Publishers Weekly articles from March 2012, page 3

Publishers Weekly archives from March 2012

Surfer Chick.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... Surfer Chick Kristy Dempsey, illus, by Henry Cole. Abrams, $16.95 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4197-0188-7 Chick, a long-lashed tan chicken in a green two-piece bathing suit, is determined to make her surfer-star father proud. Peppered with surf...

Out of the Way! Out of the Way!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... Out of the Way! Out of the Way! Uma Krishnaswami, illus, by Uma Krishnaswamy. Groundwood (PGW, dist.), $17.95 (40p) ISBN 978-1-55498-130-4 At the outset of this lighthearted account of life in an Indian village, a boy carefully places...

Dream Big: Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Olympic Gold.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... Dream Big: Michael Jordan and the Pursuit of Olympic Gold Deloris Jordan, illus, by Barry Root. S&S/ Wiseman, $16,99 (32p) ISBN 978-1-4424-1269-9 Michael Jordan's mother offers another lesson-laden story from her son's early years,...

Pirate Princess.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... Pirate Princess Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, illus, by Jill McElmurry. Harper, $17.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-06-114242-0 For bookish tomboy Princess Bea, the seven seas beat the stuffy palace any day. In Bardhan-Quallen's (Hampire!) story, which...

The Hand-Me-Down Doll.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... The Hand-Me-Down Doll Steven Kroll, illus, by Dan Andreasen. Marshall Cavendish, $17.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-7614-6124-1 Originally published' in 1983, Kroll's tale of a nameless, lonely doll on a happenstance journey to find a loving owner is...

Captain Awesome to the Rescue!(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... Captain Awesome to the Rescue! Stan Kirby, illus, by George O'Connor, S&S/ Little Simon, $14.99 (128p) ISBN 978-1-4424-4090-6; $4.99 trade paper ISBN 978-1-4424-3561-2 The all-too-perfectly named Kirby (alluding to comic book giants Start...

Summer of the Gypsy Moths.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... * Summer of the Gypsy Moths Sara Pennypacker. HarperCollins/ Balzer + Bray, $15.99 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-196420-6 Two dissimilar girls forge a genuine friendship under strenuous circumstances in Pennypacker's memorable, tense novel. The...

13 Hangmen.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... 13 Hangmen Art Corriveau. Abrams/Amulet, $16:95 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4197-0159-7 Corriveau offers a fun and earnest tale of Boston history, time travel (of sorts), and dastardly doings that suffers from some inelegant storytelling decisions....

Fated.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... Fated Alyson Noel. St. Martin's Griffin, $17.99 (320p) ISBN 978-0-3126-6485-5 Steeped in Native American mythology, the first book in the Soul Seekers series from Noel (the Immortals series) is an atmospheric and enjoyable though typical...

Thou Shalt Not Road Trip.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... Thou Shalt Not Road Trip Anthony John. Dial, $16.99 (336p) ISBN 978-0-8037-3434-0 John (Five Flavors of Dumb) returns with the disappointing story of 16-year-old Luke, the bestselling author of Hallelujah, a book about his faith inspired...

Never Fall Down.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... * Never Fall Down Patricia McCormick. HarperCollins/ Balzer + Bray, $17.99 (224p) ISBN 978-0-06-173093-1 McCormick (Purple Heart) again tackles a horrifying subject with grace while unsentimentally portraying the atrocities of the Khmer...

Dying to Know You.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... * Dying to Know You Aidan Chambers. Abrams/ Amulet, $16.95 (288p) ISBN 978-1-4197-0165-8 Packed to the brim with challenging ideas, the latest from Chambers--winner of the Printz Award, Carnegie Medal, and Hans Christian Andersen Award,...

Gone, Gone, Gone.(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... Gone, Gone, Gone Hannah Moskowitz. Simon Pulse, $9.99 trade paper (272p) ISBN 978-1-4424-0753-4 Set a year after 9/11 against the backdrop of the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, this quiet and insightful drama follows two gay teens as they...

Heroes of Olympus.(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)
March 26, 2012... Heroes of Olympus Philip Freeman, adapted by Laurie Calkhoven, illus, by Drew Willis. Simon & Schuster, $16.99 (352p) ISBN 978-1-4424-1729-8 This competent introduction to Greek mythology, adapted from Freeman's recent adult title Oh My...

Finding a gateway to audio: tips on how to entice consumers to try audiobooks.(Soapbox)
March 26, 2012... I'm often asked by new buyers of audiobooks for recommendations. Their most common concern? That their Internet-addled minds will wander at the slightest provocation. So that gorgeous 34-hour recording of Anna Karenina? Not for them. Those who...

SXSW 2012: Social Media, Mobile Wallets, and Magical Digital Tools: More Publishers Are Drawn to the Annual Business/technology/culture Mashup
March 19, 2012... While the weather could have been better in Austin, Tex., SXSW Interactive remains the premier venue for gauging the biggest and smartest trends in digital innovation. The cold, pouring rain and an utterly erratic shuttle system made the first...

Flat start for bookstore sales.(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... Bookstore sales were virtually flat in January compared to January 2011, according to preliminary estimates released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Sales were $2.070 billion, compared to $2.072 billion last January. Totals include sales from college...

Big quarter for scholastic.(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... Sparked by a strong performance in its trade group, total revenue at Scholastic rose 22% in the third fiscal quarter, ended February 29 jumping to $467.0 million. Net loss in the quarter was cut to $3.2 million from $25.1 million in the...

Making new discoveries at IBPA.(News)(Independent Book Publishers Association )(Brief article)(Conference notes)
March 19, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Approximately 300 attendees, speakers, and industry partners were at the Sheraton Hotel in San Francisco, March 9-10, to participate in IBPA's 2012 edition of Publishing University. Among the many panels was "Joy of...

Tackling the issues at AAP.(News)(Association of American Publishers)(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Ways to combat digital piracy and the need to make the public more aware of the importance of copyright were two of the topics discussed at last week's AAP annual meeting, which featured a panel (from l.) of Fritz...

BAM overcomes weak comps.(A Trend?)(Books-A-Million )(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... The addition of 41 former Borders stores helped to give Books-A-Million its best holiday season in years for the quarter ended January 28, 2012, but how well that strategy will play out for the full year isn't yet clear. While fourth quarter...

Eric Turowski, Erie Book Store, Erie, Pa.(Galley Talk)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... * Eric Turowski, Erie Book Store, Erie, Pa. Midnight in Peking: How the Murder of a Young Englishwoman Haunted the Last Days of Old China (Penguin, Apr. 24), [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Paul French's compelling true crime/ world history...

Callahan goes gothic for 'Rathbones'.(DEALS)(Allison Callahan and Janice Clark's debut novel, The Rathbones)(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... Allison Callahan, at Doubleday/Knopf, bought North American rights to Janice Clark's debut novel, The Rathbones, in a six-figure sale brokered by Foundry Literary + Media's Mollie Glick. The novel traverses a century in the lineage of a...

Parker lands at RH Children's for debut YA.(DEALS)(Amy Christine Parker and Random House Children's Books )(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... Amy Christine Parker closed a two-book deal with Suzy Capozzi at Random House Children's Books for her debut effort, The Silo. Capozzi bought world rights, for six figures at auction, from Lucienne Diver at the Knight Agency. The YA book, which...

Grand Central on Grand Central.(DEALS)(Sam Roberts's Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America)(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... Grand Central the imprint now has a book on Grand Central, the terminal. Rick Wolff acquired world rights to Sam Roberts's Grand Central: How a Train Station Transformed America, from agent Andrew Blauner. The book, which is set for February...

UNICEF chief to SMP.(DEALS)(Caryl Stern and St. Martiffs Press)(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... George Witte, editor-in-chief at St. Martiffs Press, signed a book by the president and CEO of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF, Caryl Stern. Lorin Rees, who has an eponymous agency, sold world rights to I Believe in Zero: Learning from the World's...

Abrams gets 'Sh*tty' parenting advice.(DEALS)(Abrams and Company Publishers has acquired North American rights of "Sh*tty Mom: The Guide for Good-Enough Moms")(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... Abrams editorial director Jennifer Levesque took North American rights to a tongue-in-cheek parenting guide from a group of high-powered professional women called Sh*tty Morn: The Guide for Good-Enough Morns. Yfat Reiss-Gendell at Foundry...

Leaver joins Quarto.(News)(Marcus Leaver)(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... Sterling Publishing president Marcus Leaver is leaving the Barnes & Noble subsidiary to join the Quarto Group, based in London, next month in the newly created position of COO. Theresa Thompson, who has been with B&N since 2003, most...

Napack joins equity firm.(News)(Brian Napack has joined Providence Equity Partners)(Brief article)
March 19, 2012... Brian Napack, who stepped down as president of Macmillan at the end of 2011, has joined the private equity firm Providence Equity Partners. According to Providence, Napack has been named a senior adviser who will work with the firm "to identify...

The New Press: 20 years of publishing 'in the public interest'.(Anniversary)(Company overview)
March 19, 2012... Twenty years after it was founded by former Pantheon publisher Andre Schiffrin as a nonprofit publisher with a mission statement to publish "in the public interest," the New Press is on something of a roll. The house has a new...

Hardcover bestsellers/fiction.
March 19, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How's this for a political-year statement: "Most of the heroes and heroines in my novels are fighting for a fundamental belief in human dignity and equality." So says Weber about his oeuvre (some seven million copies in...

Hardcover bestsellers/nonfiction.
March 19, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dyer's Wishes Fulfilled PBS special, which first aired on Mar. 3, is his most successful PBS stint to date (nine previous shows have raised $150+ million), with 96% saturation of the U.S. market. The word's also being...

Paperback bestsellers/mass market.
March 19, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Edgar-winner Coben's 10th Myron Bolitar novel is a perfect 10: providing readers with... a satisfyingly complex mystery; and the always entertaining, sometimes shocking exploits of Bolitar's partner and friend,...

Paperback bestsellers/trade.
March 19, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] From the Mar. 9 New York Times: "Discreetly Digital, Erotic Novel Sets American Women Abuzz"--a headline that, to put it mildly, is a major understatement. This is one of those "unless you've been living in a cave on...

Children's picture book bestsellers.
March 19, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Other than The Hunger Games, the biggest phenomenon across the land m children's books right now is tile resurgence of Dr. Seuss. It's a perfect storm of events that has scattered Seuss titles up and down the bestseller...

Specializing in specialty stores: Stephen Young is doing a growing business in nontraditional markets.(RETAIL NATION)(Stephen Young )(Company overview)
March 19, 2012... To walk into the 5,000-square-foot book room of the Stephen Young showroom in Los Angeles's Gift Mart is to feel the atmosphere of an old-fashioned library decorated with vintage globes and bird cages, where tables and chairs are arranged to...

Check it out: with Nancy Pearl.(Libraries)(Interview)
March 19, 2012... At the Public Library Association meeting, concluded last week in Philadelphia, Nancy Pearl was doing what she does best--talking about great books and how to connect them with readers. On that score, and based on one of her talks at PLA (and at...

Playing the game: sports publishing in the spring season.(Spring Sports)(Recommended readings)
March 19, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Last fall, Tim Tebow, the Denver Broncos quarterback, went on an impressive run--dare I say a miraculous one? (Others did, at the time.) Getting his first start in the sixth game of the season...

Why I write ...(Spring Sports)
March 19, 2012... My first memory of being drawn to literature came in the seventh grade at Montgomery Bell Academy, an allboys school in Nashville, Tenn. We were studying the poetry of Robert Frost and Edgar Allan Poe. I remember being mesmerized by Frost's use...

Faith in sports: it's become a familiar sight: athletes dropping to their knees in prayer in the end zone or thanking God in their post-game press conferences. And books by and about sports stars who are vocal Christians have become an important part of many publishers' lists.(Spring sports)(Recommended readings)
March 19, 2012... That has been amply demonstrated by the success of Tim Tebow's Through My Eyes (2011), which has spent 28 weeks on the New York Times bestsellers list and 24 weeks on PW's list. The book (now there is also a children's version), which...

Christian sports books for 2012.(Spring Sports)
March 19, 2012... Forthcoming Christian/inspirational titles feature past and present sports heroes. Believe: The Victorious Story Behind the Greatest Sports Moment of the Year by Eric LeGrand (Zondervan, Oct.) tells the story of former Rutgers football player...

Inside out: Anouk Markovits.(Author Profile)(Interview)
March 19, 2012... Anouk Markovits never intended to write about the Satmar Hasidic community in which she grew up, but then came 9/11, and Markovits thought, "I've had personal experience with fundamentalist environments." Still, writing about that world didn't...

Still a night to remember: with the 100-year anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic April 15, the number of books dedicated to the ship's ill-fated voyage is impressive. Books of all categories--nonfiction and fiction for both children and adults--include historical narrative, scientific data, fully illustrated pop-ups.(Titanic Books)(Recommended readings)
March 19, 2012... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] These books continue to tell the story of the sinking of the great unsinkable ship, the people who survived, and the 1,500 men, women, and children who perished on that fateful evening. In his third book on the...

Lower unit sales, fewer titles.(Facts & Figures 2011)
March 19, 2012... For both fiction and nonfiction hardcover titles, name-brand recognition is the key to bestseller success. While that is not new, the 2011 annual chart had fewer than usual new players. In fiction, there were two novelists debuting in the top...

PW 2011 bestsellers.(Facts & Figures 2011)(Publishers Weekly)(List)
March 19, 2012... PW 2011 Bestsellers FICTION (1) The Litigators. John Grisham. Doubleday (10/25). 1,100,000. (2) 11/23/1963. Stephen King. Scribner (11/08). 919,524. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] (3) The Best of Me. Nicholas Sparks. ...

Less is just less.(Facts & Figures 2011)(2011 best sellers )
March 19, 2012... Back in PW's bestseller report of 2002, there were an astounding number of mass market bestsellers with sales over the million-copy mark. A total of eight books boasted sales of two million and more; an additional 39 claimed more than one...

E-books boom.(Facts & Figures 2011)
March 19, 2012... Last year was the first time PW gathered annual sales on e-books. Criteria were at least 10,000 copies or more sold during 2010's 12 months and the publishers polled were the ones that also had print bestsellers. Not all publishers responded,...

Capital.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Capital John Lanchester. Norton, $26.95 (528p) ISBN 978-0-393-08207-4 Lanchester (The Debt to Pleasure) follows on the heels of 2010's I.O.U., a nonfiction dissection of the great recession, by covering much of the same territory in this...

They Eat Puppies, Don't They?(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... They Eat Puppies, Don't They? Christopher Buckley. Hachette/Twelve, $25.99 (334p)ISBN 978-0-446-54097-1 Buckley takes on another hot-button political issue in his latest satire. Returning somewhat to the Thank You For Smoking model, he...

Sucking Sherbet Lemons.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Sucking Sherbet Lemons Michael Carson. Cutting Edge (IPG, dist.), $14.95 trade paper (292p)ISBN 978-0-90763326-6 Demonstrating how Catholicism can be lethal for gay teens, this wonderful and maddening coming-of-age novel follows Martin...

The Hypnotist's Love Story.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... The Hypnotist's Love Story Liane Moriarty. Putnam, $25.95 (416p) ISBN 978-0-399-15910-7 In Moriarty's intriguing follow-up to What Alice Forgot, Ellen O'Farrell is a hypnotherapist in Australia who becomes romantically involved with Patrick,...

My First Suicide.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... My First Suicide Jerzy Pilch, trans, from the Polish by David Frick. University of Rochester/Open Letter, $15.95 trade paper (276p) ISBN 978-1934824-40-5 With his latest, Pilch (A Thousand Peaced Cities) masterfully negotiates sentiment with...

The Last Hundred Days.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... The Last Hundred Days Patrick McGuinness. Bloomsbury, $17 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-1-60819-912-9 Acclaimed poet McGuinness's autobiographical fiction debut blends doomed romance with the police state intrigues of Nicolae Ceausescu's...

PW Talks with Beatriz Williams: two worlds.(Q&A)(Publishers Weekly)(Interview)
March 19, 2012... Beatriz Williams's first novel, Overseas (Reviews, Mar. 5; pub date May), commutes between eras with the story of Kate Wilson, a contemporary Wall Street analyst, and Julian Laurence Ashford, a brilliant hedge-funder who's from a different...

Our Lady of Alice Bhatti.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Our Lady of Alice Bhatti Mohammed Hanif. Knopf, $25,95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-307-9583l-0 Absurdity and chaos reign in rising Pakistani author Hanif's rowdy fusion of social commentary and curiously bloody love story. Being female, Catholic, and...

This Flawless Place Between.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... This Flawless Place Between Bruno Portier, trans. Gregory Norminton. Oneworld (NBN, dist.), $20 (192p) ISBN 9781-85168-850-0 Portier, a filmmaker and writer, uses fiction to recast The Tibetan Book of the Dead, a text sacred to Tibetan...

Secondworld.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Secondworld Jeremy Robinson. St. Martin's/Dunne, $25.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-312-61786-8 Relentless pacing and numerous plot twists drive this compelling stand-alone from Robinson (Threshold), though readers should be prepared for a far-fetched...

PW talks with Steve Ulfelder: Sax and violence.(Q&A)(Publishers Weekly)(Interview)
March 19, 2012... Steve Ulfelder's mechanic sleuth, Conway Sax, makes his sophomore appearance in The Whole Lie (Reviews Mar. 5; pub date May). How has your experience as a journalist at Computerworld and other magazines been helpful in writing fiction? ...

Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Dandy Gilver and an Unsuitable Day for a Murder Catriona McPherson. Minotaur, $24.99 (304p) ISBN 978-1-250-00737-7 McPherson's sixth cozy set in 1920s Scotland markedly improves on its predecessor, 2011's Dandy Gilver and the Proper Treatment...

No Holds Barred: A Daniel Whelan Mystery.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... No Holds Barred: A Daniel Whelan Mystery Lyndon Stacey. Severn, $28.95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8064-2 In Stacey's absorbing second Daniel Whelan mystery set in the West Country (after 2011 's No Going Back), the former police dog handler and...

Deadly Negatives.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Deadly Negatives Russell Hill. Pleasure Boat Studio/Caravel (SPD, dist.), $16 trade paper (210p) ISBN 978-1-929355-84-6 Set in California, Edgar-finalist Hill's fifth novel opens as a tribute to a bygone era in photography, then segues into a...

Lehrter Station.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Lehrter Station David Downing. Soho Crime, $25 (304p) ISBN 978-1-61695-074-3 Set in late 1945, Downing's outstanding fifth novel featuring Anglo-American journalist John Russell (after 2011 's Potsdam Station) centers on Russell's efforts to...

The Riverman.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... The Riverman Alex Gray. Sphere (IPG, dist.), $8.99 mass market (420p) ISBN 978-0-7515-3873-1 First published in the U.K. in 2007, Gray's solid fourth book featuring Det. Chief Insp. William Lorimer (after 2005's Shadows of Sounds) finds the...

False Front.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... False Front Diane Fanning. Severn, $28,95 (224p) ISBN 978-0-7278-8127-4 At the start of Edgar-finalist Fanning's absorbing fifth Lucinda Pierce mystery (after 2010's Twisted Reason), the Virginia homicide lieutenant looks into the apparent...

Cliff Walk.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Cliff Walk Bruce DeSilva. Forge, $24.99 (352p) ISBN 978-0-7653-3237-0 [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The legality of prostitution in Rhode Island figures prominently in the plot of DeSilva's sterling follow-up to 2010's Rogue Island, which won...

Frozen Moment.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Frozen Moment Camilla Ceder, trans, from the Swedish by Marlaine Delargy. Orion/Phoenix (IPG, dist.), $14.95 trade paper (384p) ISBN 978-07538-2772-7 Simple but effective prose distinguishes Ceder's procedural debut from the Scandinavian...

The Black Stiletto: Black and White: the Second Diary--1959.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... The Black Stiletto: Black and White: The Second Diary--1959 Raymond Benson. Oceanview (Midpoint, dist.), $25.95 (328p) ISBN 978-1-60809-041-9 Benson's The Black Stiletto (2011) introduced masked crime fighter Judy Cooper, who fought crime,...

Free Radicals.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Free Radicals Zeke Teflon. See Sharp (www.seesharppress.com), $12.915 trade paper (300p) ISBN 9781-937276-05-8 Pseudonymous nonfiction author (The Complete Manual of Pirate Radio) and musician Teflon delivers an action-filled fiction debut...

Killing Ghost.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Killing Ghost Christopher Ransom. Cemetery Dance (www.cemeterydance.com), $25 (400p) ISBN 9781-58767-256-9 Ransom (The Birthing House) imagines a shadowy and convoluted tale of obsession, identity, and possession, published in the U.K. as The...

The King's Blood: The Dagger and the Coin, Book 2.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... * The King's Blood: The Dagger and the Coin, Book 2 Daniel Abraham. Orbit, $15.99 trade paper (528p) ISBN 978-0-316-08077-4 When the king of Antea dies, loyal and idealistic Geder Palliako is appointed regent for the young prince. But Geder...

Lies & Omens.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Lies & Omens Lyn Benedict. Ace, $7.99 mass market (320p) ISBN 978-1-937007-50-8 Paranormal investigator Sylvie Lightner has a lot on her mind: she has inadvertently helped create a new and disturbingly active god, and gained unwanted...

Shadow Bound.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Shadow Bound Rachel Vincent. Mira, $7.99 mass market (448p) ISBN 978-0-7783-1343-4 Bestseller Vincent returns to a world of syndicates, bindings, magic, and blood in the engaging sequel to Blood Bound. Korinne "Kori" Daniels is a Traveler who...

Bedding Lord Ned.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... * Bedding Lord Ned Sally MacKenzie. Kensington/Zebra, $7.99 trade paper (352p) ISBN 978-1-4201-2321-0 Mackenzie (The Naked King) launches the Duchess of Love Regency trilogy with an engaging tale that balances greed, jealousy, and malice with...

The White Swan Affair.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... The White Swan Affair Elyse Mady. Harlequin/Carina, $5.99 e-book (255p) ISBN 978-1-4268-9379-7 Mady (Something So Right) explores a dark side of history in this sympathetic romance set in 1810 London. Robert Aspinail is caught in a police...

Kiss of the Goblin Prince.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Kiss of the Goblin Prince Shona Husk. Sourcebooks Casablanca, $6.99 mass market (352p) ISSN 978-1-4022-6206-7 Husk follows The Goblin King with an even more ponderous paranormal. Her premise holds promise: a goblin prince returns to the human...

The Fireman Who Loved Me.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... The Fireman Who Loved Me Jennifer Bernard. Avon, $5.99 mass market (384p) ISBN 978-0-06-208896-3 Repressed L.A. news producer Melissa McGuire and steely-nerved captain Harry Brody of the country's only all-bachelor fire squad are flung...

A Gentleman Says "I Do".(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... A Gentleman Says "I Do" Amelia Grey. Sourcebooks Casablanca, $7.99 mass market (352p) ISSN 978-1-4022-3976-2 The Brentwood brothers return in the contrived sequel to A Gentleman Never Tells. Renowned poet Sir Phillip Crisp has published "A...

Where There's Smoke.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Where There's Smoke Karen Kelley. Sourcebooks Casablanca, $14.99 trade paper (304p) ISBN 978-14022-6386-6 Bestseller Kelley (the Princes of Symtaria series) launches a sultry paranormal series with this smoky, sweet, and surprisingly touching...

Guerillas, Volume 2.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Guerillas, Volume 2 Brahm Revel. Oni, $17.99 trade paper (120p) ISBN 978-1-934964-99-6 In the middle of the Vietnam War a special unit of trained chimpanzee soldiers stops following orders and takes the war into its on hands, only to be...

Baby's in Black.(Baby's in Black: Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe, and The Beatles in Hamburg)(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Baby's in Black Arne Bellstorf. FSG/First Second, $24.99 (196p) ISBN 978-1-59643-771-5 Based on the biography of Stuart Sutcliffe, one of the original Beatles, and his relationship with German photographer Astrid Kirchherr, Bellstorf's tragic...

Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Corto Maltese: The Ballad of the Salt Sea Hugo Pratt, trans. from the French by Hall Powell. Universe, $25 paper (254p) ISBN 978-0-7893-2498-6 In this debut of a new English-language edition of the classic anti-hero Corto Maltese, we meet the...

Kevin Keller.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Kevin Keller Dan Parent. Archie, $10.99 (160p) ISBN 9781-879794-93-1 For decades, the Archie line marked its territory with a certain timelessness and remained staid in its depiction of Riverdale and its inhabitants. But times have changed...

More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic, 1829-1889.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... More Than Freedom: Fighting for Black Citizenship in a White Republic, 1829-1889 Stephen Kantrowitz. Penguin Press, $36 (528p) ISBN 978-1-59420-342-8 University of Wisconsin-Madison historian Kantrowitz (Ben Tillman and the Reconstruction of...

Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton.(Brief article)(Book review)
March 19, 2012... Still Life: Inside the Antarctic Huts of Scott and Shackleton Nigel Watson, photography by Jane Ussher. Murdoch Books (IPG, dist.), $50 (224p) ISBN 978-1741967-395 In 2008, Ussher, a New Zealand photographer, photographed the famous Scott and...