In this second mystery featuring Chief Inspector Peter Cammon, the veteran detective is called out of retirement once again. His assignment appears simple: travel to Canada to retrieve the body of a murdered Scotland Yard colleague. But...
Detective and mystery fiction
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Author:Whellams, DavidSummary: - Author:Harper, JaneSummary:
A small town hides big secrets in The Dry, an atmospheric, captivating debut mystery by award-winning author Jane Harper."One of the most stunning debuts I've ever read ... Every word is near perfect."--David...
- Author:Fulmer, DavidSummary:
On the same night a drunk cop shoots a gambler, a haul of priceless jewels is stolen--setting the stage for a mystery as complex and steeped in the blues as the city of Atlanta itself.
- Author:Lynch, GeraldSummary:
Retired Detective Kevin Beldon has left Ottawa and gone into retreat at a Buddhist monastery in California following his successful treatment for lung cancer. He's trying to make sense of his life, but death is very much on his...
- Author:McFetridge, JohnSummary:
Read the mystery series Booklist called "brimming with historical verisimilitude ... with a richly detailed protagonist and a seriously compelling mystery." This collection includes all three novels in this gripping police procedural...
- Author:McFetridge, JohnSummary:
Read the mystery series Booklist called “brimming with historical verisimilitude . . . with a richly detailed protagonist and a seriously compelling mystery.” This collection includes all three novels in this gripping police...
- Author:Baldacci, DavidSummary:
The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder of a CIA agent who knew America's dirtiest secrets-can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative...
- Author:Hury, HadleySummary:
Laurel Beach is one of the last old-fashioned villages in the West Florida panhandle, one that has, so far, escaped commercial over-development. It presents both a haven and opportunity, and, this summer, it plays host to a varied cast....
- Author:Queen, EllerySummary:
A schoolmaster has been found beheaded and crucified in rural Arroyo, West Virginia. Ellery Queen, amateur sleuth, insists that he and his father take up the case. As victims turn up all over the world--all killed in the same manner--...
- Author:Deaver, JefferySummary:
From the bestselling author of The Bone Collector and Devil's Teardrop comes this spine-chilling new thriller that pits renowned criminalist Lincoln Rhyme against the ultimate opponent--Amelia Sachs, his own brilliant protege. A...
- Author:Lapena, ShariSummary:
Stephanie and Patrick are adjusting to life with their colicky twin girls. The babies are a handful, but even as Stephanie struggles with the disorientation of sleep deprivation, there's one thing she's sure of: She has all she ever...
- Author:Legault, StephenSummary:
It’s the winter of 1884, and five hundred Canadian Pacific Rail workers have halted their push through the Rockies at Holt City, an isolated shantytown in the shadow of the Continental Divide. The men are tired and cold, and patience is...
- Author:Edwards, Ruth DudleySummary:
Can anyone British teach English as a foreign language? He's also a civil servant down on his luck and out of a job and thus ripe for a post as a police spy at the Knightsbridge School. Robert's cover will be to teach English as a...
- Author:Baldacci, DavidSummary:
When John Puller's older brother, Robert, escapes from a high security prison, he becomes the most wanted criminal in the country. Puller takes on the burden of bringing his brother in to face justice and quickly discovers there are...
- Author:Torre, Lillian De La.Summary:
Literary legend Samuel Johnson and his biographer, James Boswell, solve mysteries in eighteenth-century London in this delightful story collection. A brilliant thinker and his trusted assistant sit in their drawing room, pondering a...
- Author:Scott, Mary AnnSummary:
Jessica March is back, sleuthing in Parkdale. She’s on the trail of an extortionist whose known victims are young refugee women students at her school. If the extortionist’s victims refuse his demands for money he hurts them, or he...
- Author:Innes, RoySummary:
Inspector Coswell hunts for a not-so-good doctor's on UBC's campus.
- Author:Pearce, MichaelSummary:
Egypt, 1914. The outbreak of war in Europe casts ripples that can be felt even in Cairo. Gareth Owen, Mamur Zapt and Head of the Khedive's Secret Police, is given the unhappy task of rounding up enemy aliens. But in a land where...
- Author:Perry, AnneSummary:
Presents an Inspector William Monk mystery set in Victorian England.
- Author:Cooney, Caroline B.Summary:
A photograph of a missing girl on a milk carton leads Janie on a search for her real identity.
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