Michael A. Black
Freeze Me Tender

Ten years ago the hillbilly king of rock-and-roll, Colton Purcell, was cryogenically frozen after his premature death. Or was he? Chicago-based magazine reporter Harry Bauer intends to find out as he becomes involved in a murder plot stretching from Memphis to Las Vegas, where the tenth anniversary celebration of Colton's death is in full swing. When Harry's mentor and friend, a Vegas reporter specialising in conspiracy theories, is murdered, Harry is intent on finding out why. But in a city where illusion often transcends reality, the truth proves more elusive than a gambler's lucky streak. There's a host of problems that make Harry wonder, is it really Colton Purcell hanging upside down in that cryogenic tube full of liquid nitrogen? If Harry can live long enough, he may just find out.

Karen Hanson Stuyck
Fit To Die

Lauren Prescott is fifty, fat (according to her husband), and flat broke after he leaves her. To land a magazine job, Lauren writes a profile of a fitness guru who died while jogging - a death that looks increasingly suspicious the more she probes. Her search for her missing husband reveals unexpected criminal secrets. Lauren must decipher the brutal reality behind the two men's public faqades, unaware that the killer also has a deadline-for her murder.

Karen Hanson Stuyck is the author of three previous mystery novels. Her short stories have been published in Cosmopolitan, Woman's World and other magazines.

Someone in South Lake Tahoe is Sirius about murder, and dog owners and their pets are about to discover that the killer's bite is much worse than his bark. Elsie MacBean and her Basset Hound, Cruiser, find themselves dewlapdeep in a murder investigation when supporters of a controversial dog park, proposed for a coveted tract of Tahoe shoreline, are earmarked for death. The fur starts to fly at a Howlowe'en fund-raiser for Alpine Paws Park when Abigail Haversham, heiress to the lakeside property, is discovered strangled. Mounting evidence implicates the pet psychic in Abigail's murder, but Beanie and Cruiser are also hot on the trail of other quarry in the Sirius killings. Only Beanie's unbreakable bond with Cruiser can nip this crime spree before they become the next victims of the Sirius Killer.