Suspense Fiction. In their 3rd appearance, ex-CIA assassin Oliver Stone (aka John Carr) and the members of the Camel Club attempt to protect Annabelle, the woman who conned mobster Jerry Bagger out of $40 million in The Collectors. Meanwhile, Homeland Security employee Harry Finn is murdering his way through a list of the CIA assassins who killed his father. On that list is John Carr, though--for the moment--Finn believes he's dead. Stone Cold is a sure bet for conspiracy theorists, who will find it "gripping, chilling and full of surprises" (Publishers Weekly).

Forensic Thriller. When an unidentified woman is found dead and badly burned in a deserted cottage on an isolated island in the Scottish Hebrides, forensic anthropologist Dr. David Hunter must figure out whether the cause of her death was murder or spontaneous combustion. As a storm cuts off travel to and from the mainland, Hunter finds that his investigation is stirring up long-buried resentments and secrets among the locals--and then the body count starts to rise. With a strong "locked room" mystery aspect and plenty of forensic details, this 2nd thriller featuring Dr. Hunter will appeal to fans of Kathy Reichs and Patricia Cornwell.

Historical Thriller. In pre-revolutionary Russia, a prominent St. Petersburg newspaper editor is murdered. When it emerges that the death may have been tied to a plot to kill the Tsar, authorities focus their suspicions on Jewish psychoanalyst Dr. Otto Spethmann and his daughter. Then Spethmann's office is torn apart in an attempt to steal the records of a patient who is also favored to win an upcoming chess tournament, and Spethmann must take it upon himself to get to the bottom of the murder plot. With intricate twists and turns, and plenty for chess lovers to enjoy, this is a "hugely enjoyable, brilliant high-wire act" (Kirkus Reviews).

Suspense Fiction. Copenhagen's Kasper Krone is a circus clown/compulsive gambler who has the unusual ability to hear the music that emanates from every living thing. In an attempt to stave off his deportation to Spain for tax evasion, he agrees to help a mysterious order of nuns find and safeguard a group of children who also have mystical abilities. With a blend of topics that ranges from the science of earthquakes to the music of Bach, this is an intellectual thriller that will appeal to adventurous readers who enjoy a challenge.

Military Thriller. Major Vin Cooper of the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations is on his way to Germany to investigate the suspicious death of a four-star general who just so happened to be married to the U.S. vice president's daughter. But what starts as a murder investigation soon turns into a deadly web of terrorism and corruption that stretches all the way from war-torn Baghdad to the White House. Library Journal says that the political insight is so realistic that you might just believe that "names have been changed to protect the guilty." This is Australian author David Rollins' third novel but the first to be released in the U.S.--look for A Knife Edge to be published in 2008.

Spy Fiction. This thrilling debut novel stars Jonathan Quinn, a freelance professional "cleaner" who specializes in tying up the loose ends of intelligence operations and assassinations (he gets rid of bodies and hides or rearranges evidence). He works for a shadowy American intelligence agency known as the Office; when several of the Office's operatives are killed, Quinn finds himself the target of an unknown enemy whose motivation is rooted in an old betrayal. If you enjoy Quinn's James Bond-ian exploits, you'll be pleased to know his 2nd adventure will be available in June 2008.

Thriller. As a hint of what this deranged and manic novel features, the U.S. president's heroin-addicted chief of staff hires a burned-out private detective to find a secret "other" version of the Constitution, which was written by several of the nation's Founders, supposedly bound in the skin of an extraterrestrial, and eventually lost by President Nixon. The chosen PI, Michael McGill, criss-crosses the country's depraved underbelly in a wild ride that may not appeal to everyone. If you're familiar with author Warren Ellis' work with comics or enjoy Chuck Palahniuk's novels, you may just find this debut novel right up your alley.

Psychological Suspense. When Rob Ryan was a child in 1984, he was found one summer night clinging to a tree, weeping, his sneakers filled with blood. Two other children had disappeared, but Ryan remembered nothing. Now, 20 years later, another child has been killed in the same woods outside Dublin, and Ryan is the detective assigned to the case. No one but his partner, Cassie Maddox, knows his secret. Damaged by his childhood experience, Ryan nevertheless decides to press on with the investigation, making In the Woods an intriguing mix of psychological suspense and police procedural. "An outstanding debut," says Booklist.

Academic Thriller. Screenwriter Lydia Brooke has just been asked by a former lover to finish his recently murdered mother's work on Isaac Newton's interest in alchemy, and to use her study at Cambridge University. But as Lydia gets more involved in studying Newton, she becomes embroiled in a mystery that may link a series of deaths in the 17th century to similar ones occurring in the present. There also seems to be a ghost from Newton's time haunting her studio. This atmospheric novel may appeal to those who appreciate the appearance of historical components in a modern-day thriller, such as can be found in Elisabeth Kostova's The Historian or Dan Brown's The Da Vinci Code.

Thriller. Wall Street success story Peter Tyler has expensive silk ties, an eye for pretty receptionists, and a troubled marriage. But that doesn't mean he killed his wife, no matter what the cops say. Add in a huge financial scam, stolen art, a drug company dabbling in bioterrorism, and a mysterious FedEx package delivered to Tyler's wife the day she died, and you've got a man on the run in a dangerous world. "Relentlessly readable," says The New York Times.