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The secret adversary
Par Agatha Christie. 1922
A pack of shocking love letters, a set of scandalous memoirs, and the bloody corpse of a famous man turn…
Chimneys, a secluded estate where politicians carry on affairs of state and otherwise, into a place of murder and menace. A nation's fate hangs on a beautiful woman's guilt or innocence"K" is for killer
Par Sue Grafton. 1994
P.I. Kinsey Millhone is hired by Janice Kepler to investigate the death of her daughter Lorna after the police all…
but give up on the baffling case. The body is so badly decomposed that it is impossible to determine if Lorna has been murdered. Kinsey shifts to night hours to find a motive when she learns that Lorna's part-time job and crude cabin belied a high-dollar hooking career and large savings account. Some strong language. BestsellerGrowing light
Par Martha Conley. 1993
When her husband dies in a car crash, Anne Munro accepts a job at Growing Light, despite her misgivings about…
its abrasive New Age owner, George Ashby, and his kooky staff. The firm develops garden and farm management systems software and hardware attuned to the owners' biorhythms. When Ashby is killed on Anne's first day at work, she is shocked to learn that, though Ashby had many enemies, she is the primary suspect. Strong languageThe return of Mr. Campion
Par Margery Allingham. 1989
A collection of mystery stories that feature sleuth Albert Campion. The author admits that she knows little about her protagonist…
other than that Campion is an assumed name for a man whose business card proclaims, "Coups neatly executed; nothing sordid, vulgar or plebeian; deserving cases preferred; police no object." Born in 1900, Campion ages from story to story until he is in his sixties. Includes a tribute by Agatha ChristieIn a pig's eye
Par R. Campbell. 1991
Jimmy Flannery, sewer inspector, has just become the Democratic councilman for Ward Twenty-seven. His wife Mary, a nurse working with…
pregnant women, is herself expecting. While Flannery works out at his club one day, a man known only as P. Pig drops dead. Of course Flannery wants to know who he is and why he died, especially when the cops tell him to butt out. Some strong languageA grave talent
Par Laurie King. 1993
When Casey Martinelli transfers to a San Francisco precinct, she is paired with Alonzo Hawkin on a serial killing case.…
The bodies of three little girls have been found in an odd colony outside of the city. When their investigation quickly reveals that one colony resident is a convicted child-murderer, it seems too pat. And to both detectives, famous painter Vaun Adams seems an incongruous serial killer. Strong language and some violenceDead end game
Par Christopher Newman. 1994
The night before the most important World Series game, Kansas City Royals pitcher Willie Cintron foolishly brings a woman back…
to his New York hotel room. Before the night is over, she has injected a drugged Cintron with a fatal dose of heroin. Hearing about Cintron's death, a friend refuses to believe the ballplayer returned to the "dead end game" of his old New York crowd. And NYPD lieutenant Joe Dante agrees. Violence and strong languageA hovering of vultures
Par Robert Barnard. 1993
The Sneddon Fellowship is having its inaugural weekend bash at the Sneddon farmhouse in West Yorkshire. The late Sneddons were…
brother and sister authors, and Joshua Sneddon was said to have killed Susannah in a jealous snit and then killed himself. Elderly attendee Mrs. Farraday, a former resident, is shocked to find that her ancient, obnoxious mother is not only still alive but remembers something crucial about the elusive SneddonsGood bones and simple murders
Par Margaret Atwood. 1994
Three dozen sketches that grin and sneer at taking life too seriously. "Good Bones" muses on the attention paid to…
the skeletal frame when it is what makes bones "bad" that is of interest. In "Gertrude Talks Back," Hamlet's mother delivers a monologue to her priggish son. And "Let Us Now Praise Stupid Women" is one of several pieces with a feminist view on the role of women in literature. Some strong languageSuspended animation
Par Wally Davis. 1994
Gil Beckman quit his job with the police force to start a mail-order business. To make ends meet, Gil works…
nights as a security guard at a large California amusement park. When he discovers that one of the mannequins is actually the body of young park employee Everett Curran, a Christian like himself, Gil uses his police training to do some sleuthingMurder and a muse
Par Gillian Farrell. 1994
Actress Annie McGrogan works as a private investigator between auditions until she lands a role in Alan DeLucca's movie. McGrogan…
is attracted to the married director and spends time alone with him on location. When DeLucca's family shows up, DeLucca is found dead before he can smooth things out. McGrogan reluctantly reverts to her role as detective when she learns she is the prime suspect. Strong languageTwister: a novel
Par John Lantigua. 1992
An oil town gone bust, Paradise, Texas, has been all but taken over by a preacher who can recognize the…
devil because he himself has committed every sin except murder. When a Paradise attorney is attacked by a weapon out of the Bible, New York magazine writer Edward Thomas decides this is the story that will end his two-month slump. His investigation is helped along by a local journalist, a blacklisted teacher, and a tornado. Some violenceSpark
Par John Lutz. 1993
When seventy-year-old Jerome Evans keels over from a heart attack after a clean bill of health, his no-nonsense wife Hattie…
receives a note claiming Jerome was murdered. She turns to private investigator Fred Carver, who immediately stumbles upon the corpse of Jerome's elderly girlfriend. Carver's continued nosing around the Florida retirement community upsets someone enough to thoroughly work over the disabled PI. Strong language and violenceThe father hunt
Par Rex Stout. 1968
Private investigator Nero Wolfe's assistant Archie Goodwin is requested by Amy Denovo to find out who her father is. Amy…
reluctantly agrees to hire Wolfe if Archie (the only man she trusts) does the actual work. After her mother's recent death, Amy learned that this unknown father has been sending money for years. Beginning his search, Archie realizes that Amy's mother is just as much a mystery as her father is. Some strong languageWasted years
Par John Harvey. 1993
Midlands Detective Inspector Charlie Resnick broods over a ten-year-old case that coincided with the breakup of his marriage. John Prior…
had been convicted on evidence that had supposedly come from his wife, Ruth, a singer Resnick admired. Now Prior is up for parole and a minor player in a current investigation gives Resnick a chance to reenter the case. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexMadame Maigret's own case
Par Georges Simenon. 1959
Before her regular dentist appointment, Madame Maigret is in the park, passing the time with the nice lady who is…
always there with her small son. This time the lady asks Madame Maigret to watch the child for a moment but doesn't return for two hours. When Madame Maigret tells the inspector about her annoying afternoon, both are unaware that she is providing him with clue in his frustrating, well-publicized case about the body in the bookbinder's furnacePlease pass the guilt: a Nero Wolfe novel
Par Rex Stout. 1973
Dr. Vollmer has asked Nero Wolfe to look into the case of a man who refuses to give his real…
name but continually returns to a psychiatric clinic claiming he keeps washing his hands because they have blood on them. Is he in any way connected to the explosion of a bomb in the office of a potential candidate for the presidency of a large firm? The bomb killed another man and no one is certain who the intended victim wasTropic of deceit
Par Christopher Larson. 1993
The same day the U.S. consul in Navidad Jim Biggins receives a threat to his life while looking into the…
puzzling death of an American tourist, he also receives an unexpected guest. Vivacious young Bobbi Lyons from Jim's New York past needs a job and a place to stay. Jim's friend in the CIA reluctantly hires Bobbi when she wins the admiration of a key figure in the growing mystery surrounding the recent death. Strong language and violenceThe horse you came in on
Par Martha Grimes. 1993
Scotland Yard's Jury is asked by an old acquaintance to go to Baltimore to investigate a young man's death. He…
takes along Wiggins and his friend Plant who has, coincidentally, been summoned by a Baltimore author friend whose student was murdered while researching Poe. Following conveniently left clues suggesting that the two murders and one more are connected, the three immerse themselves in humorous Baltimore sleuthing. Some strong languageThe moving target: a Lew Archer novel
Par Ross Macdonald. 1949
Investigator Lew Archer is hired by paraplegic Mrs. Sampson to find her much older husband. He's only been missing a…
day, but she doesn't want him to get drunk and give away more of the money she hopes to acquire when she outlives him. Accompanying Archer are Mr. Sampson's daughter and pilot. As Archer sniffs out a weak clue that leads to a suspicious Hollywood crowd, a ransom note arrives. Strong language and violence