Promotions - Title Listings - "Futures, January 23, 2012"

Photographer Cass Neary is already wanted by the police for questioning when she receives a mysterious job offer that sends her to Helsinki, where an iconic fashion photographer shows her a trove of gorgeous photos depicting ritual killings.

This book tells the riveting story of a composer who comes to the scene of a notorious crime and becomes obsessed with a beautiful, mysterious, and possibly very dangerous woman.

Detective D.D. Warren is hard to surprise. But a lone woman outside D.D.'s latest crime scene shocks her with a remarkable proposition: Charlene Rosalind Carter Grant believes she will be murdered in four days. And she wants Boston's top detective to handle the death investigation.

Gastronomical dream team Bernie and Libby Simmons wade into a Celtic knot of malice and mayhem when a St. Patrick's celebration goes terribly wrong.

Lieutenant Eve Dallas is not party girl, but she's managing to have a reasonably good time at the celebrity-packed bash celebrating The Icove Agenda, a film based on one of her famous cases. It's a little spooky though, seeing the actress who plays Peabody drowned in the lap pool on the roof of the director's luxury building.

Paul was led into a life of crime by his boyhood protector, a bully named Daniel, but one night, what started as a petty theft turned into a grisly murder. Now, at nineteen, Paul must bear witness against his friend to avoid prison.

Cristina Alger offers this sophisticated page-turner about a wealthy New York family embroiled in a financial scandal with cataclysmic consequences.

Just as coach tours begin to arrive to the quaint village of Braikie and the town's luck starts to turn around, a kingfisher is found hanging from a branch in the woods with a noose around his neck. The town turns to Hamish Macbeth for help and when violence strikes again, the lawman's investigation quickly turns from animal cruelty to murder.

Tess, an aspiring seamstress, thinks she's had an incredibly lucky break when she is hired by a famous designer to be a personal maid on the Titanic's doomed voyage. Once on board, Tess catches the eye of two men, but on the fourth night, disaster strikes.

When Frederick and Jette flee from Jett's disapproving mother, they are set to board a boat to New York, and at the last minute, they take one destined for New Orleans instead. Not speaking a word of English, they embark on their new life together.

In Daniel Palmer's electrifying, emotionally charged thriller, a high school soccer coach finds his world upended by shocking accusations and long buried secrets.

The House I Loved is an absorbing new novel about one woman's resistance during a period that shook Paris to its very core.

Poppy Wyatt is about to marry the man of her dreams but in one afternoon her 'happily ever after' begins to fall apart.

When Santa Cruz County deputy sheriff Jose Reyes, Ali's classmate from the Arizona Police Academy, is gunned down and left to die, he is at first assumed to be an innocent victim of the drug wars escalating across the border. But the crime scene investigation shows there is much more to it than that.

Deborah Crombie offers this deeply atmospheric and twisting mystery full of deadly secrets, salacious lies, and unexpected betrayals involving the mysterious drowning of a Met detective--an accomplished rower--on the Thames.

When Dr. Lou Welcome begins to look further into the shooting spree of Dr. John Meacham, the terrifying evidence he finds takes him down a path to an unspeakable conspiracy that seems to lead directly to the White House and those in the highest positions of power.

The opening ceremony for the 2012 Olympics is hours away when Private investigator Peter Knight is called to the scene of a ruthless murder. A high-ranking member of the games' organizing committee has been killed. It's clear to Peter that it wasn't a crime of passion, but one of precise calculation and execution.

When Dickie and Coover Crowe, dope-dealing brothers known for sampling their own supply, decide to branch out in to the body business, it's up to U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens to stop them.

Private Investigator Kate Shugak is involved in her most challenging case to date, one that starts with murder and quickly sprawls into a much larger conspiracy ranging from dark family secrets to treason and beyond.

When his latest job rescuing a doctor abducted in international water by African pirates goes haywire, Paul Janson realizes he's caught in the middle of something much bigger.

John Wells goes undercover in Afghanistan not only among the Taliban but among fellow Americans, in this electrifying novel of modern suspense from Alex Berenson.

In this graphic novel, Alex Delaware is struggling to keep his relationship with girlfriend Robin Castagna alive when a beautiful face from the past suddenly steps back into his life.

From Jennifer Chiaverini comes this powerful and dramatic Prohibition-era story that follows the fortunes of Rosa Diaz Barclay, a woman who plunges into the unknown for the safety of her children and the love of a good but flawed man.

Former mob hitman Dr. Brnwa is on the case--and on the run--in this electrifying sequel to the bestseller Beat the Reaper.

A violent episode sets in motion a terrifying yet seductive transformation, as a young man, caught between ecstasy and horror, between embracing who he is evolving into and fearing what he will become, soon experiences the thrill of the wolf gift.

Here is the incredible true story of a brave military unit in Vietnam that risked everything to rescue an outnumbered troop under heavy fire--and the thirty-nine-year odyssey to recognize their bravery.

Connectome is the bold and thrilling quest to finally understand the brain--and along with it our mental afflictions, from depression to autism--by a rising star in neuroscience.

Scotty Bowers offers this memoir that reveals the sexual underground of Hollywood from the 1940s to the 1980s and provides a lost chapter in the history of the sexual revolution.

Gypsy Boy shows, for the first time, what life is really like among the Romany Gypsies. This is a one-of-a-kind memoir of a little seen world, one both fascinating and heartbreaking.

This is Tucker Max's third and final book in his series about his ridiculous antics.

This book reveals the secret systems, tactics and leadership strategies that allowed Steve Jobs and his company to churn out hit after hit and inspire a cult-like following for its products.

Here is the charming real-life tale of an American secretary who discovers she has been chose king of an impoverished fishing village on the west coast of Africa.

Filled with the lessons Marie Tillman learned and the wisdom she gained since Pat Tillman's death, The Letter is both a heartrending love story and an inspiring tale for anyone, young or old, whose life has taken an unexpected hard turn and who struggles to get back on the right path.

In Londoners, acclaimed journalist Craig Taylor paints readers an epic portrait of today's London that is as rich and lively as the city itself.

Mad Women is a tell-all account of life in the New York advertising world.

Here is the most authoritative and explosive book about the murder of Marilyn Monroe ever published. Includes first-time interviews with many people involved in the murder scene and aftermath, who discuss the murder and subsequent cover-up.

From Karen Gravano, a star of the hit VH1 reality show Mob Wives, comes a revealing memoir of a mafia childhood, where love and family come hand-in-hand with murder and betrayal.

David Zinczenko offers The Obama Diet--lessons in health, life and love, inspired by the first family.

After 40 years of silence and reflection comes a deeply personal and emotionally charged memoir of a woman's 18-month relationship with President John F. Kennedy when she was a college intern at the White House.

Here is a pathbreaking look at the transformation of private life in our for-profit world.

Neal Barnard offers this revolutionary plan to protect your memory and improve your health.

This book addresses formative moments in the lives of the presidents, crucial political decisions, little-known facts, and insights into the intriguing individuals Americans have selected to lead our country.

Here is an intimate account of one of the most dramatic and tragic days in the history of NASCAR: the day that racing legend Dale Earnhardt, Sr. died.

Gail Simmons, host of Top Chef: Just Desserts, permanent judge on Top Chef, and Special Projects Director at Food & Wine magazine, explains how she got her dream job and what it took to get there.

With newly commissioned artwork, this book is a deluxe reproduction of the 1912 memorial edition edited by Marshall Everett and published immediately after the sinking of the Titanic. This collectible volume gives a sobering account of the disaster, detailing exciting escapes from death and acts of heroism not equaled in ancient or modern times.

Following a snow-filled winter, a young boy and his dog decide that they've had enough of all that brown and resolve to plant a garden.

Young Hector has trouble differentiating the letters d and g. Therefore, when he wrote a request to the universe for a fairy godfather, he shouldn't have been surprised when the Fairy Dogfather arrived instead.

Fancy Nancy is ready for the spotlight! Fancy Nancy and her best friend, Bree, couldn't be more excited about their upcoming dance show. After all, it's all about mermaids--and who know how to be a fancy, glamorous mermaid better than Fancy Nancy herself?

Pablo Picasso didn't listen to all the people who hated his paintings and called them 'ugly.' Pablo just kept on working the way he wanted to work until he created something so new and so different that people didn't know what to say!

Over time a book grows old and worn and is sent to the library's basement where other faded books live. How it eventually finds an honored place on a little girl's bookshelf--and in her heart--makes for an unforgettable story sure to enchant anyone who has ever cherished a book.

Dream Big is Louise the Big Cheese's motto but try though she might, she still feels like plain old Louise. Her new friend Claire holds the promise of stardom with her VIP charm school, but is Claire all she appears to be?

Sutton Mercer watches from the afterlife as her long-lost twin, Emma Paxton, takes over her identity to solve her murder.

Visionary. Pioneer. Entrepreneur. Inventor. Creative genius. These are just a few words used to describe the late Steve Jobs, co-founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Apple Inc. This biography for middle grade readers will tell the story of the 'Thomas Edison' of our time.

Zebra wants to put on a show as simple as A-B-C, but Zebra's friend Moose has other (unexpected and hilarious) ideas.