SHADOWS (Police Procedural-Miami-Cont) – VG

Buchanan, Edna – 2^nd of series

Simon & Schuster, 2005-Hardcover

A Miami historian and preservationist demands the Cold Case Squad stop a developer from tearing down Shadows, an old mansion where a murder occurred in the

1950's. When they go out to take

pictures and walk the estate, the last thing they thought…

MICHELANGELO'S NOTEBOOK (Amateur Sleuth-NYC/Germany-Cont/WWII) – NR

Christopher, Paul (aka Christopher Hyde) – 1^st under pseudonym

Onyx, 2005-Paperback

Art history student, Finn Ryan, comes across a drawing she is certain came from the lost notebook of Michelangelo. When she confronts her boss, he fires her. She and her boyfriend are attacked

in her apartment and he…

THE POET’S FUNERAL (Amateur Sleuth-Las Vegas-Cont) – G+

Daniel, John M - 2^nd mystery

Poisoned Pen Press, 2005- Hardcover

Guy Mallon is a small publisher of poetry books. While attending the annual ABA conference, the first author published by Guy, and former lover, turns up dead. The police decide it's an accident, but Guy

thinks it's murder.…

THE SMOKE ROOM (Suspense-Seattle-Cont) - VG

Emerson, Earl – Standalone

Ballantine, 2005-Hardcover

Jason Gun is a young firefighter who makes dumb mistakes. Missing a call because he's having sex in the basement of the firehouse proves to be more than dumb;

it's disastrous as it places his career, and other people's lives, in the hands

of his fellow…

FULL DARK HOUSE (Police Procedural-London-Cont/WWII) – G+

Fowler, Christopher – 1^st of series

Bantam Books, 2003- Hardcover

When a present day bombing of the Peculiar Crimes Unit kills elderly detective Arthur Bryant, his partner, John May looks to their first case for clues as to why.…

NO MAN'S LAND (Suspense-Arizona-Cont) - G+

Ford, G.M. – 5^th in series

William Morrow, 2005-Hardcover

The inmates have taken over the prison, and the leader, Timothy Driver, starts killing one hostage every six hours unless Frank Corso comes to the prison. Thus

begins a brutal trip of Corso, Driver and a fellow inmate and killer, Kehoe,

with the Feds and…

ASH & BONE (Police Procedural–England-Cont) - G

Harvey, John – Standalone

William Heinemann: London, 2005- Hardcover

Detective Inspector Frank Elder is retired and living in the wilds of Cornwell when he is asked to come out of retirement and investigate the death of a former colleague and, briefly, lover. At the same time, his ex-wife asked him to

find their daughter who…

LONG TIME GONE (Police Procedural-Seattle-Cont) – G+

Jance, J.A. – 17^th in series

Morrow, 2005-Hardcover

J.P. Beaumont is now a member of the Special Homicide Investigation Team, ignominiously known as the SHIT squad, and has two cases to solve. First is a nun who,

through hypnotherapy, remembers witnessing a murder 50 years ago. Second, and very personal, the…

THE DEAD SIT ROUND IN A RING (Police Proc-London-Cont) - Poor

Lawrence, David – 1^st book

Thomas Dunn Books, 2004-Hardcover

Detective Stella Mooney takes on the case where four people, two men and two women, have been found sitting in a ring, all dead. Three are quickly identified

and classified as suicides, but the fourth person was murdered and is

unknown. But…

A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES (Amateur Sleuth-England/Wales-1100s) – VG

Peters, Ellis – 1^st in series

Mysterious Press, 1977- Paperback

The prior of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided it needs a holy relic and has decided on the bones of Welsh Saint Winifred, now residing in the village

of Gwytherin. An expedition group is sent with Brother

Cadfael, a native Welshman, as…

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…