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481) The sentry
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
Dru Rayne and her uncle are Louisiana refugees who relocated to Los Angeles after Hurricane Katrina. Now, five years after the storm, their struggling restaurant faces a different danger. When Joe Pike witnesses Dru's uncle beaten by a neighborhood gang intent on extorting protection money, he offers his own brand of protection. But neither Dru nor her uncle want his help--and neither do the federal agents mysteriously watching their store.
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
After more than three decades eluding justice, the man who murdered Jacobia "Jake" Tiptree's mother is finally about to stand trial--until he vanishes into thin air. Jake has a terrible foreboding of where Ozzie Campbell will turn up next. And while the local police chief is sure she's overreacting, the truth is far worse than even Jake's worst fears.
483) Death by smoothie
Author
Series
Jaine Austen mystery volume 19
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
231 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Freelance writer Jaine Austen and her cat Prozac investigate the murder of a demanding actress set to star in a play based on a short-lived zombie sitcom.
I Married a Zombie may have flopped in its day, but it's got a devoted cult following. Jaine is delighted when one of those rabid fans hires her as script doctor for his new play based on the show-- until she reads the awful script, and meets Misty, the actress who'll be playing Cryptessa's role....
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the murder of a local baker during an amateur theatrical production, curmudgeon Agatha Raisin and her team of private detectives uncover a web of feuds and temperamental behaviors that place the team in mortal danger.
Author
Series
Tea shop mystery volume 9
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
274 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
488) Killing floor
Author
Series
Jack Reacher volume 1
Language
English
Description
Ex-MP Jack Reacher goes into action to find his brother's killers after a series of brutal crimes terrorize tiny Margrave, Georgia, only to uncover the dark and deadly conspiracy concealed behind the town's peaceful facade.
489) An echo of murder
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"In this riveting new William Monk novel, Anne Perry delves into the diverse population of Victorian London, whose disparate communities force Monk to rethink his investigative techniques--lest he be caught in the crosshairs of violent bigotry. In the course of his tenure with the Thames River Police, Commander Monk has yet to see a more gruesome crime scene: a Hungarian warehouse owner lies in the middle of his blood-sodden office, pierced through...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
358 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
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Description
"A dual narrative, feel good mystery in which a woman, Frances, spends a lifetime trying to prevent her murder as predicted by a fortune teller at a country fair when she was just 17. When she is in fact murdered nearly 60 years later, her great niece Annie must solve the crime to avenge her great aunt's death, and in so doing uncovers the dark heart of the quaint English village of Castle Knoll, where she might just find herself in the path of the...
491) The Chef
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2019
Language
English
Formats
Description
A New Orleans police detective by day and celebrity food truck chef by night, Caleb Rooney has a new title — Louisiana's Most Wanted — in this shocking thriller from the world's #1 bestselling author.
In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Detective Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of committing in the line of duty — as a Major Crimes detective for the New Orleans Police Department....
In the Carnival days leading up Mardi Gras, Detective Caleb Rooney comes under investigation for a murder he is accused of committing in the line of duty — as a Major Crimes detective for the New Orleans Police Department....
493) Die trying
Author
Series
Jack Reacher volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
In a plot to overthrow the U.S. government, Montana neo-Nazis abduct the daughter of the nation's top general and her male companion. The companion is Jack Reacher, a former military policeman and he turns the tables on the captors.
Author
Series
Molly Murphy volume 13
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Molly and Daniel Sullivan are settling happily into the new routines of parenthood, but their domestic bliss is shattered when a gang retaliates against Daniel after he makes a big arrest. Daniel wants his family safely out of New York as soon as possible. Knowing she needs to protect their young son Liam, Molly agrees to take him on the long journey to Paris to stay with her friends Sid and Gus, who are studying art in the City of Light. But upon...
Author
Series
A Sebastian St. Cyr mystery volume 8
Publisher
Obsidian
Physical Desc
353 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Aristocratic investigator Sebastian St. Cyr must find the true culprit and defend his former lover, Kat Boleyn, when she is accused of the murder of a notorious diamond merchant.
496) The last word
Author
Series
Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
338 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
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Description
Hired by the daughters of local writer Melody Chambers to investigate her death, believing she was murdered, Natalka and Edwin go undercover at a creative writing weekend at isolated Battle House where another murder occurs and by the time Edwin infiltrates a sinister book group, he finds himself in danger.
Author
Series
Charlotte and Thomas Pitt novel volume 28
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When the bodies of two high-profile women are discovered, bearing signs of rape, and an innocent man is accused of the crime, Thomas Pitt's quest for the truth forces him to play a dangerous game of international politics and murder.
498) Blood orange
Author
Series
China Bayles mystery volume 24
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
311 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the newest China Bayles Mystery in the New York Times bestselling series, China comes to the aid of a nurse who ends up in the hospital... It's mid-April in Pecan Springs, and China is renting her guest cottage to Kelly Kaufman, who needs a temporary place to live as she contends with a very acrimonious divorce from her husband, Rich. One nasty point of dispute is her part ownership of the Comanche Creek Brewing Company, which she is refusing...
499) Labyrinth of lies
Author
Series
Triple threat volume 2
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
376 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When the daughter of a high-profile businessman disappears from an exclusive girls' boarding school, police detective Cate Reilly is tapped for an undercover assignment. It doesn't take her long to realize that beneath the veneer of polish and wealth, things are not as they seem at Ivy Hill Academy. But the biggest surprise of all? The only man she ever loved is also working at the school. Zeke Sloan has never forgotten Cate, but now isn't the best...
Author
Series
Casey Duncan volume Book 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Casey first arrived at the off-the-grid town, an isolated community built as a haven for people running from their pasts, she had no idea what to expect, with no cell phones, no internet, no mail, and no way of getting in or out without the town council's approval. She certainly didn't expect to be the homicide detective on two separate cases or to begin a romantic relationship with her boss.