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| Title | ISBN | Review Snippet |
| The Gryphon: In Which the Extraordinary Correspondence of Griffi by Nick Bantock | 0-8118-3162-0 | Once again we meet Griffin and Sabine in what is to be, happily, the first of three new books with these characters. More correspondence of |
| Hippolyte's Island by Barbara Hodgson | 0-8118-2892-1 | Here is another adventure novel that is filled with illustrations to enjoy. The main character is Hippolyte Webb who is a travel writer and |
| Parallel Lies by Ridley Pearson | 0-7868-6564-4 | Trains and train accidents are the basis of this plot. Every few weeks there is another train derailment. The causes have been listed as "driver |
| P Is for Peril by Sue Grafton | 0-399-14719-5 | Grafton is right on track with the "P" mystery. This one is a fast and enjoyable read. The plot concerns a missing doctor. Dr. Dowan Purcell |
| The Fourth Hand by John Irving | 0-375-50627-6 | This is the tenth novel from John Irving, and it's not as good as we know he can be. The story is about a newscaster whose become famous |
| Swift as Desire by Laura Esquivel | 0-609-60870-3 | Laura Esquivel, the author of LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE has returned to take us on a ride through a new love story and a tribute to her father. This |
| The Vendetta Defense by Lisa Scottoline | 0-06-018507-4 | The vendetta is of Italian descent and is longer than life. Tony Lucia is just a slight old man who raises homing pigeons that he races. Now |
| Point Deception by Marcia Muller | 0-89296-690-4 | It is surprising to read a book by Marcia Muller and not find Sharon McCone. As it turns out this book details an unsolved murder that occurred |
| Bitterroot by James Lee Burke | 0-7432-1402-1 | Former Texas Ranger, attorney Billy Bob Holland has left Texas for the mountains of Montana. He is visiting an old friend named Doc just when |
| Dreamcatcher by Stephen King | 0-7432-1138-3 | The setting is once again the haunted city of Derry where the novels "It" and "Insomnia" were centered. In an early memory of the four boys |
| The Honey Trap by Clive Egleton | 0-312-26924-2 | The story opens with the torture and death of a Queen's Messenger. He was making what he thought was a routine delivery to Costa Rica. His |
| The Syndrome by John Case | 0-345-43308-4 | It's rumored that the U.S. Government was doing some secret experiments in mind control. In this fast-moving tale, John Case invents a suspicious |
| Final Target by Iris Johansen | 0-553-80094-9 | The Wind Dancer is a gold statue that is at the center of this latest thriller from Iris Johnson. The pursuit of the priceless statue after |
| Dark Inheritance by W. Michael Gear, Kathleen O'Neal Gear | 0-446-52606-1 | If you enjoyed Jurassic Park and that ilk of thriller, you will want to take a look at this one. It is a long adventure involving a drug company |
| Writ of Execution by Perri O'Shaughnessy | 0-385-33483-4 | This is the seventh book produced by the sisters who use the composite pseudonym "Peri" as author on their books. This time the plot makes for |
| Lord of the Silent by Elizabeth Peters | 0-380-97884-9 | A hearty 'Welcome Back' to Peters and her fictional family of Egyptologists. Once again, it is the digging season in Egypt. The family, which |
| Female Intelligence by Jane Heller | 0-312-26159-4 | You can always depend on Jane Heller to introduce you to good characters, and to provide a lot of fun reading. This time, we meet Dr. Lynn Wyman, |
| Tattoo Girl by Brooke Stevens | 0-312-26910-2 | This horror tale is a bit different, but as the saying goes, once you pick up the book it is hard to put down. When a young girl is found |
| On the Street Where You Live by Mary Higgins Clark | 0-7432-0602-9 | This horror tale is a bit different, but as the saying goes, once you pick up the book it is hard to put down. When a young girl is found |
| Black Lotus by Laura Joh Rowland | 0-312-26872-6 | I am addicted to this charming series of mysteries set in Japan when the samuris ruled the country. The time is 1693 in Japan. There is a temple |
| You Only Die Twice by Edna Buchanan | 0-380-97655-2 | Good old Miami and Edna Buchanan can always be depended upon to present us with a light and readable thriller. This time, a nude body has washed |
| In an Evil Time by Bill Pronzini | 0-8027-3353-0 | Bill Pronzini has written more than 50 novels and has received many awards. I became a fan when I first read his novel about his fictional hero |
| Tell No One by Harlan Coben | 0-385-33555-5 | This mystery opens up on a romantic married couple. It's evening, and the couple are on a boat when disaster strikes. The wife is kidnapped, |
| The Midnight Special by Larry Karp | 1-885173-51-2 | Thomas Purdue is a doctor by profession, and a music box collector and repairer by choice. When he receives a call from his friend, Edna Rynolds. |
| Keeping Silent by Carla Damron | 1-885173-90-3 | Artist Sam Knowles has been deaf since he was sixteen. He stands accused of the violent death of his fiancee, Anne Farrell, also deaf. Caleb |
| The Cat Who Smelled a Rat by Lilian Jackson Braun | 0-399-14665-2 | Lillian Jackson Braun is an author who never fails her readers. Once again, she takes us to the odd little town of Pickax which is located in |
| Hearse of a Different Color by Tim Cockey | 0-7868-6571-7 | We welcome back the amateur detective named Hitch. Hitch owns a funeral home, so he comes across many dead bodies. Right after a funeral held |
| Journey by Danielle Steel | 0-385-31687-9 | Maddy and Jack are a power couple with the same network. Maddy is a star reporter on television and Jack is the advisor to the President of |
| Cold Water Burning by John Straley | 0-5531-0643-0 | We revisit Straley's character, Cecil Younger, who is a private eye in the small town of Sitka, Alaska. Younger is not even a good P.I., which |
| Mall by Eric Bogosian | 0-684-85727-8 | Mall is a thirty-something speed freak who shoots his mother and set fire to his house. Danny is a voyeur who likes underwear models. Jeff |
| Zelda's Cut by Philippa Gregory | 0-312-26704-5 | Gregory has written a fable to us to enjoy. Isobel Latimer is a respected literary novelist. Her husband Phillip has been in failing health |
| The Aerialist by Richard Schmitt | 0-1560-0717-7 | We meet a man named Gary who takes odd jobs when he feels like it, and who finds himself in Venice, Florida where the circus has it winter-quarters. |
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