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The day the music died: a mystery
Par Edward Gorman. 1999
Black River Falls, Iowa; 1958. Penniless novice lawyer Sam McCain investigates Judge Whitney's nephew, Kenny, who is accused of murdering…
his wife. Then Kenny kills himself, Sam's teenage sister says she's pregnant, and Buddy Holly dies in an airplane crash nearby. Some strong language. 1999Fat Ollie's book: a novel of the 87th Precinct
Par Ed McBain. 2002
Councilman Lester Henderson is killed, and detective Fat Ollie Weeks, from Money, Money, Money (BR 13635), is at the murder…
scene when someone steals his manuscript from his police vehicle. Ollie leaves the investigation to detective Steve Carella while he searches for his novel. Violence and strong language. 2002Wake up little Susie
Par Edward Gorman. 1998
Black River Falls, Iowa; late 1950s. Attorney Sam McCain investigates the murder of Susan Squires, the district attorney's wife, whose…
body was discovered in a brand new Edsel. Sam fears the worst when his girlfriend Mary, who was also Susan's confidant, disappears. Some strong language. 1998Murder at Ford's Theatre: a Capital crimes novel
Par Margaret Truman. 2002
Washington, D.C., attorney Mackensie Smith is hired to defend a senator's son accused of murdering his father's congressional intern at…
Ford's Theatre. The theater is managed by the boy's divorced mother, Clarise Emerson. Mac and his wife, Annabel Reed-Smith, try to establish the boy's innocence. Some strong language. 2002Save the last dance for me
Par Edward Gorman. 2002
Black River Falls, Iowa; 1960. Prior to a campaign stop by Richard Nixon, attorney Sam McCain searches for the murderer…
of a snake-handling preacher. When another of the town's holy men also succumbs to poison, McCain wonders if the two killings are connected. Some strong language. 2002The cranefly orchid murders
Par Cynthia Riggs. 2002
Martha's Vineyard. Ninety-two-year-old poet Victoria Trumbull discovers the body of a shady attorney on land slated for development. Victoria and…
her eleven-year-old assistant, Robin White, search for clues and endangered plants on the property in order to preserve its pristine nature--and solve some murders. Some violence and some strong language. 2002Perish twice
Par Robert B Parker. 2000
In this sequel to Family Honor (RC 48857, BR 14400), Boston private investigator Sunny Randall is hired briefly by a…
lesbian to protect her against a stalker. A murder and puzzling loose ends keep Sunny unofficially on the case. Meanwhile, Sunny's sister and a good friend experience troubling breakups. Strong language. Bestseller. 2000The queene's cure: an Elizabeth I mystery
Par Karen Harper. 2002
London, 1562. Elizabeth Tudor seeks the best physicians to conquer the pox and pestilence that threaten her life and that…
of her subjects. Someone is taunting the queen with a smallpox effigy, and her loyal staff struggles to find the culprit. Sequel to The Twylight Tower (BR 13610). 2002Du sang dans la sciure
Par Joe R Lansdale. 2008
"Dans les années 1930, en pleine Dépression, la petite ville texane de Tyler survit grâce à la scierie de camp…
Rapture. Fils de la principale actionnaire de l'entreprise, Pete Jones est aussi le shérif de la ville. La surprise est donc générale lorsque sa femme Sunset, violentée une fois de trop par ce mari brutal, l'abat d'une balle dans la tête. Malgré son acquittement pour légitime défense, les commentaires vont bon train : comment une femme peut-elle se prétendre violée par son mari ? Et lorsque sa belle-mère, en alliée inattendue, confie à Sunset le poste vacant de shérif, l'étonnement est à son comble. Avec la découverte du cadavre d'une femme enceinte enterré sur le terrain du seul propriétaire noir et de la région, Sunset va devoir faire ses preuves, revolver à la main. Son enquête sur cet assassinat la conduit à explorer un univers de préjugés, de corruption et de cynisme, où une femme qui ne sait pas rester à sa place est à la fois considérée comme une menace et comme une cible'. -- 4e de couvBack story
Par Robert B Parker. 2003
Boston P.I. Spenser agrees to help actress Daryl Silver investigate the murder of her mother twenty-eight years ago during a…
bank robbery. Spenser and colleague Hawk face danger when they uncover ties between a radical hippie group, the mob, and the FBI. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2003Angel of mercy
Par Tracie Peterson. 2002
Los Angeles, 1904. Lawyer Kit Shannon reluctantly agrees to defend policeman Edward Hanratty on a murder charge. Kit also seeks…
divine help when her true love, Ted Fox, hasn't returned to the city and her aunt visits spiritualists. Sequel to Angels Flight (BR 14635). 2002Rumpole rests his case
Par John Mortimer. 2002
Collection of short stories featuring the British barrister in seven more cases. In the title piece, Rumpole collapses during a…
trial. Though his wife, Hilda, "She Who Must Be Obeyed," insists that he retire, he defends a wounded burglar he meets in the hospital ward. Some strong language. 2001City of Angels
Par Tracie Peterson. 2001
Los Angeles, 1903. Orphan Kit Shannon, with a New York law certificate, arrives in California to live with her wealthy…
great aunt Freddy. As criminal lawyer Earl Rogers's apprentice, Kit relies on her religious belief and successfully exposes a killer in her first trial. Prequel to Angels Flight (BR 14635). 2001Grail for sale
Par Gerald Hammond. 2002
Scottish historian Jeremy Carpenter has been selling off family heirlooms to pay for the upkeep of his grandfather's castle and…
health. When he meets American Hazel Tripp, an antiques restorer, he learns that he's been defrauded by the buyer. Together they hatch a scheme to outwit the swindler. 2002Red house
Par K. J. A Wishnia. 2001
Former NYPD cop and single mother Filomena Buscarsela joins a Queens private detective firm as a trainee. She investigates the…
disappearance of an illegal laborer, a shoot-out with the police, longtime squatters in an old factory, and a murder. Some cases pay, some don't. Strong language and some violence. 2001The last Kashmiri rose
Par Barbara Cleverly. 2002
Calcutta, 1922. Scotland Yard commander Joseph Sandilands investigates the strange deaths of army officers' wives. The governor's niece suspects that…
a serial killer is murdering them. With her help, Sandilands discovers the culprit and his motives. Some violence and some strong language. 2001Six easy pieces: Easy Rawlins stories
Par Walter Mosley. 2003
Seven interconnected short stories featuring Easy Rawlins in 1960s Los Angeles. Rawlins assists pals who are in trouble and encounters…
arson, murder, and mayhem. He also searches for his friend Mouse, who he suspects may still be alive. Some violence and some strong language. 2003How to cook a tart: a novel
Par Nina Killham. 2002
Overweight cookbook author Jasmine March's life is in shambles when her rich recipes become unpopular, her teenage daughter develops anorexia,…
and her husband takes a lover. After Jasmine discovers the lover's body in her kitchen, she hides it in unusual places. Some strong language. 2002Better to rest: a Liam Campbell mystery
Par Dana Stabenow. 2002
Alaska state trooper Sgt. Liam Campbell Fire and Ice (BR 12374) and his pilot girlfriend discover the remains of a…
WWII plane embedded in a glacier. Campbell's investigation links recent murders with past military secrets that would be better left buried. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002Spook: a "nameless detective" novel
Par Bill Pronzini. 2003
The "Nameless Detective," last seen in Bleeders (RC 54139), is semiretired. His partners Tamara Corbin and Jake Runyon, newly hired,…
investigate the execution-style murder of a crazy, homeless man named Spook, whose checkered past has evidently caught up with him. Violence and strong language. 2003