Among the new releases this week are Long Lost by Harlan Coben, one of the nation's best mystery writers. Summaries:

Long Lost by Harlan Coben (Dutton, $27.95) Myron Bolitar and an old flame, Terese Collins, race to stay ahead of Homeland Security, Interpol and Mossad as they try to find out what happened to Terese’s daughter.

Malice by Lisa Jackson (Kensington, $24) When a copy of his wife’s death certificate arrives in the mail emblazoned with a red question mark, New Orleans detective Rick Bentz heads to Los Angeles, returning to the painful memories he’s tried so hard to forget, and straight into a killer’s web.

Rides a Dread Legion by Ray Feist (EOS, $26.99) The last remnants of an ancient advanced race, the Clan of the Seven Stars, are returning at long last to their lost home world if the Dread Legion does not pursue them through the rift.

The Color of Lightning by Paulette Jiles (William Morrow, $25.99) Based on oral histories of the post-Civil War years in North Texas, this novel tells the story of former slaves and a government bureaucrat trying to make new lives in the West.