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Crazy Like a Fox: A Novel

RITA MAE BROWN · Ballantine Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover

In this thrilling new foxhunting mystery from New York Times bestselling author Rita Mae Brown, an investigation into a missing and valuable object flushes out murder, ghosts, and old family rivalries. Now "Sister" Jane Arnold and a pack of four-legged friends must catch the scent...
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Eaves of Destruction

Kate Carlisle · Berkley
Pages: 304
Format: Mass Market Paperback

Murder is on the to-do list when construction contractor Shannon Hammer looks for a killer in the fifth Fixer-Upper Mystery....At the annual Victorian Home and Garden Tour, Lighthouse Cove, California's premier contractor, Shannon Hammer, realizes that the competition is about to turn deadly.......
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A Christmas Return: A Novel

ANNE PERRY · Ballantine Books
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

'Tis the season of giving - and with this wonderful book, New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry shares a brand-new holiday mystery filled with bygone relationships and hidden secrets. As Charlotte Pitt's grandmother Mariah Ellison finds herself investigating a long-unsolved slaying,...
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The Big Book of Rogues and Villains

Otto Penzler · Vintage Crime/Black Lizard
Pages: 928
Format: Paperback

Excerpt. Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
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Sleep No More: Six Murderous Tales

P D JAMES · Knopf
Pages: 192
Format: Hardcover

No one gets inside the head of the murderer - or makes it a more thrilling read - than the late, great P. D. James. Fast on the heels of her latest best seller: a new, fiendishly entertaining gathering of previously uncollected stories, from the author of Death Comes to Pemberley and The Private...
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Little Secrets

Anna Snoekstra · MIRA
Pages: 336
Format: Paperback

What happens when ambition trumps the truth? A town reeling in the wake of tragedy An arsonist is on the loose in Colmstock, Australia, most recently burning down the town's courthouse and killing a young boy who was trapped inside. An aspiring journalist desperate for a story The clock...
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The House of Unexpected Sisters: No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency

ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH · Pantheon Books
Pages: 227
Format: Hardcover

"Precious Ramotswe learns valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness in this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are approached by their part-time colleague, Mr. Polopetsi, with a troubling...
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Queen of the Flowers

Kerry Greenwood · Poisoned Pen Press
Pages: 256
Format: Paperback

From Booklist
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Easy Errors

Steven Havill · Poisoned Pen Press
Pages: 262
Format: Paperback

When the first Posadas County Mystery, Heartshot, published in 1991, Bill Gastner was the county Undersheriff. Over time Bill became Sheriff, then retired, and Robert Torrez took over the top spot. But what were Torrez's first days as a rookie officer like? Terrible!It's 1986. Undersheriff...
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Come Home

Patricia Gussin · Oceanview Publishing

Torn between two cultures--allegiance to two families--a child in the middle Nicole Nelson and Ahmed Masud are a dynamic, highly successful Philadelphia couple. They are partners in a thriving plastic surgery practice, are very much in love, and they adore their young son, Alex. But cracks...
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