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Partnerships Can Kill
Author: Connie Shelton
Published: March 15, 1997 by Intrigue Press
Series Name: The Charlie Parker Mystery Series
Category: Traditional mystery, female sleuth, New Mexico setting
Main Character: Charlie Parker
"Charlie is a fabulous amateur sleuth." --Midwest Book Review; "Down to earth and very readable." --Library Journal. Charlie returns from her Hawaiian vacation to find her older brother Ron involved with a much younger woman. The more Charlie sees of cute Vicky, the more she realizes how deceitful Ron's new love is. Is it simply a case of male mid-life crisis or is there something more sinister going on?
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Beyond the Beyond
Author: Lee Goldberg
Published: March 1, 1997 by St. Martin's Press
Series Name: Charlie Willis
Main Character: Charlie Willis
Ex-cop Charlie Willis handles "special security" at Pinnacle Pictures. His job: to protect the studio and its stars, to stop scandals before they explode, to keep the peace in the land of make-believe. When Pinnacle revives the cult, 1960s TV series "Beyond the Beyond" as the cornerstone of a fourth network, two powerful forces fight for control of the show—a talent agency that uses blackmail, torture, and murder to keep its clients on the A-list, and a homicidal legion of rabid fans led by an insane actor who thinks he's in outer space.
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Killing Grounds
Author: Dana Stabenow
Published: February 19, 1997 by Putnam
Series Name: Kate Shugak series
It's salmon season in Alaganik Bay, where Kate pulls more out of the water than reds.
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THE BEST OF ENEMIES
Author: Taylor Smith
Published: February 18, 1997 by Mira
Series Name: Stand-alone thriller.
Category: Stand-alone thriller.
Main Character: Leya Nash, Peter vanAken
A tranquil New England college town is rocked to the core when a student is linked to a devastating act of terrorism and then goes missing. Innocent or guilty, someone thinks she knows too much. Professor Leya Nash is one of those who believes in the girl's innocence, and she's determined to find her before she's silence forever. Leya's only ally is a man with a tortured past who no longer believes in anyone's innocence. But is he really an ally at all?
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Death in Lovers' Lane
Author: Carolyn Hart
Published: January 1, 1997Series Name: Henrie O Mysteries
Main Character: Henrie O Collins
A Pulitzer Prize-winning ex-reporter and journalism teacher at ivy-covered Thorndyke University, Henrietta "Henrie O" Collins demands of her students the same steadfast dedication to the truth that was the cornerstone of her own illustrious career. So when beautiful, ambitious Maggie Winslow decides to investigate a trio of hitherto unresolved local crimes, Henrie O urges her to pursue the story with uncommon vigor.
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