On Sale the Week of December 5th in Hardcover and Paperback

December 6th DEATH COMES TO PEMBERLEY by P. D. James Inspired by a lifelong passion for Jane Austen, mystery writer P. D. James draws the characters of Austen’s beloved novel PRIDE AND PREJUDICE into a tale of murder and emotional mayhem. Knopf * 9780307959850  MURDER SEASON by Robert Ellis When Detective Lena Gamble gets called to the scene of a double murder at Club 3 AM, the latest A-list hangout for Hollywood celebs, she knows the fun is only beginning. But the shocker comes when Lena sees 25-year-old victim Jacob Gant, acquitted just days ago of murdering his 16-year-old neighbor, after L.A.'s latest trial of the century. Minotaur Books * 9780312366179 RED MIST: A Scarpetta Novel by Patricia Cornwell Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings. Putnam Adult * 9780399158025 SOFT TARGET by Stephen Hunter In Stephen Hunter's latest breakneck thriller, ex-Marine sniper Ray Cruz confronts a group of murderous terrorists who have laid siege to the Mall of America. Simon & Schuster * 9781439138700 WE GOT HIM!: A Memoir of the Hunt and Capture of Saddam Hussein by Steve Russell Here is the riveting account of the six-month manhunt that ended at a hole on the bank of the Tigris River, and the blow-by-blow plays of the actual raids that netted Saddam Hussein. Threshold Editions * 9781451662481 On Sale in Paperback NAKED CRUELTY: A Carmine Delmonico Novel by Colleen McCullough In 1968, the leafy Holloman suburb of Carew is being terrorized by a series of vicious and systematic rapes. When finally one victim goes to the police, the rapist escalates to murder. It’s up to Captain Carmine Delmonico to solve this seemingly impossible case. Simon & Schuster * 9781439178355 THE OTHER LIFE by Ellen Meister Quinn Braverman is happy and successful --- but she also knows that an alternative reality exists in which she has an entirely different life. When Quinn travels through the portal to the life she could have had, she is faced with a critical decision. Berkley Trade * 9780425243374 QUEEN HEREAFTER: A Novel of Margaret of Scotland by Susan King Shipwrecked on the Scottish coast, Margaret of Scotland and her family ask for sanctuary from the warrior-king Malcolm Canmore. A foreign queen in a strange land, Margaret adapts to life among the barbarian Scots, forging unexpected friendships and trying to fulfill her destiny. Broadway * 9780307452801 ROBERT LUDLUM’S THE BOURNE DOMINION by Eric Van Lustbader Jason Bourne is searching for an elusive cadre of terrorists, and needs the help of his longtime friend, General Boris Karpov, the newly appointed head of Russia's most feared spy agency, FSB-2. What he doesn’t know is that in order to remain the head of FSB-2, Karpov must hunt down and kill Bourne. Grand Central Publishing * 9781455510306 SHORTCUT MAN by p.g. sturges Dick Henry makes his living hunting down con men and doing whatever it takes to bring his clients to justice. But when Henry gets an assignment from porn producer Artie Benjamin, his life suddenly becomes much more complicated. Scribner * 9781439194195 A SONG FOR MY MOTHER by Kat Martin Ten years after eloping with her high school boyfriend, Marly Hanson returns to her hometown at the request of her daughter, Katie, who has recently been treated for brain cancer. But what starts as a short visit becomes much more complicated. Vanguard Press * 9781593156787