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No escape: a Masey Baldridge/Luke Williamson mystery
Par James Brewer. 1998
1873. When a yellow fever epidemic strikes Memphis, Captain Luke Williamson is quarantined on his steamboat. The rest of the…
staff of the Big River Detective Agency, Masey Baldridge and Salina Tyner, are hired to find out who is murdering patients while panic spreads. Some violenceThe Bohemian murders: a Fremont Jones mystery
Par Dianne Day. 1997
In 1907, Fremont Jones follows the man she loves to Carmel. But Michael now calls himself "Misha" and seems quite…
changed. When confused Fremont takes a temporary job as a lighthouse keeper, she spots a dead woman floating in Monterey Bay and becomes obsessed with identifying her. Some strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sexL.A. requiem
Par Robert Crais. 1999
Private detective Elvis Cole learns more about his mysterious partner, ex-cop Joe Pike, when they are asked to search for…
a woman Pike once dated. Her death and a series of others intensify some L.A. cops' distrust of Pike--whom they hold responsible for a death long ago. Strong language and violence. BestsellerLike a hole in the head: a novel
Par Jen Banbury. 1998
Los Angeles bookstore employee Jill buys a Jack London novel from a dwarf. She then sells it to a dealer,…
making a handsome profit. Later that day, a giant of a man--accompanied by the dwarf--comes in demanding the book. Jill is soon the target of a kidnapping attempt and worse. Strong languageScam
Par Parnell Hall. 1997
Cranston Pritchert, a new client of New York PI Stanley Hastings, claims his partners set him up to lose control…
of an investment firm by having a woman get him drunk in a bar. When Hastings uncovers evidence that Pritchert himself arranged for the woman's involvement, the investigator begins to suspect that he, too, is being duped. Strong languageJitterbug: a novel of Detroit
Par Loren Estleman. 1998
Detroit, 1943. A serial killer is roaming the city murdering people suspected of hoarding ration coupons. Lieutenant Max Zagreb uses…
all the methods available--legal and illegal--to track down the culprit. Meanwhile, police contend with growing racial unrest that explodes into a race riot. Violence and strong language. 1998The collected stories
Par Amanda Cross. 1997
Ten short mysteries, all but one featuring professor Kate Fansler. All were previously published by the pseudonymous academic, Amanda Cross.…
In these selections, the calamities range from missing persons to murderThe souvenir
Par Patricia Carlon. 1996
Four years ago Marion Burton's brother Jack was stabbed to death when he tried to separate two teenage girls who…
were quarreling in an Australian park. Each girl claimed the other one did it, and neither has ever changed her statement. Now Marion takes all the legal files and clippings about the case to Jefferson Shields and asks him to solve the puzzleWings of fires
Par Charles Todd. 1998
Inspector Ian Rutledge from Scotland Yard is sent to Cornwall to investigate three recent deaths in a prominent family. He…
discovers one victim was a famous poet whose works involved the Great War. Although still suffering from shell shock, Rutledge discovers more ghastly murders in the family's past. Some violenceDeath in a cold hard light
Par Francine Mathews. 1998
Nantucket police detective Merry Folger is puzzled when her police chief father interrupts her vacation with her fiancé. The body…
of Harvard-dropout-turned-scalloper Jay Santorski was found in the harbor. Although the chief seems to suspect foul play, he doesn't appear to be giving Merry all of the case details. Strong language"N" is for noose
Par Sue Grafton. 1998
Kinsey Millhone is hired by a detective's widow to investigate the last few weeks of her husband's life in tiny…
Nota Lake. Millhone discovers uncooperative neighbors and a connection to an old murder case in her own hometown of Santa Teresa. Some violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1998The running woman
Par Patricia Carlon. 1998
Australian teenager Carol Zamia is found dead in a creek. A neighbor saw a woman in white running from the…
scene, and Zamia's parents accuse the young widow Gabriel Endicott. Gabriel admits to being at the crime scene but says she knows nothing about the murder. Now she must prove itLe truc de l'oncle Henry: roman
Par Alain Gagnon. 2006
Olaf Bégon est directeur de la Sûreté municipale de Saint-Euxème, une ville de taille moyenne du Québec médio-nordique. Ses collègues…
des autres municipalités l'envient. Il ne se passe jamais rien à Saint-Euxème ; rien de sérieux, rien de conséquent. Il fait d'ailleurs respecter la loi avec une bonhomie dont ses concitoyens ne se plaignent pas. Olaf y jouit du bonheur tranquille de l'ennui, jusqu'au jour où le voile se déchire et où des réalités obscures et insolites s'insèrent dans le paysage idyllique de l'automne euxémois. La vie communautaire se détraque. S'accumulent disparitions inexpliquées, meurtres, mutilations, attaques par des géants contre les équipements du chantier d'un barrage, retour d'un homme présumé mort, vieux documents qui révèlent leurs mystères... -- 4e de couvSink or swim
Par Gerald Hammond. 1996
Wallace James's activity level is slowed by heart trouble and angina, but he still works in his sporting-goods shop in…
the highlands of Scotland. Listening to his CB radio, he overhears a blackmail attempt. It seems Colonel McInsch had failed to save a neighbor from drowning. Now there is some doubt as to the death's accidental nature. With his wife Janet's help, James investigatesTroubled waters
Par Carolyn Wheat. 1997
Jan Gebhardt surrenders after being a fugitive for fifteen years, accused of killing a federal agent while transporting illegal aliens.…
Her old acquaintance, attorney Cass Jameson, is worried that Jan may implicate her former boyfriend, a paraplegic veteran who is also Cass's brother. Strong language and violenceCaught in the light: a novel
Par Robert Goddard. 1999
After a passionate love affair with a woman he met in Vienna, married photographer Ian Jarrett returns to England seeking…
a divorce. Then his beloved disappears, and Ian discovers that she believes herself to be the reincarnation of the woman who invented photography. Ian is gradually drawn into a murderous plot. 1998Hard time: a V.I. Warshawski novel
Par Sara Paretsky. 1999
Chicago private detective V.I. Warshawski finds a fatally injured female escaped convict in the road. Police want to charge V.I.…
with murder, and the victim's powerful former employer is less than helpful. The relentless sleuth is burglarized, beaten, and imprisoned before she learns the truth. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1999Murder at the Library of Congress
Par Margaret Truman. 1999
Annabel Reed-Smith is happily ensconced at the Library of Congress's Hispanic room researching an article on Christopher Columbus and his…
aide Las Casas, whose lost diaries are rumored to reveal hidden treasure. When she finds the expert librarian on the subject murdered, Annabel and her husband, Mac, investigate. Some violence. 1999Full dress gray
Par Lucian Truscott. 1998
In this sequel to Dress Gray (RC 16136, BRA 16533), Ry Slaight returns to West Point thirty years after he…
graduated, this time as the new superintendent. His first day on the job, a young woman cadet dies on parade. During the ensuing investigation, Slaight's daughter Jacey, also a cadet, helps uncover a conspiracy involving students and officers. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexThe cat who robbed a bank
Par Lilian Braun. 1999
Autumn in Pickax brings festivals, the Scottish Games, and the return of estate jeweler Mr. Delacamp. But Mr. Delacamp is…
murdered in the newly restored hotel, and his assistant and the desk clerk are missing. Qwilleran takes clues from his cats, Koko and Yum Yum, to solve the crime. Bestseller. 1999