The Last Place
By Laura Lipman

5 seemingly unconnected murders, tied together by one sinister thread. This is my 3rd Laura Lipman novel this year. Good stuff...

Friends in High Places
By Donna Leon

Commissario Brunetti finds out his apartment is illegal, and the young man who told him so gets murdered.

Foundation: The Collegium Chronicles
By Mercedes Lackey

It's been a long time since I last went to Valdemar. Her last couple of books were pretty bad, but because she took a break I decided to give it a try, figuring that with some time off, things might have improved. The good news is that she did improve. The bad news is that it was only of fair quality. Certainly not her best work.