Cara Black, Libby Fischer Hellmann, Sharan Newman

Cara Black: Murder in the Rue de Paradis

Aimée is thrilled when her one-time lover, Yves, an investigative journalist, returns from his assignment in Egypt and proposes marriage. But after a single night of bliss, his body is discovered in a Paris doorway. His throat has been slit. The avenging Aimée follows a trail leading to a sleeper jihadist and is embroiled in Turkish and Kurdish politics.

Fischer Hellmann: Chicago Blues

Chicago’s Hellmann edits an anthology of stories about the Windy City from 21 authors including Sara Paretsky, J.A. Konrath, Stuart M. Kaminsky, and Barbara D’Amato.

Newman: The Shanghai Tunnel

1868 Portland, Oregon, a rough-hewn, bustling trading place that has dreams of becoming a city. Horace Stratton is coming home after amassing yet another fortune in Shanghai. His wife, a shy missionaries' daughter, and son, are with him when he falls ill and dies in San Francisco. Emily feels guilt but not sorrow for she has learned too much about Horace's past—and she knows that all his schemes did not die with him. No surprise that his partners wish to make Emily and her son disappear….