Just transferred to a new precinct in the Nihonbashi area of Tokyo, Det. Kyochiro Kaga of the Tokyo Police Department is assigned to a team investigating the murder of a woman who seems to have enemies everywhere. From Japan's best-selling novelist, an Edgar finalist.

A surprise trip to the Canadian Rockies, sprung on her by husband Joe, is just what busy innkeeper Judith McMonigle Flynn needs. Off they go, only to find that the guests where they are staying are planning a final good-bye to a relative who's still alive. Next in the New York Times best-selling "Bed-and-Breakfast" series; originally scheduled for November 2017.

Judith McMonigle Flynn is ready for a vacation away from her popular bed-and-breakfast. But she and cousin Renie never should have let their husbands plan the trip to Banff in the Canadian Rockies. While she and Renie imagined a luxurious stay, they end up in a cheap motel and the men go off on an extended fishing trip. What does Judith do to entertain herself? Of course, she checks out an unusual gathering where the Stokes family from Nebraska has a bier ready to send down the river when the family elder, Codger, dies. According to the family, Codger is ready to go anytime. But when a body is found with knife wounds, it disappears before the Mounties can investigate. Unfortunately for Sergeant Brewster, RCMP, Judith is already on the case, and she's been labeled a FASTO, a female amateur sleuth tracking offenders. The fast-paced mystery supplies humorous dialog between Renie and Judith, and multiple opportunities for disappearances of corpses and suspects. VERDICT "What's a vacation for if we can't find a corpse" sums up Judith's life and the comic ongoing series. Fans of Tamar Myers and Donna Andrews will appreciate the sequel to Here Comes the Bribe. [See Prepub Alert, 1/8/18.]—Lesa Holstine, Evansville Vanderburgh P.L., IN

In Daheim's highly implausible 31st Bed-and-Breakfast mystery (after 2016's Here Comes the Bribe), Seattle B and B owner Judith McMonigle Flynn and her best friend and cousin, Renie Jones, embark on a 10-day vacation in Banff, Alberta, along with their husbands. Rather than keeping themselves amused with shopping and sightseeing while the men gallivant off on a fishing trip, the outrageously nosy Judith and smart-mouthed Renie impose themselves on the Stokes family, who have brought their dying patriarch from Nebraska to Canada to fulfill his last wish—to have his body placed on a funeral bier and floated down the Bow River. Things take a murderous turn when somebody stabs the old guy in the back—but was it before he died or after? Does it matter? Nobody seems to figure out whether it does or not. Unbelievable characters, an incomprehensible plot, and too many unanswered questions will frustrate readers. This one's for diehard series fans only. Agent: Maureen Moran, Maureen Moran Agency. (Feb.)