New titles:THE MAN WHO KNEW BRECHT (Perfect Crime, May 2012)Publishers Weekly: "A mix of old-line Commies, red-diaper babies and more recent Russian emigres . . . Engaging." Tamar Gillespie, an artist with a disabled policeman husband, cares nothing for the political conflicts that roiled her small Connecticut lake community fifty years ago. But when a new immigrant family arrives from Russia, old crimes surface and Tamar finds that some secrets are better left buried. "Historical-mystery readers who enjoy political debates will find much to appreciate here." BooklistHOMINID (Perfect Crime,October 2011)Publishers Weekly Starred Review: "Superior science thriller . . . Boland's taut atmospherics are top-notch, and the evolutionary themes he explores are easily accessible to non-scientists." On a remote island, three coffins harbor an old and deadly secret, and nobody--least of all young archaeologist David Isaac--is prepared for what is about to emerge. "Four stars. A tightly written thriller." Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. "A riveting scientific suspense novel on the order of the popular Preston and Child thrillers. . . . Hominid never fails to make for exciting reading." Betty Webb, Mystery SceneLAST ISLAND SOUTH (Perfect Crime, September 2009)Novice sleuth Meggie Trevor is so broke she'll take on any client who pays cash in this Key West thriller. Her CIA agent father is missing on the Gulf of Mexico. So is a yacht loaded with weapons. Too bad her client hasn't told her everything he knows: they both might live longer.OUT OF HER DEPTH (Perfect Crime, October 2009)Key West sleuth Meggie Trevor is back, ashamed she's providing security for the guy who wants to be Porn King of the Keys. Mixing it up with arts patrons, amateur sex stars, and a shotgun-toting chef, she's not even sure of her friends in a town that's never been scruffier, or more dangerous.30 YEARS IN THE PULPS (Perfect Crime, September 2009) Brings together more than a score of the Edgar- and Shamus-nominated author's novelettes and short stories from the pages of Ellery Queen's and Alfred Hitchcock's mystery magazines, including the International Thriller Writers 2009 "Best Short Story" finalist, "Last Island South."Visit the author's website at www.JohnCBoland.com_________________Besides writing novels and short stories, JOHN C. BOLAND has worked as a Senior Editor of Barron's Financial Weekly, contributed often to the Sunday New York Times and the Wall Street Journal, and run a profitable hedge fund. He is the author of what Market Logic called "the best book ever written on insider trading"--Wall Street's Insiders (Morrow, 1985).His story "Last Island South," from Ellery Queen's, gained two nominations for 2009 "Best Short Story": it was chosen as a finalist by the International Thriller Writers Association, and nominated for a Shamus by the Private Eye Writers. "Marley's Revolution," from Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine, was a 2012 Edgar nominee.His previous novels, from St. Martin's Press and Pocket Books, were praised as "sparkling" (Publishers Weekly), "great fun" (USA Today), "tightly plotted" (Washington Times), "fast-paced" (Baltimore Sun), and "trenchant, sly--and cerebral fun throughout" (Kirkus).