The drop
Connelly, Michael, 1956-
New York : Hachette Audio, p2011.
CONNELL
Detective Harry Bosch investigates a cold case and the murder of a city councilman's son. The cases are unrelated but they twist around each other like the double helix of a DNA strand. One leads to the discovery of a killer operating in the city for as many as three decades; the other to a deep political conspiracy that reached back into the dark history of the police department. STANDARD # = 9781600247231. STANDARD # = 9781611132861.

Explosive eighteen
Evanovich, Janet.
New York : Random House Audio, p2011.
EVANOVI
Before Stephanie can step foot off Flight 127 Hawaii to Newark, she's knee deep in trouble. Her dream vacation turned into a nightmare, and she's flying back to New Jersey solo. Worse still, her seatmate never returned to the plane after the L.A. layover. Now he's dead, in a garbage can, waiting for curbside pickup. And a ragtag collection of thugs and psychos, not to mention the FBI, are all looking for a photograph the dead man was supposed to be carrying. Only one other person has seen the missing photo -- Stephanie Plum. Now she's the target, and she doesn't intend to end up in a garbage can. STANDARD # = 9780307932501.

The Forgotten affairs of youth
McCall Smith, Alexander, 1948-.
Prince Frederick, MD : Recorded Books, p2011.
MCALL
Isabel Dalhousie helps a new friend discover the identity of her father. But Isabel also manages to find time for her own concerns: her young son, Charlie, already walking and talking; her housekeeper, Grace, whose spiritualist has lately been doubling as a financial advisor; her niece Cat's latest relationship; and the pressing question of when and how Isabel and Jamie should finally get married. STANDARD # = 9781449825263. STANDARD # = 9781464009129. 

Future perfect
Brockmann, Suzanne.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, Inc., p2011, c1993.
BROCKMA
Dressed in Victorian attire, Juliana Anderson gives huests at her cozy New England bed and breakfast a taste of old-fashioned hospitality. Whether she's cookin up delights in her kitchen or maintaining the rooms in her beautifully decorated inn, Juliana stays busy and content. Until Webster Donovan arrives - tall, rugged, and sexy beyond belief. The lean, dark-haired author has a bad case of writer's block and he's planned a six-week stay to cure it. But this beautiful woman is proving even more distracting to the cause. For prim, polite Juliana has a wild side: she rides a Harley an hides a troubled past. The moment Webster watches her take off her motorcycle helmet and shake loos those long, flame-colored curls, he finds his muse and loses his heart. But can romance with a woman afraid to trust in love last longer than a moment in time? STANDARD # = 9781455818891.

Micro
Crichton, Michael, 1942-2008.
[New York] : Harper Audio, cp2011.
CRICHTO
Three men are found dead in the locked second-floor office of a Honolulu building, with no sign of struggle except for the ultrafine, razor- sharp cuts covering their bodies. The only clue left behind is a tiny bladed robot, nearly invisible to the human eye. In the lush forests of Oahu, groundbreaking technology has ushered in a revolutionary era of biological prospecting. Trillions of microorganisms, tens of thousands of bacteria species, are being discovered; they are feeding a search for priceless drugs and applications on a scale beyond anything previously imagined. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, seven graduate students at the forefront of their fields are recruited by a pioneering microbiology start-up. Nanigen MicroTechnologies dispatches the group to a mysterious lab in Hawaii, where they are promised access to tools that will open a whole new scientific frontier. But once in the Oahu rain forest, the scientists are thrust into a hostile wilderness that reveals profound and surprising dangers at every turn. Armed only with their knowledge of the natural world, they find themselves prey to a technology of radical and unbridled power. To survive, they must harness the inherent forces of nature itself. STANDARD # = 9780060873080. STANDARD # = 0060873086. 

The missing
Lewis, Beverly, 1949-
Carol Stream, IL : Oasis Audio, p2009.
LEWIS
Grace Byler longs to uncover the secret that drove her mother to leave the family. When her hopes for a search are dashed, an unlikely friendship leads to a surprising invitation. Meanwhile, the young Amish man Grace thought was courting her best friend takes a sudden interest in her, and Grace's decision to remain single is challenged, even as her determination to find her mother grows. STANDARD # = 9781598596243. STANDARD # = 1598596241.

Red mist
Cornwell, Patricia Daniels.
New York : Penguin Audio, c2011.
CORNWEL
Determined to find out what happened to her former deputy chief, Jack Fielding, murdered six months earlier, Kay Scarpetta travels to the Georgia Prison for Women, where an inmate has information not only on Fielding, but also on a string of grisly killings. STANDARD # = 9781611760361. STANDARD # = 1611760364.

Vigilante [a Shane Scully novel]
Cannell, Stephen J.
Grand Haven, MI : Brilliance Audio, Inc., p2011.
CANNELL
Lita Mendez was a thorn in the LAPD's side. An aggressive police critic and gang activist, she'd filed countless complaints against the department. So when she's found dead in her home, Detective Scully and his partner Hitchens fear the worst: that there's a killer in their ranks. STANDARD # = 9781441893307.