Discovering the murdered body of a young woman, Sicilian detective Salvo Montalbano finds suspects in the victim's aging husband, a famous doctor, a missing admirer, an antiques dealer, a close friend, and a reclusive violinist
Mystery
- Author:Camilleri, AndreaSummary:
- Author:Schraff, AnneSummary:
Written for young adults, the Urban Underground series confronts issues that are of great importance to teens, such as friendship, loyalty, drugs, gangs, abuse, urban blight, bullies and self-esteem to name a few. More than...
- Author:Denver, ShadSummary:
Sheriff Whelchan finds two men hanging in the tall tree and sets about unravelling the mystery.
- Author:Rasmussen, Dawn J.Summary:
Twelve years of heartache. Twelve acts to uncover the truth. "...and born of my torment, a plan conceived: daring, dastardly, and a touch divine, a frantic clutch at fate's unruly ruffs, that the great black hole of despair...
- Author:Harvey, BrianSummary:
Frank Ryan navigates the unfamiliar culture and structure of Tokyo.
- Author:Gregson, J. M.Summary:
When a novice young prostitute is killed in the town of Brunton after her first night, Inspector Peach tries to solve the crime.
- Author:Rhea, NicholasSummary:
Arriving in the small Yorkshire village of Roberthorpe to investigate the death of an elderly, church-going man, DS Mark Pemberton can think of only one word when he sees the crime scene - execution.
- Author:childers, ErskineSummary:
One of the first spy novels ever written, The Riddle of the Sands had an enormous impact upon its publication in 1903. Author Erskine Childers-a Boer War veteran and expert yachtsman-crafted a riveting tale of two men who sail close to...
- Author:Marsh, NgaioSummary:
A collection of the BBC's dramatisations of Ngaio Marsh's most famous sleuth: Chief Inspector Roderick Alleyn. This collection would include the following works by Ngaio Marsh: A Man Lay Dead - The gentleman detective tackles...
- Author:Burke, James LeeSummary:
Detective Robicheaux fishes a prostitute's corpse from a New Orleans bayou and finds that no one, not even the law, cares about a dead hooker.
- Author:Martini, SteveSummary:
Paul Madriani has good reason to suspect he's representing a guilty man. Dr. David Crone, a respected medical researcher is charged with the murder of a colleague; 26 year old Kalista Jordan, a researcher whose body washed up on a...
- Author:Stewart, MarySummary:
A novel of suspense and mystery with romantic overtones.
- Author:Cook, Thomas H.Summary:
One day in 1952, the strangled body of 10-year-old Cathy Lake is discovered in a public park. A homeless suspect, Albert Jay Smalls, is arrested and held for interrogation. Now, Officers Norman Cohen and Jack Pierce have only 24 hours...
- Author:Chard, RosieSummary:
Edith Stoker's father is building a wall in their backyard. A very, very high wall - a brick bulwark in his obsessive war against their hated neighbour Edward Black. It is 1969, and far away, preparations are being made for man to...
- Author:Cutler, JudithSummary:
When Josie Welford settles in the idyllic West Country village of Kings Duncombe, she honestly believes she can bury her past. She is the widow of one of Britain's most wanted criminals and she knows what it's like to be an...
- Author:Connolly, JohnSummary:
INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Mr. Connolly's slam-bang thriller is studded with memorable characters and boasts cliffhangers within cliffhangers." — The Wall Street Journal "Brilliant...Connolly is writing at the top of his game...
- Author:Lovesey, PeterSummary:
When Parcel Force driver Bob Naylor plucks up courage to join his local writers' circle in Chichester, he is nervous. He's not much of a reader, let alone a writer. He expects to meet people unlike himself, with names like...
- Author:Forbes, ColinSummary:
Tweed, reverting to his one-time role as detective, faces the most frightening challenge of his career. Is al-Qa'eda about to attack London? A strategic onslaught which will make September 11 seem like a tactical attack? Rumours...
- Author:Mcgregor, RafeSummary:
Major Alec Marshall VC, newly back in London, is enlisted to make inquiries into the will of the late Cecil John Rhodes, the wealthiest man in the British Empire. That same night one of the witnesses to the will, Eric Lowenstein, is...
- Author:Evanovich, JanetSummary:
It begins as an innocent trip to the deli-mart, on a quest for nachos. But Stephanie Plum and her partner, Lula, are clearly in the wrong place at the wrong time. A robbery leads to an explosion, which leads to the destruction of yet...
Pages
