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Invasion
by Robin CookRobin cook, the master of medical horror, presents: "Invasion!!" In this intergalactic thriller, a new virus starts out like a flue, but eventually changes people's personalities completely. A small group of virus survivors begin to suspect that aliens have brought the sickness and are trying to take over the world.
Death of a Squire
by Maureen AshWhen a squire's body is found hanging from a tree, Templar Bascot de Marins is given the task of unearthing the truth before an unprecedented meeting of kings at Lincoln Castle.
A Bone to Pick (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries #2)
by Charlaine HarrisDeath comes calling on a small-town librarian whose life is passing her by. Aurora "Roe" Teagarden's fortunes change when a deceased acquaintance names her as heir to a rather substantial estate, including money, jewelry, and a house complete with a skull hidden in a window seat. Roe concludes that the elderly women has purposely left her a murder to solve. So she must identify the victim and figure out which one of her new, ordinary-seeming neighbors is a murderer-without putting herself in deadly danger.
Murder in Miniature
by Margaret GraceA MINIATURE MYSTERY. First in a big new series. Geraldine Porter thought that being the chairwoman of the local Dollhouse and Miniatures Fair would give her leisure time to spend on her favorite craft. That was before a fellow miniatures afficionado is suspected of murder, leaving Gerry to prove the woman's innocence-or die trying.
Killer Mousse (Della Cooks Mystery #1)
by Melinda WellsMeet Della Carmichael, owner of a cooking school in Santa Monica, California, and, as of this week, star of a brand-new cable cooking show. But she's about to add another credit to her resume: suspect.
Hold 'Em Hostage (Poker Mystery #3)
by Jackie ChancePoker is a game of chance-and mystery. Texas Hold 'Em champ Belinda Bee Cool Cooley is back in Vegas for the World Series of Poker. But a sinister stranger has kidnapped Bee's goddaughter and threatened to kill her if Bee doesn't win the tournament and hand over the pot.
Darkest Days
by Stan GallonAll over the world, the enemies of the United States Plot its destruction, and enemies are everywhere: from the deserts of the Middle East... to the jungles of Central America... to the very heart of the United States... <P> It begins with a tragedy. Air Force One crashes into the ocean, and the president and first lady are confirmed dead -- ushering in a new Washington regime...<P> It continues with an attack. An apocalyptic explosion tears through Yellowstone National Park, with foreign terrorists named as the culprits... <P> It ends with one soldier. Long operating secretly in Sudan, Army Lieutenant Adam Burch receives word that both of his parents have vanished. Going AWOL, Burch returns to the United States to find them. Instead he finds a nation under siege from within: Freedom is a memory, fear rules with an iron hand, and those in power are willing to sacrifice millions of lives to achieve their sinister goals -- unless Burch can stop them...
Hunter's Moon
by Randy Wayne WhiteDoc Ford saves a former President of the United States from assassination-and regrets it. Months ago, Kal Wilson's wife was killed in a plane crash. President Wilson is sure it was no accident-and he wants revenge. He needs Doc Ford to spring him loose from the watchful eye of the Secret Service, keep him alive, then get him home. Ford has just been picked for presidential duty- whether he likes it or not.
French Pressed
by Cleo CoyleMurder takes the plunge in the sixth book in the Coffeehouse mystery series. Clare Cosi's daughter, Joy, is interning--and falling--for a top New York chef when his kitchen turns cutthroat, and Joy becomes a murder suspect. Clare knows she must catch the real killer--even if it lands her in the hottest water of her life.
Three Bedrooms, One Corpse (Aurora Teagarden Mysteries #3)
by Charlaine HarrisThird in the Aurora Teagarden series, one great new look. Deciding if she wants to go into real estate becomes a life-or-death choice for Aurora "Roe" Teagarden. A naked corpse is discovered at her first house showing. And when a second body is found in another house for sale, it becomes obvious that there is a very cool killer at large in Lawrenceton, one who knows a great deal about real estate-and maybe too much about Roe.
Corpse Pose
by Diana KillianReaders will bend over backward for the debut of the first yoga mystery series. Ever since her husband ditched her-for another man-A.J. hasn't exactly been on the road to inner peace. Then her yoga-guru aunt is found dead, and A.J.'s named the sole heir to her lucrative yoga studio-making her a multimillionaire, a prime suspect, and the killer's next target.
The Cluttered Corpse (Charlotte Adams #2)
by Mary Jane MaffiniOrganization can get very messy... When Charlotte Adams agrees to help Emmy Lou Rheinbeck organize her stuffed animal collection, she never imagines she'll find herself fending off pranksters whose shenanigans lead to murder.
Field of Fire (Alex Duarte Mystery #1)
by James O. BornWith Walking Money, James O. Born was hailed as "the real thing" by Elmore Leonard; Shock Wave was called "a constant blitz of action" (The Miami Herald); and with Escape Clause, Born was celebrated as "the best thing to happen to Florida crime writing since Elmore Leonard hit the Sunshine State" (Chicago Sun-Times). Now Born takes it to the next level with a remarkable novel of corruption, fraud, and the messy business of murder by explosives.<P> Since returning from Bosnia, ATF agent Alex "Rocket" Duarte has been slowly reacclimating to life in South Florida. But when a gunrunner's car explodes, Duarte's life kicks into high gear in a high-profile hunt for what appears to be a serial bomber. Teamed up with a lawyer from the Department of Justice who herself is looking into possibly related bombings in Virginia and Seattle, Duarte crisscrosses the country, following the bomber and hoping to anticipate his next move, but as he peels away the layers of deception, the lines between friends and enemies begin to blur-and the results are explosive.
Freezer Burn: A C.S.U. Investigation
by D. H. DublinFrom the author of Blood Poison comes a new forensics case in the C. S. U. Investigations. <P> The Crime Scene Unit knows that even the most cold-blooded killers leave clues. A bag full of body parts. A man thrown from a car. A shriveled corpse. A gangster, tortured and killed. Besides the fact that the C. S. U. found them on the same day, it seems the cases have nothing in common. But, when interwoven, they point to a plot more elaborate than anything C. S. U. newbie Madison Cross has seen. To investigate, she'll have to descend into Philly's underworld of gang brutality, then rise to the highest echelon of organized crime. But both the gang and the killer hope to see her eliminated, once and for all.
A Killer Stitch (A Knitting Mystery #4)
by Maggie Sefton'Tis the season for knitters in chilly Fort Connor, Colorado: scarves, sweaters, mittens-and murder. Amid the seasonal cheer of her local family of cowboys and yarn weavers, Kelly Flynn's intent on trying to separate innocence from icy deceit.
The Case of the Ill-Gotten (Casebook of Dr. McKenzie #3)
by Claudia BishopOn their farm in upstate New York, vet Austin McKenzie and his wife, Madeline, keep busy looking after ailing farm animals and pets. But they've yet to find a cure for murder. Before milk inspector Melvin Staples was found dead in a four-hundred-gallon milk vat, the ladies' man got the goat of many Summersville residents. To crack this case, Dr. McKenzie and Madeline will have to learn all about goats, local politics, and the widow who runs the goat cheese dairy.
Little Tiny Teeth
by Aaron ElkinsFrom the Edgar® Award winning author of Uneasy Relations. Starring Professor Gideon Oliver? ?a likable, down-to-earth, cerebral sleuth.? (CHICAGO TRIBUNE) Sailing the Amazon with a group of botanists, ?Skeleton Detective? Gideon Oliver is on his dream vacation. But it turns nightmarish when fierce head-hunters narrowly miss killing the group leader, then a deranged passenger kills a botanist and flees. Long-past enmities and resentments?and new ones as well?might explain things. And when a fresh skeleton turns up in the river, Gideon is sure that, in this jungle full of predators, humans may be the deadliest of all.
A Vintage Murder
by Michele ScottWhen things in the land down under start to heat up, murder steps in. Nikki and her boss-turned-boyfriend came to Australia to visit the Hahndorf Winery, but it seems they?ve also walked onto a movie set. And when lead actress Lucy Swanson is found dead in her trailer, bitten by a poisonous snake, Nikki must comb the vineyards of the valley to catch a killer with a venomous streak?before she?s struck herself.
Critical (Jack Stapleton / Laurie Montgomery #7)
by Robin CookAngela Dawson, M.D., appears to have it all: at age thirty-seven, she owns a fabulous New York City apartment and a stunning seaside house on Nantucket, and enjoys the perks of her prosperous lifestyle. But her climb to the top has been rough, marked by a troubled childhood, a failed marriage, and the devastating blow of bankruptcy as a primary-care internist. Painfully aware of the role of economics in the health-care field, Angela returns to school to earn an MBA; she is determined to erase the memories of the controlling men in her past. Armed with a shiny new degree and blessed with tenacity, intelligence, and impeccable timing, Angela founds a start-up, Angels Healthcare, then prepares to take it public. With a controlling interest in three busy specialty hospitals in New York City and plans for others in Miami and Los Angeles, the future looks very bright for her. Confident in her abilities as both doctor and businesswoman, and virtually assured of finally controlling her own destiny, Angela is on the verge of seeing her ambitions fulfilled. But then a surge of drug-resistant staph infections in all three hospitals devastates Angela's carefully constructed world. Not only do the infections result in deaths of patients, but the fatalities cause a serious cash-flow problem, which puts her company's imminent IPO in jeopardy. And that's not all: Angela has serious doubts about her investors and the sources of their money, and the need for a sudden infusion of additional cash becomes all the more desperate. In the blink of an eye, after all her years of hard work, she may be left empty-handed. Vowing to keep her business afloat, Angela works around the clock to save what she built-knowing all too well that the only person she can count on is herself. New York City medical examiners Laurie Montgomery and Jack Stapleton are naturally intrigued by the uptick in staph-related postprocedure deaths at the three hospitals. Aside from their own professional curiosity, there's a personal stake as well: they are newly married, and Jack is facing surgery to repair a torn ACL at Angels Orthopedic Hospital. Despite Jack's protests, Laurie can't help investigating-thus opening a Pandora's box of corporate intrigue that threatens not just her livelihood, but her life and Jack's as well.
Knitting Bones
by Monica FerrisPICK UP A STITCH WITH THE NEW NEEDLECRAFT MYSTERY? NOW IN PAPERBACK.FREE knitting pattern included!The stitchers of the Embroiderers Guild raised over twenty thousand dollars for charity?but the representative who accepted the check at the annual convention disappeared with it. It turns out that he?s the husband of the local chapter president, Allie Germaine, who insists on his innocence. But if Bob Germaine didn?t pocket the check, who did? And where is Bob now? Since needlework shop owner Betsy Devonshire has broken her leg horseback riding, solving the latest crime will have to be a group project.
Capitol Offense (Nik Kane Alaska Mystery #2)
by Mike DooganDetective Nik Kane investigates a deadly mystery at Alaska's political heart. The second in a new series from the author of Lost Angel.<P> A beautiful young woman is found strangled in the office of an Alaskan state senator. Standing over her dead body is gifted young legislator Matthew Hope. Before this unfortunate event, he was the most promising native Alaskan politician in the state. Now he's facing serious time, and he's not talking to anyone.<P> In desperation, a mysterious, wealthy patron hires Nik Kane, disgraced ex-cop, to investigate the crime. What Kane discovers is a political culture corrupted by the influence of oil and big money. At the core is a secret so great that Kane may have to pay for it with something more precious than his soul.
Dead Heat
by Dick Francis Felix FrancisMax Moreton is a rising culinary star, but when almost all of the guests at a catered affair get severe food poisoning, his kitchen is shuttered and his reputation takes a huge hit. Scrambling to meet to his next obligation, an exclusive luncheon for 40 in the glass-fronted private boxes at the 2000 Guineas race, Max must overcome the previous evening's disaster and provide the new American sponsors of the year's first Classic race with a day to remember. Then a bomb rips through the private boxes, killing several of his staff and many guests. As survivors are rushed to the hospital, he surveys the ruins of the grandstand and of his career.
The Girl with Braided Hair
by Margaret CoelAttorney Vicky Holden and Father John O?Malley investigate the death of Liz Plenty Horses?a woman murdered back in 1973 after being accused of betraying the militant American Indian Movement?and incite the malice of a long-dormant killer.
Special Forces Afghanistan: Direct Action
by Peter TelepTime is running out for Triple Nickel. <P> The men of ODA-555, better known as Triple Nickel, are the first unit to hit Afghanistan after 9/11. With limited supplies, unforgiving terrain, and no time to lose, Captain James Pharaoh splits his team into two lethal components-one confronting an al-Qaeda-backed militia, the other rushing to save the Afghanistan president's life.
Shrouds of Holly
by Kate KingsburyWhile decorating the Pennyfoot's ballroom for a Christmas reception, Cecily sends her husband Baxter and stable manager Samuel into the woods to cut some fresh boughs of holly for the ballroom. An hour later their one-horse open carriage returns with the horse, the holly...and the unwelcome gift of a dead body. Baxter and Samuel are nowhere to be found. In what should be a season of celebration with friends and family, Cecily means to reunite hers and solve the mystery-even if a killer leads her in a merry measure.