Phantom Instinct by Meg Gardiner

Phantom Instinct by Meg Gardiner is a new stand-alone thriller where an injured cop and an ex-thief hunt down a killer nobody else believes exist. Publisher: Dutton, June 2014 When shots ring out in a crowded L.A. club, bartender Harper Flynn watches helplessly as her...

Ill-Gotten Panes by Jennifer McAndrews

Ill-Gotten Panes by Jennifer McAndrews is the first book in the new “Stained-Glass” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, July 2014 Stained-glass aficionado Georgia Kelly packed up her city life for the quiet of small town Wenwood, New York. But the sleepy...

Book Clubbed by Lorna Barrett

Book Clubbed by Lorna Barrett is the 8th book in the “Booktown” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, July 2014 New York Times bestselling author Lorna Barrett is back in town—Booktown, that is—with another page-turning mystery. This time bookstore owner...

My Musing ~ Supreme Justice by Max Allan Collins

Supreme Justice by Max Allan Collins; published by Thomas & Mercer, July 2014 After taking a bullet for his commander-in-chief, Secret Service agent Joseph Reeder is a hero. But his outspoken criticism of the president he saved—who had stacked the Supreme Court...

My Musing ~ The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo

The Dead Will Tell by Linda Castillo is the sixth book in the Kate Burkholder thriller series. Publisher: Minotaur, July 2014 Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets...

The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day

The Black Hour by Lori Rader-Day. Publisher: Seventh Street Books, July 2014 For Chicago sociology professor Amelia Emmet, violence was a research topic–until a student she’d never met shot her. He also shot himself. Now he’s dead and she’s...