New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Piatkus
2004 Oct-Dec
New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From
Piatkus
OCT-DEC 2004
Rose Connors
Temporary Sanity
Pbk published October 2004 by Piatkus at £6.99
ISBN: 0749934980
Artwork by: Cover design: Berni Stevens
When devoted father Buck Hammond's seven-year-old son is abducted and murdered by Hector Monteros, Buck takes justice into his own hands. Unfortunately, the TV cameras were rolling as Buck aimed his hunting rifle at Monteros's head. The only viable defense is insanity, but the grieving father refuses to say he was crazy when he pulled the trigger. Attorney Marty Nickerson, until recently a Massachusetts prosecutor, has a tough role acting as his defence attorney. How can the jury acquit Buck when the shooting is right there on the screen for all to see? Marty and her partner, Harry Madigan are already stretched thin when, on the very eve of the trial, a battered and bleeding woman staggers into their office. She's in deep trouble - her attacker's body has just been found, viciously stabbed, and he's an officer of the court. Now Marty has two seemingly impossible battles to win against her former colleagues. But losing a verdict may be the least of Marty's worries, as her efforts soon lead to shocking revelations that bring fear to the Cape and devastating changes to Buck's trial. With her energetic prose, her insider's expertise, and her exuberant storytelling.
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Jayne Ann Krentz
Truth or Dare
Pbk published November 2004 by Piatkus at £6.99
ISBN: 0749934964
Artwork by: Design: Vivid. Cover image: Stone
Zoe is an interior designer with a unique sense of style. But even more uncanny is her sense of what's going on under the surface, the secrets a house can hold. At the moment, though, Zoe isn't concerned about a client's space. She's more worried about what's going on in her own house in Whispering Springs, Arizona, where she lives with her new husband, private investigator Ethan Truax. After a whirlwind courtship, and a dangerous adventure, they've gambled on commitment, hoping that their powerful attraction can help them learn to live together despite their utterly opposite personalities. But newlywed life is suddenly interrupted when a shadowy figure from Zoe's past shows up in Whispering Springs, and her closest friend is put at terrible risk. For Zoe and Arcadia Ames share a shocking secret. And as they seek to protect the truth, they must join together, and with Ethan's help, accept a very dangerous dare...
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Hilary Norman
Guilt
Pbk published December 2004 by Piatkus at £6.99
ISBN: 0749935006
Abigail Allen's deepest, darkest secret is that when she was thirteen years old, she was responsible for killing her
parents and boyfriend in an accident. Now a cellist with a modest career, guilt has become Abigail's most constant
companion. She has reconciled herself to living alone. Alone, she knows, is what she deserves. Until she meets Silas
Graves. Charming, persuasive Silas, the photographer who knows about her past but loves her in spite of it - maybe
even because of it. Silas has his own dark secrets, though he's never experienced real guilt. Few things shock him, and
nothing is as important to him as love. But the women he's loved most in his life, his mother and his sister, Jules, have
both, in his eyes, betrayed him. Silas, a possessive, jealous man, can forgive almost anything except betrayal. Abigail is
different. Abigail needs him, adores him. And besides, they have two things in common. Their secrets. And death. Abigail
won't betray him. She'd better not.
'heart-stopping suspense' Mary Higgins Clark
'genuinely scary ...a real page-turner' Daily Telegraph
'An accomplished novelist' New York Times Book Review
,an enthralling read' Gerald Kaufman, The Scotsman
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Amanda Quick
Wait Until Midnight
Published December 2004 by Piatkus at £18.99
ISBN: 0749907037
Adam Hardesty has a serious problem. The secrets of his past are in danger of being exposed, and in the course of investigating his would-be blackmailer, he discovers the dead body of a prominent psychic. To make matters worse, her house has been torn apart, and the diary containing Adam's secrets is missing. His only lead is a list of the psychic's last visitors - the people who came to her house for a sitting on the night of her death. The most likely suspect is a woman named Mrs. Caroline Fordyce, whom he confronts in her parlour, only to discover an inconvenient attraction to the beautiful young widow. Alarmed by Adam's insinuations and questions, Caroline concludes that she must conduct her own investigation into this strange matter. If she can discover the true killer, Adam will have no reason to expose her connection to the dead psychic, which would cause a scandal she and her aunts could ill-afford. Besides, her life has been boringly uncomplicated for too long, and the exciting tension she feels around Adam presents a welcome alternative to her mundane daily routine.
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J.D. Robb
Betrayal in Death
Pbk published October 2004 by Piatkus at £5.99
ISBN: 0749934387
`However the act of murder was committed, in cold blood or hot, Eve Dallas was sworn to pursue it to its root. And serve
the dead.'
At the luxurious Roarke Palace Hotel, a maid walks into suite 4602 for the nightly turndown - and steps into her worst
nightmare. A killer leaves her dead, strangled by a thin, silver wire. He's Sly Yost, a virtuoso of music and murder; a hit
man for the elite. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows him well. But in this twisted case, knowing the killer doesn't help solve the
crime. Because there's someone else involved. Someone with a very personal motive. And Eve must face a terrifying
possibility that the real target may, in fact, be her husband, Roarke...
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J.D. Robb
Seduction in Death
Pbk published November 2004 by Piatkus at £5.99
ISBN: 0749934395
Artwork by: Cover image: Design Vivid
Lieutenant Eve Dallas is searching for a Casanova killer with a deadly appetite for seduction...
Dante had been courting his victim in cyberspace for weeks before meeting her in person. A few sips of wine and a few
hours later, she was dead. The murder weapon: a rare, usually undetectable date-rape drug with a street value of a
quarter million dollars.
Detective Eve Dallas is playing and replaying the clues in her mind. The candlelight, the music, the rose petals strewn
across the bed - a seduction meant for his benefit, not hers. He hadn't intended to kill her. But now that he had, he is left
with only two choices: to either hole up in fear and guilt. Or start hunting again...
Praise for Seduction in Death:
'Robb has found a winning formula in the genre - hopefully we'll see a lot more of Eve Dallas'Amazon.com
'Robb's energetic prose and hard-edged dialogue will keep readers engrossed'Publishers Weekly
J. D. Robb is the pseudonym of New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts
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J.D. Robb
Portrait in Death
Published October 2004 by Piatkus at £18.99
ISBN: 0749906820
Artwork by: Design: Vivid. Cover image:© Stone
`She was still three feet away when she'd smelled it. She'd walked with death too many times to mistake it.'
After a tip from a reporter, Eve Dallas finds the body of a young woman in a Delancey street dumpster. Just hours
before, the news station had mysteriously received a portfolio of professional portraits of the woman. The photos seemed
to be nothing out of the ordinary for any pretty young woman starting a modeling career. Except that she wasn't a model.
And that these photos were taken after she had beer murdered.
Now Dallas is or. the traii of a killer who's a perfectionist and an artist. He carefully observes and records his victim's
every move. And he has a mission: to own every beautiful young woman's innocence, to capture her youth and vitality-
in one fateful shot...
'Dallas has a complex edge that transcends genre stereotypes and gives the book's romantic interludes a real charge.
As always in Roberts's work, appealing secondary characters add genuine warmth and humour... perfectly calibrated to
intrigue.' Publishers Weekly
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Nora Roberts
Blue Dahlia
Pbk published December 2004 by Piatkus at £6.99
ISBN: 0749935332
Recent widowed Stella Rothchild is no stranger to the ghosts of the past, but the move from Michigan back to her roots near Memphis, Tennessee is supposed to be about the future. Her two energetic young sons are thriving in their new school. Stella's got a great job managing successful nursery 'In the Garden' and an interesting boss and landlady in local legend Roz Harper. She even has a new friend in Hayley Phillips, the feisty young pregnant woman who turns up at Harper House, Stella's new home, looking for a job. More than that, Stella feels an instant attraction to 'In the Garden's' landscaper, Logan Kitridge, who gets under her skin and makes her feel truly alive for the first time in years. But there is someone at Harper House who isn't happy about Stella's growing feelings for Logan - the Harper Bride, an unidentified woman whose grief and rage have kept her spirit alive long past the death of her body. Love and loss broke her mind, and in her madness, she will stop at nothing to destroy the new passion that Logan and Stella have found.
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