Ebram’s Story, Book 1: The Haunting
Esther Locascio
Paperback, 209 pp., $13.99
Tate Publishing (Feb 23, 2010)

Ebram Casas-Treski gets the shock of his life when he moves to a new town and learns that he will not be finishing elementary school at the top grade level but going to middle school instead. But loneliness, isolation, and bullies are only the beginning of his problem. Something mysterious is going on, on Texas Thistle Avenue, and it’s difficult to ignore. Ebram needs an answer, and the truth is not what he thinks.

The Pawn
Steven James
Paperback, 448 pp., $11.99
Baker Books (September 1, 2009)

A chilling debut mystery from critically acclaimed author and professional storyteller Steven James.

Misfortune Cookies
Linda P. Kozar
Paperback, 256 pp., $4.97
Barbour Publishing (December 9, 2008)

When even the fortune cookies hint at calamity, watch out! Best friends Sue Jan and Lovita run a beauty shop in the little town of Wachita, Texas. But one day, over lunch in a Chinese restaurant, Lovita opens a fortune cookie with a sinister message: “Your father was murdered…” It’s a clue that leads them to God, an international spy ring, and several devastatingly handsome strangers. A most unlikely pair of detectives, these girlfriends “comb” the countryside with style, sarcasm, and lots of Szechwan. This tale is like good take-out food—definitely worth bringing home.

Faces in the Fire
TL Hines
Paperback, 400 pp., $14.99
Thomas Nelson (July 14, 2009)

The stories of four individuals collide in trademark T.L. Hines style where supernatural thriller meets mystery. Kurt Marlowe is a truck driver who is hearing strange things over his CB radio. At a truck stop, he ends up dining with a young woman with a stunning catfish tattoo on her arm. Inside the tattoo is a series of numbers that she didn’t even realize were there… but that have great significance. This collision sets off other interactions that leave the participants feeling that something fundamental changed, and yet they’ve also, somehow, been freed.

City of the Dead
T.L. Higley
Paperback, 400 pp., $14.99
B&H Books (March 1, 2009)

Up from the sands of Egypt rises the Great Pyramid, where Hemiunu, Pharaoh’s Grand Vizier, commands the historic building project as he orders his life—with justice, truth, and precision. But when a series of murders at the site threatens chaos, Hemi must abandon his legacy to hunt down the killer who may be closer than he would like to think. Can he restore justice to the city before his careful life and work are destroyed, or will a mysterious people and their strange God uncover the secret past that Hemi has tried to forget?