Saturday, April 26, 2008

Another Thing to Fall
Laura Lippman
Tess Monaghan is confronted with lies, murder and manipulation as a television series is filmed in Baltimore.

Aunt Dimity: Vampire Hunter
Nancy Atherton
This 13th Aunt Dimity mystery features the sighting by Lori Shepherd’s 5-year-old twins, of a strange, cloaked figure with bloodstained lips lurking in the woods.

Blood of the Wicked
Leighton Gage
In the remote Brazilian town of Cascatas do Pontal, the bishop, arriving to consecrate a new church, is assassinated.

The Blue Door
David Fulmer
Ex-boxer Eddie Cero investigates the cold case that involves the lead singer for the Excels, one of Philadelphia’s best soul acts.

Carrot Cake Murder
Joanne Fluke
Hannah Swensen, owner of the Cookie Jar bakery, must deal with the murder of Uncle Gus during a family reunion.

Cross
Ken Bruen
Jack Taylor searches for the perpetrator of a horrible murder in Galway, Ireland.

Curse of the Spellmans
Lisa Lutz
The dysfunctional family of private investigators returns with another entertaining story of suspicion, surveillance and surprise.

Death Walked In
Carolyn Hart
One of the author’s Death on Demand Mysteries, features Max and Annie Darling as a strange mystery confronts them during the renovation of the older home they are restoring.

Frail Barrier
Edward Sklepowich
As Venice prepares for the annual regatta, Urbino Macintyre finds himself dragged into an intriguing mystery.

Friend of the Devil
Peter Robinson
This British procedural, featuring Chief Inspector Alan Banks and Detective Inspector Annie Cabbot, focuses on two chilling crimes.

Gone to Ground
John Harvey
A shocking death may have resulted from a biographer getting too close to the truth about fifties film star, Stella Leonard.

Goodbye Sister Disco
James Patrick Hunt
Lt. George Hastings of the St. Louis Police Department is working with the FBI to solve the politically motivated kidnapping of the daughter of a wealthy businessman.

The Headhunters
Peter Lovesey
Does a seemingly innocent conversation on “how to murder your boss” have more sinister overtones?

Houston Homicide
Bill Crider and Clyde Wilson
Houston, Texas, 1969, and Detective Ted Stephens is looking into a gruesome multiple homicide.

An Incomplete Revenge
Jacqueline Winspear
Psychologist and investigator, Maisie Dobbs, delves into a strange series of crimes in the quaint village of Kent.