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…

THE MOTIVE (Legal Thriller-San Francisco-Cont) – VG

Lescroart, John – 16^th book

Dutton, 2005- Hardcover

A fire in one of the Painted Lady Victorian houses in San Francisco's Alamo Square

reveals bodies of a man and woman; both shot.

The man is a successful attorney with political connections and the

woman, his…

LET'S HEAR IT FOR THE DEAF MAN (Police Procedural-Isola-Cont) – Ex

McBain, Ed – 22^nd in series (3^rd Deaf Man)

Doubleday, 1973- Hardcover

The Deaf Man is back and, for the third time, taunting the man of the 87^th Precinct. But that's not their only case—a young man has been striped and nailed to the side

of a building, and cat burgler is…

MIDNIGHT CAB (Suspense-Canada/Jamaica/Cont) – VG

Nichol, James W – 1^st book

Canongate U.S. – 2002- Hardcover

When Walker Devereaux was three, he was found clinging to a fence by a country road. Now that he's 19, he is determined to find out about his mother and his past. The only clue is a photograph of a woman with

two teenage girls and a letter written…

ALONG CAME A SPIDER (Police Procedural/US/Cont) – Poor

Patterson, James – 1^st in series

Warner Books, 1992- Paperback

The daughter of a famous actress and son of the secretary of the Treasury has been kidnapped. The boy's body is found and the kidnapper demands that Detective Alex

Cross be the one to deliver the $10M ransom.…

A CHRISTMAS GUEST (Amateur Sleuth-England-1800s) - Ex

Perry, Anne – 3^rd Christmas Story

Ballantine Books, 2005 – Hardcover

Grandmama Mariah Ellison has been sent to spend Christmas with her daughter Caroline and actor son-in-law Joshua Fielding. Not only are they at Romney Marshes, a provincial town by the sea, but Joshua's cousin, Maude Barrington…

SECRETS (Police Procedural-Virginia-Cont) – G+

Ramsey, Frederick – 2^nd in series

Poisoned Pen Press, 2005- Hardcover

When Sheriff Ike Schwartz is called to the murder scene of Waldo Thompson, the organist at Stonewall Jackson Memorial Church,

things become much more complicated that one would expect. Waldo turns out to not to be Waldo,…

THE ROTTWEILER (Mystery-London-Cont) – Okay

Rendell, Ruth - Standalone

Arrow Books, 2004 – Paperback

Antique storeowner Inez Ferry, is a young widow who takes in tenants. However, one of them is not as they seem. A serial killer is

on the loose.

There were too many characters, and none of…

DRIVE (Noir-Los Angeles-Cont) – Okay

Sallis, James – Standalone

Poisoned Pen Press, 2005- Hardcover

Driver, the protagonist in this novella, does just that; he drives. Legitimately, he drives for action movies but in his off time, he drives for criminals who hire him to

drive the get-away car. When a job goes

bad, a contract is put out on…

THE RUSSIAN HILL MURDERS (Legal Suspense-San Francisco-1880s) – VG

Tallman, Shirley – 2^nd in series

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005- Hardcover

In spite of the pressure to resign from her employer, Sarah Woolson is determined to succeed as one of the few female attorneys. While…