Booklist
- New Jersey Can Be Murder
BAY AT MIDNIGHT│Diane Chamberlain│M, QM
Haunted by the murder of her sister more than four decades ago, Julie learns that the wrong man may have been convicted for her death and turns to a childhood friend for help finding out what really happened. Chamberlain spent her summers in Bay Head and it is the setting of this mystery.
DEAL BREAKER│Harlan Coben│M, QM, Cass, CD
Rookie quarterback Christian Steele is about to sign a big contract when he receives a phone call from an ex-girlfriend everyone thought was dead. Sports agent Myron Bolitar tracks down the truth.
HONEST DOUBT│Amanda Cross│M, QM
Estelle “Woody” Woodhaven is hired to find out who killed Professor Charles Haycock, an expert on Victorian literature at a small New Jersey college.
ONE FOR THE MONEY│Janet Evanovich│M, QM, Cass, CD
In this hysterically funny debut, Stephanie Plum is laid off from her position as a discount lingerie buyer and she’s broke. She blackmails her cousin Vinnie into giving her a job as an “apprehension agent” and is assigned to track down Joe Morelli, a Trenton cop accused of murdering an unarmed man.
TILT A WHIRL│Chris Grabenstein│M
After returning from a tour of duty in Iraq, John Ceepak joins the police force in Sea Haven, NJ. When a Trump-like real estate tycoon is murdered at an amusement park in front of his young daughter who is later kidnapped, Ceepak won’t stop until he finds both the girl and the murderer.
KILLING TIME IN OCEAN CITY│Jane Kelly│M
Meg Daniels arrives at the Ocean City cottage where she is vacationing to find that her boss is her next-door neighbor. Things go from bad to worse when he’s murdered and police want to know how she came to be next door.
FUNNY MONEY│James Swain│M
After his ex-partner is blown to bits by a car bomb, Tony Valentine, former cop turned grifter hunter returns to Atlantic City to bring his partner’s killer to justice and expose a six-million dollar scam at the Bombay Casino.
HEARTBREAK LOUNGE│Wallace Strobey│M
Nikki Ennis was a dancer at the Heartbreak Lounge in Asbury Park when she met Johnny Harrow. When Johnny was put away for attempted murder, Nikki put their son up for adoption. Now Johnny’s out and he wants revenge. Can former NJ state trooper Harry Rane keep Nikki safe and keep Johnny from finding his son?
SCARECROW│Robin Hathaway│M
Dr. Jo Banks is running away from her life when she stops at a small motel in Bayfield, NJ. She accepts an offer from the local owners to work for them and gets caught up in the murders of a number of itinerant farm workers.
SHADOWS ON THE IVY│Lee Wait│M
Maggie Summer is a professor, antique print dealer and faculty advisor for a new dormitory for single parents and their children at Somerset County College. When two of the young mothers are poisoned, Maggie sets out to discover whodunit.
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