Prepub Mystery

By Ann Kim -- Library Journal, 4/1/2007

Andrews, Donna. The Penguin Who Knew Too Much: A Meg Langslow Mystery. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2007. 288p. ISBN 978-0-312-32942-6. $23.95.
A bankrupt zoo has Meg's father adopting penguins and more, as well as digging up a dead body in the 12th of the wacky series. Five-city tour.

Atkinson, Deborah Turrell. Fire Prayer. Poisoned Pen. Aug. 2007. 252p. ISBN 978-1-59058-402-6. $24.95.
A favor for a friend ends up a homicide, with Storm Kayama chasing after a missing boy in Moloka'i, HI, in the third in the series. Atkinson lives in Honolulu.

Bailey, Daniel. A Lowcountry Murder. Overmountain Pr. Aug. 2007. 208p. ISBN 978-1-57072-318-6. pap. $9.95.
Retired Atlanta homicide chief Jed Bradley unravels murders with a hoodoo flair in his South Carolina low-country hometown. Chief deputy sheriff Bailey lives in Mathews, NC.

Clemens, Judy. The Day Will Come. Poisoned Pen. Aug. 2007. 252p. ISBN 978-1-59058-299-2. $24.95.
When a Philadelphia concert goes terribly wrong, Stella Crown must exonerate her friend in the fourth of the Anthony and Agatha Award-nominated series.

Cotterill, Colin. Anarchy and Old Dogs. Soho, dist. by Consortium. Aug. 2007. 288p. ISBN 978-1-56947-463-1. $23.
A dead blind dentist and a mysterious note are the new puzzle for Laotian national coroner Siri Paiboun in his fourth case. Cotterill lives in Thailand.

Daheim, Mary. Scots on the Rocks. Morrow. Aug. 2007. 320p. ISBN 978-0-06-056653-1. $23.95.
Judith and Renie find a ghost and murderous mayhem on their Scottish vacation in the latest B&B mystery. Daheim, author of the Alpine series, lives in Seattle.

Hewson, David. The Seventh Sacrament. Delacorte. Aug. 2007. 416p. ISBN 978-0-385-33956-8. $22.
A cold case has Detective Nic Costa confronting "an evil older than Christianity" in modern Rome in the fifth of the series. Hewson lives in England.

Hunsicker, Harry. Crosshairs: A Lee Henry Oswald Mystery. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2007. 304p. ISBN 978-0-312-34851-9. $23.95.
The former P.I. is lured back to the Dallas streets and into a high-stakes battle against a former intelligence operative in the latest by the Shamus Award finalist (Still River). Hunsicker lives in Dallas. Regional tour.

Jance, J.A. Justice Denied. Morrow. Aug. 2007. 384p. ISBN 978-0-06-054092-0. $25.95.
A dead ex-con means more than meets the eye for J.P. Beaumont and lover Mel.

Lambert, Mercedes & Lucas Crown. Ghosttown: A Whitney Logan Mystery. Five Star: Gale. Aug. 2007. 257p. ISBN 978-1-59414-588-9. $25.95.
Logan goes deep into L.A.'s unseen Native American subculture in her third outing from Lambert, the pen name of Douglas Anne Munson, who died in 2003.

MacBride, Stuart. Bloodshot. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2007. 432p. ISBN 978-0-312-33999-9. $24.95.
It's a tangle of cases and complications for D.S. Logan MacRae in the third of the Scottish series. MacBride lives in Scotland.

Marshall, Michael. The Intruders. Morrow. Aug. 2007. 400p. ISBN 978-0-06-123502-3. $24.95.
Former patrol cop Jack Whalen is the key to three unusual happenings. Marshall lives in England.

Rozan, S.J., ed. Bronx Noir. Akashic. Aug. 2007. 280p. ISBN 978-1-933354-25-5. pap. $14.95.
Stories by Jerome Charyn, Lawrence Block, and more are set in New York City's toughest borough and edited by a native.

Starr, Jason. The Follower. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2007. 352p. ISBN 978-0-312-35974-4. $23.95.
Katie Porter discovers that the New York City singles scene can be a killer. A Minotaur First Edition Selection. Starr (Lights Out) lives in Manhattan.

Steinhauer, Olen. Victory Square. Minotaur: St. Martin's. Aug. 2007. 304p. ISBN 978-0-312-36971-2. $24.95.
The past has chief inspector Emil Brod looking over his shoulder in the fifth of the acclaimed Eastern European series. Steinhauer lives in Budapest, Hungary.