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1) Missing you
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
It's a profile, like all the others on the online dating site. But as NYPD Detective Kat Donovan focuses on the accompanying picture, she feels her whole world explode, as emotions she's ignored for decades come crashing down on her. Staring back at her is her ex-fiance; Jeff, the man who shattered her heart-and who she hasn't seen in 18 years. Kat feels a spark, wondering if this might be the moment when past tragedies recede and a new world opens...
Author
Series
Vera Stanhope volume 4
Language
English
Description
Discovering the body of a woman in the sauna room of her local gym, Inspector Vera Stanhope, hoping that she has uncovered a simple natural-causes death. Strangle bruises reveal that the victim was murdered. Her team begins interviewing staff and those connected to the victim, while Stanhope and colleague Sergeant Joe Ashworth work to find a motive. The victim had worked in social services-- and was involved in a shocking case involving a young child....
Author
Series
China Bayles mystery volume 25
Language
English
Description
"Max Mantel, the killer McQuaid put away years ago, has busted out of Huntsville Prisona nd appears to be headed for Pecan Springs. McQuaid knows there's only one way to stop the vengeful convict--set a trap with himself as bait. China wants to stay by her husband's side and keep him from harm. But McQuaid insists that she get out of town and go to the Last Chance Olive Ranch, where she's agreed to teach a workshop on herbs. When China and her best...
4) 1st to die
Author
Series
Women's murder club volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
Four women share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco. Each of the four friends holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant DA, and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle.But the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping...
Author
Series
Dublin murder squad volume 6
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Being on the Murder Squad is nothing like Detective Antoinette Conway dreamed it would be. Her partner, Stephen Moran, is the only person who seems glad she's there. The rest of her working life is a stream of thankless cases, vicious pranks, and harassment. Antoinette is savagely tough, but she's getting close to the breaking point. Their new case looks like yet another by-the-numbers lovers' quarrel gone bad. Aislinn Murray is blond, pretty, groomed...
Author
Series
Vera Stanhope volume 1
Language
English
Description
At an isolated cottage in the mountains, several very different women are thrown together because of an environmental study. Women who each know the meaning of betrayal. But when Rachel, the leader of the study, arrives at the cottage, she is horrified to discover a body. It is only after another death occurs that another woman enters the picture--the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope. --Publisher
Author
Series
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 23
Language
English
Description
It's Christmas many years ago, and topping young Hannah Swensen's wish list is becoming the go-to baker in Lake Eden, Minnesota. But as Hannah finds out, revisiting holiday memories can be murder. With her dream of opening The Cookie Jar taking shape, Hannah's life matches the hectic December hustle and bustle in Lake Eden--especially when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball from the past in honor of Essie Granger, an elderly...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Formats
Description
Maintaining good personal relationships with their suppliers is one of the secrets of the Cackleberry Club Café success, so Suzanne doesn't mind going out to Mike Mullen's dairy farm to pick up some wheels of cheese. She's looking forward to a nice visit with the mild-mannered farmer before heading back to their hectic kitchen. But when she arrives, Mike's nowhere to be found. The moaning of his cows leads her to look in the barn, where she discovers...
Author
Series
Women's murder club volume 23
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Detective Lindsay Boxer put serial killer Evan Burke in jail. Reporter Cindy Thomas wrote a book that put him on the bestseller list. An obsessed maniac has turned Burke's true-crime story into a playbook. And is embellishing it with gruesome touches all his own. Now Lindsay's tracking an elusive suspect, and the entire Murder Club is facing destruction.
Author
Series
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 16
Language
English
Formats
Description
When one of her famous Red Velvet cupcakes is thought to have caused the death of her rival--a scandalous Lake Eden legend who was trying to steal her boyfriend--Hannah Swensen becomes the unlikely suspect in a murder investigation and must whip up the real killer before someone else gets iced.
11) The likeness
Author
Series
Dublin murder squad volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Traumatized detective Cassie Maddox struggles in her career and relationship with Sam O'Neill while investigating the unsettling murder of a young woman whose name matches an alias Cassie had used as an undercover officer.
12) Ghost times two
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Bailey Ruth Raeburn's latest mission is to guide the happy-go-lucky spirit of a deceased young man named Jimmy to the next life. But Jimmy is determined to watch over his still-living girlfriend Megan, whom he wants to be happy even without him--which is easier said than done. As if being haunted by her late boyfriend wasn't enough, Megan is dealing with an arrogant, manipulative senior partner who threatens to fire Megan's vulnerable secretary if...
Author
Series
Ellery Hathaway volume 3
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The highly anticipated third novel in the award-winning Ellery Hathaway mystery series. FBI agent Reed Markham is haunted by one painful unsolved mystery: who murdered his mother? Camilla was brutally stabbed to death more than forty years ago while baby Reed lay in his crib mere steps away. The trail went so cold that the Las Vegas Police Department has given up hope of solving the case. But then a shattering family secret changes everything Reed...
14) The trial
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
An accused murderer called Kingfisher is about to go on trial for his life. Or is he? By unleashing unexpected violence on the lawyers, jurors, and police involved in the case, he has paralyzed the city. Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club are caught in the eye of the storm.
16) 2nd chance
Author
Series
Women's murder club volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Reconvening the Women's Murder Club after a little girl is shot in front of a San Francisco church, detective Lindsay Boxer and her companions are disturbed to discover that the killer may be a former police officer.
Author
Series
Hannah Swensen mystery volume 18
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Life in tiny Lake Eden, Minnesota, is usually pleasantly uneventful. Lately, though, it seems everyone has more than their fair share of drama--especially the Swensen family. With so much on her plate, Hannah Swensen can hardly find the time to think about her bakery--let alone the town's most recent murder. . . Hannah is nervous about the upcoming trial for her involvement in a tragic accident. She's eager to clear her name once and for all, but...
18) Simply lies
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Mickey Gibson, single mother and former detective, leads a hectic life: juggling the demands of her two small children with the tasks of her job working remotely for ProEye, a global investigation company that hunts down wealthy tax and credit cheats. When Mickey gets a call from a colleague named Arlene Robinson, she thinks nothing of Arlene's unusual request for her to go inventory the vacant home of an arms dealer who cheated ProEye's clients and...
19) Scorched eggs
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Suzanne, Petra, and Toni -- co-owners of the Cackleberry Club Cafe -- are equally good at serving up breakfast and serving up justice. While getting her hair colored at Root 66, Suzanne is stunned to see the County Services office suddently go up in flames. Unfortunately, the fire department couldn't save longtime civil servant Hannah Venable. When it's discovered that an accelerant was used to fan the flames, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni vow to smoke...
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