Wages of Sin by Matt Braun
With outlaws wrecking
havoc left and right, a cow town in Texas is on the brink of becoming a
ghost town. That's when it's time to call in Chicago-based Pinkerton
agent Ash Tallman and his partner Vivian Valentine. Going undercover as a
handsome, charming drifter, Ash is always ready with his gun and
popular with the ladies. And the lovely, vivacious Viv plays the role of
a fervent evangelist, offering salvation-with the promise of a sweeter
reward-to any sinner who can give her clues to the whereabouts of the
man so bent on revenge he gladly kills anyone who crosses his path.
But this outlaw has never before encountered the likes of Ash Tallman.
Gold by Gemini by Jonathan Gash
One of the most likable
rogues in mystery history. The Bitish-Roman coins had been around for
centuries, so when they disappear from a local museum, Lovejoy has a
more than passing interest in finding them. Abandoning his usual
pursuits of good buys and willing women, Lovejoy finds himself in the
much less agreeable company of one Dandy Jack, the sinister Rink, and
the lovely, treacheerous Nicole. They lead him on a merry chase through a
countryside filled with heather and danger. A superb tdour through the
glittering and greedy world of antiques.
Fire Sale by Sara Paretsky
A conscience can weigh a
PI down more than the heaviest firearm—and get her into more trouble
too. It’s that nagging conscience that makes V. I. Warshawski agree to
fill in as coach for the girls’ basketball team at her South Chicago
alma mater—which in turn leads her to the headquarters of By-Smart, the
global retail empire where V. I. hopes to get some desperately needed
funds for the struggling squad.
But conscience seems to be in short
supply at By-Smart… with the exception of Billy Bysen, the earnest
teenage grandson of the chain’s gruff, tightfisted founder.
And when
Billy disappears—along with a mysterious document much desired by
By-Smart’s management team—V. I. is hurled onto a twisted, body-strewn
path that runs through Chicago’s dirtiest places and reveals some of its
dirtiest secrets.