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1101) Buttons and bones
Author
Series
Needlecraft mystery volume 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Needlework shop owner and part-time sleuth Betsy Devonshire finds a Nazi skeleton buried beneath the floorboards of an old cabin she is renovating and works to uncover a decades-old crime.
1102) Original sins
Author
Series
Riley Fisher volume 2
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
It's a brutal winter in Des Moines, Iowa, and the city is gripped byfear. A serial attacker known as the Sin Eater is stalking women and has just struck again. It's a tough time and a tough place for Riley Fisher, a former small-town sergeant, to be reporting for duty as an FBI agent on her first assignment. Teamed witha man she's not sure she can trust and struggling to prove herself - while fighting the pull of her old life and family dramas - Riley...
1103) A presumption of death
Author
Series
Lord Peter Wimsey and Harriet Vane volume 2
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Formats
Description
Drawing on the events of "The Wimsey Papers," a tale set during the Blitz in 1940 London finds Lord Peter conducting secret business for the Foreign Office, while Harriet, caring for the family, is shocked by the murder of a young Land Girl.
1104) Abandoned in death
Author
Series
In death volume 54
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The woman's body was found in the early morning, on a bench in a New York City playground. She was clean, her hair neatly arranged, her makeup carefully applied. But other things were very wrong-like the tattoo and piercings, clearly new. The clothes, decades out of date. The fatal wound hidden beneath a ribbon around her neck. And the note: Bad Mommy, written in crayon as if by a child. Eve Dallas turns to the department's top profiler, who confirms...
1105) Hide
Author
Series
Detective Harriet Foster thriller volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
When a young red-haired woman is found brutally murdered in downtown Chicago, one detail stands out: the red lipstick encircling her wrists and ankles. Detective Harriet Foster is on the case, even though she's still grieving the sudden death of her partner. As a Black woman in a male-dominated department, Foster anticipates a rocky road ahead acclimating to a new team--and building trust with her new partner isn't coming easily. After another victim...
1106) Fall
Author
Series
Detective Harriet Foster thriller volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Marin Shaw's release from prison draws attention from all sides--from the press, from her family, and from the other Chicago aldermen who let her take the fall for their corruption. For three years Shaw has stayed silent, claiming that all she wants is to fade into anonymity with her daughter, Zoe. Meanwhile, detectives Harri Foster and Vera Li are assigned to the murder of an alderman--one of Shaw's coconspirators. They sift through the evidence,...
1107) Don't go home
Author
Series
Death on demand mystery volume 25
Publisher
Thorndike Press Large Print
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Annie Darling, owner of the Death on Demand mystery bookstore, is hosting a party to celebrate successful Southern literary icon--and former Broward's Rock resident--Alex Griffith and his bestselling new novel, "Don't Go Home." But after the local paper announces that Griffith aims to reveal the real-life inspirations behind his characters, perhaps the author should take his own advice. Not everyone in town is ready to give him a glowing review. As...
1108) 3 culinary mysteries
Author
Series
Publisher
Media Books LLC
Pub. Date
p1996
Language
English
Description
Dying for chocolate: Taking control of her life, Goldy moves her household and business to ritzy Aspen Meadows, where she caters posh parties with her son and dates both the neighborhood cop anda handsome local shrink. But when the shrink drives headling into an oncoming bus, Goldy realizes that she has put her son and herself in a potentially deadly situation.
Catering to nobody: Goldy Bear, recently divorced, has made a home for herself and her...
1109) Dread on arrival
Author
Series
Hemlock Falls mystery volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's hate at first sight for two television antiques show personalities, an aristocratic Brit and a loud, foul-mouthed American, staying at the Hemlock Falls Inn. Their bitter rivalry heats up when they decide to have it out in a cooking contest. It's a good thing that inn owners Meg and Sarah Quilliam are experts at appraising motives for murder when one of them keels over on camera, because the suspects are piling up.
1110) Pay dirt
Author
Series
Mrs. Murphy mystery volume 4
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
The premier place of gossip in Crozet, Virginia, is the post office, presided by Mary Minor Haristeen and her cat, Mrs. Murphy. When a leather-clad Hell's Angel barges into town looking for a woman by the name of Malibu and he is subsequently murdered, the postmistress and her pet must find out why. By the author of Murder at Monticello.
1111) These women: a novel
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
In West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they're referred to as these women. These women on the corner... These women in the club... These women who won't stop asking questions... These women who got what they deserved... Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They're connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though not...
Author
Series
Emma Griffin FBI mystery volume 14
Publisher
A.J. Rivers
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
For FBI agent Emma Griffin, making the unsettling link among several cases has propelled her forward to find the elusive truth. The murder of her ex-boyfriend Greg has haunted her for years and as she spirals closer toward the final answer, she realizes it is more disturbing and painful than she could have ever imagined. Her investigation brings her deep into what he went through during his disappearance. Forcing her to face questions about moments...
1113) Dead wind
Author
Series
Shana Merchant volume 3
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
Senior Investigator Shana Merchant must dredge up dark secrets and old grudges if she's to solve the murder of a prominent local citizen in the Thousand Islands community she now calls home. The body is discovered on Wolfe Island, under the shadow of an enormous wind turbine. Senior Investigator Shana Merchant, arriving on the scene with fellow investigator Tim Wellington, can't shake the feeling that she knows the victim - and the subsequent identification...
1114) Murder in Murray Hill
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When facing injustice, the residents of nineteenth-century New York City's tenements turn to midwife Sarah Brandt and Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to protect their rights. Now, as the Edgar and Agatha Award-nominated series continues, the two must track down a cruel criminal preying on the hopes and dreams of innocent women A Gaslight Mystery Frank Malloy has never known any life other than that of a cop, but his newfound inheritance threatens...
Author
Series
Mrs. Murphy mystery volume 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
When a local mechanic gets his odometer turned back--for good--Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen steps in to investigate. There's more to the crime than meets the eye, though, and sleuthing cats Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, along with faithful corgi Tee Tucker, do their level best to keep Harry out of harm's way.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When an explosion kills wealthy industrialist Gregory Van Dyke, Police Commissioner Teddy Roosevelt presumes that anarchists are responsible and personally asks Detective Sergeant Frank Malloy to track them down. Malloy is up to the challenge - but he faces a different kind of challenge when he encounters Sarah Brandt paying a condolence call on the Van Dykes. Faced with the impossibility of ever expressing his true feelings for Sarah, Frank had vowed...
1117) Restless in the grave
Author
Series
Kate Shugak novel volume 19
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Aleut private investigator Kate Shugak and Alaska State Trooper Liam Campbell?the heroes of New York Times best seller Dana Stabenow's most beloved series?team up for the first time ever when Liam needs Kate's help to clear his wife of the murder of a wealthy aviation entrepreneur. In their most challenging case to date, Kate goes undercover to find that the murder was only the beginning of a much larger conspiracy ranging from the darkest family...
1118) The last precinct
Author
Series
Kay Scarpetta volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
Thwarting an attack by a suspected serial killer puts Virginia’s Chief Medial Examiner Kay Scarpetta in the harsh glare of the spotlight. As her personal and professional lives come under suspicion, she discovers that the so-called Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City and into the darkest corners of her past. A formidable prosecutor, a female assistant district attorney from New York, is brought into the case—and Scarpetta must...
1119) Collision of lies
Author
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Three years ago, a collision between a fast-moving freight train and a school bus full of kids led to devastation and grief on an unimaginable scale. But a fresh clue leads San Antonio police detective Amara Alvarez to the unlikely conclusion that one of the children may still be alive. If she's correct, everything law enforcement believes about the accident is a lie. With time running out, Amara must convince others--and herself--that despite all...
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