In the Spring of 1277, Prioress Eleanor goes on a pilgrimage to a famous East Anglian shrine. There are rumors that King Edward may also visit the shrine soon to seek God’s blessing for his invasion of Wales. Lurking in this sacred...
Detective and mystery fiction
- Author:Royal, PriscillaSummary:
- Author:Brett, BrianSummary:
There was a man who called himself Coyote. He blew up bridges to clearcut logging sites. He liberated zoos, and torched shopping malls in the night. Then he died, twenty years ago, in a botched factory sabotage. Or did he? A terrifying...
- Author:Chien, VivienSummary:
Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of six charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2021 for free for easy sampling. The eleventh edition of Cozy Case Files...
- Author:Shelton, PaigeSummary:
Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of five charming cozy mysteries starting in December 2019 for free for easy sampling. Travel cross country - and across the...
- Author:Alexander, EllieSummary:
Looking for a new cozy series? In the new edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of nine charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2023 for free for easy sampling. The seventeenth edition of Cozy Case...
- Author:Alexander, EllieSummary:
Looking for a new cozy series? In the latest edition of Cozy Case Files, Minotaur Books compiles the beginnings of nine charming cozy mysteries publishing in Winter 2024 for free for easy sampling. The twentieth edition of Cozy Case...
- Author:Batten, JackSummary:
“Like a fine wine, the [Crang] series — and its protagonist — have aged well.” — The Toronto Star “Not to be missed.” — The Globe and Mail Jack Batten's hard-boiled Crang series returns with this four-book bundle, including the...
- Author:Batten, JackSummary:
The smart-talking, wise-cracking, jazz-loving criminal lawyer has got a taste for straight vodka and a nose for trouble. No one could ever accuse Crang of being a superhero, but with his usual mixture of innate cool and naive enthusiasm...
- Author:Batten, JackSummary:
Cause a "poker face" ain't just a song by Lady Gaga. Crang is a criminal lawyer. He loves jazz, old movies, Polish vodka, his Volkswagen convertible and his girlfriend Annie, not necessarily in that order. A wise-cracking WASP with a...
- Author:Castle, RichardSummary:
Marriage is a double-edged sword for Nikki Heat. Betrayal by any man is not her style. Is her husband keeping secrets? What she finds puts her investigative skills--and marriage--to the test.
- Author:Kingsmill, Suzanne F.Summary:
Fighting depression in a Toronto psychiatric ward, Cordi must throw herself back into harm's way when another patient dies. Was it murder? Struggling to escape the sticky blackness of clinical depression, zoologist Cordi O’...
- Author:Hawkins, JamesSummary:
The seventh novel in the popular Inspector Bliss series is another action-packed mystery filled with nail-biting adventures involving religious sects, criminal conspiracies, and the world trade in cocoa.When an RCMP officer is murdered...
- Author:Brown, Rita MaeSummary:
A mystery full of colorful characters (both two- and four-legged!), gorgeous country landscapes, timeless traditions, and the breathtaking thrill of the fox hunt. The fox has made short work of the henhouse and is wreaking havoc across...
- Author:Fluke, JoanneSummary:
Hannah Swensen, like most women in Lake Eden, Minnesota, is not a fan of Ronni Ward--the man-stealing gym bunny. So when Ronni turns up lifeless in a jacuzzi--accompanied by one of Hannah's cream puffs--the long list of suspects begins...
- Author:Greenaway, R.M.Summary:
Leith and Dion are on the hunt for a different kind of murderer … and he’s a real animal. It seems the October rains have brought death and disaster to North Vancouver. A missing hiker is found by his son and daughter, a foul smell...
- Author:Lin, HarperSummary:
It's almost Christmastime in Cape Bay, and another murder has everyone in town talking. A despised new drama teacher at the local high school is killed in the school's parking lot. The police arrest a beloved teacher, Mrs. Crowsdale,...
- Author:Simon, CleaSummary:
Reporter Theda Krakow is caught up in investigating the rise of a dangerous new designer drug that threatens the musicians and fans who make up the club scene she considers her second home.
- Author:Dostoyevsky, FyodorSummary:
The acclaimed Russian novelist's epic morality tale of a young man's horrifying crime and his struggle for redemption. Rodion Raskolnikov, a young man living in St. Petersburg, devises a gruesome experiment in morality. Theorizing that...
- Author:Dostoyevsky, FyodorSummary:
- Author:Grace, FionaSummary:
Crime au café est le troisième tome d'une charmante nouvelle série de Cosy Mystery par Fiona Grace.Lacey Doyle, 39 ans et fraîchement divorcée, a opéré un changement drastique : elle a délaissé la vie trépidante de New York et...