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Mystery Books

A Body To Die For  (©2008)   256 pp.
     Mystery   Private Investigator   Woman Main Character    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): G. A. McKevett
Series: Savannah Reid # 14
A Pale Horse  (©2007)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Historical   Police Procedural    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Charles Todd
Series: Ian Rutledge # 10
American Detective  (©2007)   256 pp.
     Mystery   Police Procedural   Noir    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Loren D. Estleman
Series: Amos Walker # 19
Another Life  (©2008)   288 pp.
     Mystery   Private Investigator    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Andrew Vachss
Series: Burke # 18
Bait  (©2008)
     Mystery   Thriller    Amazon UK PB
Reviews Available by:     [Luke Croll - RAM]
Author(s): Nick Brownlee
Series: Jake and Jouma Series # 1
Region: Africa
Comment: Set in Kenya
Black Ops  (©2008)   464 pp.
     Mystery   Military   Men's Adventure   Political Intrigue    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): W. E. B. Griffin
Series: Presidential Agent # 5
Comment: Features Delta Force Lieutenant Colonel Charley Castillo
[Book Cover graphic]Blue Heaven  (©2008)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): C. J. Box
Location: Idaho, USA
Winner 2009 Edgar Allan Poe Award (Best Novel of 2008)

Bone by Bone  (©2008)   352 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Pat Reid - RAM]
Author(s): Carol O'Connell
Location: California, USA
Born to Run  (©2008)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Political Intrigue    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): James Grippando
Series: Jack Swytek # 8
Borne in Blood  (©2007)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Fantasy   Historical   Vampire   Horror    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Series: Ragoczy, the Count Saint-Germain # 20
Cruel Intent  (©2008)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): J. A. Jance
Series: Ali Reynolds
Dance with the Dragon  (©2007)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Espionage    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): David Hagberg
Series: Kirk McGarvey
Dead or Alive  (©2008)
     Mystery   Police Procedural   Native American    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Michael McGarrity
Series: Kevin Kearney # 12
Location: New Mexico, USA
Death Song  (©2007)   304 pp.
     Mystery   Police Procedural   Native American    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Shirley - RAM]
Author(s): Michael McGarrity
Series: Kevin Kearney # 11
Location: New Mexico, USA
Eggs in Purgatory  (©2008)   304 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Laura Childs
Series: Cackleberry Club Mysteries # 1
Comment: Recipes Included
Find Me  (©2008)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Debra Webb
Book Description / Blurb

Investigative reporter Sarah Newton debunks supernatural myths, and forces the truth to light whether people want to hear it or not. Now, with a popular teenager found tortured and murdered—and another girl missing—Sarah’s out to prove it’s not the work of an ancient curse, but a cold blooded killer. She’ll expose one Maine village’s darkest secrets …while keeping the truth about her own past hidden from view.

As Youngstown’s newest councilman, Kale Conner’s unofficial job is to minimize the bad publicity from Sarah’s stories and, if possible, to keep her in line. But with time running out, and his own family at stake, Kale’s finding his neighbors’ terrible deeds might be too deadly to sweep under the rug…and he and Sarah are headed toward a heated endgame with only one shocking way out...

Frame Work  (©2008)   215 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Anne Faigen
Book Description / Blurb

When college teacher Sarah Brandau is invited to a literary conference in Prague, she persuades her grandmother, Edith, who raised her when her parents died, to travel from Manhattan for a reunion in the fabled city. Exploring the streets near their hotel on their first night in Prague, they browse an antique shop. Attracted to the picture's ornate frame, Edith chooses a reproduction of a city scene. When they return to their hotel and examine their purchase more closely they discover they've gotten more than they bargained for. Edith's impulsive purchase plunges them into a complex world of international theft, Nazi war crimes, and a lethal secret that puts the women in more danger than they could ever have imagined when they planned a shared holiday.

Friend of the Devil  (©2007)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Peter Robinson
Series: Inspector Banks # 17
Location: England
Book Description / Blurb

Why would someone cut the throat of a woman wheelchair-bound and mute? Is the rape and strangulation murder of Hayley Daniels related?

Gateways  (©2003)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Science Fiction   Supernatural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): F. Paul Wilson
Series: Repairman Jack # 7
Comment: December 2008 paperback is a special edition.
Grass Roots  (©1989)   624 pp.
     Mystery   Political Intrigue   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Caryn St. Clair]
Author(s): Stuart Woods
Series: Will Lee # 3
Hail to the Chef  (©2008)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy   Culinary    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Julie A. Hyzy
Series: White House Chef Mysteries # 2
[Book Cover graphic]Hush My Mouth  (©2008)   288 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Cozy    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Cathy Pickens
Series: Avery Andrews # 4

Killing Castro  (©2008)   208 pp.
     Mystery   Hard Boiled   Noir    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Lawrence Block
Series: Hard Case Crime
Lethal Amnesia  (©2008)   300 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Hard Boiled    Amazon US TPB    Amazon Canada TPB
Author(s): Roger Mullins
Book Description / Blurb

Nolan Withers was just an average guy, living a less than average life. Until the morning he awakens to find that he has Lethal Amnesia. Waking in a strange bed, dirty, bruised, and covered in blood, he discovers his entire memory is gone. Before he can begin to determine who or where he is, hardcore detective Lt. Anderson Cleves breaks down his door and arrests him for the murder of his girlfriend. A girlfriend he doesn't even remember!

Murder Express  (©2008)   234 pp.
     Mystery   Private Investigator    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Robert Scott
Series: Jack Elton # 3
Location: Canada
Murder Game  (©2008)   464 pp.
     Mystery   Romance   Paranormal    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Christine Feehan
Series: GhostWalkers # 7
Pitch Black  (©2008)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Serial Killer    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Alex Gray
Scarpetta  (©2008)   512 pp.
     Mystery   Police Procedural   Thriller   Woman Main Character   Forensics    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Patricia Cornwell
Series: Kay Scarpetta # 16
Seeking the Dead  (©2008)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Police Procedural   Occult    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Kate Ellis
Series: Joe Plantagenet
Book Description / Blurb

When Carmel Hennessy begins a new job in North Yorkshire, she finds the historic city of Eborby gripped by fear. A killer is on the prowl, a killer who binds and asphyxiates his victims before leaving their naked bodies in isolated country churchyards. The press are calling him the Resurrection Man. Tragic events from the past link Carmel with new-kid-on-the-block DI Joe Plantagenet, who, with his new boss, DCI Emily Thwaite, faces the unenviable task of identifying the killer before he claims another victim. The victims appear to have nothing in common but the manner of their deaths, but as Joe's investigations lead him to a pub with a sinister history, he is forced to consider that the case may have occult connections. Then Carmel becomes aware of a malevolent presence in her new flat and, when she starts to receive mysterious threats, it is Joe she turns to first. And that is when Joe is forced to get into the mind of a cunning and ruthless killer.

Tainted Blood  (©2008)
     Mystery   FBI   Serial Killer    Amazon US TPB    Amazon Canada TPB
Author(s): Charles Pero
Series: Twisted Killers
Book Description / Blurb

When FBI Agent Vinny Smalldeano and his wife Tina witness a waitress explode in front of them somewhere between the appetizer and the main course, a gruesome new "special circumstances" killer is born. Soon more exploded bodies turn up a corpulent academic, a spaced-out pizza delivery boy, and a veteran FBI agent -- and Vinny or his wife Tina are present at each horrific scene. Who could be behind these vicious, high-tech murders, and more importantly, just what is the killer s motive? Edge-of-the-armchair writing and storytelling by a new genius in the genre.

Teaser  (©2008)   304 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Caryn St. Clair]
Author(s): Jan Brogan
Series: Hallie Ahern Mysteries # 3
Location: Rhode Island, USA
Terminal  (©2007)   256 pp.
     Mystery   Private Investigator    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Andrew Vachss
Series: Burke # 17
The Cruelest Month  (©2007)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Cozy    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Louise Penny
Series: Three Pines Mysteries # 3
Region: Canada: Quebec
Location: Quebec, Canada
The First Patient  (©2008)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Medical   Thriller   Conspiracy   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Michael Palmer
Book Description / Blurb

There's a conspiracy to kill the President of the United States, Andrew Stoddard. When the President's personal physician goes missing, his old friend, country doctor Gabe Singleton is brought in to help.

The Follower  (©2007)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Jason Starr
Region: New York City
Location: New York City
The Prophecy of Death  (©2008)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Historical    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK PB    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Michael Jecks
Series: Knights Templar Mysteries # 25
The Shooters  (©2008)   432 pp.
     Mystery   Military   Men's Adventure   Political Intrigue    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): W. E. B. Griffin
Series: Presidential Agent # 4
Comment: Features Delta Force Officer Charley Castillo
The Spoils of War  (©2006)   512 pp.
     Mystery   Military   Fiction   Thriller   Espionage    Amazon US PB    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Gordon Kent
Series: Alan Craik

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

Borne in Blood  (©2007)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Fantasy   Historical   Vampire   Horror    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Series: Ragoczy, the Count Saint-Germain # 20
Gateways  (©2003)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Science Fiction   Supernatural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Harriet Klausner]
Author(s): F. Paul Wilson
Series: Repairman Jack # 7
Comment: December 2008 paperback is a special edition.
Moving Targets and Other Tales of Valdemar  (©2008)   343 pp. [4 stars]   
     Fantasy   Horses   [Short Stories]    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Editor(s): Mercedes Lackey
Series: Valdemar Anthologies
Opening Atlantis  (©2007)   448 pp.
     Fantasy   Alternate History    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Harry Turtledove
The Lost Ones  (©2008)   448 pp.
     Fantasy    Amazon US PB    Amazon US TPB    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada TPB
Author(s): Christopher Golden
Series: The Veil # 3
The United States of Atlantis  (©2008)   448 pp.
     Fantasy   Alternate History    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Harry Turtledove

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Military Books

Black Ops  (©2008)   464 pp.
     Mystery   Military   Men's Adventure   Political Intrigue    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): W. E. B. Griffin
Series: Presidential Agent # 5
Comment: Features Delta Force Lieutenant Colonel Charley Castillo
Korea Strait  (©2007)   336 pp.
     Military    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): David Poyer
Series: Dan Lenson # 10
The Shooters  (©2008)   432 pp.
     Mystery   Military   Men's Adventure   Political Intrigue    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): W. E. B. Griffin
Series: Presidential Agent # 4
Comment: Features Delta Force Officer Charley Castillo
The Spoils of War  (©2006)   512 pp.
     Mystery   Military   Fiction   Thriller   Espionage    Amazon US PB    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Gordon Kent
Series: Alan Craik

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Romance Books

Murder Game  (©2008)   464 pp.
     Mystery   Romance   Paranormal    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Christine Feehan
Series: GhostWalkers # 7

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Computer Books

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