SCHOOL DAYS (Private Investigator-Massachusetts-Cont) – VG

Parker, Robert – 34^th in series

Putnam, 2005 – Hardcover

Wealthy Lily Ellsworth hires Spencer to uncover the innocence of her grandson, Jared. It's not going to be easy as he has confessed two being one of two boys responsible

for killing seven people in a school shooting.…

THE WINE OF ANGLES (Paranormal-England-Cont) - G

Rickman, Phil – 1^st in series

Pan, 1999- Paperback

Rev. Merrily Watkins and her daughter, Jane, have come to Merrily's first parish in the small town of Ledwardine; a town whose history revolves around two families and the making of cider.

Shortly after arriving, Merrily attends…

BLUE SMOKE (Romantic Thriller-Baltimore-Cont) – G+

Roberts, Nora – Standalone

Putnam, 2005- Hardcover

When Reena Hale was 12 years old, events lead to her family's restaurant being burnt by an arsonist. With that, Reena was determined to become an arson investigator with the Baltimore

police. Other fires have touched those

know to Reena, but now it has…

DEATH'S LITTLE HELPERS – (Private Investigator-NYC-Cont) – Ok

Spiegelman, Peter – 2^nd in series

Knopf, 2005- Hardcover

PI John Marsh has been hired to find Gregory Danes, the ex-husband of artist Nina Sachs. Gregory had been one of Wall Street's hottest analysts, but his

reputation and career plummeted, he left his office saying he was taking…

NERVOUS WATER (Amateur Sleuth-New England-Cont) – VG

Tapply, William G. – 21^st in series

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005- Hardcover

Attorney Brady Coyne hasn't seen his elderly Uncle Moze in many years when he receives a call inviting him to visit him in Maine. The old lobsterman is…

BLACK WATER (Suspense-Michigan-Cont) – G+

Allyn, Doug – 2^nd in series

Thomas Dunne Books, 1996- Hardcover

Mitch Mitchell's restaurant needs serious repair and obtaining a loan is doubtful. She accepts a dive job

checking out a car which has gown into the lake, but the car is empty. When she decides to help the brother of…

DARKHOUSE (Suspense-Ireland-Cont) – NR

Barclay, Alex – 1^st book

HarperCollins, 2003- UK

Hardcover

NY Detective Joe Lucchesi is on leave with his wife, Anna, and son, Shaun, in Ireland. When Shaun's girlfriend goes missing, Joe decides to find out what happened.…

ARTEMIS FOWL: THE OPAL DECEPTION (Fantasy) – VG

Colfer, Eoin – 4^th in series

Miramax Books, 2005, Hardcover

Artemis had his mind wiped of his memory of the fairie world and has returned to his criminal ways. He and his man Butler are in Berlin

to steal a famous oft-stolen painting so that Artemis can be the youngest

person to…

WITCH WAY TO MURDER (Paranormal/Cozy-Iowa-Cont) – Okay

Damsgaard, Shirley – 1^st in series

Avon Mystery, 2005- Paperback

Ophelia is the town librarian with psychic abilities, but has repressed her abilities, in spite of the encouragement of her grandmother Abby,…

LAW OF RETURN (Historical-Spain-1940) - VG

Pawel, Rebecca – 2^nd in series

Soho, 2004- Hardcover

Calos Tejada, recently promoted to Lieutenant in the Guardia Civil, has been transferred to Salamanca. One of his duties is to monitor parolees,

including professors who…

SPEAK NOW (Amateur Sleuth-San Francisco-Cont) – VG

Dumas, Margaret – 1^st book

Poisoned Pen Press, 2004- Hardcover

Charley Van Leeuwen is famous to her friends as being commitment-phobic. So imagine both her, and their, surprise when she returns from London,

married to Jack Fairfax, a man she's only known six weeks. When they check…

NO CORNERS FOR THE DEVIL (Police Procedural-England-Cont) – G+

Etchells, Olive – Standalone

Constable, 2005- UK

Hardcover

Sally Baxter, her husband and three children, have moved to a roundhouse with cottages in a small farming community in Cornwall. The oldest son, Luke, gave his classmate

Samantha a ride home one night. The…

THE WATER ROOM (Police Procedural-London-Cont) – Ex

Fowler, Christopher – 2^nd in series

Doubleday, 2004- Hardcover

Detectives John May and Arthur Bryant have served with the Peculiar Crimes Unit since WWII. John May's former lover asks him

to find out what her husband is doing; an academic with knowledge for London's…

ALMS FOR OBLIVION (Amateur Sleuth-London-1600s) – G+

Gooden, Philip – 4^th in series

Constable, 2003- Hardcover

Nick Reville is a player in Burbage and Shakespeare's Chamberlain's Company. A friend from his home village, Peter Agate, comes to London

and informs Nick that he, too, wants to be a player. Although Nick isn't happy about…

TIN CITY (Unlicensed Investigator-Twin Cities, MN-Cont)- VG

Housewright, David – 2^nd in series

St. Martin's Minotaur, 2005- Hardcover

Mac McKenzie retired from the police force in order to receive a $3 million reward and now spends his time doing favors for his…

THE SANCTUARY SEEKER (Historical-England-1100s) – G

Knight, Bernard – 1^st of series

Pocket Books, 1998- Paperback

Sir John de Wolfe was appointed by Richard the Lionheart as the first coroner for the county of Devon, a role he takes very

seriously. Sir John, along with his

bodyguard Gyn and clerk Thomas, travels to the village…

BLOODY MARY (Police Procedural-Chicago-Cont) – G+

Konrath, J.A. – 2^nd in series

Hyperion, 2005- Hardcover

Lt. Jacqueline "Jack" Daniels is called to the morgue because of a body they received with extra body parts.

When those parts turn out to be arms wearing handcuffs belonging to

Jack, she and her…

DEARLY DEVOTED DEXTER (Thriller-Miami-Cont) – Okay

Lindsay, Jeff – 2^nd in series

Doubleday, 2005- Hardcover

Dexter Morgan, a serial killer who hunts serial killers, has targeted two men who torture and kill young boys. He has

eliminated one but is prevented from accomplishing his second goal by his

sister. She has fallen for a…

Commissario Guido Brunetti, is called to investigate the cyanide death of famous Maestro Helmut Wellauer. He finds a multitude of

suspects for a victim whose life wasn't as beautiful as the music he…

COLD GRANITE (Police Procedural-Scotland-Cont) - VG

MacBride, Stuart – 1^st in series

Harper Collins, 2005- Hardcopy

DS Logan McRae nearly died in the line of duty and is now back after a yearlong recovery. However, his first day back

isn't the gentle return he'd expected as the body of a murdered four-year-old

boy has been found. As…