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…

THE PLAYROOM (Police Proc-England-Cont) - Ex

Connor, John – 2^nd in series

Orion, 2005 – UK Hardcover

DC Karen Sharpe has been contacted by a woman who claims she was kidnapped and raped 10 years ago by a local MP. In the meantime, the

daughter of a local judge has been reported missing. Although a major task force has been created,

Sharpe is left off the team.…

THE SPOOK'S APPRENTICE (Fantasy-England-1600s) – VG

Delaney, Joseph – 1^st of series

The Bodley Head, 2004 – UK

Hardcover

Thomas Ward is the seventh son of the seventh son. His mother knew he had special talents and his father has apprenticed him to the local

Spook. Thomas will learn to contain

witches and bind boggerts, but he has already forgotten his…

KILLING PAPARAZZI (Amateur Sleuth-Los Angeles-Cont) – G-

Eversz, Robert – 2^nd in series

St. Martin's Minatour, 2001, Hardcover

Newly out of prison, photographer Nina Zero agrees to a green-card marriage for $2,000. The husband is a Brit and paparazzi. Nina joins their ranks but when someone starts killing the paparazzi,…

JASS (Private Investigator-New Orleans-1909) – VG

Fulmer, David – 2^nd in series

Harcourt, 2005- Hardcover

Investigator Valentin St. Cyr is asked to look into the deaths of four New Orleans musicians.

Although the manor of each death is different, they all once played in

the same "jass" band. When St.

Cyr is pressured to give up the…

DEAD AS A DOORNAIL (Paranormal Mystery-Louisiana-Cont) – G+

Harris, Charlaine – 5^th in series

ACE, 2005- Hardcover

Bartender and telepath Sookie Stackhouse is concerned when someone is shooting the local Weres (as in werewolves and other shifters). When her boss, Sam, is shot

in the leg, Sookie has to ask Eric, the head Vampire for the area, for the loan

of a…

DEARLY DEPARTED (Private Investigator-Minnesota-Cont) – VG

Housewright, David – 3^rd in series

Foul Play Press, 1999- Hardcover

P.I. Holland Taylor truly dislikes attorney Hunter Truman. But he can't ignore the tape recording Truman plays which begins "If you are listening to this

now, it is because I am dead."

Truman hires Taylor

to…

SCAMMING THE BIRDMAN (Amateur Sleuth-New York-Cont) – VG

Karp, Larry – 2^nd in series

Write Way Publishing, 2000- Hardcover

Dr. Thomas Purdue collects antique music boxes. A fellow collector asks him to look at his wife, found paralyzed in the park.

The wife dies and Thomas learns she had helped an unethical collector,

Vincent LoPriore,…

DIE LIKE A HERO (Unlicensed Investigator-D.C./New Hampshire-1800s) – NR

Linsley, Clyde – 3^rd in series

Berkeley, 2005 - Paperback

Josiah Beede called to Washington, D. C. and is asked to investigate the death of President Harrison. In the meantime, on a trip back to his home in New Hampshire,

the new husband of a woman…

NIGHTCRAWLERS (Private Investigators-San Francisco-Cont) – G+

Pronzini, Bill – 32^nd in "Nameless" series

Forge, 2005-Hardcover

Nameless, who is now referred to by his name of Bill, is now the semi-retired partner of the agency. Bill has been called to the deathbed of an acquaintance, Russ Dancer, who gives Bill a package to be given to his

mother-in-law after Russ…

THE STERLING INHERITANCE (Private Investigator-Fictional town (Part of Sacramento)-Cont) – G+

Siverling, Michael – 1^st book

Thomas Dunn Books, 2004- Hardcover

PI Jason Wilder and the Midnight Investigation Agency, has been hired to find Tony Sterling. When he does, Sterling tries to shoot him. Sterling is then arrested for murder of a man found in the dumpster behind the…

DEAD RUN (Amateur Sleuths-Wisconsin-Cont)- VG

Tracy, P.J. – 3^rd book

Putnam, 2005- Hardcover

Monkeewrench members Grace McBride, Annie Belinsky and FBI agent Sharon Mueller are heading to Green Bay to work with the local police.

While taking a side trip and Grace's Land Rover brakes down so they…