Praise for Thirty-Three Teeth: “Paiboun’s droll wit and Cotterill’s engaging plot twists keep things energetic; the rather grisly murders are offset by comedy…. The elegant, elderly Paiboun seems an unlikely vehicle to carry a series … but he does so with charm and aplomb.”—Entertainment Weekly “The series neatly manages to include an engrossing mystery—political and folk history and a lot of sly satire.”—Day to Day, NPR “Keeps a perfect balance between the modern mysteries of forensic science and the ancient secrets of the spirit world.”—The New York Times Book Review Feisty Dr. Siri Paiboun is no respecter of persons or Party; at his age he feels he can afford to be independent. In this, the second novel in the series, he travels to Luang Prabang where he communes with the deposed king who is resigned to his fate: it was predicted long ago. And he attends a conference of shamans called by the Communist Party to deliver an ultimatum to the spirits: obey Party orders or get out. But as a series of mutilated corpses arrives in Dr. Siri’s morgue, and Nurse Dtui is menaced, he must use all his powers—forensic and shamanic—to discover the creature—animal or spirit—that has been slaying the innocent.

Erika St. James has seen both the best of life and the worst of it. Losing the only parent who loved her unconditionally when she was twelve, she fled to a man who became a dear friend and one who taught her to run a multinational corporation. However, he didn't teach her to how to find good relationships — especially the man-woman kind. On his death-bed he tells her a secret, one that brings Michael Lawrence in to again upset her life.Michael Lawrence, a traumatized attorney, has turned his back on the law and escaped to a solitary life in the Maryland mountains. Discovering he is heir to a fortune, he can only claim it if he returns to the city and works with Erika St. James, the beautiful new president of a multinational corporation. While his thoughts of her stray from the boardroom to the bedroom, someone else has plans to make him pay for past deeds. And Erika is the pawn he'll use to force Michael into his crosshairs.If they survive, will they be able to love again?

The universe has fallen into bloody chaos now that the dread empire of the tyrannical Shaa is no more -- at the mercy of the merciless insectoid Naxid, who now hunger for domination. But the far-flung human descendants of Terra have finally tasted liberty, and their warrior heroes will not submit. Separated by light-years, Lord Gareth Martinez and the mysterious guerrilla fighter Caroline Sula each pursue a different road to victory in tomorrow's ultimate battle -- for the new order will be far more terrible than the old ... unless one last, desperate stratagem can hold a shattered galaxy together.

A year after her husband's sudden death, ceramic artist Tilda Fordwells finally moves into the secluded Welsh cottage that was to be their new home. She hopes that the tranquil surroundings will help ease her grief, and lessen her disturbing visions of Mat's death. Instead, the lake in the valley below her cottage seems to spark something dormant in her – a sensitivity, and a power of some sort. Animals are drawn to her, electricity shorts out when she's near, and strangest of all, she sees a new vision; a boatful of ancient people approaching her across the water. On this same lake in Celtic times lived Seren, a witch and shaman. She was respected but feared, kept separate from the community for her strange looks. When a vision came to her of the Prince amid a nest of vipers she warned of betrayal from one of his own. Prince Brynach both loved and revered her, but could not believe someone close to him wished him harm, even as the danger grew. In her own time,...

In Michael Parker's new novel, Joel Dunn Jr. tells the story of how he did everything he could to save his family after his mother left and his father's tenuous hold on sanity unraveled. On a journey from the town of Trent, North Carolina, to the coast, Joel and his little brother Tank thread their way back to their mother, fueled by potato chips, Coke, and the soundtrack of the powerful soul music that their daddy taught them to love. Always keeping the faith that their mother is waiting for them, they move from one kindly stranger to another on their odyssey, Joel ever certain they are being guided to her door: "I was being passed from person to person," he says, "on my way back into her wide open window."Caught between the endless idealism of childhood and the sobering tests of adulthood, Joel and Tank bravely negotiate their way through a landscape of love and beauty, abandonment and betrayal, to learn that the one sure thing is often right by your side.

More than the law will be tested when a marshal meets a feisty widow. Lucille Quinn doesn't expect Sean Reilly to walk back in her life again. The meeting is by pure chance, the result is pure magic.

'Dear Thrumpton, how I miss you tonight,' wrote George Seymour in 1944, when he was aged twenty-one. But the object of his affection was not a young woman, but a house — ownership of which was then a distant dream.But he did eventually acquire Thrumpton, a beautiful country house in Nottinghamshire, and it was in this idyllic home that Miranda Seymour grew up. But her upbringing was far from idyllic, as life revolved around her father's capriciousness. The House took priority, and everything — everyone — else was secondary. Until, that is, the day late on in his life when George Seymour took to riding powerful motorbikes around the countryside clad in black leather in the company of a young male friend. Had he taken leave of his senses? Or finally found them? And how did this sea-change affect his wife and daughter?Both biography and family memoir, IN MY FATHER'S HOUSE is a riveting and ultimately shocking portrait of desire both overt and suppressed, and the devastating...

contentsInappropriate Behavior - Pat MurphyStart the Clock - Benjamin RosenbaumThe Third Party - David MolesThe Voluntary State - Christopher RoweShiva in Shadow - Nancy KressThe People of Sand and Slag - Paolo BacigalupiThe Clapping Hands of God - Michael F. FlynnTourism - M. John HarrisonScout's Honor - Terry BissonMen Are Trouble - James Patrick KellyMother Aegypt - Kage BakerSynthetic Serendipity - Vernor VingeSkin Deep - Mary RosenblumDelhi - Vandana SinghThe Tribes of Bela - Albert E. CowdreySitka - William SandersLeviathan Wept - Daniel AbrahamThe Defenders - Colin P. DaviesMayflower II - Stephen BaxterRiding the White Bull - Caitlin R. KiernanFalling Star - Brendan DuBoisThe Dragons of Summer Gulch - Robert ReedThe Ocean of the Blind - James L. CambiasThe Garden: A Hwarhath Science Fictional Romance - Eleanor ArnasonFootvote - Peter F. HamiltonSisyphus and the Stranger - Paul Di FilippoTen Sigmas - Paul MelkoInvestments - Walter Jon Williams

From the acclaimed author of The Matter of Grace and Her Daughter's Eyes-a novel about a mother of three who, abandoned by her husband, tries to run from her problems. But when she returns, it's only the beginning of her family's journey.ReviewInclan's third novel impressively showcases her talent for bringing vulnerable characters to the forefront through her luminescent writing abilities. --BooklistMuted, poignant drama with an immensely appealing depth, plain grace-and echoes of Inclán's Her Daughter's Eyes (2000). --KirkusMs. Inclán writes a courageous tale about family life and the tragedies that can happen when you are pushed to your limits.  Mothers will be able to relate to this awe inspiring novel and understand the hope.    --Romance JunkiesInclán develops the plot and relates the story as if it were a fine piece of needlepoint. With fine thread and nubby yarn, the picture of this fractured yet caring family is produced with the texture of real life. --Bookreviewcafe.comInclán has written a powerful novel, filled with the emotional ups and downs of real people in rocky relationships. She takes them and her readers from the family's downfall to the beginnings of a healing process of renewal. --The MontclarionAbout the AuthorJessica Barksdale Inclan is the author of twelve novels, including Her Daughter's Eyes, The Matter of Grace, and When You Believe.  She is a professor of English at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California and teaches novel writing for UCLA Extension. *