May 2010 On Sale: May 6, 2010 Featuring: David Martinez 448 pages ISBN: 0670021911 EAN: 9780670021918 Hardcover $26.95 Add to Wish List Thriller Arcane Buy at Amazon.com The Marks Of Cain by Tom Knox A thrilling and startling novel from the author of the international bestseller The Genesis Secret When David Martinez, a young lawyer, receives an ancient map from his dying grandfather, the mysteries of his past begin to open up before him. The map leads David into the heart of the dangerous Basque mountains, where a genetic curse lies buried and a frightening secret about the Western world’s past is hidden. Meanwhile, London journalist Simon Quinn may have found his big break. A wealthy, elderly woman has been murdered in the most horrific fashion, and another homicide soon follows. Both victims came from villages in the Basque region, both were interred at a top-secret Nazi camp, both have been silenced for what they know about the experiments conducted on the Basques, the Jews, and a dwindling mystical tribe of pre-Caucasian locals called Cagots. From the North Sea islands to the Arizona desert, from the graveyards of the Basque countryside to the heart of colonial Africa, Martinez’s and Quinn’s…

I had one of those weeks — eventful but feel like I didn’t do ANYTHING. I know I read some books because my husband cleaned out the stack I left on his side of the bathroom. He really hates to see my book discards, it sorta drives him absolutely batty. Especially if it’s book club week and he’s in charge of making sure the house is “company-ready.” So he’ll go through and collect all the books and sort them into: business books (ones for Fresh Fiction), borrowed books (library and friends), keepers, and ones for book club trade. I’ve learned (sigh, no make that BIG SIGH) to let go of books that I’m not going to re-read or ones that were good but not great. It’s time to release them into the wild or in my case, to book club members. So, I did spend 30 minutes on Wednesday going through his stacks of books. Fortunately for him, he makes this easy to do. In other words he brings all the books to me in my office, loads them up on the desk so I’m forced to “deal with them” and comes prepared with bags and a box. Work and…