by Carolyn Haines (2013)
When a contentious professor makes claims about the identity of a woman found in a mysterious Mississippi grave and implicates wealthy Zinnia families of having ties to a related scandal, Sarah Booth Delaney is hired by a group of society ladies to clear their names only to discover another body in the professor's hotel room.
Steve Hayes, David Whitehead
A vicious serial killer haunts the bayous of Louisiana. The only person who can catch him is FBI Agent Kate Palmer. But Kate's specialised work has taken its toll on her and she's facing burnout. Worse still, she's about to rekindle a relationship with the only man she ever loved when the Bayou Butcher strikes again - terrifyingly close to home. For Kate, that makes it personal - it might also be just the thing it takes to break her completely.
Ray Celestin
In a town jammed with voodoo and gangsters, a sense of intoxicating mystery often beckons from the back alleys. But when a real serial killer roams the sultry nights, even the corrupt cops can't see the clues. That is, until a letter from the Axeman himself is published in the newspaper, proclaiming that any home playing jazz music will be spared in his next attack.
Jassy Mackenzie
"Relentless South African private investigator Jade de Jong tracks a saboteur in a race to prevent a nuclear disaster in Jassy Mackenzie's new, pulse-pounding thriller. Despite her checkered history with law enforcement, Johannesburg private investigator Jade de Jong is attempting to operate on the right side of the law, confining herself to low-profile cases. But her remarkably attractive new employer, Ryan Gillespie, has tasked her with finding a missing security official after a break-in at his nuclear energy plant. The target of her search is Carlos Botha, a skilled operative and a threat to national security. Jade traces Botha to a run-down suburb, but discovers she's not the only one looking for him. Someone has put a hit out on Botha, and Jade forms an unlikely alliance with her mark in order to learn more. But how long can she keep up the of friendship before he realizes she's been hired to track him?"--
James Craig
"The worst murders occur closest to home ... When Agatha Mills is killed in her own apartment in the shadow of the British Museum, there is only one suspect-- her husband, Henry. For Inspector Carlyle, it seems like an open-and-shut case. But much to Carlyle's chagrin, Henry refuses to confess. Worse, he comes up with an alternative version of events that is nearly impossible to investigate. Carlyle just wants to put the murder to bed, but when a distraught Henry kills himself on the way to prison, doubts begin to surface. The mounting evidence indicates he may have been telling the truth. In which case, the murderer is still at large ..."--Page 4 of cover.