The Reckoning, Carsten Stroud, Vintage Crime–From the swanky residences of The Glades to the seething criminality of Tin Town, the city of Niceville has a personality all its own.

The Fifth House of the Heart, Ben Tripp, Gallery Books — Asmodeus “Sax” Saxon-Tang is the first to admit he’s a coward. However, it didn’t prevent him from walking into the lairs of two vampires and stealing their treasures – and vampires have the best treasure.

The Total Emasculation of the White Man, David Valentine Bernard, Strebor Books — A series of strange events begin to occur in the region of Athens, Georgia, in the sweltering heat of the Southern summer.

The Whispering City, Sara Moliner, Pegasus Books — Barcelona, 1952. General Franco’s autocratic rule is absolute. Those who favor the regime do well. Those labeled “Reds” lose their jobs, liberty and sometimes their lives.

Tomorrow War, J. L. Bourne, Gallery Books–An American covert cyber-attack against Syria turns out to be a catastrophic mistake. The virus loosed into the communications network escapes and mutates, bringing down not only the target system but the entire world’s computers.

Silent Creed, Alex Kava, Putnam’s Sons — Afghanistan veteran Ryder Creed saw enough violence on active service to give him nightmares. Now back home in the US, he runs a specialist search and rescue team of dogs and handlers who aid law enforcement agencies and venture into disaster areas in search of the missing.

A Girl Undone, Catherine Linka, St. Martin’s Griffin — In this sequel to A Girl Called Fearless, Avie Reveare has fled Salvation, Idaho, where she and her lover, Yates Sandell, took refuge. Backed by the ruling Paternalist Party, federal and state law enforcement officers seized the Salvation compound and killed many of their friends.

Trials of Passion, Lisa Appignanesi, Pegasus Books — Victorian-era spinster Christiana Edmonds was extremely unhappy that her letters weren’t returned by her doctor, Charles Beard. Of course he loved her and would leave his wife, but Beard never did. He simply told Christiana to stop writing.

Tigerman – A Novel, Nick Harkaway, Vintage Press — British army Sergeant Lester Ferris has seen his share of action–perhaps too much during a recent posting to Afghanistan. Close to military retirement but still fit, he’s posted to a relic of the British Empire located in the Indian Ocean, an island called Mancreu.

Muse, Jonathan Galassi, Alfred A Knopf — Paul Dukach, a nerdy, small-town boy from upstate New York, finds his spiritual home in the NYC publishing firm of Purcell & Stern. P&S is peopled by eccentrics of all stripes whose brilliance in their fields enables the firm to publish books almost in spite of itself.