Called 'a brilliant piece of psychological deconstruction' (London's 'Daily Mail'), the first American publication of this novel by the 'New York Times' bestselling author of 'Fox Evil' features a new design and trim size for comforta...
Drowning Ruth (Oprah's Book Club)
Christina Schwarz[A]n absorbing tale in which, remarkably, the suspense comes from the unfolding of its characters--people as complex and surprising as anyone you might actually know. Schwarz keeps her reader guessing without resorting to cheap tricks.
Freya expects her boyfriend to propose, but instead, over a candlelight dinner, he dumps her. Then she turns to her friend Jack for comfort, and the unexpected happens. Set amid a group of people in New York and London, JUST FRIENDS i...
Frightened and ashamed, budding teenager Annette Goode, a shy, awkward, overweight young girl, hides the devastating secret that her mother's boarder has been sexually abusing her, until her life is changed forever by the beautiful an...
Catherine Hubbard inherits her grandmother's house in Vermont, and--newly divorced and at loose ends--she decides to leave her San Francisco home and move into it. In the house, she discovers old diaries that show her that her beloved...
After more than 20 years, three college friends are reunited at the Grand Teton ranch in Wyoming. Although Mary Stuart, Tanya, and Zoe have very different lives, each has come to the Grand Tetons to escape a troubled life. Will their ...
Amanda Eyre Ward's debut novel is an intimate portrait of three women whose lives collide during a brutal Texas summer. In Gatestown, Texas, twenty-nine-year-old Karen Lowens awaits her execution with a host of convicted serial killer...
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BYEntertainment Weekly • The Boston Globe • Kansas City Star "A legal thriller that's comparable to classics such as Scott Turow's Presumed Innocent . . . Tragic and shocking, Defendin...
In a riveting new thriller from America's Queen of Suspense, a young woman is ensnared into returning to a place she had wanted to leave behind forever -- her childhood home. There, at the age of ten, Liza Barton had shot her mother, ...
From the acclaimed author of Still Missing comes a psychological thriller about one woman's search into her past and the deadly truth she uncovers. All her life, Sara Gallagher has wondered about her birth parents. As an adopted chi...
Liz Dunn lives an Eleanor Rigby-ish life until a series of strange events jolts her out of her stagnant existence. A meteorite drops to earth almost at her feet. The baby she gave up for adoption 20 years ago--now a desperately sick m...
Lieutenant Jonathan Stride knows his partner Maggie Bei is in trouble when she reports a deadly crime on a bitter winter night. She's obviously hiding a terrible secret. And her silence only feeds suspicion. But Maggie isn't the only ...
On her thirtieth birthday, Annalise Blakely gets a strange package. Inside, along with one of her company's hand-crafted dolls, is a note: I don't need this anymore. I have my own. Annalise puts the package aside-she has enough on her...
Red Leaves (Otto Penzler Book)
Thomas H. CookWhen his teenage son, Keith, is accused in the disappearance of an eight-year-old girl, Eric Moore struggles to shelter Keith from the subsequent police investigation and local suspicion while seeking legal counsel and wondering in th...
The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana
Umberto EcoAfter his heart attack, Milanese bookseller Yambo Battista's memory for the events of his life utterly deserts him: even his name is gone. All that's left is the culture, pop and otherwise, he has absorbed over his 60+ years--includin...
A historical novel set during the Gilded Age in turn-of-the-century San Francisco chronicles Lizzie Hayes's rebellious odyssey away from the pretensions of the city's social elite and her journey toward liberation and passion, with th...
From the bestsellng author of "The Fourth Perimeter"--the riveting story of a quiet lawyer who takes matters into his own hands after his daughter is attacked by a sexual predator.
est Crosse is a stunningly brilliant, strikingly handsome architect with a love of ideal beauty and a commitment to achieving it at any cost. But the rich, powerful families who engage him to design their homes don't know his dark sid...
Trade paperback re-issue of Gwen Hunter's award winning international bestseller. BETRAYAL is set in an exotic, violent world where storms crash in from the Gulf, where crushing vines of wisteria are drenched with pungent lavender, wh...
The best of the street chronicles today, Ghetto Girls Too is a wonderfully hypnotic adventure that delves into the convoluted minds of criminals and the dark world of police corruption. Yet, there is something thrilling and surprising...
In two previous New York Times bestselling novels, Jefferson Bass enthralled readers with ripped-from-the-headlines forensic cases, memorable characters, and plots that 'rival Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell' (Seattle Post-Intelli...
Carla had it allandmdash;big job, big house, a successful husband. But she longed for a child to complete her marriage and family. Her born-again husband refused to submit to medical scrutiny. His excuse: andquot;If God wanted to give...
A tale of brilliantly sustained terror from america's 'queen of suspense' Set in Newport, Rhode Island, Moonlight Becomes You has as its center Maggie Holloway, an independent young woman who has put personal tragedy behind her and b...
Due to a last-minute change in plans, a group of unlikely traveling companions finds themselves on a camping trip in the Adirondacks. They include the soon-to-be-divorced Valerie; her oddball friends, Melissa and James; her moody teen...
I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side o...
Glen DuncanGlen Duncan has been hailed by the Times Literary Supplement (London) as one of Britain's twenty best young novelists, alongside such writers as Hari Kunzru and Zadie Smith. His new novel, I, Lucifer -- shortlisted for the Geoffrey Fa...
Joseph O'Loughlin seems to have the perfect life. He has a beautiful wife, a clever young daughter and a successful career--but even the most flawless existence is only a loose thread away from unravelling. In Joseph's case, it takes ...
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In the tradition of The Girl on the Train, The Woman in Cabin 10, and Gone Girl comes an enthralling psychological thriller that spins one woman's seemingly good fortune, and another woman's mysterious fa...
Thirty-five years after a trip down the Mississippi on a raft with their classmates, four women are reunited to cruise the river once again, this time on a luxury steamboat, down to New Orleans, where they plan to release the ashes of...
Raised by her uncle, a Catholic priest, until he is falsely accused of molesting her and dismissed from his church, and she is sent awy to boarding school, Lizzy Mitchell is now thirty years old and struggling to deal with a failing m...