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Change of heart: a novel
Par Jodi Picoult. 2008
Death row inmate Shay Bourne offers to donate his heart to the sister of the child he murdered. Bourne's ability…
to heal his fellow inmates leads priest Father Michael and attorney Maggie Bloom to question his verdict, while the child's mother, June Nealon, is stunned. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2008The sign of the four: or The problem of the Sholtos
Par Arthur Conan Doyle. 1975
Mary Morstan receives one pearl anonymously every year following the disappearance of her father, an Indian regiment captain. Investigating the…
father's fate, Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson meet Mary's benefactor. Inquiries reveal murder, missing treasure, and a villain with a wooden leg. Meanwhile Watson finds romance. Contains 2001 introduction. 1890A Christmas beginning: a novel
Par Anne Perry. 2007
Superintendent Runcorn of Scotland Yard takes a December holiday on the Isle of Anglesey off the Welsh coast. During a…
stroll through a churchyard, Runcorn discovers the body of Olivia, the town vicar's spirited sister. Runcorn must determine who among Olivia's friends, neighbors, and suitors, murdered her. 2007The Da Vinci code: a novel (Robert Langdon #2)
Par Dan Brown. 2003
Professor Robert Langdon from Angels and Demons (DB 51799) investigates the crime scene of the Louvre's murdered curator. Joining him…
is French cryptologist Sophie Neveu. The clues left behind pit two Catholic societies against each other in search of the Holy Grail. Some violence and some strong language. 2003Beverly Hills dead
Par Stuart Woods. 2009
Hollywood, California; late 1940s. Former L.A. detective Rick Barron is a director at Centurion Studios. After Rick commissions a script…
from Sidney Brooks, Sidney is subpoenaed by the House Un-American Activities Committee and Rick discovers that his wife may be a communist. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 2008Répliques mortelles
Par Florence Meney. 2012
" Elsa Lessard, talentueuse, impulsive et imprévisible, est journaliste pour une grande chaîne de télévision privée de Montréal. Alors que…
se profile la quarantaine, elle est aux prises avec des interrogations tant sur sa vie professionnelle qu'affective. En janvier 2000, elle a couvert avec brio le grand séisme qui a secoué Haïti, mais en a payé un prix lourd. Ce sont ces retombées qu'elle s'efforce tant bien que mal d'oublier? À l'occasion de l'anniversaire de la tragédie, une mort brutale vient réveiller ce passé douloureux, à peine estompé. Le fragile équilibre qu'avait réussi à atteindre Elsa s'effondrera-t-il?? La question sera vite éclipsée par une menace plus effroyable encore, qui mettra en péril la vie même de la journaliste, et celle de ses proches. Un danger pire que celui que constitua la réplique mortelle du 18 janvier aurait-il pris naissance dans les ruines de Léogâne? " -- 4e de couvL'incendiaire: roman (Polar)
Par Jón Hallur Stefánsson. 2010
" Sur les hauteurs de la petite ville islandaise de Seyoisfjördur, un feu s'est déclaré. Cet incendie n'est pas le…
premier. Déjà un an auparavant, la maison du pasteur Aoalsteinn a brûlé. Règlement de comptes ? Lubie destructrice ? Qui est cet incendiaire récidiviste ? L'inspecteur Valdimar Eggertsson de la criminelle de Reykjavik est missionné sur place. Une occasion qui tombe à pic pour mettre en sourdine une relation amoureuse un peu houleuse. De son regard d'étranger, d'homme de la capitale, il va se faire un plaisir de passer la ville au peigne fin, malgré les averses de grêle et les tempêtes de neige qui ne facilitent pas le travail et isolent la région du reste de l'Islande. Smàri, le brigadier-chef local travaille à ses côtés. Celui-ci connaît le fjord comme sa poche et est doté d'une intime connaissance des habitants. Trop intime, peut-être ? " -- 4e de couvLes gestionnaires de l'apocalypse.n4: 2 La faim de la terre (Les gestionnaires de l'apocalypse. #4.2.)
Par Jean-Jacques Pelletier. 2009
« Les fléaux prédits par Gizmo Gaïa s’abattent l’un après l’autre sur la planète, menaçant des populations, saccageant les dernières…
ressources disponibles ; quant aux terroristes, après les églises et les musées, ils s’attaquent maintenant aux écoles - à Montréal, les HEC sont visées [...] ». -- 4e de couvThe hard way: a Rachel Alexander mystery (Rachel Alexander And Dash Mystery Ser.)
Par Carol Lea Benjamin. 2006
When a wealthy retired New York City businessman is pushed from a subway platform and killed by an oncoming train,…
his daughter hires dog-trainer-turned-PI Rachel Alexander to find the suspect--a homeless man. Rachel goes undercover with an Iraq War veteran who lives on the streets. Strong language. 2006In Dublin's fair city (Molly Murphy Mysteries Ser. #6)
Par Rhys Bowen. 2007
New York City theater impresario Tommy Burke hires detective Molly Murphy to find his long-lost sister in Ireland--Molly's homeland. On…
the voyage, Molly encounters actress Oona Sheehan, who, craving anonymity, proposes they trade identities. Soon after, Oona goes missing and her maid turns up dead. 2007Eight short detective tales and one of semisupernatural drama. In the title story, Mr. Parker Pyne seeks a thief when…
a diamond goes missing from a yachting party. In "Yellow Iris," Hercule Poirot solves one crime and thwarts another at a dinner party. Miss Marple shares a mystery tale. 1934Blaze: a novel
Par Richard Bachman. 2007
Maine. Clayton "Blaze" Blaisdell, a petty criminal left mentally disabled by parental abuse, partners with George Rackley to commit crimes.…
After George dies, Blaze continues with their plot to kidnap a wealthy family's baby and finds himself in danger. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2007Light thickens (The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Ser.)
Par Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 2000
Members of a London acting troupe performing Shakespeare's Macbeth suspect the play is cursed after several pranks disrupt rehearsals. Their…
apprehension turns to horror when an actor is murdered onstage during a performance. Scotland Yard Chief Superintendent Roderick Alleyn, who happens to be in the audience, investigates. 1982Withering heights: An Ellie Haskell Mystery (Ellie Haskell Mysteries #11)
Par Dorothy Cannell. 2007
Housewife Ellie Haskell, her husband Ben, and maid Mrs. Malloy are called to Yorkshire, England, to find the missing buyer…
of a haunted Victorian mansion. Ben's cousin Tom won the lottery, bought the manor, and then disappeared--causing his wife and daughter to suspect former owner Lady Fiona. 2007Tug of war (Detective Joe Sandilands Ser.)
Par Barbara Cleverly. 2007
France, 1926. Scotland Yard detective Joe Sandilands investigates the identity of an English-speaking amnesiac veteran hospitalized in Reims. Four civilians,…
including a vineyard-owning widow, claim to be related to the man, who is to receive a war pension. Sandilands interviews the candidates and uncovers an old murder. 2006Dead heat
Par Dick Francis, Felix Francis. 2007
Newmarket, England. Guests suffer food poisoning after a horseracing gala catered by chef Max Moreton. At the races the next…
day a bomb detonates on the grandstand where Max is serving lunch--killing and injuring dozens. Determined to find out who is ruining his business, Max begins investigating. Bestseller. 2007Dark of the moon (Virgil Flowers Ser. #1)
Par John Sandford. 2007
The night that Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension's Virgil Flowers arrives in a small town to investigate the murder of…
an elderly couple, an old man is burned to death. Flowers must find the link before more bodies pile up. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. Bestseller. 2007T is for trespass (A kinsey Millhone Novel Ser. #20)
Par Sue Grafton. 2007
Santa Teresa, California. After PI Kinsey Millhone's elderly neighbor Gus Vronsky falls, his great-niece hires nurse Solana Rojas to care…
for him. Kinsey investigates Solana's background, but doesn't learn until much later that Solana is a sociopath who is abusing and robbing Gus. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2007Up in Honey's room: A Novel
Par Elmore Leonard. 2007
Federal marshal Carl Webster, from Hot Kid (DB 60336, BR 16125), travels to Detroit in 1944 to search for escaped…
German POWs. Webster interviews beautiful Honey Deal, the divorced wife of Nazi meatcutter Walter Schoen, and investigates Ukrainian spy Vera Mezwa. Strong language and some violence. 2007New England white
Par Stephen L Carter. 2007
Black university head Lemaster Carlyle, former roommate of the U.S. president, and Lemaster's wife Julia, the divinity school dean, are…
embroiled in scandal after a professor at their New England college is murdered. The couple deals with racial tension and political intrigue. Some strong language. 2007