Full of gory conflict, these three whodunits offer nonstop action, savage violence, and an unforgettable cast of characters
The Wilson Mystery Omnibus brings together Mike Knowles’s first three...
Detective and mystery stories
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Author:Knowles, MikeSummary: -
Author:Bradley, AlanSummary:Flavia de Luce, a dangerously brilliant eleven-year-old with a passion for chemistry and a genius for solving murders. This time, Flavia finds herself untangling two deaths, separated by time but linked by the unlikeliest of threads....
- Author:BAGLEY, DesmondSummary:
Moving from Devon, England to Yucatan in Mexico, this novel intersperses suspense and action with intriguing historical narrative.
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Author:Easton, EliSummary:As part of the investigation into the murder of a young woman, Seattle P.I. Tony DeMarco poses as a patient of Dr. Jack Halloran, the therapist who treated the victim at a Seattle sex clinic. This isn’t the first time Tony has gone...
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Author:McFetridge, JohnSummary:Includes the novels Dirty Sweet, Everybody Knows this is Nowhere, and Swap
Road rage or a premeditated killing? Dirty Sweet is a fast-paced crime story that follows each character to a surprising end....
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Author:Roberts, Ken, Franson, LeanneSummary:The Thumb in a Box. Leon and his friend Susan live in New Auckland, a small isolated fishing village on the coast of British Columbia. One day, the village receives an unexpected gift from the Government of Canada -- a fire truck. But...
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Author:Zindel, PaulSummary:High school sleuths P.C. Hawke and Mackenzie Riggs quickly regret their decision to take a killer calculus class at Columbia University. Not only is their math work more than anything they've ever tried before, but their professor loves...
- Author:Bond, Gwenda, Rowe, ChristopherSummary:
The action-packed sequel to The Lost Legacy, which Booklist called “Monstrous fun!”
Living in a hotel full of monsters isn’t always easy, especially when all the adults have fallen under an evil spell! Stephen and his friends... -
Author:REES, Arthur J.Summary:The Shrieking Pit is one of Arthur Rees's earlier works, and is a good old fashioned murder mystery story. Grant Colwyn, a private detective, is holidaying in East Anglia when he notices a young man at a nearby table behaving...
- Author:Schmid, DavidSummary:
Great mystery and suspense writers have created some of the most unforgettable stories in all of literature. Even readers who don't consider themselves fans of this intriguing genre are familiar with names such as Hercule Poirot,...
- Author:WALLACE, EdgarSummary:
A stranger and foreigner arrives at the offices of a small publication in London only to be faced by the “editor” whose face is completely swathed in a veil. Nothing is as it seems, and it quickly becomes evident...
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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: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...
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Author:Patricia CornwellSummary:Kay Scarpetta--now a senior forensic analyst for CNN--becomes embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom her niece Lucy seems...
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Author:Lloyd, NatalieSummary:With a dash of Lemony Snicket, a dollop of the Addams Family, and a hearty dose of adventure, New York Times bestselling author Natalie Lloyd introduces a new series about seven strange and adventurous siblings who tackle problems...
- Author:James, StevenSummary:
After visiting the mountain vistas where the murderer posed his dead victims, FBI Special Agent Bowers receives a taunting call from the "Illusionist." Although Bowers gets close, his insidious foe continues to elude him.
- Author:GRISHAM, JohnSummary:
Danilo Silva, now living in Brazil, was once Patrick Lanigan, a young partner in a prominent law firm - a man now dead and buried.
- Author:Gray, ClaudiaSummary:
A summer house party turns into a thrilling whodunit when Jane Austen's Mr. Wickham--one of literature's most notorious villains--meets a sudden and suspicious end in this brilliantly imagined mystery featuring Austen's...
- Author:Cooke, Ronald, Busby, BrianSummary:
A novel about Montreal during the not-so-halcyon era of a couple of decades ago when gangs and girls made rum-running and slot machines big business.from the 1950 editionRonald J. Cooke’s second novel, The Mayor of Côte St. Paulis the...
- Author:Chesterton, G. K.Summary:
"G. K. Chesterton's surreal masterpiece is a psychological thriller that centers on seven anarchists in turn-of-the-century London who call themselves by the names of the days of the week. Chesterton explores the meanings of...
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