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By N. J. Lindquist (MurderWillOut Mysteries)

In Glitter of Diamonds, the second book in her Manziuk and Ryan series, N. J. Lindquist once again hooks us with deftly-drawn characters, complex story-lines and thought-provoking issues, served up with her unique mix of tongue-in-cheek humor and gentle compassion. This time, she takes readers into the world of major league baseball and its surrounding media. She also asks subtle questions about the prices people are willing to pay to see their dreams come true.

By Ron Benrey, Janet Benrey (Love Inspired Suspense)

An unexpected windfall had greedy church choir members seeing green, taking sides and preparing for battle. Their weapon of choice? Practical jokes. And Emma McCall wanted no part of it…until a VW Bug appeared on her bed-and-breakfast’s porch. The combatants’ pranks were escalating, and only innkeeper Emma seemed to be taking them seriously. But before the pretty amateur could dust for fingerprints, an unexpected ally appeared: Glory’s deputy police chief, Rafe Neilson.

By Bill Myers (Howard Books)

A cranky, atheistic philosophy professor loves to shred the faith of incoming freshmen. He is chosen by a group of scientists to create a philosophy for a computer-generated world exactly like ours. Much to his frustration every model he introduces—from Darwinism, to Existentialism, to Relativism, to Buddhism—fails. The only way to preserve the computer world is to introduce laws from outside their system through a Law Giver. Of course this goes against everything he’s ever believed, and he hates it.

By James Dobson, Kurt Bruner (FaithWords)

The nightmares have returned. Something, or someone, wants to drag Julia Davidson back into a dreadful conflict she assumed was a distant memory. Was this, like before, the echo of another person’s dream? Is she responsible to rescue faces she doesn’t recognize but can’t forget? Do the murky images suggest she has a part to play in whatever ominous events lie ahead? Things are finally looking up for Matthew Adams. As the top earner at MedCom Associates he has started to crawl out of the financial hole created during his “dark days. ” And now, out of the blue, a mysterious woman invites him to join a confidential research initiative.

By Lisa J. Lickel (Barbour Publishing, Inc)

JUST HOW HIGH A PRICE DOES EARTHLY TREASURE COMMAND? School teacher Judy Winters sets out to solve the mystery surrounding her only living relative’s murder back on the farm where Aunt Louise grew up. She encounters Hart Wingate, a young man renting the adjoining farm who had helped Aunt Louise with farm chores. When Judy learns that her boyfriend, Graham, has been secretly visiting Louise, Judy takes the opportunity to move away from him for the summer and think over the situation.  Judy loves her teaching job, but is intrigued by her heritage in the farmstead and particularly the old house. She stays on the farm and renovates the house, but whether to sell or stay, she has yet to decide.

By Margaret Daley (Love Inspired)

RISKY BUSINESSAs a firefighter, Joshua Markham is used to taking risks. So when unexplained fires start disrupting the quiet town of Sweetwater, he’s prepared to stop them— whatever it takes. What he isn’t prepared for is Darcy O’Brien, the beautiful woman he finds trying to save horses as her family’s barn smolders. After a recent relationship filled with heartache, Joshua isn’t ready for the protective feelings Darcy and her young son evokes in him. Joshua isn’t willing to take risks when it comes to love.

By Davis Bunn (Howard Books)

Will she decipher the mysteries leading to the sacred relic, or be defeated by the foes racing to claim it and destroy her?A dealer in art and antiquities, Storm Syrrell arranges her life as she does her work — into neat, orderly categories. But when her grandfather is murdered, all certainties are crushingly replaced by suspicions. She struggles to understand his death — and decipher the frayed leather journal she finds hidden in his vault. Storm soon realizes that, far from being simply a discreet art broker, Sean Syrrell was a trusted go-between in the highest ranks of business and government in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. But not all of Sean’s associates were quite so lofty.

By Martin Edwards (HarperCollins)

Winner of the 2016 EDGAR, AGATHA, MACAVITY and H. R. F. KEATING crime writing awards, this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction. Detective stories of the Twenties and Thirties have long been stereotyped as cosily conventional.

By Shirlee McCoy (Love Inspired Suspense)

Agent Undercover…Identity ExposedThe FBI: Special Crimes Unit series continuesFBI agent Sam Sheridan’s mission is to take down a human trafficking ring and save missing teens—until he witnesses a kidnapping. Blowing his cover, Sam rescues Ella McIntire. But she’s not safe yet. While searching for the truth about her cousin’s death, Ella came too close to a dangerous secret. And now only Sam can protect her from the men determined to silence her.

By Camy Tang (Love Inspired Suspense)

WITHOUT A TRACE As a skip tracer in training, Joslyn Dimalanta knows she has the skills to track down her missing friend. As long as her friend’s startlingly handsome brother, Clay Ashton, doesn’t distract her. But then his sister’s house detonates—almost killing Clay and Joslyn. Now they realize the harsh reality: they must either find the person after Clay’s sister, or face deadly consequences. And the closer they get to exposing the source of the crimes, the more explosive surprises they discover.