Upcoming Paperbacks
Below is the list of some of the upcoming mystery, science fiction, fantasy & horror paperback titles as well as a few that have been recently released.  This list will be added to as more titles and dates are announced. If you would like to order anything from us, please send an e-mail to cncbooks3@gmail.com or you can go directly to our webstore at Creatures ‘n Crooks Books.
July—Mystery
A Slice of Murder—Chris Cavender—focused on two sisters who run a pizza parlor—$6.99
The Panic Zone—Rick Mofina—reporter Jack Gannon—6/29—$9.99
Secrets of Shadow Falls #1: Killing Me Softly—Maggie Shayne—6/29—$7.99
Other—Karen Kincy—shapeshifters, werewolves & more, crossgenre with dark fantasy—YA—$9.95
Mama Gets Hitched—Deborah Sharp—Mace Bauer—$14.95
Something Borrowed, Something Bleu—Cricket McRae—Home Crafting series—$14.95
Angel with Two Faces—Nicola Upson—#2 in the series with Josephine Tey as the sleuth, 1935 Cornwall—6/29—$13.99
A Family Affair—Caro Peacock—third in the Liberty Lane series, early Victorian—6/22—$13.99
Bone Island Trilogy #1: Ghost Shadow—Heather Graham—crossgenre with horror—6/29—$7.99
Cat in a Topaz Tango—Carole Nelson Douglas—Midnight Louie—6/29—$7.99
Finger Lickin’ Fifteen—Janet Evanovich—Stephanie Plum—6/22—$8.99
Trust No One—Gregg Hurwitz—political thriller—6/29–$9.99
Greedy Bones—Carolyn Haines—6/29—$7.99
The Cold Light of Mourning—Elizabeth J. Duncan—North Wales—6/29—$7.99
The Neighbor—Lisa Gardner—6/22—$7.99
Getting Old Is Tres Dangereux—Rita Lakin—6/22—$7.99
Blood Law—Jeannie Holmes—new vampire FBI series—crossgenre with dark fantasy—6/22—$7.99
Missing Mark—Julie Kramer—sequel to Stalking Susan—6/22—$7.99
New Tricks—David Rosenfelt—lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara—6/29—$7.99
July—Fantasy
Dame—R.A. Salvatore—6/29—$7.99
Act of Will—A.J. Hartley—6/29—$7.99
Prospero Lost—L. Jagi Lamplighter—Prospero’s Daughter series—6/29—$7.99
July—Dark Fantasy/Horror
Kitty Goes to War—Carrie Vaughn—celebrity werewolf Kitty Norville—6/29—$7.99
Lords of the Underworld #6: The Darkest Lie—Gena Showalter—6/29—$7.99
Other—Karen Kincy—shapeshifters, werewolves & more, crossgenre with mystery—YA—$9.95
Blood Law—Jeannie Holmes—new vampire FBI series—crossgenre with mystery—6/22—$7.99
Bone Island Trilogy #1: Ghost Shadow—Heather Graham—crossgenre with mystery—6/29—$7.99
Deepgate Codex #3: God of Clocks—Alan Campbell—Armageddon—6/22—$7.99
Fragment—Warren Fahy—a reality show set on an island with unique flora and fauna—6/22—$7.99
Tracking the Tempest—Nicole Peeler—half-selkie Jane True—$7.99
Rogue Agent #3: Wizard Squared—K.E. Mills—pen name of Karen Miller—Gerald Dunwoody, third-grade wizard—$7.99
July—Science Fiction
The Hunger Games—Suzanne Collins—YA—7/6—$8.99
Flinx Transcendent—Alan Dean Foster—the last of the 35-year-strong series—6/22—$7.99
August—Mystery
The Water’s Edge—Karin Fossum—Norway, Detective Inspector Sejer & his partner, Jacob Skarre—$13.95
Wife of the Gods—Kwei Quartey—set in Ghana, sort of a grittier version of the Alexander McCall Smith books set in Botswana, wonderful reviews when the hardcover came out—8/3—$15.00
Secrets of Shadow Falls #2: Kill Me Again—Maggie Shayne—$7.99
The Riesling Retribution—Ellen Crosby—fourth in the Wine Country series—7/27—$7.99
Mystery Case Files #1: Stolen—Jordan Gray—Blackpool, England—7/27—$7.99
Bone Island Trilogy #2: Ghost Night—Heather Graham—crossgenre with horror—7/27—$7.99
Overkill—Joseph Teller—7/27—$7.99
Black Friday—Alex Kava—7/27—$7.99
Kiss of Death—P.D. Martin—7/27—$7.99
9 Dragons—Michael Connelly—Harry Bosch—7/27—$9.99
The Hunted—Brian Haig—international thriller—$7.99
Dead Men’s Boots—Mike Carey—London-based exorcist/detective Felix (Fix) Castor, crossgenre with dark fantasy—$7.99
Abandoned—Cody McFadyen—FBI agent Smoky Barrett—7/27—$7.99
Blood and Ice—Robert Masello—Victorian England and today’s Antarctica—crossgenre with dark fantasy—7/27—$7.99
Vanished—Joseph Finder—thriller—8/3—$9.99
Deeply, Desperately—Heather Webber—psychic matchmaker Lucy Valentine series—8/3—$7.99
Swan for the Money—Donna Andrews—Meg Langslow—8/3—$7.99
Fatally Frosted—Jessica Beck—Donut Shop series—8/3—$7.99
The Silent Hour—Michael Koryta—P.I. Lincoln Perry—8/3—$7.99
The Second Glass of Absinthe—Michelle Black—Victorian Colorado Territory—$7.99
August—Fantasy
A Princess of Landover—Terry Brooks—7/27—$7.99
Enduring Flame #3: The Phoenix Transformed—Mercedes Lackey & James Malory—$8.99
City of Fire—Laurence Yep—kids—$5.99
August—Dark Fantasy/Horror
The Iron Fey #2: The Iron Daughter—Julie Kagawa—dark faery—YA—7/27—$9.99
Bone: Tall Tales—Jeff Smith—prequel, graphic novel—also in hardcover—$10.99
Bone Island Trilogy #2: Ghost Night—Heather Graham—crossgenre with mystery—7/27—$7.99
Intertwined—Gena Showalter—YA—7/27—$9.99
Manifest—Artist Arthur—YA—7/27—$9.99
Chronicles of Elantra #6: Cast in Chaos—Michelle Sagara—7/27—$14.95
Dead Men’s Boots—Mike Carey—London-based exorcist/detective Felix (Fix) Castor, crossgenre with mystery—$7.99
Death Works #1: Death Most Definite—Trent Jamieson—Steven de Selby works for Death but Mr. D has gone missing and nobody’s running the underworld—$7.99
Divine Misdemeanors—Laurell K. Hamilton—Meredith Gentry—7/27—$7.99
The Ocean Dark—Jack Rogan—thriller—7/27—$7.99
The Chamber of Ten—Tim Lebbon & Christopher Golden—7/27—$7.99
Women of the Otherworld #10: Frostbitten—Kelley Armstrong—7/27—$7.99
Blood and Ice—Robert Masello—Victorian England and today’s Antarctica—crossgenre with mystery—7/27—$7.99
As Lie the Dead—Kelly Meding—supernatural bounty hunter Evangeline Stone—7/27—$7.99
Dark Storm #2: The Demon Hunt—Kris Greene—8/3—$7.99
August—Science Fiction
The Winds of Dune—Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson—$9.99
Frozen Fire—Bill Evans & Marianna Jameson—ecological disaster thriller—$9.99
Small Miracles—Edward M. Lerner—nanotech thriller—$7.99
Voyagers #4: The Return—Ben Bova—$7.99
September—Mystery
Secrets of Shadow Falls #3: Kiss Me, Kill Me—Maggie Shayne—8/31—$7.99
Bone Island Trilogy #3: Ghost Moon—Heather Graham—crossgenre with horror—8/31—$7.99
Mob Rules—Cameron Haley—Domino Riley is a mob enforcer for a 6,000-year-old Sumerian sorcerer in Los Angeles—crossgenre with dark fantasy—8/31—$14.95
Burn—Linda Howard—8/31—$7.99
Blood Trilogy #3: Blood Ties—Kay Hooper—Noah Bishop and the paranormal FBI Special Crimes Unit—crossgenre with dark fantasy—8/31—$7.99
The Morning Show Murders—Al Roker (yes, the weather guy)—8/31—$7.99
Hard Rain—David Rollins—military thriller—8/31—$7.99
Crossing the Lion—Cynthia Baxter—Reigning Cats & Dogs series—8/31—$7.99
Black Sun—Graham Brown—action adventure and a Mayan legend—8/31—$7.99
Immortal Quest: The Trouble With Mages—Alexandra MacKenzie—crossgenre with dark fantasy—$14.95
September—Fantasy
Acacia Trilogy #2: The Other Lands—David Anthony Durham—8/31—$7.99
September—Dark Fantasy/Horror
Game of Cages—Harry Connolly—second in the Twenty Palaces series—8/31—$7.99
The Native Star—M.K. Hobson—first in a series set in the old American West—8/31—$7.99
Blood Trilogy #3: Blood Ties—Kay Hooper—Noah Bishop and the paranormal FBI Special Crimes Unit—crossgenre with mystery—8/31—$7.99
Rogue Angel #26: The Dragon’s Mark—Alex Archer—archaeologist Annja Creed—9/14—$6.99
Bone Island Trilogy #3: Ghost Moon—Heather Graham—crossgenre with mystery—8/31—$7.99
Spy Glass—Maria V. Snyder—8/31—$13.95
Mob Rules—Cameron Haley—Domino Riley is a mob enforcer for a 6,000-year-old Sumerian sorcerer in Los Angeles—crossgenre with mystery—8/31—$14.95
Shadow Keepers #1: When Blood Calls—J.K. Beck—vamps, weres and hellhounds gone bad—8/31—$7.99
Shadow Keepers #2: When Pleasure Rules—J.K. Beck—9/28—$7.99
Immortal Quest: The Trouble With Mages—Alexandra MacKenzie—crossgenre with mystery—$14.95
Evolve: Vampire Stories of the New Undead—Nancy Kilpatrick, ed., —anthology including stories by Tanya Huff, Kelley Armstrong, etc.—$16.95
Fangs for the Mammaries—Esther Friesner, ed.—vampires in the suburbs—9/28—$7.99
September—Science Fiction
Cinco de Mayo—Michael J. Martineck—on May 5, every man, woman and child on the planet receives a second set of memories—$14.95
October—Mystery
Dark Road to Darjeeling—Deanna Raybourn—Victorians Lady Julia Grey & Nicholas Brisbane in India—9/28—$14.95
October—Fantasy
October—Dark Fantasy/Horror
Hell Can Wait—Theodore Judson—After eighteen centuries of waiting, Maternus, a Roman soldier, finally faces his judgment. But first he will be tested. Not in ancient Rome, but in Aurora, Colorado, where he must learn and adapt by using his intelligence and a bit of divine inspiration.—$14.95
Play Dead—Ryan Brown—football-player zombies bent on revenge take over a football-obsessed Texas town—10/19—$15.00
October—Science Fiction
Pock’s World—Dave Duncan—Pock’s World, long settled by humankind, is accused of being infected by humanoid aliens. It has been quarantined and may have to be sterilized. Five people are chosen to go there and examine the evidence.—$14.95
November—Mystery
November—Fantasy
November—Science Fiction
Carousel Tides—Sharon Lee—alternate universes in Maine—11/2—$14.00
Darkship Thieves—Sarah A. Hoyt—11/30—$7.99
December—Mystery
Set the Night on Fire—Libby Fischer Hellmann—standalone thriller, set during the Chicago riots at the Democratic Convention—$14.99
December—Fantasy
Dragon’s Ring—Dave Freer—12/28—$7.99
December—Dark Fantasy/Horror
December—Science Fiction
Torch of Freedom—David Weber—Honor Harrington Universe—12/28—$8.99
November 10, 2009
Tags: fantasy, horror, mystery, paperback, science fiction Posted in: Upcoming List
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November 16 2010
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