novel
Written by Bart Schneider


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: August 5, 2008
Price: $14.95

If Marlowe lived in Minnesota . . .
If Spade spouted poetry . . .
If the Big Lebowski were a small-time private eye . . .
Meet Augie Boyer, private detective

“Once upon a time, Sam Spade, Miles Roby, and Bill Maher all went to Bart ­Schneider’s laboratory. There was an... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Five-Forty-Five to Cannes

Written by Tess Uriza Holthe


Format: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2008
Price: $13.00

San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book of 2007
ALA Notable Book of 2007

The 5:45 train to Cannes . . .

It links northern Italy with the French Riviera while running like a thread through lives that touch one another in unexpected and often secret ways: Chazz, the heir to a great fortune; GianCarlo... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
Mozart's Sister
A Novel
Written by Rita Charbonnier


Format: Trade Paperback, 336 pages
On Sale: July 22, 2008
Price: $13.95

The fascinating life of Wolfgang’s older sister, Nannerl—whose talent may have equaled her brother’s

Maria Anna Walburga Ignatia Mozart, affectionately called Nannerl by her family, could play the piano with an otherworldly skill from the time she was a child. At the tender age of five, she gave her first public performance... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Mary Modern
A Novel
Written by Camille DeAngelis


Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
On Sale: June 24, 2008
Price: $13.95

Lucy Morrigan, a young genetic researcher, lives with her boyfriend, Gray, and an odd collection of tenants in her crumbling family mansion. Surrounded by four generations of clothes, photographs, furniture, and other remnants of past lives, Lucy and Gray’s home life is strangely out of touch with the modern world—except for... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.
The Evil That Men Do
A Jackson Donne Novel
Written by Dave White


Format: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
On Sale: June 17, 2008
Price: $13.95

Even generations later, you can't escape. . .the evil that men do.

Stripped of his private investigator’s license and slumming it as a night security guard at a Jersey storage facility, Jackson Donne thinks he’s finally hit rock bottom. Then the bottom really falls out: The sister he hasn’t seen in years... Read more >
Also available as an eBook.