New Releases by Gregg Hurwitz

Time and time again, Clayface has proven to be one of Batman''s most elusive adversaries. On the loose once more, it''s time for the Dark Knight to call in some backup.

The third volume of the Best selling Batman: The Dark Knight kicks off with the new all star team of Gregg Hurwitz and Ethan Van Sciver. Batman discovers a trail of bodies but no leads. His detective skills are put to the test as the Mad Hatter begins kidnapping Gotham citizens for an unknown purpose. But as the Dark Knight delves deeper into this mystery, he soon realizes that this is unlike any Mad Hatter case before. The Hatter''s gory past will be revealed and Batman''s resolve will be put to the test. Collects issues #16-21 of BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT and BATMAN - THE DARK KNIGHT ANNUAL #1

Now that he''s locked up in Arkham, Gotham City is safe from the threat of Clayface. But what led Clayface to become the monster that he is? The answers lie here.

Delving into the more supernatural and esoteric areas of Gotham City, the six-part storyline explores the horrific murder of one of Bruce Wayne''s childhood friends ... and the terrible ramifications the brutal crime has on Batman''s life.

A sweeping visual tale of Gotham City''s forgotten citizens: the abused and the voiceless. Will these desperate souls find their angel in the Dark Knight?

Picking up from recent issues of BATMAN, the origin of Clayface is revealed-and a new mystery is introduced.

Batman and Commissioner Gordon are forced into a tight corner as Clayface embarks on a murder spree throughout Gotham City.

Three of the Dark Knight''s greatest foes—Scarecrow, Mad Hatter, and the Penguin—unite to tackle the threat of Batman head-on.

"Diagnosed with Lou Gehrig''s disease nine months earlier, Nate is about to leap off an 11th-floor ledge of a bank building in Santa Monica, Calif., when he notices a robbery in progress through the window next to where he''s standing. Nate climbs back in the window undetected, grabs a handgun a masked man has conveniently set down, and, thanks to his ROTC firearms training, succeeds in shooting dead five of the six robbers. In revenge, the thwarted theft''s mastermind, a notorious Ukrainian mobster, vows to brutally kill his estranged wife and teenage daughter unless Nate can retrieve the robbery''s objective--an envelope stored in one of the bank''s safe deposit boxes"--Provided by publisher.

- Fighting cancer isn''t just a struggle of the body. It''s also a fight with the heart, and the soul, and the spirit. The non-profit organization Elizabeth''s Canvas has been helping with that struggle by providing cancer patients, survivors, and their family members with art, photography, dance, and writing classes, at no charge, so that they can better cope with their symptoms and improve their well-being. Elizabeth''s Canvas classes are offered inside and outside hospitals, and are grounded in the belief that the creative process can strengthen the spirit and empower the mind. - Now, Elizabeth''s Canvas, IDW Publishing, and Blastoff have come together to create this graphic novel, in which comic creators from across the industry interview the people behind the struggle with cancer - the patients, the nurses, the survivors, the researchers - and tell their stories - tales of defiance, perseverance, dedication, and triumph. - All proceeds from the sale of the graphic novel will go to further fund and grow Elizabeth''s Canvas'' efforts.

The terrifying tale of the Mad Hatter''s origin continues. Batman is still two steps behind the Hatter''s current reign of terror, but will Catwoman''s interference make it three?

The gory details of The Mad Hatter''s past are revealed! With The Mad Hatter kidnapping citizens all over Gotham City, not even Batman can figure what he''s after.

Do you dare journey into the twisted world of the Mad Hatter? Batman has discovered a trail of bodies but no leads as he realizes that this is unlike any Mad Hatter case he''s seen before.

Kidnapped and tortured by the Scarecrow, The Dark Knight is finally free and looking for serious payback!

Kicking off a major storyline pitting Batman against the most deadly version of the Scarecrow he''s ever seen. This time, it isn''t about fear—it''s about terror!

Batman has been captured by the Scarecrow, who wants the Dark Knight to be his guinea pig for the ultimate fear toxin. Plus, more revelations about the Scarecrow''s past!

Enjoying his family and career as a green contractor, Mike Wingate is targeted by an adversary and is unable to get police help because of his troubled youth, a situation that forces him to turn to a dangerous man from his past.

New York Times bestselling author Lee Child and the International Thriller Writers, Inc. present a collection of remarkable stories in First Thrills. From small-town crime stories to sweeping global conspiracies, this is a cross section of today''s hottest thriller-writing talent. This original collection is now split into four e-book volumes, packed with murder, mystery, and mayhem! First Thrills: Volume 3 contains stories five original stories by: Jeffery Deaver Karin Slaughter Rebecca Cantrell Gregg Hurwitz Theo Gangi At the Publisher''s request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Struggling with setbacks in his marriage and Hollywood ambitions, Patrick Davis begins receiving mysterious DVDs that reveal that he and his wife are being stalked, a situation that is thrown into further turmoil by a mysterious e-mail offer of assistance.

Over the past two decades, Nick Horrigan has built a quiet, safe life for himself, living as much under the radar as possible. But all of that shatters when, in the middle of the night, a SWAT team bursts into his apartment, grabs him and drags him to a waiting helicopter. A terrorist— someone Nick has never heard of—has seized control of a nuclear reactor, threatening to blow it up. And the only person he''ll talk to is Nick, promising to tell Nick the truth behind the events that shattered his life twenty years ago. At seventeen years old, Nick Horrigan made a deadly mistake—one that cost his stepfather his life, endangered his mother, and sent him into hiding for years. Now, what Nick discovers in that nuclear plant leaves him with only two choices—to start running again, or to fight and finally uncover the secrets that have held him hostage all these years. As Nick peels back layer after layer of lies and deception, buffeted between the buried horrors of the past and the deadly intrigues of the present, he finds his own life—and the lives of nearly everyone he loves—at risk. And the only thing guiding him through this deadly labyrinth are his stepfather''s dying words: TRUST NO ONE. Acclaimed for years by both critics and his peers as one of the finest thriller writers today, Gregg Hurwitz has lived up to all the accolades and expectations with Trust No One, an electrifying and compelling novel that will be remembered for years to come.

The series that started it all! In this powerful follow-up to his action-packed thriller The Kill Clause, Gregg Hurwitz, the new maestro of pulse-pounding suspense, ratchets up the excitement with another sensational page-turner featuring Tim Rackley, a driven lawman motivated by honor, morality, and a deep sense of justice. Called back into the fold of the U.S. Marshals Service, Tim is tasked with retrieving Leah Henning, the daughter of a powerful Hollywood producer, from a mind-control cult. As Tim wends his way deep undercover into an insidious operation called The Program, he confronts a brand of mind-warping manipulation beyond his worst expectations. Tim becomes enmeshed with a diverse band of characters—from the charismatic, messianic leader T. D. Betters to a cult reject burnout to the intelligent yet highly vulnerable Leah herself—and finds himself caught in a shadowy landscape of lies, manipulation, and terror. At stake: innocent minds—maybe even his own.

The series that started it all! A riveting and explosive novel, The Kill Clause is a brilliantly inventive tour de force by a powerful new master of suspense. Tim Rackley is a dangerous man of honor, a deputy U.S. marshal who is very good at his job—until everything he believes in is shattered by the brutal murder of his own daughter. Betrayed by an imperfect judicial system, Rackley watches helplessly as the killer walks free on a legal technicality. Devastated, furious, and burning with a righteous need for vengeance, he is suddenly forced to explore his own deadly options—a quest that leads him into a shadowy no-man''s-land between justice and the law . . . and into the welcoming fold of "the Commission." A vigilante group made up of people like him—relentless streetwise operators who have each lost a loved one to violent crime—the Commission confronts the failings of a system that sets predators loose to hunt again, cleaning up society''s "mistakes" covertly, efficiently, and permanently. But as he is dragged deeper into a deadly morass of hidden agendas and murderous justice, Tim Rackley discovers that playing God is an excruciating and fearsome task. When his new secret life starts coming unwound at an alarming speed, he is suddenly caught in the most terrifying struggle he has ever faced—a desperate battle to save his marriage, his career, his life, his soul . . . and everything left that''s worth fighting for.

The series that started it all! The maestro of pulse-pounding suspense delivers an explosive new white-knuckle thriller featuring deputy U.S. Marshal Tim Rackley -- a lawman driven by honor, morality, and a thirst for justice. The leader of one of the country''s most violent biker gangs, Den Laurey should have been behind bars. But thanks to a daring escape on an L.A. freeway, several deputy marshals are dead and Laurey is riding free. Rackley, back on the Service''s warrant squad, is in hot pursuit of the outlaw and his ruthless gang -- with a media whirlwind and the entire Los Angeles law-enforcement community driving him. Just when Laurey is within his grasp, circumstances force Rackley to let him go -- with devastating results. A few miles up the road, a sheriff''s deputy is attacked: Tim''s pregnant wife, Dray. Driven by guilt, Tim vows to hunt Laurey down -- a search that will lead him into a dark world of deception and lies, a world of criminals and undercover cops, drugs and mutilation. And the key to the violent puzzle lies in the discarded corpses of women -- women for whom Tim must seek justice when no one else will. With the stakes rising, Tim must unravel a horrifying secret and confront a deadly terror that reaches from the back alleys of Mexico to the poppy fields of Afghanistan ... and threatens to explode on the dark streets of L.A.

A page-turning thriller from the bestselling author of Richard & Judy selections ORPHAN X and YOU''RE NEXT. First, Patrick receives the mysterious DVDs. They show invasive footage of him in the privacy of his own house. Soon, Patrick and his wife Ariana find themselves questioning everything and everyone as their lives unravel. Someone is clearly out to get them. And then, the email arrives: Go Alone Do What We Say Or She Dies...

The brilliant new thriller from the author of I SEE YOU A good job, a decent flat in Los Angeles, a quiet life-Nick Horrigan has finally put his traumatic past behind him. Or so it seems, until a SWAT team smashes into his place in the middle of the night. Still in pajamas, he''s dragged outside to a waiting helicopter. He''s told that a terrorist has seized control of a nuclear power plant and is threatening to blow it up... unless he can talk to Nick. Flown into a deadly intrigue, Nick is charged with a dangerous secret, one that will take him from the dark alleys of the city to behind the scenes of a Presidential race. As he rockets toward the truth, peeling back layer after layer of lies and deception, only one thing is certain: The long-buried secret, tied to the traumas of his own past, threatens his life at every turn.

Deputy U.S. marshal Tim Rackley must track down an escaped prisoner, Walker Jameson, who has pulled off an impossible break from California''s Terminal Island Penitentiary.

Drew Danner , an L.A.-based crime novelist, awakens in a hospital bed with a scar on his head, blood under his nails, and a cop by his side. Accused of murdering his ex-fiancée, Drew has no memory of the crime but reconstructs the story the only way he knows how—as a novel. As he searches the dark corridors of his life and the city he loves, another young woman is similarly murdered and Drew must confront the very real possibility of his own guilt. A thrilling piece of contemporary L.A. noir, The Crime Writer is sure to boost Hurwitz’s profile as one of the coming masters of the genre.

Someone is stalking the UCLA Medical Center -- a depraved madman who is preying upon the staff, particularly those who are young and female. No stranger to the terrible ravages of senseless violence, E.R. Chief Dr. David Spier must keep the emergency room running smoothly and efficiently, even as his terrified co-workers wonder who will be the next victim. But when the monster himself is dragged into the E.R. in handcuffs -- hideously burned, suffering, and begging for mercy -- the nightmare is far from over ... it has only just begun. A single act of humanity is about to unleash a bloody wave of horror that threatens to engulf everyone and everything Dr. Spier cares about. His most sacred oath as a healer has become a death sentence -- for David Spier ... and for a city under siege.

Newly pregnant Navy SEAL Cameron Kates is pulled into what should be a routine mission in 2007, to escort ecotectonicist Dr. Rex Williams to the island of Sangre de Dios to set up critical seismic equipment, but the assignment becomes life threatening when they find the island overrun by man-eating mutant insects and the residents infected with a deadly ecological virus.

The Penguin runs a vast crime empire that''s always one step away from faltering, thanks to the interference of Batman. How can Penguin keep Batman at bay and maintain the power and image that''s become so important to him?