Fearing expulsion and parental disapproval after lighting a shirt on fire at his school, Brent goes home, soaks his bathrobe with gasoline, steps into his shower, and strikes a match. Suffering horrific burns, Brent faces a long,...
Virginia
- Auteur:Runyon, BrentSommaire:
- Auteur:Brown, Rita Mae., Brown, Sneaky PieSommaire:
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...
- Auteur:Brown, Rita Mae.Sommaire:
Here spring comes to Crozet, Virginia, with a bang when a professor is gunned down in broad daylight. Now it's up to kitty sleuths Mrs. Murphy and Pewter, along with crime-solving corgi Tee Tucker, to sniff out the killer.
- Auteur:Ramsay, FrederickSommaire:
The elderly Jonathan Lydell III is proud of his family history. He is related to the Virginia Lees (both Light Horse Harry and Robert E. Lee) and to the Custis family (and thus to George Washington). But these connections don't seem to...
- Auteur:Deveraux, JudeSommaire:
In the second novel in her bestselling Edilean trilogy, Jude Deveraux returns to the idyllic Virginia town where three best girlfriends joyfully reunite as they each seek out their heartfelt dreams and desires. Kim Aldredge is delighted...
- Auteur:Jenkins, EmylSommaire:
In her debut adventure, Sterling Glass, an intrepid antiques appraiser and amateur sleuth, must foil a plot set up by a shady construction company looking to bilk the elderly out of their prized possessions. Following a trail of clues...
- Auteur:Brown, Rita Mae, Brown, Sneaky PieSommaire:
Visiting the local vineyards of Crozet, Virginia, world-renowned grape and fungus expert Professor Vincent Forland loses his head--literally. Forland had recently delivered a lecture on how distilled fungus plays a critical role in...
- Auteur:Pinkney, Andrea DavisSommaire:
In 1862 eleven-year-old Summer and her thirteen-year-old brother Rosco take turns describing how life on the quiet Virginia plantation where they are slaves is affected by the Civil War.
- Auteur:Gilbert, VictoriaSommaire:
Autumn leaves aren't the only things falling in the historic Virginia village of Taylorsford-so are some cherished memories, and a few bodies. October in Taylorsford, Virginia, means it's leaf peeping season, with bright...
- Auteur:Ramsay, FrederickSommaire:
Waldo Templeton was, at best, a mediocre organist. He was also careless, so his killer was able to follow him to the sanctuary of Stonewall Jackson Memorial Church in Picketsville, VA, and dispatch him. Then the Vicar’s secretary...
- Auteur:Ramsay, FrederickSommaire:
Ike Schwartz and Ruth Harris had to delay a vacation in Las Vegas because at the last moment, Ruth was required to go to Scone Island, Maine to settle an estate. But that task is soon complicated by one, and then another suspicious...
- Auteur:Brown, Rita MaeSommaire:
When murder befouls the idyllic winter wonderland of Crozet, Virginia, amateur sleuth Harry Haristeen takes up the investigation. Also on the scent are Harry's intrepid, four-legged friends--who never met a mystery they couldn't solve...
- Auteur:Wells, RosemarySommaire:
As the Civil War breaks out, India, a young Southern girl, summons her sharp intelligence and the courage she didn't know she had to survive the war that threatens to destroy her family, her Virginia home, and the only life she has ever...
- Auteur:Parshall, SandraSommaire:
When a powerful development company sets its sights on Mason County, Virginia, as the location for a sprawling resort for the rich, the locals begin taking sides. Many residents see the resort as economic salvation for the small Blue...
- Auteur:Cornwell, PatriciaSommaire:
The devastating fire tore through the horse farm, destroying everything it touched. Picking through the wreckage, Dr. Kay Scarpetta uncovers human remains—the work of an audacious and wily killer who uses fire to mask his brutal murders...
- Auteur:Gilbert, VictoriaSommaire:
Spring has sprung in quaint Taylorsford, Virginia, and the mayor has revived the town's long-defunct May Day celebration to boost tourism. As part of the festivities, library director Amy Webber is helping to organize a research...
- Auteur:Brooke, LaurenSommaire:
Amy is enlisted to help Prince, a former champion racehorse, recover from devastating burns caused by a stable fire. While Prince's physical wounds are obvious, his emotional state is more scarred and even harder to treat. When Amy...
- Auteur:Swinson, KikiSommaire:
A criminal lawyer working in Miami, Yoshi skips town when the pressure cooker of her job threatens to turn deadly. But after landing in Norfolk, Virginia, Yoshi quickly realizes she better watch her back when she witnesses a drug dealer...
- Auteur:Brown, Rita Mae.Sommaire:
The hills of Virginia are home to the most elegant steeplechases. But after a competitive run, a jockey is found stabbed to death. The knife in his chest impales a queen of clubs, and when a second jockey is murdered, he is decorated...
- Auteur:Spotswood, StephenSommaire:
Rex Stout meets Agatha Christie with a fresh twist in the new Pentecost and Parker Mystery, a delightfully hardboiled high-wire act starring two daring woman sleuths dead set on justice as they set out to solve a murder at a traveling...