December Publications

Fans of the late Ross Thomas (1926—1995) will welcome the reissue of two thrillers by this master storyteller: Twilight at Mac's Place (1990), with an introduction by T. Jefferson Parker (St. Martin's Minotaur/Dunne, $13.95 paper 320p ISBN 0-312-31584-8); and The Fourth Durango (1989), with an introduction by Sara Paretsky ($13.95 paper 288p -31585-6).

November Publications

In Michael Jecks's 15th intricate historical, The Templar's Penance: A Medieval West Country Mystery, Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Bailiff Simon Puttock travel on pilgrimage to Santiago de Campostela, where they find themselves looking into the brutal rape and murder of a young girl. (Headline [Trafalgar Sq. dist.], $24.95 364p ISBN 0-7553-0170-6)

Severn House rolls out two historicals from British authors: Bernard Knight's The Poisoned Chalice: A Crowner John Mystery, in which John investigates a series of baffling murders in 12th-century Devon ($26.99 384p ISBN 0-7278-6009-7); and Marilyn Todd's Second Act, her ninth ancient Roman mystery, in which Claudia Seferius must contend with a house full of actors, the forthcoming Saturnalia festival—and a rapist terrorizing Rome ($26.99 288p -6008-9).