Tuesday, March 4, 2008

The Anatomy of Deception
Lawrence Goldstone
A forensic thriller from 1889 Philadelphia features Dr. Carroll as he grapples with the principles of the scientific process to track a daring killer.

The Apostate’s Tale
Margaret Frazer
In the spring of 1452, Dame Frevisse is reunited with a lost soul she never expected to see again. This is the latest title in a popular series.

As the World Churns
Tamar Myers
Mennonite innkeeper Magdalena Yoder may be newly married, but she is still faced with a new mystery at the Hernia Holstein Competition.

Blue Heaven
C.J. Box

A ticking-clock plot finds rancher Jess Rawlins hoping to protect two children who were unintended witnesses to murder, from the author of the Joe Pickett novels.

The Book of Old Houses
Sarah Graves
Jacobia Tiptree discovers a mysterious book during the course of her renovation of an 1823 house in a quaint seaside town in Maine.

The Chameleon’s Shadow
Minette Walters
When British lieutenant Charles Acland returns from Iraq with a serious head injury, his personality is changed, but would he be capable of murder?

Death of a Gentle Lady
M.C. Beaton
The elderly Mrs. Gentle may not be all that she appeared, especially after she is found murdered.

Down Into Darkness
David Lawrence
London Detective Stella Mooney is faced with a series of gruesome murders that are connected, but how?

Extracurricular Activities
Maggie Barbieri
Alison Bergeron, English professor, is involved in cozy murder replete with romance, humor and suspense.

The Eye of Jade
Diane Wei Liang
Mei Wang is a modern, independent woman in today’s Beijing. She is also the city’s first successful female private investigator.

Gas City
Loren D. Estleman
The black heart of Gas City is exposed in this tale of lust, power, revenge and madness.

Hand of Evil
J. A. Jance
Ali Reynolds becomes involved in a series of grisly murders committed by a killer who is crisscrossing the Southwest.

The Mortal Groove
Ellen Hart
Jane Lawless, restaurateur and amateur sleuth is celebrating New Year’s Eve when her party takes a different turn.

Of Blood and Sorrow
Valerie Wilson Wesley
Private investigator, Tamara Hayle discovers how the ties that bind can also become a noose.

A Pale Horse
Charles Todd
Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge is searching for a missing man, but the result is a shocking killing spree.

Person of Interest
Theresa Schwegel
Leslie McHugh is married to an undercover cop, who has more secrets that even she is willing to ignore.

Plum Lucky
Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum is back with a between-the-numbers, off-the-wall mystery caper.

Prayer of the Dragon
Eliot Pattison

Former Beijing investigator, Shan Tao Yun is on parole from a Tibetan work camp when his skills are needed after two men are murdered in a remote village.

The Purrfect Murder
Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
Is Mrs. Murphy and her associate Mary Minor a match for a killer who has made everyone in Crozet, Virginia a suspect?

Saturday’s Child
Ray Banks
A hard-boiled British mystery that features Cal Innes who is fresh out of prison, by a writer who has been compared to Ian Rankin.

The Seduction of the Crimson Rose
Lauren Willig

Another episode from the Pink Carnation series featuring Lord Vaughn who is a British spy during the Napoleonic era.

The Serpent’s Daughter
Suzanne Arruda

Adventure and suspense abound as American adventuress Jade del Cameron faces murder and a kidnapping in 1920’s Tangier.

Stranger in Paradise
Robert B. Parker
Police Chief Jesse Stone faces his most fearsome adversary in this latest book by the author of the famed Spenser novels.

T is for Trespass
Sue Grafton
The latest Kinsey Millhone adventure may be her most unsettling to date.

Three Shirt Deal
Stephen J. Cannell
LAPD detective Shane Scully fights to save a man railroaded for murder.

Touchstone
Laurie R. King

Intrigue, terrorism and explosive passions ignite after a visit to a remote cottage in Cornwall and a meeting with the man code-named Touchstone.

Voices
Arnaldur Indriđason
The author of Silence of the Grave, the Gold Dagger award-winner, returns with another Icelandic mystery featuring Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson.

Watchman
Ian Rankin
Miles Flint, government spy, has been making some serious mistakes, but something else is wrong at the agency that has nothing to do with his errors.