FICTION/MYSTERY
& SUSPENSE
ALLISON & BUSBY
Dead Trouble (Mar., $25.95) by Margaret Duffy. Ingrid Langley and her husband are after a pathologist's murderer in the latest MI-5 thriller.
The Railway Detective (Apr., $25.95) by Edward Marston. Insp. Robert Colbeck looks into a robbery on the London—Birmingham mail train.
Reality Checkpoint (Apr., $25.95) by Peter Turnbull. A stalker abducts young women in Cambridge as a 30-year-old skeleton is found on the Fens.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
Doctored Evidence (May, $22) by Donna Leon. Commissario Guido Brunetti opens a case that his superiors in contemporary Venice would rather leave closed. 50,000 first printing. $65,000 ad/promo. 7-city author tour.
ATRIA
Bad Men (Mar., $25) by John Connolly. Three centuries after every settler on a Maine island was slaughtered in 1693, a group of men are bent on revenge. Ad/promo.25-city author tour.
Remembering Sarah (Apr., $25) by Chris Mooney. A young father faces his worst nightmare: a missing daughter. Author publicity.
Memorial Day (May, $25.95) by Vince Flynn. With a terrorist attack expected on Memorial Day, Mitch Rapp targets an al-Qaeda stronghold in northern Pakistan. 250,000 first printing.Ad/promo.9-city author tour.
Serious as a Heart Attack (May, $23) by Louisa Luna. A street-smart woman in New York City becomes involved in a murder that may take her own life. Author publicity.
Twenty-Seven Bones (June, $25) by Jonathan Nasaw. Ritual murders on a Caribbean island are orchestrated by the Machete Man. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Hoax (Aug., $26) by Robert K. Tanenbaum. Prosecutor Butch Karp is drawn into New York City's shady politics and the scandal-plagued Catholic Church. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
BALLANTINE
The Shifting Tide (May, $25.95) by Anne Perry. A murder puts investigator Thomas Pitt's wife in danger. Advertising.Author publicity.
Loaded Dice (June, $22.95) by James Swain is the latest by the author of Sucker Bet. Advertising. Author publicity.
BANTAM
The Game (Mar., $23.95) by Laurie R. King. Mary Russell and husband Sherlock Holmes head for India to seek a missing spy, the orphan who inspired Kipling's Kim. 60,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Firestorm (Apr., $24.95) by Iris Johansen. Arson specialist Kerry Murphy and her dog, Sam, face a deadly test. 300,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.Whisker of Evil (Apr., $24.95) by Rita Mae Brown and Sneaky Pie Brown. In the latest Mrs. Murphy mystery, a movie star's homecoming, a rabies epidemic and an old murder roil Crozet, Va. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Kill the Messenger (July, $27) by Tami Hoag. Bike messenger Jace Damon is suspected of murdering a bottom-feeding lawyer. 350,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
The Society (Aug., $25) by Michael Palmer. A workaholic surgeon confronts immoral insurance companies and a killer seeking vengeance against managed-care executives. 120,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Hunting Fear (Aug., $25) by Kay Hooper. In the first book of a trilogy, Lucas Jordan uses his psychic skill to locate missing people. 110,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
BERKLEY PRIME CRIME
In the Kingdom of the Mists (Mar., $23.95) by Jane Jakeman. In London in 1900, the bodies of two young women are dragged from the Thames, arousing fears of a return of Jack the Ripper.
Broken Dishes (May, $23.95) by Earlene Fowler. Benni Harper uncovers the remains of a murdered man on a friend's dude ranch.
Murder on Marble Row (June, $21.95) by Victoria Thompson. In this first hardcover in the Gaslight series, midwife Sarah Brandt helps Sgt. Frank Malloy identify an arsonist who may be a murderer.
JOHN F. BLAIR
The Past Is Never Dead: A Gritz Goldberg Mystery (June, $22.95) by David Schulman. A Jewish psychiatrist solves a 50-year-old murder in Asheville, N.C.
DELACORTE
Crossing the Line (Apr., $23) by Clinton McKinzie. Special agent Antonio Burns returns to take down a Mexican drug dealer and murderer. 50,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
The Enemy (June, $25) by Lee Child. Jack Reacher peers back into his haunted past. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Unlucky in Law (June, $25) by Perri O'Shaughnessy is the 10th thriller starring Nina Reilly. 125,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
Lucifer's Shadow (Aug., $21.95) by David Hewson. Venice provides the setting for erotic obsession and historical intrigue. 25,000 first printing. Advertising. Author publicity.
DO-NOT PRESS (dist. by Dufour Editions)
A Man's Enemies (Mar.; $32.95, paper $15.95) by Bill James is the second in the Simon Abelard of British Intelligence series.
DOUBLEDAY
The Blackbird Papers (June, $24.95) by Ian Smith. A Nobel Prize—winning African-American professor at Dartmouth is murdered.
Death March (July, $24.95) by Lincoln Child. When a matchmaking service called Eden arranges perfectly matched couples, they begin committing double suicide.
DUTTON
The Hundredth Man (June, $23.95) by Jack Kerley traces a chilling descent into madness and murder. Ad/promo.Author tour.
Bubbles Abroad (July, $23.95) by Sarah Strohmeyer has new adventures for the hairdresser/reporter/amateur sleuth. Ad/promo.Author tour.
Slow Kill: A Kevin Kerney Novel (Aug., $23.95) by Michael McGarrity. A ruined career threatens Kerney as he tries to solve a 30-year-old mystery. Ad/promo.Author tour.
ECCO
Take Me, Take Me with You (May, $22.95) by Lauren Kelly. Lara and Zedrick are lovers bound by murder, revenge and a secret past. 50,000 first printing.
M. EVANS (dist. by NBN)
The Executioner's Mask (May, $19.95) by Dick Cady. A cop on a corrupt police force is shot, but did the accused actually commit the murder?
FORGE
Retro (May, $25.95) by Loren D. Estleman adds to the Amos Walker series. Ad/promo.Author publicity.
Parting the Veil (July, $24.95) by Jay Davis. Revived after dying on the operating table, John Creed returns with the ability to see into the hearts of others. Advertising.
Cat in an Orange Twist (Aug., $24.95) by Carole Nelson Douglas is the latest in the Midnight Louie series. Advertising.
HARPERCOLLINS
Sleeping Beauty (May, $25.95) by Phillip Margolin. Suspense enters the world of bestselling authors. 150,000 first printing.
Killer Smile (June, $25.95) by Lisa Scottoline. Digging into a ho-hum case, a young lawyer finds her life in jeopardy. 300,000 first printing.
Hear No Evil (Aug., $23.95) by James Grippando. Miami attorney Jack Swyteck gets a case that starts with murder on a military base. 100,000 first printing.
Scimitar SL-2 (Aug., $25.95) by Patrick Robinson. What if a terrorist plans to blow up a volcano and devastate America? 100,000 first printing.
HEADLINE (dist. by Trafalgar Square)
The Outlaws of Ennor: A Medieval West Country Mystery (Mar., $24.95) by Michael Jecks involves pirates, storms and murder in the Scilly Isles.
Unnatural Justice: An Oz Blackstone Mystery (Mar., $24.95) by Quintin Jardine. The London investigator is sucked into a vortex of evil.
HENRY HOLT
Missing Justice: A Samantha Kincaid Mystery (June, $23) by Alafair Burke. The deputy DA uncovers a missing judge's secrets. Ad/promo.Author tour.
HYPERION
The Body of David Hayes (Apr., $23.95) by Ridley Pearson. The affair Lou Boldt's wife had with a young computer specialist at her bank leads to blackmail and worse. 150,000 first printing. Ad/promo.
Whiskey Sour: A Jack Daniels Mystery (June, $21.95) by J.A. Konrath. A serial killer terrorizes Chicago. 50, 000 first printing.
JUSTIN, CHARLES & CO.
In Your Face: A Lily Pascale Mystery (Mar., $24.95) by Scarlett Thomas. Lily faces liars and cheats as the second mystery in the series unfolds. Ad/promo.Author publicity.
KENSINGTON
Fudge Cupcake Murder: A Hannah Swensen Mystery (Mar., $22) by Joanne Fluke. With the sheriff dead, a young deputy is under suspicion and a killer is on the loose.
Jackson Square Jazz (Apr., $23) by Greg Herren. Stripper, PI and psychic Scotty Bradley stumbles into murder.
ALLEN A. KNOLL
Holy Smoke: A Bones and the Duchess Mystery (May, $16) by Alexandra Eden. A bright 12-year-old with Asperger's syndrome investigates church arson.
LITTLE, BROWN
3rd Degree (Mar., $27.95) by James Patterson and Andrew Gross. Political terrorism chills in the third entry of the Women's Murder Club series. Ad/promo.Author tour.
Hard Revolution (Mar., $24.95) by George P. Pelecanos. Police officer Derek Strange hunts his brother's killer in a Washington, D.C., engulfed by riots after Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination in 1968. Ad/promo.10-city author tour.
The Narrows (May, $25.95) by Michael Connelly. Harry Bosch pursues the hideous serial killer known as the Poet. Ad/promo.15-city author tour.
Black (June, $24.95) by Christopher Whitcomb. Jeremy Walker joins the FBI's hostage rescue team and walks into the world of black ops, where no rules apply. Ad/promo.6-city author tour.
Little Scarlet: An Easy Rawlins Mystery (July, $24.95) by Walter Mosley. Murder and racial conflict blaze in L.A. during the 1965 Watts riots. Ad/promo.30-city author tour.
MORROW
The Burglar on the Prowl (Mar., $24.95) by Lawrence Block. Bernie Rhodenbarr makes a return appearance. 100,000 first printing.
Guardian of the Horizon (Apr., $24.95) by Elizabeth Peters. The 16th Amelia Peabody novel relates an adventure from the "missing years." 150,000 first printing.
Past Due (May, $24.95) by William Lashner. False identities and missing corpses bedevil Philadelphia lawyer Victor Carl. 100,000 first printing.
Sandstorm (July, $24.95) by James Rollins. A scientific mystery hidden in the Arabian desert for decades threatens the world. 60,000 first printing.
Day of the Dead (Aug., $23.95) by J.A. Jance. The Walker family finds itself at the mercy of a new killer. 200,000 first printing.
The Program (Aug., $24.95) by Gregg Hurwitz spins a suspense tale around Tim Rackley, hero of The Kill Clause. 75,000 first printing.
MYSTERIOUS PRESS
The Road to Ruin (Apr., $25) by Donald E. Westlake. John Dortmunder has his larcenous eyes on a fleet of vintage autos purchased by a corrupt CEO. Ad/promo.Author publicity.
The Fractal Murders (May, $25) by Mark Cohen. Pepper Keane, former Marine JAG and current PI, is attracted to Jane Smythe, whose associates in fractal geometry die under mysterious circumstances. Ad/promo.Author publicity.
Bury the Lead (June, $24) by David Rosenfelt. Andy Carpenter is back to prove the innocence of a reporter accused of serial murder. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
The Dangerous Hour (July, $25) by Marcia Muller. Sharon McCone wonders if one of her own operatives has betrayed her. Ad/promo.Author publicity.
High Country Fall (Aug., $24) by Margaret Maron. Planning to marry deputy Dwight Bryant, Judge Deborah Knott finds her future interrupted by murder. Ad/promo.Author publicity.
NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
The Serpent's Trail (Apr., $23.95) by Sue Henry begins a series starring Maxie McNabb, a retiree traveling across the country in her motor home who is destined for murderous roadblocks.
OAKLEA PRESS
In My Father's House (Mar., $24.95) by Stephen Hawley Martin. With her father in an inexplicable coma, Claire DuMond travels to Martinique where she steps into the dangerous world of drug smuggling.
OVERLOOK PRESS
The Old Boys (May, $26.95) by Charles McCarry. CIA agent Paul Christopher is back on the job.
PANTHEON
The Full Cupboard of Life: More from the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (Apr., $19.95) by Alexander McCall Smith. Mma Precious Ramotswe determines whether a wealthy woman's suitors are only after her money.
POISONED PEN PRESS
Relative Danger (Mar., $24.95) by Charles Benoit. Doug Pearce goes to Toronto to solve his dead uncle's murder.
Family Claims (Mar., $24.95) by Twist Phelan. A real estate deal put together by a skilled business lawyer goes terribly south.
PUTNAM
Live Bait (Apr., $23.95) by P.J. Tracy is the latest by the author of Monkeewrench. Ad/promo. 15-city author tour.
Trophy Hunt: A Joe Pickett Novel (June, $23.95) by C.J. Box. The Wyoming game warden faces his most dangerous adversary yet. Ad/promo.8-city author tour.
Rain Storm (July, $19.95) by Barry Eisler is the newest John Rain vehicle. Ad/promo.8-city author tour.
Walking Money (May, $24.95) by James O. Born adds to the darkly comic adventures of Florida cop Bill Tasker. Ad/promo.Author publicity.
The Longest Night (Aug., $24.95) by Gregg Keizer imagines what would have happened if the WWII Resistance had asked Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky for help.
PUTNAM/MARIAN WOOD
A Murder of Justice (Aug., $24.95) by Robert Andrews. D.C. homicide detectives Kearney and Phelps find a failure of law enforcement in our nation's capital.
RANDOM HOUSE
A Spectacle of Corruption (Mar., $24.95) by David Liss. After escaping from prison, Benjamin Weaver must prove that he is innocent of murder. Ad/promo.10-city author tour.
ST. MARTIN'S
Murder Suicide (July, $21.95) by Keith Ablow is a thriller featuring forensic psychiatrist Frank Clevenger.
ST. MARTIN'S MINOTAUR
Deep Pockets (Mar., $24.95) by Linda Barnes. Boston PI Carlotta Carlyle steps in when the blackmail of a Harvard professor leads to murder. Advertising.Mystery Guild selection. Author tour.
Out of the Deep I Cry: A Claire Fergusson/Russ van Alstyne Mystery (Apr., $23.95) by Julia Spencer-Fleming. Sordid secrets from the past surface in the third entry of the series. Author tour.
I'd Kill for That (May, $23.95), edited by Marcia Talley. Female mystery novelists contribute chapters. Advertising.
Ice Run: An Alex McKnight Mystery (June, $21.95) by Steve Hamilton. A romantic weekend comes unhinged when a cryptic note appears. Advertising.Author tour.
Judgment of Caesar: A Novel of Ancient Rome (June, $24.95) by Steven Saylor. Gordianus the Finder is caught between Pompey and Julius Caesar and between Ptolemy and Cleopatra. Advertising.Author tour.
SCRIBNER
The Bookman's Promise: A Cliff Janeway Novel (Mar., $25) by John Dunning once again plumbs conundrums in the arcane world of collectible books.
The Tarnished Eye: A Novel of Suspense (June, $25) by Judith Guest. The author of Ordinary People portrays another family's fragility in tragedy's aftermath.
Monday Mourning (June, $25) by Kathy Reichs explores the Stockholm syndrome, in which hostages bond with their captors.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
Nighttime Is My Time (Apr., $25.95) by Mary Higgins Clark. As young women vanish across the nation, a potential victim takes on a ruthless foe. 1 million first printing. Ad/promo. LG, DBC, BOMC, MBC selections. 8-city author tour.
Cold Case Squad (June, $22) by Edna Buchanan launches a new series about a Miami homicide unit specializing in unsolved enigmas. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 8-city author tour.
Garden of Beasts: A Novel of Berlin 1939 (July, $24.95) by Jeffery Deaver. A conscience-ridden New York City mobster turned U.S. government hit man on an assignment in Berlin seeks his moral compass amid rampant treachery. 300,000 first printing. Ad/promo. 14-city author tour.
Hark: A Novel of the 87th Precinct (Aug., $25) by Ed McBain. The notorious criminal, the Deaf Man, aims to commit the perfect crime. 100,000 first printing. Ad/promo. Author publicity.
SOHO CRIME
The Dragon Man (Aug., $23) by Garry Disher is the first in a series about a detective inspector in Australia.
SUNSTONE
The Phoenix Society: A Biotech Thriller (May, $26.95) by Jim Hammond. A gifted research scientist working on a cure for Alzheimer's finds himself in the hands of a group planning to harvest his organs.
TYNDALE HOUSE
Glorious Appearing (Mar., $24.99) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins. The 12th and concluding book of the Left Behind series depicts the triumphant return of Jesus Christ to Earth. Ad/promo.
Underground Zealot (July, $TBA) by Jerry B. Jenkins is the second of three novels in this series. Ad/promo.
WALKER
The Alias Man (June, $24) by Bill Pronzini. Three of the women he betrayed pursue the Alias Man for justice.
WARNER
The Promise of a Lie (Mar., $23.95) by Howard Roughan. A Manhattan psychologist is framed for murder. Ad/promo.
'Til Death Do Us Part (May, $24) by Kate White. Bailey Weggins, magazine writer—turned—sleuth, tracks down a killer murdering members of a bridal party. Ad/promo.
Secret Smile (June, $24) by Nicci French. Miranda's concern grows when her sister is smitten by her ex-beau with the handsome smile. Ad/promo.
Behind Closed Doors (Aug., $25.95) by Susan R. Sloans portrays a marriage begun with the best intentions, but cursed by a legacy of domestic violence. Ad/promo.Author publicity.
Brimstone (Aug., $25.95) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. When art critic Jeremy Grove is found murdered, unsettling clues suggest that the Devil is the culprit. Ad/promo.Author tour.
