New books at Cedar County Library

Every Breath You Take by Mary Higgins Clark – Struggling with the departure of co-host Alex Buckley, television crimesolver Laurie Moran is teamed with a despised Ryan Nichols, who draws her into the cold case of a wealthy widow pushed to her death from the roof of a famous museum.

End Game by David Baldacci – Returning home from an overseas mission to discover that his boss has gone missing in remote Colorado, Will Robie and his sometime partner, Jessica Reel, team up in an increasingly violent small town, where their lives are soon in jeopardy.

The Midnight Line by Lee Child – Spotting a hard-won women’s West Point class ring in a pawn shop, Jack Reacher fights a biker gang and a Couth Dakota gangster to discover the truth about the ring and why its owner sold it.

People vs Alex Cross by James Patterson – Charged with gunning down follower of his nemesis Gary Soneji in cold blood, Alex Cross is wrongly portrayed as a trigger-happy corrupt cop while he struggles to prove to a skeptical jury and dwindling supporters that his actions were in self defense.

Harcore Twenty-Four by Janet Evanovich – Reluctantly agreeing to babysit a professional grave robber’s pet boa constrictor, Stephanie Plum is embroiled in a bizarre series of crimes that escalate from the violation of stolen corpses to the murder of a homeless man, a case that is complicated by the return of the hunky but reckless Diesel.

Count To Ten by James Patterson – Summoned by the head of the world’s top investigation agency to join a new office in Delhi, former Private India head Santosh Wagh struggles to set aside his personal demons before tackling a case involving murderously corrupt authorities and human remains found at a government site.

Death In The Stacks by Jenn McKinlay – Targeted by a new library board president who she is sure is trying to drive her out, library director Lindsey Norris and her new hire, Paula, are declared suspects when the combative president is found dead, a situation that forves them to find the real killer to clear their names.