FICTION
Released: Aug. 8, 2012
A financial consultant, back in Washington years after the suicide of her congressman husband, battles a hydra-headed extragovernmental agency whose existence she's only dimly aware of.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"First in a planned series inspired by the author's many trips to France. The mystery is less complex than the heroine, who's nearly as appealing as the descriptions of the wine district."
An NYPD detective, in France to attend a wedding, finds herself investigating a murder as well.
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FICTION
Released: Aug. 7, 2012
"In a radical departure from her scrapbooking series (Ready, Scrap, Shoot, 2012, etc.), Slan refashions a beloved heroine as a surprisingly canny detective. Her stylistic imitation of Charlotte Brontë is seasoned with a dash of social commentary and plenty of suspects to mull over."
FICTION
Released: July 18, 2012
"The unlikely ending of Lexie's third (The Extinguished Guest, 2010, etc.) caps the escapades of a sleuth many readers may find annoying at best."
The haunted-house tour a 50-ish Kansas widow and her significant other plan at his inn provides more jolts than they bargained for.
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FICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"As if all the complications aren't enough, Burke, in his latest attempt to outdo himself, ties the Gulf oil spill to art fraud, sexual slavery and Nazis. A darkly magnificent treat for Dave's legion of admirers, though not the best place for newcomers to begin."
Great news for readers who feared that Burke had left Iberia Parish Sheriff's Deputy Dave Robicheaux dying at the end of
The Glass Rainbow (2010); Dave and his old friend Clete Purcel are back for an even more heaven-storming round of homicide, New Orleans–style.
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FICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"As absorbing, episodic and self-congratulatory as a season of Mad Men, though with more felonies and inferior costumes and hairdos. A sequel is promised. "
TV judge Pirro's first foray into fiction follows a Westchester County Assistant District Attorney through two slam-bang years as she battles rapists, killers and fellow pillars of law enforcement.
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FICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"Once again, Tremayne (The Chalice of Blood, 2011, etc.) presents a detailed, readable depiction of life in ancient times with a clever mystery neatly woven into the plot."
In a flashback to the days before she married, Sister Fidelma of Cashel has a wild adventure in A.D. 664 Italy.
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FICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"The cast of characters provides both pleasant entertainment and enough suspects to yield a challenging mystery."
FICTION
Released: July 17, 2012
"Austin's debut kicks off her planned series by introducing a quirky, feisty heroine and a great supporting cast of characters and putting them through quite a number of interesting twists."
When a part-time college student's friend disappears, she does everything in her power to find him.
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FICTION
Released: July 10, 2012
"A promising kickoff to a planned trilogy. For Winters (Bedbugs, 2011, etc.), the beauty is in the details rather than the plot's grim main thrust."
FICTION
Released: July 6, 2012
"Nonstop but low-level malfeasance, conscientious sleuthing and--by far the best feature--an unruffled look at life on a South Indian country plantation where even outrageous events aren't that far from the norm."
FICTION
Released: July 3, 2012
"In a departure from his fantasy Dragonlance series (Dark Thane, 2003, etc.), Crook presents a dark and creepy mystery with a brave but deeply flawed heroine. A promising series kickoff, even though it telegraphs the killer early."
A camera purchased by Jackie Lyons, former Memphis vice detective, photographer and recovering junkie, lands her in the center of a major murder case.
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