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BOBBY'S FAVORITE
Bleak House hardcover, $24.95; trade paperback, $14.95; limited edition with author's criminal profile page, $45.00 (simultaneous first editions, signed)
Hellmann takes a major step forward with this book featuring former Chicago cop Georgia Davis, who previously appeared as a supporting character in Hellmann's Ellie Foreman series. Davis, now a PI, investigates the murder of a popular high school student who had been living a secret double life. Hellmann takes a sharp look at class distinctions and suburban complacency among Chicagoland's elite, and the result is her deepest, darkest work yet.
BOBBY'S OTHER FAVORITE
St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95 (signed first edition)
San Francisco PI Dante Mancuso looks for the truth behind a 1976 bank robbery that left a woman dead. Mancuso's client, Bill Owens, was the prime suspect, but never charged; now, a federal prosecutor armed with post-9/11 anti-terrorist laws wants to bring Owens to justice. Despite his Edgar win (for THE CONFESSION), Stansberry's been flying under the radar for far too long, and this should be his breakout book.