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...

A Case of Imagination by Jane Tesh

A Case of Imagination by Jane Tesh is the first book in the “Maclin Investigations” cozy mystery series.  Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press, February 2006  On this nice July morning in Parkland, North Carolina, the office of Madeline Maclin Investigations might as well...

The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner

The Neighbor by Lisa Gardner is the third book that features Boston Sergeant Detective D.D. Warren.  Publisher: Bantam, June 2009 This is what happened… It was a case guaranteed to spark a media feeding frenzy—a young mother, blond and pretty, disappears without a...