The Litigators

Hardcover | 400 pages | Doubleday | Fiction - Suspense
978-0-385-53513-7 (0-385-53513-9)

October 25, 2011 | $31.00



The partners at Finley & Figg—all two of them—often refer to themselves as “a boutique law firm.” Boutique, as in chic, selective, and prosperous. They are, of course, none of these things. What they are is a two-bit operation always in search of their big break, ambulance chasers who’ve been in...

Explosive Eighteen

Hardcover | 320 pages | Bantam | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Humorous; Fiction - Romance
978-0-345-52771-4 (0-345-52771-2)

November 22, 2011 | $29.95

Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum’s life is set to blow sky high when international murder hits dangerously close to home, in this dynamite novel by Janet Evanovich.
 
Before Stephanie can even step foot off Flight 127 Hawaii to Newark, she’s knee deep in trouble. Her dream vacation turned into a nightmare...

The Accident

Trade Paperback | 400 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Suspense
978-0-385-67058-6 (0-385-67058-3)

August 9, 2011 | $22.00



In this mesmerizing thriller by acclaimed author Linwood Barclay, a typical American community descends into darkness, as an ordinary man is swept into one of the most violent mysteries of modern life.
 
It’s the new normal at the Garber household in Connecticut: Glen, a contractor, has seen his business shaken by the...

I Am Half-Sick of Shadows

Hardcover | 288 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Historical
978-0-385-66809-5 (0-385-66809-0)

November 1, 2011 | $29.95



What better Christmas surprise for detective-in-training Flavia de Luce than a dreadful murder under Buckshaw's roof - and a snowbound house full of suspects!

It's Christmas time, and our beloved Flavia is tucked away in her laboratory whipping up a sticky concoction to trap that infamous sneak, Saint Nick, and thereby prove...

Twelve Drummers Drumming

Hardcover | 384 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-385-67013-5 (0-385-67013-3)

October 25, 2011 | $25.00



Introducing a series utterly perfect for cozy fans of Alan Bradley, Alexander McCall Smith, and Louise Penny. The Reverend Tom "Father" Christmas, the newest vicar of Thornford Regis, an idyllic rural town in England, turns detective when one of his parishioners turns up dead in a drum, and everyone in town...

Headhunters

Trade Paperback | 304 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Thrillers
978-0-307-36025-0 (0-307-36025-3)

September 6, 2011 | $19.95



A fantastic standalone thriller from the #1 bestselling author Jo Nesbo.

Roger Brown has it all: Norway's most successful headhunter, he is married to a beautiful gallery owner and owns a magnificent house. But he's also a highly accomplished art thief. At a gallery opening, his wife introduces him to Clas Greve...

The Vault

Trade Paperback | 272 pages | Doubleday Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-385-67162-0 (0-385-67162-8)

November 22, 2011 | $22.95



Wessex is retired -- or would be, if murder and danger would only leave him alone.

The impossible has happened. Chief Inspector Reg Wexford has retired. He and his wife now divide their time between Kingsmarkham and a coachhouse in Hampstead belonging to their actress daughter, Sheila. For all the benefits of...

The Forgotten Affairs of Youth

Hardcover | 272 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths; Fiction - Mystery & Detective - Traditional British; Fiction - Contemporary Women
978-0-307-39959-5 (0-307-39959-1)

December 6, 2011 | $29.95



The eighth delightful installment in the ongoing saga of the life and loves of Isabel Dalhousie.

As the editor of an applied ethics journal, Isabel Dalhousie is usually tucked away in her editorial office, in the comfortable Edinburgh house she shares with her fiancé and their young son, and does not often...

The Betrayal of Trust

Hardcover | 368 pages | Knopf Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-307-39915-1 (0-307-39915-X)

January 3, 2012 | $29.95



"Not all great novelists can write crime fiction but when one like Susan Hill does the result is stunning."
—Ruth Rendell

A cold case comes back to life in this sixth book in the highly successful Simon Serrailler detective series "eagerly awaited by all aficionados" (P.D. James). Freak weather and flash...

Season of Darkness

Trade Paperback | 416 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-7710-4325-3 (0-7710-4325-2)

August 2, 2011 | $24.99



The creator of the acclaimed Detective Murdoch Mysteries turns her exceptional storytelling skills to a murder mystery set in rural Shropshire, England, in the darkest days of the Second World War.

Following the disastrous retreat of the British army from Dunkirk in 1940, England is plunged into a state of fear. The...

The Innocent

Hardcover | 352 pages | Crown | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Contemporary Women; Fiction - Crime
978-0-307-71712-2 (0-307-71712-7)

December 27, 2011 | $27.00



With The Innocent, Taylor Stevens, the bestselling author of The Informationist, returns with another blockbuster thriller featuring the fearless Vanessa Michael Munroe.
 
Eight years ago, a man walked five-year-old Hannah out the front doors of her school and spirited her over the Mexican border, taking her into the world of a cult...

Before the Poison

Hardcover | 448 pages | McClelland & Stewart | Fiction - Mystery & Detective; Fiction
978-0-7710-7622-0 (0-7710-7622-3)

October 4, 2011 | $29.99



From bestselling author Peter Robinson comes this atmospheric, suspenseful, and thrilling standalone novel

Through the years of success in Hollywood composing film scores, Chris always promised his wife they'd return to the Yorkshire Dales one day. Now a widower, Chris feels he must not forget his promise. Back in the Dales, he...

Trackers

Trade Paperback | 496 pages | Random House Canada | Fiction - Thrillers; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-36016-8 (0-307-36016-4)

September 6, 2011 | $24.95



Lemmer's First Law: Don't get involved. But when Emma le Roux looks at him with pleading eyes, when the roof of his Karoo house needs big repairs, when the cause is good and just, laws can be broken. So he sighs, and says, yes, he'll ride shotgun for two rare black...

The Bomber

Trade Paperback | 528 pages | Vintage Canada | Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-307-35843-1 (0-307-35843-7)

December 27, 2011 | $19.95



Stockholm is bustling with preparations for the upcoming summer Olympics when a bomb explodes in the city's new Olympic arena. One of the most powerful women in Sweden, Christina Furhage, is blown to bits. The police begin a wild and desperate chase for the killer, while crime reporter and mother of...

Started Early, Took My Dog

Trade Paperback | 352 pages | Anchor Canada | Fiction; Fiction - Mystery & Detective
978-0-385-67135-4 (0-385-67135-0)

September 13, 2011 | $17.95



With Dickensian brilliance, Kate Atkinson creates plots peopled with unlikely heroes and villains.

It's a day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a purchase she hadn't bargained for. One moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium...