Although the Green Dolphin is a bar of ill repute, it is there that Tancred Palmieri, a thief with elegant and erudite tastes, meets Willow Azarian, an aging heroin addict. She reveals to Tancred that her very wealthy father has...
Detective and mystery fiction
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Author:Alexis, AndréSummary: - Author:Tudor, C. J.Summary:
A teacher with a hidden agenda returns to a school he once attended to settle old scores, only to uncover a secret with dark, unimaginable consequences.
- Author:Johnson, CraigSummary:
Sheriff Walt Longmire and Henry Standing Bear embark on their latest adventure in this novella set in the world of Craig Johnson's New York Times bestselling Longmire series-the basis for the hit drama Longmire, now on Netflix. When...
- Author:Peters, ElizabethSummary:
The spunky Victorian Egyptologist Amelia Peabody Emerson has returned to the exotic Nile valley. Parasol aloft and hot on the trail of an unexplored tomb, she must outwit a shadowy evildoer, a questionable antiquities dealer, and her...
- Author:Dunning, JohnSummary:
A mysterious photograph unlocks a Pandora's Box of Jim Ryan's memories and lures him on a terrifying journey toward the shocking truth about the mother of his daughter, about himself, and about a past experiment in terror.
- Author:Christie, AgathaSummary:
A far-from-warm welcome greets Hercule Poirot as he arrives for lunch at Lucy Angkatell's country house. A man lies dying by the swimming pool, his blood dripping into the water. His wife stands over him, holding a revolver. As...
- Author:Leblanc, MauriceSummary:
In the third installment of the Arsène Lupin series, we find our gentleman burglar up against Isidore Beautrelet, a young but gifted amateur detective who is determined to foil Lupin once and for all. As he hunts down the Hollow Needle...
- Author:Thomas, SherrySummary:
Charlotte Holmes, Lady Sherlock, returns in the Victorian-set mystery series from the USA Today bestselling author of A Conspiracy in Belgravia and A Study in Scarlet Women, an NPR Best Book of 2016. Under the cover of "Sherlock...
- Author:Lye, Harriet AlidaSummary:
Vintage Margaret Atwood meets Patricia Highsmith in this slyly seductive debut set on an eerily beautiful farm teeming with secrets. The drought has discontented the bees. Soil dries into sand; honeycomb stiffens into wax. But Cynthia...
- Author:Doyle, Arthur ConanSummary:
At Baskerville Hall on the grim moors of Devonshire, a legendary curse has apparently claimed one more victim. Sir Charles Baskerville has been found dead. There are no signs of violence, but his face is hideously distorted with terror...
- Author:Brown, Rita Mae.Summary:
"Sister" Jane Arnold, master of the Jefferson Hunt Club, must contend with unruly Crawford Howard, who purchase his own pack of hounds and establishes a rival club. Then, things really get interesting. During the audit of a local...
- Author:Patterson, JamesSummary:
Detective Teaghan Beaumont is getting closer and closer to discovering the truth about Darien Marshall. But there's a twist that she - and you, dear reader?will never see coming. BookShots LIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES PATTERSON...
- Author:Hewson, DavidSummary:
Anneliese Vos, sixteen-year-old daughter of Amsterdam detective, Pieter Vos, disappeared three years ago in mysterious circumstances. Her distraught father's desperate search reveals nothing and results in his departure from the police...
- Author:McCall Smith, AlexanderSummary:
Precious Ramotswe learns valuable lessons about first impressions and forgiveness in this latest installment of the beloved and best-selling No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency series. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi are approached by their...
- Author:Wright, Jaime JoSummary:
Outstanding Debut Novel from an Author to Watch Kaine Prescott is no stranger to death. When her husband died two years ago, her pleas for further investigation into his suspicious death fell on deaf ears. In desperate need of a fresh...
- Author:O'Donnell, ParaicSummary:
London, 1893: high up in a house on a dark, snowy night, a lone seamstress stands by a window. Why does the seamstress choose to jump out of that window? Why is there a cryptic message sewn into her skin? And how is she connected to a...
- Author:Garrett, Paul Russell, Melander, JakobSummary:
The first book in the crime series featuring Lars Winkler: loner, dad, former squatter, and drug addict — and the most dedicated detective in Copenhagen. A young prostitute is found murdered at the common in Copenhagen. The woman’s body...
- Author:Sedoti, ChelseaSummary:
Hawthorn wasn't trying to insert herself into a missing person's investigation. Or maybe she was. But that's only because Lizzie Lovett's disappearance is the one fascinating mystery their sleepy town has ever had. Bad things don't...
- Author:Brown, Rita MaeSummary:
When a faculty member of the local prep school is murdered, the headmistress and "Sister" Jane Arnold, master of the foxhounds at Virginia's Jefferson Hunt Club, work together to uncover a killer. It seems the slaying may have been...
- Author:Horst, Jorn LierSummary:
Seventeen years ago William Wisting led the investigation into one of Norway's most notorious criminal cases, the murder of young Cecilia Linde. When it is discovered that evidence was falsified he is suspended from duty. It looks like...
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