When her best hope of saving her storm-damaged library is found murdered, senior librarian Cleo Watkins hits the road in her bookmobile in search of justice.
Murder
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Author:Matthews, JeanneSummary:A wedding on the lip of a Hawaiian volcano sounds risky to Dinah Pelerin, the bride's best friend and maid of honor. The bride, Claude Ann Kemper, has bet her heart that she's found the right man at last. The groom has gone all in on a...
- Author:Rosenfelt, DavidSummary:
In this Christmas mystery, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are on the beat after a body turns up in the snow and a journalist is the prime suspect. Christmas has come early to the town of Paterson, New Jersey, in...
- Author:McDermid, ValSummary:
Dr. Tony Hill must make sense of the perplexing death of a soccer star--but the footballer's demise is only a prelude to greater violence.
- Author:Bassoff, JonSummary:
Holt Davidson, a Kansas firefighter, hasn't been back to his hometown of Thompsonville, Colorado, for more than two decades, but when he learns that his estranged mother has taken her own life, he returns for the funeral, hoping to...
- Author:Grace, AdalynSummary:
A girl confronts Death--and her own deathly powers--in this Gothic-infused, romantic young adult fantasy. Nineteen-year-old Signa Farrow, orphaned as a baby, has been raised by a string of guardians, each more interested in her wealth...
- Author:Robinson, PeterSummary:
Hollywood composer Chris Lowe mourns the death of his wife by returning home to his native Yorkshire, where he buys the desolate Kilnsgate House. Soon Chris discovers Kilnsgate's past--a man murdered 60 years ago, his wife convicted of...
- Author:Ross, OrnaSummary:
A historical murder mystery of love and revenge against the background of intimate war. It's August in the long, hot summer of 1995, and Jo Devereux can't believe that she still hasn't returned home to San Francisco, though the time for...
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Author:Swanson, PeterSummary:After settling with her husband outside of Boston, Henrietta has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she's found some stability and peace. But when they meet the neighbors next door, she spots a sports trophy...
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Author:Harvey, BrianSummary:Piano tuner Frank Ryan is paid in kind by an aging music teacher with an old manuscript that turns out to be Beethoven’s Tenth Symphony. Launched into a world of intrigue and violence, Ryan, an unlikely sleuth, realizes he must use his...
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Author:Allen, Nancy CampbellSummary:When Lucy travels to Blackwell Manor, she finds the lord of the manor unsettled by the recent deaths of his young wife and his sister. Because he is plagued by a family curse, he is horrified to think he might be to blame. But who then...
- Author:Cantor, JillianSummary:
Jillian Cantor revisits the glittering Jazz Age world of F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby, retelling this timeless American classic from the women's perspective.
- Author:Beaton, M. C.Summary:
When Agatha Raisin comes across a severed leg in a roadside hedge, she becomes involved in a gruesome murder and a case of industrial espionage at a factory where nothing is quite what it seems.
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Author:Leon, DonnaSummary:When the body of man is found in a canal, damaged by the tides, carrying no wallet, and wearing only one shoe, Brunetti has little to work with. No local has filed a missing-person report, and no hotel guests have disappeared. Where was...
- Author:Perry, Carol J.Summary:
Maureen Doherty and her golden retriever Finn have taken possession of a charming old inn-only to discover that it's already possessed by tenants whose lease on life already ran out ... Maureen's career as a sportswear buyer hits a snag...
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Author:Emery, AnneSummary:A rich man and a poor man are found dead of gunshot wounds outside a seedy bar on Barrington Street in Halifax. The police declare it a murder-suicide, but bluesman/lawyer Monty Collins--hired to represent the victims' families--...
- Author:Richler, MordecaiSummary:
Ebullient and perverse, thrice married, Barney Panofsky has always clung to two cherished beliefs: life is absurd and nobody truly ever understands anybody else. But when his sworn enemy publicly states that Barney is a wife abuser, an...
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Author:McClintock, NorahSummary:Quentin and JD have been friends forever. Hanging out together, Quentin learns JD has a gun, and when they are caught in a robbery, JD uses the gun–with deadly results. Trying to cover up the crime and get away with it, Quentin gets in...
- Author:Alexander, EllieSummary:
As November's autumnal hues fall over the Shakespearean hamlet of Ashland, Oregon, Jules and her team at Torte are putting the finishing touches on an authentic Elizabethan feast for the opening gala of a new museum exhibit at Southern...
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Author:Liam HoulihanSummary:Unpacks the compelling psychological riddles, inspired investigations and sensational plot twists of 13 sordid contemporary homicides.
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