ORIGIN IN DEATH (Police Procedural-NYC-2059) – VG

Roberts, Nora (J.D. Robb) – 21^st in series

Putnam, 2005- Hardcover

Lt. Eve Dallas and Det. Delia Peabody have determined that a killing at the Wilfred B. Icove

Center for Reconstructive

and Cosmetic Surgery was self-defense.

But before they leave the Center, Icove's son has found his…

HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE (Fantasy) – VG

Rowland, J.K. – 6^th in series

Scholastic, 2005- Hardcover

Harry and his friends are now in the 6^th year at Hogwart's. They're growing up and are experiencing the highs and lows of relationships. But it is also when Professor Dumbledore

decides it's time that Harry know the history of Lord…

BITCH CREEK (Amateur Sleuth-Maine-Cont) – G

Tapply, William G. – 1^st in series

The Lyons Press, 2004-Hardcover

Stoney Calhoun was struck by lightening and doesn't really remember his past. But he has created a life for himself in Maine,

working in a fishing shop, taking turns with his new friend and fellow worker,

Lyle, guiding fisherman, and having a…

O' ARTFUL DEATH (Amateur Sleuth-Vermont-Cont) – Poor

Taylor, Sarah Stewart – 1^st book

St. Martin's Press, 2003-Hardcover

Sweeney St. George is an art historian with an interest in death art. A friend has relatives in the town and invites Sweeney to come with him for Christmas in Byzantium, Vermont,

peaking her interest…

KILLING FLOOR (Amateur Sleuth-Georgia-Cont) – G+

Child, Lee – 1^st in series

Putnam, 1997-Hardcover

Jack Reacher is on his own for the first time after spending his life on military bases. While having breakfast in a small Georgia town, he is arrested for

murder. At first it's a misunderstand

but when he realizes the victim was his brother, a U.S. Treasury…

TILL THE COWS COME HOME (Amateur Sleuth-Pennsylvania-Cont) – G

Clemens, Judy – 1^st book

Poisoned Pen Press, 2004-Hardcover

Stella Crown, with her farmhand Howie, has been running the family dairy farm since her parents died. At the best of times, it's very hard work. But it just became harder with a

rash of accidents, or are they, happening on the farm. At the same…

THE CLOSERS (Police Procedural-Los Angeles-Cont) – VG

Connelly, Michael – 15^th book

Little Brown, 2005 – Hardcover

Harry Bosch has rejoined the police force after 3 year's retirement. He's back with his partner, Kiz Rider, on the Open-Unsolved, formerly Cold Case,

Squad. Their first case is that a young

woman in 1968 who was taken from her home and murdered.…

COCAINE BLUES (Amateur Sleuth-Australia-1920s) – VG

Greenwood, Kerry – 1^st in series

McPhee Gribble, 1989-TP

Phryne Fisher has traveled to Australia in order to check on Lydia Andrews; whose parents suspect her husband is poisoning her. Along the way she takes in a

desperate young woman, teams with a pair of cab drivers…

CHAUCER AND THE HOUSE OF FAME (Historical Mystery-France-1370) – VG

Morgan, Philippa – 1^st in series

Constable, 2004- UK Hardcover

Geoffrey Chaucer has been asked by his brother-in-law, John of Gaunt, to deliver a letter to France and to Comte de Guyac. He is unaware of being

shadowed and that murders are occurring behind him, until the Comte dies in,

what is…

SHINJU – (Official Investigator-Japan-1600s) – G

Rowland, Laura Joh – 1^st in series

Harper Torch, 1994, Paperback

Sano Ichiro is newly, and somewhat unhappily, been appointed as an investigator. His first case is that of Shinju, the ritual double suicide of a

low-born artist and the wealthy daughter of an important family. He is told to drop his investigation,…

BLACK MAPS (Private Investigator-New York-Cont) – G+

Spiegelman, Peter – 1^st in series

Alfred A. Knopf, 2003- Hardcover

Investigator John March agrees to investigate a case of blackmail. The victim's career is being threatened by claiming he was involved in money

laundering while at a bank that is now under federal investigation. March finds his client is no the…

SOME DANGER INVOLVED (Historical Mystery-Victorian England) – VG

Thomas, Will – 1^st book

Touchstone, 2004-Hardcover

Thomas Llewelyn is desperate to the point where, if he does not get this job, it's off the bridge for him. But he is hired by enquiry agent Cyrus Barker to be his assistant, including room and board.

Barker has been asked by Sir…

CLEA'S MOON (Amateur Sleuth-Los Angeles-1950s) – Ex

Wright, Edward – 1^st in series

Berkeley Fiction, 2004-Paperback

John Ray Horn is a former soldier, western movie actor and prison inmate. He's now working for his former movie Indian sidekick, now casino owner, collecting gambling debts. A friend shows him sexually explicit…

THE SHADOW OF THE WIND (Mystery/Novel-Barcelona-1945-1966) -Ex

Zafon, Carlos Ruiz – 1^st adult novel

The Penguin Press, 2004 - Hardcover

10-year-old Daniel Sempere is taken to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books where he is to adopt a single book and promise to keep it alive always. He is drawn to "The Shadow of the Wind." When he finds out that all

other copies of the…

ICEWATER MANSIONS (Suspense-Michigan-Cont) – VG

Allyn, Doug – 1^st in series

St. Martin's Press, 1995 – Hardcover

Michelle "Mitch" Mitchell has been a deep-water diver. Upon learning of her father's death, she returns to Michigan

to settle his affairs. That turns out to

be more difficult than expected when she learns…

MURDER IN CLICHY (Private Investigator-Paris-1990s) – Ok

Black, Cara – 5^th in series

SOHO, 2005- Hardcover

Aimée Leduc is a Paris computer security expert with a partner, René. Aimee agrees to do a favor for a…

BLOODLESS SHADOW (Private Investigator-England-Cont) – G+

Blake, Victoria – 1^st in series

Orion, 2003- UK Hardcover

Samantha "Sam" Falconer is a former World Judo Champion and now a private investigator. Her brother asks her to look for the missing wife of a friend of his in Oxford,

where Sam grew up.…

DULL KNIFE (Game Warden-Wyoming-Cont) – Ex

Box, C.J. – Short Story – Phil Parks, Illustrator

A.S.A.P., 2005 – Hardcover, Limited Edition

Game Warden Joe Pickett has little to do in the winter except check the licenses of ice fishermen. When one asks about light shining up through the ice, Joe finds a submerged car and a body.…

OUT OF RANGE (Game Warden-Wyoming-Cont)- Ex

Box, C.J. – 5^th novel in series

Putnam, 2005 – Hardcover

Joe Pickett has been called to Jackson Hole for temporary duty. The previous game warden has just committed suicide. Joe's reputation precedes him, and he's immediately caught up in local struggles between the old ways and

new. At home, Joe's wife is trying…

DEAD BEAT (Paranormal-Chicago-Cont) – VG

Butcher, Jim – 7^th in series

Roc Hardcover, 2005- Hardcover

Wizard Harry Dresden is being blackmailed by Mavra, a vampire and head of the Black Court. He

has three days, until Halloween night, to find The Word of Kemmler, whatever

that is, or his friend Murphy will die.

But he's not alone in…