 The Killing Kind
John Connolly
$4.00
When the discovery of a mass grave in northern Maine
reveals the grim truth behind the disappearance of a
religious community, Charlie Parker is drawn into a
violent conflict with a group of zealots intent on
tracking down a relic that could link them to the
slaughter. Haunted by the ghost of a small boy and
tormented by the demonic killer known as Mr. Pudd, Parker
is forced to fight for his lover, his friends…and
his very soul.
 Sleeping Beauty
Phillip Margolin
$4.00
Seventeen-year-old Ashley Spencer learned what true
horror was the night a serial killer invaded her home and
brutally murdered her father and her best friend. But the
terror did not end there…
A year after the unspeakable events, Ashley is still
trying to piece together what is left of her life. But
the nightmare is re-awakened at the elite private school
that had appeared to be a safe haven for Ashley and her
mother, Terri, when a new book called Sleeping Beauty
hits the national bestseller lists—a shattering true
account of the crimes that ripped Ashley’s world
apart. And now Ashley must run for her life again.
 Grave Secrets
Kathy Reichs
$4.00
They are “the disappeared,” twenty-three
massacre victims buried in a well in the Guatemalan
Village of Chupan Ya two decades ago. Leading a team of
experts on a meticulous, heartbreaking dig, Tempe Brennan
pieces together the violence of the past. But a fresh
wave of terror begins when the horrific sounds of a fatal
attack on two colleagues come in on a blood-chilling
satellite call. Teaming up with Special Crimes
Investigator Bartolome Galiano and Montreal detective
Andrew Ryan, Tempe quickly becomes enmeshed in the cases
of four privileged young women who have vanished from
Guatemala City—and finds herself caught in deadly
territory where power, money, greed, and science
converge.
 The Dwelling
Susie Moloney
$4.00
For Sale: Newly renovated single-family home. New
hardwood floors, all appliances. Bathroom, 3+ bedrooms,
unique décor, must be seen…
362 Belisle Street is a homeowner’s dream. Recently
renovated! Victorian detail! Good neighborhood! A steal
at $95,900! Real estate agent Glenn Darnley wonders why
this charming property keeps coming back on the market.
Perhaps the clawed feet of the old bathtub look a little
too real. Or maybe it’s the faint hospital-like
smell of the room at the end of the hall. Or the haunting
music that seems to come from nowhere…
Three families buy 362 Belisle, but no one stays there
for long. For this dream house has a mind and a heart of
its own. It’s waiting patiently for its dream owner.
 Scent of a Killer
Christiane Heggan
$3.50
Determined to solve the murder of a man she once
loved, Jenna Meyerson enters a dangerous criminal
underworld to find the scent of a killer.
Manhattan photographer Jenna Meyerson is attending her
first exhibit when her ex-husband suddenly shows up,
claiming to need her help. A corporate attorney, Adam
Lear suspects a high-profile rival company of having ties
to a deadly group of international criminals—and
Jenna may have the photographs to prove it.
Before she can agree to give them to him, Adam is found
murdered in Central Park. With the police convinced the
attorney’s death was a random act of violence, Jenna
seeks the help of Adam’s former best friend, private
investigator Frank Renaldi. When an attempt on Jenna’s
life sends her into hiding, Frank’s only hope of
keeping her alive is to stay one step ahead of a killer
who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
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 See How She Dies
Lisa Jackson
$3.50
As a child, London Danvers was kidnapped from her
wealthy family. Over the years, many women have come
forward claiming to be the long-lost heiress—only to
be exposed as frauds. Now, another woman has arrived in
Oregon, claiming to be London. But Adria Nash is
different. She knows personal details only London could
have known, yet she can’t remember what happened the
night of her abduction—a fact that makes family
rebel Zachary Danvers suspicious. Still, Adria is
determined to prove her identity…there’s a
paralyzing sense of dread she just can’t shake. And
she’s right to be afraid—because someone does
believe her. Someone who is watching Adria’s every
move. Waiting for the right moment to see how she runs…see
how she screams…see how she dies…
 Witchlight
Marion Zimmer Bradley
$3.50
Winter remembers nothing of her life except for the
last few years, when she was a successful Wall Street
trader, and the bare outline of her childhood. She has
sought refuge from her tangled mind in an isolated
farmhouse, but she can find no peace. Instead, objects
shatter when she passes, and doors and windows unlock and
open silently while she sleeps. She cannot shake the
feeling that something evil is hunting her.
Desperate, Winter seeks help. Truth Jourdemayne, the
daughter of a medium and a powerful magician, is no
stranger to the paranormal, but she isn’t prepared
for the strength and fury of the thing that wants to
claim Winter for its own.
Once Winter believed in magic. It nearly killed her. Now,
to stay alive, she must believe again, with all her heart…and
all her soul.
 Lost Boy Lost Girl
Peter Straub
$4.00
Nancy Underhill commits suicide for no apparent
reason. A week later, he son—fifteen-year-old Mark—vanishes.
The boy’s uncle, novelist, Timothy Underhill,
searches his hometown of Millhaven for clues that might
help unravel this horrible dual mystery. He soon learns
that a pedophilic murderer is on the loose in the
vicinity, and that shortly before Nancy’s suicide,
Mark had become obsessed with an abandoned house where he
imagined the killer might have taken refuge. No mere
empty building, the house whispers from attic to basement
with the echoes of a long-hidden true-life horror story,
and Tim Underhill comes to fear that in investigating its
unspeakable history, Mark stumbled across its last and
greatest secret: a ghostly lost girl who may have coaxed
the needy, suggestible boy into her mysterious domain.
 The Killing Game
Iris Johansen
$4.00
A merciless killer on the hunt…An innocent
child in his sights…A woman driven to the edge to
stop him…
The killer knows Eve Duncan all too well. He knows the
pain she feels for her murdered daughter, Bonnie, whose
body has never been found. He knows that as one of the
nation’s top forensic sculptors she’ll insist
on identifying the nine skeletons unearthed on a bluff
near Georgia’s Talladega Falls. He knows she won’t
be able to resist the temptation of believing that one of
those skeletons might be her daughter’s. But that is
only the beginning of the killer’s sadistic game. He
wants Eve one on one, and he’ll use his ace in the
hole to make sure she complies. And he won’t stop
playing until he claims the prize he wants most: Eve’s
life.
 Don’t Look Now
Linda Lael Miller
$4.00
A deadly crime. A dangerous Passion.
Defense attorney Clare Westbrook functions very well in
crisis mode—whether taking the media rap for an
explosive case or bargaining with her teenaged niece,
whom Claire is raising. But a shocking crime—the
murder of her notoriously unethical boss—is about to
test her heart and soul: heading the homicide
investigation is irresistibly sexy detective Tony
Sonterra. Now, a passion that is as risky as it is
addictive pulls Clare into the crosshairs of a deadly
mystery from the past. As the truth closes in and it
becomes clear someone’s targeting her, Clare and
Tony embark on a twisting chase in the Arizona heat,
where their dangerous desire sparks a determined hunt for
a killer.
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