On Sale the Week of January 2nd in Hardcover

January 2nd PRIVATE: #1 SUSPECT by James Patterson Since former Marine Jack Morgan started Private, it has become the world's most effective investigation firm. But when his former lover is found murdered in Jack’s bed, he is instantly the number one suspect. Little, Brown & Company * 9780316097406 January 3rd BREAKDOWN: A V.I. Warshawski Novel by Sara Paretsky Carmilla, Queen of the Night, is a shape-shifting raven whose fictional exploits thrill girls all over the world. When Chicago tweens hold an initiation ritual in an abandoned cemetery, they stumble on an actual corpse, a man stabbed through the heart in a vampire-style slaying. Putnam Adult * 9780399157837 CELL 8 by Anders Roslund and Börge Hellström Detective Superintendent Ewert Grens discovers a startling connection between two cases --- a brutal murder in the United States and an aggravated assault in Sweden six years later. SilverOak * 9781402787157 THE CONFESSION: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery by Charles Todd Troubled investigator Ian Rutledge wrestles with a startling and dangerous case that reaches far into the past when a false confession from a man who is not who he claims to be leads to a brutal murder. William Morrow * 9780062015662 THE DARKENING FIELD by William Ryan It is 1937, and Captain Alexei Korolev of Criminal Investigation Division of the Moscow Militia is bound for Odessa after the suspicious suicide of a loyal young party member who supposedly had an illicit intimate relationship with the party director. Minotaur Books * 9780312586515 A DEVIL IS WAITING by Jack Higgins The President is coming to London, but not to a warm welcome --- a fanatical mullah is offering a blessing to anyone who will assassinate the President. A small band known as the "Prime Minister's private army" is called in, including intelligence captain and Afghan war hero Sara Gideon. Putnam Adult * 9780399158094 DISTRUST THAT PARTICULAR FLAVOR by William Gibson Over the past 30 years, William Gibson has been sought out by varying publications for his insights into contemporary culture. These essays and articles, never before collected, give insight into the mind of a writer whose thinking has helped shape our culture. Putnam Adult * 9780399158438 GUN GAMES: A Decker/Lazarus Novel by Faye Kellerman Peter Decker of the LAPD and his wife, Rina Lazarus, confront the case of a rash of shocking adolescent suicides at an elite Los Angeles private school. They also struggle with Gabriel Whitman, a troubled teen whom they have brought into their home. William Morrow * 9780062064325 THE HUNTER by John Lescroart Raised by loving adoptive parents, San Francisco private investigator Wyatt Hunt never had an interest in finding his birth family --- until he gets a chilling text message from an unknown number: "How did ur mother die?" Dutton Adult * 9780525952565 IAGO by David Snodin Wounded in love, tormented by his past, Shakespeare's most complex villain is brought to life in this tale of two adversaries --- one an accused killer; the other, one of the most powerful men in Venice. Henry Holt & Company * 9780805093704 LOVE IN A NUTSHELL by Janet Evanovich and Dorien Kelly Kate Appleton needs a job. Her husband left her, she’s been fired, and the only place she wants to go is her parents’ summer house, The Nutshell, in Michigan. Kate’s plan is to turn it into a Bed and Breakfast. Problem is, she needs cash, and the only job she can land is less than ideal. St. Martin's Press * 9780312651312 THE MAN WITHIN MY HEAD by Pico Iyer Pico Iyer sets out to unravel the mysterious closeness he has always felt with English writer Graham Greene. He investigates all he has in common with Greene, and the deeper he delves, the more he begins to wonder if the man within his head is not Greene but his own father --- or even himself. Knopf * 9780307267610 NEED YOU NOW by James Grippando A young financial advisor and his girlfriend uncover a conspiracy that reaches from Wall Street to Washington, from the trading floors of the Stock Exchange to the deepest halls of government. Harper * 9780061840302 THE PLOTS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT: FDR, A Nation in Crisis, and the Rise of the American Right by Sally Denton THE PLOTS AGAINST THE PRESIDENT follows Franklin Delano Roosevelt as he struggled to right the teetering nation, armed with little more than indomitable optimism and the courage to try anything. Bloomsbury Press * 9781608190898 THE RETRIBUTION: A Tony Hill & Carol Jordan Novel by Val McDermid Tony Hill and Carol Jordan have put away scores of criminals. But there is one killer who has defined their careers: Jacko Vance. Now Jacko has escaped from prison; even more twisted than before, he is focused on wreaking revenge on Tony and Carol. Little, Brown & Company * 9780802120175 SCARECROW RETURNS by Matthew Reilly Deep in the Arctic, a long-forgotten Soviet military base enshrouds a Cold War doomsday device with the power to obliterate the planet. When a terrorist group unleashes the weapon, there is only one team close enough to sabotage them: a band of Marines and civilians led by Captain Shane Schofield. Simon & Schuster * 9781416577591 SISTERHOOD OF DUNE by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson It is 83 years after the last of the thinking machines were destroyed in the Battle of Corrin, after Faykan Butler took the name of Corrino and established himself as the first Emperor of a new Imperium. Great changes are brewing that will shape all of humankind. Tor Books * 9780765322739 WILD ABANDON by Joe Dunthorne At a once-vibrant communal-living property in the British countryside, back-to-basics fervor has given way to a vague discontent. With his family falling apart, founder Don Riley convinces himself that the only way to save the world he’s created is to throw the biggest party of his life. Random House * 9781400066841 THE WORLD WE FOUND by Thrity Umrigar Laleh, Kavita, Armaiti and Nishta were best friends in their Bombay college days, but they have since drifted apart. When Armaiti, now in the United States, is diagnosed with cancer, the four reunite and discover the lasting power of friendship. Harper * 9780061938344 WORTH FIGHTING FOR: Love, Loss, and Moving Forward by Lisa Niemi Lisa Niemi and Patrick Swayze were married for 34 years. For the first time, Lisa Niemi Swayze shares the details of Patrick’s 21-month battle with Stage IV pancreatic cancer, and how she has coped with the grief of losing him. Atria * 9781439196359 January 5th AGENT 6 by Tom Rob Smith Leo Demidov is no longer a member of Moscow's secret police. But when his wife and daughters are invited on a "Peace Tour" to New York, he is immediately suspicious. Forbidden to travel, Leo watches helplessly as his family is pulled into a web of conspiracy and betrayal that will end in tragedy. Grand Central Publishing * 9780446550765 HOW IT ALL BEGAN by Penelope Lively When Charlotte Rainsford, a retired schoolteacher, is accosted by a petty thief on a London street, the consequences ripple across the lives of acquaintances and strangers alike. Viking Adult * 9780670023448 THE INVISIBLE ONES by Stef Penney Small-time private investigator Ray Lovell veers between paralysis and delirium in a hospital bed. But before the accident that landed him there, he'd been hired to find Rose Janko, the missing wife of the son of a traveling Gypsy family. Putnam Adult * 9780399157714 A QUIET VENDETTA by R.J. Ellory When Catherine Ducane disappears, the cops react rapidly --- she is the daughter of the Governor of Louisiana. Her bodyguard turns up horribly mutilated, and when her kidnapper calls he doesn't want money: he wants time alone with a functionary from a Washington-based organized crime task force. Overlook Hardcover * 9781590205082 THE STREET SWEEPER by Elliot Perlman Lamont Williams is a paroled felon looking to turn his life around. Adam Zignelik is a struggling professor, his life falling apart around him. The worlds surrounding these two men collide through the vast forces of history. Riverhead Hardcover * 9781594488474 THE WHISPERER by Donato Carrisi Six severed arms are discovered, arranged in a mysterious circle and buried in a clearing in the woods. Five of them appear to belong to missing girls between the ages of eight and 18. The sixth is yet to be identified. Mulholland Books * 9780316194723