A literary mystery where the people and the settings in the exotic East are paramount. Two entwined mysteries unfold in two time periods in Singapore – one in the present and the other in the 1920s. Artist Maris Cousins has lived in...
Detective and mystery fiction
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Author:Hozy, S.P.Summary: - Author:Adler-Olsen, JussiSummary:
Detective Carl Mørck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet when the dark, troubled past of one of his own team members collides with a sinister unsolved murder. In a Copenhagen park the...
- Author:Läckberg, CamillaSummary:
The Scent of Almonds and Other Stories is a collection of short stories from the number-one international best-seller Camilla Lackberg. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. The Scent of Almonds - It's less than a week...
- Author:Baron, Aileen G.Summary:
It is 1943 and the world is at war. Archaeologist Lily Sampson has been sent to Trans-Jordan by the OSS, along with Gideon Weil, the famous director of the American School of Archeology in Jerusalem. As part of their survey, they roam...
- Author:Child, Lincoln, Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
FBI Agent Corrie Swanson takes on a new case involving a fifty-year-old, mummified corpse. Out of her depth, she soon realizes she needs the help of her foe-turned-ally, archaeologist Nora Kelly.
- Author:Hamilton, Ian.Summary:
The fifth installment in the wildly popular Ava Lee series, The Scottish Banker of Surabaya exposes the dark world of money laundering and the Italian mob. Ava begins an investigation into what she thinks is a Ponzi scheme. The trail...
- Author:Stellings, CarolineSummary:
Born in China, Nicki was abandoned to an orphanage before being adopted by a wealthy North American family. Now 16, Nicki divides her time between Hawaii and Ontario and is all set to train with a king fu grand master. When she reports...
- Author:Zindel, PaulSummary:
Tom the janitor has been accused of murdering the head biologist at New York City's Museum of Natural History. But teenaged sleuths P.C. Hawke and his partner Mackenzie know Tom couldn't be the real killer, so they begin investigating....
- Author:Melander, JakobSummary:
The mayor of Copenhagen is found murdered in his luxury apartment. Detective Lars Winkler is put on this sensitive case, which is further complicated by the fact that the victim’s mother is the leader of the country’s most radical...
- Author:French, TanaSummary:
Best Book of 2020 New York Times |NPR | New York Post "This hushed suspense tale about thwarted dreams of escape may be her best one yet . . . Its own kind of masterpiece." -Maureen Corrigan, The Washington Post "A new Tana French is...
- Author:Mullally, ShannonSummary:
The Second Detective is a deliriously entertaining reimagining of the hard-boiled detective novel, featuring a mysterious narrator, a missing husband, and a lascivious mountain goat with interspecies interests.
- Author:Chapman, BrendaSummary:
Gwen Lake is a forty-five-year-old police officer with a desk job, an ex-husband and a future not even close to the American dream. A year after her divorce, and more out of boredom and curiosity than anything else, she agrees to a...
- Author:Christie, AgathaSummary:
Tommy Beresford and Tuppence Cowley, two unemployed school chums, bump into each other in London and agree to become the "Young Adventurers," who will go anywhere and do anything, according to their ad. Soon they are involved...
- Author:Tartt, DonnaSummary:
The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation. In this brilliant debut novel, Donna Tartt gives us a richly textured and hypnotic story of...
- Author:Strange, LucySummary:
A beautifully tangled story of friendship, fairy tales, and family secrets. For those who loved Pax and The War That Saved My Life. 1919. Mama is ill. Father has taken a job abroad. Nanny Jane is too busy to pay any attention to...
- Author:Adams, EllerySummary:
When a patron is found dead on the train tracks, bookseller Nora Pennington forms the Secret, Book, and Scone Society, a group of damaged souls yearning to gain trust by helping others, in order to investigate.
- Author:Loughead, DebSummary:
First she blamed herself. Now she doesn’t know who to trust. When Kit disappeared at a party and was found drowned in the quarry the next day, Clem knew who to point the finger at: herself. She was the last person to see him alive, the...
- Author:Horowitz, AnthonySummary:
Death, deception, and a detective with quite a lot to hide stalk the pages of Anthony Horowitz's brilliant murder mystery, the second in the bestselling series starring Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne. "You shouldn'...
- Author:Child, Lee.Summary:
Jack Reacher is back! The “utterly addictive” ( The New York Times ) series continues as the acclaimed #1 bestselling author Lee Child teams up with his brother, Andrew Child, fellow thriller writer extraordinaire. “One of the many...
- Author:Deaver, JefferySummary:
For years Frederick Lowell has quietly managed the estate of the revered novelist Edward Goodwin. Though the author of only one novel, that book has gone on to sell hundreds of millions of copies, keeping Lowell comfortable as well as...
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