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A 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 violenceJustice for some
Par Kate Wilhelm. 1993
Sarah Drexler takes a break from filling her deceased husband's judgeship in Oregon and travels to California for a family…
reunion. There she finds her son, her daughter, and her father are all very secretive. After her father's body is found floating in the pool, Sarah learns that he had hired a detective. When the detective is found murdered, Sarah's entire family begins to look suspicious. Some strong language and some violenceNine lives to murder
Par Marian Babson. 1992
Leading Shakespearean actor Winstanley Fortescue awakens in great pain. Was it a heart attack or was he in an accident?…
As he cautiously stretches his limbs he gasps in horror to see paws: he has become the stage cat, Monty! When he learns that his body (the Instrument) is in the hospital, Win sets out in Monty's body to learn just what happened. Some strong languageNot quite dead enough
Par Rex Stout. 1942
Archie Goodwin, now a major in the army, has been ordered to convince Nero Wolfe to assist the army in…
solving a crime. But before Archie can persuade Wolfe to look into the crime, Archie finds himself accused of murder. When a corpse refuses to rest in peace, and Captain Albert Cross of Military Intelligence "accidentally" falls from his hotel balcony, Nero Wolfe agrees to get involvedMurder by the numbers: an Eliot Ness novel
Par Max Collins. 1993
Cleveland, Ohio, 1938. Five years ago, black cop Toussaint Johnson watched as numbers king Rufus Murphy, for whom he was…
doing some "unofficial" work, was shot to death. Eliot Ness, director of public safety, has a reputation for putting bad guys in jail, and he is counting on Johnson's help in shutting down the numbers racket. But he doesn't know that Johnson was once "on the pad." Strong language and some violenceToo many clients: a Nero Wolfe mystery
Par Rex Stout. 1960
The body in the cornflakes
Par K. K Beck. 1992
Just before the grand reopening of his Galaxy Foods supermarket, old Karl Krogstad announces his engagement to the store's television…
model--Ginger of the enhanced bustline. When Ginger's body is found in the cornflakes display, assistant manager Ted Constantino suspects everyone: Karl's daughter-in-law, who thinks Ginger slept with her husband, Junior; Junior himself; and their spoiled son Lance, who wants the store. Some strong languagePrisoner's base
Par Rex Stout. 1952
A young woman has come knocking on Nero Wolfe's door asking for a place to stay for a week--until June…
30. She will not give her name or explain why she wishes to stay. Shortly thereafter Perry Helmar, guardian of Priscilla Eads, the heiress to cotton-towel millions, arrives and asks for Wolfe's help in finding Priscilla. The next morning Priscilla and her maid are found strangled. Wolfe reluctantly agrees to investigate