If You Like Catherine Coulter...
updated 4/09
The Alibi by Sandra Brown
Ambitious Assistant District Attorney Hammond Cross is delighted to be named chief prosecutor for a high-profile Charleston murder case, until he finds himself drawn to a mysterious woman who turns out to be the prime suspect. Also try The Crush.
Glass Houses by Stella Cameron
NYPD homicide detective Aiden Flynn is drawn into a deadly game of cat and mouse when he receives a cryptic e-mail that leads him to a beguiling British woman, Olivia Fitz-Durham, on a high-stakes and dangerous quest.
Plum Island by Nelson DeMille
When Tom and Judy Gordon are found murdered in their Long Island home, NYPD detective John Corey uncovers a chilling link between the couple's deaths and the theft and illegal sale of genetically altered viruses, and races against time to stop the possible release of a deadly plague. Also try The Gold Coast.
Missing Pieces by Joy Fielding
A family therapist who prides herself on her super-functional family, Kate Sinclair faces a challenge to her domestic Eden in the form of her half-sister, who plans to marry an accused serial killer and begins to influence Kate's rebellious daughter.
Slow Burn by Julie Garwood
When a woman returns to her tiny hometown after a long absence, she is stunned to find herself implicated in a decades-old murder and is left in the position of not knowing whom she can trust, or whom she should fear the most.
Body Double by Tess Gerritsen
Paris to discover a murder victim in her driveway, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the victim looks exactly like her and is a twin sister she never knew.
Prior Bad Acts by Tami Hoag
Assigned to protect a judge whose unpopular ruling on a serial killer has led to threats, Minneapolis homicide detective Sam Kovac and his partner, Nikki Liska, find their case taking a whole new direction when the judge is kidnapped. Also try Night Sins.
Chill of Fear by Kay Hooper
Haunted by a twenty-year-old unsolved crime, FBI agent Quentin Hayes attempts to put the mystery to rest and is joined by Diana Brisco, a woman struggling to unlock the meaning of her nightmares about a long-vanished child.
Fatal Tide by Iris Johansen
Returning from Paris to discover a murder victim in her driveway, Boston medical examiner Maura Isles is shocked to discover that the victim looks exactly like her and is a twin sister she never knew. Also try Firestorm.
Married to a Stranger by Patricia MacDonald
Anticipating a happy life at the beginning of her marriage, pregnant crisis counselor Emma Webster becomes terrified when her husband disappears just before she is nearly killed by an axe-wielding assailant.
Obsession by Karen Robards
Recovering from a murder attempt with an uncanny conviction that everything in her life is profoundly wrong, National Security Agency assistant Katharine Lawrence is drawn into a dangerous investigation by CIA agent Nick Huston.
Conspiracy in Death by J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts)
As a serial killer stalks the streets of New York, removing the hearts of his victims with surgical precision, Lieutenant Eve Dallas is forced to walk a dangerous line between justice and her career as she plays a deadly cat-and-mouse game with the murderer. The first book in this series is Naked in Death.