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A Cold Treachery  (©2005)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Historical   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Woodstock - RAM]     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Charles Todd
Series: Ian Rutledge # 7
A Play of Dux Moraud  (©2005)   288 pp.
     Mystery   Historical    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Margaret Frazer
Series: Joliffe and Company # 2
A Quiet Vendetta  (©2005)
     Mystery   Mafia   Government Agency    Amazon UK PB    Amazon UK HC
Reviews Available by:     [Ali Karim - RAM]
Author(s): Roger Jon Ellory
Location: Louisiana, USA
A Shot to Die For  (©2005)   260 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Carl Brookins - RAM]     [Dawn Dowdle]     [Woodstock - RAM]     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Libby Fischer Hellmann
Series: Ellie Foreman # 4
Region: North-Central
Location: Wisconsin, USA
A Taint in the Blood  (©2004)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Ethnic    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Dana Stabenow
Series: Kate Shugak # 14
[Book Cover graphic]Absent Friends  (©2004)   384 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): S. J. Rozan
Comment: Stand-alone Novel
Book Description / Blurb

From the Hardcover Inside Flap

The secrets of a group of childhood friends unravel in this haunting thriller by Edgar Award winner S. J. Rozan. Set in New York in the unforgettable aftermath of September 11, Absent Friends brilliantly captures a time and place unlike any other, as it winds through the wounded streets of New York and Staten Island...and into a maze of old crimes, damaged lives, and heartbreaking revelations. The result is not only an electrifying mystery and a riveting piece of storytelling but an elegiac novel that powerfully explores a world changed forever on a clear September morning.

In a novel that will catch you off guard at every turn, and one that is guaranteed to become a classic, S. J. Rozan masterfully ratchets up the tension one revelation at a time as she dares you to ponder the bonds of friendship, the meaning of truth, and the stuff of heroism.


After Caroline  (©1996)   344 pp.
     Romance   Mystery   Romantic Suspense    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Kay Hooper
And a Puzzle to Die On  (©2004)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Humorous   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Parnell Hall
Series: Puzzle Lady Mysteries - Cora Felton # 6
Angels in the Gloom : 1916  (©2005)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Military   Historical   WW I    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Anne Perry
Series: World War I (Anne Perry) # 3
Antietam Assassins  (©2005)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Military   Historical    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Michael Kilian
Series: Harrison Raines Civil War Mysteries
At Risk  (©2004)
     Mystery   Thriller   Government Agency   Terrorists    Amazon UK PB    Amazon UK HC
Author(s): Stella Rimington
Before the Last Lap  (©2005)
     Mystery    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Joyce and Jim Lavene
Series: Sheriff Sharyn Howard # 11
Betrayal Of The Trust  (©2004)   304 pp.
     Mystery   Fiction   Thriller   Political Intrigue    Amazon US PB    Amazon US TPB    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada TPB
Author(s): Leslie Esdaile Banks
Beyond Control  (©2005)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Romance   Paranormal    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Rebecca York
Black Monday  (©2005)   260 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): William Manchee
Series: Stan Turner Mysteries
Blood of Angels  (©2005)   416 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   FBI   Serial Killer    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK PB    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]     [Pat Reid - RAM]     [Gina Metz - RAM]
Author(s): Michael Marshall
Series: Straw Men # 3
Book Description / Blurb
Welcome to the world of Michael Marshall where a female FBI agent and her partner face a secret brotherhood of serial killers born and bred to commit the most violent acts known to man.
Blood Retribution  (©2004)   272 pp.
     Mystery   Fantasy   Supernatural   Native American   Vampire   FBI    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Aimee Thurlo , David Thurlo
Series: Lee Nez # 2
Blue November Storms [Novella]  (©2005)   97 pp.
     Mystery   Fiction   Horror   Psychological Suspense   Thriller    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Brian Freeman
Body Scissors  (©2005)   288 pp.
     Mystery   Hard Boiled    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Michael Simon
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Born to Be BAD  (©2005)   400 pp.
     Mystery   Romance   Romantic Suspense   Thriller   [Short Stories]    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Sherrilyn Kenyon
Series: B.A.D. (Bureau of American Defense)
Capable of Murder  (©2005)   184 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US TPB    Amazon UK PB    Amazon Canada TPB
Reviews Available by:     [Shirley - RAM]     [Pat Reid - RAM]     [Cheryl - RAM]
Author(s): Brian Kavanagh
Series: Belinda Lawrence # 1
Children of the Night  (©1990)   320 pp. [5 paws]   
     Fantasy   Mystery   Supernatural   Woman Main Character    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Mercedes Lackey
Series: Diana Tregarde # 1
Location: New York City
Chill Factor  (©2005)   400 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   FBI    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Sandra Brown
Location: North Carolina, USA
Cold Hit  (©2005)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Police Procedural   Serial Killer   Government Agency    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Stephen J. Cannell
Series: Shane Scully
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Cold Truth  (©2005)   400 pp.
     Mystery   Romance    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Mariah Stewart
Cracks In The Rainbow  (©2005)   342 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]     [Shirley - RAM]
Author(s): Mark Bouton
Region: CA: LA Basin
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Comment: Action packed LA thriller, hard-fisted and soft-hearted
Dark Justice  (©2004)   288 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Terrorists    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Jack Higgins
Series: Sean Dillon # 11
Day of the Dead  (©2004)   384 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): J. A. Jance
Series: Brandon Walker # 3
Dead End  (©2005)   272 pp.
     Mystery   Romance    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Mariah Stewart
Dead of Winter  (©2005)   288 pp.
     Mystery   Forensics    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Stuart M. Kaminsky
Series: CSI: New York
Death Climbs a Tree  (©2005)   304 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Dawn Dowdle]
Author(s): Sara Hoskinson Frommer
Series: Joan Spencer # 6
Death of a Turkey  (©2005)   224 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy   Holiday    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Kate Borden
Series: Peggy Jean Turner
Region: New England
Dekok and the Death of a Clown   252 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): A. C. Baantjer
Series: Dekok
Devil's Bargain  (©2005)   304 pp.
     Romance   Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Rachel Caine
Series: Silhouette Bombshell
Double Fault  (©2005)   248 pp.
     Mystery   Religious Fiction   Juvenile    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Jerry B. Jenkins , Chris Fabry
Series: Red Rock Mysteries # 7
Comment: This one says "Reading level: Ages 4-8" in one place and ages 9 - 12 in another place.
Double Play  (©2005)   341 pp.
     Mystery   Romance    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Penelope Neri
Evan Blessed  (©2005)   256 pp.
     Mystery   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Rhys Bowen
Series: Constable Evans # 9
Eye Of A Hunter  (©2005)   256 pp.
     Romance   Mystery   Adventure    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Sylvie Kurtz
Series: Harlequin Intrigue # 866
Faithless  (©2005)   400 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Psychological Suspense    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]     [Pat Reid - RAM]
Author(s): Karin Slaughter
Series: Sara Linton / Jeffrey Tolliver / Lena Adams # 5
Book Description / Blurb

The victim was buried alive in the Georgia woods–then killed in a horrifying fashion. When Sara Linton and Jeffrey Tolliver stumble upon the body, both become consumed with finding out who killed the pretty, impeccably dressed young woman.

Falling Off Air  (©2004)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Luke Croll - RAM]
Author(s): Catherine Sampson
Series: Robin Ballantyne # 1
Finding Laura  (©1998)   400 pp.
     Romance   Mystery   Romantic Suspense    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Kay Hooper
Firestorm  (©2004)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Psychological Suspense    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Iris Johansen
Comment: A gifted female arson investigator teams up with a mysterious operative to stop a killer raging completely out of control.
Found Wanting  (©2004)   348 pp.
     Mystery   Romance   Romantic Suspense   Private Investigator    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Joyce Lamb
Frozen  (©2005)   346 pp.
     Mystery   Supernatural   Thriller    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Jay Bonansinga
High Country Fall  (©2004)   288 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Luke Croll - RAM]
Author(s): Margaret Maron
Series: Deborah Knott # 10
Nominated for 2004 Agatha Award (Best Novel)
Hostile Makeover  (©2005)   288 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Dawn Dowdle]
Author(s): Ellen Byerrum
Series: Crime of Fashion Mysteries # 3
Comment: Heroine: Lacey Smithsonian, fashion columnist
Inside the Mind of Scott Peterson  (©2005)   208 pp.
     Non-Fiction   Mystery   True Crime    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Keith Ablow
Janet Evanovich Boxed Set #2: Hot Six / Seven Up / Hard Eight  (©2005)
     Mystery   Humorous   Woman Main Character    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Janet Evanovich
Series: Stephanie Plum
Comment: Omnibus / Slipcase edition
Killer Karma  (©2005)   288 pp.
     Mystery   Fantasy   Paranormal   Police Procedural    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Lee Killough
Latte Trouble  (©2005)   256 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Cozy   Culinary    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Cleo Coyle
Series: Coffeehouse Mystery # 3
Book Description / Blurb

When one of her baristas unwittingly serves a poisonous latte to a prominent figure on the fashion scene, Clare Cosi must uncover some jolting secrets to save her shop.

Life Sentences  (©2005)   432 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Gina Metz - RAM]     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Alice Blanchard
Long Time Gone  (©2005)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]     [Dawn Dowdle]
Author(s): J. A. Jance
Series: J. P. Beaumont # 17
Love Lies Bleeding  (©2005)
     Mystery    Amazon UK HC
Author(s): Geraldine Evans
Series: DI Rafferty and Sergeant Llewellyn # 8
Mercy Falls  (©2005)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Native American    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): William Kent Krueger
Series: Cork O'Connor # 5
Nominated for 2006 Anthony Award (Best Novel)
Midnight Plague  (©2005)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Military   Thriller   Espionage   WW II   Bio Terrorism    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Gregg Keizer
Comment: A combination of bio-thriller and espionage set during WWII.
Mysterious Circumstances  (©2005)   256 pp.
     Romance   Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Rita Herron
Series: Harlequin Intrigue # 861
Nervous Water  (©2005)   304 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): William G. Tapply
Series: Brady Coyne # 21
Nothing to Fear But Ferrets  (©2005)   272 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Dawn Dowdle]     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Linda O. Johnston
Series: Kendra Ballantyne - Pet-Sitter Mysteries # 2
Officer Down  (©2005)   288 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Theresa Schwegel
Location: Chicago, Illinois, USA
Comment: Features Chicago Police Officer Samantha "Smack" Mack.
Out of Mind  (©2005)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Shirley - RAM]     [Harriet Klausner]     [Gina Metz - RAM]
Author(s): Catherine Sampson
Series: Robin Ballantyne # 2
[Book Cover graphic]Panic  (©2005)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Espionage    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK PB    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Luke Croll - RAM]     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Jeff Abbott

Payback  (©2005)   224 pp. (Recently Added)
     Mystery   Romance    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Fern Michaels
Series: Revenge of the Sisterhood # 2
Perfect  (©2005)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]     [Dawn Dowdle]
Author(s): Marne Davis Kellogg
Series: Kick Keswick
Perfect Nightmare  (©2005)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Horror   Psychological Suspense   Thriller    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Pat Reid - RAM]     [Gina Metz - RAM]
Author(s): John Saul
Book Description / Blurb
Every parent's nightmare becomes her reality when Kara Marshal's daughter vanishes from her bedroom.
Phantom Writer  (©2005)   238 pp.
     Mystery   Religious Fiction   Juvenile    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Jerry B. Jenkins , Chris Fabry
Series: Red Rock Mysteries # 6
Predators & Prayers  (©2005)   370 pp.
     Mystery   Serial Killer    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Philip Carlo
Comment: A victim of childhood abuse is killing Catholic priests
Princess Charming  (©1997)   295 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Jane Heller
Quincannon's Game  (©2005)
     Mystery   Historical   [Short Stories]    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Bill Pronzini
Series: John Quincannon and Sabina Carpenter
Relics  (©2005)   314 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Archaeology    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]     [Shirley - RAM]
Author(s): Mary Anna Evans
Series: Faye Longchamp
Location: Alabama, USA
Retribution, Inc.: A Brackard's Point Novella  (©2005)   102 pp.
     Mystery   Fiction   Horror    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Geoff Cooper
Rituals of the Season  (©2005)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Police Procedural   Legal Setting    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]     [Carol - SLC - RAM]     [Cheryl - RAM]     [Luke Croll - RAM]
Author(s): Margaret Maron
Series: Deborah Knott # 11
Riverside Blues  (©2005)
     Mystery   Psychological Suspense   Thriller    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Erik Tomblin
Rules of Prey  (©1989)   368 pp. [5 paws]   
     Mystery   Thriller   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): John Sandford
Series: Lucas Davenport # 1
Safe Harbor  (©2005)   320 pp.
     Mystery   TV Tie In    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Kristine Kathryn Rusch
Series: Without a Trace # 1
Secrets  (©2005)   186 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Frederick Ramsay
Series: Ike Schwartz Mysteries
Share No Secrets  (©2005)
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Thriller    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Carlene Thompson
She's On the Money  (©2005)
     Mystery   Romance    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Stephanie Feagan
Series: Silhouette Bombshell
Side by Side  (©2005)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Kidnapping   FBI   Thriller    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): John Ramsey Miller
Series: Winter Massey
Splintered Icon  (©2005)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Adventure   Religious Fiction    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Bill Napier
Comment: AKA: Shattered Icon
The Baby Game  (©2005)   254 pp.
     Mystery   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Randall Hicks
Series: Toby Dillon Mysteries # 1
The Big Over Easy  (©2005)   400 pp.
     Mystery   Fantasy   Police Procedural    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK PB    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Cheryl - RAM]     [Woodstock - RAM]     [Harriet Klausner]     [Shirley - RAM]     [Catherine Thompson - RAM]
Author(s): Jasper Fforde
Series: A Nursery Crime
Location: Reading, England
The Burglar Who Painted Like Mondrian  (©1983)   234 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK PB    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Lawrence Block
Series: Bernie Rhodenbarr # 5
The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza  (©1980)
     Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon UK PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Lawrence Block
Series: Bernie Rhodenbarr # 4
The Cradle Robbers  (©2005)   224 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]     [Dawn Dowdle]
Author(s): Ayelet Waldman
Series: Mommy Track mysteries # 6
The Damascened Blade  (©2004)   285 pp.
     Mystery   Historical    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Barbara Cleverly
Series: Joe Sandilands # 3
The Firemaker  (©1999)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Romance   Thriller   Forensics   Serial Killer    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK PB    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Carl Brookins - RAM]
Author(s): Peter May
Series: Li Yan and Margaret Campbell # 1
Region: China
Location: China
Comment: First in a series. Hardcover released in 2005 in US.
Book Description / Blurb

Margaret Campbell, a Chicago forensic pathologist, has been invited by the Chinese government to teach at the Beijing police university. She has accepted the six-week assignment with misgivings but is desperate to escape a troubled life in America.  Arriving in Beijing, she checks “nothing to declare” on the health declaration they gave her on the plane---nothing, that is, “except a broken heart and a wasted life, neither of which was contagious.”

She gets off to a bad start when her car knocks senior detective Li Yan off his bicycle.  In a furious clash, he dresses her down in perfect English.  But Li soon finds himself reintroduced to Margaret by his superiors when the newly promoted detective’s first case requires Margaret’s special expertise to identify a horribly burned corpse.  Thrown together to track down the killer, Margaret and Li must bury their personal and cultural differences when they uncover a conspiracy that threatens not only their lives, but the lives of millions.

The Guardian  (©2005)   278 pp.
     Fantasy   Mystery   Romance   Gothic   Horror    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Jenifer A. Ruth
Region: Northwest
Location: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
The Iron Girl  (©2005)   352 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Ellen Hart
Series: Jane Lawless # 13
The Jasmine Moon Murder  (©2004)   240 pp.
     Mystery   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy   Woman Main Character    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Laura Childs
Series: Theodosia # 5
The Last Detective + Diamond Solitaire (Omnibus)  (©2005)
     Mystery   Police Procedural    Amazon UK PB
Author(s): Peter Lovesey
Series: Peter Diamond
The Longest Night  (©2004)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Espionage   WW II    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): Gregg Keizer
The Meanest Flood  (©2003)   416 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US PB