Sent to pose as a junior lecturer at a private college in Cambridge, Masie Dobbs will monitor any activities "not in the interests of His Majesty's government." When the college's pacifist founder is murdered, Maisie finds herself in...
Detective and mystery fiction
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Author:Winspear, JacquelineSummary: - Author:Whishaw, IonaSummary:
Back home in the Kootenays after her Arizona honeymoon, Lane offers her assistance when neither the outgoing teacher, Rose, nor her replacement, Wendy, show up at the local schoolhouse one blizzardy Monday in December. But when she...
- Author:Whishaw, IonaSummary:
A Lethal Lesson(#8). Back home in the Kootenays after her Arizona honeymoon, Lane offers her assistance when neither the outgoing teacher, Rose, nor her replacement, Wendy, show up at the local schoolhouse one blizzardy Monday in...
- Author:McFetridge, JohnSummary:
Constable Eddie Dougherty returns in this gripping police procedural
Montreal, Labour Day weekend, 1972. The city is getting ready to host the first game in the legendary Summit Series between Canada and the USSR. Three...
- Author:Todd, CharlesSummary:
Scotland Yard's Inspector Ian Rutledge brought the Great War home with him, and its horrors haunt him still. On New Year's Eve 1919, he finds a brass cartridge casing, similar to countless others he'd seen on the battlefield, on the...
- Author:Winslow, DonSummary:
Neal Carey would rather finish a dull doctoral thesis than keep the mob, the FBI, and a major television personality from killing his newest client, but he's tempted to do the job himself.
- Author:Singh, NaliniSummary:
New York Times bestselling author Nalini Singh welcomes you to a remote town on the edge of the world where even the blinding brightness of the sun can't mask the darkness that lies deep within a killer On the rugged West Coast of New...
- Author:McGinnis, MindySummary:
Near the turn of the nineteenth century, Dr. Thornhollow helps teenaged Grace Mae escape from the Boston asylum where she was sent after becoming pregnant by rape, and takes her to Ohio where they put her intelligence and remarkable...
- Author:Whishaw, IonaSummary:
It's November, and Lane and Darling have escaped the chilly autumn in the Kootenays for a honeymoon at the posh and romantic Santa Cruz Inn in sunny Tucson, Arizona. But despite her very best intentions to relax, soon after their...
- Author:King, ThomasSummary:
Can a reality TV show solve a cold case? The crew of a true-crime reality TV show, Malice Aforethought, shows up in Chinook to do an episode about the death of Trudy Samuels. Trudy's death had originally been ruled accidental, but with...
- Author:Calmes, MarySummary:
Volume Two: Books Three and Four Three years ago, Jory Harcourt changed his name and shut the door on a past full of pain, only to emerge stronger on the other side. He has a new career, a great working partner and a satisfying life—...
- Author:Redmond, Lissa MarieSummary:
When cold case detective Lauren Riley returns to work months after being stabbed by a fellow police officer, it's clear that her troubles are far from over. The body of a young woman has been found in the same woods as a murder...
- Author:Juby, SusanSummary:
Butler-detective Helen Thorpe returns to help a wannabe influencer get her life in order - and solve the murders of her fellow content creators - in this hilarious sequel to Mindful of Murder by bestselling author Susan Juby When...
- Author:Diggs, Anita DoreenSummary:
Jackie Blue is a hard-working, ambitious, young black editor. She looks forward to her weekly meetings with the Black Pack, a small group of African-American professionals with ties to the industry. These connections have helped place...
- Author:Martine, ArkadySummary:
Ambassador Mahit Dzmare arrives in the center of the multi-system Teixcalaanli Empire only to discover that her predecessor, the previous ambassador from their small but fiercely independent mining Station, has died. But no one will...
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This entertaining collection features thirteen short mystery stories from some of our finest writers, all based on some piece of music.
- Author:Burke, James LeeSummary:
Cajun cop Dave Robicheaux from New Iberia infiltrates the mob in New Orleans, going undercover when he is wounded and his partner killed.
- Author:Alguire, JudithSummary:
When art aficionado Leonard Anderson learns his wealthy patron, Luella Pryce, is to endow the local gallery on the Caribbean island of St. Napoli with her fabled art collection he is stunned. How could she? The Cartwrights, the most...
- Author:Alguire, JudithSummary:
Another summer, and The Pleasant Inn is filled to capacity. This season is especially exciting, as perennial guests Miss Miller and her long-time admirer Mr. Simpson have chosen to marry at the Inn. The guests and staff are clamouring...
- Author:Reynolds, John LawrenceSummary:
Escaping the pressures of big-city policing, Maxine Benson is happy to be appointed police chief in the resort town of Port Ainslie. Max's biggest challenge is to overcome skepticism at her ability to deal with major crimes, like the...
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