Mama Rides Shotgun by Deborah Sharp

Mama Rides Shotgun by Deborah Sharp is the second book in the “Mace Bauer” mystery series.  Publisher: Midnight Ink, July 2009 Trouble on the trail Mama’s fixin’ to get hitched to Husband #5. But first, she coerces her daughter, Mace (Mason Elizabeth B...

One Deadly Sin by Annie Solomon

One Deadly Sin by Annie Solomon features Eden Swanford who goes back home to Redbud, TN, to right a wrong done to her father many years ago.  Publisher: Forever (Grand Central Publishing), May 2009 Revenge. Edie Swann has hungered for it since she fled her hometown as...

Black Hills by Nora Roberts

Black Hills by Nora Roberts features Lillian Chance and Cooper Sullivan in this romantic suspense tale.  Publisher: Putnam, July 2009 A summer at his grandparents’ South Dakota ranch is not eleven-year-old Cooper Sullivan’s idea of a good time. But things are a bit...

The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis

The Diva Takes the Cake by Krista Davis is the second book in the “Domestic Diva” mystery series.  Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin); June 2009 Sophie Winston’s sister, Hannah, is getting married—again! And if you ask Sophie, her future...

By Hook or by Crook by Betty Hechtman

By Hook or by Crook by Betty Hechtman is the third book in the “Crochet” mystery series.  Publisher: Berkely Prime Crime (Penguin), June 2009 Yarnaholic Molly Pink has become known in Tarzana, California, for her sleuthing skills, thanks for the help of...

The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews

The Penguin Who Knew Too Much by Donna Andrews is the eighth book in the “Meg Langslow” mystery series.  Publisher: St. Martin’s Minotaur, August 2007 Okay, maybe there are people in Antarctica with penguins in their basements, but in Virginia?  Only Meg’s dad...