Swan Peak by James Lee Burke

Swan Peak by James Lee Burke is the 17th book in the “A Dave Robicheaux” thriller series. Publisher: Simon & Schuster, July 2008 James Lee Burke’s new novel, Swan Peak, finds Detective Robicheaux far from his New Iberia roots, attempting to relax...

Foreign Body by Robin Cook

Foreign Body by Robin Cook.  Publisher: Putnam Adult, August 2008 A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends an idealistic UCLA medical student on a desperate search for answers, in this chilling tale from the master of the medical thriller. Jennifer...

Black Out by Lisa Unger

Black Out by Lisa Unger. Publisher: Shaye Areheart Books (Crown Publishing), May 2008 When my mother named me Ophelia, she thought she was being literary. She didn’t realize she was being tragic. On the surface, Annie Powers’s life in a wealthy Floridian suburb is...

Sail by James Patterson

Sail by James Patterson and Howard Roughan. Publisher: Little, Brown and Company, June 2008 Since the death of her husband, Anne Dunne and her three children have struggled in every way. In a last ditch effort to save the family, Anne plans an elaborate sailing...

Southern Poison by T. Lynn Ocean

Southern Poison by T. Lynn Ocean is the second book in the “Jersey Barnes,” mystery series. Publisher: Minotaur Books, September 2008 The last time Jersey Barnes tried to quit her career as a security specialist and leave home without a weapon, she ended...