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Split-levels: a novel
Par Thomas Rayfiel. 1994
When David Stanley is found dead in the bathtub of his suburban house, his son Allen returns for the first…
time in thirteen years. Allen's mother is dead, and his teenaged sister disappeared long ago without a trace. Now, as the investigation shifts from suicide to murder, Allen has disturbing dreams and becomes a suspect, local women attempt to seduce him, and nasty rumors circulate about his father. Strong language and some descriptions of sexEdsel: a novel of Detroit
Par Loren Estleman. 1995
Estleman's fourth Detroit novel, following King of the Corner (RC 37202, BR 9357), is set in the 1950s. Former newspaperman…
Connie Minor now works in advertising and has been asked to secretly create an ad campaign for the new Edsel car. But Minor runs into problems when some people, especially the UAW leader, begin to think Minor is a spy for management or the competition. Strong language and some violenceKid's stuff
Par Susan Kelly. 1994
After Detective Chief Inspector Nick Trevellyan arrests Arturo Bottone for selling child pornography, he's frustrated to find no clues leading…
to Bottone's other clients or the photographer of the pornography. Meanwhile Bottone's estranged wife is coping admirably with the fact that Bottone hung himself after the arrest, but the harassed wife of Bottone's arrested client is not doing as well. Strong languageTelling lies: a Maggie MacGowen mystery
Par Wendy Hornsby. 1992
Twenty-two years ago today, investigative filmmaker Maggie MacGowen's twenty-two-year-old brother Marc was killed in Vietnam and his twin sister Emily…
was the cover story of Time magazine because of her antiwar activities. On this anniversary, Emily, now a well-loved doctor, has summoned Maggie and others together for a "mystery guest" but is shot before the unveiling. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sexThe seventh sacrament
Par James Bradberry. 1994
Wealthy Renzo Piruzzi has invited six famous architects to his villa to design new world headquarters for his Italian firm.…
They will be advised by Jamie Ramsgill, a university professor. When the architects arrive, they learn they will actually be competing to design a chapel. But when two of the competitors die, Jamie begins to suspect foul play--and a connection with the seven sacraments. Strong languageThe innocents
Par Richard Barre. 1995
A flash flood uncovers a small skeleton in the California desert. The remains of six more children are found nearby.…
Successful restaurateur Ignacio Reyes is horrified to discover one of the children is his own. Benito was given up for adoption to wealthy Americans in 1967 when Reyes was destitute in Mexico. Now Reyes calls in private investigator Wil Hardesty to help avenge the child's death. Strong language and violenceA typical American town
Par John Roberts. 1994
After being asked to leave the LAPD, Gabe Treloar is heading to a new job in Cleveland when his latest…
failed suicide attempt lands him in his hometown. An old girlfriend welcomes him back, and he finds a room to rent in his boyhood home. After his landlady encourages him to unload the horrors that led to his job change, she is murdered, and Gabe realizes he is being set up. Strong language, violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexDream boat
Par Doug Swanson. 1995
Private investigator Jack Flippo has come to Baggett County, Texas, to uncover the real cause behind the death of Mingo…
Gideon. Apparently Mingo and Rex Echols, his partner in the Melon Patch Ranch Bar, were out on Lake Dolph Briscoe when Mingo fell out of the boat and drowned. But is that what really happened? After all, Rex had just taken out a large insurance policy on Mingo. Some strong languageTurtle baby
Par Abigail Padgett. 1995
In this sequel to Strawgirl (BR 9681), child-abuse investigator Bo Bradley offers to help out her ill, Spanish-speaking colleague by…
looking into the case of a poisoned Mayan infant, Acito. Acito stays with caretakers in San Diego County, while his mother, a singer called Chac, is living in Tijuana until her American recording contract comes through. Chac's love for Acito is fierce, but she's hiding something. Some strong languageChosen for death
Par Kate Flora. 1994
At her sister Carrie's funeral, Thea Kozak vows to find Carrie's murderer. Adopted as a newborn, twenty-one-year-old Carrie was waitressing…
in Maine and searching for her birth mother when she was killed. Detective Andre Lemieux seems dedicated to the case but can find no motive for the brutal attack. Hoping to find a lead, Thea retraces Carrie's search. Strong language, violence, and some descriptions of sexThe angel gang
Par Ken Kuhlken. 1994
After rescuing childlike Wendy from a Tijuana dive in The Loud Adios (BR 9977), ex-private eye Tom Hickey took her…
to his Tahoe retreat and eventually married her. Now that Wendy is about to give birth, Hickey is frustrated that she insists he leave town to help a past acquaintance beat a murder rap. His frustration turns to horror when Wendy is kidnapped. Strong language and some violenceTo play the fool
Par Laurie King. 1995
Three weeks after the homeless residents of San Francisco's Golden Gate Park cremated a dog named Theophilus, they gather wood…
for the pyre of the dog's master, John. Both were murdered. Policewoman Kate Martinelli and her partner, Al Hawkin, intervene. Kate attempts to interview the group's leader, Brother Erasmus. But he speaks only in quotations, making her inquiry difficult. Some strong language. Sequel to A Grave Talent (BR 9843)Fatlands
Par Sarah Dunant. 1994
Private investigator Hannah Wolfe is assigned to chaperone Mattie Shepherd, fourteen, on a birthday excursion to London. Her father, a…
research scientist, had promised to take Mattie but was too busy. When Mattie goes to get a theater guide from her father's car, the car explodes, killing her. The police assume the scientist was the intended victim and suspect animal-rights activists. But Hannah wants to investigate. Strong language and violenceMurder in the Place of Anubis
Par Lynda Robinson. 1994
Set in ancient Egypt during the reign of fourteen-year-old Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Meren, young also but mature enough to serve as…
counselor to the king, finds it his duty to learn the truth about a scribe whose body is found in the sacred Place of Anubis with an embalming knife protruding from the neck. Meren is torn between loyalty to the king, respect for the embalming priests, and suspicion of those who would take advantage of the youthful pharaohThe secret
Par R. L Stine. 1993
Wickham Village, Massachusetts, 1737. Ezra Fier and his family return to Wickham where Ezra vowed revenge against George Goode, the…
brother of Susannah Goode, who was burned at the stake. Now Ezra has found the Goodes at last. And in 1900 in the village of Shadyside, Nora Goode must continue to write the story of what happened in Wickham years earlier. Sequel to The Betrayal (BR 10368). For junior and senior high readersFor the sake of Elena
Par Elizabeth George. 1992
Scotland Yard detectives Thomas Lynley and Barbara Havers are assigned to the murder case of Cambridge college student Elena Weaver,…
who was killed during her morning run along the river. Why had she told her running partner--her stepmother--that she was not running that morning? Or had someone else used the visual display telephone, pretending to be the deaf Elena? Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexThe lethal partner
Par Jake Page. 1996
Blind Santa Fe artist Mo Bowdre, The Stolen Gods (BR 10360), once again becomes involved in a murder investigation. Shortly…
after gallery owner Elijah Potts announces he has seven previously unknown Georgia O'Keeffe paintings, his gallery manager is killed, and the paintings disappear. When Potts is arrested for her murder, he turns to Bowdre, who discovers a complex web of deceit and backstabbing. Strong languagePayment in blood
Par Elizabeth George. 1989
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers, introduced in A Great Deliverance (BR 07624), are investigating the murder…
of playwright Joy Sinclair. She and a group of theater people had gone to a remote Scottish estate for the reading of her play, and there she was murdered. Lynley's ability to solve the crime is hampered by the fact that the woman he loves is one of the suspects. Some strong languageRainbow's end: a Richard Jury novel
Par Martha Grimes. 1995
Scotland Yard's Superintendent Richard Jury has been called in to investigate the deaths of three women, all from "natural causes."…
The first victim, a young American from Santa Fe, New Mexico, died in Salisbury. The other two, who were British, died in London and Exeter. When Jury learns that all three had been in New Mexico at the same time, he is off to the U.S. to sleuth. Some strong languageThe betrayal
Par R. L Stine. 1993
In Wickham Village, Massachusetts, in 1692, Susannah Goode and her mother are accused of witchcraft by Benjamin Fier, the father…
of the boy Susannah loves. They may be burned at the stake. And in 1900 in the village of Shadyside, Nora Goode stands before the Fear mansion listening to the screams of those trapped inside the blazing house. Prequel to The Secret (BR 10369). For junior and senior high readers