A Date You Can’t Refuse by Harley Jane Kozak

A Date You Can’t Refuse by Harley Jane Kozak is the fourth book in the “Wollie Shelley” mystery series.  Publisher: Broadway, March 2009 Serial dater and greeting-card artist Wollie Shelley goes undercover in a media-training company suspected of video piracy,...

The Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz

The Revenge of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz is the third book in “The Spellman Books” mystery series.  Publisher: Simon & Schuster, March 2009 YOU THOUGHT YOUR LIFE WAS COMPLICATED Private investigator Isabel Spellman is back on the case and back on the...

Corked by Cabernet by Michele Scott

Corked by Cabernet by Michele Scott is the fifth book in the “Wine Lover’s” mystery series. Publisher: Berkley Prime Crime (Penguin), February 2009 Nikki Sands, manager of the Malveaux Estates in Napa Valley—and girlfriend of the owner—is blissfully happy. Until a...

The Lover’s Knot by Clare O’Donohue

The Lover’s Knot by Clare O’Donohue is the first book in the new “Someday Quilts” mystery series.  Publisher: Plume (Penguin), September 2008 YOUNG, HIP, AND HEARTBROKEN—NELL PICKS UP THE PIECES OF HER LIFE AND PIECES TOGETHER CLUES FOR AN UNSOLVED MURDER...

Seeing Red by Susan Crandall

Seeing Red by Susan Crandall. Publisher: Forever, February 2009 Ellis Greene remembers very little about the night of her cousin Laura’s murder, but she does recall the face of the murderer. Ellis was the key witness to the crime, and her testimony helped put...

Nutcase by Charlotte Hughes

Nutcase by Charlotte Hughes is the second book in the “Kate Holly” mystery series.  Publisher: Jove (Penguin), February 2009 Psychologist Kate Holly is about to get evicted from her office, and her best option may be to share space with her jacuzzi-loving...