New Arrival: Play Dead, by David Rosenfelt
Just in is the new novel by David Rosenfelt, Play Dead. This is his sixth legal thriller featuring Paterson NJ lawyer Andy Carpenter. From Rosenfelt's website: "Few can rival attorney Andy Carpenter's affection for golden retrievers, especially his own beloved Tara. After he astonishes a New Jersey courtroom by successfully appealing another golden's death sentence, Andy discovers that this gentle dog is a key witness to a murder that took place five years before. Andy pushes the boundaries of the law even further as he struggles to free an innocent man by convincing an incredulous jury to take canine testimony seriously. It will take all the tricks Andy's fertile mind can conceive to get to the bottom of a remarkable chain of impersonations and murder, and save a dog's life-and his own-in the process."Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit David Rosenfelt's website.
New Arrival: Spare Change, by Robert B. Parker
Just in is the new novel by Robert B. Parker, Spare Change. This is the sixth novel featuring Boston private investigator Sunny Randall.From the publisher's description: "When a serial murderer dubbed “The Spare Change Killer” by the Boston press surfaces after three decades in hiding, the police immediately seek out the cop, now retired, who headed the original task force: Phil Randall. As a sharp-eyed investigator and a doting parent (“You’re smart. You’re tough. You, too, are a paradigm of law enforcement perfection, and you’re my kid”), Phil calls on his daughter, Sunny, to help trap the criminal who eluded him so many years before."Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Robert B. Parker's website.
New Arrival: The Dead Place, by Stephen Booth
Just in is the new novel by British author Stephen Booth, The Dead Place. This is the sixth of his Cooper & Fry police procedurals. Constable Ben Cooper and Sgt. Diane Fry must try to track down a psychopath who leaves a series of phone messages as clues to an impending murder.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to read an excerpt.Click here to visit Stephen Booth's website.
New Arrival: Masquerade, by Liz Osborne
Just in is the debut mystery novel by Liz Osborne, Masquerade. This is the first book in her Robyn Kelly mystery series. The main character, Robyn Kelly, is the manager of the patient-relations department at a Seattle hospital. A Congressman admitted to her hospital files a serious complaint against her, then is found murdered. Robyn turns amateur detective as she tries to clear the hospital janitor who has been identified as the chief suspect, and to find the real murderer.Liz Osborne has also written historical romance and science fiction under the names Bridget Kraft and W.L. Hesse, as well as nonfiction regarding patient relations and patient education.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Liz Osborne's website.
New Arrival: The Cruel Stars of the Night, by Kjell Eriksson
Just in is the new police procedural by Kjell Eriksson, The Cruel Stars of the Night. This is the second book to be published in the United States by Swedish author Erikkson, the follow-up to the highly-regarded Princess of Burundi. Police inspector Ann Lindell investigates 3 murders, and must find the connection between them.
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New Arrival: Shooting Star, by Cynthia Riggs
Just in is the latest book in the Martha's Vineyard series by Cynthia Riggs, Shooting Star. This is the seventh book featuring her 92-year-old heroine, deputy police officer Virginia Trumbull. Virginia gets involved in a mystery when actors in her community theater play begin to go missing, or turn up murdered.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Cynthia Riggs' website.
New Paranormal Mystery Arrival: Invisible Shield, by Scarlett Dean
Just in is the new paranormal mystery from Scarlett Dean, Invisible Shield. Police officer Kate Frost vows to find the killer of her sister, Homicide Detective Lindsay Frost. The last thing she expected, though, was for Lindsay's ghost to appear. Together, they must work against threats both human and supernatural.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Scarlett Dean's website.
New Arrival: Croaked!, by Dick Lochte
Just in is the new comedic mystery by Dick Lochte, Croaked!. Set in 1965, Harry Trauble, a new copy writer at Ogle magazine, begins to wonder what he has gotten himself into when the circulation director is killed by a statue falling off their building. As more staff are killed off, he and his receptionist girlfriend try to solve the mystery.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.
New Arrival, Avalanche, by Patrick F. McManus
Just in is the new novel by Patrick F. McManus, Avalanche. This is his second book featuring an Idaho sheriff named Bo Tully. Tully heads to the mountains when a local woman reports her husband missing from their wilderness lodge. When Tully is almost killed by a suspiciously-timed avalanche, then finds the husband's business partner dead and a multi-million dollar insurance policy on the husband, his suspicions turn to the wife.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Patrick F. McManus's website.
New Arrival: Blood Matters, by Taffy Cannon
Just in is the new mystery novel by Taffy Cannon, Blood Matters. This is the second book in her series featuring San Diego homicide detective Roxanne Prestcott. She is called on to investigate the murder of highly-regarded adoption agency CEO Sam Brennan, who has been beaten to death with a statuette of Michael Jackson.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Taffy Cannon's website.
New Arrival: Lipstick and Lies, by Margit Liesche
Just in is the debut novel by Margit Liesche, Lipstick and Lies. Set during World War II, the main character is Pucci Lewis, a Women Airforce Service Pilot and undercover agent. She is sent to jail in order to help her infilitrate a German spy ring. She also goes undercover as a journalist. Liesche is currently working on a sequel.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Margit Liesche's website.
New Arrival: Blackstone and the Heart of Darkness, by Sally Spencer/Alan Rustage
Just in is the new novel by Alan Rustage, Blackstone and the Heart of Darkness. This is the sixth book in his series featuring Victorian detective Inspector Sam Blackstone. In this book, Blackstone must piece together 3 separate mysteries and crimes: the killings of wealthy teenage girls in London, being investigate by his former lover; a brothel owner who specializes in child prostitutes, being investigated by his sidekick; and a smuggling ring in his own home village.Alan Rustage has written books under his own name, and also as Sally Spencer and as James Garcia Woods.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Alan Rustage's website.
New Arrival: A Real Basket Case, by Beth Groundwater
Just in is the debut novel by Beth Groundwater, A Real Basket Case. The best friend of Claire Hanover, a housewife, arranges for her to get a massage from a handsome young masseuse. When he is shot and killed in her bedroom, her husband is arrested for the crime. Claire must simultaneously find the real murderer and convince her husband that she was not having an affair.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Beth Groundwater's website.
New Arrival: Murder...Suicide...Whatever, by Gwen Freeman
Just in is the debut mystery novel by Gwen Freeman, Murder...Suicide...Whatever. Unemployed insurance investigator Fifi Cutter and her half-brother Bosco Dorff investigate the apparent murder or suicide of their uncle Ted, insurance agent to the porn stars. A tongue-in-cheek book with fun characters, and a locked-room mystery. It may be the first book in a series.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Gwen Freeman's website.
New Arrival: Rogue in Porcelain, by Anthea Fraser
Just in is the new Rona Parish Mystery by Anthea Fraser, Rogue in Porcelain. Investigative reporter Rona Parish is doing a story on the 150th anniversary of Curzon, a manufacturer of fine bone china. When she comes upon a corpse, though, it leads her to a mystery that reaches all the way back to the founding of the company.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.
New Arrival: The Gentle Axe, by R.N Morris
Just in is the debut mystery novel by R.N. Morris, The Gentle Axe. Set in Russia in the 1860's, the lead character is Porfiry Petrovich, the detective who investigated Raskolnikov in Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Morris has also written an urban fiction novel, Taking Comfort, under his full name, Roger Morris.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Roger Morris' blog.
New Arrival: American Detective, by Loren Estleman
Just in is the new hard-boiled detective novel by Loren Estleman, American Detective. This is the 19th book featuring Detroit detective Amos Walker. Walker is hired by a retired Detroit Tiger pitcher to separate his daughter from a sleazy boyfriend after her trust fund money. Soon, however, his assignment changes to getting to the bottom of her murder.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Loren Estleman's website.
New Arrival: The Key, by Jennifer Sturman
Just in is the third in Jennifer Sturman's mystery series featuring amateur sleuth Rachel Benjamin, The Key. Rachel herself becomes the prime suspect when her abusive boss is murdered.Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Jennifer Sturman's website.
New Cozy Mystery Arrival: Bride and Doom, by Deborah Donnelly
Just in is the sixth book in Deborah Donnelly's Wedding Planner Mysteries series, Bride and Doom. In this one, the wedding planner, Carnegie, has to deal with a murder mystery, while also planning her own wedding at the same time!Click here for more information, to see if the book is checked in, and to place a hold.Click here to visit Deborah Donnelly's website.
New Arrival: Deadly Retreat, by Christine Green
Just in is the new novel by Christine Green, Deadly Retreat. This is the ninth book in her Kate Kinsella series.Click here for a summary.Click here to see if the book is in and to place a hold.Click here to visit the website of Christine Green.
New Arrival: Evil Is Done, by Natasha Cooper
Just in is the new novel by British author Natasha Cooper, Evil Is Done. This is the eighth book in her Trish Magiure series.Click here for a summary and review.Click here to see if the book is in and to place a hold.Click here to visit the website of Natasha Cooper.
New Arrival: A Crazy Little Thing Called Death, by Nancy Martin
Just in is the new novel by Nancy Martin, A Crazy Little Thing Called Death. This is the sixth book in her Blackbird Sisters Mysteries series. Click here for a summary and reviews.Click here to see if the book is in and to place a hold.Click here to visit the website of Nancy Martin.
New Arrival: Letters from Carthage, by Bill James
Just in is the new novel by Bill James, Letters from Carthage. This book is based on his short story "At Home", from his 2006 collection The Sixth Man. "Bill James" is a pseudonym of Allan James Tucker. He also writes under the name David Craig.Click here for a summary and reviews.Click here to see if the book is checked in and to place a hold.
New Arrival: Murder of Identity, by Veronica Heley
Just in is the new novel by Veronica Heley, Murder of Identity. This is the eighth of her Ellie Quick mysteries.Click here for a summary.Click here to see if the book is in and to place a hold.Click here to visit the website of Veronica Heley.
New Arrival: Key Lime Pie Murder, by Joanne Fluke
Just in is the new novel by Joanne Fluke, Key Lime Pie Murder. This is the ninth book in her Hannah Swensen mystery with recipes series.Click here for a review of the book.Click here to see if the book is in and to place a hold.Click here to visit the website of Joanne Fluke.
New Arrival: Dragonwell Dead, by Laura Childs
Just in is the new novel by Laura Childs, Dragonwell Dead. This is the eighth in her Tea Shop Mysteries series.Click here for a review and summary of the book.Click here to see if the book is in and to place a hold.Click here to visit the website of Terry Hoover.
New Cozy Mystery Arrival: Foiled Again, by J.S. Borthwick
Just in is the new academic cozy mystery by J.S. Borthwick, Foiled Again. This is the 13th book featuring Maine English professor and amateur detective Sarah Deane.Click Here for a summary and review of the book.Click Here to see if the book is in and to place a hold.
New Arrival: Double Dead, by Terry Hoover
Just in is the debut Southern mystery novel by Terry Hoover, Double Dead. This is the first book in a projected series.Click Here for a review of the book.Click Here to see if the book is in and to place a hold.Click Here to visit the website of Terry Hoover.
