Harlequin.com has released the list of May 2012 titles for its Worldwide Mystery imprint, your partner in crime. Amateur sleuths, traditional cozies, police procedurals and private-eye fiction, written by award-winning authors.
For more information about the book from Harlequin.com, click on the title or cover.
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The Bee Balm Murders
A Victoria Trumbull Mystery (10th in series)
Midsummer on Martha's Vineyard means Victoria Trumbull's beehives are in full production. Traditions are important to the ninety-two-year-old poet and amateur sleuth, but she knows modern innovations like new fiber-optic cables are inevitable for the historic island. Victoria's likable new tenant is actually in charge of the cable project. But when his company's biggest potential investor is found dead in a ditch, Victoria starts her own digging.
After a wealthy island newcomer also invests in the cable project, Victoria begins to wonder if there may be more to the enterprise than meets the eye. The appearance of a few more financiers with duplicitous motives and another murder victim only confirm her suspicions. Soon Victoria is untangling a web of double dealing, mob money, illegal drugs and scorned love that leads her to the real motive for murder … and the shocking identity of the killer.
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Both Sides of the Fence
Non-Series
A young woman in expensive clothes is found unconscious, wet and half frozen by a local pub goer in the fenlands of coastal Lincolnshire. John Cannon and Liz Makepeace, former Scotland Yard detectives turned proprietors of The Eel Trap, give the stranger refuge. Watchful and wary, the two suspect their guest may be in serious trouble.
By morning the trouble is big enough to send the woman running and bring a couple of dangerous-looking men into the pub. John and Liz trail the thugs to a local tourist site—a mistake that may prove fatal when Liz is abducted. Struggling to think like a cop, and not a desperate husband, John links the missing young lady to a powerful crime ring and a planned assassination. But time is running out for Liz, as past and present collide with deadly intent.
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A Reason to Kill
Rina Martin (1st in series)
For Rina Martin, the sleepy seaside town of Frantham is the perfect place to retire from a successful acting career and open a cozy boardinghouse. For transplanted detective Sebastian "Mac" McGregor, it's a place to forget a recent tragedy. But when murder strikes, Rina and Mac discover that behind Frantham's quiet facade lie some dangerous secrets.
Who would savagely beat to death a harmless old lady? Somehow, the victim was connected to two locals: a troubled teenage boy and his protective older sister. The return of their abusive father brings chaos and danger back into their lives. When another murder occurs, Mac and Rina—who picked up a few tricks playing a detective on television—connect the dots. But as a disturbing picture of violence, terror and desperate acts emerges, it's hard to sort the criminals from the victims.
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Indigo as an Iris
A Biscuit McKee Mystery (5th in series)
Martinsville, Georgia, librarian Biscuit McKee welcomes her sister, Glaze, for a visit. It's been a turbulent year for Glaze since breaking up with an abusive boyfriend who is now sitting in jail. But his devious mind is reaching past the prison bars into the sisters' lives. A plot to have Glaze kidnapped for a sizable ransom—that he's sure Biscuit can arrange—goes awry when the wrong woman is abducted.
Things only get worse when Biscuit and Glaze have a falling-out and Glaze disappears. As threats and uncertainty permeate Biscuit's life, her stalwart cat Marmalade offers comfort … and assistance unraveling the tangled threads of several mysteries. With a dangerous man looming ever closer, Biscuit harnesses the courage and strength to go the distance for those she loves. But it may be too late …
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