by Charlene Weir (2004)
Journeying to Hampstead in the hope of being nominated a presidential candidate, governor Jack Garrett finds his efforts compromised by a local murder for which a campaign worker and he are implicated.
David Housewright
Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie is called in by the First Lady of Minnesota when she receives an e-mail hinting at nasty rumors about her husband, but as Mac begins sifting through the governor's past, he uncovers lies and decades-old secrets.
Donna Leon
During renovations to a deserted farmhouse, workers discover a grave. The signet ring found nearby reignites an infamous kidnapping case involving one of Venice's oldest aristocratic families.
Kelley Armstrong
Protect the innocent. If there is any one principle that drives hitwoman Nadia Stafford it's this. When she was 13 she failed to protect her older cousin Amy from being raped and murdered. As Wild Justice opens, she fails again, disastrously, when she botches a hit on a man who's been beating his wife. Before she's had a chance to fix things, the wife is murdered and Nadia plunges into despair. To help her find equilibrium again, her mentor, Jack, brings her a gift: the location and new identity of the serial predator who killed her cousin. Vengeance, justice? With the predator in her sights, nothing seems more right, more straightforward, more simple. But fierce as Nadia is, she is shaken to the core by what she discovers about the real events of her past. The wounds inscribed on her soul during the long night when her cousin was killed have shaped her, and justice is wild indeed.
Jefferson Parker
A detective with a unique gift, a tragic suicide and big city corruption -- 'The Fallen' is the stunning new thriller from the author of 'The Blue Hour': 'a great writer! he's amazing' Lee Child.