Catching Up

John Hart.  King of Lies. 2006.  "Un-put-downable"  Work Pickens' father disappeared the same night that his mother died of a fall down the stairs.  Now 18 months later, his father's body has been found.  From the beginning, the local police target Work as the killer.

Told from Work's viewpoint, the reader knows that Work is not the killer, but you can't put it down as Work tries to keep himself out of prison, and protect his sister at the same time.  This is Hart's first novel.  I gave this book to someone else at the library before I had even had it checked in.

The Crossing Places (2009) is first of the Ruth Galloway mysteries by Elly Griffiths.  Ruth is a forensic anthropologist based at North Norfolk University in England.  She is called to examine some bones found in the saltmarsh near where she lives.  These bones are hundreds of years old, but she is then asked to help find a local girl who has been kidnapped.  This kidnapping is very similar to one of 10 years ago.  Ruth and DCI Harry Nelson try to solve the mystery of who has written letters to the police and who has kidnapped the two girls.  (see previous entry for The Janus Stone)