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1) Still life
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The village of Three Pines, a refuge from the modern world in the beautiful Eastern Townships, basks in the tranquil glory of its autumn colours. But the blazing woods conceal the body of a much-loved teacher - shot through the heart with an arrow. A tragic hunting accident or murder? Charismatic Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team of officers probe to discover deep layers of deceit, resentment, and murderous rage in the pretty village.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Lila Nash is on the verge of landing her dream job--working as a prosecutor under the Hennepin County Attorney--and has settled into a happy life with her boyfriend, Joe Talbert. But when a woman is pulled from the Mississippi River, barely alive, things in the office take a personal turn. The police believe the woman's assailant is local photographer Gavin Spenser, but the case quickly flounders as the evidence wears thin. It seems Gavin saw this...
Author
Series
Ann Lindell volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur/Thomas Dunne Books
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Injured by an unknown shooter who has killed his wife and abducted his baby daughter, surgeon Marc Seidman struggles with limited options when he receives a ransom note that he will never see his daughter again if he contacts the police.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Traumatized after a life-threatening attack by Gordon Mallory, who died in an accident after assaulting her, radio personality Taylor Halstead receives a threatening e-mail and wonders if she can trust Gordon's twin brother, Jonathan.
7) Snowblind
Author
Series
Dark Iceland volume 1
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Siglufjörður: an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland, where no one locks their doors -- accessible only via a small mountain tunnel. Ari Thór Arason: a rookie policeman on his first posting, far from his girlfriend in Reykjavik--with a past that he's unable to leave behind. When a young woman is found lying half-naked in the snow, bleeding and unconscious, and a highly esteemed, elderly writer falls to his death in the local...
8) Unbreakable
Author
Series
Road to Kingdom volume 2
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
Description
Gentle and unassuming, Hope Kauffman has never questioned the traditions of her Mennonite upbringing. She helps her father run Kingdom Quilts and has agreed to the betrothal he arranged for her with the devout but shy Ebbie Miller. But changes have begun to stir in their small Mennonite town. Charismatic Jonathon Wiese is leading a move to reform, while Ebbie insists on remaining true to Kingdom's foundation. And when her safety is threatened by an...
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Series
Language
English
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Description
"Lara Church has only hazy memories of her long-ago attack. What she does have is a home in Austin, a job, and a chance at a normal life at last. Then Texas Ranger James Beck arrives on her doorstep with shattering news: The Strangler is back. And this time, he's in Austin"--P. [4] of cover.
10) Samaritan
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Ray Mitchell returns to New Jersey to the housing project where he grew up to re-evaluate his life, but when he is found savagely beaten--and refuses to press charges--childhood friend Detective Nerese Ammons must uncover the truth.
11) Shiver
Author
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
That night, Samantha Jones was doing what she always did: just trying to get by. Left to make her own way on the mean streets of East St. Louis, the pretty twenty-three-year-old single mother supported herself and her son as best she could by repo-ing cars. When she hooked her junker of a tow truck up to the BMW she'd been sent to haul in, the last thing she expected was to find a beaten, bloody man in the trunk--or to be catapulted into a terrifying...
12) The red road
Author
Series
Alex Morrow novel volume 4
Publisher
Little Brown & Co
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Police detective Alex Morrow has met plenty of unsavory characters in her line of work, but arms dealer Mark Lynch ranks among the most brutal and damaged of the criminals she's known. Morrow is serving as a witness in Lynch's trial, where the case hinges on his fingerprints found on the guns he sells. When the investigation leads to a privileged Scottish lawyer who's expecting to be assassinated after a money laundering scheme goes bad, and a woman...
13) Hearts of stone
Author
Series
(Brad J.)Carl Burns volume 2
Publisher
Severn House Pub Ltd
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Happily ensconced at River Road Farm and planning to start their own maple syrup business, life is good for Carl Burns and his partner Frances, who also stars in her own TV show. But, unwittingly, Frances's TV exposure has attracted unwelcome attention. Targeted by a gang of small-time criminals who need to get their hands on a large amount of cash - fast, Carl and Frances's perfect lives are shattered in an instant. With clues as to the gang's identity...
Author
Publisher
Marysue Rucci Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Serious, studious Pamela Schumacher is traumatized when a man enters her sorority house in the middle of the night and brutally maims two of her sorority sisters and kills two others, including her best friend, Denise. Pamela sees the man on his way out, briefly mistaking him for Denise's on and-off again boyfriend. Convincing the police that her confusion was momentary proves a challenge, but Pamela soon finds an ally in the glamorous Tina Cannon,...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"One September afternoon in 1999, teenagers Matthew, Zoe, and Duncan Lang are walking home from school when they discover a boy lying in a field, bloody and unconscious. Thanks to their intervention, the boy's life is saved. In the aftermath, all three siblings are irrevocably changed. Matthew, the oldest, becomes obsessed with tracking down the assailant, secretly searching the local town with the victim's brother. Zoe wanders the streets of Oxford,...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Madeline Martin has built a life for herself as the young owner of a thriving business, The Next Chapter Bookshop, despite her tragic childhood and now needing to care for her infirm father. When Harley Granger, a failed novelist turned true crime podcaster, drifts into her shop in the days before Christmas, he seems intent on digging up events that Madeline would much rather forget. She's the only surviving victim of Evan Handy, the man who was convicted...
17) Still life
Author
Series
Chief Inspector Gamache volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Chief Inspector Armand Gaache and his team of investigators are called to the scene of a suspicious death in a rural village south of Montreal and yet a world away. Jane Neal, a local fixture in the tiny hamlet of Three Pines, has been found dead in the woods on Thanksgiving morning. The locals are certain it's a tragic hunting accident and nothing more, but Gamache smells something foul this holiday season.
18) Open your eyes
Author
Publisher
Grove Press, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Haven't we all wanted to pretend everything's perfectly fine? Jane Campbell avoids confrontation at all costs. Given the choice, she'll always let her husband, Leon--a bestselling thriller author--fight their battles. She'd prefer to focus on the good things in life: precious days with her two young children, a steady and loving marriage, their mischievously playful cat Bonita, and her fulfilling job as a creative writing teacher. In Jane's eyes,...
Author
Publisher
Scarlet
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A successful artist with a doting husband, Isabel Dryland knows she should be grateful for her happy life. It's a complete reversal from the one she led before, when normalcy seemed out of reach, after a violent assault she cannot remember left her shattered and scarred. Even though the memory was lost, the nagging feeling that she was damaged goods and the lingering effects of her injuries kept her questioning her sanity at times. Tom, her husband,...
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