Carpe Bead ‘Em by Tonya Kappes

Carpe Bead ‘Em by Tonya Kappes. Publisher: Tonya Kappes, May 2011 Orphaned at a young age, Hallie Mediate was raised by her (slightly) crazy Great Aunt Grace on the wrong side of the tracks in Cincinnati. Hallie dreamed of escaping her hometown and never looking back....

Bel-Air Dead by Stuart Woods

Bel-Air Dead by Stuart Woods is the 20th book in the “Stone Barrington” suspense series. Publisher: Putnam, April 2011 In the Bel-Air district of Los Angeles, one of America’s wealthiest and most star-infested communities, Stone Barrington comes face-to-face with his...

Dead By Midnight by Carolyn Hart

Dead By Midnight by Carolyn Hart is the 21st book in the “Death on Demand” mystery series. Publisher: William Morrow, March 2011 Solving puzzles comes naturally to Annie Darling, cheerful owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore on the lovely sea island of...

The Wedding Shawl by Sally Goldenbaum

The Wedding Shawl by Sally Goldenbaum is the fifth book in the “Seaside Knitting” mystery series. Publisher: Obsidian (Penguin), May 2011 Izzy Chamber’s heart is full but her stomach is in knots. She’s about to marry Sam Perry, the love of her...

Make, Take, Murder by Joanna Campbell Slan

Make, Take, Murder by Joanna Campbell Slan is the fourth book in the “Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft” mystery series. Publisher: Midnight Ink, May 2011 Dumpster diving for her lost paycheck is definitely the low point of Kiki Lowenstein’s day—that is, until she...

Choke by Kaye George

Choke by Kaye George is the first book in the new “Imogene Duckworthy” mystery series. Publisher: Mainly Murder Press, May 2011 Twenty-two-year-old Imogene Duckworthy is waiting tables at Huey’s Hash to support her toddler daughter in tiny Saltlick,...