Lillian Jackson Braun: The Cat Who Went Up The Creek As Qwill and the Siamese set out on a vacation of sorts. (Qwill help is needed by friends who run the Inn in which they will spend their sabbatical). He sets to solve the mysteries, while adding to his now well known and read newspaper column. A charismatic man, that, with the assistance of KoKo, the siamese with supernatural gifts where death is concerned. A descriptive and chatty mystery in which the murders are more incidental in the grand scheme of things, and keeps you entertained as well as being a great book to end the summer with, before the snow 'flies'.

Carolyn Hart: April Fool Dead A Death in Demand Mystery. Contemporary. Annie Darling, owner of my favorite, and most charming, bookstore in the South, is having a book signing and contest; all is going well until a copycat starts putting flyers all over the island, with clues that can discredit Annie; and her bookstore. The clues and insinuations of which aim to tarnish the reputation of many an island residents. Accidents that span sixteen years, the flyers imply, were really crimes. It is up to Annie and Max Darling to clear up vicious accusations, and any further death.

Anne Perry: Southampton Row A Thomas and Charlotte Pitt Victorian Mystery. Intense and provocative novel in the depth and knowledge of Victorian times. The superficial facade that society presented to the world. A thin veneer of civility that covered the power struggles of the era. Of hidden passions and secrets. The lure of power above all law, and the men that would do anything to aquire it; including murder. Thomas Pitt, most once again engage in a battle of wits between factions; to preserve an Empire, that most be kept at all cost.

Elizabeth Peters: The Golden One Once again the Emerson's return to their beloved land, Egypt, to begin excavations with their extended family and friends. And spend a few days in Cairo visiting their many acquaintances. But in those days with World War I raging on all fronts, their plans are altered as the war office intrudes into their lives, and feeling bound to do their duty and assist where it is needed; espionage and the excavation of ancient tombs. The Emerson's with their usual panache, daring and courage that only they can summon, and feats of courage, that only they can survive, make this one a true Golden One with a few surprises for the reader.