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PARADISE CITY
MAYOR, ARCHER
Skylight Books – Hotlist Fall 2012
Joe Gunther and his team at the Vermont Bureau of Investigation are alerted to a string of unrelated burglaries
across Vermont. Someone, in addition to flatscreens, computers, and stereos, has also been stealing antiques
and jewelry. Meanwhile, in Boston, an elderly woman surprises some thieves in her Beacon Hill home and is
viciously murdered. The Boston police find that not only is the loot similar to what's being stolen in Vermont, but it
may have the same destination. Word is out that someone powerful is purchasing these particular kinds of items
in the “Paradise City” of Northampton, Mass. Gunther, the Boston Police, and the vengeful niece of the murdered
old lady convene on Northampton, eager to get to the bottom of the mystery and find the "responsible parties"—
although each is motivated to mete out some very different penalties.
MYSTERY 1ST PRINTING 40,000
MINOTAUR 304 PAGES
9780312681951 SERIES: JOE GUNTHER
$29.99 HC
OCTOBER 2012
PARLOR GAMES
BIAGGIO, MARYKA
The novel opens in 1917 with our protagonist, May Dugas, on trial for extortion. As the trial unfolds, May tells
her version of events. In 1887, at the age of eighteen, May ventures to Chicago in hopes of earning enough
money to support her family. Circumstances force her to take up residence at the city’s most infamous bordello,
but May soon learns to employ her considerable feminine wiles to extract large sums of money from the men she
encounters. Insinuating herself into Chicago’s high society, May lands a well-to-do fiancé—until, that is, a
Pinkerton Agency detective named Reed Doherty intervenes and foils the engagement. May quickly rebounds,
elevating social climbing to an art form as she travels the world, eventually marrying a wealthy Baron. But Reed
Doherty is never far behind and continues to track May in a delicious cat-and-mouse game as the newly-minted
Baroness’s misadventures take her from San Francisco to Shanghai to London and points in between.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 50,000
DOUBLEDAY 352 PAGES
9780385536226
$29.95 HC
JANUARY 2013
PEOPLE OF THE BLACK SUN
GEAR, W. MICHAEL & GEAR, KATHLEEN O.
Dekanawida has become known as "The Sky Messenger," a prophet of immense power, and Hiawento is his
Speaker. Thousands now believe in the Great Law of Peace and have joined the League. But they are still being
harassed by warriors from the People of the Mountain who refuse to adopt the Great Law. Dekanawida has
prophesied destruction if the warfare continues. As one by one, portents start coming true, Dekanawida has one
last chance to convince the People of the Mountain to join the League and save their world from destruction.
FICTION 1ST PRINTING 40,000
TOR 384 PAGES
9780765326959 SERIES: PEOPLE OF THE LONGHOUSE
$29.99 HC
OCTOBER 2012
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