 | One Amazing Thing
Release Date: December 21, 2010"Ingeniously conceived and intelligently written, this novel is a fable for our time." --Ha Jin, author of A Free Life and the National Book Award-winning Waiting "[A] jewel of a story." --Abraham Verghese, author of Cutting for Stone "Hauntingly beautiful." --Houston Chronicle One catastrophic event. Nine strangers. One amazing story. The scene: Late afternoon in a passport and visa office in an unnamed American city. Most customers and even most office workers have come and gone, but a punky teenager, an upper-class Caucasian couple, a young Muslim-American m...
 |  | Missing: The Secrets of Crittenden County, Book One
Release Date: March 20, 2012| Series: Secrets of Crittenden County (Book 1)Can two young people survive the suspicions of their friends and neighbors when tragedy strikes a close-knit Amish community? Perry Borntrager had been missing for months from the quiet Amish community of Crittenden, Kentucky, when his body is discovered at the bottom of an abandoned well. The first death from mysterious circumstances in more than two decades brings the scrutiny of the outside world: A police detective arrives to help the local sheriff with the investigation. His questioning begins with Lydia Plan...
|  | The Beach House
Publication Date: April 17, 2012Known for her moving characters and emotional honesty, Mary Alice Monroe brings readers a beautifully rendered story that explores the fragile yet enduring bond between mothers and daughters.Caretta Rutledge thought she'd left her Southern roots and troubled family far behind. But an unusual request from her mother—coming just as her own life is spinning out of control—has Cara heading back to the scenic Lowcountry of her childhood summers. Before long, the rhythms of the island open her heart in wonderful ways as she repairs the family beach hou...
|  | Feed (Newsflesh, Book 1)
Publication Date: May 1, 2010The year was 2014. We had cured cancer. We had beat the common cold. But in doing so we created something new, something terrible that no one could stop. The infection spread, virus blocks taking over bodies and minds with one, unstoppable command: FEED.NOW, twenty years after the Rising, Georgia and Shaun Mason are on the trail of the biggest story of their lives-the dark conspiracy behind the infected. The truth will out, even if it kills them. ...
|  | What Doesn't Kill You
Release Date: September 18, 2012What Doesn't Kill YouIris Johansen In this breathtaking thriller, number-one bestselling author Iris Johansen showcases one of her most fascinating characters—pitted against one of the most ruthless killers… Abandoned on the streets of Hong Kong, Catherine Ling was schooled in the art of survival by the mysterious Hu Chang, a master assassin and poisoner. Now recruited by the CIA, Catherine finds herself caught between worlds when her mentor develops a formula that is extremely fatal, virtually untraceable—and highly coveted. On the...
|  | The Dream of the Celt: A Novel
Release Date: June 5, 2012A subtle and enlightening novel about a neglected human rights pioneer by the Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas LlosaIn 1916, the Irish nationalist Roger Casement was hanged by the British government for treason. Casement had dedicated his extraordinary life to improving the plight of oppressed peoples around the world—especially the native populations in the Belgian Congo and the Amazon—but when he dared to draw a parallel between the injustices he witnessed in African and American colonies and those committed by the British in Northern Ireland, he became inv...
|  | The Old Gray Wolf (Charlie Moon Mysteries)
Release Date: October 30, 2012| Series: Charlie Moon Mysteries (Book 17) Colorado rancher and investigator Charlie Moon accidentally kills a purse snatcher with ties to the mob in Doss's latest gem Former police officer, sometime tribal investigator, and current rancher Charlie Moon and Chief of Police Scott Parris didn’t mean for things to get out of hand, but the purse-snatching LeRoy Hooten left them with little choice when he made a run for it. When Hooten dies due to his injuries, as bad as they feel about it, there is little that they can do. However, the dead man’...
|  | Star Trek: Titan: Fallen Gods
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|  | Someone Knows My Name: A Novel
Publication Date: November 17, 2008"Wonderfully written...as in the slavenarratives that inspired it, language ispower."—Nancy Kline, New York Times BookReviewKidnapped as a child from Africa, Aminata Diallois enslaved in South Carolina but escapes during the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattanshe becomes a scribe for the British, recordingthe names of blacks who have served the King and earned freedom in Nova Scotia. But the hardshipand prejudice there prompt her to follow herheart back to Africa, then on to London, whereshe bears witness to the injustices of slaveryand its ...
|  | Nauti Temptress (Nauti Girls)
Release Date: November 6, 2012| Series: Nauti Girls (Book 1) They were resourceful, beautiful, and intuitive—three female FBI recruits enlisted to expose a treacherous anti-government conspiracy in a sting gone bad. They may have escaped the perils of the mission, but darkness still follows them…Abigail Foxe was the communications expert. The nightmare of her captivity still fills her with fear and shame. But now in tranquil Somerset, on the calm waters of Cumberland Lake, she has hope for the future. It begins with the exquisite touch of a stranger on the beach…. He&rs...
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