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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. BestsellerSixteen short stories from different locales in Israel. Depicting contemporary life in popular tourist locations, the selections give travelers a…
view of places they may plan to visit. All are translations from Hebrew. Some violence and some descriptions of sexLike 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 languageThe music school: short stories
Par John Updike. 1966
An anthology of twenty short stories, nine of them dealing with divorce, in a style that explores stream of consciousness…
and point of view. In the title work, the author ponders life and divorce while waiting for his beloved daughter at her piano lessonBack of beyond: stories of the supernatural
Par Sarah Ellis. 1997
Twelve stories about teenagers whose everyday existence is changed by encounters with the mysterious. In "Gore," sibling teasing over possession…
of a new horror book takes on an ominous tone. In "Knife," Curtis tells about a lost Swiss army knife that strangely reappears. For junior and senior high readersScam
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 languageMidnight magic: selected stories of Bobbie Ann Mason
Par Bobbie Mason. 1998
Set in Kentucky, seventeen short stories revolving around country people as they learn to cope with modern life. In "Big…
Bertha Stories," Jeannette watches her husband's descent into mental illness and its effects on her son. In "Residents and Transients," a woman takes a lover when her husband moves to LouisvilleThe 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 languageTraité de balistique: [nouvelles]
Par Alexandre Bourbaki. 2006
Imaginez un monde où se côtoient la radio à ondes courtes, la polka soviétique, une arme de jet aborigène, la…
force gravitationnelle, un monstre babylonien, Petzi, le chemin de fer, le chaos universel, Albert Einstein, les caramels mous et la roulette russe. Bienvenue dans le petit laboratoire d'Alexandre Bourbaki. En dix-neuf récits et quelques images, cet étonnant bricoleur décompose et reconstruit l'histoire de la science moderne comme un vieux grille-pain, depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale jusqu'à un point éloigné dans le temps. Un livre qui vous fera oublier vos leçons de physique. -- 4e de couvThree tales (Penguin classics)
Par Gustave Flaubert. 1961
Three finely contrasted stories first published in 1877. "Simple Heart" is about a faithful domestic servant who outlives her loved…
ones; "The Legend of St. Julian Hospitator" is a medieval tale about a man seeking atonement for a crime; and "Herodias" retells the story of the execution of John the BaptistThe coast of good intentions: stories
Par Michael Byers. 1998
Eight tales about ordinary folks living on the Pacific Northwest coast. In "Settled on the Cranberry Coast," a handyman fixes…
up the house of his high school sweetheart and enjoys the feeling that this time things will work out better between them. Some strong languageEnormous changes at the last minute: stories
Par Grace Paley. 1974
Seventeen stories written in the 1960s and 1970s. In the title story a middle-aged woman decides to have a baby…
with her young hippie lover, even though her hospitalized father advises against it. Some strong languageThe Nick Adams stories
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1972
Twenty-four of Hemingway's stories featuring Nick Adams. Arranged to depict segments of Adams's life in chronological order, they portray his…
childhood and adolescence, followed by his years as a soldier, veteran, writer, and parent. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 1972The 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 couv