Paid in Blood, NCIS Military Series #1 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Mel Odom / Tyndale House Special agent Will Coburn and his NCIS team are investigating the death of a serviceman near the Korean DMZ. When Will discovers that the body doesn't match the identity of the murdered soldier---and that one of his own colleagues is wearing a wire---he wonders whom he can trust. Will he turn to God for the answers? 350 pages, softcover from Tyndale.

Pedigreed Bloodlines By Sandra Robbins / Heartsong Presents Mysteries Pedigreed Bloodlines, set in the fictional Smoky Mountain Resort town of St. Claire, North Carolina, introduces Leigh Dennison as the antique dealer turned sleuth when the woman who has been like a mother to her is murdered. Leigh who struggles with ADD, her best friend Marcie Payton, and Blake Cameron, the love of her life, will return in two more adventures.

Perfect, Clair McCall Series #4 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Harry Kraus, MD / Zondervan With the perfect husband, home, and career, plus gorgeous looks, Wendi Stratford leads a storybook life. Too bad it's all a sham! When she impulsively flees the lies she's been living, her plans are thwarted by a terrible accident. Or is it? Who's leaving clues for her? And is Wendi headed straight into a killer's hands? 384 pages, softcover from Zondervan.

Pirate Hunter Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Tom Morrisey / Bethany House Following a captured slave who's been freed by the sixteenth-century pirate who takes his ship, the novel weaves a rollicking tale of adventure. Paralleling this story in the present are the treasure hunters seeking the gold--and stories--of the past. Greg Rhode--a preacher's kid who has become a marine archaeologist--hires on to participate in Phil Rackham's salvage operation in the Florida Keys. He is hoping that Rackham will make him rich, not suspecting the true riches he'll eventually confront.

Plague Maker Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Tim Downs / Westbow Dazzling fireworks turn deadly when infected fleas intermingle with the ashes and rain down on unsuspecting New Yorkers. Millions will die unless FBI agent Nathan Baldwin, terrorism expert Macy Armistead, and elderly Li Ming can stop a Japanese biological-weapons specialist and his Syrian terrorist cohorts. The clock's ticking---will disease, death, and devastation be averted? 368 pages, hardcover from WestBow.

Poor Mrs. Rigsby Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Kathy Herman / Multnomah Publishers Inc. Nursing assistant Sally Cox is about as happy to be at Walnut Hills Nursing Center as the patients are---but it's either work or starve since her divorce. When Elsie Rigsby reveals the whereabouts of cash she's hiding from her greedy family, Sally promises to give it to the needy. But will Sally keep the money for herself when the elderly woman dies unexpectedly? 320 pages, softcover from Multnomah.

Precious Things, Faded Photograph Series #3 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Andrea Boeshaar / Barbour Publishing The arrival of a faded photograph in the mail dredges up memories Blythe would rather forget. When a young woman appears at her store looking for her, she realizes she will have to relive the pain from the past. Will it begin a journey of despair---or freedom? 344 pages, softcover from Barbour.

Presumed Guilty Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By James Scott Bell / Zondervan Corp. With his thriving congregation and bestseller about pornography in the church, handsome pastor Ron Hamilton is a rising star in the evangelical world. But when the evidence surrounding the murder of an X-rated actress points solely to him, he's Presumed Guilty by everybody except his wife. Can their marriage survive until justice prevails? 320 pages, softcover from Zondervan.

Priced to Move, Shop-Til-U-Drop Series #1 Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Ginny Aiken / Revell Despite her plum job in New York's Diamond District, life has lost its sparkle for gemologist Andrea Adams. Swapping the Big Apple for bluegrass, she joins Louisville, Kentucky's S.T.U.D. television shopping network as its newest host. But between foul play, a hunky-but-clueless cohost, and ruby-hunting in Myanmar, is Andrea cut out for such multifaceted new settings? 304 pages, softcover from Revell.

Prophet Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Frank E. Peretti / Crossway Books John Barrett, anchorman for the city's most-watched newscast, is a man suddenly lost in a town he thought he owned. His comfortable world is being jarred to the breaking point. He's caught his producer fabricating a story and lying to cover her tracks--and she seems to be hiding something much bigger. His supposedly professional and objective colleagues have descended into a dogfight over the meaning over truth. His father's "accidental" death suddenly isn't looking so accidental. And John's estranged son, Carl, has returned to get the truth about the man behind the TV image. All of these events pale in comparison to the mysterious voices that John is hearing. Master storyteller Frank Peretti has woven a powerful tale. This book has all the hallmarks of Peretti's fast-paced blockbuster fiction, and his clear understanding of the vast spiritual struggle over moral authority marks every page.

Pursuit of Justice Click title to read excerpt or buy from CBD.com By Pamela Tracy / Love Inspired Suspense While helping the police bust a drug ring, Rosa Cagnalia witnessed a murder; one she was now being framed for.Officer Samuel Packard hauled her in, only to see another cop,his former partner,take her from the precinct without cause. So he followed. Betraying a friend went against Sam's beliefs, but he suspected that something was going on, and that Rosa just might be innocent. The dangerous predicament he discovered her in only cemented his desire to help. Now, if only he could get his beautiful suspect to cooperate!

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Susan Sleeman

is the author of Nipped in the Bud, available May of 2009 from Heartsong Presents: Mysteries, an imprint of Barbour Publishing.
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