October 2010
Andrews, V C Daughter of Darkness
Andrews' heroine believes she has been adopted by a vampire! Romance suddenly becomes dangerous for her boyfriend.
Anthony, Piers Knot Gneiss
Wenda Woodwife suffers violent mood swings, so goes to the Good Magician to get them abated, and has to transport a 150 pound knot of petrified reverse wood to his castle so it can't do damage elsewhere. If nasty goblins should get hold of it, they could use it to terrify and conquer Xanth.
Beaton, M. C. Busy Body
Agatha Raisin must now save Christmas in the face of an overzealous Health and Safety Board officer—at least that’s the plan until he’s murdered with a kitchen knife.
Bell, Ted Warlord
No more work for gentleman spy Alex Hawke—he’s incapable of functioning after the death of his beloved in a botched mission. Then His Royal Highness Prince Charles asks for Hawke’s help. Seems that someone is preparing to make the British Royal Family history.
Bradford, Barbara Taylor Playing the Game
Marius Remmington believes only Jack Chalmers will be able to capture the true brilliance of his lovely wife, but he never intended putting his marriage in jeopardy. And how could he know that Jack would uncover a scandal that could ultimately destroy them all?
Cannell, Stephen J. The Prostitutes’ Ball
New partner in tow, Det. Shane Scully answers a call at a Hollywood mansion. All they find among the party dregs are three corpses—a film producer and two prostitutes—and a security camera showing the man who shot them. Except one of the bullet casings doesn’t match.
Carl, Joanna The Chocolate Pirate Plot
When Lee Woodyard and her husband Joe take their boat out on Lake Michigan, they're stunned when a band of pirates hops on board. Lee's is the first boat boarded that summer, and the town is amused by the buccaneers. But when a body washes up on shore, the pirates' antics stop being so entertaining.
Child, Lee Worth Dying For
There’s deadly trouble in the corn country of Nebraska ... and Jack Reacher walks right into it. First he falls foul of a local clan that has terrified an entire county into submission. But it’s the unsolved case of a missing child, already decades-old, that Reacher can’t let go.
Childs, Laura Fiber and Brimstone
Carmela Bertrand spends Halloween trying to clear the name of a friend who seems to have been framed for murder.
Clark, Wahida The Golden Hustla
Atlanta homicide detective Danny Houser realizes that he may have the smoking gun needed to go after fraudulent telemarketer “We Make Millions”. Soon he sets his sights on Alexis Greenspan, aka Nina Coles, the telemarketer's top sales associate. Approaching retirement, Houser will do everything in his power to manipulate Coles and solve this one last case...no matter who gets hurt in the process.
Connelly, Michael The Reversal
When defense attorney Mickey Haller is asked to change jobs and serve as prosecutor in the retrial of Jason Jessup, in prison for years after being convicted of a grisly child murder and now seemingly exonerated by DNA evidence, he jumps at the chance—he’s convinced that Jessup really is the culprit. And then he seeks out Harry Bosch for help.
Coulter, Catherine The Valcourt Heiress
Garron of Kersey returns home to claim the baronetcy but finds the family castle badly hacked up by someone called the Black Demon, who’s hunting for gold. And there’s an odd child about named Merry who seems to understand everything.
Enoch, Suzanne Rules of an Engagement
Evans, Nicholas The Brave
Though Tom Bedford was raised in Hollywood by his movie-star mom, tragedy forced them to flee, and now Tom lives like a hermit, estranged from a son serving in Iraq. Then his son is accused of murder.
Evans, Richard Paul Promise Me
Yes, another Christmas novel from the author who might be credited with starting the current Christmas fiction mania.
Flint, Eric 1635: The Eastern Front
The Thirty Years War continues to ravage 17th century Europe, but a new force is gathering power and influence: the United States of Europe, a new nation led by Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, and the West Virginians from the 20th century led by Mike Stearns who were hurled centuries into the past by a mysterious cosmic accident.
Flynn, Vince American Assassin
Flynn goes back in time to check out how Mitch Rapp, his top CIA operative, was recruited. Mitch’s successful assassination of his first target—a Turkish arms dealer who sold the explosives that downed a Pan Am flight—is just the beginning of his education.
Grisham, John The Confession
An innocent man is days from execution. Only a guilty man can save him.
Hart, Carolyn G. Ghost in Trouble
Bailey Ruth, a heaven-sent ghost, must save a former enemy reluctant to accept help.
Johansen, Iris Chasing the Night
Never give up: that's the motto of CIA agent Catherine Ling, whose two year old was kidnapped eight years ago in an act of revenge. Now Ling has enlisted the help of Eve Duncan, Johansen stalwart, mom of the murdered Bonnie, and forensic sculptor extraordinaire, to track the child.
Karon, Jan In the Company of Others
Cynthia joins Father Tim on a sojourn to Ireland, where he’s investigating his ancestry. After a valuable painting is lifted from the lodge where they are staying, they discover that a tragedy has splintered the family owning the lodge.
Khoury, Raymond The Templar Salvation
In 1203 a group of Templars enter the Imperial Library and make off with materials too incendiary for angry crusaders to see. Perhaps their exploits will be found in the Fondo Templari, a secret history of the Templars FBI agent Sean Reilly must locate in the Vatican’s sealed archives to save his kidnapped girlfriend.
Kingsbury, Karen Unlocked: a Love Story
Holden Harris is an autistic eighteen-year-old who is bullied at school. Laura Reynolds is the head cheerleader who befriends Holden but has problems of her own at home. In her trademark way, Kingsbury tackles real-life issues of high school bullying, autism, adultery, and ultimately ... acceptance.
Kleypas, Lisa Christmas Eve at Friday Harbor
When Friday Harbor's local radio station broadcasts "Dear Santa" letters, everyone knows that the little girl asking for a mom is Halle Nolan, whose own mom died a few years ago. Alas for Halle's dad-now the matchmakers are really at work.
Lackey, Mercedes Trio of Sorcery
Lackey’s latest contains three novellas, revisiting two favorite characters, Diana Tregarde and Jennifer Talldeer, as well as introducing a new character, Ellen McBride.
Lackey, Mercedes Intrigues
You would think that everything would have settled down for Mags at the Collegium. After all, he had been there for half a year, and by now things should have sorted out into a routine. But nothing is ever simple where the Collegia are concerned.
Laurens, Stephanie The Reckless Bride
Lewis Monteith's mission got off to a shaky start. Wounded in battle, he jumped from his ship rather than risk losing evidence that would bring down a traitor. But as he recuperates, his fascination with his rescuer, the beautiful Linnet Trevission, grows. Linnet's strength and wisdom have made her a respected leader at home. That's why she knows she'll be invaluable to Lewis - if only he'll let her in.
Le Carre, John Our Kind of Traitor
When Perry and Gail headed to Antigua for a tennis holiday, they didn’t expect that a top Russian money launderer named Dima would be asking them for help. Now they’re stuck between the criminals Dima is prepared to rat on and the byzantine British Secret Service.
Leigh, Lora Styx’s Storm
To save innocent, young Storme Montague from the claws of Breed slave traders, Wolf Breed Styx is forced to claim her himself-on the condition that Storme will no longer be a virgin by night's end. And though Storme's defenses are up, Styx will free her-in ways she never expects.
Leonard, Elmore Djibouti
Award-winning documentary filmmaker Dara Barr has done just about everything, but her trip to Djibouti to chronicle modern-day pirates just might do her in.
London, Julia The Year of Living Scandalously
When Declan O'Connor, Earl of Donnelly, arrives at Hadley Green to meet with Lily Boudine, the new countess of Ashwood, he knows instantly that the lovely woman who welcomes him is not who she pretends to be. But neither is prepared for the dangerous stranger who threatens to reveal Keira's lies . . . and Declan knows he must protect Keira at all costs, for she is the woman who now owns his heart.
Macomber, Debbie Call Me Mrs. Miracle
While working in the toy department of a family-run department store in NYC, Mrs. Miracle seizes the opportunity to connect Holly, who is searching for the perfect robot for her nephew, with Jake, the owner's son.
Michaels, Fern Déjà Vu
The time has come to deal with Enemy #1, a/ k/a Hank Jellicoe. Wanted by the FBI, the CIA, and Homeland Security for starters, President Connor herself has run out of patience with their lack of results. Only the Sisterhood, with their special blend of guts, imagination, and friends in all places are capable of pulling off the impossible—of hunting down this monster and taking him out once and for all…
Muller, Marcia Coming Back
San Francisco private eye Sharon McCone was shot in the head and suffered from locked-in syndrome. But when Sharon's friend from physical therapy goes missing, she must call upon those closest to her to find out the truth behind the disappearance. The investigation soon points to issues of national security and proves to be the most dangerous and critical case yet for Sharon and her colleagues.
Murphy, Shirley Rousseau Cat Coming Home
Grandson in tow, Maudie Toola returns to her childhood home after her son’s murder—and the killer follows. Meanwhile, a prison cat carries a message from a state prisoner. Feline P.I. Joe Grey finesses the two cases and finds prison kitty a home.
Neggers, Carla Cold Dawn
Niven,Larry Betrayer of Worlds
Parker, Robert B. Painted Ladies
On Spenser’s latest case, he’s been asked to serve as the muscle during a ransom exchange for a stolen painting—and starts expecting everyone of duplicity when the exchange falls through.
Perry, Anne A Christmas Odyssey
Once again, the distinguished mathematician Henry Rathbone is approached to help solve a mystery. This time, the call comes from an old friend whose son has gone missing--and just before the Christmas holiday.
Peterson, Tracie Embers of Love
Deborah Vandermark plans to assist her family's logging business now that she's completed college. She soon meets Dr. Christopher Clayton. As their lives intersect, Deborah realizes that she has a much greater interest in medicine and science than the bookkeeping she was trained in. But when typhoid begins to spread, Deborah wonders if true love can overcome.
Quinn, Spencer To Fetch a Thief
The third book in the Chet and Bernie mystery series
Roth, Philip Nemesis
A polio epidemic is sweeping 1944 Newark, devastating the young charges of playground director Bucky Cantor, and Bucky finds himself dealing with the surrounding fear, panic, and wreckage even as he struggles with personal problems.
Rucka, Greg The Last Run
The game of espionage catches up to everyone in the end. Now, in Greg Rucka's sensational new Queen & Country thriller, the world's most lethal woman embarks on one final and all-too-likely fatal mission.
Salvatore, R. A. Gauntlgrym
Salvatore launches a trilogy with everything Drizzt fans expect and everything gamers love about Neverwinter Nights.
Showalter, Gena Ecstasy in Darkness
Growing up poor on New Chicago’s meanest streets, Ava Sans had two options: be the predator or be the prey. Now, working for Alien Investigation and Removal, she’s been ordered to capture the biggest, baddest warrior of all—a vampire too beautiful to be real, with the ability to manipulate time. When the chase leads to seduction, McKell and Ava will race to discover the truth about his past.
Small, Bertrice The Border Vixen
Aware of the covetous interest in his land, the laird of Brae Aisir announces that any man who can outrun, outride, and outfight his headstrong granddaughter "Mad Maggie" will have her as a wife-along with her inheritance. His proposition causes more chaos than resolution, especially when King James II sends his cousin, Fingal Stewart, to compete for Maggie's hand.
Steel, Danielle Legacy
One story, two women—a contemporary academic and a Sioux in the 1700’s Dakotas who commences a great journey.
Swinson, Kiki Still Candy Shopping
When Faith hits the streets after checking herself out of rehab, her life is turned upside down when she is taken in by a con artist. Sooner than later, she realizes that he will become her worst nightmare and that her chances of getting away from him alive are very slim. Will Faith let the streets swallow her whole? Or will she gain the strength to fight for her life?
Turner, Nikki Natural Born Hustler
Desember Day has more game in the streets than a basketball player does on the court, and her boyfriend, Fame, loves every single inch of her. The only thing Desember feels she’s lacking is a father to call her own. And her mother refuses to tell Desember who he is.
Vincenzi, Penny Forbidden Places
The war in England has an enormous impact on three women, one a young widow, one who loves her increasingly dotty husband, and one who’s trapped in a deadly marriage.
Ward, J. R. Crave
Jim Heron is battling a demon that can take any form for the soul of someone he must identify on his own. If that weren't enough, his old boss Matthias wants Jim to assassinate an AWOL member of The Firm - Isaac, the man Jim is pretty sure he is supposed to save.
Willig, Lauren The Mischief of the Mistletoe
When Arabella Dempsey takes a position at Miss Climpson’s Select Seminary for Young Ladies, she hardly imagines that she will encounter Reginald “Turnip” Fitzhugh or that their discovery of a fruitcake carrying a cryptic note will send them on an exciting Christmastime adventure.
November 2010
Armstrong, Kelley Counterfeit Magic
The first rule of a supernatural fight club? Don't kill your opponent. When the fighters come with lethal spells, werewolf strength and half-demon powers, that can be a lot tougher than it sounds. It's hard to attract talent if they know they might not leave the ring alive. So when fighters at a California club start dying -- it's bad for business.
Baldacci, David Hell’s Corner
On the night of the State Dinner honouring the British Prime Minister, there is an explosion as the Prime Minister's motorcade leaves the White House. Stone, together with Harry Finn, Alex Ford, and the rest of the Camel Club, are drawn into the investigation.
Berry, Steve The Emperor’s Tomb
Cotton Malone clicks on a mysterious email and logs into a site where he sees colleague and flame Cassiopeia Vitt being tortured. Her assailant wants Cotton to turn over something Cassiopeia supposedly left in his safekeeping—but what?
Bond, Larry Edge of War
CIA officer Mara Duncan faces her most grueling assignment: get scientist Josh MacArthur and a 7-year-old witness to the Chinese atrocities in Vietnam out of the country safely. Mara and Josh are pursued by a relentless Chinese monk turned commando, Jing Yo, who has the entire Chinese secret service in Vietnam to help.
Briggs, Patricia Wolfsbane
Shapeshifting mercenary Aralorn leads a dangerous existence. Now she must return home for her noble father, the Lyon of Lambshold, has passed away. But when Aralorn and her companion Wolf arrive, they find he's not dead, but ensorcelled by the ae'Magi, using him as a conduit to destroy Aralorn and Wolf. She must overcome this mysterious mist or fall to the blackest of magic.
Bujold, Lois McMaster Cryoburn
On Kibou-daini, Miles discovers generational conflict over money and resources is heating up, even as refugees displaced in time skew the meaning of generation past repair. Bribery, corruption, conspiracy, kidnapping—something is rotten on Kibou-daini, and it isn't due to power outages in the Cryocombs. And Miles is in the middle—of trouble!
Chunichi The Streets Keep Calling
After doing a 5-year bid, all ex-drug dealer Breeze wants is a normal life with the love his life and his children. Determined to stay on a straight and narrow path, he follows all the rules of his probation and even works a full-time job as a janitor. But when the pressure becomes too much to handle, he reverts back to what he knows best. 9781601622877
Cornwell, Patricia Port Mortuary
As the chief of the new Cambridge Forensic Center in Massachusetts, a joint venture of the state and federal governments and MIT, Scarpetta is confronted with a case that could shut down her new facility and ruin her personally and professionally.
Crawford, Isis A Catered Thanksgiving
Sisters Bernie and Libby Simmons have handled plenty of catering challenges with grace and aplomb. But this Thanksgiving, they're cooking a feast for felons.
Cussler, Clive and Dirk Cussler Crescent Dawn
What’s the connection among a pirate attack on a Roman galley in 327, the bust-up of a British warship in 1916, and the contemporary destruction of several mosques in Turkey and Egypt? NUMA director Dirk Pitt is about to find out, helped by grown kids Dirk Jr. and Summer.
Deaver, Jeffery Edge
Nope, not starring Lincoln Rhyme or Kathryn Dance. Deaver takes readers in another direction with the story of a lifter—a hard-case criminal who uses any means necessary to get what his boss needs. The lifter’s intended victim: Washington, DC, police detective Ryan Kessler.
Flagg, Fannie I Still Dream About You
A former Miss Alabama, Maggie has a great real estate career but hides her disappointment that she doesn’t have a family. She’s in for a big change.
Foster, Alan Dean The Human Blend
The famed author of the long-running Pip & Flinx novels is launching a new trilogy starring thieves Meld and Whispr, who live in a strange future—bodily alterations and enhancements are common.
Gingrich, Newt Valley Forge
This second in a series begun last year with To Try Men's Souls drops us down into Valley Forge in winter 1776, when food and morale were both running low. Then Baron von Steuben arrives to help whip the army into shape.
Goldenbaum, Sally A Holiday Yarn
With the Seaside Knitters' help, Mary Pisano converts her charming inherited home into a B&B. Her first week is booked by her very own family, in town to discuss their grandfather's will. She's hoping the tranquility of the setting will smooth over ill feelings among family members. But when her cousin Pam is found murdered, she realizes she was dead wrong.
Howell, Hannah Highland Protector
Jordan, Robert Towers of Midnight
The Last Battle has started. The seals on the Dark One’s prison are crumbling. The Pattern itself is unraveling, and the armies of the Shadow have begun to boil out of the Blight. The sun has begun to set upon the Third Age.
Lehane, Dennis Moonlight Mile
Rescued by Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro after she disappeared as a four year old and then dumped right back into an unhappy home, teenaged Amanda is missing again. This is a sequel to Gone, Baby, Gone and the first Kenzie/Gennaro thriller in 12 years.
MacAlister, Katie In the Company of Vampires
When Francesca arrives at GothFaire to save her mother from the trickster god, Loki, things go from bad to worse. Her immortal ex, Benedikt, is there, full of secrets-and with a new girlfriend. Now Fran must battle a power-hungry group who wishes to dominate both the immortal and mortal worlds-and the woman who claimed Ben's heart. It's a good thing Fran's no ordinary mortal...
Maron, Margaret Christmas Mourning
It's Christmas in rural North Carolina and Judge Deborah Knott is looking forward to a family celebration when a tragedy clouds the holiday season. A beautiful young cheerleader dies in a car crash and the community is devastated by her death. Sheriff's Deputy Dwight Bryant soon learns that her death was not a simple accident, and more lives may be lost unless he and Deborah can discover why she died.
Martin, Steve An Object of Beauty
Martin examines the glamour and the subterfuge of New York’s fine art world.
McManus, Patrick The Huckleberry Murders
An elderly rancher vanishes, but without a body, Sheriff Bo can’t declare that murder’s afoot.
Morton, Kate The Distant Hours
Edie’s mother spent the war years at Middlhurst Castle, so Edie is glad for the chance to visit the castle and its residents, elderly twin sisters caring for a younger sibling still lost after being jilted by her fiancé decades ago. There Edie starts uncovering some uncomfortable secrets.
Mosley, Walter The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey
At 91, Ptolemy Grey is shutting down and virtually ignored. Then a doctor gives him an experimental drug that will curtail his life but make those last few months really sizzle, and after taking it he’s clear-headed enough to uncover some shocking truths about his family.
Parker, Robert Untitled Spenser Holiday Novel
Patterson, James Cross Fire
Detective Alex Cross and Bree's wedding plans are put on hold when Alex is called to the scene of the perfectly executed assassination of two of Washington D.C.'s most corrupt: a dirty congressmen and an underhanded lobbyist. Next, the elusive gunman begins picking off other crooked politicians.
Poyer, David Ghosting
Dr. Jack Scales, a prominent neurosurgeon, is at the peak of his career. To celebrate, he decides to make up for lost time and buys a sailing yacht christened Slow Dance, for a family cruise to Bermuda. But the family is strained and none may be up to the challenges of family life upon the upon sea.
Pronzini, Bill The Hidden
The Coastline Killer is committing random acts of violence along California's northern coast, so why does a troubled young couple opt to spend the holidays at an isolated cabin near the water?
Rice, Anne Of Love and Evil
Anne Rice’s magnificent Songs of the Seraphim continues with a lyrical and haunting new novel of angels and assassins set in dark and dangerous worlds—in our time and in centuries past.
Robb, J. D. Indulgence in Death
Random hits, thrill kills, murderers with a taste for the finer things in life - and death - are making NYPSD Lieutenant Eve Dallas angry. And an angry Eve can be just as an efficient and dangerous predator as the killer.
Roberts, Nora Happy Ever After
As the public face of Vows wedding planning company, Parker Brown has an uncanny knack for fulfilling every bride's vision except perhaps her own. Mechanic Malcomb Kavanaugh loves figuring out how things work, and Parker is no exception. Both know that moving from minor flirtation to major hook-up is a serious step. Is she ready to take the chance of a lifetime with her heart?
Roker, Al The Midnight Show Murders
Celebrity chef Billing Blessing heads to Los Angeles to guest on a sizzling late-night show, but, alas, the host becomes shish kebob.
Rushdie, Salman Luka and the Fire of Life
Once upon a time in the city of Kahani in the land of Alibay, storyteller Rashid falls so deeply asleep that his young son must risk traveling to the Magic World so that he can bring back the Fire of Life.
Shreve, Anita Rescue
A woman long gone returns to her family, and the family falls apart. Shreve masters our twisty, everyday emotions to momentous effect and gets best sellers for her efforts.
Souljah, Sister Untitled
Souljahpicks up where the last book left off, with her teenaged protagonist seeking his wife in Japan.
Tapply, William Outwitting Trolls
After Brady Coyne gets together for drinks with an old neighbor, his ex-wife calls; seems she’s implicated in his murder. This is the final work of this author.
Thor, Brad The Athena Project
In a remote corner of North Carolina’s Fort Bragg lies the headquarters of the nation’s most elite counter-terrorism unit - the US Army’s 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment Delta. The “Athena Project is a brilliant new approach to combating terrorism. An elite team of female warriors will be deployed on some of the most exciting and dangerous international assignments the fiction world has ever seen.
Vachss, Andrew The Weight
Andrew Vachss returns with a mesmerizing novel about a hard-core thief who's about to embark on a job that will alter his life forever.
VanLiere, Donna The Christmas Journey
VanLiere wrote this for a church Christmas banquet, hoping to bring back the "wonderment" lost to one of the world's best-known journeys-Joseph and Mary's excursion to the tax office in Jerusalem, where Mary was subsequently delivered of the Savior.
Wambaugh, Joseph Hollywood Hills
A circle of teenage burglars has taken to pillaging the homes of Hollywood celebutants like Paris Hilton and Lindsay Lohan, and when a pair of drug-addled young copycats stumbles upon Nigel's heist, that's just the beginning of the disaster to come. Soon Hollywood Nate, surfer cops Flotsam and Jetsam, and the rest of the team at Hollywood Station have a deadly situation on their hands.
Williams, Tad Shadowrise
Royal twins struggle to regain their usurped throne and save their country.
December 2010
Brunstetter, Wanda Sarah’s Choice
Widowed lock tender Sarah Turner is determined to get her children away from the dangers of canal life. Can she do it before another tragic accident occurs? Facially marred canal-boat captain Elias Brooks has fallen for Sarah. Can he find the key to unlock her heart, or will she accept the proposal of a handsome blacksmith?
Childs, Laura Bedeviled Eggs
The ladies at the Cackleberry Club café are busy preparing for Halloween. But someone's jumped the gun on the tricks. As mayoral candidate Chuck Peebler leaves the café, he gets struck with a crossbow arrow and is killed instantly. And when another murder occurs on the historical society's Quilt Trail, the Cackleberry Club needs to sniff out the bad egg-before he strikes again.
Clancy, Tom Dead or Alive
Joined by their latest recruits, John Clark and Ding Chavez, Jack Ryan, Jr. and his cousins, Dominick and Brian Caruso, are determined to catch a sadistic killer, the Emir, and they will bring him in . . . dead or alive.
Clark, Mary Jane To Have and To Kill
Clark launches a new series featuring Piper Donovan, a would-be actress who moves back home and lends a hand in the family bakery. She teams up with an old neighbor, now FBI agent, to figure out who’s trying to make the bride and groom say “I don’t”.
Coonts, Stephen Death Wave
Deep Black book 10 Lia is sent to Berlin to infiltrate the operations of a ruthless Chinese billionaire, whose machinations have come to the attention of the NSA. She risks immediate execution if her true identity is revealed. Meanwhile, in a hotel in New Jersey, a bestselling author is assassinated to prevent the release of his stranger-than-fiction story about an Islamic plot to change the course of history. 9780312671136
Denning, Troy Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi: Vortex
In this sixth in the nine-book "Fate of the Jedi" series, the Skywalkers and their not-to-be-trusted Sith buddies are up against a Force-entity called the Abeloth.
Deveraux, Jude The Scent of Jasmine
Estleman, Loren The Left-Handed Dollar
Joseph Michael Ballista—”Joey Ballistic” to his mob buddies—knows most of the ways to make an illegal buck, or “a lefthanded dollar.” That’s why he’s in trouble again. Walker, friendless and desperate for answers, follows a string of leads old and new straight into a war of nerves and bullets in Detroit’s seedy, crime-ridden underbelly.
Ferris, Monica Buttons and Bones
Owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth Betsy Devonshire heads for the Minnesota north woods to renovate an old cabin. But beneath the awful linoleum is something even uglier- the skeleton of a Nazi. Betsy's investigation yields the site of a former German POW camp, a mysterious crocheted rug, and an intricately designed pattern of clues to a decades-old crime.
Griffin, W. E. B. The Outlaws a presidential agent novel
Hart, Ellen The Cruel Ever After
The shock Jane Lawless is in for when Chester Garrity, her ex-husband, comes home to a city that he swore he’d never see again is nothing compared to Chester’s own. He’s working an angle to make his next fortune by selling a priceless artifact recently looted from the Bagdad Museum, but that all falls through when he wakes up next to the dead body of his buyer with no memory of what happened the night before.
Hoag, Tami Secrets to the Grave
When Marissa is found brutally murdered, it sends the idyllic California town of Oak Knoll into a tailspin. As Tony and Anne begin to peel back the layers of Marissa Fordham's life, they find a clue fragment here, another there. And just when it seems Marissa has taken her secrets to the grave, they uncover a fact that puts Anne and Haley directly in the sights of a killer: Marissa Fordham never existed.
Hunter, Stephen Dead Zero
Bob Lee Swagger tracks down an AWOL Marine sniper who resurfaces to complete his last mission.
Koontz, Dean What the Night Knows
Billed as one of the scarier ghost stories you'll ever read, Koontz's latest features your average family trapped in their home by a back-from-the-dead type who's evidently mean as hell.
Krentz, Jayne Ann In Too Deep
Book One of the Looking Glass Trilogy, Arcane Society
Lescroart, John T. Treasure Hunt
San Francisco's golden fundraiser Dominic Como turns out to have been drawing enormous salaries from each of the charities he worked for, and young Alicia Thrope seems to know more about where he got his money than she is letting on. Treasure Hunt unfolds against a backdrop of murky city politics and shady groups masquerading as charities.
McCaffrey, Anne Catacombs
Book 2 in the Barque Cats series.
McCullough, Colleen Naked Cruelty
Capt. Carmine Delmonico is back in his third outing (following Too Many Murders), and he's got not one but two murders to solve.
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