Alison Thomas, our very own sleuth, is always on the trail of new, fantastic mysteries...

The Cruelest Month by Louise Penny ($23.95).  Chief inspector Armand Gamache of the Sûreté du Québec and his team once again visit the small French Canadian village of Three Pines to investigate a murder that took place during a séance in a “haunted house.”  Penny paints a vivid picture of the village, its inhabitants (eccentric and otherwise) and of a determined detective who wants to solve the murder and, having been accused of a heinous crime, to clear his name.   

Bestselling author Stephen Whites Dead Time ($25.95) brings back Boudler psychologist Alan Gregory and his detective friend Sam Purdy.  Both are drawn into a web of lies that stretches back to an ill-fated Grand Canyon hiking trip that took place years before.  Alan unearths a series of secrets and deceptions that someone wishes to keep buried at all costs, putting Alan himself and his family in great danger. 

We also have new titles by the ever-favorite Elizabeth George (Careless in Red), Jeffrey Deaver (The Sleeping Doll), and Robert Crais (Chasing Darkness:  An Elvis Cole Novel).