Child 44 by Tom Rob Smith - (April 2008)

The Whole Truth by David Baldacci - (April 2008)

A Prisoner of Birth by Jeffrey Archer - Archer (Kane and Abel) pays homage to Dumas's The Count of Monte Cristo in this delicious updating of the adventure classic.(March 2008)

Pinkerton's Secret by Eric Lerner - This romantic adventure conjures up the passionate life story of the Civil War era's legendary private eye, recounting dramatic exploits and his clandestine love affair with his partner. (March 2008)

Dead Before Dying by Deon Meyer - South African journalist Meyer's first novel, his third to be released in the U.S. (Feb 2008)

The Machiavelli Covenant by Allan Folsom - When an old love of Nicholas Marten, ex-LAPD detective dies of a mysterious infection shortly after her congressman husband and son perish in a plane accident, her dying words set Marten on the trail of a South African bioterrorist. (January 2008)

The Seduction of the Crimson Rose by Lauren Willig - Lauren Willig continues the exciting Pink Carnation series with her fourth novel. Determined to secure another London season without assistance from her new brother-in-law, Mary accepts a secret assignment from Lord Vaughn on behalf of the Pink Carnation: to infiltrate the ranks of the dreaded French spy, the Black Tulip, before he and his master can stage their planned invasion of England. (January 2008)

The Six Sacred Stones by Matthew Reilly - Unlocking the secret of the Seven Ancient Wonders was only the beginning... (January 2008)

Sword Song by Bernard Cornwell - 4th in the new Saxon Chronicles series. (January 2008)

Primal Threat by Earl Emerson - (January 2008)

Deadly Shoals by Joan Druett - The fourth seafaring mystery starring Wild Coffin is packed with period detail from top gallant to keel. (December 2007)

Korea Strait by David Poyer - United States Navy officer and Medal of Honor winner Dan Lenson's mission is to observe an international military exercise involving the navies of South Korea, Japan, Australia, and America. It should be routine duty for Dan, but old alliances are unraveling, as North Korea threatens the U.S. and China expands its influence. Acting as both adviser and adversary to a ruthless South Korean task force commander, Dan must stop a wolfpack of unidentified submarines, armed with nuclear weapons, which is trying to elude Allied surveillance and penetrate the Sea of Japan. Is it the start of an invasion . . . or an elaborate feint, to divert attention from a devastating attack? (December 2007)

Firetrap by Earl Emerson - Captain Trey Brown is a black man in a Seattle fire department where the color of his skin keeps him largely on the outside looking in. As a child, Trey was adopted by a white family whose children were bred for wealth and power–but now Trey simply does his job, rides his Harley, and lives in bitter solitude. Then the Z-Club goes up in flames, killing more than a dozen people, all of them black, and the city's African American community demands to know: Did these people die because of their skin color? (November 2007)

In For a Pound by Richard Marinick - From the Boston Globe-Bestselling author of Boyos, comes another gritty, street-level tale of corruption, betrayal, revenge and redemption in the world of the South Boston Irish mob. Taut plotting, violent action, and a pitch-perfect sense of place propel tough PI Delray McCauley through this tour de force of South Boston noir. (November 2007)

Godspeed by Will Christopher Baer - Set alternately in modern day California and the gothic underworld of the Presidio, Godspeed is equal parts dark fantasy and sinister noir, a Paradise Lost for a new generation. (November 2007)

Stone Cold by David Baldacci - Oliver Stone, the leader of the mysterious group that calls itself the Camel Club, is both feared and respected by those who've crossed his path. Keeping a vigilant watch over our leaders in Washington, D.C., the Camel Club has won over some allies, but it has also earned formidable enemies... (November 2007)

The Steep Approach to Garbadale by Iain Banks - Dark family secrets, a long-lost love affair and a multi-million gaming business lie at the heart of Iain Banks' fabulous new novel. (October 2007)

Patriot Acts by Greg Rucka - Greg Rucka is back with a vengeance in this electrifying thriller starring suspense fiction’s most dangerous hero: Atticus Kodiak. This time the bodyguard turned fugitive must go underground to protect the woman he loves and a country he may have to betray to defend. (August 2007)

Power Play by Joseph Finder - It was the perfect retreat for a troubled company. No cell phones. No BlackBerrys. No cars. Just a deluxe lodge surrounded by thousands of miles of wilderness and desolate seacoast. Jake Landry is ordered to fill in for his boss at the annual offsite. He's out of his element, the only person he knows is the CEO's assistant, which is his ex. Then a band of hunters crash the open-night festivities. (August 2007)

A Spy By Nature by Charles Cumming - This debut novel is touted in England as the heir apparent to psychological espionage masters such as those written by John le Carre and Len Deighton. (July 2007)

Oracle Lake by Paul Adam - The Indian town of McLeod Ganj has been home to the Dalai Lama for more than forty years. Now, the Dalai Lama is dead, and his followers can only conceal his death for so long before word spreads to the rest of world. (July 2007)

The Road to Samarcand by Patrick O'Brian - This story begins where Patrick O'Brian's devoted fans would want it to, with a sloop in the South China Sea barely surviving a killer typhoon. But the time is the 1930s, and the protagonist a teenaged American boy whose missionary parents have just died. In the company of his rough seafaring uncle and an elderly English cousin, an eminent archaeologist, Derrick sets off in search of ancient treasures in central Asia. (July 2007)

The Quickie by James Patterson - A story of love, lust and dangerous secrets will have reader's hearts pounding to the very last page (July 2007)

Betrayal by Paul Carson - Dr. Frank Rya is the Chief Medical Officer at Dublin's Harmon Penitentiary, Europe's most dangerous jail. When Ryan is lured from his high-security apartment and kidnapped one night, he is embroiled in a seemingly unending nightmare. After he is finally set free, his girlfriend is missing and his ordeal denied by everyone. (June 2007)

Secret Asset by Stella Rimington - With her debut novel, At Risk, Stella Rimington established herself as a top-notch thriller writer, and introduced us to Liz Carlyle—a smart, impassioned MI5 intelligence officer whose talents and ambitions are counterbalanced by an abiding awareness of her job’s moral complexities. In Secret Asset, we are plunged back into her high-stakes, high-tension world. (June 2007)

Volk’s Game by Brent Ghelfi - Russian gangster Alexei Volkovoy, a battle hardened veteran of Russia’s brutal war in Chechnya, is commissioned to steal a long lost Da Vinci painting from St. Petersbrug’s hermitage Museum. Advanced praise of the book – best “original character to come down the Russian pike since Arkady Renko.” (June 2007 )

Bangkok Haunts by John Burdett - Sonchai Jitpleecheep—the devout Buddhist Royal Thai Police detective returns in this blistering new novel. Sonchai has seen virtually everything on his beat in Bangkok’s District 8, but nothing like the video he’s just been sent anonymously: “Few crimes make us fear for the evolution of our species. I am watching one right now.” (June 2007)

Knifeboy by Tod Harrison Williams - An irreverent glimpse of a brief descent into madness and the bizarre subculture of knife selling. (June 2007)

Das Kapital: a novel of love and money markets by Viken Berberian - Wall Street meets The Bourne identity in this lyrically written novel about love, capitalism and terrorism in the post industrial age. (June 2007)

The Good Guy by Dean Koontz - Timothy Carrier, having a beer after work at his friend’s tavern, enjoys drawing eccentric customers into amusing conversations. But the jittery man who sits next to him tonight has mistaken Tim for someone very different—and passes to him a manila envelope full of cash. (May 2007)

Requiem for an Assassin by Barry Eisler - When John Rain decides to get out of the business, his hand is forced by rogue CIA operative Jim Hilger. Hilger kidnaps Dox, Rain's trusted partner and closest friend, and offers Rain a choice: carry out a final assignment, or bear the responsibility for Dox's murder. (May 2007)

The Day of the Dandelion by Peter Pringle - A botanical thriller full of international intrigue involving Oxford professors, patent-hungry biotech companies, unscrupulous grain dealers, gene hunters and more. (May 2007)

Wall and Mean by Tom Bernard - Wholesome Pennsylvania kid and Wall Street phenom George Wilhelm is poised to become one of the most successful young bond traders in the business. A gambler at heart, George has turned his old poker skills into big profits on the Emerging Markets desk. Now those same skills have got him trying to out-trade the sports bookies in Vegas, and George's hard-won security is in jeopardy. (May 2007)

The King of Methlehem by Mark Lindquist - A ripped from-the-headlines look at the drug underworld, in which veteran police detective Wyatt James tracks a powerful methamphetamine distributor through a world of addition, destruction and madness. (May 2007)

The Midnight Choir by Gene Kerrigan - A sophisticated crime story of contemporary Ireland. (April 2007)

Visibility by Boris Starling This mystery centers around the honest, regular-guy character of Herbert Smith, formerly a secret agent in MI5, now a rookie detective in the Murder Squad at New Scotland Yard. (March 2007)

Scavenger by David Morrell - While attending a lecture about time capsules, Frank mysteriously blacks out. When he awakens, he discovers that the lecture was a ruse, and his girlfriend, Amanda, is missing. Turns out a fiendish puppet master is playing a deadly game with Frank and Amanda (and an assortment of other people), and the key to winning the game--and staying alive--is, like a time capsule, buried somewhere in the past. (March 2007)

Step on a Crack by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge - Meet James Patterson's newest and most compelling hero yet: Detective Michael Bennett, father of 10, as he pursues the most diabolical criminal ever to terrify New York City. (February 2007)