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1001) The kitten caper
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2005.
Language
English
Description
When Nancy and her friends interview Terry Smith, a neighbor with the hobby of finding stray cats a home, they fall in love with the cats and are devastated when the cats turn up missing.
1002) Scorched eggs
Author
Series
Cackleberry Club mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"In Laura Childs's New York Times bestselling mystery series, Suzanne, Petra, and Toni--co-owners of the Cackleberry Club Café are equally good at serving up breakfast and serving up justice. This time they turn up the heat on a deadly firebug... As Suzanne is getting her hair colored at Root 66, she's stunned to witness the County Services office next door suddenly go up in flames. Concerned neighbors throng the streets, and the fire department...
Author
Series
Apothecary diaries volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When word of her accomplishments falls on the ears of His Imperial Majesty, Maomao finds herself tasked with a direct request from the throne. Turning down the emperor is out of the question for the former apothecary - if she wants to keep her head! But while acquiescing to the emberor is expected of all subjects, Maomao is about to discover that ladies-in-waiting have still more taxing duties to which to attend, as preparations for the garden banquet...
1004) Widow's tears
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Herbalist ex-lawyer China Bales investigates the murder of a teller at the Pecan Springs bank and follows the clues to a haunted bed and breakfast.
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 17
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
c1976.
Language
English
Description
From the moment she boards an ocean liner leaving for New York, Nancy becomes involved in a new mystery.
Author
Series
[Mrs. Bradley mysteries] volume 5
Publisher
Rue Morgue Press
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
The headmaster of the progressive Hillmaston Coeducational Day School calls in amateur sleuth Mrs. Beatrice Bradley when the drowning death of an unpopular teacher during a production of The mikado is ruled a suicide by the police.
1007) Brain storm
Author
Series
Angela Richman death investigator volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
The ultrawealthy families of Chouteau Forest may look down on a woman like death investigator Angela Richman, but they also rely on her. When a horrific car crash kills a Forest teenage, Angela is among the first on the scene. Her investigation is hardly underway, however, when she suffers a series of crippling strokes.
Author
Series
Phryne Fisher mystery volume 21
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"When a mysterious invitation arrives for the redoubtable Miss Phryne Fisher from an unknown retired Captain Herbert Spencer, Phryne's curiosity is piqued. Spencer runs a retreat in Victoria's rural spa country for shell-shocked veterans of World War I. It's a cause after Phryne's own heart, but what can Spencer want from her? Phryne and her faithful servant Dot set out for Daylesford, viewing their rural sojourn as a short holiday. But the pair barely...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A brand-new collection of short stories featuring the Queen of Mystery's legendary detective Jane Marple, penned by 12 remarkable best-selling and acclaimed authors. This collection of 12 original short stories, all featuring Jane Marple, will introduce the character to a whole new generation. Each author reimagines Agatha Christie's Marple through their own unique perspective while staying true to the hallmarks of a traditional mystery ... Miss Marple...
1010) Decked
Author
Series
Regan Reilly mystery volume 1
Publisher
Warner
Pub. Date
1992.
Language
English
Description
When P.I. Regan Reilly attends a class reunion in England, the long-dead body of her former roommate turns up. Clues to the mystery follow Regan as she sails home--and into the hands of a killer.
1011) The last word
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Natalka and Edwin are perfect if improbable partners in a detective agency. At eighty-four, Edwin regularly claims that he's the oldest detective in England. He is a master at surveillance, deploying his age as a cloak of invisibility. Natalka, Ukrainian-born and more than fifty years his junior, is a math whizz, who takes any cases concerning fraud or deception. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated. She loves a murder, as...
1012) I only read murder
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
Miranda Abbott, once known for the crime-solving, karate-chopping church pastor she played on network television, has hit hard times. She’s facing ruin when a mysterious postcard arrives, summoning her to Happy Rock, a small town in the Pacific Northwest. But when she gets there, nothing is what she expected. In dire straits, she signs up for an amateur production at the Happy Rock Little Theater. On opening night, one of the actors is murdered,...
1013) In place of fear
Author
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Edinburgh, 1948. Helen Crowther leaves a crowded tenement home for her very own office in a doctor's surgery. Upstart, ungrateful, out of your depth - the words of disapproval come at her from everywhere but she's determined to take her chance and play her part. She's barely begun when she stumbles over a murder and learns that, in this most respectable of cities, no one will fight for justice at the risk of scandal. As Helen resolves to find a killer,...
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
When human remains are found, reopening a decades-old case, a group of friends, highly respected, affluent members of their communities, begins to fracture as homicide detective Jane Munro and forensic anthropologist Dr. Ella Queen get closer to the truth of what happened on an autumn night 47 years ago.
1015) Murder in the tea leaves
Author
Series
Tea shop mystery volume 27
Language
English
Formats
Description
A movie director's death on set at a haunted manor launches Theodosia Browning into an electrifying investigation in this latest installment of the New York Times bestselling series. Theodosia and Drayton were expecting a mellow break from the bustle at the Indigo Tea Shop while catering a film, until the director ropes Theodosia into a role as a fortune teller. At the haunted Brittleback Manor, Theodosia's character will read tea leaves and give...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
The detectives are on a mission to uncover the mystery behind an unsolved murder that occurred 39 years ago. Beneath the ground of a demolished house, the bones of the victim are found. With this evidence, the modern police team opens a case to unearth the history that has remained buried for decades. Four main suspects emerge, and as their dark past is unraveled, the truth behind the events of the crime is finally revealed.
1017) Red queen
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Introducing Antonia Scott--the most compelling and original detective since Lisbeth Salander--in Juan Gómez-Jurado's Red Queen, the #1 international award-winning bestseller & thriller that has taken the world by storm. Antonia Scott--the daughter of a British diplomat and a Spanish mother--has a gifted forensic mind, whose ability to reconstruct crimes and solve baffling murders is legendary. But after a personal trauma, she's refused to continue...
1018) Murder shoots the bull
Author
Series
[Southern sisters mysteries] volume 6
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Patricia Anne would swear that either she or her sister Mary Alice were switched at birth, except they were both born at home. Flashy, flirtatious Mary Alice is one foot taller, twice the body weight of Patricia Anne, and three times as likely to do something completely off the wall. But now Mary Alices impulsive behavior has landed them both in the Birmingham jail! It all begins with a call from their good friend Mitzi Phizer, whos...
Author
Publisher
Bourbon Street Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Harriet Vane's Oxford reunion is shadowed by a rash of bizarre pranks and malicious mischief that include beautifully worded death threats, burnt effigies and vicious poison-pen letters, and Harriet finds herself and Lord Peter Wimsey challenged by an elusive set of clues.
1020) Fall
Author
Series
Detective Harriet Foster thriller volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Chicago detective Harriet Foster investigates when two city aldermen are found dead, each with 30 dimes left on their bodies, indicating a betrayer's payment.
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