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The enemy of God by Robert Daley.

Gabe Driscoll, NYPD chief of Internal Affairs, reunites with the surviving members of his high school swim-relay team in an attempt to determine if the recent suicide of a former teammate was actually a murder. The search for answers takes them to Vietnam and Africa and back to Harlem, and inside their own ambitions, passions, and secrets.

Headcase by Peter Helton.

A new series featuring Chris Honeysett, artist, aesthete and-when money's particularly tight-private eye Art thieves should be shot. Which is why Chris Honeysett, painter and private investigator in Bath, very nearly didn't take the case. After all, the police have much better resources for tracking stolen works of art. Only his classic Citroen needs work, his studio is falling down, and the price of sea bass just goes up and up. Then an old friend, seemingly unconnected to the case, is murdered, and Chris finds himself high on a short list of suspects-more than a little distracted as he sets out to find the killer. He soon discovers that when dealing with professional criminals, taking your eye off the ball can have fatal consequences. Murder appears even more brutal against the genteel facade of the Georgian city, where tourists are enjoying an exceptional summer. But there is more bubbling under the surface of Bath than just a hot sulphurous spring.

Panic by Jeff Abbott.

The long-anticipated hardcover debut from Jeff Abbott (Cut and Run, Black Jack Point, A Kiss Gone Bad, et al.) has been well worth the almost two-year wait. The aptly entitled Panic, a breakneck-paced psychological thriller with enough jaw-dropping plot twists to satisfy even the most demanding reader, will undoubtedly place Abbott firmly in the pantheon of elite suspense writers. Equal parts Dean Koontz and Robert Ludlum, this addictively page-turning espionage thriller will keep readers up all night -- with all the lights on, of course!