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New for August 2008

Bitten to Death by Jennifer Rardin
Bordeaux Betrayal by Ellen Crosby
Cockatiels at Seven by Donna Andrews
Collision by Jeff Abbott
Death Angel by Linda Howard
Devil Bones by Kathy Reichs
Don’t Ever Tell by Brandon Massey
First Daughter by Eric Van Lustbader
Fisherman's Bend by Linda Greenlaw
Foreign Body by Robin Cook
Fractured by Karin Slaughter
Good People by Marcus Sakey
Hungry Ghosts by Susan Dunlap
Illegal Action by Stella Rimington
Into the Fire by Suzanne Brockmann
Jericho Point by Meg Gardiner
Killer View by Ridley Pearson
Legally Dead by Edna Buchanan
Mindhealer by Lilith Saintcrow
Occupational Hazards by Jonathan Segura
One of Those Malibu Nights by Elizabeth Adler
Rough Justice by Jack Higgins
Say Goodbye by Lisa Gardner
Scone Cold Dead by Kaitlyn Dunnett
Silent Thunder by Iris Johansen and Roy Johansen
Skeleton Lake by Mike Doogan
Smoke Screen by Sandra Brown
Starr Light (Book 2 in the Mystic Riders series) by R.E. Matheson
Swan Peak by James Lee Burke
The Age of The Conglomerates by Thomas Nevins
The Front by Patricia Cornwell
The Garden of Evil by David Hewson
The Jigsaw Man by Gord Rollo
The King’s Gold by Arturo Perez-Reverte
The Last Embrace by Denise Hamilton
The Olive Horseshoe by Ben F. Small
The Last Oracle by James Rollins
The Last Patriot by Brad Thor
The Likeness by Tana French
The Shadows by L.A. Banks
The Vision Quest - Book One: The age of Light by Deborah Pratt
Tribute by Nora Roberts
Two on the Hunt by Heather Hiestand
Underground by Kat Richardson
Vicious Circle by Mike Carey


July 2008

Abbeville by Jack Fuller
Ancient Laws by Jim Michael Hansen
Bella by Lisa Samson
Black and White and Dead All Over by John Darnton
Bobbie Faye's (Kinda, Sorta, Not-Exactly) Family Jewels by Toni McGee Causey
Chasing Darkness by Robert Crais
Crazy Fool Kills Five by Gwen Freeman
Damned, Delicious and Dangerous by Delilah Devlin, Lisa Renee Jones, Megan Kerans
Don't Tell a Soul by David Rosenfelt
Dragon and Liberator by Timothy Zahn
Escape from Amsterdam by Barrie Sherwood
Every Secret Crime by Doug M. Cunnings
Fall with Honor by E.E. Knight
Fool on the Hill by Morgan Hunt
Getting Even by Mitzi Szereto (Editor)
Highland Fire by Hannah Howell
I Shall Not Want by Julia Spencer-Fleming
Ink and Steel by Elizabeth Bear
Jaded by Karin Tabke
Leave It to Chance by Sherri Sand
Lovehampton by Sherri Rifkin
Mage-Guard of Hamor by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
Man Overboard by Lara Diamond
Medium of Murder Edited by Susan Budavari and Suzanne Flaig
Mission Canyon by Meg Gardiner
Moscow Rules by Daniel Silva
Nights in Black Leather by Noelle Mack
Null-A Continuum by John C. Wright
Occupational Hazards by Jonathan Segura
One With the Darkness by Susan Squires
Peach Blossom Pavilion by Mingmei Yip
Phantom in the Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon with Dianna Love
Saturn’s Children by Charles Stross
The Aztec Heresy by Paul Christopher
The Blood Detective by Dan Waddell
The Brimstone Murders by Jeff Sheratt
The Brimstone Murders by Jeff Sherratt
The Court of the Air by Stephen Hunt
The Elite by Jennifer Banash
The Fourth Watcher by Timothy Hallinan
The Front Porch Prophet by Raymond L. Atkins
The Maytrees by Annie Dillard
The Night Bird by Catherine Asaro
The Thieves of Faith by Richard Doetsch
The Time Engine by Sean McMullen
Too Little, Too Late by Victoria Christopher Murray
Trio by P.F. Kozak, Devyn Quinn, Jane Ledger
Tumbleweed by Jane Candia Coleman
Walk on the Wild Side by Christine Warren
Wash and Die by Barbara Colley
Washington's Lady by Nancy Moser
We All Fall Down by Simon Wood
What She Wants by Cathy Kelly


June 2008

A Fatal Waltz by Tasha Alexander
America the Beautiful by Laura Hayden
August Moon by Jess Lourey
Betraying Mikki by Jude Atkins
Bitter Pill by Stacey Klemstein
Blood Noir by Laurell K. Hamilton
Blue Smoke and Murder by Elizabeth Lowell
Chernobyl Murders by Michael Beres
China Lake by Meg Gardiner
Cold Plague by Daniel Kalla
Delusion by Peter Abrahams
Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer
High Marks for Murder by Rebecca Kent
Killing Bridezilla by Laura Levine
Las Vegas Noir Edited by Jarret Keene and Todd James Pierce
New Moon by Stephenie Meyer
No One Left to Tell by Jordon Dane
Not in the Flesh by Ruth Rendell
Nothing to Lose by Lee Child
Odd Hours by Dean Koontz
Old Flames by Jack Ketchum
Paint it Black by Michelle Perry
Scream For Me by Karen Rose
Shadow of Light by James E. Cherry
Shadow of Power by Steve Martini
South by South Bronx by Abraham Rodriguez
Spectre by Phaedra Weldon
The Betrayal by Kathleen O’Neal Geer and W. Michael Geer
The Broken Window by Jeffery Deaver
The Dark of Day by Barbara Parker
The Deal by  Adam Gittlin
The Dirty Secrets Club by Meg Gardiner
The Host by Stephenie Meyer
The Julius House by Charlaine Harris
The Murder Notebook by Jonathan Santlofer
The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds
The Prodigal Nun by Aimee and David Thurlo
The Reapers by John Connolly
The Seven Sins: The Tyrant Ascending by Jon Land
The Whole Truth by David Baldacci
Toronto Noir Edited by Janine Armin and Nathaniel G. Moore
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

 

May 2008

A Dog Among Diplomats by J. F. Englert
A River To Die For by Radine Trees Nehring
Blood Trail by C.J. Box
By Reason Of Insanity by Randy Singer
Careless in Red by Elizabeth George
Clubbed to Death by Elaine Viets
Cruel Zinc Melodies by Glen Cook
Dawn’s Light by Terri Blackstock
Dying Breath by Wendy Corsi Staub
Flight to Freedom by D.J. Wilson
Free Fall by Laura Anne Gilman
From Dead to Worse by Charlaine Harris
If You Ever Tell by Carlene Thompson
In a Dark Season by Vicki Lane
Island of Lost Girls by Jennifer McMahon
Lost Prince by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Murder Can Crash Your Party by Selma Eichler
Murder's Madness by Alex Mathews
Perfect Poison by Joyce and Jim Lavene
Phantom Prey by John Sandford
Poisoned Tarts by G.A. McKevett
Sister Pellagia and the Black Monk by Boris Akunin
Streets of Fire by Troy Soos
The Chick and the Dead by Casey Daniels
The Cold Spot by Tom Piccirilli
The Darkest Kiss by Keri Arthur
The Edge of Reason by Melinda Snodgrass
The Ghost and the Femme Fatale by Alice Kimberly
The Hollow by Nora Roberts
The Price of Blood by Declan Hughes
The Vampire’s Betrayal by Raven Hart
The Wolfman by Nicholas Pekearo
Twisted by Andrea Kane
What Burns Within by Sandra Ruttan
Where Are You Now? by Mary Higgins Clark


April 2008

Avalanche by Patrick F. McManus
A Reunion to Die For by Lauren Carr
Bad Blood by L.A. Banks
Boneyard by Michelle Gagnon
Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana by Anne Rice
Corpse Pose by Diana Killian
Daughter of York by Anna Easter Smith
Death Walked In by Carolyn Hart
French Pressed by Cleo Coyle
Getting Away Is Deadly by Sara Rosett
God's Spy by Juan Gomez-Jurado
Guilty by Karen Robards
House of Whispers by Margaret Lucke
In the Earth Abides the Flame by Russell Kirkpatrick
Judas Horse by April Smith
Lost Souls by Lisa Jackson
Matter by Iain M. Banks
Murder Is Binding by Lorna Barrett
Murder of a Chocolate Covered Cherry by Denise Swanson
Nightshade by Susan Wittig Albert
No One Heard Her Scream by Jordan Dane
People of the Weeping Eye by W. Michael Gear and Kathleen O’Neal Gear
Personal Demon by Kelley Armstrong
Poison Pen by Sheila Lowe
Poison Sleep by T.A. Pratt
Random Victim by Michael A. Black
Santa Fe Dead by Stuart Woods
Separated at Death by Sheldon Rusch
Sepulchre by Kate Mosse
Smoke & Mirrors by John Ramsey Miller
South of Shiloh by Chuck Logan
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy
The Amateur Spy by Dan Fesperman
The Atlantis Prophesy by Thomas Greanias
The Bible of Clay by Julia Navarro
The Crystal Skull by Manda Scott
The Dark Lantern by Gerri Brightwell
The Forgery of Venus by Michael Gruber
The Genius by Jesse Kellerman
The Hunted by Rachel Lee
The Orpheus Deception by David Stone
The Rosetta Key by William Dietrich
The Third Circle by Amanda Quick
Trouble in Bloom by Heather Webber
Wicked City by Ace Atkins
Winter Study by Nevada Barr

March 2008

A Flaw in the Blood by Stephanie Barron
Angel's Fall by Baron R. Birtcher
Another Thing to Fall by Laura Lippman
A Scent In the Night by Isabella Montwright
Bangkok Laws by Jim Michael Hansen
Betrayed by J.M. Windle
Biting the Bullet by Jennifer Rardin
Black Widow by Randy Wayne White
Blasphemy by Douglas J. Preston
Blind Fall by Christopher Rice
Bone Song by John Meaney
By Reason of Privilege by Frank Caceres, Ph.D
Calumet City by Charlie Newton
Carrot Cake Murder by Joanne Fluke
Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult
Charley’s Web by Joy Fielding
Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz
Daughter of York by Anna Easter Smith
Dead Heat by Joel C. Rosenberg
Dead Time by Stephen White
Delicate Chaos by Jeff Buick
Demons Are a Ghoul’s Best Friend by Victoria Laurie
Duma Key by Stephen King
Fire Study by Maria V. Snyder
Freefall by JoAnn Ross
Guns Will Keep Us Together by Leslie Langtry
Hero's Often Fail by Frank Zafiro
House of Cards by C.E. Murphy
If Not For You by JL Wilson
Killer Heat by Linda A. Fairstein
Lifelines by C.J. Lyons
Murder Melts in Your Mouth by Nancy Martin
Shadow Waltz by Amy Patricia Meade
Smoldering Embers by Christine McKay
St. Bart's Breakdown by Don Bruns
The Accident Man by Tom Cain
The Dark Lantern by Gerri Brightwell
The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross
The Eye of Jade by Diane Wei Liang
The Hard Way by Carol Lea Benjamin
The Invisible by Andrew Britton
The Liar's Diary by Patry Francis
The Magdalene Chronicles by Suzen Wuerth
The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black
Voodoo Laws by Jim Michael Hansen

February 2008

A Bone To Pick by Charlaine Harris
Alibi in High Heels by Gemma Halliday
Anna’s Secret by Jude Atkins
As The World Churns by Tamar Myers
Back to Haunt You by Kate Hill
Black Cats and Boondoggles by Janice Bennett
Betrayal by John Lescroart
Beyond Eden by S.L. Linnea
Black Widow by Laurie Breton
Chile Con Corpses by J.B. Stanley
Creation in Death by Nora Roberts writing as J.D. Robb
Cruel Cuts by John Lindermuth
Cutting Loose by Tara Janzen
Final Curtain by R. T. Jordan
Fire Owl by Gerald W. Mills
Ghost of a Chance by Kate Marsh
Hand of Evil by J.A. Jance
Havana Noir Edited by Achy Obejas
Hooked Up by Joyce and Jim Lavene
Ice Trap by Kitty Sewell
Killer Mousse by Melinda Wells
L.A. Outlaws by T. Jefferson Parker
Last Call by James Grippando
Midnight Reign by Chris Marie Green
Pushing Up Daisies by Rosemary Harris
Shadow Music by Julie Garwood
Sins of the Assassin by Robert Ferrigno
Some Like it Hot-Buttered by Jeffrey Cohen
Stranger in Paradise by Robert B. Parker
Strangers in Death by J.D. Robb
The Abyssinian Proof by Jenny White
The Anatomy of Deception by Lawrence Goldstone
The Deadliest Strain by Jan Coffey
The First Patient by Michael Palmer
The Ghost War by Alex Berenson
The Mortal Groove by Ellen Hart
The Murder Game by Beverly Barton
The Poisoner of Ptah by P.C. Doherty
The Purrfect Murder by Rita Mae Brown & Sneaky Pie Brown
The Shanghai Tunnel by Sharan Newman
The Thieves of Faith by Richard Doetsch
Thugs and Kisses by Sue Ann Jaffarian
Thunder Moon by Lori Handeland
Vienna Blood by Frank Tallis
Wash and Die by Barbara Colley
Wild Inferno by Sandi Ault

January 2008

A Bucket of Ashes by P.B. Ryan
A Rush of Wings by Adrian Phoenix
Across The Face Of The World by Russell Kirkpatrick
Another One Bites The Dust by Jennifer Rardin
Beverly Hills Dead by Stuart Woods
Bleeding Kansas by Sara Paretsky
Blood Dreams by Kay Hooper
Capitol Conspiracy by William Bernhardt
Deadly Climb by Teri Thackston
Death Song by Michael McGarrity
Dragon Harper by Anne McCaffrey & Todd McCaffrey
Getting Old is to Die For by Rita Lakin
Grounds for Murder by Sandra Balzo
Half the Blood of Brooklyn by Charlie Huston
Keepers of the Flame by Robin D. Owens
Monday Night Jihad by Jason Elam & Steve Yohn
Oscar Wilde and a Death of No Importance by Gyles Brandreth
Ranch Hideout by Julia Daniels
Robert Ludlam's The Arctic Event by James Cobb
Salt River by James Sallis
Sizzle and Burn by Jayne Ann Krentz
Solemnly Swear by Nancy Moser
Something in Common by John Lindermuth
State of the Onion by Julie Hyzy
Stone Cold by David Baldacci
Strike the Dragon by Charles Dyer and Mark Tobey
Sucker Bet by Erin McCarthy
The Book of Old Houses by Sarah Graves
The Crazy School by Cornelia Read
The Devil’s Footprints by John Burnside
The Good Liar by La
ura Caldwell
The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky
The Serpent’s Daughter by Suzanne Arruda
The Serpent’s Tale by Ariana Franklin
Touchstone by Laurie R. King
Winter in Madrid by C.J. Sansom

 

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