Sara PARETSKY
Blacklist
Penguin
ANG RP PAR
When an old woman becomes suspicious of goings on in her old home, V.I. Warsharwski is called in. A dead journalist puts her on a trail that leads back to the McCarthy era and to the distinguished Calvin Bayard. There is more than a whiff of anti-Communism and anti-Islamic hysteria in the air.

Una-Mary PARKER
Dark passions
Headline
ANG R PAR
Antonia Murray, the successful owner of Murray Properties Ltd, wants a loving man and a family. Most of her time is spent in her office, so she advertises in the personal columns. When gorgeous Colin Holbrook responds she is certain she has found her man. But appearances can be deceptive.

Julie PARSONS
The Guilty Heart
Pan
ANG R PAR
Whilst Nick spent an afternoon in bed with his neighbour, his son Owen went missing and was never found. Now, ten years later, he has returned from the USA with a desire to assuage his guilt and face up to his past. Little does he realize that his investigations will unleash further violence.

Richard PRICE
Clockers
Bloomsbury
ANG R PRI
Rocco Klein, veteran homicide detective, has had enough of life on the edge. When a warm summer night brings yet another drug-related murder, he has no sense that the case is anything special.

Anne PROULX
That old ace in the hole
Fourth Estate
ANG R PRO
A richly textured story of one man’s struggle to make good in the inhospitable ranch country of the Texas panhandle, told with razor wit and a masterly sense of place.