New Releases by Denise Mina

Things like this don''t happen to people like us. That''s what Lachlan Harriot thinks as he watches his wife, Susie, led to jail in handcuffs. Yes, Susie, a psychologist, was found covered in blood near the spot where one of her clients appears to have been murdered. But Susie is not a killer, Lachlan thinks. She''s my wife. She''s our child''s mother. Secrets lurk behind closed doors, however, a dark truth made chillingly clear as Lachlan''s efforts to prove Susie''s innocence uncover an entire secret history -- illicit affairs, false identities, unimaginable deception -- and this brilliantly acclaimed, page-turning novel speeds toward a conclusion as shocking as it is ingenious.

The most praised thriller writer to burst onto the scene in years returns with a brilliant story of suicide, murder, violence, and greed. Responding to a late night-call, Paddy Meehan arrives at an elegant villa, where a calm blonde with blood running from her mouth answers the door. She has already convinced the police to leave and soon Paddy realizes how: she slips 50 bucks into Paddy''s hands and begs her to keep the incident, whatever it is, out of the press. The next morning Paddy sees the lead news story: The blonde woman has been murdered, and far from the spoiled trophy wife Paddy assumed her to be, the victim turns out to be a prosecution lawyer with a social conscience. Bewildered why the woman didn''t take the chance to leave the house when she could, Paddy begins to make connections no one else has seen. When she witnesses the body of a suicide victim being pulled from the river shortly afterward, Paddy suspects links between the two deaths and follows her idea to its shocking -- and deadly -- conclusion.

John Constantine''s trip to Scotland has ended in disaster, as Steve Evans'' well-intentioned Empathy Engine has caused mass suicides and the quarantine of Glasgow. Now John, Evans, Angie, Chas and a motley crew of survivors must seek the cause of the horror, while desperately trying to stave off its terrible effects.

With the British Army closing in on one side and roving gangs of hungry Praexis demons in tracksuits on the other, John revisits the Third Place. But what he learns there doesn''t bode well for Glasgow or the world beyond. ''The Red Right Hand'' part 3.

The Red Right Hand'' part 1! Steve Evans''s dream of universal empathy proves to be hell on Earth for Glasgow, where he finds there''s far more pain to go around than he''d ever imagined. Glaswegians are tearing each other apart, and now Evans needs John Constantine''s help to stop the carnage.

A stand-alone story from John Constantine''s recent past finds him repaying a debt to a fellow magus who''s dying—along with the city of London itself. The killer? A terror that at first seems supernatural in origin, but turns out to be all too realistic.

Empathy is the Enemy'' concludes! Inside the mansion of the Oransay Contingent, Constantine comes face to face with Steve Evans, who reveals the magical significance of Glasgow''s Park Circus. But to make it work, he must manipulate the newly empathic Constantine into a horrifying sacrifice.

John Constantine and Chris arrive in Glasgow, hoping to get answers from the mysterious Steve Evans as to why they were summoned to Scotland in the first place. ''Empathy is the Enemy'' part 4.

On the highway to Glasgow, John encounters a forgotten acquaintance from his troubled youth. Coincidence, or a setup engineered by a shadowy sect rooted in nine centuries of Scottish mysticism? ''Empathy is the Enemy'' part 3.

Headed toward Scotland with his newfound mate Cole, Constantine senses that he''s on a Sunday drive taking him to his own doom. A carload of demons disguised as street toughs could make John''s trip even quicker. ''Empathy is the Enemy'' part 2.

Empathy is the Enemy'' part 1! Constantine, still brooding over his recent ordeal, meets Chris Cole, an ordinary bloke who made the mistake of messing with a ''harmless'' bit of magic. He looks to Constantine to pull him out from the nightmare. But when Cole drops the name of an infamous Scottish occultist, Constantine realizes the nightmare is just getting under way.

Movie star... comic book icon... John Constantine, the legendary chain-smoking, hard-drinking man of the occult is back - and as usual, he''s his own worst enemy! When Constantine tries to help out a man cursed with the ability to feel the same things as everyone around him, no matter how awful, he is led on a journey to a remote Scottish island, where an ancient power waits for him - as does a vengeful fellow magician...

A powerful new stand-alone novel from Scotland''s princess of crime -- author of the acclaimed Garnethill trilogy. Lachlan Harriot is in a state of shock. His wife Susie has been convicted of the murder of serial killer Andrew Gow, a prisoner in her care. Unless Harriot can come up with grounds for an appeal, Susie will be given a life sentence, depriving her of her home, her family and her two-year-old daughter. Harriot is convinced that his wife, a respected forensic psychiatrist, is innocent, and each night he climbs the stairs to her study and goes through her papers, laboriously transcribing into his computer her case notes, her interviews with Gow and the press cuttings from the trial. But his search for the truth soon raises more questions than answers. Why had Susie stolen prison files and then lied about it? What was the nature of her relationship with Gow? And what is it in her study that she doesn''t want her husband to find? As things become ever more complex, he must decide what to do with a discovery that involves violence, sexual obsession, lust and ultimate betrayal. "From the Trade Paperback edition.

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--

"In "Warped Notions" written by Eddie Campbell, Constantine is drawn into a web of time travel and terror when he''s accosted by the ghost of Sir Francis Dashwood, the founder of the Hellfire Club. Dashwood needs Constantine''s help to avert a disaster that could threaten the very fabric of reality. Then, Paul Jenkins begins his HELLBLAZER run with "Dreamtime"! John Constantine plunges deep into an arcane landscape where a powerful entity known as the Rainbow Serpent intends to punish man''s treatment of the environment by clearing the earth of all animal life"--