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Author
Series
Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Arcturus
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
272 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Hercule Poirot rushes to France in response to an urgent and cryptic plea from a client. But the Belgian detective arrives just too late: the man who had summoned him is found dead on a golf course, stabbed in the back with a letter opener and wearing an ill-fitting coat with a mysterious love letter in its pocket. Strange circumstances multiply, culminating in the discovery of a second body stabbed with the same murder weapon. While the local authorities...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grove Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
304 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Commissario Guido Brunetti of the Venice Police confronts a grisly sight when the body of a young man is fished out of a fetid canal. All the clues point to a violent mugging, but for Brunetti the motive of robbery seems altogether too convenient. When something is discovered in the victim's apartment that suggests the existence of a high level conspiracy, Brunetti becomes convinced that somebody, somewhere, is taking great pains to provide a ready-made...
Author
Series
Swallowtail legacy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
Twelve-year-old Lark Heron-Finch inherits a house on Swallowtail Island in Lake Erie, where she untangles a decades-old mystery and saves the island from unscrupulous developers.
4) Five survive
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Language
English
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"Red Kenny is on a road trip for spring break with five friends: Her best friend - the older brother - his perfect girlfriend - a secret crush - a classmate - and a killer. When their RV breaks down in the middle of nowhere with no cell service, they soon realize this is no accident. They have been trapped by someone out there in the dark, someone who clearly wants one of them dead. With eight hours until dawn, the six friends must escape, or figure...
Author
Series
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
76 pages : color illustrations ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Abbi, Lydia, and Daniel love to watch bats fly around their neighborhood after sunset. Nature is so cool! But then they hear an unnatural sound in Abbi's home! Is it a ghost? Or something scarier? With help from her trusty dog, Barkley, Abbi and her friends will shine a light on the truth!"--
Author
Publisher
John Scognamiglio Books, Kensington Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Kensington hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
332 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"It's a dream assignment. Former Senator Dorothy Gibson, aka that woman, is the most talked-about person in the country right now, though largely for the wrong reasons. As an independent candidate for President of the United States, Dorothy split the vote and is being blamed for the shocking result. After her very public defeat, she's retreated to her home in rural Maine, inviting her ghostwriter to join her. Her collaborator is impressed by Dorothy's...
7) Devil's claw
Author
Series
Joanna Brady mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Physical Desc
406 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
" Set against the backdrop of the modern west, this gripping tale finds Sheriff Brady juggling a precarious overload in both her personal and professional lives. About to be married, Joanna's facing a daughter turning twelve and going on twenty, a meddlesome mother micro-managing her wedding, and new in-laws arriving any day. The sudden death of her much-loved neighbor and handyman, Clayton Rhodes, creates further turmoil, leaving Joanna shocked,...
Author
Series
Krewe of Hunters volume 33
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Twelve years after the grisly murder of her parents, Kaitlyn Delaney has finally found peace. She has friends, a good job, a place to call home and a new life to live. But then a shadow creeps in from Katie's past, reminding her that she will never completely escape its terrifying grip. When private investigator Dan Oliver is called to the scene of a gruesome crime in New Orleans, he can't help but hear echoes of the Delaney case, the unsolved murder...
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Dreary Cnothan's most hated man is dumped into a tank filled with lobsters then eaten in Britain's best restaurants. Exiled there with his dog Towser, Hamish Macbeth misses his beloved Highland village Lochdubh, Priscilla, and easy lazy days. His superiors want the business hushed up, a dark-haired lass wants his body, and a killer is out for more blood.
10) Three-inch teeth
Author
Series
Joe Pickett novels volume 24
Language
English
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Description
"A rogue grizzly bear has gone on a rampage—killing, among others, the potential fiancé of Joe’s daughter. At the same time, Dallas Cates, who Joe helped lock up years ago, is released from prison with a special list tattooed on his skin. He wants revenge on the people who sent him away: the six people he blames for the deaths of his entire family and the loss of his reputation and property. Using the grizzly attacks as cover, Cates sets out...
Author
Publisher
Liveright
Pub. Date
[2024]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Anna Fort wants to be a supportive wife, even if that means accompanying her husband for the winter of 1918 to a remote, frozen island estate so he can finish his book as the guest of an eccentric millionaire. When she learns three girls are missing from a school run by their host, Anna realizes finding them is up to her--even if that means risking her husband's career, and possibly her life. Her husband's masterpiece-in-progress features strange...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
St. Martin's paperback edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 294 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"In need of a good adventure, Delaney Nichols takes the leap and moves to Edinburgh, Scotland to start a job at The Cracked Spine. She doesn't know much about what she's gotten herself into, other than that the work sounds exciting, and that her new boss, Edwin MacAlister, has given her the opportunity of a lifetime. Edwin has promised that she'll be working with "a desk that has seen the likes of kings and queens, paupers and princes," and...
13) Judgment prey
Author
Series
Prey series volume 33
Virgil Flowers novels volume 15
Thorndike Press large print top shelf
Prey novel volume 33
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Virgil Flowers novels volume 15
Thorndike Press large print top shelf
Prey novel volume 33
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Language
English
Description
"Alex Sand was spending the evening at home playing basketball with his two young sons when all three were shot in cold blood. A wealthy federal judge, there's no short list of people who could have a vendetta against Sands, but the gruesome murders, especially that of his children, turn their St. Paul community on its head. Sand was on the verge of a major donation to a local housing charity, Heart/Twin Cities, and with the money in limbo, eyes suddenly...
Author
Series
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
67 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Willow Feathers McBeaver, aka Detective Duck, is a crime-solving (and very precocious) little duck. She and her animal pals live on beautiful Dogwood Pond, which is adjacent to Lazy Days, a human campground in New England. A pristine spot with clear water, abundant wildlife, and shady willow trees, Dogwood Pond is encountering puzzling problems—mysteries that arise from human-caused disruptions in nature such as water pollution, garbage, warming...
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2022, c2021.
Edition
First Scribner trade paperback edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 326 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
From some of the most successful mystery writers in the business, an invaluable guide to crafting mysteries, from character development and plot to procedurals and thrillers.
Author
Series
Terra Alta novels volume 1
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition/ First American edition
Physical Desc
339 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A first, prize-winning work of suspense from the internationally acclaimed author of Soldiers of Salamis. Melchor Marín is a young cop from the big city, Barcelona. But he is also an outsider. The son of a prostitute, Melchor went to prison as a teenager, convicted of working for a Colombian drug cartel. Behind bars, he read a book that changed his life: Les Misérables. Then his mother was murdered. He decided to become a policeman. Now he has...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 c
Language
English
Description
"In all of Commissaire Georges Dupin's time living in Brittany, there has never been a murder on his home turf, until now, in Jean-Luc Bannalec's The Body by the Sea. A town on the sea, Concarneau's nickname is Ville Bleue, or the Blue Town. With three harbors at its center, visitors can see enormous ships, sailors, fishermen, and the industry that goes alongside it. Because of its geographical location, Concarneau has shown it's perfectly positioned...
20) We'll never tell
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
310 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While investigating an infamous Hollywood murder mystery for their final YouTube episode, four teenagers visit the scene of the crime, but one does not come out alive, leaving the others to solve crimes old and new--or die trying.
No one at Hollywood High knows who's behind We'll Never Tell--a viral YouTube channel where the anonymous creators trespass behind the scenes of LA's most intriguing locales. The team includes CASEY, quiet researcher and...
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