Lifeless by Mark Billingham
William Morrow / HarperCollins, August
ISBN 0-06-084166-4
Hardcover

Detective Inspector Tom Thorne has returned to work in Lifeless, Mark Billingham’s suspense-filled mystery, but Thorne has been placed on so-called “gardening leave” in the department. Because of his supervisors’ concerns about Thorne’s emotionally charged and cognitively distracted state following his most recent cases (and following his father’s tragic death two months ago in a house fire), the department has relegated Thorne to a safe but tedious desk job.

However, as we join the action of Billingham’s character-driven thriller, Thorne has just undertaken his most unusual assignment.

A Garden of Vipers by Jack Kerley

Dutton, June 2006

ISBN 0-525-94952-6

Hardcover

When we join the taut, cinematic action and vividly portrayed characters of Jack Kerley’s powerful new novel, veteran police detective Carson Ryder of Mobile, Alabama, is about to embark on his most challenging case.

A Garden of Vipers by Jack Kerley

Dutton, June 2006

ISBN 0-525-94952-6

Hardcover

When we join the taut, cinematic action and vividly portrayed characters of Jack Kerley’s powerful new novel, veteran police detective Carson Ryder of Mobile, Alabama, is about to embark on his most challenging case.