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7081) Time of death
Author
Series
DI Tom Thorne volume 13
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Recalled from a romantic vacation with his girlfriend Helen Weeks, Tom Thorne investigates the abduction of two girls in Helen's hometown, convinced that the police have the wrong person in custody.
7082) Murder in the dark
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been despatched to assist a group of scientists who are investigating a mysterious black hole which has appeared on a Somerset hillside. Could it really be a doorway to another dimension, an opening into another world? When one of the scientists disappears into the hole, with fatal consequences, Ishmael must prove whether it was an accident or murder. But with no clues, no witnesses and no apparent motive,...
7083) Rusty puppy
Author
Series
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Mismatched private detectives Hap and Leonard investigate the murder of a young black man who was conducting his own civilian investigation into the white cop who was stalking his sister.
7084) Keeper of the castle
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Lately, Mel has been worried about finding enough historic renovation work to pay the bills. But while Turner Construction is in need of a project, Mel's boyfriend, Graham, has his hands full managing the reconstruction of an ancient building shipped over from Scotland. With the job plagued by rumors that the stones are cursed, Graham brings in Mel to look for paranormal activity. And while the ghost of a charming Scottish clansman does seem to be...
Author
Series
Publisher
Titan Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Now retired from detective work, Sherlock Holmes is called on once again to do battle with occult forces. Members of the Diogenes Club are being killed systematically, among them Holmes's own brother Mycroft. Meanwhile, unrest in Europe is threatening to turn into all-out war, and London is riddled with German spies whose machinations could have far-reaching, apocalyptic consequences. New enemies and old are conspiring against the great detective,...
7086) The Paris mystery
Author
Series
Charlie James mystery volume 1
Publisher
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Intrepid reporter Charlotte "Charlie" James arrives in Paris in 1938 eager to make a fresh start, but little does she know the trouble that awaits her ... Charlie James is chasing her first big scoop as correspondent for British-based newspaper The Times, and she needs to prove to her boss that she can do this job as well, if not better, than her male counterparts. The best way to forge the necessary contacts quickly is to make well-connected British...
7087) Ballistic kiss
Author
Series
Publisher
Harper Voyager
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
As the battle between warring angels continues, James Stark is focused on a simple invasion of ghosts. But his life takes a turn when he becomes entangled with a woman he saved from a zombie attack.
7088) Something wicked
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In David Housewright's next hardboiled mystery Something Wicked, Rushmore McKenzie, who promised to retire after his last nearly-fatal case, gets talked into doing an old friend a favor involving a castle, a family fighting over an inheritance, and at least one mysterious death. Rushmore McKenzie was a detective with the St. Paul, Minnesota PD until unlikely events made him first a millionaire and then a retiree. Since then, he's been an occasional...
7089) At the dying of the year
Author
Publisher
Crème de la Crime
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
In 1733, Richard Nottingham hunts a child-killer preying on the street children of Leeds, but he has to go up against the wealthy and powerful of the city to do it, including the new mayor.
7090) Flesh house
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When body parts are discovered in a container at the Aberdeen harbor, police suspect the involvement of Kenneth Wiseman, a vicious killer acquitted on a technicality, sending detective Logan McRae on a feverish quest through two decades of secrets to find a killer.
7091) Treacherous is the night
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
Description
"It's not that Verity Kent doesn't sympathize with those eager to make contact with lost loved ones. After all, she once believed herself a war widow. But now that she's discovered Sidney is very much alive, Verity is having enough trouble connecting with her estranged husband, never mind the dead. Still, at a friend's behest, Verity attends a séance, where she encounters the man who still looms between her and Sidney--and a medium who channels...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The shocking true story of a bizarre kidnapping and the victims' revictimization by the justice system In March 2015, Denise Huskins and her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, awoke from sound sleep to a nightmare. Armed men bound and drugged them, then abducted Denise and warned Aaron not to call the police or she would be killed. Aaron agonized about what to do. Finally he put his trust in law enforcement and dialed 911. But instead of searching for Denise,...
Author
Series
Jane Darrowfield mystery volume 1
Publisher
Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Jane Darrowfield is a year into her retirement, and she's already traveled and planted a garden. She's organized her photos, her recipes, and her spices. The statistics suggest she has at least a few more decades ahead of her, so she better find something to do . After Jane helps a friend with a sticky personal problem, word starts to spread around her bridge club-and then around all of West Cambridge, Massachusetts-that she's the go-to girl for...
7094) Time without pity
Publisher
Home Vision Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
Tension rises to a fevered pitch in this psychological thriller about an alcoholic, long-absent father who has one day to save his falsely accused son from the gallows.
7095) The dark vineyard
Author
Series
Bruno volume 2
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
" ... the Dordogne's great pleasures--wine, romance, and intrigue--threaten Bruno's beloved village of Saint-Denis."--Jacket.
7096) Brooklyn on fire
Author
Series
Mary Handley mystery volume 2
Publisher
Broadway Books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After closing a case with the Brooklyn Police Department, Mary Handley is determined to become an official detective in her own right. And when Emily Worsham shows up at her new office convinced her uncle John Worsham was murdered and desperate for answers, Mary's second assignment begins. As she investigates the curious circumstances surrounding John's death, Mary soon finds herself entangled in a high-stakes family scandal, a series of interconnected...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
The Montgomery County police chief at the head of the manhunt for the serial snipers who shot random victims during a three-week period in Maryland and Virginia recounts the investigation that ultimately lead to the suspects' capture.
7098) Clam wake
Author
Series
Bed-and-breakfast mystery volume 29
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Innkeeper and irrepressible sleuth Judith McMonigle Flynn and cousin Renie face off against a cold-blooded killer in a beach community in this delightfully charming Bed-and-Breakfast mystery from USA Today and New York Times bestselling author Mary Daheim.With the holidays gone and Hillside Manor almost empty, Innkeeper Judith McMonigle Flynn has a bad case of the blues. A housesitting stint at her aunt and uncle's retirement home on Whoopee Island...
7099) Dead and buried
Author
Series
Publisher
Sphere
Language
English
Description
"Brutal acts of firestarting have ravaged the Peak District, and now a new wave of moorland infernos sweeps across the national park. For DS Ben Cooper, the blazes are best left to the firefighters, even with the arsonists still at large. But when an intruder breaks into an abandoned pub, Cooper is on the case--and he swiftly unearths a pair of grim surprises. The first is evidence of a years-old double homicide, and the second is a corpse, newly...
7100) West Heart kill
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"An irresistible murder mystery set at a genteel private club where everyone is a suspect, including the erratic detective on the scene-a remarkable debut that gleefully upends the rules of the genre and marks the arrival of a major new talent "The writer of murder, like all writers, must be a miser, conceding revelations bit by bit; for every novel is a puzzle, and every reader a sleuth." A remote, old-money hunting lodge. A raging storm. A locked...