Paper, Scissors, Death by Joanna Campbell Slan

Paper, Scissors, Death by Joanna Campbell Slan is the first book in the new “Kiki Lowenstein Scrap-N-Craft” mystery series.  Publisher: Midnight Ink, September 2008 Every scrapbook tells a story. Memories of friends, family . . .and murder? Mousy housewife Kiki...

Whisper to the Blood by Dana Stabenow

Whisper to the Blood by Dana Stabenow is the sixteenth book in the “Kate Shugak” mystery series.  Publisher: Minotaur Books, February 2009 Inside Alaska’s biggest national park, around the town of Niniltna, a gold mining company has started buying up land. The...

Dare to Die by Carolyn Hart

Dare to Die by Carolyn Hart is the 19th book in the “Death on Demand” mystery series. Publisher: William Morrow, March 2009 She came in the rain. Alone. On a bicycle. Annie and Max Darling are completely unprepared when the arrival of a mysterious young woman shocks...

Smart Girls Think Twice by Cathie Linz

Smart Girls Think Twiceby Cathie Linz is the third book in the “Rock Creek” romance series.  Publisher: Berkley Sensation (Penguin), January 2009 Sociologist Emma Riley’s new research project depends on a sexy bartender who wants nothing to do with her project—and...

Fat Chance by Rhonda Pollero

Fat Chance by Rhonda Pollero is the third book in the “Finley Anderson Tanner” mystery series.  Publisher: Pocket, March 2009 The difference between the wrath of God and the wrath of your mother is that eventually God forgives you. Finley Anderson Tanner just landed a...

Hounding the Pavement by Judi McCoy

Hounding The Pavement by Judi McCoy is the first book in the “Ellie Engleman, Dog Walker” mystery series.  Publisher: Signet, March 2009 Meet Ellie Engleman, psychic dog-walker The newest dog-walker on Manhattan’s Upper East Side has a talent—she can hear what her...