David Casarett – Murder at the House of Rooster Happiness
First in a series about The Ethical Chaing Mai Detective Agency rooted in Thailand where Ladarat Patalung is the nurse ethicist at Sriphat Hospital.
Carl Hiaasen – Razor Girl
Razor Girl is Merry Mansfield who is an expert at rear-ending target vehicles while shaving her cooch. Hiaasen is the master of the comic weird crime novel.
Michael Koryta – Rise The Dark
those who like novels sporting a touch of the supernatural, and characters who are willing to make momentous sacrifices for the greater good, will enjoy this novel.
Adam Mitzner – The Girl From Home
The Girl from Home is a tight well written suspense drama. A good thinking person s novel, it is definitely worth the read.
Terri Blackstock – If I Run
In this engaging and hard to put down thriller, questions of good and evil are illustrated, as are those of personal choice, strength, maintaining faith in the midst of adversity, and standing up for what is right.
Sara Blaedel – The Killing Forest
Having taken time to recover from a traumatic event, Louise Rick returns to the National Police to lead the Special Search Agency dealing with missing persons and criminal activity. She is assigned to investigate the disappearance of Sune, a 15 year-old boy believed to be in distress about the impending loss of his terminally ill mother.