The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alex McCall Smith - next in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series (April 2008)

The Silver Swan by Benjamin Black - The inimitable Quirke returns in another spellbinding crime novel, in which a young woman's dubious suicide sets off a new string of hazards and deceptions. This is the second novel in this series set in 1950s Ireland and written under the Booker-prize winning author John Banville's pseudonym. (March 2008)

Curse of the Spellmans by Lisa Lutz - Second book in this funny new series. (March 2008)

Judas Horse by April Smith - An FBI Special Agent Ana Grey Mystery. Ana is newly reassigned to active duty after a post-shootout hiatus and is sent undercover as Darcy DeGuzman to infiltrate Free Animals Now after bits of agent Steve Crawford are found by a hiker in the Cascades. (February 2008)

Killer Heat by Linda Fairstein -(February 2008)

Notorius by Michele Martinez - (February 2008)

Friend of the Devil by Peter Robinson - (February 2008)

The Lost Luggage Porter: A Jim Stringer Mystery by Andrew Martin - (January 2008)

T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton - The latest Kinsey Millhone mystery - (December 2007)

Plum Lucky by Janet Evanovich - "Between-the-Numbers" Stephanie Plum novel. (January 2008)

Salt River by James Sallis - Two years have passed since Turner’s amour, Val Bjorn, was shot as they sat together on the porch of his cabin. Sometimes you just have to see how much music you can make with what you have left, Val had told him, a mantra for picking up the pieces around her death, not sure how much he or the town has left. Then the sheriff’s long-lost son comes plowing down Main Street into City Hall in what appears to be a stolen car. And waiting at Turner’s cabin is his good friend, Eldon Brown, Val’s banjo on the back of his motorcycle so that it looks as though he has two heads. “They think I killed someone,” he says. (December 2007)

Death Song by Michael McGarrity - Michael McGarrity’s eleventh novel in the acclaimed Kevin Kerney series achieves a new depth of masterful storytelling and a plot that will captivate readers. (December 2007)

The Risk of Infidelity by Christopher G. Moore - The internationally-acclaimed, prize-winning series starring Vincent Calvino, disbarred American lawyer turned Bangkok P.I. finally comes to North America with The Risk of Infidelity Index, a gripping novel set in a superbly textured, masterfully rendered Bangkok. (December 2007)

A Pale Horse by Charles Todd - In the ruins of Yorkshire's Fountains Abbey lies the body of a man wrapped in a cloak, the face covered by a gas mask. Next to him is a book on alchemy, which belongs to the schoolmaster, a conscientious objector in the Great War. Who is this man, and is the investigation into his death being manipulated by a thirst for revenge? Meanwhile, the British War Office is searching for a missing man of their own, someone whose war work was so secret that even Inspector Rutledge isn't told his real name or what he did. (December 2007)

Third Strike by William Tappy and Philip R. Craig - a richly nuanced new installment in the Brady Coyne/J. W. Jackson series that is a tribute not only to two witty, smart fictional sleuths but also to the enduring friendship of their creators.

Red Mandarin Dress by Qui Xiaolong - Bringing 1990s Communist China alive, Qiu's fifth Inspector Chen mystery finds Shanghai terrorized by its first-ever serial killer. (November 2007)

End Games by Michael Dibdin -11th and final Insp. Aurelio Zen mystery. (October 2007)

Die With Me by Elena Forbes - Somewhere in London, a lonely young woman is reaching out to the wrong man. It’s up to Detective Inspector Mark Tartaglia and the rest of the Murder Squad to find her before a killer does. It’s Tartaglia’s first time in charge, and he walks right into a political minefield as the investigation turns up three more suspicious deaths—all involving vulnerable young women falling to their deaths, all initially ruled suicides. (October 2007)

Blonde Faith by Walter Mosley -- new Easy Rawlins mystery (October 2007)

Dead Heat by Dick Francis and Felix Frances - Francis introduces a new hero, chef Max Moreton, who runs a thriving restaurant near the Newmarket racetrack. Moreton has a complex background; he's afraid of horses yet fascinated by the world of horse racing. (September 2007)

First Wave by James R. Benn - Lieutenant Billy Boyle reluctantly accompanies Major Samuel Harding, his boss, in the first boat to land on the shores of Algeria during the Allied invasion. Their task is to arrange the surrender of the Vichy French forces. But there is dissension between the regular army, the local militia, and de Gaulle's Free French. American black marketeers in league with the enemy divert medical supplies to the Casbah, leading to multiple murders that Billy must solve while trying to rescue the girl he loves, a captured British spy. (September 2007)

A Killer's Kiss by William Lasher - There's nothing easier than falling in love with an old girlfriend. That's what Philly lawyer Victor Carl finds out when he hooks up again with a femme fatale who's definitely bad for his health. A knock on Victor's door in the middle of the night. Two cops invite themselves in, asking where Victor has been. They also ask him about a doctor named Wren Davis. Victor sends them packing. As soon as they leave, a beautiful woman steps out of Victor's bedroom, a towel around her naked body. "Who was that?" she asks. "The cops," says Victor. "What did they want?" she asks. "To tell me that your husband is dead." (August 2007)

The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen - Past and present join in this mystery that features Boston medical examiner Maura Isles. (August 2007)

Sweet Revenge by Diane Mott Davidson - Goldy Schulz is thrilled to be catering a holiday breakfast feast for the staff of the Aspen Meadow Library. But little does she know that on the menu, alongside the Great Expectations Grapefruit, Chuzzlewit Cheese Pie, and Bleak House Bars, is a large helping of murder.

Dexter in the Dark by Jeff Lindsay - In his work as a Miami crime scene investigator, Dexter Morgan is not unaccustomed to seeing evil deeds…particularly because, on occasion, he commits them himself. Guided by his Dark Passenger (the reptilian voice inside him), he lives his outwardly normal life adhering to one simple rule: he only kills very bad people. But Dexter’s happy existence is turned upside-down when he is called to a particularly disturbing crime scene at the university campus. (August 2007)

Dead Ex by Harley Jane Kozak - Wollie Shelley returns in a funny murder mystery set in the eccentric world of television soaps. (August 2007)

Hard Row by Margaret Maron - Multiple award-winning author Margaret Maron returns with her critically-acclaimed sleuth Judge Deborah Knott—and a murder involving exploited immigrant workers. (August 2007)

The Indian Bride by Karin Fossum - Insp. Konrad Sejer is faced with a baffling crime when the battered body of a woman surfaces in a field outside the town of Elvestad. She's soon identified as Poona Jomann, the new wife of Gunder Jomann, who traveled to India in search of a life partner. Gunder's sister's injury in an auto accident kept him from meeting his bride at the airport, leaving her to travel to their new home alone, a journey that ended in murder. (July 2007)

Thursday Next: First Among Sequels by Jasper Fforde - Beloved for his prodigious imagination, his satirical gifts, his literate humor, and sheer silliness, Jasper Fforde has delighted book lovers since Thursday Next first appeared in The Eyre Affair, a genre send-up hailed as an instant classic. Since the no-nonsense literary detective from Swindon made her debut, literature has never been quite the same. (July 2007)

Dirty Martini by J. A. Konrath - Konrath's fourth drink-inspired mystery to feature Lt. Jacqueline Jack Daniels.(July 2007)

Ever-Running Man by Marcia Muller - Sharon McCone is hired by her husband's security firm to track down "the ever-running man," a shadowy figure who has been leaving explosive devices at their various offices. She doesn't have to search for long. When McCone narrowly escapes an explosion at the security firm's San Francisco offices, she catches a glimpse of his retreating figure. (July 2007)

Slipknot by Linda Greenlaw - In her bestselling nonfiction book All Fishermen Are Liars, Linda Greenlaw confessed a desire to write fiction -- and readers responded with an enthusiastic "Please do!" At last, she satisfies their hunger with this sharp-witted, compulsively readable mystery, the first in a series featuring marine investigator Jane Bunker. (June 2007)

A Nail Through the Heart by Timothy Hallinan - Travel writer Poke Rafferty was good at looking for trouble––so good that he made a little money writing a few offbeat travel guides for the young and terminally bored. But that was before Bangkok stole his heart. Now the expat American is happily playing family with Rose, the former go–go dancer he wants to marry, and with Miaow, the wary street child he wants to adopt. Yet just when everything is beginning to work out, trouble comes looking for Poke in the guise of good intentions. (June 2007)

Solea by Jean-Claude Izzo - The third and final installment in the remarkable Marseilles Trilogy (including Total Chaos and Chourmo), Solea continues Jean-Claude Izzo's distinctive brand of vibrant crime writing, skillfully evoking a time and place that have captured the hearts and imaginations of readers the world over. (June 2007)

Savages by Bill Pronzini - Latest Nameless Detective (June 2007)

Lean Mean Thirteen by Janet Evanovich - New secrets, old flames, and hidden agendas are about to send bounty hunter Stephanie Plum on her most outrageous adventure yet! (June 2007)

Love Kills by Edna Buchanan - Britt Montero is a tough-as-nails ace crime reporter who joins forces with Miami’s Cold Case Squad. (June 2007)

The Sleeping Doll by Jeffery Deaver - A dark and multilayered psychological thriller about a vicious killer’s escape from a California super-prison and the mysterious and deadly quest he embarks on once he’s free. Features special agent Kathryn Dance (Cold Moon). (June 2007)

A Fatal Grace: A Three Pines Mystery by Louise Penny - The second Inspector Armand Gamache mystery set in the stunning countryside of Quebec. (May 2007)

Saturnalia by Lindsey Davis - Informer Marcus Didius Falco recieves an imperial commission from Emperor Vespasian to solve the murder of nobleman Sextus Gratianus Scaeva. (May 2007)

The Overlook by Michael Connelly - The 13th Harry Bosch novel. (May 2007)

Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child - Jack Reacher reunites with some of his army buddies to plot revenge against someone who is killing them off. (May 2007)

Yesterday's Fatal by Jan Brogan - Features Hallie Ahern, a gambling addict who tries to take things one day at a time, sees a one-car crash that kills a mother of three and can't get it out of her mind. (May 2007)

Turn and Die by Stella Whitelaw - P.I. Jordan Lacey has a back-to-front mystery to solve. The lovely Holly Broughton has been acquitted of trying to murder her husband, but she hires Jordan to find out who framed her and why. (May 2007)

The 6th Target by James Patterson - When a horrifying attack leaves one of the four members of the Women's Murder Club struggling for her life, the others fight to keep a madman behind bars before anyone else is hurt. (May 2007)

Deadman's Switch by Barbara Seranella - New series in which crisis management expert Charlotte Lyon—who channels her obsessive-compulsive disorder into more productive, professional hypervigilance—works to exonerate the owners of the Sunliner Express train that derailed en route to Palm Springs, Calif. (April 2007)

Fresh Disasters by Stuart Woods - Smooth-talking New York lawyer Stone Barrington, along with his sidekick, NYPD detective Dino Bacchetti, get dragged into an impossible case in Stone's entertaining 13th outing. (April 2007)

The Naming of the Dead by Ian Rankin - Ben Webster, a Scottish delegate to the Group of Eight summit, dies suspiciously a couple of days before the world's leaders gather in Scotland in 2005. While his colleagues are preoccupied by ensuring security at the conference, Insp. John Rebus is devoting his energy to the murder of Cyril Colliar, a recently released violent sex offender and muscle for the local crime boss. (April 2007)

Depths by Henning Mankell -It is October 1914, and Swedish naval officer Lars Tobiasson-Svartman is charged with a secret mission to take depth readings around the Stockholm archipelago. In the course of his work, he lands on the rocky isle of Halsskär. It seems impossible for it to be habitable, yet it is home to the young widow Sara Fredrika, who lives in near-total isolation and is unaware that the world is at war. (April 2007)

Medicus by Ruth Downie - Gaius Petrius Ruso is a divorced and down-on his luck army doctor who has made the rash decision to seek his fortune in an inclement outpost of the Roman Empire, namely Britannia. The most likeable sleuth to come out of the Roman Empire. (March 2007)

Gray Ghost by William G. Tapply - Seven years ago, Stoney Calhoun woke up in a VA hospital with no memories. He still remembers nothing from before then, except that he has a few unexplained skills, a gift for angling, an ability to read French and recently its been made clear to him that it would be best if he never does. (March 2007)