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Flesh of the God
Author: Lauren Haney
Published: November 1, 1997 by Avon Books
Series Name: A Mystery of Ancient Egypt
Category: Historical
Main Character: Lieutenant Bak, Sergeant Pashenuro, and Kasaya
Lieutenant Bak is selected to accompany the golden statue of the god Amon, traveling up the Nile to heal the ailing son of a powerful tribal king from far to the south. A murder intervenes, and only the drawings of a missing mute boy can help him unravel the mystery before a greater crime can imperil the land of Egypt. A final showdown leads him into a perilous journey through the boiling rapids of the Belly of Stones.
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Cat Under Fire
Author: Shirley Rousseau Murphy
Published: November 1, 1997 by HarperPrism
Series Name: Joe Grey, Feline P.I. (#2)
Category: Cozy
Main Character: Joe Grey; Dulcie; Clyde Damen, auto mechanic, classic car buff Joe Grey’s housemate; Wilma Getz, retired probation officer, Dulcie’s housemate; Chief of Police Max Harper; Charlie Getz.
The death by arson of a famous artist brings the two cats, Joe Grey and Dulcie, into an investigation which ends with release of a man wrongly accused--the cats providing evidence that the police missed, that only a cat could have found.
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When the Dancing Stops
Author: Therese Szymanski
Published: October 1, 1997 by Naiad Press/Bella Books
Series Name: Brett Higgins Motor City Thrillers
Category: Mystery/Thriller
Main Character: Brett Higgins
In a daring departure from the standard lesbian mystery, this exciting new author brings you a brilliant crime novel of love, deception and revenge. A novel that will take you deep into the dark side of desire and engulf you in wave after wave of raw eroticism and heartpounding suspense . . .
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Eyes of Night
Author: Beth Amos
Published: September 5, 1997 by HarperCollins
Medical Thriller
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HARVEST
Author: Tess Gerritsen
Published: August 1, 1997 by Pocket Books
Series Name: stand-alone
Category: thriller
Main Character: Abby DiMatteo

Medical resident Dr. Abby Matteo is elated when the elite cardiac transplant team at Boston's Bayside Hospital taps her as a potential recruit. But faced with a tormenting life-and-death decision, Abby helps direct a crash victim's harvested heart to a dying teenager -- instead of the wealthy older woman who was supposed to receive it. The repercussions leave Abby shaken and plagued with self-doubt.


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