Mysteries

By Lynette Eason (Revell)

Bestselling author Lynette Eason’s popular Women of Justice series is getting a fresh look! Combining nail-biting suspense with a hint of romance, these edge-of-your-seat thrillers feature strong women, heroic men, and antagonists that will have you looking over your shoulder. Too Close to HomeWhen missing teens begin turning up dead, FBI Agent Samantha Cash must help local police chief Connor Wolfe find the killer before someone close becomes the next victim. Don’t Look BackLovely but broken forensic anthropologist Jamie Cash must confront her fears–and her attacker–with the help of FBI Agent Dakota Richards. A Killer Among UsHostage negotiator Kit Kenyon and detective Noah Lambert are thrown together to work a grisly case, and it’s beginning to look like they may be hunting a serial killer.

By Mindy Starns Clark (Harvest House Publishers)

With a touch of romance and a strong heroine, Don’t Take Any Wooden Nickels offers more of the fast–paced and suspenseful inspirational writing readers found in A Penny for Your Thoughts. Working to provide quality work clothes to women who can’t afford to buy their own, Callie becomes involved with one young woman trying to come out of drug rehabilitation—just as she’s charged with murder. What appears to be a routine murder investigation in her sleepy waterside village suddenly becomes complicated amid international intrigue, cutting–edge technology, and deadly deception. In a desperate moment at what could be the end of her life, Callie cries out to the God who is as close as a whispered prayer.

By Mindy Starns Clark (Harvest House Publishers)

From award-winning author Mindy Starns Clark comes the fast-paced and inspirational Million Dollar Mystery series. Attorney Callie Webber investigates nonprofit organizations for the J. O. S. H.

By Lisa Phillips (Love Inspired Suspense)

DANGER IS HER ALIAS As a spy, Sabine Laduca works alone. But when she investigates her brother’s murder, she’s forced into an uneasy alliance with his Delta Force team leader. The CIA taught Sabine to trust no one, and Sergeant Major Doug Richardson is no exception. The handsome soldier hides his own secrets, but nothing will stop Sabine from finding out who killed her brother. Not even when the CIA declares her rogue.

By Hannah Alexander (Steeple Hill)

A virus is sweeping the Navajo reservation, and two of her childhood friends are dead. For Sheila Metcalf that’s a call to leave Hideaway, Missouri, and return to Arizona. Neither her father’s objections nor the arguments of Preston Black, the man who loves her, can stop Sheila from returning to the land of her youth. Her nursing skills are needed, and it’s past time she found out the truth about her mother’s long-ago death. There’s a medical mystery to unravel, secrets about the past to uncover and questions about the future to explore.

By Brandilyn Collins (B&H Books)

Twenty-nine-year-old Lisa Newberry can barely make it through the day. Suddenly widowed and a survivor of a near-fatal attack, she is wracked with grief and despair. Then she hears of a medical trial for a tiny brain chip that emits electrical pulses to heal severe depression. At rope’s end, Lisa offers herself as a candidate. When she receives her letter of acceptance for the trial, Lisa is at first hopeful.

By DiAnn Mills (Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.)

FBI Agent Laurel Evertson’s investigation into a scam targeting the elderly takes an unexpected twist when key evidence leads her to Morton Wilmington, a felon she arrested five years ago on her first undercover assignment. That case has haunted her since, and though she’s vowed to forget Wilmington?and what she sacrificed to put him away?he is now her best lead. Houston Police Officer Daniel Hilton fears his grandparents may be the scammer’s next targets, and he’ll do anything to protect his family?even force interagency cooperation. But he’s quickly drawn to Laurel’s empathy and zeal and agrees to follow her lead.

By Terri Reed (Love Inspired Suspense)

The struggling orchid farm on the lush island of Maui is Kiki Brill’s pride and joy. And she’s not about to lose it, no matter how much money Ryan McClain is offering for her family’s land. But it’s becoming clear that the “accidents” threatening her peaceful life are really acts of sabotage. The wealthy, handsome businessman, once the prime suspect, is beginning to seem like her last hope. Now, if only she can bring herself to trust him with her home, her heritage—and her heart.

By James David Jordan (B&H Books)

Double Cross continues the story of Taylor Pasbury, a heroic young woman introduced in James David Jordan’s novel, Forsaken (“highly readable. Taylor is a character worth another visit” —BookPage). Raised by a father who was a former Special Forces officer, Taylor is beautiful and brilliant and knows how to take care of herself.

By Terri Reed (Love Inspired Suspense)

Her faith had always been strong enough to see herthrough tragedy—until Kate Wheeler’s world turneddeadly. Her husband had been murdered, and thediscovery of his double life sent her on the run?into the protective custody of Sheriff Brody McClain. Brody vowed to help Kate uncover the truth about herhusband’s death. As Kate and Brody tried to outwit herenemies on a cross-country chase, the couple foundthemselves drawn to each other by more than merecircumstance. But the unmasking of thecriminal mastermind might just be the thingthat destroys Kate’s trust—and faith—forever.