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Dead reckoning (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #11)
By Charlaine Harris. 2011
After a Molotov cocktail sets fire to Merlotte's bar and Sookie and Sam barely escape, they investigate who targeted them--and…
why. Meanwhile Eric, who has issues of his own, arrives on the scene. Some violence, some strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011
Raylan: A Novel
By Elmore Leonard. 2012
Someone removes a small-time Kentucky pot dealer's kidneys, then offers to sell them back. U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens's investigations into…
this and connected crimes uncover a transplant nurse gone bad, a coldhearted mine-company lawyer, and a poker-playing college girl. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2012
Living proof (A Charles Resnick Mystery Ser.)
By John Harvey. 2008
Nottingham inspector Resnick and his team juggle two cases. A prostitute is stabbing her johns, and one dies. And an…
American crime writer in town for a convention is plagued by anonymous, threatening letters and increasingly disturbing pranks. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1995
Blind fury
By Lynda La Plante. 2011
To link the murder of a young woman found near a highway service station to other similar cases, DI Anna…
Travis must interview a prisoner who is obsessed with her. Anna surprises herself by falling for an appealing prison guard. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2010
The cut: a novel (Spero Lucas Series #1)
By George P. Pelecanos. 2011
Ex-marine Spero Lucas works as a defense attorney's investigator and does side jobs recovering stolen items. Drug dealer Anwan Hawkins…
hires Lucas to retrieve stolen marijuana packages Hawkins had delivered by FedEx to houses when the residents were not home. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2011
Cold vengeance (Agent Pendergast Series #11)
By Lincoln Child, Douglas J. Preston. 2011
After learning of his wife Helen's murder in Fever Dream (DB 71402), FBI special agent Aloysius Pendergast wants vengeance--especially after…
Helen's brother Judson Esterhazy tries to kill him. But a mysterious organization called the Covenant stands in Pendergast's way. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2011
Believing the lie: A Lynley Novel (Inspector Lynley Ser.)
By Elizabeth George. 2012
Ian Cresswell's drowning was ruled an accident, but Ian's wealthy uncle wants to make sure his own son--a recovering addict--wasn't…
the cause. Inspector Lynley and his friends Simon and Deborah St. James conduct an off-the-books investigation of the troubled family. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012
Death comes to Pemberley
By P. D. James. 2011
Derbyshire, England; 1803. Fitzwilliam Darcy and his wife Elizabeth (née Bennet), who have been married six years and have two…
sons, are relaxing on the night before their annual autumn ball. Elizabeth's wayward sister Lydia arrives unexpectedly, declaring that her husband Wickham has been murdered on Darcy's estate. Bestseller. 2011
Shine
By Lauren Myracle. 2011
When gay teen Patrick Truman is brutally attacked and left for dead, the residents of Black Creek believe he is…
the victim of a hate crime. His friend Cat searches for who is responsible--and why. Violence and strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2011
Scorpia rising: Alex Rider ; the final mission (Alex Rider #9)
By Anthony Horowitz. 2011
When the world's deadliest terrorist organization, Scorpia--which murdered Alex Rider's parents--stirs up trouble in the Middle East, fifteen-year-old Alex is…
again tapped by MI6 to thwart Scorpia's plans. Some violence. For grades 6-9. 2011
The silenced: a novel (Jonathan Quinn #4)
By Brett Battles. 2011
Professional cleaner Jonathan Quinn, from Shadow of Betrayal (DB 69937), is hired to remove the remains of a body hidden…
for twenty years inside the walls of a London building that is about to be demolished. But the job endangers Quinn's family. Violence and strong language. 2011
Secrets in the hills: a Josefina mystery
By Kathleen Ernst, JeanPaul Tibbles. 2006
New Mexico, 1826. Josefina has always heard tales about buried treasure and a ghostly weeping woman. But it takes the…
arrival of a mysterious stranger to make her think the stories might be true. For grades 3-6. 2006
Theodore Boone: the abduction (Theodore Boone #2)
By John Grisham. 2011
Theo was the last person to talk to his best friend April before she was abducted from her bedroom. When…
the police are stumped, Theo uses his investigative skills to try to save April. Sequel to Theodore Boone: Kid Lawyer (DB 71512). For grades 5-8 and older readers. 2011
Fallen: a novel (Will Trent)
By Karin Slaughter. 2011
At her mother Evelyn's house, agent Faith Mitchell finds splattered blood, a man holding another at gunpoint, her baby locked…
in the shed--but no Evelyn. Faith's partner Will Trent and Dr. Sara Linton help with her desperate hunt for her ex-cop mother. Violence, strong language, and descriptions of sex. 2011
I hunt killers (I Hunt Killers #1)
By Barry Lyga. 2012
Jazz Dent, son of a serial killer, worries that he too is a sociopath. When a body is found in…
Jazz's hometown of Lobo's Nod, Jazz uses what he learned from his father and hunts for the culprit. Violence and some strong language. For senior high and older readers. 2012
Years after being convicted in the crib death of her infant daughter, Helen Yardley is acquitted--only to be murdered. Detective…
Simon Waterhouse investigates her death. Meanwhile, filmmaker Fliss Benson prepares a documentary on Yardley and other falsely accused mothers. Some strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2010
Speaking from among the bones: a Flavia de Luce novel (Flavia de Luce #5)
By Alan Bradley. 2013
England, 1951. Eleven-year-old Flavia's church arranges to open the tomb of St. Tancred, its patron saint, on the quincentennial of…
his death. When excavators find the church organist dead and wearing a gas mask, Flavia investigates. Flavia must also come to terms with the sale of her beloved home. 2013
Man in the empty suit
By Sean Ferrell. 2013
A time traveler always spends April 1, 2071, celebrating the hundredth anniversary of his birth with his past and future…
iterations. The year he turns thirty-nine, though, he discovers his forty-year-old self murdered. The clock is ticking for him to solve--and prevent--the crime. Strong language and some violence. 2013
Inheritance
By Joe McKinney. 2012
Rookie cop Paul Henninger reports to his new duty station in San Antonio only to be faced with the reemergence…
of his dead family's black-magic past. When a string of cult-styled murders crops up, Paul is the lead suspect. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2012
Dark tide: a novel
By Elizabeth Haynes. 2013
Genevieve leaves her stressful software sales and pole-dancing jobs in London for a different life on a houseboat in Kent.…
But a friend is killed, the boat is ransacked, and Genevieve can't reach the man she thought would protect her. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2012