by Jane Haddam (2013)
When a notorious former member of an elite Connecticut beach community is found murdered, retired FBI profiler Gregor Demarkian is called in to solve the crime and uncover mysterious events from the victim's past.
Andrea Camilleri
After witnessing a seagull's odd dance and sudden dropping dead, Inspector Montalbano stops by his office and notices that Fazio is missing; the Inspector sets out to find him and learns that Fazio was last seen on the docks, secretly working on a case.
Robin Caroll
A dedicated FBI agent and a forensic scientist search for clues in an investigation involving the murder of the daughter of a prominent Tennessee politician.
Jane Harper
"Federal Agent Aaron Falk hasn't been back to the place where he grew up in twenty years. Not since he and his father were run out of town. Even when Falk gets word that his childhood best friend, Luke, is dead, his entire family murdered, Falk still isn't planning on going back. But then he gets a note: 'Luke lied. You lied. Be at the funeral.' And just like that, Falk is swept back into the secrets of the place and people he left so long ago. Amid the worst drought in a century, long-buried mysteries will resurface. And Falk will discover anew what he's known all along -- sometimes you have to go back home in order to finally leave your past behind." -- Back cover.
Karen McCullough
Just before a busy gift and home trade show opens at the Commerce & Market Show Center in Washington, D.C., Heather McNeil discovers a crowbar-smashed corpse in the center's dumpster. Figuring out who wanted Tim Bethel, the co-owner of Grantwood & Bethel, a supplier of gifts and accessories, dead is up to Det. Peter Gilmont, but plucky Heather, the overworked assistant to the center's director, and her potential boyfriend, security guard Scott Brandon, show they're up to the job and more as they get on the track of Tim's killer.