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New Mysteries: December 2016
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Chaos: a Scarpetta novel by Patricia CornwellSuspicious of a bizarre death by lightning strike, Cambridge forensics examiner Kay Scarpetta identifies links between the case and a series of poetry emails being sent to her by an anonymous cyber-stalker who has gained access to Kay's personal information.
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A Christmas Message by Anne PerryA latest novel by the best-selling author of the Charlotte and Thomas Pitt series follows the Jerusalem Christmas holiday of Victor Narraway and Lady Vespasia, who realize that they have landed in grave danger when an elderly man leaves them a mysterious envelope before being murdered.
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Glow of Death by Jane K ClelandDelightedly appraising a genuine Tiffany lamp for a wealthy Rocky Point couple, Josie Prescott is dismayed when the wife is subsequently killed and she discovers that both the identity of the victim and the story about the Tiffany lamp were carefully constructed lies.
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The Inheritance by Charles FinchReceiving a cryptic plea from a former schoolmate who has subsequently disappeared, Charles Lenox infiltrates East End gangs and Royal Society denizens to discover the identity of a mysterious benefactor from his friend's past who may have had a sinister ulterior motive.
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Out of Bounds by Val McDermidWhen a teen joyrider crashes a stolen car and ends up in a coma, a routine DNA test reveals a connection to a twisted unsolved murder from more than two decades earlier.
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Ruler of the Night by David MorrellA conclusion to the popular Victorian mystery trilogy finds brilliant Opium-Eater Thomas De Quincey and his irrepressible daughter, Emily, confronting their most ruthless adversary with the assistance of period royals and Scotland Yard detectives Ryan and Becker.
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Say No More by Hank Phillippi RyanDiscovering that she has witnessed the collapse of an alibi after reporting a hit and run, Boston reporter Jane Ryland convinces a date rape victim to come forward as part of an exposT on college campus sexual assaults, an assignment that is complicated by an ominous threat.
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Sinner Man by Lawrence BlockLost for nearly half a century, a first crime novel by the multiple Edgar and Shamus Award-winning Mystery Writers of America Grand Master follows the experiences of an insurance man who takes on a new identity in the New York mob after a murder he did not mean to commit.
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Stone Coffin by Kjell ErikssonDetective Ann Lindell investigates after a man goes missing on the same day his wife and daughter are run over by a car near Uppsala, in the latest addition to the Swedish mystery series following Open Grave.
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Turbo Twenty-Three by Janet EvanovichA latest entry in the best-selling series starring intrepid bounty hunter Stephanie Plum finds her receiving support from prostitute-turned-bounty hunter Lula, gun-toting Grandma Mazur, on-again-off-again paramour Officer Hottie and mentor Ranger.
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