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Parker Bilal, The Golden Scales

 

 

Makana is a former Sudanese police inspector who fled to Egypt and is now a private eye for hire.  Desperate for money he agrees to find Adil Romario the star player of the soccer team owned by shady tycoon Saad Hanafi. Following the clues at his disposal Makana comes into contact with Muslim fanatics, faded starlets, grade Z film-makers, Russian mobsters, and other sketchy characters that inhabit the darker corners of 1998 Cairo. This debut of an exotic and thrilling new series is  very much in keeping with the current social chaos that is playing out on our television screens. (Feb.)

 

 

Stephen J. Cannell, Vigilante

 

 

Lita Mendez was an outspoken critic of the LAPD having filed hundreds of complaints against the department.  So when she is found murdered in her apartment Detectives Shane Scully and his partner Summer Hitchens justifiably are concerned the killer could well be someone with a grudge from the LAPD.   Adding fuel to the fire of controversy is Nixon Nash the host of a reality TV show called Vigilante TV which relishes the opportunity to solve cases before the authorities can.  Having already destroyed the reputations of two other police departments, Nixon now has the LAPD in his sights as the next target to boost his ratings even further.  Scully is suspicious as to how this guy with airtight alibis is so lucky to arrive so quickly to the crime scenes and have so much information available. (Dec.)

 

 

Ann Cleeves, Blue Lightning

 

 

This is the trade paperback edition of the fourth entry in this gripping mystery series set on the Shetland Islands.  Detective Jimmy Perez and his fiancée artist Fran Hunter arrive on Fair Isle so that she can meet Jimmy’s parents before the wedding. The end of the engagement party brings a shocking discovery of murder and Jimmy is hampered in his investigation by bad weather isolating the guests with a murderer in their midst.

 

 

David Rosenfelt, Heart of a Killer

 

 

Jamie Wagner is a young associate in the corporate section of a New Jersey law firm who suddenly finds himself thrust into a whole new legal arena when his is assigned a pro bono case that presents a real moral quandary. Sheryl Harrison is four years into serving thirty-year sentence for the self-confessed killing of her husband. Sheryl wants to be permitted to be able to die so that her daughter Karen can receive her heart for a life-saving transplant. Jamie is faced with the dilemma of reopening the murder case so as to establish her innocence of the crime and allow Sheryl to carry out her plan. This fourth stand-alone from the creator of the Andy Carpenter novels is an addictive page-turner that is both suspenseful and thought provoking. (Feb.)

 

 

S. J. Rozan, Ghost Hero

 

 

Chinese-American PI Lydia Chin is hired by Jeff Dunbar, an art world insider to look into rumors that new ink works by contemporary artist Chau Chun political activist are about to surface during the upcoming Asian Art Week in NYC.  This is somewhat puzzling since Chun a political activist dubbed the Ghost Hero has been dead for more than twenty years.  Are these new works fakes to stir up unrest or did Chau Chun survive the ‘89 riots in Tiananmen Square. Lydia with the aid of Bill Smith and Chinese-American PI Jack Lee uncovers a web of lies and deceptions that have far-reaching international implications. (Oct.)

 

 

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This page was revised on 01/26/2012