Coconut Layer Cake Murder, by Joanne Fluke

When Hannah learns that her sister's boyfriend, Detective Lonnie Murphy, is the prime suspect in a murder case, she goes straight from a movie studio sound stage to the LA airport. Back in Minnesota, she discovers that Lonnie remembers only parts of the night. He went out to a local bar, drove a very impaired woman home, helped her to her bedroom, and doesn't recall anything else until he woke up on her couch the following morning. When he went to the bedroom to check on her, he discovered she was dead. Hannah knows that exonerating a suspect who can't remember is almost impossible, especially since Lonnie's brother and Lonnie's partner have both been taken off the case. Before everything comes crashing down on Lonnie, it'll be up to Hannah to rack up enough clues to toast a flaky killer . . .

Last Girl Standing, by Lisa Jackson

First they were five. Then they were four. Who's turn will it be next? A novel about a clique of popular girls whose high school friendship is marked by a tragedy that continues to haunt them decades later.

Museum of Desire, by Jonathan Kellerman

LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis has solved a lot of murder cases. On many of them--the ones he calls "different"--he taps the brain of psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware. But neither Alex nor Milo are prepared for what they find on an early morning call to a deserted mansion in Bel Air. This one's beyond different. Four people have been slaughtered and left displayed bizarrely and horrifically in a stretch limousine. Confounding the investigation, none of the victims seems to have any connection to any other, and a variety of methods have been used to dispatch them. As Alex and Milo make their way through the case, they encounter a crime so vicious that it stretches the definitions of evil.

Sisters by Choice, by Susan Mallery

Cousins by chance, sisters by choice... Sophie, Kristine, and Heather have all reached turning points in their lives. This is a heartfelt tale of love, family and the friendships that see them through.

Blindside, by James Patterson

The mayor of New York has a daughter who's missing and in danger. Detective Michael Bennett has a son who's in prison. Bennett and the mayor have always had a tense relationship, but now the mayor sees in Bennett a discreet investigator with family worries of his own. Just one father helping another. The detective leaps into the case and sources lead him to a homicide in the Bronx. The victim has ties to a sophisticated hacking operation -- and also to the mayor's missing daughter, a twenty-one-year-old computer prodigy. The murder is part of a serial killing spree with national security implications. And suddenly Bennett is at the center of a dangerous triangle anchored by NYPD, FBI, and a transnational criminal organization. Michael Bennett has always been an honorable man, but sometimes survival comes first.

Lost, by James Patterson (1/13/20)

The city of Miami is Detective Tom Moon's back yard. He attended University of Miami on a football scholarship, and is a Miami PD officer, protecting the city's most vulnerable. Now, as the new leader of an FBI task force called "Operation Guardian," it's his mission to combat international crime. Moon's investigative team discovers that the opportunistic "Blood Brothers" -- Russian nationals Roman and Emile Rostoff -- have evaded authorities while building a vast, powerful, and deadly crime syndicate throughout Europe and metropolitan Miami. As the Rostoffs zero in on a target dear to Tom, they're not playing by anyone's rules.

Last Day, by Luanne Rice

Years ago, Beth Lathrop and her sister Kate suffered what they thought would be the worst tragedy of their lives the night both the famous painting Moonlight and their mother were taken. The detective assigned to the case, Conor Reid, swore to protect the sisters from then on. Beth moved on, throwing herself fully into the art world, running the family gallery, and raising a beautiful daughter with her husband Pete. Kate, instead, retreated into herself and took to the skies as a pilot, always on the run. When Beth is found strangled in her home, and Moonlight goes missing again, Detective Reid can't help but feel a sense of déjà vu. Reid immediately suspects Beth's husband, whose affair is a poorly kept secret. He has an airtight alibi--but he also has a motive, and the evidence seems to point to him. Kate and Reid, along with the sisters' closest childhood friends, struggle to make sense of Beth's death, but they only find more questions: Who else would have wanted Beth dead? What's the significance of Moonlight? Twenty years ago, Reid vowed to protect Beth and Kate--and he's failed. Now solving the case is turning into an obsession...

Golden in Death, by J.D. Robb

Pediatrician Kent Abner received the package on a beautiful April morning. Inside was a cheap trinket, a golden egg that could be opened into two halves. When he pried it apart, highly toxic airborne fumes entered his body--and killed him. After Eve Dallas calls the hazmat team--and undergoes testing to reassure both her and her husband that she hasn't been exposed--it's time to look into Dr. Abner's past and relationships. Not every victim Eve encounters is an angel, but it seems that Abner came pretty close--though he did ruffle some feathers over the years by taking stands for the weak and defenseless. While the lab tries to identify the deadly toxin, Eve hunts for the sender. But when someone else dies in the same grisly manner, it becomes clear that she's dealing with either a madman--or someone who has a hidden and elusive connection to both victims.

Salt River, by Randy Wayne White

Marine biologist and former government agent Doc Ford is sure he's beyond the point of being surprised by his longtime pal Tomlinson's tales of his youth. But he's stunned anew when avowed bachelor Tomlinson reveals that as a younger man strapped for cash, he'd unwittingly fathered multiple children via for-profit sperm bank donations. Thanks to genealogy websites, Tomlinson's now-grown offspring have tracked him down, seeking answers about their roots. . . but Doc quickly grows suspicious that one of them might be planning something far more nefarious than a family reunion. With recent history on his mind, Doc is unsurprised when his own dicey past is called into question. Months ago, he'd quietly "liberated" a cache of precious Spanish coins from a felonious treasure hunter, and now a number of unsavory individuals, including a disgraced IRS investigator and a corrupt Bahamian customs agent, are after their cut. Caught between watching his own back and Tomlinson's, Doc has no choice but to get creative--before past decisions escalate to present-day dangers.