Hunted by Megg Jensen (2014) 80 Pages 

Book 2 of Dragonlands – Tressa has returned to Hutton’s Bridge only to find that the villagers have disappeared.  Now she teams up with Bastian and must navigate the politics and dragonloards to keep save their people.

Hidden by Megg Jensen (2013) 80 Pages 

Book 1 of Dragonlands – A dragon falls dead out of the fog that hovers at the border of  Hutton’s Bridge.  Tressa, a girl raised by her grandmother, ventures where no one as returned before and endangers everyone.

Open Season by C. J. Box (2001) Putnam Adult 

1st in a series about a Game Warden who starts out naive and at the climax becomes the man he should be.

The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman (2008) HarperCollins

A toddler wanders away from his house through a door opened by a murderer and into a graveyard where the murderer cannot find him.  He is raised by the ghosts and protected by a vampire and a werewolf who are members of the Honor Guard of God.  David Copperfield in a weird universe.  Winner of the 2009 Newbery Award.

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (2012) Pamela Dorman Books

Advertised as a Romance - but it is far more than that.  It's mainstream.  It's about living in a situation where none of us want to find ourselves.  It's tough, it's heartbreaking, it's redemptive like so few books are today.  This will stick around and sell year after year unless booksellers are heartless and illiterate.

Small Favor by Jim Butcher (2008) Roc 

Dresden finds himself fulfilling one of Mab's favors - a small favor that may only cost him his life and the lives of those he loves and knows.

The Lost Scrolls by Alex Archer (2007) Gold Eagle 

A wonderful find - scrolls from the library of Alexandria become the immediate target of a megalomaniac who will stop at nothing, including murdering everyone between him and what he wants.  He just didn't factor-in a woman with Joan of Arc's supernatural sword, nor her immortal resources.

Rapture in Death by J.D. Robb (2009) Thorndike Press

Someone has developed a new drug that makes a person feel rapturous, the only problem is that it kills them.

Immortal in Death by J.D. Robb (2009) Thorndike Press 

A new, illegal and deadly drug makes people feel immortal.  Until it kills them.  And Eve Dallas finds a close friend has been made a patsy to take the focus off the real scoundrels.  But Eve is nothing if not loyal and by the book.

Cousin Joseph by Jules Feiffer (2016) Liveright \

Feiffer’s prequel to Kill My Mother, the detective father, who is patriotic and believes in the American way.  This is in contrast to his bare-knuckles approach to getting information and secret trips to Hollywood, paying off producers to make sure they only make films that are upbeat about an idealistic America where no injustice goes uncorrected.

Kill My Mother by Jules Feiffer (2014) Liveright 

A noir graphic novel by a man who has won numerous awards (a Pulitzer, an Academy Award, among others).  Here there are three femme fatales, a daughter obsessed with finding her father’s killer, and a hapless heroine.  There’s a thug, a hit man, a taxi driver, a movie star, and a communist who owns a liquor store.

The Truth is a Cave in the Black Mountains by Neil Gaiman (2015) William Morrow 

A dazzlingly tour-de-force – quite possibly the story masterpiece of one of the world's best writers.  A man wants to know what happened to his little girl and travels on foot to find a guide to take him to the Black Mountains.  What he finds out and how he deals with the knowledge will change the reader.

Queen of the Night by J.A. Jance (2010) William Morrow 

Every summer, the Queen of the Night blooms on the Tohono O’odham nation.  A young girl witnesses a murder. At the same time, a retired homicide detective looks into a cold case from almost half a century ago. Meanwhile, the homicide detective’s wife deals with memories of another murder.

The Black Ice by Michael Connelly (2003) Little Brown & Co.  

Harry Bosch finds a narcotics officer killed with a suicide note that he doesn’t believe.  He has to follow a trail of drugs across and into Mexico.  He can’t save everybody, but he can wreak justifiable revenge.

Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs (2011) Ace

Mercy Thompson, a walker who turns into a coyote, is the only one who can battle a vampire who has been targeting the local werewolf pack.  She is immune to vampire wiles, and that let’s her get close enough to make a difference.

The Affair by Lee Child (2011) Delacorte Press

Reacher is re-activated and sent to a murder scene to find out what happened, who did the deed, and then to cover it up because it involves a top-secret project.  But the local sheriff, a woman, is also trying to get to the truth.  The attraction leads to a bed, but the problem needs to be solved.  There is conspiracy and those who want to keep Reacher from his mission.  Not a good place to be.

Cat & Mouse by James Patterson (1997) Little Brown & Co. 

Alex Cross is almost murdered in his own home by a prison escapee who blames Alex for putting him in prison.  In the meantime, another killer is pursued by a detective from Europe.  While the detectives try to trap the men they are pursuing, the killers try to trap the detectives.  Who will survive?

Forbidden City by Alex Archer (2007) Gold Eagle 

Annja Creed, archaeologist, working on a dig in California, uncovers evidence of a tragedy that leads her back to China looking for lost city.

Worth Dying For - Lee Child (2010) Delacorte Press 

Reacher walks into a town in Nebraska and a mystery about the disappearance of a child decades in the past.  Then someone tries to push him out of town to cover-up the drug shipment they’re expecting.  This is not a wise way to deal with Reacher.

Moon Called by Patricia Briggs (2010) Ace 

Mercy Thompson is a walker who can turn into a coyote.  She was raised in a werewolf pack.  Her boss at the car-repair shop is a very old elf.  Some clients are also of the supernatural types; vampires, werewolves, gremlins.  This is her normal world.  Then someone gets killed – at work, and all things fae break loose.