Shadow Play, by Iris Johansen. Johansen's latest is a new installment in her long-running, best-selling series featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan (this is book number 19, if you're keeping track). Dedicated to her work ever since her daughter Bonnie was taken and killed at the age of seven, Eve feels a sense of duty to those whose lives were lost and whose bones are now in her hands. When a sheriff in California contacts her with a request for help on the reconstruction of the skull of a girl whose body has been buried for eight years, his fierce investment in the case puzzles her. But when Eve finds herself experiencing an unusual connection with the girl she calls Jenny, she becomes entangled in the case more intensely than she could have ever imagined. Not since Bonnie has Eve had such an experience, and suddenly she finds herself determined to solve the murder and bring closure to the crime.
Devoted in Death, by J.D. Robb. When Lieutenant Eve Dallas examines a body in a downtown Manhattan
alleyway, the victim’s injuries are so extensive that she almost misses
the clue. Carved into the skin is the shape of a heart—and initials
inside reading E and D . . . Ella-Loo and her
boyfriend, Darryl, had been separated while Darryl was a guest of the
state of Oklahoma, and now that his sentence has been served they don’t
ever intend to part again. Ella-Loo’s got dreams. And Darryl believes
there are better ways to achieve your dreams than working for them. So
they hit the road, and when their car breaks down in Arkansas, they make
plans to take someone else’s. Then things get messy and they wind up
killing someone—an experience that stokes a fierce, wild desire in
Ella-Loo. A desire for Darryl. And a desire to kill again. It's up to Dallas and her squad at the NYPSD to stop them. I have a soft spot for this series, written by Nora Roberts as J.D. Robb and set in 2060s New York; I am definitely adding this to my list for the fall.
The End Game, by Catherine Coulter & J.T. Ellison. FBI agent Nicholas Drummond and his partner, Mike Caine, are deep into
an investigation of COE—Celebrants of the Earth—a violent group known
for widespread bombings of power grids and oil refineries across the
country. While investigating a tip from a civilian who’s overheard about
a possible bombing plot, the Bayway Refinery in New Jersey explodes.
Nicholas and Mike race to the scene and barely escape being killed by a
secondary device.
Returning to the civilian’s home to continue their interrogation, they discover the tipster—and the FBI team left to guard him—dead. While Nicholas calls in the assassinations, COE strikes again, this time launching a cyber-attack on several major oil companies and draining their financial and intellectual assets. And this is only the beginning. This is the third in Coulter's "Brit in the FBI" series, so if you're new to it, it's no trouble to catch up. The first two titles are: The Final Cut and The Lost Key.
Returning to the civilian’s home to continue their interrogation, they discover the tipster—and the FBI team left to guard him—dead. While Nicholas calls in the assassinations, COE strikes again, this time launching a cyber-attack on several major oil companies and draining their financial and intellectual assets. And this is only the beginning. This is the third in Coulter's "Brit in the FBI" series, so if you're new to it, it's no trouble to catch up. The first two titles are: The Final Cut and The Lost Key.
The Scam, by Janet Evanovich & Lee Goldberg. Nicolas Fox is a charming con man and master thief on the run. Kate
O’Hare is the FBI agent who is hot on his trail. At least that’s what
everyone thinks. In reality, Fox and O’Hare are secretly working
together to bring down super-criminals the law can’t touch. Criminals
like brutal casino magnate Evan Trace.
Evan Trace is running a money-laundering operation through his casino in Macau. Some of his best customers are mobsters, dictators, and global terrorists. Nick and Kate will have to go deep undercover as high-stakes gamblers, wagering millions of dollars—and their lives—in an attempt to topple Trace’s empire. It’s a scam that will take Fox and O’Hare from the Las Vegas strip, to the sun-soaked beaches of Oahu’s North Shore, and into the dark back alleys of Macau. Their only backup—a self-absorbed actor, a Somali pirate, and Kate’s father, an ex-soldier who believes a rocket launcher is the best way to solve every problem. What could possibly go wrong?
Evan Trace is running a money-laundering operation through his casino in Macau. Some of his best customers are mobsters, dictators, and global terrorists. Nick and Kate will have to go deep undercover as high-stakes gamblers, wagering millions of dollars—and their lives—in an attempt to topple Trace’s empire. It’s a scam that will take Fox and O’Hare from the Las Vegas strip, to the sun-soaked beaches of Oahu’s North Shore, and into the dark back alleys of Macau. Their only backup—a self-absorbed actor, a Somali pirate, and Kate’s father, an ex-soldier who believes a rocket launcher is the best way to solve every problem. What could possibly go wrong?
Solomon Curse, by Clive Cussler & Russell Blake. There are many rumors about the bay off Guadalcanal in the Solomon
Islands. Some say it was the site of the lost empire of the Solomon king
and that great treasure lies beneath the waters. Others say terrible
things happened here, atrocities and disappearances at the hands of
cannibal giants, and those who venture there do not return. It is
cursed.
Which is exactly what attracts the attention of husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo. How could they resist? Clues and whispers lead them on a hunt from the Solomons to Australia to Japan, and what they find at the end of the trail is both wonderful and monstrous—and like nothing they have ever seen before.
Which is exactly what attracts the attention of husband-and-wife treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo. How could they resist? Clues and whispers lead them on a hunt from the Solomons to Australia to Japan, and what they find at the end of the trail is both wonderful and monstrous—and like nothing they have ever seen before.
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