July Publications

In Hasta Mañana, Carolyn Wilkerson's first novel, Miriam Valencia seeks vengeance for her 16-year-old son's death from a drug overdose, but fate throws her more than one curve after she crosses the Mexican border. Fans of Southwest regionals will find much to savor. (Five Star, $25.95 233p ISBN 0-7862-5439-4)

The same publisher also offers two story collections: Jeremiah Healy's Off-Season and Other Stories, which includes nine tales (two of them unpublished novellas) that don't feature the author's celebrated PI John Francis Cuddy ($25.95 265p ISBN -5438-6); and Stephen Marlowe's Drum Beat: The Chester Drum Casebook, which opens with an introduction by Bill Pronzini and contains five tales and a short, never-before-published novel, Drum Beat—Dominique, all starring Marlowe's straight-shooting PI ($25.95 254p ISBN -4315-5).

Crippen & Landru rolls out two classic story collections: Jeremiah Healy's Cuddy—Plus One, which includes 14 tales about private detective John Francis Cuddy, one of them (hitherto unpublished) introducing female attorney Mairead O'Clare (Crippen & Landru [www.crippenlandru.com], $43 276p ISBN 1-885941-94-3; $18 paper -95-1); and Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg's Problems Solved, which collects all the crime and mystery stories these two popular authors collaborated on decades ago ($42 166p ISBN -88-9; $16 paper -89-7).