Minotaur Books,US

When the dog showed up on the doorstep a few days ago, the sitter knew Andy would know what to do. Indeed, Andy recognises Murphy, who the Carpenters fostered before the dog went home with BJ Bremer and his mother. BJ wanted to learn all he could about caring for Murphy, which made Andy like him immediately. When Andy goes to take Murphy back to the Bremers, though, instead of the happy reunion he expects, he finds BJ's mother in tears. It turns out Murphy ran off…after BJ was arrested for murder. Andy had hoped for a quiet Christmas vacation, but he likes Murphy’s family and his golden retriever, Tara, likes Murphy, so he can't resist getting involved. The case isn’t as simple as Andy thought it would be, though, with BJ suspected of murdering one of his professors. With nothing to go on but Andy's own conviction in BJ's dog-loving character, proving his innocence would be a Christmas miracle. With equal doses of doggy humour and courtroom drama, as well as Andy Carpenter's traditional humbug Christmas spirit, David Rosenfelt delivers another winner.

Evelyne Redfern returns in A Dark and Deadly Journey, the next book in international bestselling author Julia Kelly?s captivating historical mystery series. After being sidelined for a pesky gunshot wound, typist-turned-field agent Evelyne Redfern is ready for her next assignment with Britain?s secretive Special Investigations Unit. When a British Intelligence informant in Portugal mysteriously disappears just after hinting that he has vital information about German plans that could tip the balance of World War Two, Evelyne and her dashingly irksome partner, David Poole, are sent headed to Lisbon to find him. Once they land, Evelyne and David aren''t even able to leave the airport, before she discovers one of their fellow aeroplane passengers murdered and uncovers a diary with a clear link between the victim and their missing informant. With their mission in jeopardy before it can truly begin, Evelyne and David fight to keep their cover intact as they descend deeper into the shadows that surround Lisbon?s glittering collection of wealthy expats and dangerous spies. This case will test Evelyne and David?s training, charm, and wit?and their growing attraction for one another.

Cathy Pegau''s sharp, captivating mystery about two women in turn-of-the-century New York solving murder and fighting the heteropatriarchy.There can be a blurry line between what is ethical and what is legal.Margot Baxter Harriman took the reins of B&H Foods after her father passed. It?s not easy being a business woman in 1912, but she is determined to continue what her grandparents started decades ago, no matter what it takes.When Margot finds Mrs. Gilroy, her father?s former assistant, dead from heart failure with a half-finished note confessing to nebulous misdeeds, she seeks out help from a very discreet, private investigator to figure out what''s going on. Her company, and her good name, depends on determining the truth, otherwise she could lose everything, including her freedom.Loretta ?Rett? Mancini has run her father?s investigation operation since he started becoming increasingly forgetful. When Margot offers her the chance to look into the potential scandal with B&H, she jumps at the chance.But the more the two dig, the more it becomes clear that Margot''s company may be too far lost...and her life is at stake.

In Michelle Chouinard?s A Tour to Die For, Capri Sanzio is back, giving a true crime tour her guests won?t soon forget. After all, a tour guide who specializes in serial killers knows better than most that San Francisco is a city with killer charm.Capri Sanzio knows that when you give serial killer walking tours for a living, unexpected situations are more common than San Francisco''s famous fog. So, when one of her guests claims to see a woman being attacked during a tour, Capri remains unphased. The police search the apartment in question and find no evidence of anything amiss, so they chalk it up to a false report from a true crime fanatic looking to be a part of a case. And Capri thinks they might be right, since lately her tours have been attracting even more obsessives than usual--as it turns out, finding the actual serial killer who committed the "Overkill Bill" murders didn''t stop the constant questions about her grandfather''s supposed crimes, it only intensified them.But Capri would never forgive herself if someone is in trouble and she walks away. Plus, something about the whole situation has every one of Capri''s investigative journalist instincts going haywire--why would someone lie about seeing an attack? So Capri starts to dig, and when her questions lead to a body, she finds herself at the center of another murder investigation.