ACE
Dead and Gone: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (May, $25.95) by Charlaine Harris is the ninth book in the series that's the basis for HBO's True Blood.
ATLANTIC MONTHLY PRESS
About Face: A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (Apr., $24) by Donna Leon. Corruption, Italy's garbage crisis and a young woman with a secret take shape in this Venice-set tale.
ATRIA BOOKS
The Apostle (Apr., $26.95) by Brad Thor. The Navy SEAL turned covert Homeland Security operative Scott Harvath is again called into action.
The Lovers (June, $26.95) by John Connolly. Former detective Charlie Parker must examine his past when two people try to kill him.
BANTAM
The Language of Bees (Apr., $25) by Laurie R. King. When their son disappears, sleuths Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes must determine if he's victim or villain. 55,000 first printing.
The Neighbor (June, $25) by Lisa Gardner revolves around a missing wife and a husband with several deadly secrets. 275,000 first printing.
BERKLEY PRIME CRIME
Oolong Dead: A Tea Shop Mystery (Mar., $24.95) by Laura Childs includes tea-making tips, recipes and historical facts.
Dropped Dead Stitch: A Knitting Mystery (June, $24.95) by Maggie Sefton. The seventh installment features Kelly Flynn and her eclectic knitting circle.
CENTER STREET
BoneMan's Daughters (Apr., $24.99) by Ted Dekker. A Texas serial killer chooses young girls as his victims.
COUNTERPOINT
(dist. by PGW)
Nowhere Land: A Stephen Raszer Investigation (June, $25) by A.W. Hill. The scholar and PI searches ancient underworlds for a missing girl.
DELACORTE
Genesis (July, $25) by Karin Slaughter. A tormented ER patient ensnares others in her dark and complex secrets. 140,000 first printing.
DOUBLEDAY
Rules of Vengeance (July, $26) by Christopher Reich features Doctors Without Borders physician Dr. Jonathan Ransom and his undercover agent wife. 150,000 first printing.
Dexter by Design (Aug., $24.95) by Jeff Lindsay. The eponymous serial killer matches wits with a bizarre murderer. 150,000 first printing.
DUTTON
Long Lost (Apr., $26.95) by Harlan Coben sends Myron Bolitar across the globe to answer unfathomable questions.
ECW
(dist. by IPG)
In Tongues of the Dead (Apr., $24.95) by Brad Kelln. Vatican agents investigate a six-year-old autistic boy who can read from an ancient manuscript.
Cecilian Vespers (Apr., $24.95) by Anne Emery. The fourth installment finds Monty Collins and Father Brennan investigating a theologian's brutal murder.
FORGE
One Second After (Mar., $24.95) by William R. Forstchen. America's electric and electronic equipment comes to a sudden stop.
Cold Choices (May, $26.95) by Larry Bond. A U.S. submarine collides with a Russian vessel, trapping its crew.
Frozen Fire (May, $24.95) by Bill Evans. An ecoterrorist floods the ocean and atmosphere with toxic methane.
GRAND CENTRAL
Cemetery Dance (May, $26.99) by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. A murder investigation leads to a cult of Zombii sorcery from which no outsiders survive. 350,000 first printing.
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Deception (June, $27.99) by Eric Van Lustbader continues the saga of Jason Bourne as he flees the mysterious Arkadin. 400,000 first printing.
I Can See You (Aug., $18.99) by Karen Rose. A string of suspicious suicides forces Evie Wilson into a strange world of Web sites and alternative identities. 125,000 first printing.
HARPER
Shadows Still Remain (May, $25.99) by Peter de Jonge. An attractive NYU student mysteriously disappears from a Lower East Side bar. 200,000 first printing.
The Winner Stands Alone (May, $25.99) by Paulo Coelho. The Cannes Film Festival serves as a backdrop to the killing spree of a jealous Russian businessman. 150,000 first printing.
Fugitive (June, $26.99) by Phillip Margolin. Defense attorney Amanda Jaffe returns. 150,000 first printing.
HEADLINE
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
King of Thieves: A Knights Templar Mystery (May, $24.95) by Michael Jecks. Sir Baldwin de Furnshill and Simon Puttock journey to the palace of the French king.
HODDER & STOUGHTON
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
After the Fire (May, $24.95) by Karen Campbell. An officer called to a domestic disturbance kills a teenage girl who appears to have been unarmed.
KENSINGTON
Cream Puff Murder (Mar., $24) by Joanne Fluke. Investigating a murder, Hannah Swenson finds numerous suspects who despised the victim.
KNOLL
Bomber Bombs: A Bomber Hanson Mystery (Aug., $TBA) by David Champion. When a popular college football team is accused of rape, Bomber and his son look into the case.
KNOPF
Skeleton Justice (June, $24.95) by Michael Baden, M.D., and Linda Kenney Baden. Pathologist Jake Rosen and attorney/shopaholic Manny Manfreda return to solve a string of attacks plaguing New York. 60,000 first printing.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Aug., $25.95) by Stieg Larsson. Reporters responsible for implicating prominent Swedes in sex trafficking are murdered. 250,000 first printing.
LITTLE, BROWN
Maximum Ride #5 (Mar., $19.99) by James Patterson takes Maximum Ride and the flock into dangerous territory.
The 8th Confession (Apr., $27.99) by James Patterson. The assassination of a golden couple and the violent murder of a homeless preacher collide.
The Scarecrow (May, $27.99) by Michael Connelly. A newsman's articles about a murder suspect's possible innocence may make him the killer's next victim.
Swimsuit (June, $27.99) by James Patterson and Maxine Paetro. A supermodel disappears during a photo shoot in Hawaii.
MORROW
Don't Look Twice (Mar., $25.99) by Andrew Gross. Greenwich, Conn., detective Ty Hauck witnesses a man gunned down at a local convenience store. 200,000 first printing.
Road Dogs (May, $26.95) by Elmore Leonard. Cundo Rey and Jack Foley return. 200,000 first printing.
The Strain (June, $25.95) by Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan begins the three-part story of a vampire invasion. 200,000 first printing.
The Doomsday Key (July, $27.95) by James Rollins. Commander Pierce must solve a centuries-old secret coded in prophecies of doom. 350,000 first printing.
NAL/OBSIDIAN
Murder, She Wrote: Madison Avenue Shootout (Apr., $22.95) by Jessica Fletcher and Donald Bain. Jessica participates in the filming of a TV commercial while visiting her nephew in New York.
THOMAS NELSON
Face of Betrayal (Apr., $24.99) by Lis Wiehl with April Henry. Three women seeking justice investigate the disappearance of a Senate page.
W.W. NORTON
The Increment (May, $26.95) by David Ignatius. A CIA officer discovers that an American ally is undermining the country's war plans in Iran.
PANTHEON
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built (Apr., $23.95) by Alexander McCall Smith. The latest in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series tells of a detective investigating events in her own life. 300,000 first printing. 12-city author tour.
PERMANENT PRESS
Hard Stop (May, $28) by Chris Knopf. The fourth Sam Acquillo mystery finds a corporate dropout hired by his former boss to find the boss's young lover.
POISONED PEN PRESS
Jump (June, $24.95) by Tim Maleeny follows an ex-cop investigating the death of San Francisco's most hated landlord.
Floodgates (July, $24.95) by Mary Anna Evans. The fifth novel featuring New Orleans archeologist Faye Longchamp.
The Fitzgerald Ruse (Aug., $24.95) by Mark de Castrique. Sam Blackman returns to investigate the alleged theft of an F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscript.
PUTNAM
Borderline (Apr., $25.95) by Nevada Barr delivers another Anna Pigeon novel set in the vistas of the southwest.
Loitering with Intent (Apr., $25.95) by Stuart Woods. Stone Barrington has been hired to locate a missing man who may not want to be found. 350,000 first printing.
PUTNAM/AMY EINHORN BOOKS
Bad Things Happen (July, $24.95) by Harry Dolan. A man bumps into an affair with his best friend's wife—plus three dead bodies.
RANDOM HOUSE
The Last Dickens (Mar., $25) by Matthew Pearl. A quest to discover the ending of an unfinished final work leads to treachery.
RIVERHEAD
The Long Fall (Mar., $25.95) by Walter Mosley. A slightly shady New York PI finds it isn't easy to turn over a new leaf. 120,000 first printing.
SEVERN HOUSE
(dist. by IPS)
New River Blues (May, $28.95) by Elizabeth Gunn. Tucson, Ariz., detective Sarah Burke is called in to investigate a horrific double murder in a wealthy neighborhood.
Brewed, Crude and Tattooed (June, $27.95) by Sandra Balzo. Trapped in a shopping mall during a snowstorm, coffee-house owner Maggy Thorsen comes across a dead body.
SIMON & SCHUSTER
Just Take My Heart (Apr., $TBA) by Mary Higgins Clark. Another #1 bestseller from the suspense queen. 1 million first printing.
Roadside Crosses (June, $26.95) by Jeffery Deaver. A troubled teenager takes revenge on cyberbullies. 350,000 first printing.
In the Valley of Ancient Rain Gods (July, $25.95) by James Lee Burke. Nine prostitutes are found dead in a South Texas desert. 275,000 first printing.
Untitled (Aug., $26.95) by Sandra Brown. The lawyer of an accused murderer realizes his client enjoys re-enacting movies. 650,000 first printing.
SIMON & SCHUSTER UK
(dist. by Trafalgar Square/IPG)
Crowner Royal (June, $24.95) by Bernard Knight. Sir John de Wolfe finds himself embroiled in a case of theft, espionage and murder.
SOHO CONSTABLE
(dist. by Consortium)
Smoke & Whispers (Apr., $25) by Mick Herron. Investigating a PI's death, Sarah Tucker finds that the truth may be more dangerous than she realized.
The Little Victim (June, $25) by R.T. Raichev. Antonia Darcy and Maj. Hugh Payne must forgo their vacation to investigate an alleged murder.
SOHO CRIME
(dist. by Consortium)
Murder in the Latin Quarter (Mar., $24) by Cara Black. The ninth Aimée Leduc novel finds her involved in murky Haitian politics and murders on the Left Bank of Paris. 35,000 first printing.
SOHO PRESS
(dist. by Consortium)
The Brothers Boswell (May, $24) by Philip Baruth. James Boswell and Samuel Johnson are stalked by Boswell's murderous younger brother. 40,000 first printing.
ST. MARTIN'S/MINOTAUR
The Tourist (Mar., $24.95) by Olen Steinhauer. A burned-out CIA agent gets back in the game. 100,000 first printing.
The Last Child (May, $24.95) by John Hart. A young boy and a tormented cop search for the boy's missing sister in rural North Carolina. 175,000 first printing.
Sworn to Silence (June, $24.95) by Linda Castillo. A woman who may be able to stop a serial killer fears revealing a secret that links her to the murders. 150,000 first printing.
TOUCHSTONE
Wrongful Death (Apr., $25) by Robert Dugoni. The attorney of a woman whose husband died in Iraq sues the U.S. military. 100,000 first printing.
VANGUARD PRESS
The Shimmer (July, $25.95) by David Morrell. Bizarre phenomena draw hundreds of people to a remote Texas town. 100,000 first printing. $100,000 ad/promo. Author tour.
