Five by Ursula Archer, New in Bookstores during December 2014

Today's featured new hardcover mystery, suspense, or thriller title scheduled to be published during December 2014 is …

Five by Ursula Archer, A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: Minotaur Books

        

For a list of more new hardcover titles to be published this month, visit our New Mysteries page for December 2014. For new paperback mysteries, visit The Mystery Bookshelf where a selection of December 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers are shelved.

More about our featured title, below …

A woman's corpse is discovered in a meadow. A strange combination of letters and numbers has been tattooed on the soles of her feet. Detective inspector Beatrice Kaspary from the local murder squad quickly identifies the digits as map coordinates. These lead to a series of gruesome discoveries as she and her colleague Florin Wenninger embark on a bloody trail — a modern-day scavenger hunt using GPS navigation devices to locate hidden caches.

The "owner" of these unofficial, unpublished geocaches is a highly calculating and elusive fiend who leaves his victims' body-parts sealed in plastic bags, complete with riddles that culminate in a five-stage plot. Kaspary herself becomes an unwilling pawn in the perpetrator's game of cat and mouse as she risks all to uncover the motives behind the murderer's actions.

— Five by Ursula Archer

City of Shadows, A Novel of Suspense by Ariana Franklin, Now Available at a Special Price

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City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $3.99 (as of 12/17/2014 at 2:00 PM ET).

  

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A cultured city scarred by war … . An eastern émigré with scars and secrets of her own … . A young woman claiming to be a Russian grand duchess … . A brazen killer, as vicious as he is clever … . A detective driven by decency and the desire for justice …

This is 1922 Berlin.

One of the troubled city's growing number of refugees, Esther Solomonova survives by working as secretary to the charming, unscrupulous cabaret owner "Prince" Nick, and she's being drawn against her will into his scheme to pass a young asylum patient off as Anastasia, the last surviving heir to the murdered czar of all Russia. But their found "princess," Anna Anderson, fears that she's being hunted — and this may turn out to be more than paranoia when innocent people all around her begin to die.

— City of Shadows by Ariana Franklin

Intrusion by Reece Hirsch, New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014

New on the Mystery Bookshelf during December 2014 …

Intrusion by Reece Hirsch

A Chris Bruen Mystery (2nd in series)

Publisher: Thomas & Mercer

  

To see more new paperback titles scheduled to be published this month, visit The Mystery Bookshelf for December 2014. For new hardcover mysteries, visit New Mysteries where for a list of December 2014 mysteries, novels of suspense, and thrillers is provided.

More about our featured title, below …

When a powerful client summons him for a midnight meeting, lawyer Chris Bruen knows something is very wrong. Zapper, the world's most popular search engine, has been compromised and its most valuable asset — search algorithms — stolen. The company suspects that this most recent instance in a wave of high-tech crimes originated in China, and that the government itself is behind the systematic theft of US intellectual property.

Chris travels to China to search for evidence that will link the intrusion to the People's Liberation Army. With remote assistance from Zoey Doucet, the head of his firm's computer forensics lab and his maybe-girlfriend, Chris uncovers information that takes him even deeper into the shadowy world of cybercrime. Now he is trapped in a foreign land with a hard drive containing information that puts his life in jeopardy. In this secretive world of Big Data, Chris will risk everything to fight an elusive enemy as far-reaching as the Internet itself.

— Intrusion by Reece Hirsch

Mr. Timothy, A Novel of Suspense by Louis Bayard, Now Available at a Special Price

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Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard

A Novel of Suspense

Publisher: HarperCollins

Price: $1.99 (as of 12/17/2014 at 1:00 PM ET).

  

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Mr. Timothy Cratchit has just buried his father. He's also struggling to bury his past as a cripple and shed his financial ties to his benevolent "Uncle" Ebenezer by losing himself in the thick of London's underbelly. He boards at a brothel in exchange for teaching the mistress how to read and spends his nights dredging the Thames for dead bodies and the treasures in their pockets.

Timothy's life takes a sharp turn when he discovers the bodies of two dead girls, each seared with the same cruel brand on the upper arm. The sight of their horror-struck faces compels Timothy to become the protector of another young girl, the enigmatic Philomela. Spurred on by the unwavering enthusiasm of a street-smart, fast-talking homeless boy who calls himself Colin the Melodious, Timothy soon finds that he's on the trail of something far worse — and far more dangerous — than an ordinary killer.

— Mr. Timothy by Louis Bayard

Duke City Hit, A Lawbreakers Thriller by Max Austin, New This Week from Alibi

Alibi is a digital-only imprint of Random House dedicated to publishing mystery and thriller books.

We've selected one of their recently published titles to feature here today …

Duke City Hit by Max Austin

A Lawbreakers Thriller (2nd in series)

Publisher: Alibi

Price: $2.99 (as of 12/17/2014 at 12:30 PM ET).

  

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An action-packed thrill ride as an elite assassin takes aim at — well, everyone.

According to Vic Walters, the secret to happiness is low overhead and few demands. Living rent-free in a modest bachelor pad behind his boss's house, he has no debts, no entanglements, and no expensive relationships. He works just a few days a month, but his bank accounts keep growing.

Vic is a high-priced hitman with a legendary record of success. That is, until someone starts eliminating his marks before he can get to them … until his manager puts him in the middle of a vicious drug-cartel feud … and until a young man walks into his life with a big .45 and a startling revelation.

For Vic Walters, it's time to step out of the shadows. Which means it's killing time in Duke City.

— Duke City Hit by Max Austin