GHOSTS IN THE SNOW (Mystery/Fantasy) - DNF

Jones, Tamara Siler - 1st book

Bantam, 2004- Paperback

Dubric Bryerly, the head of security at Castle Faldorrah, sees the dead. In this case, the victims are young servant girls who are brutally murdered.…

RED SKY LAMENT (Talented Amateur-Los Angeles-1940s) - G+

Wright, Edward - 3rd in series

Orion, 2006- Hardcover

John Ray Horn is a former cowboy star, an ex-con and has no interest in politics. There are wildfires in the hills and the House on Un-American Activities

is impacting the lives of those around him.…

FALL FROM GRACE (Police Proc-Toronto, Canada-Cont) - G-

Wright, L.R. - 4th in series

Viking, 1991- Hardcover

RCMP sergeant Karl Alberg, out sailing with his lover, Cassandra, spot a body at the bottom of a cliff. Learning the identity of the victim, and finding his killer, requires Alberg to unravel the clues and the…

OBLIVION (Private Investigator-Los Angeles-Cont) – Okay

Abrahams, Peter – Standalone

HarperTouch, 2006- Paperback

Private Investigator Nic Petrov is asked by Lisa Rummel to find her daughter Amanda. The missing person case leads to

murder and presents Nic with more questions than answers. The case keeps cycling back to a Hollywood movie made about Nic…

THE RIGHTEOUS MEN (Suspense-NYC-Cont) – Poor

Bourne, Sam – 1st book

HarperCollinsPublisher, 2006- UK

Hardcover

British born Will Monroe is a fledgling reporter with the New York Times. Murders are occurring around the world. The victims seem to be random until it is realized that each person performs deeds which define him as a righteous

man.…

PROMISE ME (Unlicensed Investigator-NY/NJ/Cont) – Ex

Coben, Harlen – 8th in series

Dutton, 2006-Hardcover

Myron Bolitar has changed his focus from being a sports agent and crime fighter to being an entertainment agent. He even has a new girlfriend, Ali. At their

first official part as a couple, he hears Ali’s daughter, Erin, and her best

friend, Aimee…

THE JURY MASTER (Political Suspense-US-Cont) – G+

Dugoni, Robert – 1st novel

Warner Books, 2006- Hardcover

David Sloane is a highly successful defense attorney who suffers from migraines and a gruesome recurring nightmare. Joe

Branick is a personal friend of the President of the United States who is found dead in

a national park by apparent…

FIFTH SON (Police Procedural-Ottawa, Canada-Cont) – Okay

Fradkin, Barbara – 4th in series

Rendezvous Press, 2004- Trade Paperback

Inspector Michael Green decides to go for a ride along with Sergeant Brian Sullivan to Ashford Landing where a man has been found dead at the bottom of a

church tower. The death is a suspected

suicide, but Green isn’t so…

MURDER ON THE BALLARAT TRAIN (Amateur Sleuth-Australia-1920s) – G+

Greenwood,

Kerry – 3rd in series

Allen&Unwin, 2005- Trade Paperback

Phryne Fisher and her companion Dot are on the Ballarat Train. Phryne awakens realizing the first class car is filled with chloroform fumes. She

opens the windows, saves the passengers but realizes that the…

DEFINITELY DEAD (Supernatural Mystery-Louisiana) – G+

Harris, Charlaine – 5th in series

Ace, 2006- Hardcover

Sookie Stackhouse is a cocktail waitress and telepath. Her love life is a mess, people are being murdered in her yard and Sookie has to go to New Orleans as she has inherited her Cousin

Hadley’s estate. This isn’t easy as

Hadley was consort…

THE CYMRY RING (TimeTravel-England-Cont/Iron Age) – Okay

Dymmoch, Michael Allen – Standalone

Five Star, 2006- Hardcover

CID detective Ian Carreg is a widower with grown children and a grandchild on the way. Dr. Jemma Henderson is a

physician and daughter of a physicist; she is also wanted for murder in America. When Carreg follows Jemma into a shed…

BLACKSTONE’S PURSUIT (Private Enquiry Agent-Scotland-Cont) – G+

Jardine, Quintin – 1st in series

Headline, 1998- Paperback

Private enquiry agent Oz Blackstone is looking for stockbroker Willie Kane who has stolen $900K from his employers. Oz

finds him naked and dead on the bed of an apartment and the apartment’s tenant,

Prim Phillips, just walking…

EXCEPT THE DYING (Police Procedural-Toronto-1895)- G+

Jennings, Maureen – 1st in series

St. Martin’s Press, 1997- Hardcover

Detective William Murdoch is called to a crime scene. A young woman has been found nude and dead in the snow. It is apparent she is not a street person or street person, but she is pregnant, had been given opium and

smothered. Murdoch’s…

RELENTLESS (Suspense-UK-Cont) – VG

Kernick, Simon – 5th book

Bantam Press, 2006- UK Hardcover

Tom Meron is a married, father of two, software salesman. His life isn’t exciting, but it’s hot terrible either. Then he receives a phone call from an old friend who begs for Tom’s help. Tom realizes his friend is being chased and

hears his die, but not before…

A KILLING NIGHT (Suspense-Miami/Philadelphia-Cont) – VG

King, Jonathan – 4th book

Dutton, 2006- Hardcover

Former copy Max Freeman has been asked by his former girlfriend, Detective Sherry Richards, to investigate someone Max worked with on the Philadelphia police force. Richards suspects O’Shea

in a case of young, female bartenders who are disappearing.…

DEATH OF A CORNISH FIDDLER (Historical-England-1700s) – G+

Lake, Deryn – 11th in series

Allison & Busby, 2006- Hardcover

Apothecary John Rawlings, his young daughter Rose and his lady friend Elizabeth de Lorenzi have traveled to Helstone to witness the Furry Dance which dates

back to Pagen times. They encounter a

wide mix of fellow visitors, an…

RITUALS OF THE SEASON (Mystery-North Carolina-Cont) – G+

Maron, Margaret – 11th in series

Mysterious Press, 2005- Hardcover

Judge Deborah Knott is in the middle of plans for her wedding to Deputy Sheriff Dwight Bryant a little more than a week away.

When the Assistant DA is killed from a gunshot while driving her car,

secrets…

JACQUOT AND THE ANGEL (Police Proc-France-Cont) – Ex

O’Brien, Martin – 2nd in series

Headline, 2005- UK

Hardcover

Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot has a multiple murder on his hands. The four, five if you count an unborn child, members of the German Martner family living in Provence have been killed. Jacquot is to be

assisted by a member of Munich…

LONG SPOON LANE (Police Proc-England–1800s) – Ex

Perry, Anne – 24th in Pitt series

Ballantine Books, 2005- Hardcover

Thomas Pitt is now a member of the Secret Branch having been forced out of Bow Street when Inspector Wetron became the head of the Inner Circle. When anarchists bomb homes, the head of the

anarchists is murdered, and members…

MOURNERS (Private Invest-San Francisco-Cont) – Ex

Pronzini, Bill – 30th in series

Forge, 2006- Hardcover

The “Nameless” agency team knows about separation and death. “Nameless” friend and partner committed suicide, Jake Runyon’s wife died of cancer and Tamara’s love has moved to Philadelphia. The agency has been hired, by his wife,to

follow James…