For the Mystery Reader

I'd Know You Anywhere by Laura Lippman

signed copies available

A suburban wife and mother confronts her past when she receives a letter from the man who kidnapped her as a teenager in Laura Lippman’s nail-biting suspenser I’d Know You Anywhere. Signed copies. $25.99

Worth Dying For by Lee Child

Signed copies available

There's deadly trouble in the corn country of Nebraska…and Jack Reacher walks right into it in Worth Dying For by Lee Child. First he runs afoul of a local clan that has terrified an entire county into submission. But it's the unsolved case of a missing child, already decades old, that Reacher can't let go of. $25 Signed copies available.

Djibouti by Elmore Leonard

A documentary filmmaker finds more than she bargained for in Elmore Leonard’s Djbouti, a tale of pirates and much more set in the Horn of Africa. $26.99

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson

British import, quantities limited

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest is the startling conclusion to Stieg Larsson’s trilogy featuring hacker Lizbeth Salander and journalist Mikail Blomqvist. Available from Britain in limited quantities, please order early to avoid disappointment. $14.95

Moonlight Mile by Dennis Lehane

Fans not only get the first Kedzie and Gennaro book in years in Dennis Lehane’s Moonlight Mile but they get a sequel of sorts to his earlier Gone, Baby, Gone. $26.99

The Confession by John Grisham

A guilty man who escaped justice confesses to save the man convicted in his place--but no one believes him in John Grisham’s The Confession. $28.95

Hell's Corner by David Baldacci

Being in the wrong place—Lafayette Square—at the wrong time—when a bomb goes off—pulls Oliver Stone and the Camel Club into the middle of a dangerous conspiracy in Hell’s Corner by David Baldacci. $27.99

Body Work by Sara Paretsky

Signed copies availalble

When Sara Paretsky’s Body Work, her latest case for the masterful Chicago detective V.I. Warshawski, begins with a performance artist who lets people paint messages on her naked body, you know this will be one of the more unusual cases to hit the Windy City. It is the Iraqi vet’s violent reaction to the artist and her later death that launch the plot right out of the headlines. Hired by the vet’s family, VI works through the puzzling case with the help of other vets and the damages of the war. Another smart and brave outing for a good woman. Signed copies $26.95

Dead or Alive by Tom Clancy

After a ten year absence and with a little assist from co-author Grant Blackwood, Tom Clancy returns to the fray with Dead or Alive featuring Jack Ryan, Jr. working off the books at The Campus to eliminate every terrorist threat to the US. The threat right now is a ruthless killer known as the Emir and Jack will track him across the globe. $28.95

Millennium Trilogy by Stieg Larsson

Just in time for the holidays comes The Millennium Trilogy, a deluxe set of Stieg Larsson's three hardcover books--The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest--each unjacketed, bound in full cloth, and uniquely stamped, with maps and individual full-color endpapers, in a slipcase. An added bonus, an essay about the author and his creation written especially for this set. $99

Painted Ladies by Robert B. Parker

Called upon by The Hammond Museum and renowned art scholar Dr. Ashton Prince, in Robert B. Parker’s Painted Ladies, Spenser accepts his latest case: to provide protection during a ransom exchange--money for a stolen painting. The case becomes personal when Spenser fails to protect his client and the valuable painting remains stolen.

The Psychology of Dexter

Aimed at Dexter devotees and armchair psychologists, The Psychology of Dexter takes on the psychological complexities of the popular series with an eye towards insight and accessibility. It analyzes not just the title character, but his family, coworkers, and even his viewers. What makes Dexter tick? And what makes a show about a serial killer so appealing to those of us at home? 14.95