STILL AHEAD IN 2005

In addition to the authors already lined up for signing events, we’re expecting new titles from many of your favorite authors in 2005. This is only a sampling of the titles to which we are looking forward. Given the whims of the publishing industry and the uncertain nature of the universe, all titles and dates are subject to change. Most will be first editions, but only some will be signed. Please check with us on availability, and be sure to specify if you want: 1) only signed copies; 2) only signed first editions; or 3) you just want to read a good book, and an unsigned copy and possibly a later printing is perfectly acceptable to you!


January 2005

Bonanno, Bill and Joe Pistone with David Fisher, THE GOOD GUYS
Brockmann, Suzanne, HOT TARGET
Brown, Sandra, DEMON RUM
Cornwell, Bernard, THE LAST KINGDOM
Fairstein, Linda, ENTOMBED
Fawler, Adam, IMPROBABLE
Fielding, Joy, PUPPET
Frost, Scott, RUN THE RISK
Gardner, Lisa, ALONE
Gladwell, Malcolm, BLINK
Graham, Mitchell, MURDER ON THE MAJESTIC
Grisham, John, THE BROKER
Gruber, Michael, VALLEY OF BONES
Hall, James W., FORESTS OF THE NIGHT
Hart, Lenore, ORDINARY SPRINGS
Kirino, Natsuo, OUT
Lescroart, John, THE MOTIVE
Lupica, Mike, TOO FAR
McBain, Ed, ALICE IN JEOPARDY
McKevett, G.A., MURDER A LA MODE (a Savannah Reid mystery)
McKinty, Adrian, HIDDEN RIVER
McMahon, Neil, REVOLUTION No. 9
Murphy, Shirley Rousseau, CAT CROSS THEIR GRAVES
Nichol, James W., MIDNIGHT CAB
Nicholson, William, THE SOCIETY OF OTHERS
Patterson, James, SPHINXES
Patterson, Richard North, CONVICTION
Rhoades, J.D., THE DEVIL’S RIGHT HAND
Rimington, Stella, AT RISK
Sansom, C.J., DARK FIRE
Smith, Peter Moore, LOS ANGELES
Sullivan, Eugene, THE MAJORITY RULES
Staincliffe, Cath, BLUE MURDER: Cry Me a River
Wilson, Robert, THE VANISHED HANDS


February 2005

Atherton, Nancy, AUNT DIMITY AND THE NEXT OF KIN
Beaton, M.C., THE DEADLY DANCE: An Agatha Raisin Mystery
Beaton, M.C., DEATH OF A BORE: A Hamish MacBeth Mystery
Bernhardt, William, DARK EYE
Block, Lawrence, ALL THE FLOWERS ARE DYING
Brown, Rita Mae, CAT’S EYE WITNESS: A Mrs. Murphy Mystery
Coleman, Reed Farrel, THE JAMES DEANS
Colley, Barbara, WIPED OUT
Crais, Robert, THE FORGOTTEN MAN
Dekker, Ted, OBSESSED
Depue, Roger L. with Susan Schindehette, BETWEEN GOOD AND EVIL
Dorsey, Tim, TORPEDO JUICE
Eversz, Robert, DIGGING JAMES DEAN
Fasman, Jon, GEOGRAPHER’S LIBRARY
Grimes, Martha, THE WINDS OF CHANGE: A Richard Jury Mystery
Gust, Bob, LIARS DICE
Haig, Brian, THE PRESIDENT’S ASSASSIN
Iles, Greg, BLOOD MEMORY
Joens, Michael, BLOOD REINS
Lansdale, Joe R., editor, RETRO PULP TALES
Mankell, Henning, BEFORE THE FROST: a Linda Wallander Mystery
Martinez, Michelle, MOST WANTED
Miyabe, Miyuki, SHADOW FAMILY
Montanari, Richard, THE ROSARY GIRLS
Parker, Barbara, SUSPICION OF RAGE
Patterson, James with Howard Roughan, HONEYMOON
Paver, Michelle, CHRONICLES OF ANCIENT DARKNESS, Book One: Wolf Brother (children)
Pawel, Rebecca, THE WATCHER IN THE PINE
Rabbb, Jonathan, ROSA
Rankin, Ian, FLESHMARKET ALLEY (U.S. first edition)
Rayner, Richard, THE DEVIL'S WIND
Robinson, Peter, STRANGE AFFAIR
Silva, Daniel, PRINCE OF FIRE
Starling, Boris, VODKA
Walsh, Marcie with Michael Malone, THE KILLING CLUB
Welsh, Louise, TAMBURLAINE MUST DIE
Wilkins, Kim, THE AUTUMN CASTLE
Winslow, Don, POWER OF THE DOG
Zigal, Thomas, THE WHITE LEAGUE


March 2005

Akunin, Boris, THE TURKISH GAMBIT
Andrews, Russell, MIDAS
Black, Cara, MURDER IN CLICHY
Block, Lawrence, ALL THE FLOWERS ARE DYING: A Matthew Scudder Novel
Bloom, Eliabeth, SEE ISABELLE RUN
Bruen, Ken, THE MAGDELEN MARTYRS
Clark, Carol Higgins, BURNED: A Regan Reilly Mystery
Connolly, John, NOCTURNES (U.S. edition, trade paperback)
Compton, Jodi, SYMPATHY BETWEEN HUMANS
Craig, Peter, BLOOD FATHER
Dunning, John, THE SIGN OF THE BOOK: A Cliff Janeway Novel
Eichenwald, Kurt, CONSPIRACY OF FOOLS
Ephron, G.H., GUILT
Eslick, Tom, MOUNTAIN PERIL
Friedman, Kinky, TEN LITTLE NEW YORKERS
George, Elizabeth, WITH NO ONE AS WITNESS: Inspector Lynley
Gischler, Victor, SUICIDE SQUEEZE
King, Jonathon , A KILLING NIGHT
Kozak, Harley Jane, DATING IS MURDER
Lansdale, Joe R., DEAD IN THE WEST
Martinez, Michele, MOST WANTED
Parker, Robert B., COLD SERVICE: A Spenser Novel
Pelecanos, George, DRAMA CITY
Perry, Anne, LONG SPOON LANE (a Thomas Pitt novel)
Rice, Christopher, LIGHT BEFORE DAY
Stella, Charlie, CHEAPSKATES
Swain, James, MR. LUCKY: A Novel of High Stakes
Walters, Minette, DISORDERED MINDS (U.S.)(large paperback)
Weiner, Ellis, THE BIG BOAT TO BYE-BYE
White, Randy Wayne, DEAD OF NIGHT
White, Stephen, MISSING PERSONS


April 2005

Barr, Nevada, HARD TRUTH (An Anna Pigeon Mystery)
Clark, Mary Higgins, NO PLACE LIKE HOME
Coben, Harlan, THE INNOCENT
Cullin, Mitch, A SLIGHT TRICK OF THE MIND
Ellis,David, IN THE COMPANY OF LIARS
Fitzhugh, Bill, HIGHWAY 61 RESURFACED
Gruber, Michael, THE WITCH’S BOY (young adult)
Hayder, Mo, THE DEVIL OF NANKING
Karasyov, Carrie and Jill Kargman, WOLVES IN CHIC CLOTHING
Khadra, Yasmina, DOUBLE BLANK
Patterson, James, MAXIMUM RIDE: The Angel Experiment (young adult)
Pearson, Ridley, CUT AND RUN
Penman, Sharon Kay, PRINCE OF DARKNESS
Smith, Mark Haskell, DELICIOUS
Strohmeyer, Sara, BUBBLES BETROTHED
Tracy, P.J., DEAD RUN
Westlake, Donald E., WATCH YOUR BACK: A Dortmunder Novel
Woods, Stuart, TWO-DOLLAR BILL (A Stone Barrington novel)


May 2005

Box, C.J., OUT OF RANGE
Durdett, John, BANGKOK TATTOO
Connelly, Michael, THE CLOSERS
Emerson, Earl, THE SMOKE ROOM
Kellerman, Jonathan, RAGE
Leonard, Elmore, THE HOT KID
Hamilton, Denise, SAVAGE GARDEN
Mosley, Walter, 47 (young adult)
Olson, Neil, THE ICON
Patterson, James, 4th OF JULY (a Women’s Murder Club mystery)
Sandford, John, BROKEN PREY


June 2005

Child, Lee, ONE SHOT
Connolly, John, THE BLACK ANGEL (a Charlie Parker mystery)
Deaver, Jeffery, THE TWELFTH CARD: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel
Evanovich, Janet, ELEVEN ON TOP (a Stephanie Plum novel)
Paretsky, Sara, FIRE SALE (a V.I. Warshawski novel)
Preston, Douglas & Lincoln Child, DANCE OF DEATH
Reichs, Kathy, CROSS BONES
Riordan, Rick, MISSION ROAD
Scottoline, Lisa, DEVIL’S CORNER
Spencer-Fleming, Julia, TO DARKNESS AND TO DEATH


July 2005

Airth Rennie, THE BLOOD-DIMMED TIDE
Aubert, Rosemary, READ MASS
Billingham, Mark, THE BURNING GIRL (U.S.)
Blake, Victoria, BLOODLESS SHADOW
Blanc, Nero, ANOTHER WORD FOR MURDER
Brockmann, Suzanne, BREAKING POINT
Burke, Alafair, CLOSE CASE
Burke, James Lee, CRUSADER’S CROSS
Champion, David, TO DIE FOR
Clark, Mary Jane, DANCING IN THE DARK
Colt, Jennifer, THE BUTCHER OF BEVERLY HILLS
Connors, Rose, FALSE TESTIMONY
Cussler, Clive, POLAR SHIFT
Daley, Robert, ENEMY OF GOD
Davidson, Mary Janice, UNDEAD AND UNAPPRECIATED
Davis, Carol Anne, COUPLES WHO KILL
Ellis, Warren, HEART OF AMERICA
Fforde, Jasper, THE BIG OVER EASY
Fossum, Karin, HE WHO FEARS THE WOLF
Horn, Stacy, THE RESTLESS SLEEP
Hornblum, Allen M., CONFESSIONS OF A SECOND STORY MAN
Huff, Tanya, SMOKE AND MIRRORS
Jaskunas, Paul, HIDDEN
King, Laurie R., LOCKED ROOMS
Larkin, Patrick, ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE MOSCOW VECTOR
Lindsay, Jeff, DEARLY DEVOTED DEXTER
Lippman, Laura, TO THE POWER OF THREE
Logan, Chuck, HOMEFRONT
Martini, Steve, DOUBLE TAP
Muller, Marcia, CAPE PERDIDO
O’Shaughnessy, Perri, CASE OF LIES
Palmer, Diana, BEFORE SUNRISE
Patterson, James and Andrew Gross, LIFEGUARD
Perry, Roland, THE LAST OF THE COLD WAR SPIES
Ross, Joel N. DOUBLE CROSS BLIND
Rowling, J.K. HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE
Santos-Febres, Mayra, ANY WEDNESDAY I’M YOURS
Shapiro, Dana, THE EVERY BOY
Smith, Frank, ANGELS FALLEN
Smith, Alexander McCall, 44 SCOTLAND STREET
Wait, Lea, SHADOWS ON THE IVY
Whitcomb, Christopher, WHITE
White, Kate, OVER HER DEAD BODY


August 2005

Avey, Bob, TWISTED PERCEPTION
Baden, Michael and Linda Kenney, REMAINS SILENT
Bates, Shelley, POCKETFUL OF PEARLS
Becka, Elizabeth, TRACE EVIDENCE
Blanchard, Alice, LIFE SENTENCES
Block, Frances Lia, NECKLACE OF KISSES
Bowen, Rhys, EVAN BLESSED
Brown, Rita Mae, THE HUNT BALL
Brown, Sandra, CHILL FACTOR
Brown, Sandra, TRACKING BLUE
Cannell, Stephen, COLD HIT
Ciment, Jill, THE TATTOO ARTIST
Cleverly, Barbara, THE PALACE TIGER
Cotterill, Colin, THIRTY-THREE TEETH
Crispin, A.C., STORMS OF DESTINY
Ellis, Easton Bret, LUNAR PARK
Gerritsen, Tess, VANISH
Grimwood, Jon Courtenay, EFFENDI
Higgins, Jack, WITHOUT MERCY
Howard, Rachel, THE LOST NIGHT
Hooper, Kay, CHILL OF FEAR
Jance, J.A., LONG TIME GONE
Keizer, Gregg, MIDNIGHT PLAGUE
Kellerman, Faye, STRAIGHT INTO DARKNESS
Krueger, William Kent, MERCY FALLS
Maron, Maraget, RITUALS OF THE SEASON
McCarthy, Cormac, NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN
Miller, John Ramsey, SIDE BY SIDE
Meyer, Deon, DEAD AT DAYBREAK
Pamuk, Orhan, SNOW
Parker, I.J., THE DRAGON SCROLL
Perry, Anne, SHOULDER TO THE SKY
Rand, Naomi, IT’S RAINING MEN
Reich, Christopher, THE PATRIOTS CLUB
Reuben, Shelly, TABULA RASA
Richardson, E. E., DEVIL’S FOOTSTEPS
Robb, J.D., ORIGIN IN DEATH
Sambrooke, Clare, HIDE AND SEEK
Sampson, Catherine, OUT OF MIND
Sanders, Carolyn Chambers, SINS & SECRETS
Saul, John, PERFECT NIGHTMARE
Smith, Gregory Blake, MADONNA OF LAS VEGAS
Stevenson, William, SPYMISTRESS
Dtewart, Mariah, DEAD END
Turtledove, Harry, SETTLING ACCOUNTS: DRIVE TO THE EAST
Van Wormer, Laura, MR. MURDER
Wait, Lea, SHADOWS AT THE SPRING SHOW
Walters, Guy, THE TRAITOR
White, Randy Wayne, SANIBEL FLATS (LIMITED ED)
Willeford, Charles, THE WAY WE DIE NOW
Zimler, Richard, GUARDIAN OF THE DAWN


September 2005

Abbot, Jeff, PANIC
Benjamin, Carol Lea, WITHOUT A WORD
Cannell, Stephen J., COLD HIT
Cannon, Taffy, PARADISE LOST
Carr, Josephine, MY VERY OWN MURDER
Coel, Margaret, EYE OF THE WOLF
Cooper, Natasha, GAGGED AND BOUND
Coulter, Catherine, POINT BLANK
Dreyer, Eileen, SINNERS AND SAINTS
Dunn, Carola, FALL OF A PHILANDERER
Fesperman, Dan, THE WARLORD’S SON
Gaiman, Neil, ANASI BOYS
Goldberg, Tod, SIMPLIFY
Grabenstein, Chris, TILT A WHIRL
Grimes, Martha, BELLE RUN
Kernick, Simon, THE BUSINESS OF DYING
Kling, Christine, BITTER END
Kronenwetter, Michael, FIRST KILL
Joss, Morag, HALF BROKEN THINGS
Joyner, Tom & Mary Flowers Boyce, I’M JUST A DJ BUT IT MAKES SENSE TO ME
Jurjevis, Juris, THE TRUDEAU VECTOR
Le Carre, John, THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD
Leigh, Danny, THE MONSTERS OF GRAMERCY PARK
Leonard, Elmore, FREAKY DEAKY
Levack, Simon, DEAMON OF THE AIR
Limon, Martin, THE DOOR TO BITTERNESS
Marshall, Michael, BLOOD OF ANGELS
McCarry, Charles, THE MIERNICK DOSSIER
Moody, Rick, THE DIVINERS
Montero, Mayra, THE CAPTAIN AND THE SLEEPERS
Mosley, Walter, CINNAMAN KISS
Olson, Karen E., SACRED COWS
Parker, Robert B., SCHOOL DAYS
Porter, Don, DEADLY DETAIL
Preston, Douglas, TYRANNOSAUR CANYON
Rehder, Ben, GUILT TRIP
Rendell, Ruth, THE ROTTWEILER
Rubinstein, Julian, BALLAD OF THE WHISKEY ROBBER
Rowe, Dean, FEVER
Schwegel, Theresa, OFFICER DOWN
Sholes, Lynn & Joe Moore, THE GRAIL CONSPIRACY
Sharp, Zoe, FIRST DROP
Shelton, Connie, BALLOONS CAN BE MURDER
Sidor, Steven, THE BONE FACTORY
Simon, Michael, BODY SCISSORS
Slaughter, Karen, FAITHLESS
Tanenbaum, Robert K., FURY
Tapply, William G, NERVOUS WATER
Twining, James, THE DOUBLE EAGLE
Wesley, Valerie Wilson, DYING IN THE DARK
Wolstencroft, David, CONTACT ZERO
Woods, Stuart, IRON ORCHID
Wright, Nina, WHISKEY ON THE ROCKS


October 2005

Atkins, Charles M.D., THE CADAVER’S BALL
Atkinson, Deborah Turrell, THE GREEN ROOM
Baldacci, David, THE CAMEL CLUB
Bartoy, Mitchell, THE DEVIL’S OWN RAG DOLL
Berendt, John, THE CITY OF FALLEN ANGELS
Brandon, Jay, RUNNING WITH THE DEAD
Brewer, Steve, BANK JOB
Bruen, Ken, BINGE: EARLY FICTION OF KEN BRUEN
Charles, Kate, EVIL INTENT
Clevenger, Craig, DERMAPHORIA
Connelly, Michael, THE LINCOLN LAWYER
Cornwell, Patricia, PREDATOR
Druett, Joan, SHARK ISLAND
Doss, James D., SHADOW MAN
Ellroy, James, BECAUSE THE NIGHT
Francome, John, DEAD WEIGHT
Girmenez, Mark, THE COLOR OF LAW
Grabien, Deborah, MATTY GROVES
Gray, John Maclachlan, A WHITE STONE DAY
Hill, Reginald, THE STRANGER HOUSE
Indridason, Arnaldur, JAR CITY
Kernick, Simon, THE BUSNIESS OF DYING
Kilmer, Nicholas, MADONNA OF THE APES
Krich, Rochelle, NOW YOU SEE ME…
Ludlum, Robert, AMBLER SEQUENCE
Maguire, Gregory, SON OF A WITCH
Massey, Sujata, THE TYPHOON LOVER
Mayor, Archer, ST. ALBANS FIRE
McInerny, Ralph, IRISH GUILT
McIntyre, Hope, HOW TO SEDUCE A GHOST
Morris, Bob, JAMAICA ME DEAD
Olson, Karen, WATERLOO
Swierczynski, Duane, THE WHEELMAN
Thurlo, David and Aimee, PALE DEATH
Vise, David A. and Mark Malseed, THE GOOGLE STORY


November 2005

Andrews, Sarah, DEAD DRY
Browne, Marshall, RENDEZVOUS AT KAMAKURA INN
Chase, John, DANCE OF DEATH
Churchill, Jill, WHO’S SORRY NOW?
Corcoran, Tom, AIR DANCE IGUANA
Greely, Andrew M., THE BISHOP IN THE OLD NEIGHBORHOOD
Harr, Jonathan, THE LOST PAINTING
James, P.D. A TASTE FOR DEATH
Langton, Jane, STEEPLECHASE
Moore, Christopher, THE STUPIDEST ANGEL
Patterson, James, MARY MARY
Perry, Anne, A CHRISTMAS GUEST
Pickens, Cathy, DONE GONE WRONG
Santlofer, Jonathan, KILLING ART
Scarrow, Simon, EAGLE’S PREY
Smiley, Patricia, COVER YOUR ASSETS
Sprague, Gretchen, DEATH BY THUNDER
Wilson, F. Paul, INFERNAL
Wood, Lee, KINGDOM OF LIES


December 2005

Bland, Eleanor, A DARK AND DEADLY DECEPTION
Broadbent, Tony, SPECTRES IN THE SMOKE
Curzon, Clare, LAST TO LEAVE
Dymmoch, Michael Allen, WHITE TIGER
Flook, Maria, FLUX
Grafton, Sue, S IS FOR SILENCE
Harrison, Janis, BINDWEED
Holland, David, THE DEVIL’S GAME
Harrod-Eagles, Cynthia, DEAR DEPARTED
Kelly, Jim, THE MOON TUNNEL
Kisor, Henry, A VENTURE INTO MURDER
McDonald, Gregory, SON OF FLETCH
Miscione, Lisa, SMOKE
Murphy, Warren and Molly Cochran, GRANDMASTER
Neel, Janet, TICKET TO RIDE
Waiwaiole, Lono, WILEY’S REFRAIN
Willeford, Charles, THE SHARK-INFESTED CUSTARD


Posted by linda on August 18, 2005