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21) Lion & Lamb
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Philadelphia is in a state of shock over the fate of two hometown heroes: Eagles starting quarterback Archie Hughes, and his even more famous wife, Grammy-winning singer Francine Hughes. One spouse is murdered. The other is suspect #1. Even before the case hits the courtroom, it's the hottest ticket in town. For the defense: Cooper Lamb, private investigator to the stars. For the prosecution: Veena Lion, a sleuth so bright she's got to wear shades....
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"When the critic who gave his new play scathing reviews is murdered, stabbed in the heart with his ornamental dagger, author Anthony Horowitz is arrested by an old enemy out for revenge and the only man who can help him is his estranged partner in solving crime, Daniel Hawthorne.
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
24) Class act
Author
Series
A Stone Barrington novel volume 58
Language
English
Description
Stone Barrington takes down old and new enemies in the latest thriller from perennial fan favorite Stuart Woods. After a rocky jaunt in Maine, Stone Barrington is settling back in New York City when an old client reaches out for help with a delicate matter. A feud they thought was put to rest long ago has reemerged with a vengeance, and reputations--and money--are now on the line. As Stone sets out to unravel a tangled web of crime and secrets, his...
25) Foul play
Author
Series
A Stone Barrington novel volume 59
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In the latest action-packed thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington faces down a persistent rival"--
Stone Barrington is nearing his New York City abode when he stumbles into trouble. As it turns out, a new client is in danger--and with both business and the safety of the city at stake, Stone has no choice but to get involved.
New York City. A new client is in danger, and with both business and the safety...
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...
28) Agent X
Author
Series
Steve Vail volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
391 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Vail is in the mold of Lee Child's Jack Reacher and Robert Crais's Joe Pike….This guy has movie written all over him."
-Chicago Sun-Times "Fans of Sam Spade and Jack Reacher will feel right at home with this new tough guy."
-Boston Globe "We have a new American hero in Steve Vail."-Patricia Cornwell Steve Vail, former discarded covert operative and the FBI's new go-to guy for the toughest jobs, returns in Agent X-the pulse-pounding follow-up...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Internationally bestselling author John Connolly returns with another "superb fusion of noir and the supernatural" (My Bookish Ways) in this latest thriller in his gripping Charlie Parker series. It is deep winter and the darkness is unending. A private detective named Jaycob Eklund has vanished and Charlie Parker is assigned to track him down. Parker's employer, Edgar Ross, an agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has his own reasons for...
30) Hit list
Author
Series
A Stone Barrington novel volume 53
Language
English
Formats
Description
Stone Barrington faces down a vengeful miscreant... When Stone Barrington finds his name on a hit list, he plans to lie low until the culprit is caught. But when this foe shows no signs of stopping until his deadly objective is realized in full, Stone is left with no choice but to face the problem head-on. Armed and alert, Stone joins forces with his most savvy connections to catch the perpetrator before the next strike. But it turns out this scum...
Author
Series
Bernie Gunther volume 7
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Physical Desc
435 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Philip Kerr crafts a thrilling chapter from his critically acclaimed Bernie Gunther series. In Field Gray, Bernie finds himself imprisoned in 1954-and told he can either work for French intelligence or he can hang. Accepting his new job, Bernie begins interviewing POWs returning from Germany. And things get interesting when he meets a French war criminal and member of the French SS who has been posing as a German Wehrmacht officer.
Author
Publisher
Wheeler Pub
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
241 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Nick Reed, private investigator for the Lassiter Agency, wasn't the marrying kind. He craved excitement, change, and he never stayed in one place too long. Unlike Tabitha Harvey. Tabby had lived in the house next door to Nick's childhood home for years. Stable and understated, she craved a home, children and a man who would love her. Too bad she'd already given her heart to a confirmed bachelor who'd run at the first hint of commitment. Unless…could...
Author
Series
A Chet and Bernie mystery volume 8
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a mysterious case of illegal cactus smuggling comes to their attention, Chet and his human P.I. companion, Bernie Little, find themselves in a prickly situation in this eighth book in the New York Times bestselling mystery series. In the latest entry in the immensely popular Chet and Bernie mystery series, Private Investigator Bernie Little and his canine companion Chet return home to encounter some alarming developments. First off, Bernie's...
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...
35) 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
An Auction Block mystery volume 4
Publisher
Midnight Ink
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
When a Viking reenactor nearly dies after seeing the ghost of his lost daughter, auctioneer Wren Morgan digs into the missing persons case while her fiance, Death Bogart, investigates the thefts of historical items.
37) Private Paris
Author
Series
Private volume 11
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
While visiting Private's Paris office, Jack Morgan finds himself in pursuit of a client's granddaughter, who is on the run from a drug dealer and investigating the deaths of several of France's cultural elite.
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.
39) 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...