WHITE TIGER (Police Procedural-Chicago-Cont/1970s) – VG

Dymmoch, Michael Allen – 5th in series

Thomas Dunne Books, 2005 – Hardcover

Detective John Thinnes views the body of a murder victim at the morgue, and realizes she was the Vietnamese wife of his best friend when serving as an MP during the Vietnam War. Upon meeting the late woman's son, he

remembers his friends' wedding night, waking up hangover and naked and…

ALONE AT NIGHT (Police Procedural, Minneapolis, Cont/1984) – Ok

Erickson, KJ – 4th book

St. Martin's Paperbacks, 2005- Paperback

In 1984, Chief of Police Sigvald "Sig" Sampson handled the case of a beautiful young clerk who disappeared from a convenience store where she worked alone at night.

That case was never solved. Now,

in 2003, Marshall "Mars" Bahr has reopened the case.…

DYING FOR REDEMPTION (PI/Fantasy-Cont) – G

Freeburn, Chris – Standalone

Quiet Storm Publishing, 2004 – Trade Paperback

Calamer "Callous" Demar is a private investigator. He also died in 1953. His agency, located in Limbo, helps the recently murdered find out who killed them.

Callous' secretary, Ann, has brought him the case of Wilow Flannery, a

millionaire businesswoman, who was killed in a car…

THE SUDBURY SCHOOL MURDERS (Amateur Sleuth-England-1817) – VG

Gardner, Ashley – 4th in series

Berkeley Prime Crime, 2005 – Paperback

Retired dragoon, Captain Gabriel Lacy, and his manservant, Bartholomew, have left London for the Sudbury School where Lacey has taken the post of secretary to the school's headmaster, Everard Rutledge. The school has been beset with pranks and

Rutledge wants Lacy to find out who's behind them. But…

AN UNHOLY ALLIANCE (Medieval Mystery-England-1300s) – VG

Gregory, Susanna – 2nd in series

Time Warner Paperbacks, 1997 – Paperback

The plague has passed and physician Matthew Bartholomew wants only to train his students and attend to his patients. As senior physician, he is called to examine a body mysteriously discovered inside the treasured, and supposedly secure,

University chest, which holds all the most valued, documents.…

PATHS NOT TAKEN (Fantasy-Nightside) – G+

Green, Simon R. – 5th in series

ACE Fantasy, 2005- Paperback

John Taylor is a private investigator in Nightside, a hidden part of London where it is always 3 a.m. and the residents are anything but ordinary. John has learned that his mother is Lilith,

the first wife of Adam. He, Suzie

Shooter and Tommy Oblivion travel back in time to learn how his mother created

Nightside and find…

URN BURIAL (Private Investigator-Australia-1920s) – G+

Greenwood, Kerry – 7th in series

Poisoned Pen Press, 2005- Trade Paperback

Phryne Fisher, her maid, Dorothy, lover, Lin Chung and his man, Li, are headed for a holiday at Cave House in the Austrialian countryside. One the way, they hear a

rifleshot and find a hysterical maid who has been molested. Later, Phryne finds the maid dead, but when

she returns with help, the body…

STILL RIVER (Private Investigator-Dallas-Cont) – G-

Hunsicker, Harry – 1st book

Thomas Dunne Books, 2005- Hardcover

PI Lee Henry "Hank" Oswald is a Gulf War approached by a former schoolmate to find her brother, a former drug addict and alcoholic. Hank's dying partner, Ernie,

asks Hank to help his niece, Nolan, also an investigator. The case evolves to include murder, violent

drug dealers and a major real estate…

DEAD IRISH (Pol. Proc/Ama. Sleuth- San Francisco-Cont) – G+

Lescroart, John – 1st in series

Signet, 2005 – Paperback

Dismas Hardy is a Viet Nam vet, former cop, and former attorney who works in a bar. Abe Glitsky is a homicide cop and Hardy's former partner. The son of a mutual friend is found dead and

it looks like suicide. Glitsky and Hardy

disagree and work to find the killer.

It's always…

JACQUOT AND THE WATERMAN (Police Procedural-Marseilles, France-Cont) – VG

O'Brien, Martin – 1st in series

Headline, 2005 – Trade paperback

Chief Inspector Daniel Jacquot is still recognized for scoring the winning try (touchdown) in a Five Nations final 20 years' earlier. He's facing a new challenge now

with a serial killer who is leaving nude, sexually abused dead woman in various

watery locations around Marseilles

and…

BIRD (Suspense/Paranormal-England-Cont) – G+

Adams, Jane – Standalone

Macmillan, 1997- UK Hardcover

Marcie, "Bird" to her Jack who raised her, has come to his bedside as he is expected to die. Although she loves him, she had run away from home at 16. But Jack is haunted by memories of the past;

a woman hanging from a tree and the ghost of a woman with a noose around her

neck. When Marcie…

THE KING'S SPIES (Historical Mystery-England-1102) – VG

Beaufort, Simon – 4^th in series

Severn House, 2003- UK Hardcover

Crusader Knight Sir Geoffrey Mappestone witnesses a man who is murdered by hanging. The man is a member of the Belleme family, who repeatedly conspire against King Henry. There is some evidence that the Belleme

family has found the secret of Greek Fire and plan to…

THE LINCOLN LAWYER (Legal Thriller-Los Angeles-Cont) – VG

Connelly, Michael – Standalone

Little, Brown, 2005 – Hardcover

Attorney Mickey Haller does most of his work from the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car. As a defense attorney, the ideal case is a franchise case, one that will pay

big. He feels he's found that with his

new client, Beverly…

THE WITCH'S GRAVE (Amateur Sleuth-Georgia-Cont) – VG

DePoy, Phillip - 2^nd in series

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2004 – Hardcover

Fever Devilin, a folklorist, has returned to his home deep in Appalachia Georgia. Truevine Deveroe, a local girl considered to be a witch, goes missing;…

THE COFFIN TRAIL (Amateur Sleuth-England-Cont) – Okay

Edwards, Martin – Standalone

Poisoned Pen Press, 2004- Hardcover

Daniel Kind and his lover, Miranda, buy a house in the Lake Country; a house once lived in by a boy accused of murder, who was found dead of an accident. Daniel's policeman father

investigated the case, but Daniel never believed the boy was guilty. Now…

FLYING TOO HIGH (Amateur Sleuth-Australia-1920s) – G+

Greenwood, Kerry – 2^nd in series

Allen & Unwin, 2005 – Australian Trade paperback

Phryne Fisher has been called to investigate two separate cases; the kidnap of an 11-year-old girl and to prove the innocence of a man accused of murdering…

GRAVE SIGHT (Amateur Sleuth-Arkansas-Cont) – VG

Harris, Charlaine – 1^st in series

BerkeleyPrime Crime, 2005 – Hardcover

Harper Connolly, and her stepbrother Tolliver Lang, have a job that keeps them traveling the country. Harper can sense the dead and experience their last…

MIST WALKER (Police Procedural-Ottawa, Canada-Cont) – G

Fradkin, Barbara – 3^rd in series

Rendevous Press, 2003 – Trade paperback

Inspector Michael Green is about to leave for home when a woman asks his help finding a missing man. Matthew Fraser was a teacher when accused of molesting a young girl. He served his

time but is now trying to prove his innocence.…

THE ONLY SUSPECT (Suspense-California-Cont) - G

Jacobs, Jonnie – Standalone

Kensington, Press, 2005 – Hardcover

Dr. Sam Russell had been tried for murdering his first wife, but a single juror resulted in his not being convicted. Now, several year' later, his second wife has disappeared. Detectives

Hannah Montgomery and Dallas…

SHOTGUN ALLEY (Private Investigator-San Francisco-Cont) – VG

Klavan, Andrew – 2^nd in series

Forge, 2004- Hardcover

A local politician hires the Weiss agency to find his 17-year-old daughter, Honey. He has run off with the head of a violent motorcycle gang and he wants her found and

brought back. Scott Weiss sends Jim Bishop in to infiltrate the group…