title: Dark Dreams: A Commander Jana Matinova Investigation
author:  Michael Genelin 
description: Genelin's darkly compelling second Jana Matinova mystery (after 2008's <i>Siren of the Waters</i>) mixes equal parts lust, betrayal and murder. When Jana's childhood friend Sofia, who campaigns for an anticorruption organization called Transparency in Government, is elected to the Slovakian parliament, neither is prepared for the long-ranging and deadly consequences. Sofia's subsequent entanglement with a male colleague and acceptance of a huge diamond taint Jana's career as a commander in the Bratislavan police force, where she finds herself under investigation for corruption. As bodies begin to pile up in Slovakia and neighboring countries, Jana races to figure out the motive for the murders and their connection to a multicontinent smuggling ring before assassins do away with her suspects. Genelin ratchets up the suspense with smooth prose, evocative locales and distinctive characters who leap from the page. <i>(July)</i> <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  **_Insatiable_**
  
    
  
  With tensions between the Federation and Imperial ‘Verses rising, one woman
  may hold the key to victory. The dangerous mission to smuggle her out of
  Imperial Territory falls to Daniel Haws and his team, the ultra secret Phantom
  Corps. This elite squad of the Federation Military is the only one trusted and
  skilled enough to remove her from under the watchful eye of her father, the
  Supreme Commander of the Imperial ‘Verses.
  
  Carina is used to wearing a mask. Her father and his men think her little more
  than a pretty prize to be won by a man more ruthless than the rest. When he
  announces his intention to marry her to one of his henchmen, a man known for
  his cruelty, Carina knows she has to move as soon as possible to get out. But
  getting secret information to the Federation has served her well for