Stay At Home Dead by Jeffrey Allen

Stay At Home Dead by Jeffrey Allen is the first book in the new “Stay at Home” mystery series. Publisher: Kensington, January 2012 It’s a day like any other for Deuce Winters, a stay-at-home dad in sleepy Rose Petal, Texas, where he and his three-year-old...

Wild Wild Death by Casey Daniels

Wild Wild Death by Casey Daniels is the 8th book in the “Pepper Martin” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin), January 2012 Ex-cemetery tour guide and reluctant medium Pepper Martin is dying for a break from communicating with the...

An Appetite For Murder by Lucy Burdette

An Appetite For Murder by Lucy Burdette is the first book in the new “Key West Food Critic” mystery series. Publisher: Obsidian (Penguin), January 2012 Hayley Snow’s life has always revolved around food—she loves cooking it, eating it, and, most of...

Plan Bee by Hannah Reed

Plan Bee by Hannah Reed is the third book in the “Queen Bee” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin), January 2012 The townspeople of Moraine, Wisconsin, should be feeling festive during Harmony Festival. But when everything starts going...

Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy

Affairs of Steak by Julie Hyzy is the fifth book in the “White House Chef” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin), January 2012 White House executive chef Olivia Paras just wants to create first-class cuisine for the First Family....

The Fifth Victim by Zoe Sharp

The Fifth Victim by Zoe Sharp is the ninth book in the “Charlie Fox” thriller series. Publisher: Pegasus, January 2012 The only thing more terrifying than fighting for your life is fighting for someone else’s. Bodyguard and ex-Special Forces soldier...