I've got som good books if you like the Kay Scarpetta and Stephany Plum series.
Sue Grafton - Female private detective Kinsey Millhone (about 15 books and more to come)Really good!
Sparkle Hayter - executive producer/reporter Robin Hudson (really funny - everyone must read them!)
Kathy Reichs - Tempe Brennan forensic antropologist (?) much better than Patricia Cornwell!!
Diane Mott Davidson - Goldy Bear is a crime solving caterer, the recipies are really yummy bot not for IBS patients - but if you can't eat it read it! Also really good!
Carol O'Conell - about Criminal Investigator Kathy Mallory. Very good but different and scary. I especially liked "Killing Critics".
Elizabeth George - Adam Lynley and Barbra Harvers at Scotland Yard solves crimes. The earlier books are the best, the latest one was boring.
Liza Cody - there is two series Anna Lee and Eva Wylie and I like them both.
Minette Walters - a bit uneven some books are good but not brilliant.
And then there is two Norwegian crime authors Anne Holt and Karin Fossum but in not sure if they are translated to english. But its really worth a try to find out!
And you who have children read about "the family Moomintroll" by Tove Jansson, they are just magic! Just $5.95 at Amazon.com. And then you should read something by Astrid Lindgren.
And Mags; have you read Angels by Maryan Keyes? Really good!
By the way I must say that I really liked my new slogan "if you can't eat it, read it"! It makes it feel a little better to see all the cookbooks with BAD food that I have in my kitchen. It's like beeing married - you can look but you can't touch (or taste). I'm going to be faithful to my diet!