February 2009 On Sale: February 3, 2009 Featuring: Suzi Clue 192 pages ISBN: 0525479538 EAN: 9780525479536 Hardcover $16.99  Add to Wish List Young Adult, Mystery Buy at Amazon.com Suzi Clu is on the case Suzi Clue: And the Prom Queen Curse by Michelle Kehm Prom is the last place you’d expect to find feisty freshman Suzi Clue. She’s not part of the A-list and would much rather be playing the drums. But if there’s one thing she can’t resist, it’s a mystery, and Mountain High’s Prom Queen Curse totally fits the bill. Spider attacks, overzealous tanning beds, and killer orcas have the candidates freaking, but Suzi knows the curse can’t be real. But in order to prove it, she has to do the unthinkable . . . run for prom queen! Fresh, funny, and totally over the top, here’s a stylish mystery from debut author Michelle Kehm Previous Picks

2010 was an exciting year for my book list, and I expect 2011 to much the same. Needless to say, since I write mysteries, I tend to do a great deal of reading in that area. But I have broad ranging tastes. Still …. Let’s start off with a taste of historical fiction. I enjoyed Rebecca Cantrell’s follow-up to her award-winning debut novel, A TRACE OF SMOKE. A NIGHT OF LONG KNIVES picks up the story of her heroine Hannah Vogel, a female reporter in the male-dominated world of 1930s Nazi Germany. It is a worthy successor, and I look forward to the release of the third in this series, A GAME OF LIES, this summer. Back in 2008, I was living in England, and I picked up a book titled THE SHAKESPEARE SECRET by J.L. Carell. I’m a nut about novels involving Shakespeare, since my first published novel had been MURDER ON THE TWELFTH NIGHT, starring the Bard as a Holmesian figure. Carell did a great job at building an intriguing modern plot around Shakespeare’s life. But in 2010, I discovered the sequel: HAUNT ME STILL, by Jennifer Lee Carell. This is a marvelous book that explores Shakespeare’s life…