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All by myself, alone : a novel
by Mary Higgins Clark
Taking a cruise to escape the humiliation of her fiancé's arrest, gems expert Celia Kilbride befriends octogenarian passenger Emily Haywood, who is found dead three days out to sea at the hands of someone who has stolen the victim's priceless emerald necklace. By the best-selling author of As Time Goes By.
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The burial hour : a Lincoln Rhyme novel
by Jeffery Deaver
A return to Deaver's successful series finds Lincoln Rhyme investigating the abduction of a traveling businessman from an Upper East Side street, a case that is complicated by an 8-year-old girl who was the crime's only witness.
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The dangerous ladies affair
by Marcia Muller
Hired by a wealthy banker to undermine an extortionist who has threatened to reveal personal secrets unless he receives multiple grand sums, John Quincannon and Sabina Carpenter find the case turning deadly when a courier is found dead in a locked room.
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Death of a ghost
by M. C Beaton
Spending an investigative night at a local castle reputed to be haunted, Sergeant Hamish Macbeth and his policeman associate, Clumsy, discover a dead body that suddenly goes missing. By the New York Times best-selling author of the Agatha Raisin series.
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Earthly remains
by Donna Leon
Mishandling the interrogation of an arrogant suspect who caused the death of a young girl, Brunetti takes a vacation on a laguna island only to become embroiled in the disappearance of his host in the aftermath of a sudden storm. By the award-winning author of The Waters of Eternal Youth.
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Elementary, she read
by Vicki Delany
When Gemma Doyle—owner of Cape Cod's Sherlock Holmes Bookshop and Emporium, as well as Moriarty the cat—finds a rare and potentially valuable magazine containing the first Sherlock Homes story hidden in her shop, she and her friend, Jayne (who runs the adjoining Mrs. Hudson's Tea Room), set off to find the owner, only to stumble upon a dead body.
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Fallout
by Sara Paretsky
Savvy investigator Vic leaves her comfort zone in Chicago to investigate the disappearances of a young film student and a faded Hollywood star in Kansas, where a university town, the remnants of the Cold War and long-simmering racial tensions are stirred into violence by mysteries and murders. By the award-winning author of Critical Mass.
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The fix
by David Baldacci
A latest thriller featuring football player-turned-detective Amos Decker finds him using his eidetic memory to solve a high-stakes case. By the best-selling author of Memory Man and The Last Mile.
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The forgotten girls
by Owen Laukkanen
Stumbling on the cold case of a murdered and forgotten runaway, Kirk Stevens and Carla Windermere of the joint FBI-BCA violent crime force uncover the work of a serial killer who has been targeting young women drifters who were unlikely to be missed.
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Hap and Leonard : Blood and Lemonade
by Joe R. Lansdale
Brings together the origins of the author's popular Texan crime-fighting duo, showing once and for all how two angry young men became one heck of a bad-ass team, in a book that is part of the series that inspired the Sundance original TV series.
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The Last Chance Olive Ranch
by Susan Wittig Albert
When a killer McQuaid put away years ago escapes from prison and heads toward Pecan Springs, China is sent away against her will to the Last Chance Olive Ranch, whose new owner is facing an increasingly violent estate challenge. By the best-selling author of the Darling Dahlias Mysteries.
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The lost woman
by Sara Blædel
After her police colleague and lover, Eik, is jailed over his surprising connection to an 18-year-old missing-person case—which ended up in murder—Louise Rick must put aside her emotions to find the killer. By the #1 international best-selling author of The Killing Forest.
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Pekoe most poison
by Laura Childs
Invited by one of Charleston's most prominent hostesses to a philanthropic "Rat Tea" where guests are served by attendants in rodent costumes, Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning lands in the middle of a dangerous game of cat and mouse when the hostess' husband is poisoned.
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Perfect obsession
by Heather Graham
Investigating a serial killer who is leaving his victims gruesomely displayed in mausoleums and underground tombs, FBI Special Agent Craig Frasier and forensic psychologist Kieran Finnegan become increasingly desperate to track down the murderer, who may be targeting Kieran.
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The trapped girl
by Robert Dugoni
When a woman’s body is discovered submerged in a crab pot in the chilly waters of Puget Sound, Detective Tracy Crosswhite finds herself with a tough case to untangle.
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