RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (Amateur Sleuth-London-1700s) – VG

Alexander, Bruce – 11^th, and final, book

Putnam, 2005- Hardcover

Sir John Fielding and Jeremy Procter look into the sudden death of Lord Lammermoor, a member of the House of Lords. Lammermoor was walking across Westminster…

THE INNOCENT (Suspense-US-Cont) – Ex

Coben, Harlan – Standalone

Dutton, 2005 – Hardcover

Matt Hunter is an ex-con whose life seems to be coming together. He has a wife he adores, a baby on the way and is about to buy a home in his old hometown. So why, on his cell phone, does he…

THE BLACK ANGEL (Thriller-US/Europe-Cont) – G-

Connolly, John - 6th in series

Atria Books, 2005 - ARC

Charlie Parker is trying to settle into life with his partner and new baby. At a party celebrating the baby's baptism, the Aunt of Charlie's friend, Louis, arrives telling him his niece, a

prostitute and addict, has…

VINEYARD BLUES- (Amateur Sleuth-Martha's Vineyard, MA-Cont) – G

Craig, Philip R. – 11^th in series

Scribner, 2000- Hardcover

J.W. Jackson receives a visit from Corrie Appleyard, an old blues man who had been a friend of his father. While Corrie is playing at a local club, a house, owned by a local

slumlord,…

THE SIGN OF THE BOOK (Amateur Sleuth-Colorado-Cont) – G+

Dunning, John – 4^th in series

Scribner, 2005- Hardcover

Cliff Janeway is a former policeman and now bookstore owner and collector. He is asked by his attorney girlfriend Erin to investigate the arrest of Erin's

former best friend, Laura, who has…

HEX AND THE CITY (Fantasy) – G+

Green, Simon R. – 4^th in series

Ace, 2005- Paperback

Investigator John Taylor has been hired by Lady Luck to find out the origin and purpose of Nightside, that part of London where it is always 3 a.m. In his hunt, he teams with Madman, who had been driven mad by seeing reality,…

A PLAGUE ON BOTH YOUR HOUSES (Amateur Sleuth-England-1300s) – G

Gregory, Susanna – 1^st in series

Time Warner Paperback, 1996- Paperback

Matthew Bartholomew is a physician and teacher at the University of Cambridge, which is suddenly having an epidemic of unexplained deaths that, he is told, relate to a power…

GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN (Suspense-New York, Oregon/Cont) – G+

Margolin, Phillip – 3^rd book

Harper Torch, 1993- Paperback

Portland attorney, Betsy Tannenbaum, is given a large retainer against future work by wealthy businessman Martin Darius. When the

bodies of women who've been…

CAVIAR DREAMS (Mystery-Cincinnati, OH-Cont) – Ex

Nichols, Judy – 1^st book

Zumaya Publications, 2003- Trade paperback

Struggling photographer Lisa Watson is concerned when her friend Debbie takes up with a seemingly charming man she met in a video store. Derek figures he can live a comfortable life with while…

Lord Peter Wimsey is called to view the body of an unknown dead man found in the bathtub of a friend. The body is wearing nothing but a gold pince-nez.

When Ruben Levy, a prosperous member of the Exchange,…

Self-defense instructor, Charlie Fox, takes a job as security in at the hot new nightclub, The New Adelphi after one of the clubbers has been raped and murdered. A friend of hers brings her a

laptop computer given to him by an employee of the club in exchange for…

SECRET DEAD MEN (Soul Catcher-Philadelphia-Cont) – VG

Duane Swierczynski – 1^st mystery

PointBlank, 2005- Hardcover

Del Farmer is a detective with a difference. He solves crimes by collecting souls and keeping them in the Brain Hotel within him. While he is trying to track down and destroy The…

A COLD TREACHERY (Police Procedural-England-1900s) – VG

Todd, Charles – 7^th in series

Bantam, 2005 – Hardcover

Inspector Ian Rutledge is sent to the Lake District in mid-winter. Four members of a family have been murdered and the oldest son is missing. Is he the fifth victim, or did he kill his

own…

HOME KILLINGS (Police Procedural-Nashville-Cont) – G

Villatoro, Marcos M. – 1^st in series

Dell, 2001- Paperback

Detective Romilia Chacon is called to the crime scene of an apparent suicide and identifies it as a murder. Because she discovers a piece of evidence linking the murder to serial

killings, which…