Bittersweet
by Nevada Barr | 
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield | 
I Am Watching You
by Teresa Driscoll | 
Plain Truth
by Jodi Picoult | 
Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult | 
Midwives
by Chris Bohjalian | 
Motherless Brooklyn
by Jonathan Lethem | 
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl | 
Everything I Never Told You
by Celeste Ng | 
The Round House
by Louise Erdrich | 
Pretty Girls Dancing
by Kylie Brant | 
Ordinary Grace
by William Kent Krueger | 
Organized for Murder
by Ritter Ames | 
Drowning Ruth
by Christina Schwarz | 
Brothers and Bones
by James Hankins | 
Freaky Places
by Amanda M. Lee | 
Winter's Bone
by Daniel Woodrell | 
Leviathan
by Paul Auster | 
Tips for Living
by Renee Shafransky | 
The Double Bind
by Chris Bohjalian |
Long before high-profile lesbian cops such as Laurie R. King's Kate Martinelli were fighting for our attention, a former Marine turned Los Angeles police detective named Kate Delafield was doing some quietly effective ground-breaking of her own under the expert guidance of Katherine V. Forrest. In Liberty Square, Delafield is in Washington, D.C., for the 25th anniversary reunion of her old Vietnam outfit. When all hell breaks loose, it's Kate the cop who has to sort it out. Forrest's writing is spare and her characters come to life quickly. Other Delafield books in paperback include Amateur City, The Beverly Malibu, Murder at the Nightwood Bar, and Murder by Tradition. 
