Romantic Suspense

By Susan Sleeman (Edge of Your Seat Books, Inc.)

She lived for upholding the law…

Defense attorney, Malone Reed, doesn’t want to go to her fifteen year class reunion. Attending means running into her former high school flame, now Portland police detective, Liam Murphy. But when the committee decides to honor her for her pro-bono work with homeless teens, she knows it would be churlish not to attend. She will have to go and make the best of it. But now the law won’t save her.

By Joe Hilley (David C. Cook)

Dibber Landry lives in his uncle’s house on Dauphin Island, a barrier island near the mouth of Mobile Bay. As a hurricane approaches, most of the island’s permanent residents evacuate, but not Dibber, who has plundering on his mind. While rummaging through Inez Marchand’s house, Dibber finds more than he expected-a dead body. Charged with murder, he turns to Mike Connolly for help. It’s up to Mike to untangle a web of secrets no one else will touch.

By Shirlee McCoy (Love Inspired Suspense)

A serial killer is on the loose…in the first book in Shirlee McCoy’s FBI: Special Crimes Unit seriesAfter Special Agent Adam Whitfield’s ex-wife is nearly killed when she stops an abduction, the serial killer that Adam’s been hunting turns his focus on Charlotte Murray for getting in his way. Now, as the Night Stalker closes in, Adam has two missions: bring the murderer to justice and save Charlotte—because failure isn’t an option.

By Susan Sleeman (Edge of Your Seat Books, Inc.)

A woman on the run with no one to trust…When a Christmas vacation at a snowy Mt. Hood cabin turns into a home invasion, Jenna Paine will do anything to protect her four-year-old daughter. Even if it means putting Jenna\’s own life on the line. Which she must do when the intruder threatens to kill her. She knows the invader will stop at nothing to take her out, and she can’t let him get close or he might harm her daughter too.

By Susan Sleeman (Edge of Your Seat Books, Inc.)

Everything points to suicide…

Research scientist, Kennedy Walker is shocked when her mother dies and the police rule her death a suicide. Her scientist-mother was on the verge of a scientific breakthrough, and Kennedy knows her mother would never end her life, but the detective won’t listen. Kennedy worked alongside her mother at the lab, and Kennedy commits to finishing her mother’s work, but before long, it’s clear that her mother was killed to stop her from completing her project. And she must prove them wrong. Kennedy digs deeper, garnering the killer’s focus, and he puts her in his cross-hairs.

By Mark Mynheir (Multnomah)

Eleven months ago, Ray Quinn was a tough, quick-witted Orlando homicide detective at the top of his game–until a barrage of bullets ended his career…and his partner’ s life. Now medically retired with a painful handicap, Ray battles the haunting guilt for his partner’s death. Numbing the pain with alcohol and attitude, Ray takes a job as a night watchman at a swanky Orlando condo. But when a pastor and an exotic dancer are found dead in one of the condos in an apparent murder-suicide, Ray can no longer linger in the shadows. The pastor’s sister is convinced her brother was framed and begs Ray to take on an impossible case–to challenge the evidence and clear her brother’s name.

By James Byron Huggins (Whitaker House)

An ancient evil has darkened the halls of Saint Gregory’s Abbey in the Italian Alps. The monastery becomes a murderous battleground as a group of monks and tourists are forced to combat an unstoppable force. Cut off from rescue by a snowstorm, the defenders must fight for survival and their very souls. But from among the defenders arises an ageless holy warrior who alone wields the power to stem the tide of evil. The warrior must not only struggle against a foe of mythic might but also rediscover the faith and love that have carried him through a thousand battles.

By Robin Parrish (Bethany House)

Ghost Town is the hottest amusement park in the country, offering state-of-the-art chills and thrills involving the paranormal. The park’s main ride is a haunted mansion that promises an encounter with a real ghost. When Maia Peters visits during her senior year of college, she’s not expecting to be impressed. Maia grew up as the only child of a pair of world-renowned “ghost hunters,” so the paranormal is nothing new. In fact, the ride feels pretty boring until the very end.

By Frank Peretti (Thomas Nelson Inc)

Elijah and his sister Elisha go undercover to investigate a mysterious school that is sheltering runaway teenagers for a sinister purpose.

By Andrew Klavan (Thomas Nelson Inc)

What should have been an ordinary morning is about to spiral into a day of unrelenting terror. As a reporter for his high school newspaper, Tom is always on the lookout for an offbeat story. But from the moment he woke up this morning, his own life has been more bizarre than any headline could ever tell. The streets of his town are suddenly empty and silent. A strange fog has drifted in from the sea and hangs over everything.