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Skeleton letters (Scrapbooking mysteries. #9.)
Par Laura Childs. 2011
New Orleans scrapbook shop owner Carmela Bertrand and her friend Ava witness a heinous crime at St. Tristan's Church that…
leaves a dear friend dead and an antique crucifix missing. Together, Carmela and Ava search the French Quarter for the crucifix in hopes of finding the killer. 2011.Size 12 is not fat: a Heather Wells mystery (Heather Wells mystery. #1.)
Par Meg Cabot. 2016
To keep her Greenwich Village flat, former pop idol Heather Wells balances two jobs: working for her PI housemate Cooper…
Cartwright (her secret crush) and serving as an assistant college dorm director. When a female freshman dies suspiciously, Heather undertakes another vocation--spunky girl detective. 2016.Size 14 is not fat either (Heather Wells mystery. #2.)
Par Meg Cabot. 2016
Former pop star Heather Wells has settled nicely into her new life as assistant dorm director at New York College--a…
career that does not require her to drape her size-12 body in embarrassingly skimpy outfits. She can even cope (sort of) with her rocker ex-boyfriend's upcoming nuptials, which the press has dubbed the Celebrity Wedding of the Decade. But she's definitely having a hard time dealing with the situation in the dormitory kitchen--where a cheerleader has lost her head on the first day of the semester. Actually, her head is accounted for--it's her torso that's AWOL. Surrounded by hysterical students--with her ex-con father on her doorstep and her ex-love bombarding her with unwanted phone calls--Heather welcomes the opportunity to play detective, again. 2016.Sizzling sixteen: Stephanie Plum Novel (Stephanie Plum novel. #16.)
Par Janet Evanovich. 2010
Bail bondsman Stephanie Plum has an unpleasant assignment. A mobster is holding cousin Vinnie, her sleazy boss, for ransom because…
of gambling debts. To save the business, Stephanie, office manager Connie, and clerk Lula must rescue Vinnie and/or come up with the cash to free him. Bestseller. 2010.Since you're leaving anyway, take out the trash (Domestic Equalizers. #1.)
Par Dixie Cash. 2007
Down in Salt Lick, Texas, a lot of folks got sass. Debbie Sue Overstreet's got a bit more than most.…
After dropping her husband - the town's hot sheriff - she decides to open a beauty parlor. Though she's not getting rich, she does get the chance to hear all the tastiest gossip. So when she learns the meanest and nastiest local woman around has been killed, and there's a nice sum in store for whoever finds the killer, Debbie jumps on the trail like a jackrabbit in heat. Includes sex and strong language. 2007.Signal loss (Inspector Hal Challis murder mystery. #7.)
Par Gary Disher. 2017
A pair of hit men working a job for a meth kingpin have a very bad day, and the resulting…
bushfire draws attention to a drug lab and two burned bodies in a Mercedes. Sergeant Ellen Destry--newly minted head of her department's sex crime unit--and Inspector Hal Challis return in this newest installment of Garry Disher's Peninsula-based crimes series. With meth-related crime on the rise, interdepartmental tensions mount, and Challis soon finds himself fighting to keep control of his case. Meanwhile, Destry is hunting for a serial rapist who is extremely adept at not leaving clues. Sequel to "Whispering death". 2017.Shattered mirror (Eve Duncan. #23.)
Par Iris Johansen. 2018
A new explosive thriller featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan. It begins when Eve receives a package containing a skull--and instructions…
for Eve to do her work reconstructing it. When she does, a beautiful woman's face emerges. But when Eve is introduced to the dead woman's mirror image, a game is on where her twin's life hangs in the balance. Bestseller. Sequel to "Mind game". 2018.Scones & bones (Tea shop mystery. #12)
Par Laura Childs. 2011
Indigo Tea Shop owner Theodosia Browning is lured into attending the Heritage Society's "Pirates and Plunder" soiree. But it's an…
antique diamond skull ring that gets plundered by someone who murders a history intern in the process. Theodosia knows she'll have to whet her investigative skills to find the killer among a raft of suspects. Sequel to "The teaberry strangler", followed by "The agony of the leaves". 2011.Shoot from the lip (Yellow Rose Mystery. #4.)
Par Leann Sweeney. 2008
The thought of working with a hot-shot producer and her TV crew is about as appealing to Abby as sticking…
her hand in a bucket of leeches. But "Reality Check" is a program that claims to turn American dreams into the real thing, and Abby figures that if anyone deserves that kind of bonanza, it's Emma Lopez, who has been raising her three younger siblings since her mother disappeared. Abby is determined to help Emma realize her dream of a reunion - even when it becomes clear that someone out there doesn't believe in happy endings. 2008.Shooter's point (Griot audio)
Par Gary Phillips. 2003
Shots ring out during a heavyweight title fight. In the ensuing mayhem someone steals five million bucks that used to…
belong to a casino owner. If Chainey tracks down the loot, there's a cool quarter million in it for her troubles. But it won't be easy. 2003.Shop till you drop: a dead-end job mystery (Dead-end job mystery series. #1.)
Par Elaine Viets. 2003
Once on the fast track to success, Helen Hawthorne is now going nowhere fast. She traded in her chic life…
for a shabby one. And now she's on the run, jumping from city to city and dead-end job to dead-end job, trying to stay one step ahead of her past. After two weeks as the new salesclerk at Juliana's, Fort Lauderdale's ultra-exclusive clothing boutique, Helen still feels out of fashion. And since the only crime likely to be committed around here is being old--or worse, looking old--Helen figures she's safe. Until she discovers the manager has been embezzling money and selling designer drugs along with the designer clothes. Add murder to the mix, and Helen's dead-end job is downright deadly. Followed by "Murder between the covers". 2003.Shallow end (Stonechild and Rouleau mystery. #4.)
Par Brenda Chapman. 2017
Teacher, mother, wife, and convicted child molester Jane Thompson makes parole after losing everything - her husband, her children, her…
career, and her reputation. But just as she begins trying to build a life out of the public eye, the bludgeoned body of the student she abused four years earlier is found on the shores of Lake Ontario. Sergeant Rouleau assigns officers Stonechild and Gundersund to head up the murder investigation and Jane quickly becomes their prime suspect. Stonechild and Gundersund wade through buried secrets to find the truth, which will take them on a twisted journey to the heart of cruelty. Sequel to "Tumbled graves". 2017.Shakespeare's counselor (Lily Bard mystery. #5.)
Par Charlaine Harris. 2011
Lily Bard has joined a group therapy session in Shakespeare, Arkansas, determined finally to face her past. It sounds positively…
enlightening, until the murder of a fellow member sends a warning. Who is the message for? And who's next to fall victim to a killer's head games? Sequel to "Shakespeare's trollop". 2011.Shakespeare's trollop (Lily Bard mystery. #4.)
Par Charlaine Harris. 2009
Trying to keep a low profile as a cleaning lady, Lily Bard gets sucked into a murder investigation when one…
of her clients is killed in an apparent tryst gone bad. Sequel to "Shakespeare's Christmas", followed by "Shakespeare's counselor". 2009.Shakespeare's Christmas (Lily Bard mystery. #3.)
Par Charlaine Harris. 2009
When karate-loving cleaning lady Lily Bard fled a violent past and planted herself in Shakespeare, Arkansas, she had no intention…
of ever going back. But now that her sister is getting married, Lily heads home - only to find herself pulled into a murder investigation. Sequel to "Shakespeare's champion", followed by "Shakespeare's trollop". 2009.Shakespeare's champion (Lily Bard mystery. #2.)
Par Charlaine Harris. 2009
Karate-kicking house cleaner Lily Bard stumbles across a dead bodybuilder. And though a hunky stranger soon tickles her fancy, she…
begins to suspect him of murder. Sequel to "Shakespeare's landlord", followed by "Shakespeare's Christmas". 2009.Shakespeare's landlord (Lily Bard mystery. #1.)
Par Charlaine Harris. 2009
When Lily Bard, a reclusive cleaning lady with a penchant for karate, finds and reports a dead body, her shady…
past and connections to potential perpetrators make her a leading suspect. Followed by "Shakespeare's champion". 2009.Shell game (Kathleen Mallory mystery. #5.)
Par Carol O'Connell. 1999
Tough New York policewoman Kathleen Mallory, last seen in “Stone Angel”, is convinced that an old magician’s death during a…
televised performance was murder rather than a horrible accident. Mallory questions the victim’s fellow illusionists and focuses on one who seems to be accompanied by his long-dead wife. Violence. Followed by “Crime school”. 1999.Shadowmaker
Par Joan Lowery Nixon. 2001
Katie Gillian and her mom, Eve, an investigative reporter, have moved to the small town of Kluney, Texas, so Eve…
can write a novel and escape the trouble they have had since Eve wrote a series of articles about toxic waste dumps. But trouble seems to follow Katie and her mom. They discover there is a toxic waste dump in Kluney, and two murders take place. Is there a connection? Junior and Senior High. 2001.Secret, silent screams
Par Joan Lowery Nixon. 2000