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541) The pale criminal
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
272 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
435 (large print) pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Olivia Ward arrived in Bethlehem Springs alone--with no job, no home, and no money--after her manipulative ex-husband used his power and wealth to destroy everything. Six years later, the peaceful life she rebuilt is once again turned upside down when she learns that her fifteen-year-old daughter, Emma, will be coming to live with her. The reunion should be a dream come true, but years of deception have driven a wedge between them. And Emma seems...
543) Sticks and bones
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 354 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends are celebrating New Year's Eve at the party of the year, a smashing Winter White Garden party at the newly renovated King Cotton Boutique Hotel. It's a dazzling success...until Frangelica "Sister" McFee walks through the door. Sarah Booth knew Sister in college, before Sister became a bestselling author and moved to New York, and fame and fortune don't seem to have tempered her arrogance and...
Author
Series
A Gaslight mystery volume 21
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a murder hits close to home, Frank finds himself in an unusual position--the prime suspect in the latest installment of the national bestselling Gaslight Mystery series ... Frank and Sarah Malloy are enjoying married life and looking to make their family official by adopting Catherine, the child Sarah rescued and has been raising as her daughter. The newlyweds soon discover, Parnell Vaughn, an actor and Catherine's legal father, is looking to...
545) Murder in the Bowery
Author
Series
A Gaslight mystery volume Book 19
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
295 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Frank Malloy's new client, Will, wants to find his brother, Freddie. But Freddie turns up dead.
546) 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
Series
Maisie Dobbs volume 6
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
303 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Having witnessed a suicide on a busy London street, Maisie Dobbs learns that she has been mentioned in a threatening letter to the prime minister and is subsequently recruited by Scotland Yard.
Author
Series
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
319 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the spring of 1853, PI Laetitia Rodd takes a case that plunges her into the scandalous world of the theater where she becomes embroiled in family politics and rivalries that put the Capulets and Montagues to shame.
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Ali's parents lose their life savings to a Ponzi scheme, her father goes to confront his long-time friend and financial advisor, only to stumble into the scene of a bloody double homicide. With her father suddenly a prime suspect, Ali and her husband work to clear her father's name, while at the same time seeking justice for her parents as well as the scheme's other suddenly impoverished victims, one of whom is a stone cold killer"--
550) L.A. dead
Author
Series
Stone Barrington volume 6
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
Stone Barrington, an ex-cop-turned-lawyer, becomes caught between a woman abandoned on the altar and another suspected of murder.
551) 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.
552) Summer of the dead
Author
Series
Bell Elkins novels volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Language
English
Description
"High summer in Acker's Gap, West Virginia--but no one's enjoying the rugged natural landscape. Not while a killer stalks the small town and its hard-luck inhabitants. County prosecutor Bell Elkins and Sheriff Nick Fogelsong are stymied by a murderer who seems to come and go like smoke on the mountain. At the same time, Bell must deal with the return from prison of her sister, Shirley--who, like Bell, carries the indelible scars of a savage past....
553) The Mitford secret
Author
Series
Mitford murders mystery volume 6
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
371 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A mystery with the fascinating Mitford sisters at its heart, Jessica Fellowes's The Mitford Secret is the sixth and final intriguing installment in the Mitford Murders series. It's 1941, and the Mitford household is splintered by the vicissitudes of war. To bring the clan together-maybe for one last time, Deborah invites them to Chatsworth for Christmas, along with a selection of society's most impressive and glamorous guests, as well as old family...
554) Ready to die
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli find their lives in danger after they become targets of a vicious stalker.
555) A man named Doll
Author
Series
Happy Doll volume 1
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
208, 9 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Happy Doll is a charming, if occasionally inexpert, private detective living just one sheer cliff drop beneath the Hollywood sign with his beloved half-Chihuahua half-Terrier, George. A veteran of both the Navy and LAPD, Doll supplements his meager income as a P.I. by working through the night at a local Thai spa that offers its clients a number of special services. Armed with his sixteen-inch steel telescopic baton, biting dry humor, and just a...
556) Boundary waters
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Description
When a famous young country singer vanishes in the Quetico-Superior Wilderness on the border of northern Minnesota and Canada, her father joins Cork O'Connor, a pair of FBI agents, an ex-convict, and a young boy on an expedition to find her.
Author
Series
Aimee Leduc volume 10
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
291 p. : map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cara Black has won fans around the globe for her Paris-based mysteries starring AimEe Leduc. When suspicion falls on AimEe after her partner is shot, the beleaguered sleuth must race to prevent more violence.
Author
Series
Aimee Leduc volume 9
Publisher
Soho
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
317 p. : map ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Cara Black's Aimee Leduc mystery series transports listeners to the streets of Paris for dark crime stories. Working in her office, Aimee is surprised by Mireille, a Haitian immigrant who claims to be her sister. But before Aimee can learn more, Mireille disappears, leaving only a note behind. Following up on the note, Aimee soon becomes wrapped up in a sprawling international conspiracy.
Author
Series
A Pentecost and Parker mystery volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"READERS OF ANTHONY HOROWITZ AND JACQUELINE WINSPEAR, WITH A DASH OF AGATHA CHRISTIE, step right up! Murder Under Her Skin is a delightfully hardboiled high-wire act starring two daring heroines dead set on justice. Someone's put a blade in the back of the Amazing Tattooed Woman, and Willowjean "Will" Parker's former knife-throwing mentor has been stitched up for the crime. To uncover the truth, Will and her boss, world-famous detective Lillian Pentecost...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"New York Times bestselling author Karen White invites you to explore the brick-walked streets of Charleston, where historic mansions house the memories of years gone by and restless spirits refuse to fade away.... With her extended maternity leave at its end, Melanie Trenholm is less than thrilled to leave her new husband and beautiful twins to return to work, especially when she's awakened by a phone call with no voice on the other end--and the...