New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Orbit 06 Oct-Dec
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New Crime & Mystery Fiction Titles From Orbit OCT-DEC 06

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Mark Billingham Buried Pbk published November 2006 by Orbit at £12.99 ISBN: 0356244105

Luke Mullen, sixteen year old son of a former, high- ranking police officer has disappeared, presumed kidnapped. While no- one quite dares to voice the fear that he could also be presumed dead, Detective Inspector Tom Thorne is brought in to beef up the squad dedicated to locating the missing boy. The first thing the team looks for is anyone with a grudge against Luke's father, a man who'd put a lot of tough villains away in his time. A list quickly emerges, but Thorne discovers that ex-DCI Tony Mullen has omitted the name of the most obvious suspect; a man who'd once threatened him and his family, and who, after serving time for his original crime, is now the main suspect in a murder which has been unsolved for four years. Is this a simple oversight - understandable considering the trauma of his son's disappearance? Or is it something more telling? Aware that he does not have the luxury of time, Thorne searches desperately for connections and leads, but learns that secrets are as easily buried as bodies, and that assumptions are the enemy of truth.

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Mike Carey Vicious Circle Pbk published October 2006 by Orbit at £6.99 ISBN: 1841494143

Castor has reluctantly returned to exorcism after the case of the Bonnington Archive ghost convinced him that he really can do some good with his abilities ('good', of course, being a relative term when dealing with the undead). But his friend, Rafi, is still possessed; the succubus, Ajulutsikael (Juliet to her friends), still technically has a contract on him; and he's still - let's not beat around the bush - dirt poor. Doing some consulting for the local constabulary helps pay the bills, but Castor needs a big, private job to really fill the hole in his overdraft. That's what he needs. What he gets, good fortune and Castor not being on speaking terms, is a seemingly insignificant 'missing ghost' case that inexorably drags himself and his loved ones into the middle of a horrific plot to raise one of Hell's fiercest demons. When Satanists, sacrifice farms, stolen spirits and possessed churches all appear on the same police report, the name of Felix Castor can't be too far behind ...

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Tanya Huff Smoke and Mirrors Pbk published December 2006 by Orbit at £6.99 ISBN: 1841494771

Smoke and Mirrors is the second in Tanya Huff's new series about Tony, a former street-kid, rescued by vampire Henry Fitzroy.
Tony has moved out of Fitzroy's home and is now working as a production assistant on TV show 'Darkest Night' - ironically, a fictional show about a vampire detective. The action centres around the filming of a haunted house story ...unfortunately in an actual haunted house. When one of the crew is injured, the malevolent spirits in the house come to life. All doors shut at dusk and the deaths of the spirits' victims are replayed again and again ...The pattern follows a grisly theme of murder, then suicide, and each one of the multiple deaths is a story in itself. The cast will be set free - if they can survive the night. Tony becomes the focus of suspicion as he is the only one who can both see and communicate with the ghosts, as he tries to manage his burgeoning wizardly powers.

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Shaun Hutson Twisted Souls Pbk published December 2006 by Orbit at £6.99 ISBN: 1841496413

SFX magazine 'Shaun Hutson is significantly better than other Brits. His short, cliffhanger-capped chapters propel you through the story at pace'

Imagine your worst fear. A fear that eats away at you - fear of death, of illness, of needles, of fire. Even of feelings. The people who live in Roxton know what it's like to live like that. But they have no choice. Emma Tate had lived with her fear of losing everything for more than two years. Her job is in jeopardy, her parents have been killed in a car crash, her life is collapsing around her. She, her husband and two friends attempt to seek peace in a luxury house in the countryside close to Roxton for two weeks. But the village of Roxton LIKES fear - it has a force within it which needs fear to sustain it and help it grow. And Emma and her companions cannot avoid becoming fearful... For Emma and the others there will be no waking from THIS nightmare...

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Lilith Saintcrow Dead Man Rising Pbk published December 2006 by Orbit at £6.99 ISBN: 1841494674

Dante Valentine is a licensed Necromance, one of the best ever to survive training, and she's got an emerald embedded in her forehead to prove it. She's also dangerous and prickly with a suicidal streak - who better to make a contract with the Devil - and survive to tell the tale? The Dark One himself is a hard act to follow, but fate has managed to store up a number of sinister and extremely unpleasant surprises for Dante. Raising the dead has never been so risky ...

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