What to read while waiting for...

NYPD Red 2 By Patterson, James Author Karp, Marshall 2014-03 - Little Brown and Company 9780316211239 Check Our Catalog When NYPD Red arrives at a crime scene, everyone takes notice. Known as the protectors of the rich, famous, and connected, NYPD Red is the elite task force called in only for New York City's most high-profile crimes. …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions!

Beverly Hills Dead By Woods, Stuart 2008-09 - Signet Book 9780451224781 Check Our Catalog In1940s Hollywood, Rick Barron--former Beverly Hills cop, now head of production of Centurion Pictures--returns in a page-turning novel of murder, political intrigue, and betrayal. Available in a tall Premium Edition. …More

Big City, Bad Blood By Chercover, Sean 2007-01 - William Morrow & Company 9780061128677 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title A disillusioned newspaper reporter turned private detective, Ray Dudgeon isn't trying to save the world. He just wants to do a little good, but as he's about to be reminded, the road to hell is paved with good intentions. …More

Dial H for Hitchcock By Kandel, Susan 2009-10 - Harper Paperbacks 9780061826672 Check Our Catalog Cece Caruso--mystery biographer extraordinaire, vintage clothing enthusiast, and part-time sleuth--is in freefall. First, she calls off her wedding, for reasons even she can't explain. Second, her newest biography (of Alfred Hitchcock) is way past deadline. So Cece puts on a houndstooth suit with peplum and heads out to see "Vertigo," only to come home with a cell phone belonging to a stranger named Anita Colby. Nothing if not a good citizen, Cece tries to return the cell phone--only to hear someone push Anita off a cliff. Now a woman is dead, and Cece is under suspicion (tip: don't leave rambling, incoherent messages on someone's answering machine just before she gets murdered). To clear her name and put the real murderer in jail, Cece's going on the lam, where she'll encounter mysterious strangers, unhelpful strippers, a bottle of blond hair dye, and twists and turns so eerie it's as if Hitch himself were writing the script. …More

Final Justice By Griffin, W. E. B. 2003-12 - Jove Books 9780515136562 Check Our Catalog Newly promoted to sergeant, Philadelphia detective Matt Payne finds himself in the middle of three assignments at once: trying to nail down a cop killer, a serial rapist, and a murderer who fled to France 20 years ago. …More

Hollywood Tough By Cannell, Stephen J. 2004-01 - St. Martin's Press 9780312989422 Check Our Catalog The bestselling author and Emmy Award-winning writer/producer sets this action-packed Shane Scully thriller in the high-stakes world he knows best--Hollywood. Martin's Press. …More

Honors Due By Cline, Edward 2011-05 - Perfect Crime Books 9781935797142 Check Our Catalog …More

Private L.A. By Patterson, James Author Sullivan, Mark 2014-02 - Little Brown and Company 9780316211123 Check Our Catalog Thom and Jennifer Harlow are the perfect couple, with three perfect children. They maybe two of the biggest mega movie stars in the world, but they're also great parents, philanthropists and just all-around good people. When they disappear without a word from their ranch, facts are hard to find. They live behind such a high wall of security and image control that even world-renowned Private Investigator Jack Morgan can't get to the truth. But as Jack keeps probing, secrets sprout thick and fast--and the world's golden couple may emerge as hiding behind a world of desperation and deception that the wildest reality show couldn't begin to unveil. Murder is only the opening scene. …More

Silver Scream: A Bed-And-Breakfast Mystery By Daheim, Mary 2003-07 - Avon Books 9780380815630 Check Our Catalog The latest entertaining entry in the acclaimed Bed and Breakfast series of delightful mysteries finds a Hollywood crew descending upon Judith McMonigle Flynn's Hillside Manor on Halloween weekend for one final, fatal production. …More