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Light Before Day
by Christopher RiceFrom the book jacket: In California's Central Valley, an explosion of white-hot methamphetamine rips through a trailer, its blinding flash killing a dedicated schoolteacher in search of a student whose life is in danger. . . . In West Hollywood, a young reporter discovers that a Marine helicopter pilot visited the gay ghetto just days before he sent his chopper spiraling into the Pacific Ocean .... And in the wilds of California's Coast Ranges, a mercilessly angry young woman pursues the mythic killer she believes has murdered her mother. . . . So begins Light Before Day, a dark new thriller of revenge and sexual obsession from New York Times best-selling author Christopher Rice.
The Bad Witness
by Laura Van WormerFROM THE BACK COVER: Called to testify in the sensational "Mafia boss Murder" trial unfolding in sunny California, journalist Sally Harrington is a key witness for the defense. Unfortunately, Sally knows more than she's like to about the accused. After all, the East Coast mobster once tried to have her killed. But it isn't until Sally's life is threatened once again that things really get interesting. That's when the defense counsel accuses Sally, his own witness, of being more interested in her attractive police officer who's now protecting her than in being a witness. This is Sally's world, where Sally is making more news than she is reporting. And whether the danger and intrigue involve Hollywood stars or celebrated Mafia dons, Sally Harrington is determined to get to the truth and see that justice is done. Of course, she may just take a few hair raising and romantic detours along the way.
Monsieur Pamplemousse Takes the Cure (Monsieur Pamplemousse #4)
by Michael BondA spa has a most unusual cure - people die from it! A gastronomic mystery from Monsieur Pamplemousse, France's most famous bon vivant turned detective.
The Wind Chill Factor
by Thomas GiffordA new Nazi Reich, an international terror organization, puts a sinister plan of world conquest in motion.
Double Bluff
by Michael HawleyThe stabbing of the college student pointed to a jealous lover, until clues led Frank Milkovich to believe it was too carefully planned to be a crime of passion.
Cold Fear
by Rick MofinaFBI agent Frank Zander checked his watch. 31 hours since Paige Baker disappeared into the Rocky Mountains. If her parents were hiding something, he'd find it. He always did.
The Glendower Legacy
by Thomas GiffordA 200-year-old document fell into a young student's hands. It soon cost him his life, inflamed a struggle between the CIA and the KGB, and made 2 people the targets of both sides.
Mind Tryst
by Robyn CarrFrom back cover,, Dear Jackie: I'm the one who's been in your house. I love lying there in your bed, fantasizing about our life together. Jackie Sheppard thought she left the fears of the city behind when she moved to the small town in the Colorado Rockies. She's about to learn what terror really is.
The Burden of Proof
by Scott TurowLegal thriller following some of the personal problems of Sandy Stern, the defense lawyer from Turow's first novel. Family drama and financial intrigue.
The Dollmaker's Daughters
by Abigail PadgettWarning: many words in French, Cajun dialect, Spanish, Celtic Irish, and Latin. This one keeps you guessing until the end. Characters from previous books are incorporated and their personalities are further developed. A young teen girl is found in trauma shock at a Goth nightclub near Bo's beachfront home. The girl has a lovely doll attached to her wrist and neck by chains. She calls the doll Kimmy, and knows that it is important but has no idea why. Bo feels a kinship to the girl, knowing that without careful handling (which also means going against Madge Aldenhoven's constant orders, the girl will develop a mental illness. Bo and Andy LaMarche's relationship continues to develop. His teen niece comes to visit from the bayous and brings a freshness with her Cajun vocabulary and outgoing personality. Estrella gives birth near the end of the book. There is no hint that this is the end of the series. Wish there were more books in this series to see how current relationships pan out, but Padgett started a new series that only made it through 2 books.
Moonbird Boy
by Abigail PadgettWhile battling her own depressive cycle after her old dog dies, Bo stays in a sub-acute facility out on the Kumeyaay reservation. The facility is run by Indians who specialize in this care. While there, Bo meets and become friends with a schizophrenic young man waiting for his meds to stabilize. He is murdered, but his young son, known as Moonbird is still there. Bo leaves the facility and steps back into her CPS investigative role and becomes involved with murders, the Indian culture, medical mega-business and plots within plots. As usual, just when you think you have it figured out, Padgett surprised you again. Many of the prior characters from the series are not present here. However, Estrella is now pregnant, and there is the continuation of the relationship between Bo and Dr. Andrew LaMarche.
Code of Resistance (Executioner #318)
by Don Pendleton Chuck RogersGENOCIDE Mack Bolan's mission is the quick retrieval of Stony Man commando Calvin James, who is intervening on behalf of an old friend and a just cause on a tiny Pacific island nation. Unofficially, Bolan just became the cavalry. The island is rich in precious metals and gems, the target of a global consortium run by a madman who's hired an army of mercenaries to protect the group's interest even if it means slaughtering every man, woman and child. The attack force consists of seasoned soldiers with state-of-the-art hardware and an order to level the island, if necessary. War has come to paradise. But so has the Executioner....
McNally's Risk
by Lawrence SandersFROM THE PUBLISHER The unbeatable master of suspense returns, in a wickedly wayward case of artists, models, and murder. If larceny is good for the soul, Palm Beach must be confidence heaven. - so discovers Lawrence Sanders's sleuth-about-town Archy McNally in his third boffo baffler, McNally's Risk. Hired by a formidable matron to investigate the shadowy bona fides of her bubble-headed son's beloved, Archy is wowed by the enigmatic innamorata's purity and pulchritude. But when the artist for whom she posed is killed, McNally's job takes on a decidedly dangerous turn, and he begins to suspect the demure damsel might be both a poser and a poseur. Fighting his way through copious deaths and fiendish scams, Archy pieces together elements of a strange and grisly puzzle, including: a sealed letter containing a horrifying secret; a nude dancer who knows more than she reveals; a missing portrait someone would kill for; and a butterfly tattoo in a very private place, which could be the key to the murder spree. Lawrence Sanders's latest Palm Beach thriller fairly sizzles with greed, glitz, gals, and gore. And it proves, once again, that Archy McNally is, as Cosmopolitan described him, "as amusing and rich as Dorothy Sayers' great creation, Lord Peter Wimsey."
I Knew You Would Call
by Kate AllenAt times hard to follow who is who and the relationships. Marta, coming out of a deep depression following an obsessive abusive relationship, gets innocently pulled into another similar dynamic via a woman she assisted on a psychic reading hotline. However, this relationship ends in a death and there is a child involved. Marta is sure that Polly is innocent and sets about proving so. Meanwhile, there are periodic intrusions from the skinhead gang living across the street from the large lesbian household. Some violence and sex.
To Wake the Dead
by Richard LaymonAmara was once the beautiful Princess of Egypt. Now, 4000 years later, she and her coffin are merely prized exhibits of the Charles Ward Museum. If you were to look at her today, you would see only a brittle bundle of bones and dried skin. But looks can be very deceiving, as Barney, the museum's night watchman, finds out. . . . Barney is the first to make the shocking discovery that the mummy's coffin has been broken open. But he doesn't have a chance to do anything about it. Amara is once again freed from the cramped confines of her coffin, free to walk the earth, free to stalk her prey. Free to kill. Nothing can satisfy her bloodlust. And no one can stop her. You cannot kill what is already dead.
The Last Laugh (Hardy Boys Casefiles #42)
by Franklin W. DixonFrom the back of the book: Attack of the Flame Fiend! A San Diego comic book convention turns into a real blast when guest speaker Barry Johns, legendary publisher of Zenith Comics, is kidnapped. But the Hardys can hardly believe their eyes. Johns is abducted by two characters straight off the illustrated page-the Human Dreadnought and Flame Fiend! Frank and Joe's investigation leads them into a confrontation with a rogues' gallery of comic book villains come to life, each armed with sinister, super- sophisticated powers. But the boys are determined to have the last laugh by unmasking the criminal mastermind behind the crazy comic book caper. ================ From inside the book: NO WAY OUT Powerful searchlights suddenly flooded the factory with blinding white light. Unable to see for a minute, the Hardys froze. Then they heard a metal door slide shut with an ominous clang. Shading his eyes with his hands, Joe peered out and saw that the only exit was blocked by a locked metal gate. Then his attention was caught by Whip Scorpion's shiny form as he stepped out of the darkness into the light. Whip Scorpion flicked his bullwhip with a sharp pop and brandished a ninja star in his other hand. Joe turned again as Flame Fiend appeared on the other side of them, shooting a burst of fire from his hand. "Now we settle accounts," a gravelly voice announced from behind the boys. Frank knew that voice. It belonged to the Human Dreadnought. The Hardys were surrounded.
The Gathering Storm
by Brian KelleherAmerica's top test pilots try to sneak America's newest weapon- the F-86 Sabre Jet into the skies over Korea.
Silent Heart
by Claire McnabFROM THE PUBLISHER Romantic fireworks from Claire McNab, whose dazzling Under the Southern Cross topped the bestseller lists, whose Carol Ashton mystery series has brought her international renown
McNally's Caper
by Lawrence SandersIn a popular series of books, P.I. Archy McNally, witty and raffish, tells how he solves crimes among the rich and famous in tony Palm Beach. In this bestseller, his father, an insurance executive, assigns the debonair detective to work undercover to identify the thief who has pilfered the Forsythe family's priceless first edition of Poe. The bon mots come thick and fast as the plot thickens. While narrator Adam Henderson has an admirably expressive voice, he is a bit too fey to impersonate our hero. In his mouth the quips sound forced, the characters cartoonish. Yet he grows on the listener as the tape spools on, and at last, though he may not be the McNally that Sanders has written, he is a McNally worth listening to. Y.R. © AudioFile 2003, Portland, Maine
The Outsider
by Penelope Williamsonfrom the back cover: A DAUGHTER OF THE FAITH - All through the years, Rachel Yoder had never been afraid, for the creed of the Plain People had been her strength. Then the day came when lawless men killed Rachel's husband in an act of blind greed. Now, in this long hour of fear, the outsider walked across her meadow and into her life. A STRANGER WITH A GUN: His name is Johnny Cain. He is bloody, near death, and packing two pistols and a knife. A man hardened by a violent past. Cain has never known someone like Rachel, a woman who offered him a chance to heal more than his physical wounds. A FORBIDDEN LOVE, Cain's lazy smile and teasing ways steal her heart and confound her soul. Soon Rachel is forced to choose between all she holds dear, her faith, her family, perhaps her very salvation, and the man they call the outsider.
A Beautiful Place to Die (Martha's Vineyard Mystery #1)
by Philip R. CraigAs a Boston cop, Jeff Jackson saw enough evil to last a lifetime. So he retired to the serenity of Martha's Vineyard. But when a local's boat explodes, and he is back in the investigative trade.
Lullaby and Goodnight
by Wendy Corsi StaubFROM THE BACK COVER HUSH LITTLE BABY, DON'T YOU CRY... At thirty-nine, Peyton Somerset has an enviable life, with a thriving advertising career and a beautiful Manhattan apartment. And now she's going to have the one thing she wants most-a baby. Peyton's biological clock went off just as her fiancé took off, leaving her at the altar. So Peyton's going it alone. Already, she's making plans for the little one inside her...buying the layette, daydreaming, and worrying over the littlest things. That's only natural. All mothers do. But Peyton has reason to worry. In fact, she has every reason to be terrified... MAMA WON'T BE SINGING ANY LULLABIES. As the months pass, Peyton can't help feeling that something is terribly wrong. She's certain that someone has been in her apartment, that she's being followed, that someone is watching her. Maybe it's just hormonal paranoia that makes her distrust everyone around her. Or maybe her maternal instincts are dead on. Maybe there's someone close who doesn't think she should give birth at all. Someone who would do anything to have a baby. Anything...
Picture Perfect
by Fern MichaelsFrom the back cover In the woods, a cunning killer is hiding evidence of his most recent crime. But his work interrupted by an unwelcome visitor..a little boy who has seen it all, and must be silenced. Pediatrician Lorrie Ryan has been looking forward to this camping trip with her seven-year-old nephew, Davey. It's a chance to let the hemophiliac boy spend time away from his nervous, overprotective parents and have the adventure he's always wanted. And Loi will be on hand to administer Davey's daily, life-sa\| dose of antigen. In the thick cover of woods, she ne| imagines they are not alone...or that their idyllic i will soon become a chilling nightmare of survival. In one shocking moment, Davey disappears. The local police find no trace of him, and a desperate Lorrie turns to the one man who can help FBI agent Sta Saunders. Now, the hunt is on for a child growl weaker by the minute...and a cruel predator whose twisted game of cat-and-mouse has only just begun. Well paced suspense and telling descriptions.
Fox Evil
by Minette Waltersnancy smith is a captain in the army, loves her adoptive parents and has no wish to find her natural parents, but her grandfather wants to find her. against nancy's better judgement she is drawn into the dangerous secrets surrounding her natural family.
Fright Wave (Hardy Boys Casefiles #40)
by Franklin W. DixonFrom the back of the book: Deadly undertow Surf's up in Hawaii, and the Hardy boys are riding a crime wave into danger! Somebody's trying to deep-six champion surfer Jade Roberts, and Frank and Joe are determined to keep her from going under. From Waikiki to Diamond Head, the Hardys find themselves in hot pursuit of a powerful crime boss. In the face of bullet-spraying motorboats and killer copters, they run the risk of suffering the worst wipeout of their lives! ================ From inside the book: CRASH COURSE Joe grabbed the edges of the floating surfboard and tried to lie on top of it, his legs dangling off the end. But the back of the board sank under his weight, and the front angled up out of the water. Then the whole thing shot out from under him, flew into the air, and splashed down a few feet away. Jade grinned and said, "Paddling is simple- staying on the board is the tricky part. Let me show you how." As she started to wade toward the surfboard, Joe noticed a large wave rolling in. He realized it was going to break almost on top of him, and he started to duck and cover his head with his arms. But as he did, he saw something else-a runaway surfboard tumbling through the rushing water, crashing straight down at Jade!