Time is not on Faye Longchamp’s side. She and her husband Joe are working near the mouth of the Mississippi, researching archaeological sites soon to be swamped by oil. The Deepwater Horizon disaster has morphed her run-of-the-mill...
Murder--Investigation
- Author:Evans, Mary AnnaSummary:
- Author:Alguire, JudithSummary:
Trevor and Margaret Rudley have had their share of misfortunes at The Pleasant Inn, the cherished Ontario cottage-country hotel they've owned for twenty-five years. There have been boating accidents, accidental poisonings, and then...
- Author:Hayes, J. M.Summary:
Nothing ever happens in Benteen County, Kansas. Then, on a perfect spring morning, a member of the reality TV program filming in a local pasture is found dead with a Cheyenne arrow sticking out of his back. The natural suspect is...
- Author:Kelman, StephenSummary:
"Pigeon English is a triumph." -- Emma Donoghue, author of Room Shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize and the 2011 Guardian First Book Award Eleven-year-old Harrison Opoku is the second best runner in the whole of Year 7. Harri...
- Author:Jocelyn, MartheSummary:
For young detective Aggie Morton and her friend Hector, Christmas becomes a lot more exciting when a dead body is found in this second book in the Aggie Morton, Mystery Queen series, inspired by the life of Agatha Christie as a child...
- Author:Urszenyi, SteveSummary:
A former Army sniper must fall back on her special ops skills when a friend's death uncovers a global nuclear threat in this electrifying series debut. Special Agent Alexandra Martel has put her days on the battlefield behind her....
- Author:Housewright, DavidSummary:
Former policeman Holland Taylor of St. Paul is hired by a beautiful gubernatorial candidate to retrieve from a blackmailer a compromising video tape. When Taylor arrives at the rendezvous to collect the tape, he finds the blackmailer...
- Author:Vincent, DianeSummary:
Grâce à ses talents de massothérapeute, Josette Marchand entre dans le merveilleux monde de la mode. Mais pourquoi faut-il que les gens ne soient pas tout à fait ce qu’ils prétendent être ? Oui, le designer se consacre encore à la...
- Author:Paretsky, SaraSummary:
Legendary detective V.I. Warshawski uncovers a mystery with roots dating back to the Civil War in this edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times bestseller Sara Paretsky. V .I. Warshawski is famous for her cool under fire, her...
- Author:Burns, V. M.Summary:
Dog-loving divorcee and amateur sleuth Lilly Echosby is not the only one who wants her new foster poodle. Some are willing to kill to have him ... Lilly's best pal Scarlett "Dixie" Jefferson has done it again! She's...
- Author:Gilbert, VictoriaSummary:
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...
- Author:Simon, CleaSummary:
When Pru Marlowe takes a dog for a walk, she doesn’t expect to find a body. But Spot, a service dog in training, has too good a nose not to lead her to the remains of the beautiful young woman, and despite her own best instincts, Pru...
- Author:Andrews, DonnaSummary:
It's a few days before Christmas, and Meg's grandfather is hosting a scientific conference on owls at the Caerphilly Inn. Most of the family are there, helping out in one capacity or another, including Meg's grandmother,...
- Author:Albert, Susan WittigSummary:
It's Halloween, and Ruby is looking forward to a party at China Bayles' house and a busy holiday weekend at her New Age shop, the Crystal Cave. But her holiday plans are interrupted when Jessica Nelson, a crime reporter at the Pecan...
- Author:Montgomery, E ESummary:
When Queensland Police Force Constable James Laramee raids a hotel room, he finds Vinnie Canterbury on top of a naked, dead man, covered in blood. Vinnie promptly vomits all over James’s shoes. Thanks to a cocktail of horse sedatives...
- Author:Blechta, RickSummary:
Something is terribly wrong at Symphony Hall. Luigi Spadafini, the symphony's star conductor, has been murdered-and the entire orchestra has confessed to the crime. This is the mess that Detective Lieutenant Pratt walks into one...
- Author:Escott, Helen C.Summary:
A Newfoundland and Labrador Crime Thriller An elderly man is carried into the emergency department of the Health Sciences Centre in St. John's, setting off a chain of events that leaves doctors mystified. He is the first of many victims...
- Author:Havill, Steven F.Summary:
When a county employee is found shot to death in sun-drenched daylight while sitting in his county road grader, Undersheriff Bill Gastner is faced with puzzling questions. The simplest explanation–that an errant bullet from a careless...
- Author:McFetridge, JohnSummary:
“An extremely good crime novel, brimming with historical verisimilitude . . . with a richly detailed protagonist and a seriously compelling mystery.” — Booklist on Black Rock
In the weeks before hosting the 1976 Summer...
- Author:Holahan, CateSummary:
Everyone has a secret. For some, it's worth dying to protect. For others, it's worth killing. The glass beach house was supposed to be the getaway that Susan needed. Eager to help her transplanted family set down roots in...