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Mystery Books

4 Bodies and a Funeral  (©2009)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Romance   Romantic Suspense    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Stephanie Bond
Series: Body Movers # 4
A Darker Place  (©2009)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Espionage   Thriller    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Jack Higgins
Series: Sean Dillon
A Night at the Operation  (©2009)   304 pp.
     Mystery   Cozy   Humorous    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Pat Reid - RAM]
Author(s): Jeffrey Cohen
Series: Double Feature Mysteries # 3
About Face  (©2009)   272 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Donna Leon
Series: Commissario Guido Brunetti # 18
Afraid  (©2009)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Horror   Thriller    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Pat Reid - RAM]
Author(s): Jack Kilborn
Comment: Debut book by J. A. Konrath Writing as Jack Kilborn.
Blind Rage  (©2008)   352 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   FBI   Supernatural   Woman Main Character    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Pat Reid - RAM]
Author(s): Terri Persons
Series: Bernadette Saint Clare # 2
Careless in Red  (©2008)   640 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Elizabeth George
Series: Thomas Lynley & Barbara Havers # 16
Child 44  (©2008)   448 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Espionage   Historical    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Ali Karim - RAM]
Author(s): Tom Rob Smith
Comment: Set in the Soviet Union in 1953
Cursed  (©2009)   304 pp.
     Mystery   Cozy   Private Investigator   Woman Main Character   Humorous    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Carol Higgins Clark
Series: Regan Riley # 12
Dark Summer  (©2008)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Romance   Woman Main Character   Romantic Suspense   Veterinarian   Dogs    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Iris Johansen
Dead Man's Puzzle  (©2009)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Humorous   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Parnell Hall
Series: Puzzle Lady Mysteries - Cora Felton # 10
Death By Cashmere  (©2008)   304 pp. (Recently Added)
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Cozy   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Sally Goldenbaum
Series: Seaside Knitters Mysteries # 1
Everlasting   288 pp.
     Romance   Mystery   Romantic Suspense    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Iris Johansen
Fatally Flaky  (©2009)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Cozy   Woman Main Character   Culinary    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Diane Mott Davidson
Series: Goldy Bear # 15
Finished Off  (©2009)   208 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Rebecca Kent
Series: Bellehaven House Mysteries # 2
First Family  (©2009)   464 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Kidnapping   Political Intrigue    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): David Baldacci
Series: Sean King and Michelle Maxwell # 4
I Shall Not Want  (©2008)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Julia Spencer-Fleming
Series: Rev. Clare Ferguson and Russ Van Alstyne # 6
In the Dark  (©2008)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Woman Main Character    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK PB    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Luke Croll - RAM]
Author(s): Mark Billingham
Region: UK: London
Location: London, England
Comment: Stand Alone Thriller
Book Description / Blurb

As the Division Chief on a Child Protection Unit, a very pregnant Helen Weeks never expected to find herself on the other side of the police desk. But her fiancé, Paul Hopwood—a Detective Sergeant at the Criminal Intelligence Division—has been struck and killed by a wildly veering vehicle. Only this wasn't an ordinary accident. Witnesses reported hearing gunshots from a second passing vehicle, and local police suspect that this might be the work of a neighborhood gang.

Helen is determined to accept Paul's death, but several stubborn clues eventually lead her to a series of startling discoveries. First, Paul was doing more than just routine intelligence work for the police force. Second, Paul's death wasn't just an accident. And as members of a local gang begin to turn up dead, Helen comes to learn that there's only one force more powerful than fate—vengeance.

Inhuman Remains  (©2009)   384 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK PB    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Quintin Jardine
Series: Primavera Blackstone # 1
Inspector Singh Investigates: Most Peculiar Malaysian Murder  (©2009)   381 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Luke Croll - RAM]
Author(s): Shamini Flint
Location: Malaysia
Just Take My Heart  (©2009)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Legal Setting    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Mary Higgins Clark
Killer Keepsakes  (©2009)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Caryn St. Clair]     [Dawn Dowdle]
Author(s): Jane K. Cleland
Series: Josie Prescott Antiques Mysteries # 4
Living Witness  (©2009)   400 pp. (Recently Added)
     Mystery   Classic   Ethnic   Humorous    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Jane Haddam
Series: Gregor Demarkian
Loitering with Intent  (©2009)   304 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Police Procedural    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Stuart Woods
Series: Stone Barrington # 16
Lone Star  (©2009)
     Mystery   Historical    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Pat Reid - RAM]
Author(s): Edward Ifkovic
Comment: Debut Novel. Set in 1955, features real-life author Edna Ferber.
Book Description / Blurb

In 1955 Edna Ferber is basking in the success of her blockbuster novel "Giant". Director George Stevens and Warner Brothers Studio are in the final days of filming her Texas oil epic, and Edna looks forward to meeting Rock Hudson, Liz Taylor, and especially young James Dean. But there is trouble brewing. James Dean, the new box-office sensation and teen heartthrob, has been accused of fathering a child with an unstable extra named Carisa Krausse. The studio fears the negative publicity will jeopardize the release of the movie. Then the actress is murdered, and James Dean is the prime suspect. With character-actress Mercedes McCambridge as her sympathetic sidekick, a shaken Edna investigates the killing, determined to clear Dean’s name.

Miss Julia Delivers the Goods  (©2009)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Humorous   Cozy    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Ann B. Ross
Series: Miss Julia
[Book Cover graphic]Miss Julia Paints the Town  (©2008)   336 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Humorous   Cozy    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Ann B. Ross
Series: Miss Julia # 9

Mother's Day Murder  (©2009)   256 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Leslie Meier
Series: Lucy Stone # 15
Murder of a Royal Pain  (©2009)   272 pp.
     Mystery   Amateur Sleuth   Woman Main Character   Cozy    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Denise Swanson
Series: Scumble River Mysteries # 11
Never Say Sty  (©2009)   304 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Linda O. Johnston
Series: Kendra Ballantyne - Pet-Sitter Mysteries # 7
Patterns in the Sand  (©2009)   304 pp. (Recently Added)
     Mystery   Woman Main Character   Cozy   Amateur Sleuth    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Sally Goldenbaum
Series: Seaside Knitters Mysteries # 2
People Who Walk In Darkness  (©2008)   288 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Stuart M. Kaminsky
Series: Porfiry Rostnikov # 15
Probable Claws  (©2009)
     Mystery   Cats   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy   Woman Main Character    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Caryn St. Clair]     [Pat Reid - RAM]
Author(s): Clea Simon
Series: Theda Krakow # 4
Sail  (©2008)   400 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Woman Main Character    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): James Patterson , Howard Roughan
Tea Time for the Traditionally Built  (©2009)   224 pp.
     Mystery   Woman Main Character    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Alexander McCall Smith
Series: The No 1 Ladies Detective agency # 10
The 8th Confession  (©2009)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): James Patterson
Series: Women's Murder Club # 8
Region: CA: SF Bay Area
Location: San Francisco, California,USA
The Body in the Gallery  (©2008)   272 pp.
     Mystery   Amateur Sleuth   Culinary   Woman Main Character    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Katherine Hall Page
Series: Faith Fairchild # 17
The Cold Light of Mourning  (©2009)   288 pp. (Recently Added)
     Mystery    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Elizabeth J. Duncan
The Dead Man  (©2009)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Serial Killer   Thriller    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Reviews Available by:     [Pat Reid - RAM]
Author(s): Joel Goldman
Series: Jack Davis # 2
The Girl of His Dreams  (©2008)   272 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US TPB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada TPB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Donna Leon
Series: Commissario Guido Brunetti # 17
The Little Stranger  (©2009)   480 pp.
     Mystery   Historical   Supernatural   Gothic    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Reviews Available by:     [Lynn Harnett]
Author(s): Sarah Waters
The Price of Darkness  (©2008)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Graham Hurley
Series: Detective Inspector Joe Faraday # 8
The Private Patient  (©2008)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Police Procedural    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): P. D. James
Series: Inspector Adam Dalgliesh # 14
The Promised Land  (©2007)   364 pp.
     Mystery    Amazon US PB    Amazon UK PB    Amazon UK HC    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): David Hewson
The Reapers  (©2008)   368 pp.
     Mystery   Thriller   Private Investigator   Noir    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): John Connolly
Series: Charlie Parker # 7
To The Death  (©2008)   352 pp.
     Military   Fiction   Mystery   Terrorists    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Patrick Robinson
Series: Admiral Arnold Morgan # 10
Turn Coat  (©2009)   432 pp.
     Fantasy   Mystery   Magic    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Jim Butcher
Series: Dresden Files # 11
WormWood  (©2009)
     Mystery   Amateur Sleuth   Cozy
Author(s): Susan Wittig Albert
Series: China Bayles # 17

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Science Fiction and Fantasy Books

Burning Wild  (©2009)   480 pp.
     Romance   Fantasy    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Christine Feehan
Series: Leopard
Fallen  (©2008)   432 pp.
     Fantasy    Amazon US PB    Amazon US TPB    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada TPB
Author(s): Tim Lebbon
The Awakening  (©2009)   368 pp.
     Fantasy   Fiction   Horror   Young Adult    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Kelley Armstrong
Series: Darkest Powers # 2
The Trouble with Demons  (©2009)   384 pp.
     Fantasy   Woman Main Character    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Lisa Shearin
Series: Raine Benares # 3
Book Description / Blurb

For seeker Raine Benares, a demon infestation on the Isle of Mid couldn’t come at a worse time. Already fighting the influence of the Saghred, a soul-stealing stone, Raine discovers she is also magically bonded to a dark mage and a white knight, two dangerous and powerful men on opposing sides. Turns out, the demons want the key to unlock the Saghred. As a seeker, Raine should be able to find it first. As the axis of light and dark powers, she’s a magical cataclysm waiting to happen.

Turn Coat  (©2009)   432 pp.
     Fantasy   Mystery   Magic    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Jim Butcher
Series: Dresden Files # 11

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Military Books

To The Death  (©2008)   352 pp.
     Military   Fiction   Mystery   Terrorists    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Patrick Robinson
Series: Admiral Arnold Morgan # 10

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Romance Books

4 Bodies and a Funeral  (©2009)   320 pp.
     Mystery   Romance   Romantic Suspense    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Stephanie Bond
Series: Body Movers # 4
Burning Wild  (©2009)   480 pp.
     Romance   Fantasy    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Christine Feehan
Series: Leopard
Dark Summer  (©2008)   384 pp.
     Mystery   Romance   Woman Main Character   Romantic Suspense   Veterinarian   Dogs    Amazon US PB    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada PB    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Iris Johansen
Everlasting   288 pp.
     Romance   Mystery   Romantic Suspense    Amazon US PB    Amazon Canada PB
Author(s): Iris Johansen

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Computer Books

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Other Books

Italian Shoes  (©2009)   336 pp.
     Fiction    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Henning Mankell
The Branch and the Scaffold  (©2009)   272 pp.
     Western   Historical    Amazon US HC    Amazon Canada HC
Author(s): Loren D. Estleman
Comment: Features: Isaac C. Parker, the notorious Hanging Judge.

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