Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner

Kate Klein is a miserable surburban mother of 3 young children who gets caught up in solving the murder of Kitty Cavanaugh, an idyllic suburbanite mother with as it turns out had a secret life. Kate, who has no life at all and can barely manage to get out the door with her kids, bumbles her way through the book and very complicated plots and subplots. As with any Jennifer Weiner book, this one is funny and entertaining.

Lifeguard by James Patterson

Like any James Patterson I've read, this is an intriguing, don't-want-to-put-it-down mystery. Lifeguard, set in South Florida, is the story of Ned Kelly, a guy who is pretty much unsuccessful at everything he tries. But when he meets a woman whom he thinks is the love of his life, it somehow manages to get much worse. Before he knows it, Ned is accused of murdering just about everyone he knows. With the help of an FBI art agent, he fights back but not before digging himself quite a hole. It's sink or swim but lucky for poor old Ned, he's a lifeguard.

Night Fall by Nelson DeMille

Based on the TWA 800 tragedy, this is another good John Corey, anti-terrorist task force agent, novel. After his wife and fellow agent, Kate, takes him to the memorial service for the 5th anniversary of the crash, Corey gets manipulated by her into researching the case. However, because the investigation is officially closed and was ruled an accident, Corey hits a few bumps in the road trying to get to the truth of the matter. Tragic beginning and end but filled with excitement in between.