Jump ahead thirteen years and living in San Francisco is the journalist and future author Mark Twain who has become friends with Tom Sawyer, one of the men who fought the serial fires. Twain is fascinated by Sawyer’s story and eventually Sawyer would become the namesake of the lead character in Twain’s classic novel. Black Fire: The True Story of the Original Tom Sawyer- and of the Mysterious Fires That Baptized Gold Rush-Era San Francisco is the thrilling account of the hunt for the serial killer and the story of Sawyer and the lawless boom town. Robert Graysmith is both writer and illustrator for this true story, and he is also the author of Amerithrax: The Hunt for the Anthrax Killer and The Girl in Alfred Hitchcock’s Shower: A Murder that Becomes a Real-life Mystery.

Nick was going home to his family and the woman he had never forgotten, but it was only temporary since he was on a mission to find the Talisman and once completed he would be brought back to the present day dead or alive. This is a formidable task because no one knows what the Talisman is and to complicate matters Nick discovers The Guild has enemies and secrets too. The River of No Return by Bee Ridgway is a novel that combines time travel, intrigue, and romance turning it into a Regency adventure.

Suddenly Ranjit’s world is turned upside down as assailants try to kill him, and he is separated from his wife and daughter who now face deportation. The only way Ranjit can possibly save himself and his family is to discover what was behind the break-in and discover the truth about the Senator in The Caretaker by A. X. Ahmad. This is a thrilling novel where the outsider, Ranjit, must enter a world full of insider’s secret deals.

Her memoir promises to tell the truth of her harrowing experiences with dragons, smugglers and daring adventure in A Natural History of Dragons: A Memoir of Lady Trent by Marie Brennan. This fantasy is written in the style of a Victorian memoir with detailed illustrations of dragons and others. This is the first book in a new series. Brennan is also the author of numerous books including Midnight Never Come, In Ashes Lie, A Star Shall Fall, and With Fate Conspire.

Fifty years later two Americans, Addison and her husband, Rex, arrive at the same estate, but unknown to Rex, Addison wants to leave America to escape a terrible secret from her past that has come back to her. Feeling secure in her new home, Addison explores the estate and discovers Flora, the orchard, and a cryptic gardener’s notebook. Addison is intent on solving the mystery from the past, until she realizes that her own secrets have found her and risk her marriage and her life.

Years may separate Flora and Addison but Flora’s story becomes part of Addsion’s life in The Last Camellia by Sarah Jio. This novel is suspenseful, romantic, and moves back in forth between Flora’s and Addison’s accounts. Jio is the author of numerous books including Blackberry Winter, The Violets of March, and The Bungalow.

Inspector Walter Day and Sergeant Nevil Hammersmith arrived to a chilly reception. The villagers of Blackhampton have their ways, superstitions, and secrets, and they don’t want the outsider detectives to be upsetting their lives. Despite the lack of help from the village, Day and Hammersmith forge ahead in their investigation but the apathy from the village develops into hostile undertones.

Day and Hammersmith have only two days to find the family before all hope fades, yet the danger grows for both men with the threat of dying in this isolated village. The Black Country is a historical mystery set in 1890 at the beginning of modern investigation and continues the story from the bestseller, The Yard, by Alex Grecian.

No one knows Jack’s real name because he is an expert at changing identities and disappearing, however this favor is going to require a lot more of Jack’s talents then vanishing identities because he only has 48 hours. Jack takes a flight to Atlantic City and upon his arrival the FBI is already waiting for him which is an ominous beginning. Jack is not the only one after the money and for over a million Jack is just another obstacle to be eliminated in Ghostman. This fast moving thriller is the first novel by Roger Hobbs, which introduces Jack who has survived by not trusting anyone and yet risks his life to repay a mistake he made years ago.

Meanwhile, Henry Graves, Jr., who was from a wealthy New York family whose family member had made much of their money through banking and investment, had developed an interest in watches. He also contracted with Patek Philippe requesting and designing grande complications. Neither men had ever met the other, but both were in a silent competition to have the Supercomplication, the watch with the most complications.

Obsession and money fueled their arms race that began in the early twentieth century and lasted decades through both war and peace, as well as personal triumphs and tragedies. The Grand Complication: The Race to Build the World’s Most Legendary Watch by Stacy Perman is the story of the two men whose desire to possess the Supercomplication produced a watch that sold in 1999 for $11 million dollars making it the most expensive watch.

Blood’s Pride

Years earlier the warlike Norlander conquered the Shadar, stole their lands, and enslaved them to work in the mines and temples. The Shadar want to throw off the Norlander yoke, and secretly plot a rebellion, but they need help. So, they turn to the legendary mercenary known as the Mongrel.

The Mongrel is mysterious, dangerous, and has never lost a fight, but the Shadar worry about her price because she does not ask for money. Instead, after the Shadar are free, they must give the Mongrel whatever she asks for, and the Shadar are desperate enough to agree.

With a rebellion simmering and the coming confrontation between the Norlander and the Shadar, Blood’s Pride is an epic fantasy that weaves an intricate story filled with detail, action, and the relationships that have led to both hate and love. This promising new fantasy is the first book in the Shattered Kingdoms Series by Evie Manieri.

A Georgia O’Keeffe painting is up for sale and Alix is hired to go to Santa Fe and authenticate the work, but soon after her arrival there is a suspicious explosion that Alix barely escapes. Alix’s break is beginning to go sour, as it becomes clear that something is not right with the painting or the sale. Alix must use her expert eye in art and her quick wits to save her career and more importantly her life in A Dangerous Talent by Charlotte and Aaron Elkins. This enjoyable mystery is rich in detail and descriptive of the art world and the city of Santa Fe.