Thursday, June 12, 2008

The Abyssinian Proof
Jenny White
Turkish magistrate Kamil Pasha must deal with the theft of valuable antiquities in nineteenth century Istanbul.

Assassins at Ospreys
R.T. Raichev
Hugh and Antonia Darcy try to prevent a murder, but find themselves investigating a gruesome death instead.

Close Call
John McEvoy
Celia McCann struggles to keep Chicago racetrack, Monee Park, open, but other forces, including hired thugs, are trying to force her to sell the land to developers.

The Cruelest Month
Louise Penny
It’s spring in the tiny Canadian village of Three Pines, but relationships there are less idyllic than they seem.

Dark Tide
Andrew Gross
Was a deadly conspiracy behind the explosion at New York City’s Grand Central Station and a suspicious hit-an-run accident in Greenwich, Connecticut?

A Deadly Paradise
Grace Brophy
Commissario Cenni investigates the murder of a retired German cultural attaché in the peaceful Umbrian town of Paradiso.

The Death Dealer
Heather Graham
Genevieve O’Brien knows about nightmares, but a new menace stalking the streets of New York, is not a dream.

Delusion
Peter Abrahams
Twenty years after Nell Jarreau witnessed the murder of her boyfriend, the man who was convicted is being released and has been exonerated on new evidence.

The Devil’s Bones
Jefferson Bass
During an investigation into a suspicious death, forensic anthropologist Bill Brockton tries an unorthodox experiment to help solve the case.

Fathers and Sins
Jo Bannister

Agnes is drawn into an unknown, complex world of her new fiancé and his strange son.

From Dead to Worse
Charlaine Harris
Sookie Stackhouse returns in this tale about the supernatural community in Bon Temps, Louisiana.

The Front
Patricia Cornwell
What lies behind the Front? Massachusetts state investigator Win Garano will soon find out.

The Girl of His Dreams
Donna Leon
Commissario Guido Brunetti of Venice is faced with the murder of a young gypsy girl in another evocative novel by an increasingly popular author.

Goodbye, Ms. Chips
Dorothy Cannell
Ellie Haskell returns to St. Roberta’s boarding school to discover who has stolen an important sports trophy and is seeking to embarrass the school. Can a murder be far behind?

A Grave in Gaza
Matt Beynon Rees
Palestinian history teacher, Omar Yussef, travels to the Gaza Strip where is he part of an inspection team of UN schools.

Hold Tight
Harlan Coben
Tia and Mike Baye are alarmed to learn that the mother of a young suicide victim believes that their 16-year-old son was involved.

Hollywood Crows
Joseph Wambaugh

Seduction, black-market booze, burglary, and murder in Hollywood.

Last Post
Robert Barnard
After the death of her mother, Eve McNabb receives a puzzling letter that hints at a mysterious life her mother may have lived.

The Lost
Roberta Kray
P.I. Harry Lind doesn’t believe in ghosts, but a brutal murder makes him think again.

The Miracle at Speedy Motors
Alexander McCall Smith
The wonderful Precious Ramotswe investigates new problems and discovers that the biggest miracles in life are often the small ones.

Mummy Dearest
Joan Hess
Claire Malloy, bookseller from Farberville, Arkansas, has finally married Lt. Peter Rosen of the local police department. Their strange honeymoon in Luxor, Egypt soon has creepy overtones.

The Paper Moon
Andrea Camilleri
Italian Inspector Montalbano is beset by some thorny existential problems that have to be put on hold, when a particularly gruesome murder demands his attention.

Seven for a Secret
Mary Reed and Eric Mayer
Lord Chamberlain John hopes to find the answer the murder of woman in the smoky streets of Constantinople.

The Sudoku Puzzle Murders
Parnell Hall
Cora Felton and her niece, Sherry must solve a puzzle and a murder, before the killer strikes again.

Unknown Means
Elizabeth Becka
Forensic specialist Evelyn James is called in to investigate what appears to be a locked-room mystery: a wealthy woman is murdered in a high security penthouse suite.

Vita Nuova
Magdalen Nabb
The oldest daughter of the Paoletti family has been killed in their villa outside of Florence. Marshal Guarnaccia is called in.

Wicked City
Ace Atkins

An historical crime novel that depicts Phenix City, Alabama, a city that Look magazine called “the wickedest city in America.”

Wild Inferno
Sandi Ault
Bureau of Land Management Agent, Jamaica Wild, is deployed to a wildfire on the Southern Ute reservation.

Zapped
Carol Higgins Clark
Regan and Jack Reilly return with an adventure that features the New York blackout of 2003.