A revolution in the Middle East has a direct and deadly impact upon the summer term at Meadowbank, a picture-perfect girls' school in the English countryside. Prince Ali Yusuf, Hereditary Sheikh of Ramat, whose great liberalizing...
Detective and mystery fiction
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Author:Christie, AgathaSummary: - Author:Brown, Rita Mae, Brown, Sneaky PieSummary:
When Harry's beloved Aunt Tally approaches her 100th birthday, her alma mater schedules a birthday celebration that doubles as a fundraiser. But then a member of the alumnae association disappears. Her car is on campus, yet she's...
- Author:Brown, Rita Mae, Brown, Sneaky PieSummary:
Crozet, Virginia, is a pretty sleepy place, but during a Civil War reenactment, murder occurs, and postmistress and amateur sleuth Harry Harristeen and her three pets are soon on the prowl looking for the killer.
- Author:Murphy, Shirley RousseauSummary:
While new father Joe Grey is overjoyed to teach his three young kittens about the world, he misses his cop work--secretly helping solve crimes alongside his human friends at Molena Point PD. But when beautician Barbara Conley and one of...
- Author:Murphy, Shirley RousseauSummary:
When feline PI Joe Grey and his companion Dulcie have kittens, a little calico is born with ancient markings. But the celebrations will have to wait. A murderer is on the loose in Molena Point--and neither young nor old is safe until...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
China Bayles's friend, Police Chief Sheila Dawson, takes center stage. When local computer guru Larry Kirk is found dead, many are convinced it was suicide over his recent divorce. But Sheila has a hunch there's more to this...
- Author:Brown, Rita Mae, Brown, Sneaky PieSummary:
The sleepy little town of Crozet, Virginiahas seen its share of mischief and mayhem, but nothing like this. While visiting the Mt. Carmel monastery, Mary Minor "Harry" Haristeen witnesses a statue of the Virgin Mary cry tears of blood....
- Author:Brown, Rita Mae, Brown, Sneaky PieSummary:
When a rare set of hubcaps is stolen, it seems like a harmless offense, until the suspected theif is found hanged in the woods. Soon the body count rises, forcing Harry to divide her time between getting to the bottom of the malfeasance...
- Author:Davidson, Diane MottSummary:
Goldy Bear, recently divorced, has made a home for herself and her young son in scenic Aspen Valley, Colorado. There, calls for Goldilock's Catering have been steady enough to pay the bills. But when a mourner is felled by rat poison...
- Author:Simon, CleaSummary:
Spiky freelancer Theda Krakow has fallen on a bare patch. Changes at the newspaper have cut her regular assignments and magazine work is slim. When a call comes in asking her to profile Cool, a gifted musician who’s being oddly...
- Author:Perry, Carol J.Summary:
Most folks associate the city of Salem, Massachusetts, with witches, but for Lee Barrett, it's home. This October she's returned to her hometown-where her beloved Aunt Ibby still lives-to interview for a job as a reporter at WICH-TV....
- Author:Roberts, MarkSummary:
Quand un garçon de neuf ans est laissé pour mot dans une voiture en feu dans un quartier défavorisé de Peckham, l’inspecteur principal David Rosen y est appelé pour enquêter. Le jeune garçon a été gravement brûlé et il lutte à présent...
- Author:Emery, AnneSummary:
Lawyer and bluesman Monty Collins is used to defending murderers, and occasionally investigating murders himself. But he can't round up the usual suspects this time. The blood-drenched body of Reinhold Schellenberg, a world-renowned...
- Author:Preston, Douglas J.Summary:
William Smithback, a New York Times reporter, and his wife Nora Kelly, a Museum of Natural History archeologist, are brutally attacked in their apartment on the Upper West side of Manhattan. Eyewitnesses claim and the security camera...
- Author:Haywood, Gar AnthonySummary:
Errol "Handy" White is a man whose past has come back to haunt him. Years ago, Handy left his life as a Los Angeles thief behind, and now lays low in the Twin Cities. But when he hears that his old friend R. J. Burrows has been murdered...
- Author:Musso, GuillaumeSummary:
Alice et Gabriel n'ont aucun souvenir de la nuit dernière... ... pourtant, ils ne sont pas près de l'oublier. New York, huit heures du matin. Alice, jeune flic parisienne, et Gabriel, pianiste de jazz américain, se...
- Author:Sandford, JohnSummary:
In the 10th installment of the Prey series, Lucas Davenport is pitted against a pair of cunning killers unlike any he has encountered before.
- Author:Jansson, AnnaSummary:
L'inspecteur Kristoffer Bark doit faire la lumière sur une nouvelle affaire non résolue : Emelie Kartman, enseignante au primaire, veuve et mère, disparue il y a dix ans et dont le corps a été retrouvé trois ans plus tard...
- Author:Disher, GarrySummary:
A young girl has been abducted on Australia's Mornington Peninsula and Sergeant Ellen Destry takes the case in Inspector Hal Challis' absence.
- Author:Brady, EileenSummary:
Everyone in the charming Hudson Valley town of Oak Falls expected Flynn Keegan, their handsome blond "Golden Boy" to make it big in Hollywood. So when veterinarian Kate Turner identifies a bone dug up by one of her dog...
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