The days may be shortening, but my book “wish list” is growing. Coming next week are a few of my favorite authors. If you haven’t tried them, now is your chance.
Kathy Reichs presents her 13th novel featuring anthologist, 
Temperance Brennen in Spider Bones. The fingerprints of a man who died during autoerotic asphyxiation indicate that the deceased is John Charles Lowery of North Carolina, but Lowery supposedly died in Vietnam in 1968. Unsurprisingly, Lowery’s father is reluctant to allow Brennan to reopen old family wounds, but she’s determined to find out who’s buried in Lowery’s grave if Lowery died in Quebec. As usual Reichs supplies us with lots of mystery told in her wonderful riveting style.
If you have an interest in a bit of adventure be sure to check out Clive Cussler and Grant Blackwood’s Lost Empire, A Fargo Adventure. 
Husband and wife, treasure-hunting team, Sam and Remi Fargo (last seen in Spartan Gold) are scuba diving in Tanzania when they discover a relic belonging to a long-lost Confederate ship named the Shenandoah. An anomaly about the relic sets them off chasing a mystery, and a rumored second artifact-but, unknown to them, a much more powerful force is engaged in the same chase.
I love, love Sara Paretsky! She always manages to make Chicago seem much 
more intriguing and interesting. Her next V. I. Warshawski, Body Work, finds Warshawski at the Chicago’s Club Gouge where a woman called the Body Artist, allows people to use her naked body as a canvas. Each person approaches this a bit differently until one reacts violently. V. I. must help clear his name and (of course) finds secrets that must become clear.
This next offering is a prequel of sorts. If you read J. R. R. Tolkien you 
probably have heard of Terry Brooks and his fabulous Shannara series. Bearers of the Black Staff, is one of two possible novels that will show Shannara’s early years. Five hundred years have passed since Hawk led a tattered band of survivors into a valley protected by a magical barrier. Now the wall has been breached by demons. The last known Knight of the Word, Sider Ament, wields a powerful black staff that he hopes to pass to a new leader. If you are looking for a really good fantasy I would suggest you start with the first in the series, The Sword of Shannara.
