DEBORAH GRABIEN
New Slain Knight
(St. Martin's Minotaur, $24.95)

Of New Slain Knight, Publishers Weekly said: "In Grabien's enthralling fifth Haunted Ballad mystery, a tragedy in 1481 Cornwall has startling modern-day repercussions for musician Ringan Laine; his psychically talented significant other, Penny Wintercraft-Hawkes; and Ringan's beautiful adolescent niece, gifted violinist Rebecca Eisler. Becca accompanies Ringan and Penny on holiday to visit rakish, middle-aged Gowan Camborne, who invites Becca and Ringan to perform with his group, the Tin Miners. Gowan is shocked by Becca's resemblance to a lost love, while Penny senses something off about his St. Ives family estate... The need to learn the truth behind a 500-year-old crime before another death occurs today gives Penny, Ringan and their friends a major challenge and provides Grabien's fans with another chilling psychic puzzler."

DEBORAH GRABIEN
Still Life with Devils
(Drollerie, $15.95, trade paperback original)

Publishers Weekly said: "Grabien ... turns to supernatural crime with an artistic twist in this eerie thriller. Leo Chant and her brother, SFPD Lt. Cassius Chant, join forces to identify Captain Nemo, a psycho who kills pregnant women and then arranges their corpses according to feng shui principles. ...an elderly Chinese eyewitness helps Leo provide the police with a sketch, but the almost demonic features give Leo a shock. Has she seen them before? Digging through old sketchbooks ... leads Leo to a dangerous attempt to catch Nemo by entering the "shadowlands of painted reality" through Leo's painting of the killer. Leo's blend of art and magic ... will leave readers hoping that a sequel is in the works."