Holiday Buzz by Cleo Coyle

Holiday Buzz by Cleo Coyle is the 12th book in the “Coffeehouse” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley, December 2012 Holiday time is party time in New York City, but after a sparkling winter bash ends with a murder, Village Blend coffeehouse manager Clare...

A Novel Way to Die by Ali Brandon

A Novel Way to Die by Ali Brandon is the second book in the “Black Cat Bookshop” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime, November 2012 Darla Pettistone may have inherited her great aunt Dee’s Brooklyn bookstore, but it’s the store’s mascot—an...

Get Fluffy by Sparkle Abbey

Get Fluffy by Sparkle Abbey is the second book in the “Pampered Pets” mystery series. Publisher: Bell Bridge Books, March 2012 Disgraced Texas beauty queen, Melinda (Mel) Langston, owns Laguna Beach’s Bow Wow Boutique. Mona Michaels, Mel’s most...

Sleep No More by Iris Johansen

Sleep No More by Iris Johansen is the 12th book in the “Eve Duncan” forensics thriller series. Publisher: St. Martin’s Press, October 2012 Forensic sculptor Eve Duncan knows what it’s like to be haunted by the past. For years after her daughter...

Fatal Deception by Marie Force

Fatal Deception by Marie Force is book #5 in the “Fatal” romantic suspense series. Publisher: Carina Press, November 2012 The wife of the White House deputy chief of staff has been beaten to death, and their one-year-old daughter is missing. D.C. Police...

Collared by L.A. Kornetsky

Collared by L.A. Kornetsky is the first book in the “Gin & Tonic” mystery series. Publisher: Gallery Books, November 2012 They rely on animal instincts. Meet “Gin” and “Tonic.” She’s a dog person. He’s a cat person. But when these two friendly rivals...