September Publications

Otto Penzler presents another Edgar-winner reissue, Brian Garfield's spy thriller Hopscotch, which garnered the Best Novel award in 1976. Garfield has served as director of the Mystery Writers of America. (Forge, $14.95 paper 272p ISBN 0-765-30921-1)

Severn House rolls out three novels from British crime pros: Graham Ison's Whiplash, in which Det. Chief Insp. Brock and Det. Sgt. Poole look into the murder of a woman whose body has been found near the scene of a traffic accident and is covered with whip wounds ($27.95 224p ISBN 0-7278-6073-9); Tessa Barclay's A Handful of Dust, in which concert arranger Gregory Crowne (aka Prince von Hirtenstein), while on business in Avignon, must join forces with the French police to search for a missing investigative reporter ($28.95 256p ISBN 0-7278-5919-6); and Stella Whitelaw's Veil of Death, in which haughty Fiona Kimberley, stabbed to death shortly after her wedding, had all too many enemies in the quaint Cornish town of Porthcudden. ($27.95 224p ISBN 0-7278-6107-7).

Shamus-winner Loren D. Estleman delivers encouragement and sound advice in Writing the Popular Novel: A Comprehensive Guide to Crafting Fiction That Sells. (Writer's Digest, $15.99 paper 240p ISBN 1-58297-288-5)