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Ashes and Bones:  Cameron, Dana.

Enjoying her job at a respected university and the love of her devoted husband, archaeologist Emma Fielding is stunned when an unknown enemy launches an insidious campaign of personal terror against her as part of a plot to destroy her reputation, her career, and her character, and embarks on a personal investigation to find the culprit responsible.

ORDER # MAT-1   $16-90   ISBN 0060554673 

 

Back to School Murder:  Meier, Leslie.

Struggling with her job, night classes, and the responsibilities of single parenthood, sometime sleuth Lucy Stone investigates the bombing of the local elementary school, which has resulted in a death and the implication of a teacher.

ORDER # MAT-2   $16-90   ISBN 1575663309 

 

The Burglar Who Studied Spinoza:  Block, Lawrence.

An instalment of the best-selling series finds the intrepid Bernie Rhodenbarr uncovering some deadly competition as someone following his nocturnal activities enters the luxury Chelsea brownstone of Herb and Wanda Colcannon after Bernie has left and commits murder, a crime in which Bernie now becomes the prime suspect.

ORDER # MAT-3   $16-90   ISBN 0060872764 

 

The Chocolate Bridal Bash:  Carl, Jo Anna.

Determined to smooth things over with her mother before her impending nuptials, after her aunt reveals a startling secret, bride-to-be Lee McKinney vows to solve the decades-old mystery surrounding the apparent suicide of her mother's fiancé.

ORDER # MAT-4   $16-90   ISBN 045121918X 

 

The Cinco de Mayo Murder:  Harris, Lee.

During a sightseeing trip to Arizona, Christine Bennett is reunited with the mother of a former high-school classmate, Heinz Gruner, who had died while hiking Picacho Peak twenty years earlier, only to discover that, despite police claims that the death had been an accident, his mother firmly believes that the young man had been murdered and asks Christine to investigate.

ORDER # MAT-5   $16-90   ISBN 0345475976 

 

Cinnamon Kiss:  Mosley, Walter.

Facing unprecedented financial troubles when his daughter requires a medical treatment, Easy Rawlins takes a job tracking down a missing attorney and legal assistant, but when the assignment proves more complicated than anticipated, Easy wonders about the integrity of his employer.

ORDER # MAT-6   $16-90   ISBN 0446612723 

 

Dead Man Docking:  Daheim, Mary.

When the pre-launch party for their anticipated cruise is interrupted by the murders of the cruise line owner and two additional victims, Judith and Renie find themselves prowling the hilly streets of San Francisco in a case that is complicated by the perpetually intoxicated interference of two fellow travellers.

ORDER # MAT-7   $16-90   ISBN 0060566507 

 

A Deadly Yarn:  Sefton, Maggie.

When their friend Allison, an up-and-coming artist, gets a job in New York City, Kelly and Megan, arriving at Allison's apartment to take her to the airport, discover her dead body, and when the police rule the death as suicide, Kelly and Megan vow to unravel this tangled mystery of jealousy, betrayal, and murder.

ORDER # MAT-8   $16-90   ISBN 0425207072 

 

Judgment of the Grave:  Taylor, Sarah Stewart.

Harvard art historian and gravestone expert Sweeney St. George joins forces with Cambridge homicide detective Tim Quinn to investigate a mysterious corpse found dressed in a Revolutionary War-era British soldier's uniform, a case that could tie a 1775 disappearance of a militiaman with a modern-day missing persons case.

ORDER # MAT-9   $16-90   ISBN 0312940165 

 

The Guns of Heaven:  Hamill, Pete.

In exchange for an exclusive interview with an Ulster rebel, Sam Briscoe, a reporter from New York, agrees to take a small package back to the United States, unaware that it will involve him in kidnapping and murder.

ORDER # MAT-10   $16-90   ISBN 0843955953 

 

Long Time Gone:  Jance, J.A.

Investigating a long-unsolved murder when a nun witness uncovers blocked memories, Special Homicide Investigation Team member J.P. Beaumont infiltrates a band of powerful conspirators who will go to any lengths to hide the truth, in a case that is complicated when his former partner is charged with murder.

ORDER # MAT-11   $18-50   ISBN 0380724359 

 

The Mournful Teddy:  Lamb, John J.

When retired cop Brad Lyon finds a dead body during the Shenandoah Valley Teddy Extravaganza, he discovers that the victim was linked to the Mourning Bear, a $150,000 bear created to commemorate the sinking of the Titanic, and that the local cops do not want his help.

ORDER # MAT-12   $16-90   ISBN 0425211126 

 

Murder Most Frothy:  Coyle, Cleo.

After accepting a position at millionaire David Mintzer's estate, coffeehouse manager Claire Cosi needs a serious infusion of caffeine when she arrives in the Hamptons with her family in tow only to be met with murder when an employee winds up dead after trying to kill David.

ORDER # MAT-13   $16-90   ISBN 0425211134 

 

Murder of a Real Bad Boy:  Swanson, Denise.

When a hunky contractor, who has a reputation for conning the ladies, turns up dead, Skye Denison, deciding that even bad boys deserve justice, sets out to find the killer while dealing with an overly amorous police chief, a dodgy brother, and a haunted house.

ORDER # MAT-14   $16-90   ISBN 0451218280 

 

One Hex of a Wedding:  Galenorn, Yasmine.

When her fiancé is wounded by a gunshot after an altercation with her ex-husband Ray, medium Emerald O'Brien, believing that her impending wedding is cursed, sets out to clear Ray's name and expose a twisted stalker who is terrorizing her maid of honor.

ORDER # MAT-15   $16-90   ISBN 0425211177 

 

The Old Silent:  Grimes, Martha.

Superintendent Richard Jury and his old friend Melrose Plant investigate the death of Roger Healy at the Old Silent Inn, an investigation hampered by the silence of the dead man 's wife.

ORDER # MAT-16   $16-90   ISBN 0451412079 

 

P.I. on a Hot Tin Roof:  Smith, Julie.

Going undercover as a housekeeper in the home of a corrupt judge, who is suspected of setting up those who would expose his illegal activities, Talba Wallis locates evidence about a network of bribes and kickbacks but finds the case complicated by the judge's innocent young fiancée.

ORDER # MAT-17   $16-90   ISBN 0765351145 

 

The Pink Panther Gets Lucky:  Cerasini

Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau of the Paris Police Bureau is called in to investigate the disappearance of a priceless diamond and the starlet who had been wearing it during a Las Vegas magic show, and joins forces with "Junkyard" Bob Convoy, an American private detective and bounty hunter, to find the culprit responsible.

ORDER # MAT-18   $16-90   ISBN 0060793295 

 

A Play of Knaves:  Frazer, Margaret.

In the spring of 1435, Joliffe and his acting troupe arrive in the village of Ashewell to investigate a rivalry between the town's three wealthy families that takes a deadly turn before the final act.

ORDER # MAT-19   $16-90   ISBN 0425211118 

 

A Pour Way to Dye:  Myers, Tim.

Benjamin Perkins finds himself in a very slippery situation when the jeweller next door who, claiming that he won the land on which the Perkins family 's soap boutique stands in a poker game years ago, is found dead clutching a bar of handmade soap in his hand.

ORDER # MAT-20   $16-90   ISBN 0425211150 

 

Raining Cats & Dogs:  Berenson, Laurien.

When her dog Faith is accepted into the prestigious program at Winston Pumpernill Nursing Home, Melanie Travis gets more than she bargains for when their first outing to this residence full of senior pet lovers results in murder.

ORDER # MAT-21   $16-90   ISBN 0758208146 

 

Sacred Cows:  Olson, Karen E.

Covering the murder of a Yale student who worked evenings as a high-priced escort, police reporter Annie Seymour finds her investigation into the murder compromised by her stonewalling cop boyfriend, an incompetent cub reporter, and a far-reaching network of corruption.

ORDER # MAT-22   $16-90   ISBN 0446616850 

 

Shadow Man:  Doss, James D.

When a local prosecutor is killed by a sniper while dining at an exclusive Granite Creek, Colorado, restaurant, a nearby witness, orthodontist Manfred Blinkoe, who claims that the bullet had been intended for him, hires Charlie Moon and his Ute shaman Aunt Daisy to uncover the truth, but the case is complicated by the murder of Charlie's client.

ORDER # MAT-23   $16-90   ISBN 0312936648 

 

Stalking the Puzzle Lady:  Hall, Parnell.

Puzzle Lady Cora Felton is confronted by a stalker who is using her own crossword column to follow her every move, a situation complicated by her niece Sherry's domestic crisis involving her ex-husband and new bride, as she races against time to unmask a killer.

ORDER # MAT-24   $16-90   ISBN 0553587633 

 

An Unmentionable Murder:  Kingsbury, Kate.

As Major Earl Monroe flies over Germany and occupied France, Elizabeth Hartleigh Compton, working to track down Martin, the elderly butler, and several pairs of ladies' undergarments, must convince the police that foul-tempered Clyde Morgan's death was not suicide, but murder.

ORDER # MAT-25   $16-90   ISBN 0425211142 

 

 
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