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Prisoner of memory: A Novel
Par Denise Hamilton. 2006
Los Angeles Times reporter Eve Diamond investigates the murder of seventeen-year-old Denny Lukin. She questions Denny's Russian émigré parents and…
uncovers Mafia and FBI connections. Meanwhile, a man from Moscow claiming to be Eve's cousin wants to help with the case. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2006Anansi boys: A Novel
Par Neil Gaiman. 2005
Fat Charlie considers his father's behavior so embarrassing that even the way he dies in a karaoke bar seems undignified.…
Then the arrival of a previously unknown brother named Spider, who is so much like their father, turns Charlie's life upside down. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2005Oh Danny boy (Molly Murphy Mysteries Ser. #5)
Par Rhys Bowen. 2006
New York, 1902. Private detective Molly Murphy works to exonerate police captain Daniel Sullivan of bribery charges. Molly is convinced…
he is innocent, and as her inquiry progresses she suspects Daniel's troubles are related to his investigation of the East Side Ripper, a serial killer targeting prostitutes. 2006Second sight
Par Amanda Quick. 2006
Victorian England. Venetia Milton visits Gabriel Jones's estate to photograph relics of the Arcane Society, a secret organization founded by…
Gabriel's alchemist ancestor. Gabriel is reported dead but surfaces later to protect Venetia and catch a murderous thief who is after his family's secrets. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006The Clan of the Cave Bear: Earth's Children, Book One (Earth's Children Ser. #1)
Par Jean M Auel. 1980
After her people perish in an earthquake during the Ice Age, Cro-Magnon girl Ayla is adopted by a beetle-browed Neanderthal…
clan. Punished repeatedly for flouting taboos, teenaged Ayla eventually realizes she must leave the group and find her own kind. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 1980The paperwhite narcissus (Martha's Vineyard Mysteries Ser.)
Par Cynthia Riggs. 2005
After ninety-two-year-old Victoria Trumbull is fired from The Island Enquirer, she goes to work for the competition without pay. When…
a developer is murdered, Victoria scoops her old paper with the story and begins sleuthing. The victim's wife and mistress are suspects until more murders occur. Some strong language. 2005Where there's a will
Par Donna Hill, Margie Walker. 2004
In four different stories the daughters of deceased African American PI Henry Chambers of Liberty, Georgia, begin to close his…
cases. As Maxine, Samantha, Morgan, and Taylor investigate and uncover town and family secrets, their lives become threatened. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2004The book of the dead (Pendergast Ser. #No. 7)
Par Douglas J Preston. 2006
FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast, from Dance of Death (RC 60742, BR 16231), languishes in prison for murders committed by his…
psychotic brother, Diogenes. Meanwhile, New York's natural history museum unseals an Egyptian tomb, precipitating more killings. Aloysius escapes to confront his brother in a deadly showdown. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2006Drive
Par James Sallis. 2005
A Hollywood stunt man named "Driver" moonlights at night driving getaway cars for random criminals. When a heist goes bad,…
a contract is put on Driver's head, but he protects himself and exacts his revenge in the Arizona desert. Violence and strong language. 2005Final curtain (The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Ser. #14)
Par Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1998
Troy Alleyn, wife of Inspector Roderick Alleyn, paints a portrait of Shakespearean actor Sir Henry Ancred, a patriarch preparing to…
marry a young chorus girl. After a tense birthday dinner, Henry is found dead. Troy, finally reunited with Roderick after a prolonged separation, suspects poisoning and enlists Roderick's aid. 1947Ricochet: A Novel
Par Sandra Brown. 2006
Detectives Duncan Hatcher and DeeDee Bowen are determined to bring crime lord Robert Savich to justice, even though judge Cato…
Laird lets him go. They become suspicious of the judge after being called to Laird's home when his wife shoots an intruder. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2006Rules of prey (Prey Ser. #1)
Par John Sandford. 1989
Maddog, a serial rapist and murderer, is terrorizing Minneapolis. At each crime scene he leaves one of his rules of…
killing. Detective Lucas Davenport exploits the media to try to catch the culprit but becomes a target in the deadly game. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 1989Red Sea
Par Diane Tullson. 2005
Fourteen-year-old Libby's year-long sailing adventure with her mother and stepfather becomes a nightmare when modern-day pirates attack their boat in…
the Red Sea. Libby needs courage and skill to survive and to save her mother. A high-interest, low-vocabulary book. Some violence. For junior and senior high readers. 2005Treasure mountain: A Novel (The sacketts Ser. #No. 17)
Par Louis L'Amour. 1972
New Orleans, 1870s. Brothers Orrin and Tell Sackett investigate the decades-old disappearance of their father, who was last seen guiding…
an expedition for hidden gold. But they are tracked by a dangerous group who will do anything to keep the father's fate and the treasure's location secret. Some violence. 1972The ABC murders (Hercule Poirot Mystery Ser.)
Par Agatha Christie. 1935
England, 1935. Belgian detective Hercule Poirot receives letters signed "A.B.C." that announce the date and location of future crimes. When…
the killer strikes Mrs. Ascher in Andover and then Miss Barnard in Bexhill, Poirot knows it's no coincidence and hurries to find the culprit before he completes the alphabet. 1935Photo finish (The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Ser.)
Par Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 2000
Montague Reece invites Scotland Yard's Roderick Alleyn and artist wife Troy to his New Zealand estate and commissions Troy to…
paint his mistress, opera star Sommita. As Roderick tries to protect the singer from a nuisance photographer, rumors of drug involvement surface and Sommita is found murdered. 1980Learning to kill: stories
Par Ed McBain. 2006
For this anthology the author selected twenty-five of his earlier stories published in pulp magazines under the bylines of Evan…
Hunter, Richard Marsten, and Hunt Collins. Written in the 1950s, the tales are filled with damsels in distress, PIs, and cops. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006The valley of horses: a novel (Earth's Children Ser. #2)
Par Jean M Auel. 1982
Ice Age heroine Ayla leaves her adoptive family, from The Clan of the Cave Bear (BR 16674), and sets out…
alone. She reaches the Valley of Horses, where she rescues a young man and struggles with her growing attraction to him. Explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 1982Hollywood Station: a novel
Par Joseph Wambaugh. 2006
While trying to avoid allegations of racial profiling, a seasoned LAPD sergeant known as the Oracle dispatches veteran cops with…
rookies to deal with the addicts, crazies, and gangbangers that inhabit Hollywood. After a jewelry-store robbery, the investigation leads to the Russian Mafia. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2006False scent (The Roderick Alleyn Mysteries Ser. #21)
Par Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1999
When the beloved "queen of the British theater" is murdered in a cloud of perfume, the case literally reeks with…
likely suspects. It is up to Superintendent Roderick Alleyn to sniff out the motives and bring the killer to justice. 1960