He slips into their homes at night and walks silently into bedrooms where women lie sleeping, unaware of the horrors they will soon endure. The precision of the killer's methods suggests he is a deranged man of medicine, propelling the newspapers and the frightened public to name him 'The Surgeon'. Tess Gerritsen has created a villain of unforgettable evil - and the one woman who can catch him before he kills again.

Julie Garwood
Mercy

Like his FBI-agent brother, Nick, Theo Buchanan is devoted to his crime-fighting career as a Justice Department attorney At a gala ceremony in New Orleans, he is suddenly taken ill and rushed to hospital, where a brilliant and beautiful surgeon, Dr Michelle Renard, saves his life. And it's not the only life-and-death crisis that will ensnare Theo - for he is about to uncover a ring of criminals bent on preserving their secrecy at any cost.

Carol Higgins Clark
Fleeced

When Regan Reilly arrives in New York City to attend a conference organised by her celebrity-author mother, the last thing she expects is to be plunged into a headlinemaking case. But that's just what happens when an old friend calls on Regan to investigate the murder of two fellow Settler's Club members, whose deaths have left the club in a financial bind and Regan's friend in an awful fix. Now, unless Regan can clear his name, her old friend just might find himself behind bars - if a ruthless killer doesn't get to him first.