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Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Cops can make mistakes, even when they're not rookies. If anyone knows that it's Cass Raines.
Cass took a bullet two years ago after an incompetent colleague screwed up a tense confrontation with an armed suspect. Deeply traumatized, Cass resigned from the Chicago PD, leaving one less female African-American on the force. Now she's the head of a one-woman private investigation agency, taking on just enough work to pay the bills. But when the only...
2) Bitter brew
Author
Series
A Savannah Reid mystery volume 24
Publisher
Kensington Books
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
Although P.I. Savannah Reid always has a lot on her plate, she would drop just about anything for a friend in trouble. But when good intentions pull her into a toxic murder case, Savannah's days as San Carmelita's most full-figured detective might be running out . . .
Savannah is shaken to the core when coroner Dr. Jennifer Liu appears on her doorstep late one night with a disturbing confession. In a potentially career-ruining move, a remorseful...
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Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"PI Sunny Randall has often relied on the help of her best friend Spike in times of need. When Spike's restaurant is taken over under a predatory loan agreement, Sunny has a chance to return the favor. She begins digging into the life of the hedge fund manager who screwed Spike over - surely a guy that smarmy has a skeleton or two in his closet - and soon finds this new enemy may have the backing of even badder criminals. At the same time, Sunny's...
Author
Series
A Penny Brannigan mystery volume 9
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
5) High stakes
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Logan Tanner lives the exhilarating life of a professional gambler, taking risks with nerves of steel. From casinos in Macau to Monte Carlo to Milan, he's racked up a fortune and become a living legend. But all the glitz and glamor hide a dark and violent past as an extractor-a world that comes rushing back to him when the beautiful and innocent Lara Balkon enters his life. Soon Logan is drawn into the conflict between two Russian mafia bosses over...
Author
Series
A Roxane Weary mystery volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning author Laura Joh Rowland is back with the fourth in her critically acclaimed Victorian mysteries where the case of a mutilated "Sleeping Beauty" washes ashore in London.
London, June 1890.
Sarah Bain and her friends Lord Hugh Staunton and Mick O'Reilly are crime scene photographers for the Daily World newspaper. After solving a sensational murder, they're under pressure to deliver another big story. On a foggy summer night, they're...
Author
Series
Sunny Randall volume 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
Robert B. Parker's PI Sunny Randall's newest case hits close to home in ways she never expected in her latest thrilling investigation. Melanie Joan Hall is back in Boston, riding high, refusing to have Sunny and Rosie move out. She has a Netflix series about to start shooting in Boston, based on her wildly popular new series of books for girls. Then it turns out that most of her fortune is gone. And her manager, who was in charge of the money, turns...
Author
Series
Lucy Stone mystery volume 27
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Language
English
Description
"After returning from her father-in-law's funeral in Florida, Lucy can almost hear the death knell of her part-time reporter job the instant she meets new hire Rob Callahan. He's young, ambitious, and positioning himself to become the Pennysaver's next star reporter. Adding insult to injury, Lucy only gets assigned the local St. Patrick's Day parade once Rob passes on the story. But before beer flows and bagpipes sound, Rob becomes suspected of destroying...
10) Hide and sneak
Author
Series
A Savannah Reid mystery volume 23
Publisher
Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
277 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
As one of nine siblings raised in the Deep South, plus-sized P.I. Savannah Reid has experienced her share of family drama. But shotgun weddings and snooty in-laws don't worry her nearly as much as a search for a missing mother and child-especially when it leads to murder . . .
Savannah and her husband have settled back in San Carmelita, California, and life is slowly returning to normal-if "normal" means babysitting newlyweds Tammy and Waycross's...
Author
Series
Cate Kinkaid files volume 1
Publisher
Revell
Language
English
Description
"Cate Kinkaid is just dipping her toe into the world of private investigating until one of the many resumes she has floating around lands her a real job. All she has to do is determine that a particular woman lives at a particular address. Simple, right? When the big and brooding house happens to contain a dead body, this routine PI job turns out to be anything but simple. Is Cate in over her head?" --Amazon.com.
12) Wishbones
Author
Series
Sarah Booth Delaney volume Book 8
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When P.I. Sarah Booth makes a bid for film stardom, she may land a chance to shoot on location in Costa Rica-or she may find herself in a whole heap of trouble.
Author
Series
Penny Brannigan mysteries volume Book 10
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Artist and spa owner Penny Brannigan has been asked to organize a formal dinner to mark the centenary of the armistice that ended World War One. After dinner, the guests adjourn to the library for a private exhibition of the Black Chair, a precious piece of Welsh literary history awarded in 1917 to poet Hedd Wyn. But to the guests' shock, the newly restored bardic chair is missing. And then Penny discovers the rain-soaked body of a waiter.
When Penny...
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Three St. Patrick's Day themed novellas set in Maine feature Lucy Stone, Hayley Powell, and Julia Snowden all trying to solve suspicious deaths in unexpected circumstances.
15) Wormwood
Author
Series
China Bayles volume 17
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
vi, 307 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Susan Wittig Albert has won critical acclaim and a devoted following for her China Bayles mysteries featuring beloved herb shop and tearoom owner China. In Wormwood, the death of a woman in a pool-where a Shaker woman drowned in 1912-sets the stage for a perplexing whodunit.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 11
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
211 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this story, Precious Ramotswe deals with issues of mistaken identity and great fortune against the beautiful backdrop of Botswana's remote and striking Okavango Delta. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi head to a safari camp to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest who has left one of the guides a large sum of money. But once they find their man, Precious begins to sense that something is not right. To make matters worse, shortly before...
Author
Series
A Savannah Reid mystery volume Book 22
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eagerly accepting a security detail job on a luxurious Alaskan cruise to protect a famed mystery writer, Savannah Reid tackles a particularly dramatic case when her charge inexplicably flees the ship and is killed in a suspicious accident.
18) Blink of an eye
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Kendra Michaels was blind for the first twenty years of her life. Then she gained her sight through a revolutionary surgical procedure. Her former disability has left her incredibly observant and insightful -- able to detect what other investigators may not. So when a world-famous pop star is kidnapped mid-show, investigator Kendra leads a pulse-pounding race to rescue the young woman from a deadly foe. This time Kendra gets assistance from recurring...
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Series
A Lucy Stone mystery volume 26
Language
English
Description
Lucy doesn't know what to expect as she arrives on a private Maine island owned by eccentric billionaire Scott Newman, only that the exclusive experience should make for a very intriguing feature story. An avid environmentalist, Scott has stripped the getaway of modern conveniences in favor of an extreme eco-friendly lifestyle. A trip to Holiday Island is like traveling back to the nineteenth century--much to the dismay of the island's other residents......