New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Pocket Books 05 Oct-Dec
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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Pocket Books OCT-DEC 05

Virginia Andrews Falling Stars Pbk published December 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 0743440889


Four talented girls from vastly different pasts share a dream of stardom: Cinnamon, the edgy actress; Ice, the phenomenal vocalist; Rose, the beautiful dancer; and Honey, the first-rate violinist. The four meet at the prestigious Senetsky School of the Performing Arts - housed in an ornate New York mansion - and become instant friends as they take off on a dazzling whirlwind of intense classes, theatre outings and celebrity-studded parties. But they soon realise this is no ordinary school. Madame Senetsky pushes the girls' studies beyond reason. She controls their social lives. And they get the strange feeling someone is watching them. But who? And why? Cinnamon, Ice, Rose and Honey set out to untangle a shadowy web of Senetsky family secrets. As they explore dark corners and hidden rooms, every creak and moan of the old mansion tells a story too frightening to repeat. A devastating story that could destroy their dreams.

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Marc Cerasini Operation Hellgate. “24” S. Pbk published November 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 1416511695


Within twenty-four hours a nightmare will be unleashed that could cause the death of untold millions and devastate a continent. It's a plot being carried out by the unlikeliest of allies. A powerful mole within the deepest reaches of US Intelligence has secretly conscripted the very criminals he's been charged with investigating - former IRA terrorists, Latino and Asian gang members, Middle Eastern assassins and others - creating one of the most insidious terrorist networks law enforcement has ever had to deal with. One man stands between the destroyers and the death tide:
Jack Bauer, lone wolf operative for America's brand-new elite Counter Terrorist Unit. But he's three thousand miles from the CTU command centre without backup in a strange city, New York. He's been artfully set up and is being hunted by the FBI for the murder of two of its agents. And time's almost up...

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Michael Chiappetta The Journey into Darkness Pbk published November 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 1416507477


The Unauthorized History Of Kane
The seven-foot Superstar Kane has always shunned attention, so much so that he never once spoke throughout the first years of his career. Now and then fans have been given tantalising glimpses into his strange and tormented life. They know that his mother died when he was young in a fire set by Undertaker - his half-brother. They know that as a teenager he was the driver in an accident that killed one of his few friends...But what fans have seen and heard on television is a fraction of Kane's full story. This book will uncover his shocking past and reveal the truth about him as never before. What secrets lie hidden behind those eyes? What made him the creature he became? Journey Into Darkness takes the enigma that is Kane into terrifying places where few would dare to go.

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Mary Higgins Clark The Christmas Thief Pbk published November 2005 by Pocket Books at £5.99 ISBN: 0743450167
Artwork by: Jacket illustration: © mark Stutzman. Jacket photo: © National Geogeaphic Getty Images


Alvirah Meehan, the lottery winner turned amateur sleuth, joins forces once again with private detective Regan Reilly to solve a Christmas mystery. This time they must track down the beautiful ninety-foot tree that is hijacked on its way to Rockefeller Center for the Christmas season. What they do not know is that a hole in the trunk of the tree contains the fortune in priceless gems that Packey Noonan, a scam artist just released from prison, had hidden there twelve years ago. What they do know is that this particular tree is irreplaceable. It has been chosen because it was in the forest near the Vermont home of Maria von Trapp, and the Christmas festival in Rockefeller Center is geared to the fortieth anniversary of the film The Sound of Music. The rumor is that Maria von Trapp loved to sing songs from the film under that tree.

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Max Allan Collins CSI Killing Game Pbk published November 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 1416502343


Another complex case tests all the skill and experience of the unsung heroes of the Las Vegas police force: the Crime Scene Investigation team. Veteran Gil Grissom and his colleagues on the Criminalistics Bureau's graveyard shift combine cutting-edge science with old-fashioned savvy, as they work to untangle the evidence behind the yellow police tape.

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Joseph Geary Mirror Pbk published October 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 0743460952

See Review by Bernard Knight ex Home Office Pathologist and author of the highly acclaimed Crowner John series

Curator of the Modern Art Museum in New York, Ellen Lindz is troubled by the appearance of a stranger. An old man with an innocent question. He is curious about the dimensions of a painting. The last major work by the martyr-suicide Franklin Koenig before his spectacular self-immolation in 1958, MIRROR only recently showed up in New York where it sold for USD23 million: the highest price ever paid for a piece of post-war art. The seller, Linda Carey, was Koenig's lover in his last tortured months. The buyer was the Modern Art Museum. Prompted by the stranger's doubts, Ellen asks questions of her own and discovers a doctored catalogue which puts the painting's authenticity in doubt - and her own reputation on the line. Determined to clear her name, Ellen sets out to uncover the truth about MIRROR. Only one person will have the answers. But, in going after Linda Carey, who disappeared into thin air after the MIRROR sale, Ellen makes a shocking discovery. What is the truth behind the layers of lies? Who is the stranger asking questions? Why did Koenig set fire to himself and most of his work all those years ago? The answers lie in the past, in the cultural cold war of 1950s America

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Karen Haber Kong Unbound Pbk published November 2005 by Pocket Books at £7.99 ISBN: 1416522158


One of the most popular movie monsters of all time is fully explored in this captivating collection of essays, which highlights the cultural impact of the movie and its enduring legacy.
The collection will include original contributions by luminaries, such as Ray Bradbury and Robert Silverberg, and is edited by Karen Haber, who has previously worked on similar books, essays and collections for both "The Matrix" and "The Lord Of The Rings" trilogy.
The essays in "Kong Unbound" will explore everything from a cinematic analysis of Kong, to the film's seminal role in the genre of horror and monster movies; while science fans will enjoy an explanation of whether or not giant gorillas actually existed, an exploration of the film's other fantastic animals from the Age of the Dinosaurs, and the possible existence of isolated island ecologies that may still harbour creatures from the Mesozoic Era.

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Stel Pavlou Gene Pbk published November 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 0743403851
Artwork by: Cover photo & Design: www.henrysteadman.com

Second story by author of Decipher

When New York detective James North arrives at a hostage scene in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, he's disturbed to find the bad guy is asking for him by name. North has no idea who this man called Gene is, or why his own presence is so important. Frenzied, dangerous, and unpredictable the hostage situation quickly implodes leaving North injected with a serum that imparts hallucinations, nightmares and memories that are not his own. The hunt begins on the streets of New York, but the journey is not one of space, but of time. Gene is the story of forgotten Greek warrior Cyclades who fought against the magi Athanatos in the Trojan Wars. It is the tale of a quest for immortality and a thirst for revenge. Cyclades - feted by the gods to be reincarnated seven times - has returned. Cyclades and Athanatos. North and Gene. In this incarnation, neither knows which is which - or why each of them has the instinctive need to kill the other.
Like Decipher, Gene covers a vast scope of time and space, creating a unique and nail-biting thriller that will have readers on the edge of their seats until the very last, extraordinary page.


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Ann Rule Green River, Running Red Pbk published November 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 1416523812


The True Story of America’s Deadliest Serial Killer
For twenty-one years, Gary Ridgway carried out his self-described 'career' as a killing machine, ridding the world of women he considered evil. The world's most prolific serial killer's eerie ability to lure his victims to their deaths and hide their bodies made him far more dangerous than any infamous multiple murderer in the annals of crime. Happily married, Ridgway worked for the same company for thirty years, eventually emerging as the prime suspect among 40,000 scrutinized by the Green River Task Force. Still, there was no physical evidence linking him to the murders, until 2001 when King County Sheriff Dave Reichert utilized a new DNA process on a saliva sample he had saved since 1987 with stunning results. Ann Rule has followed the case since the first body was found in July 1982. She has compiled voluminous files and gained unparalleled access to all the key players - from Reichert, who has stated that 'there's only one writer who can do this story justice - and that's Ann Rule', to those close to Ridgway and his victims. "Green River, Running Red" is a harrowing look at a modern monster - a killer who walked among us, undetected. It is also the story of his quarry, who they were - and who they might have become. Two decades in the making, this is the most important and most personal book of Ann Rule's long career.

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John Sandford Winter Prey Pbk published October 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 1416502319


The Iceman crept into the house on the edge of the lake. He killed the father first. Then the mother and child. And when his work was done, he set the house on fire. Lucas Davenport had tracked killers in cities across America. But the woods of rural Wisconsin are as dark and primal as evil itself. The winters are harsher and colder. And in the heart of every mother and father, there is fear ...Because tonight, the Iceman cometh.

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John Sandford Mind Prey Pbk published October 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 1416502327


It was raining when Andi left the parent-teacher meeting with her two daughters, and she was distracted. She didn't notice the red van parked beside her, or the van door slide open. The last thing she did notice was the hand reaching out from her and the menacing voice from the past. When Lucas Davenport hears that psychiatrist Andi Manette and her daughters have been kidnapped, he knows instinctively that he's about to tackle one of his worst ever cases. For this time, Davenport has truly met his match - a nemesis more intelligent, and more depraved, than any he has tracked before. A pure, wanton killer who knows more about mind games than Davenport himself.

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John Sandford The Hanged Man's Song Pbk published October 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 0743492188


Bobby, a super-hacker friend of Kidd's, suddenly disappears from cyberspace, and Kidd knows that isn't a good sign. Going over to his house, he finds him dead on the floor, his head bashed in and his laptop missing. The secrets of that laptop are potent enough to hang Kidd and everybody else in Bobby's circle - just to start with - so there's no question that Kidd and LuEllen have to try to track it down. But before he can get very far, the secrets start coming out anyway...and they're more staggering than even Kidd imagined. Because it's not just the lives of a circle of friends and colleagues now - it's about something much, much bigger and scarier...

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Harry Turtledove Out of the Darkness Pbk published October 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 074346849X


Harry Turtledove's rousing saga of a fantastic world at war, which began in Into the Darkness and continued through several successful volumes, draws to its final climactic conclusion in Out of the Darkness.

As the Derlavaian War rages into its last and greatest battles, allied nations maneuver for positions against each other in a postwar world. But before that time can come, the forces of Algarve, Unkerlant, and their allies must clash for the final time, countering army with army and battle magic with ever-more-powerful battle magic. In the midst of it all, the people the war has battered and reshaped must struggle to face their greatest individual challenges, as loves are shattered and found, terrible crimes avenged, and some journeys ended forever. And the end of the war may not bring peace.

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Jenny Wake The Making of “King Kong” Pbk published December 2005 by Pocket Books at £12.99 ISBN: 1416502572


It was seeing King Kong as a young boy that made Peter Jackson decide to become a filmmaker.
Now in 2005 he will fulfill another one of his ambitions with the release of King Kong, his own personal homage to the film that inspired him. Made with the same meticulous attention to detail and consummate on-screen storytelling that hallmarked all three Lord of the Rings films, King Kong will recreate all the tragic grandeur and epic scale of the original while emphasising the themes of conservation versus exploitation of nature that give the story a peculiarly contemporary resonance. Jackson will employ the latest technology to bring this timeless tale to cinematic life, and his Kong promises to be a unique and breathtaking creation. Following every step of the process, this book is the perfect on-set illustrated record of how King Kong was made. Starring Jack Black, Naomi Watts, Adrian Brody and Andy Serkis - who will bring to his portrayal of Kong the same extraordinary talent he brought to Gollum.
King Kong is scheduled for worldwide release in December 2005.

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WETA Workshop The World of Kong Published December 2005 by Pocket Books at £25.00 ISBN: 1416502580

A Natural History of Skull Island (King Kong S.)
Peter Jackson, Academy-Award winning director of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, brings his sweeping cinematic vision to the iconic story of the gigantic ape-monster captured in the wild and brought back to civilization where he meets his tragic fate. True to the spirit both of the original story and the classic 1933 RK0 Pictures version, Peter Jackson's eagerly-awaited film will expand on the chapters of the tale which take place on the mysterious, isolated Skull Island - a world that time forgot, lorded over by one of the most extraordinary creatures ever to walk the earth. From fascinating frame-by-frame storyboards to glorious full-colour paintings, this book is a lavish visual tribute to the fabulous movie art which created the world of Skull Island and its fauna and brought them to vivid, stupendous life on the cinema screen.

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John Whitman Veto Power 24 Pbk published December 2005 by Pocket Books at £6.99 ISBN: 1416511709


With the House and Senate getting ready to vote on a highly controversial new bill regarding Government power to investigate its citizens, the usual political machinations - blackmail and deceit - are being fully employed. Meanwhile, after a bungled investigation into an innocent Muslim family, Agent Jack Bauer has been demoted from the high priority field work he is used to, and has instead been relegated to infiltrating a small, home-grown militia group with a view to closing them down. But, some things don't add up, and Jack find himself embroiled in a convoluted plot against the President, desperately trying to work out whether or not the threat is real; and if it is, who is it coming from?

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