In her later years, my mother made her gift shopping a little easier by buying each family member a special book. If you know someone's interests, books make great presents. Here are my picks of some recently published books that you may not know about. All were written by women but will appeal to men as well. I have not only read but can recommend each of them. You may want to buy one or more not only as gifts but for your own reading pleasure! For crime story and police pro