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By Kevin O'Brien
In one split second, a young couple's lives are changed forever by the kidnapping of their Only Son. A deeply emotional, gripping novel that spans 12 years in the lives of three people, this is a story of a mom's search for her son, a man's painful trip into the past, and a boy's journey toward growth and reconciliation.
Kensington $21.95 1575660911
August
By Joyce Carol Oates
Moving away from the sometimes dark and harrowing tone of her more recent novels, Joyce Carol Oates's storytelling takes a profound and luminous turn in We Were the Mulvaneys, a tale that spans 25 years in the life of one American family -- its rise, fall, and ultimate redemption.
Dutton $24.95 0525942238
By Jan Karon
The town of Mitford has the usual assortment of people and buildings, but in These High Green Hills, they all undergo extraordinary experiences through the power of God's Word and prayer. Readers will laugh aloud at the antics of some townsfolk.
Viking $19.95 0670869341
By Shirley Kennett
In Gray Matter, author Shirley Kennett profiles a heroine as dedicated and tough-minded as Patricia Cornwell's kay Scarpetta, and a killer as horrible as Hannibal Lector. A cunning monster serves up horror as he dines on the unspeakable, and treats St. Louis police psychologist P.J. Gray to a nightmarish feast of victims who made his unfortunate "guest" list. It takes all Gray's instincts to beat the killer at his own game.
Kensington $21.95 1575660792
By Robert K. Tanenbaum
A battered girl and a string of mysterious deaths of men in police custody lead Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi to battle the very D.A.'s office they used to work in. Their past service is of no use to those whose determined manipulations and ruthless behavior abuse the public trust for their own dark purposes in Falsely Accused.
Dutton $23.95 0525941681
July
By Katya Reimann
Katya Reimann makes her remarkable fantasy debut in Wind From a Foreign Sky, a gripping tale of magic and adventure. Three hundred years ago, Prince Clarin freed his nation from an evil empire, but now his nemesis has conceived a vicious plot to restore the nation to iron-fisted rule.
TOR Books $23.95 0312860072
By Jessica Auerbach
In Catch Your Breath, Jessica Auerbach plumbs the terror that grips a devoted mother falsely accused of abusing her child. As the accusations mount, Rosie Sloan must struggle to find the truthand protect her son from increasing danger.
G.P. Putnam's Sons $23.95 0399141669
By Brian Dyson
Just in time for the Summer games, Pepper in the Blood runs at an Olympic speed through the trials and trauma of modern-day international competition. Suspense, courage, and the pursuit of a dream contribute to an energizing look at a runner's world in this heart-pounding novel of ambition.
R. Bemis Publishing $12.95 0965295834
By Lori Wick
In their mutual love for her father, Rebecca and Travis marry to fulfill the last wish of a dying man in Whispers of Moonlight. But when rumors spread that Travis married only to gain her dad's ranch, Rebecca runs away to begin a new life. Can Travis show Rebecca his love for her is the real thing?
Harvest House $9.99 1565074831
By Stephen W. Frey
Alerted to irregularities in the buying patterns of a risky new investment fund, Wall Street investment banker Mace McLain uses all his cunning to uncover a huge conspiracy--a plot with roots in Washington politics and international terrorism . . . The Vulture Fund.
Dutton $23.95 0525939865
By Dorothy Allison
Two or Three Things I Know For Sure is National Book Award finalist Dorothy Allison's vivid narrative work on beauty and terror, and the intricate web of family love and hatred. Adapted from a performance piece that has sparked a nationwide response, this book is steeped in the hard-won wisdom of experience.
Plume $8.95 0452273404
By Fern Michaels
At the top of her reader's wish list: another knockout trilogy from the best-selling author of the Texas Trilogy. Beginning in 1922, Vegas Rich introduces the Thornton family who carve out a dynasty in a desert town of dust and dreams.
Kensington $25 1575660571
June
By Edward I. Koch
A cold-blooded murder during the death scene of the hottest musical running in New York puts Mayor-sleuth Ed Koch back to work in Murder on Broadway. The mystery takes him to Gracie Mansion, from backstage backstabbing to Times Square intrigue. As the amateur sleuth soon discovers, when it comes suspects, it's standing room only.
Kensington $19.95 0814479006
By Richard Parrish
A tour de force of domestic drama and legal suspense, Abandoned Heart takes readers on a wild ride through a justice system twisted by privilege and influence that leaves a defenseless woman with only one way out: revenge. The victim turns to retribution to stop a criminal from a powerful family from using loopholes that set him free time and time again.
Dutton $23.95 0525941614
By Lori Wick
In their mutual love for her father, Rebecca and Travis marry to fulfill the last wish of a dying man in Whispers of Moonlight. But when rumors spread that Travis married only to gain her father's ranch, Rebecca runs away to begin a new life. Can Travis show Rebecca his love for her is the real thing?
Harvest House $9.99 1565074831
By Carolyn Haines
A mail-order bride arrives in a small Mississippi town, forcing secrets and hidden desires to burst to the surface in Touched. Life in Jexville will never be the same as JoHanna unravels the tightly woven threads of the community. The future holds dark surprises, including murder, and a stunningly executed revenge.
Dutton $23.95 0525941606
By David Nevin
1812. It was an age that would decide whether America would grow into a global power or be broken. In the lives of historical and fictional figures alike, David Nevin enables us to relive the erea that shaped American destiny. The superb blend of history and fiction makes the best kind of summer listening. Read by Dick Hill.
Brilliance $27.95 1561007161
By Jane Yolen
In the first of a bold new trilogy, Jane Yolen reimagines the origins of the greatest wizard of all time, creating a Merlin at once more human and more magical than any we've known before in Passager. The youth spends a year alone in the woods before being caught and trained by a falconer who teaches him all he had lost.
Harcourt Brace $15 0152003916
By Mary Ann Minatra
Set in the dark days of World War II Europe, Before Night Falls begins with the birth of the Third Reich in Germany. American photojournalist Emilie Morgan goes to Berlin to cover the Olympic Games. But what she sees forces her to stay after she meets the mysterious German businessman Max Farber.
Harvest House $10.99 1565074327
By Gary E. Parker
The sequel to Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, this fast-paced mystery is a story of twisted evil and God's reconciliation in a broken world. A woman was murdered on the first Sunday in Advent, and Burke Anderson is forced to become involved . . . Death Stalks a Holiday.
Thomas Nelson $10.99 0785277846
By Lisa Samson
Born on the day the foundation stone of Westminster Abbey was laid, Griffin Eadricson possesses a secure future as the king's royal stonemason. But in his heart he yearns to become a warrior. Lilla, a woman who nurses his battle wounds, is drawn to him, but can she give her Conquered Heart to an outlaw and a rebel?
Harvest House $9.99 1565074483
By Marcia Muller
P.J. Sharon McCone's brother-in-law is the hottest country singer in the business, but someone is threatening him. It's a tough case for McCone because her own family is at risk-even tougher when she discovers that the stalker is very close at hand in The Broken Promise Land. Read by Jean Reed-Bahle.
Brilliance $23.95 1561007188
By Janette Oke & T. Davis Bunn
The story of two girls growing up in a Southern town before World War I, Return to Harmony showcases the combined talents of Janette Oke and T. Davis Bunn. In this inspirational story Oke connects with her readers in details of the characters' lives while Davis adds humor.
Bethany House $8.99 1556618786
By Virginia Gaffney
Raised on an affluent Virginia plantation, Carrie Cromwell finds her world turned upside down when Fort Sumter falls and the Civil War begins in Under the Southern Moon. Caught between loyalty to her family, the man she loves and compassion for her friend, a slave named Rose, Carrie searches her heart on the slavery issue.
Harvest House $9.99 1-56507-507-2
May
By Bill Frash
One man can turn the balance of power in the Pacific and greatly influence a world careening toward war. Impending Peril takes place in 1904 during the Russo-Japanese war. China is unstable and President Roosevelt sends a lone operative, Marine Captain Matt Hunter into the field. His secrecy is compromised, and the future is uncertain.
Northwest Publishing $8.95 1569017697
By Brian Moore
An aging former military officer who murdered Jews in the war is running out of time. As the world shrinks, French government officials and the Catholic Church no longer can or want to hide him. The Statement is about retribution and ultimate justice--a riveting, morally complex suspense novel about a Nazi collaborator who knows no guilt.
Dutton $22.95 0525941282
By Lee Gruenfeld
Two sisters, one of them a prominent attourney, are brutally attacked, and then traumatized by the legal system when justice fails them. The Halls of Justice is a legal thriller in which the victims concoct a remarkable scheme to exact revenge and set off a chain of events that leave no one unscathed.
Dutton $24.95 0525941304
April
By Bill Frash
One man can turn the balance of power in the Pacific and greatly influence a world careening toward war. Impending Peril takes place in 1904 during the Russo-Japanese war. China is unstable and President Roosevelt sends a lone operative, Marine Captain Matt Hunter into the field. His secrecy is compromised, and the future is uncertain.
Northwest Publishing $8.95 1569017697
By Sharyn McCrumb
Four brothers come together to build a casket for their dying father and make a decision on selling the family farm. An aggressive developer wants to spoil the mountain in The Rosewood Casket, and a longtime secret involving a baby's bones threatens the family's stability even more.
Dutton $23.95 0525940111
By Janelle Taylor
As the Civil War rages, a man and a woman--enemies and lovers who can neither trust nor resist each other--seek to fulfill their destiny in the shadow of passion, treachery, and betrayal. Defiant Heart follows Vixen, a Union spy, as she uses her feminine wiles to charm her way through blockades and danger.
Kensington $21.95 1575660296
By Jane Heller
Bizarre things start happening to real estate agent Barbara Chessner when she cries out to heaven for help, not realizing someone diabolical may be listening. Infernal Affairs twists and turns with humor as a sexy, new Barbara tries to find out what the devil is going on, but when she finally discovers it, all hell is going to break loose.
Kensington $21.95 1575660210
By Stephen White
A psychiatrist travels deep into a friend's provocative past to solve the mystery of his violent death. Harm's Way is a fast-paced thriller that enlightens with harrowing truths about the human heart--about the struggle for survival and the quest for forgiveness. When the smoke clears, the truth is a surprise.
Viking $22.95 0-670-85861-7
By Jonathan Nasaw
The vampire myth evolves into a modern-day circle of sex, blood, passion, and horror in The World on Blood. The intense high, increased physical powers, and sensory perceptions are no longer enough to keep one of the group's addicts in line. As he attempts to break away, a trap is set to ensnare him and bring him back into the fold.
Dutton $22.95 0525940669
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