Trade Paperback Titles, Sept. 2009-Feb. 2010: Part 2
Part 2: Fiction
-- Publishers Weekly, 6/30/2009 7:42:00 AM
FICTION/FIRST NOVELS & COLLECTIONS
APHRODESIA
Sinjin (Oct., $13.95) by Julia Templeton introduces the Rayborne brothers, notorious for their good looks and wild sexual ways.
AVON
By the Time You Read This (Sept., $13.99) by Lola Jaye. A daughter discovers advice penned by her late father, which guides her through every stage of life.
Sunflowers (Oct., $14.99) by Sheramy Bundrick details the stormy love affair between Vincent van Gogh and Rachel, a French villager.
BLACK CAT
(dist. by PGW)
Misconception: A Novel (Sept., $14) by Ryan Boudinot analyzes two adults who are re-examining the relationship they had as teenagers.
BOA EDITIONS
(dist. by Consortium)
On the Winding Stair (Sept., $14) by Joanna Howard collects short stories in the mystery and horror genres. Author tour.
FORGE
A Twisted Ladder (Sept., $14.99) by Rhodi Hawk follows a psychologist investigating her own father’s schizophrenia.
GRAND CENTRAL
The Palace of Strange Girls: A Novel (Sept., $13.99) by Sallie Day tracks a family in a changing post-war world.
Tell Me Something True (Oct., $13.99) by Leila Cobo depicts a Colombian-American woman investigating the past of her late mother.
HARPER PERENNIAL
Girl Trouble (Sept., $14.99) by Holly Goddard Jones examines small-town Southerners aching to be good, even as they live in doubt of what goodness is.
More of This World or Maybe Another (Oct., $13.99) by Barb Johnson collects interlinked short stories set along the Louisiana Gulf Coast.
KENSINGTON
According to Jane (Oct., $14) by Marilyn Brant. The ghost of Jane Austen helps a young woman find love—and herself
LOST COAST PRESS
In the Mouth, In the Eyes (Sept., $17.95) by Adrienne Ross collects short stories about relationships.
NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIV. PRESS/SWITCHGRASS BOOKS
Beautiful Piece (Oct., $13.95) by Joseph Peterson focuses on Robert, who fears being alone during a heat wave in Chicago.
W.W. NORTON
Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen (Sept., $13.95) by Marilyn Chin addresses Chinese-American twin sisters growing up in southern California.
THREE RIVERS PRESS
The Book of Illumination (Oct., $14) by Mary Ann Winkowski and Maureen Foley follows a woman gifted with the ability to see and speak to ghosts.
TWO DOLLAR RADIO
(dist. by Consortium)
The Cave Man (Dec., $15.50) by Xiaoda Xiao looks at a brutalized man in Mao’s China.
ULYSSES PRESS
Darcy’s Temptation: A Sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Predjudice (Oct., $14.95) by Regina Jeffers tells the story from the viewpoint of Mr. Darcy.
UNBRIDLED BOOKS
Sometimes We’re Always Real Same Same (Sept., $15.95) by Mattox Roesch follows a gang-banger from Los Angeles to the remote Eskimo village where his mother grew up.
FICTION/GENERAL & SHORT STORIES
ALLEN & UNWIN
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
The Devil and Maria d’Avalos (Nov., $18.95) by Victoria Hammond envisions the life of Maria, her tormented marriage and her affair with a nobleman.
ALMA BOOKS
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Okei (Oct., $15.95) by Mitsugu Saotome sets samurai warfare in the region of Aizu in the late 19th century.
ANCHOR
The Unbearable Lightness of Scones: A 44 Scotland Street Novel (Jan., $15) by Alexander McCall Smith follows the residents of number 44 through another adventure in Edinburgh.
APHRODESIA
Devour Me (Sept., $13.95) by Lydia Parks. Two vampire novellas push desire to the limit.
Taming the Cougar (Oct., $12.95) by Vonna Harper observes as an animal psychic becomes captive to a half man/half cougar.
Untamed (Nov., $13.95) by Crystal Jordan Two shape-shifting females encounter men who can satisfy them.
Sex Drive (Dec., $12.95) by Susan Lyons delivers a sexy and emotional romance.
ARCHIPELAGO BOOKS
(dist. by Consortium)
A Time for Everything (Nov., $20) by Karl Knausgaard, trans. by James Anderson, imagines man’s relationship to angels.
ATRIA BOOKS
1-900-ANYTIME (Sept., $15) by Tracy Price-Thompson observes a disfigured woman turning to phone sex to satisfy her fantasies.
ATRIA/STREBOR BOOKS
Nasty (Sept., $15) by Dr. XYZ focuses on a divorced woman who goes on a sexual rampage.
AVON
Sins of the Father (Sept., $13.99) by Angela Benson. When media mogul Abraham Martin decides to reveal his 30-year double life, chaos ensues.
I Never Fancied Him Anyway (Oct., $13.99) by Claudia Carroll. A famous psychic makes 100% accurate predictions but her gift disappears whenever there’s a D.S.M. (decent single man) around.
Christmas Cake (Nov., $13.99) by Lynne Hinton. Four ladies hope that a holiday cookbook project will raise the spirits of a member of their group whose cancer has returned.
BALLANTINE
Jane Bites Back (Jan,, $13.) by Michael Thomas Ford. A literary imagining of Jane Austen if she were alive today…as a vampire.
BERKLEY
Spartan Gold: A Fargo Adventure (Sept., $16) by Clive Cussler with Grant Blackwood follows a husband-and-wife treasure hunting team as they encounter a German U-boat in Delaware.
Bed of Roses (Dec., $16) by Nora Roberts covers four childhood friends who start a wedding planning business.
BERKLEY HEAT
Mortal Seductions (Sept., $15) by Allyson James features sexy demigods as heroes.
Wild Instinct (Sept., $15) by Sarah McCarty collects three novellas.
The Spicy Bedtime Companion: Erotic Stories and More (Oct., $15) by Joan Elizabeth Lloyd includes 30 tales especially for couples.
Sweet Seduction (Oct., $15) by Maya Banks contains erotic romance.
BERKLEY SENSATION
Nauti Deceptions (Sept., $14) marks the fifth installment in the adventures of the wild Mackay cousins.
Pleasure and Purpose (Sept. $14) by Megan Hart collects three connected fantasy romance novellas.
No Greater Pleasure (Oct., $14) by Megan Hart continues the stories of the Handmaidens first met in Pleasure and Purpose.
Double the Heat (Dec., $15) by Lori Foster et al. provide a contemporary romance anthology.
Shifting Plans (Dec., $15) by Jean Johnson delivers a prequel to the Sons of Destiny series.
BETHANY HOUSE
The Missing (Sept., $13.99) by Beverly Lewis follows Grace as she departs from her Amish community to look for her mother. 300,000 first printing. Author tour.
A Hidden Flame (Jan., $13.99) by Janette Oke and Davis Bunn reveals the internal conflicts of Abigail, an orphan who found a second family among the followers of Jesus. 90,000 first printing.
Beguiled (Feb., $13.99) by Deeanne Gist and Mark Bertrand details the collision between a crime reporter and an attractive dog walker whose clients are robbery victims. 65,000 first printing.
BOLD STROKES/VICTORY EDITIONS
(dist. by Perseus)
The Reluctant Daughter (Sept., $16.95) by Lesléa Newman depicts the lifelong struggle for mothers to really see their daughters..
Beggar of Love (Oct., $16.95) by Lee Lynch offers a revealing saga of lesbian sexuality.
MARION BOYARS
(dist. by Consortium)
See How Much I Love You (Jan., $14.95) by Luis Leante spins a love story spanning more than 30 years in the Western Sahara.
BRAVA
Holding Out for a Hero (Oct., $14) by HelenKay Dimon features a DEA agent who meets a woman in need of his skills to save her nephew.
A Great Kisser (Nov., $14) by Donna Kauffman follows a pilot forced to escort his sister’s boss’s stepdaughter.
Eternal Hunter (Jan., $14) by Cynthia Eden. An assistant DA tries to keep her secret—she’s an Other with supernatural strength.
BROADWAY BOOKS
Revolting Youth: The Further Journals of Nick Twisp (Sept., $14) by C.D. Payne. The sequel to Youth in Revolt observes America’s most literate teen diarist igniting criminal mayhem.
Wildflowers (Sept., $13.99) by Lyah Beth LeFlore introduces eight African-American women who span three generations.
CLEIS PRESS
(dist. by PGW)
In Sleeping Beauty’s Bed (Sept., $14.95) by Mitzi Szerto retells classic and obscure fairy tales.
Bottoms Up: Spanking Good Stories (Sept., $14.95) by Rachel Kramer Bussel whipped up by the popular sex blogger.
CLOCKTOWER BOOKS
Lethal Journey (Sept., $12) by John T. Cullen. This noirish thriller is based on a century-old unsolved San Diego murder case full of baffling clues, compelling leads and dead ends.
COFFEE HOUSE PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
The Cry of the Sloth (Sept., $14.95) by Sam Savage, illus. by Michael Mikolowski, supplies a tragicomic chronicle of everything a literary journal editor writes over four months. 25,000 first printing.
Ray of the Star (Sept., $14.95) by Laird Hunt recounts a noir love story featuring artists who pose as living statues.
The Abyss of Human Illusion (Feb., $14.95) by Gilbert Sorrentino stands as the final novel from the postmodern master who died in 2006.
COUNTERPOINT
(dist. by PGW)
Jarrettsville (Oct., $15.95) by Cornelia Nixon depicts murder in a Maryland town divided by the Civil War.
DAFINA
Notorious (Sept., $15) by Kiki Swinson. Criminal lawyer Yoshi Lomax finds herself in a dangerous gangsta’s sights when she witnesses a murder.
Somebody Else’s Man (Oct., $15) by Daaimah S. Poole. Longtime best friends are torn apart but a man who needs to learn who can be trusted and who can’t.
DALKEY ARCHIVE PRESS
The Word Book (Oct., $14.95) by Mieko Kanai. The first of the author’s works to be translated into English consists of interconnecting stories that blur the lines between dream and reality.
Jerusalem (Oct., $13.95) by Gonçalo M. Tavares. This darkly humorous novel of love, death and psychology has won awards throughout Europe.
DEL REY
My Dead Body: A Novel (Sept., $14) by Charlie Huston presents the final installment of the author’s Joe Pitt novels.
Metal Gear Solid 2: Sons of Liberty (Nov., $13) by Raymond Benson. This sequel to the first Metal Gear Solid introduces rookie operative Raiden who must outsmart a terrorist group holding the U.S. President hostage.
DELTA
The Solemn Lantern Maker: A Novel (Oct., $14) by Merlinda Bobis describes an unlikely relationship between a mute 10-year-old boy and an injured American tourist whose paths cross on the busy streets of Manila.
DOUGLAS & MCINTYRE
(dist. by PGW)
A Good Death (Sept., $14.95) by Gil Courtemanche explores love, cowardice and the right to die with dignity.
DOWNTOWN PRESS
Can’t Teach an Old Demon New Tricks (Oct., $15) by Cara Lockwood follows a woman who discovers her missing husband was a demon.
FEMINIST PRESS
(dist. by Perseus)
The Love Children (Sept., $15.95) by Marilyn French shows the daughters of the Women’s Room generation making lives of their own.
5 SPOT
A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents (Oct., $13.99) by Liza Palmer features a woman trying to live separately from her tight-knit family.
GEMMAMEDIA
(dist. by IPS)
Not a Star (Sept., $12) by Nick Hornby recounts the story of a mother who discovers her son is a porn star.
GRAND CENTRAL
Dutch (Nov., $14.99) by Teri Woods trails a crime lord and his crew.
GRANTA/PORTOBELLO
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
The Telling (Jan., $14.95) by Jo Baker. A woman cleaning out her family’s remote country house after the death of her mother begins to feel that the house holds a message for her.
GRAYWOLF PRESS
Ghosts of Wyoming (Feb., $15) by Alyson Hagy provides an unsentimental vision of the West, new and old, in short stories.
HARPERCOLLINS UK
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
The White Raven (Oct., $12.95) by Robert Low. In the third of the Oathsworn series Klerkon’s attack on the Oathsworn homestead forces the vengeful defenders to take a perilous journey.
HARPERCOLLINS UK/HARPER PRESS
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
They Is Us (Oct., $13.95) by Tama Janowitz. A summer intern at an animal laboratory has filled her house with discarded mutant animals in this humorous view of America’s toxic future.
HARPER PAPERBACKS
The Return (Oct., $14.99) by Victoria Hislop. A woman comes to Grenada to celebrate a friend’s birthday only to become enmeshed in a family’s fight to survive Spain’s civil war.
HARPER PERENNIAL
In the First Circle: The Restored Text by Alexandr Solzhenitsyn (Oct., $18.99), trans. by Harry Willetts. This first complete English translation of the Nobel Prize winner’s early work was 50 years in the making.
In a Perfect World (Oct., $13.99) by Laura Kasischke observes a flight attendant who endures her co-workers jealousy when a pilot proposes and she seems on her way to a fairy tale life.
HEADLINE
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Gaslight in Page Street (Oct., $12.95) by Harry Bowling depicts a community fighting poverty and hunger.
HESPERUS PRESS
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Love and Gymnastics (Oct., $14.95) by Edmondo De Amicis et al. A man’s romantic efforts are repeatedly thwarted by his beloved’s single-minded focus on her rigorous physical discipline.
The Complete Round of Stories by the Christmas Fire (Oct., $17.95) by Charles Dickens collects the writer’s earliest stories for the holiday season.
HMH/MARINER BOOKS
The Best American Short Stories 2009 (Oct., $14), edited by Heidi Pitlor and Alice Sebold, collects short stories from the famous to first timers. 150,000 first printing.
The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2009 (Oct., $14), edited by Dave Eggers, collects fiction, nonfiction, comics, screenplays, blogs and more. 50,000 first printing.
INTERLINK/CLOCKROOT BOOKS
The Geometry of God (Sept., $18) by Uzma Aslam Khan follows sisters seeking love amid culture wars in General Zia’s Pakistan.
Landscape with Dog and Other Stories (Nov., $16) by Ersi Sotiropoulos, trans. by Karen Emmerich, collects short stories that cover both the everyday and the uncanny.
KENSINGTON
The Scoop (Sept., $13.95) by Fern Michaels introduces a group of women about to get a new lease on life.
Raising Jake (Sept., $14) by Charlie Carillo observes a father and son who have lost their way.
The Sari Shop Window (Sept., $15) by Shobhan Bantwal. A young woman in New Jersey’s “Little India” transforms her parents’ sari shop into a chic boutique.
The Hungry Season (Feb., $15) by T. Greenwood. After a painful death in the family the surviving members return to their beloved summer home to heal.
MULTNOMA BOOKS
Leaving Carolina (Sept., $13.99) by Tamara Leigh recounts the story of a woman who wants to persuade her uncle not to change his will and humiliate the entire family..
MYRMIDON
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Sharaf (Jan., $14.95) by Raj Kumar. The daughter of a high-ranking officer in the Saudi Arabian army falls in love with an American Jewish dentist who has caught the attention of the Saudi religious police.
NAL
Dragon House (Sept., $15) by John Shors offers a love story set in Vietnam.
The Girl on Legare Street (Nov., $15) by Karen White. Melanie Middleton, the realtor with a sixth sense, returns in this sequel to The House on Tradd Street.
NAL/ACCENT
Crossing Washington Square (Sept., $15) by Joanne Rendell follows two female professors who form a friendship despite their rivalries.
NAL/HEAT
Tie Me Down (Sept., $15) by Tracy Wolf mixes sex and suspense.
Instinctive: An Eternal Pleasure Novel (Oct., $14) by Cathryn Fox. The first in a paranormal erotica series by the author of Sun Strokes..
Wrapped in Seduction (Nov., $15) by Lisa Renee Jones et al. Three red-hot novellas make one festive holiday anthology.
THOMAS NELSON
A Prisoner of Versailles (Sept., $14.99) by Golden Parsons depicts a woman whose faith puts her at odds with King Louis XIV.
Saving Cicadas (Dec., $14.99) by Nicole Seitz illustrates unconditional love and the freedom of letting go.
NEW DIRECTIONS
The She-Devil in the Mirror (Sept., $14.95) by Horacio Castellanos Moya sends up high society and the who-done-it.
The Armies (Sept., $14.95) by Evelio Rosero describes a small town caught up in merciless Colombian drug violence.
W.W. NORTON
Reheated Cabbage (Sept., $14.95) by Irvine Welsh showcases the author’s early stories and a new novella.
ONE WORLD
Getting’ Even: An Urban Erotic Tale (Dec., $14) by Noire. Twin sisters reconcile to avenge their family’s murders in the grimy underworld of Harlem.
Children of Grace (Jan., $13) by Gabriella Pina delivers a commentary on the nature of love and the true meaning of family.
OVERLOOK PRESS
When Autumn Leaves (Oct., $14.95) by Amy Foster spins the tale of a witch’s quest to replace herself as head of the coven.
PLUME
Ice Land (Sept., $15) by Betsy Tobin sets a tale of star-crossed lovers in Iceland in 1000 AD.
POCKET BOOKS
The Ideal Wife (Sept., $14) by Jacquelin Thomas reveals the demise of a short-lived marriage through flashbacks.
The Accidental Family (Oct., $15) by Rowan Coleman. A woman moves to the country to care for her boyfriend’s daughters and discovers a secret from his past.
PUBLISHINGWORKS
(dist. by IPS)
Angels of Venice (Oct., $15) by T.R. Foster. Vampire-like creatures offer murderous alternatives as a means to an end.
PUSHKIN PRESS
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Fists (Nov., $15.95) by Pietro Grossi and Howard Curtis tells stories that show young men learning the realities of adult life.
RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Avoiding Mr. Right (Nov., $15.95) by Anita Heiss follows a woman who has found Mr. Right, but isn’t sure she wants to settle down.
RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA/VINTAGE AUSTRALIA
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
The Biographer (Jan., $16.95) by Virginia Duigan entails a woman leaving her husband to run away with a Czech-born painter.
SIGNET ECLIPSE
Chalice of Roses (Jan., $15) by Jo Beverley et al. contains four novellas of finding true love on a quest for the Holy Grail.
SOFT SKULL
(dist. by PGW)
Love in Infant Monkeys:Stories (Aug., $13.95) by Lydia Millet compiles quirky stories about the American fascination with animals and celebrities.
SOHO PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
How to Rob an Armored Car (Oct., $15) by Iain Levison watches three down-on-their-luck friends turn to a life of crime. 30,000 first printing.
SOURCEBOOKS/LANDMARK
Hugh and Bess (Sept., $14.99) by Susan Higginbotham wonders whether a 13-year-old’s marriage to the son and grandson of disgraced traitors can work.
Lux’s Practical Erotica Adventure: A Tuesday Erotica Club Novel (Sept., $15) by Lisa Beth Kovetz involves a woman who must meet a deadline set by an underworld mortgage broker.
Millie’s Fling (Sept., $14) by Jill Mansell features two friends and one attractive man over the course of one confusing summer.
Perfect Timing (Nov., $14) by Jill Mansell. A woman escapes to London after a chance encounter causes her to call off her wedding.
Searching for Pemberley (Dec., $14.99) by Mary Lydon Simonsen intertwines three historical love stories of different eras.
SPECTRA
Total Oblivion, More or Less: A Novel (Nov., $14) by Alan DeNiro. What’s a 16-year-old girl to do when her normal Minnesota world is turned upside down by the invasion of warriors from ancient Europe?
SPICE BOOKS
Switch (Jan., $13.95) by Megan Hart follows the trail of an anonymous note that finds the wrong recipient.
Tucker’s Claim (Oct., $13.95) by Sarah McCarty. Sparks fly when a ruthless Texas Ranger meets a staunch pacifist Quaker nurse.
STEEPLE HILL
Solemn Oath (Sept., $7.99) by Hannah Alexander focuses on a doctor scrambling to treat an arsonist’s victims.
ST. MARTIN’S/GRIFFIN
Angel Lane (Oct., $13.99) by Sheila Roberts. Three women try to improve their town through random acts of kindness. 100,000 first printing.
The Concubine’s Daughter (Oct., $14.99) by Pai Kit Fai delves into a mother and daughter in early 20th-century China. 100,000 first printing.
STONE BRIDGE PRESS
(dist. by CBSD)
Hidden Buddhas: A Novel of Karma and Chaos (Oct., $16.95) by Liza Dalby involves fashion, text messages and a 1,000-year-old Buddhist mystery.
TOUCHSTONE
The Girl Next Door: A Novel (Dec., $15) by Elizabeth Noble follows the New York City residents of an Upper East Side apartment building as they search for love and happiness.
TYNDALE HOUSE
Cotton wood Whispers (Sept., $12.99) by Jennifer Erin Valent. A life-long friendship is threatened by an angry mob in the summer of 1936.
UNIV. OF OKLAHOMA PRESS
Pushing the Bear: After the Trail of Tears (Oct., $14.95) by Diane Glancy. This sequel to Pushing the Bear: A Novel of the Trail of Tears follows the Cherokees’ resettlement in the years following the Removal.
UNIV. OF TEXAS PRESS
Best of the West 2009 (Oct., $19.95), edited by D. Seth Horton and James Thomas, anthologizes short fiction rooted in the western United States.
UNIV. PRESS OF KENTUCKY
Upheaval: Stories (Sept., $17.95) by Chris Holbrook links eight stories about everyday citizens of eastern Kentucky.
WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
Dancing with Butterflies (Oct., $16) by Reyna Grande traces the journey of four women who emigrate from Mexico to the United States, where they share their love of dance and music.
WATERBROOK PRESS
The Hope of Refuge (Sept., $13.99) by Cindy Woodsmall transports characters to the Amish communities in Pennsylvania for their own safety.
White Picket Fences (Oct., $13.99) by Susan Meissner shows a couple who try to hide from the past as they take in their motherless niece.
ZEBRA
American Destiny (Oct., $13) by Janet Daily features a romance between a Boston belle and the man she loves as the looming war threatens to divide them.
ZONDERVAN
Shades of Blue (Nov., $14.99) by Karen Kingsbury recounts the story of a 28-year-old man who seems to have it all, but is tormented by his memories and turns to God for redemption.
FICTION/MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
AKASHIC
Boston Noir (Nov., $15.95), edited by Dennis Lehane (The Given Day), gathers new crime fiction stories by Lehane Stewart O’Nan, John Dufresne and more.
ARTE PUBLICO PRESS
Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery (Sept., $15.95) by Lucha Corpi weaves a tale of California wine country, stolen jewels and immigrant slave labor.
BERKLEY PRIME CRIME
The Ninth Daughter: An Abigail Adams Mystery (Oct., $14) by Barbara Hamilton debuts a new series with the American Revolutionary figure as sleuth.
BITTER LEMON
(dist. by Consortium)
The Public Prosecutor (Sept., $14.95) by Jef Geeraerts portrays Opus Dei’s influence in judicially corrupt Belgium.
Rage (Nov., $14.95) by Sergio Bizzio. A murderer spies on his lover in this romantic thriller set in Argentina; 2009 film tie-in with Guillermo del Toro directing.
BUSTED FLUSH PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
Tower (Sept., $15) unites writers Ken Bruen (the Jack Taylor series) and Reed Farrel Coleman (the Moe Prager series) in one novel. Author tour.
DAFINA
Notorious (Sept., $15) by Kiki Swinson follows criminal lawyer Yoshi Lomax as she witnesses a brutal murder and ends up in the sights of the killer.
MEDALLION PRESS
(dist. by IPG)
Diary of a Confessions Queen (Feb., $15.95) by Kathy Carmichael. Life in a small Kansas town is not boring for a writer of True Lies magazine.
MIDNIGHT INK
(dist. by Llewellyn)
Smasher (Oct., $14.95) by Keith Raffel involves cover-ups, murder and an atomic particle collider at Stanford University.
A Cadger’s Curse (Nov., $14.95) by Diane Gilbert Madsen features amateur sleuth D.D. McGil, an insurance agent who finds herself embroiled in money laundering and precious manuscripts.
MINOTAUR BOOKS
All My Enemies (Sept., $13.99) by Barry Maitland tracks DS Kathy Kolla’s first case with Serious Crime Squad at London’s Scotland Yard.
THOMAS NELSON
The Lightkeeper’s Daughter (Feb., $14.95) by Colleen Coble. Addie Sullivan finds work as a nanny and blooming romance with her rich employer who is suddenly faced with the loss of his inheritance.
PENGUIN BOOKS
A Sea of Troubles (Sept., $14) by Donna Leon. Venice-based Commissario Brunetti finds himself adrift in his tenth investigation (available for the first time in the US.) 75,000 first printing.
The Wrong Mother (Oct., $15) by Sophie Hannah explores a mother’s unspeakable betrayal. 75,000 first printing.
PICADOR
Risk (Oct., $13) by Colin Harrison involves an attorney dispatched by a rich woman to uncover the truth of her son’s death. 50,000 first printing.
RANDOM HOUSE
Darkness Rising (Feb., $15) by Frank Tallis. When two known anti-Semites are brutally murdered in 1903 Vienna, young psychoanalyst Max Libermann is brought in to help solve the case.
SERPENT’S TAIL
(dist. by Consortium)
Pariah (Oct., $14.95) by Dave Zeltserman (Small Crimes) delivers a satirical hard-boiled crime novel with a mix of history, social commentary and the publishing industry.
The Semantics of Murder (Jan., $14.95) by Aifric Campbell tells of an eminent psychoanalyst whose brother was killed in 1950s L.A.; based on a true story.
SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
(dist. by W.W. Norton)
The Vampire Stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Oct., $14.95) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, edited by Robert Eighteen-Bisang, collects 12 bloody good tales.
THREE RIVERS
Frostbite (Oct., $14) by David Wellington tracks a young woman’s quest for the werewolf who killed her father.
TOUCHWORD EDITIONS
(dist. by Midpoint Trade)
Scammed (Sept., $12.95) by Ron Chudley unveils a man’s vengeful response to thieves who steal his and his parents’ identities.
WATERBROOK PRESS
Thirsty (Oct., $13.99) by Tracey Bateman. An array of stresses plague newly sober Nina Parker, including ritual murder, vampires, exes and entrepreneurs.
FICTION/MYSTERY & SUSPENSE
AKASHIC
Boston Noir (Nov., $15.95), edited by Dennis Lehane (The Given Day), gathers new crime fiction stories by Lehane Stewart O’Nan, John Dufresne and more.
ARTE PUBLICO PRESS
Death at Solstice: A Gloria Damasco Mystery (Sept., $15.95) by Lucha Corpi weaves a tale of California wine country, stolen jewels and immigrant slave labor.
BERKLEY PRIME CRIME
The Ninth Daughter: An Abigail Adams Mystery (Oct., $14) by Barbara Hamilton debuts a new series with the American Revolutionary figure as sleuth.
BITTER LEMON
(dist. by Consortium)
The Public Prosecutor (Sept., $14.95) by Jef Geeraerts portrays Opus Dei’s influence in judicially corrupt Belgium.
Rage (Nov., $14.95) by Sergio Bizzio. A murderer spies on his lover in this romantic thriller set in Argentina; 2009 film tie-in with Guillermo del Toro directing.
BUSTED FLUSH PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
Tower (Sept., $15) unites writers Ken Bruen (the Jack Taylor series) and Reed Farrel Coleman (the Moe Prager series) in one novel. Author tour.
DAFINA
Notorious (Sept., $15) by Kiki Swinson follows criminal lawyer Yoshi Lomax as she witnesses a brutal murder and ends up in the sights of the killer.
MEDALLION PRESS
(dist. by IPG)
Diary of a Confessions Queen (Feb., $15.95) by Kathy Carmichael. Life in a small Kansas town is not boring for a writer of True Lies magazine.
MIDNIGHT INK
(dist. by Llewellyn)
Smasher (Oct., $14.95) by Keith Raffel involves cover-ups, murder and an atomic particle collider at Stanford University.
A Cadger’s Curse (Nov., $14.95) by Diane Gilbert Madsen features amateur sleuth D.D. McGil, an insurance agent who finds herself embroiled in money laundering and precious manuscripts.
MINOTAUR BOOKS
All My Enemies (Sept., $13.99) by Barry Maitland tracks DS Kathy Kolla’s first case with Serious Crime Squad at London’s Scotland Yard.
THOMAS NELSON
The Lightkeeper’s Daughter (Feb., $14.95) by Colleen Coble. Addie Sullivan finds work as a nanny and blooming romance with her rich employer who is suddenly faced with the loss of his inheritance.
PENGUIN BOOKS
A Sea of Troubles (Sept., $14) by Donna Leon. Venice-based Commissario Brunetti finds himself adrift in his tenth investigation (available for the first time in the US.) 75,000 first printing.
The Wrong Mother (Oct., $15) by Sophie Hannah explores a mother’s unspeakable betrayal. 75,000 first printing.
PICADOR
Risk (Oct., $13) by Colin Harrison involves an attorney dispatched by a rich woman to uncover the truth of her son’s death. 50,000 first printing.
RANDOM HOUSE
Darkness Rising (Feb., $15) by Frank Tallis. When two known anti-Semites are brutally murdered in 1903 Vienna, young psychoanalyst Max Libermann is brought in to help solve the case.
SERPENT’S TAIL
(dist. by Consortium)
Pariah (Oct., $14.95) by Dave Zeltserman (Small Crimes) delivers a satirical hard-boiled crime novel with a mix of history, social commentary and the publishing industry.
The Semantics of Murder (Jan., $14.95) by Aifric Campbell tells of an eminent psychoanalyst whose brother was killed in 1950s L.A.; based on a true story.
SKYHORSE PUBLISHING
(dist. by W.W. Norton)
The Vampire Stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Oct., $14.95) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, edited by Robert Eighteen-Bisang, collects 12 bloody good tales.
THREE RIVERS
Frostbite (Oct., $14) by David Wellington tracks a young woman’s quest for the werewolf who killed her father.
TOUCHWORD EDITIONS
(dist. by Midpoint Trade)
Scammed (Sept., $12.95) by Ron Chudley unveils a man’s vengeful response to thieves who steal his and his parents’ identities.
WATERBROOK PRESS
Thirsty (Oct., $13.99) by Tracey Bateman. An array of stresses plague newly sober Nina Parker, including ritual murder, vampires, exes and entrepreneurs.
FICTION/SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY
ACE
Dark Road Rising: A Novel of the Vampire Files (Sept., $15) by P.N. Elrod. The first new full-length collection of the Vampire Files in several years takes place in 1930s Prohibition Chicago.
AK PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
Mythmakers and Lawmakers: Anarchist Writers on Fiction (Oct., $12), edited by Margaret Killjoy, includes a series of conversations with contemporary fiction writers, discussing the relationship between fiction and anarchist politics.
BAEN BOOKS
(dist. by Simon & Schuster)
1635: The Tangled Web (Nov., $16) by Virginia DeMarce continues the saga from 1634: The Bavarian Crisis of time-lost Americans thrust back to the Thirty Years War.
BERKLEY
Must Love Hellhounds (Sept., $15) by Charlaine Harris et al. collects four dark fantasy novellas featuring hellhounds.
DAW
The Storm Witch: A Novel of Dhulyn and Parno (Sept., $15) by Violette Malan follows The Soldier King and The Sleeping God in the series about two Mercenary Partners.
DEL REY
The Elder Scrolls: Novel #1 (Oct., $17) by Greg Keyes takes readers deep into the world of the popular fantasy video game series.
EDGE
(dist by Fitzhenry & Whiteside)
Hell Can Wait (Sept., $12.95) by Theodore Judson. A damned Roman soldier is sent back to earth to pass tests that will earn him a place in paradise.
Tesseracts Thirteen: Chilling Tales of the Great White North (Sept., $16.95), edited by Nancy Kilpatrick and David Morrell, assembles 23 stories of horror and dark fantasy by Canadian writers.
LITTLE, BROWN UK/ORBIT
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Dark Space: The Sentients of Orion Book 1 (Oct., $9.99) by Marianne de Pierres. Baronessa Mira Fedor’s planet has been torn apart by an invasion of giant tardigrades yet the only ones who can help are sidetracked by communicating with a newly discovered God.
LUNA BOOKS
Walking Dead (Sept., $14.95) by Michelle Sagara. A woman comes to terms with her shamanic powers but must figure out how to break the spell that brings back the walking dead.
MIRA
Sea Glass (Sept., $13.95) by Maria V. Snyder. A student glass magician’s new-found ability to steal a magician’s powers forces her to flee to hostile territories.
ORBIT
The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms (Feb., $13.99) by N.K. Jemisin. A young woman must survive The Hundred Thousand Kingdoms, a world where gods are enslaved by mortals.
The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart (Nov., $14.99) by Jesse Bullington. In plague-racked, devil-haunted Medieval Europe, Hegel and Manfried Grossbart embark on a quest for fortune.
Red Claw (Oct., $12.99) by Philip Palmer. A research expedition sent to explore a dangerous planet comes under attack and must flee into an alien jungle.
ORION/GOLLANCZ
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IGP)
Conan’s Brethren (Nov., $24.95) by Robert E. Howard and Stephen Jones brings together the authors’ heroes, from King Kull to Red Sonja.
POCKET BOOKS
Hellbound Hearts (Sept., $16) edited by Paul Kane and Marie O’Regan presents an anthology based upon the mythology created by Clive Barker in his Hellbound Heart.
PYR
The Quiet War (Sept., $16) by Paul McAuley questions who decides what it means to be human.
Sasha: A Trial of Blood & Steel (Oct., $16) by Joel Shepherd. Sasha, a princess turned swordswoman, must decide where she belongs in the faith and class-divided land of Lenayin.
The Silver Skull: The Sword of Albion, Book 1 (Nov., $16) by Mark Chadbourn involves an assassination plot, an enemy determined on destroying the nation and a race against time.
Diving Into the Wreck (Nov., $16) by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Through her love of exploring sunken ships, Boss discovers an enormous sunken spacecraft and information that could start an intergalactic war.
ROC
Dragon Rule: Book Five of the Age of Fire (Dec., $15) by E.E. Knight. Four young drakes are the last of a dying breed and the final hope for dragon survival.
SPECTRA
Wolfbreed (Sept., $14) by S.A. Swann. A young werewolf learns about love and loyalty when she’s taken in by a peasant family in the Prussian forest.
TOR BOOKSs
Dragon Age: The Calling (Oct., $14.99) by David Gaider. This prequel to the fantasy role-playing game focuses on Maric, who becomes leader of a rebel army attempting to free his nation.
Netherworld Book One (Feb., $14.99) by Christopher Rowley introduces the Heavy Metal Pulp novel series, which will utilize Heavy Metal magazine’s commitment to fantastic art and sensual storytelling.
VIZ/HAIKASORU
Usurper of the Sun (Sept., $15.99) by Housuke Nojiri. A high school student working in the astronomy club witnesses a tower being built on Mercury and then a ring around the sun that casts an immense shadow and threatens the ecology of Earth.
WIZARDS OF THE COAST
Curse of the Chain Veil (Feb., $14.95) by John Vornholt. Necromancer Liliana Vess and psychic sorcerer Jace Beleren are back and challenging the netherworld that threatens to tip the balance between life and death.
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