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Death among the dons
Par Janet Neel. 1994
Francesca Wilson McLeish, wife of police superintendent John McLeish, is at home on maternity leave. But the baby cries all…
the time, and Francesca is miserable. When Dr. Judith Symonds, warden of Gladstone College, is murdered, the college hires Francesca as bursar to straighten out suspect accounts. Then someone else dies, and Francesca almost becomes a victim herselfThe bold thing
Par Mark Daniel. 1990
Micky Brennan was a horseman before he was sent to Her Majesty's prison for running someone down while drunk and…
drugged. Now free, Micky, shunned by old acquaintances, reluctantly agrees to go back home to Ireland to run a disabled American woman's horse farm. But Micky's troubles are not over: the woman is being pressured to pay extortion for being a "guest of Ireland." Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexDeath of a glutton
Par M. C Beaton. 1993
Excitement comes to the Scottish village of Lochdubh when a singles club visits. Run by efficient Maria Worth, the club…
attempts to find spouses for the wealthy. Maria's hopes for this group are dashed, however, when her obnoxious business partner, obese Peta Gore, decides to join the club and disgusts everyone with her over-eating and bad personality. When Peta is found murdered, policeman Hamish Macbeth is not short of suspects. Some strong languageThe mountain cat murders
Par Rex Stout. 1939
In Cody, Wyoming, young Delia Brand has a mission: to find and kill the man who murdered her father. Delia's…
mother has just committed suicide after spending the family money trying to do the same thing. But after Delia buys cartridges for her father's gun and more or less admits her plan, she can't find the gun. Then her father's business associate is shot, and things look bad for Delia. Some strong languageOver my dead body
Par Rex Stout. 1939
Wise-cracking Archie Goodwin is surprised when his overweight employer, detective Nero Wolfe, refuses to help Carla Lovchen's friend, a young…
Balkan. Carla then convinces Wolfe to help by proving that her friend (who is accused of stealing from her fencing student) is Wolfe's long-lost adopted daughter. Archie is sent to investigate the robbery that quickly evolves into murder. Strong language and violenceSaratoga snapper
Par Stephen Dobyns. 1986
Charlie Bradshaw and his friend Victor Plotz live in Saratoga Springs, New York, where they work at Charlie's mother's hotel.…
Charlie is the night manager, and Victor is the hotel detective. But mostly Victor takes happy pictures of happy people. Unfortunately, someone appears to be unhappy about his picture-taking and has just hit him with his car and stolen his camera. Then the body of one of the maids is found in a laundry hamperPleading guilty
Par Scott Turow. 1993
When attorney Bert Kamin vanishes along with a large chunk of a client's money, the firm partners turn to another…
of their attorneys--ex-cop Mack Malloy--for confidential help. Secretly impressed by Kamin's daring, Malloy begins his search. A trail of frightening clues leads Malloy to believe that Kamin is in even deeper trouble than suspected--maybe even dead. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. BestsellerGood night, Mr. Holmes
Par Carole Douglas. 1990
Nell Huxleigh, a parson's daughter, relates this tale of Irene Adler--opera singer and detective. Miss Adler, who has the uncanny…
ability to outsmart even Sherlock Holmes, became a detective in the early days of her operatic career. Her sleuthing results in encounters with Victorian personages such as Charles Lewis Tiffany, Oscar Wilde, and Anton Dvorak, and with the mysterious Godfrey Norton, who aids her in her search for a skein of diamondsDecked: a Regan Reilly mystery
Par Carol Clark. 1992
Regan Reilly, private investigator, has returned to Oxford for a ten-year reunion of her semester-abroad class. She wonders if her…
former roomate Athena, who mysteriously disappeared one weekend, will return for the reunion. Regan certainly does not expect to hear that Athena's body has just been found. After assisting in the investigation, Regan sets sail for home, accompanying Lady Exner. They both soon find their lives in danger. BestsellerDefend and betray
Par Anne Perry. 1992
London 1857. At a dinner party, Thaddeus Carlyon fell over a stair bannister, landing on a suit of armor. But…
it wasn't the fall that killed him--someone stabbed him after he fell. His wife Alexandra claims responsibility, but Carlyon's sister Edith does not believe her, and calls upon her friend Hester Latterly for help. Hester enlists Inspector William Monk and barrister Oliver Rathbone, who uncover shocking circumstances during the trialSons of the morning: a novel
Par DeWitt Copp. 1992
After a group of anthropologists disappears, French-Canadian pilot Montour thinks he has hit the mother lode when he finds a…
scientist's notebook left behind. The scientist refers to a discovery as being "pure gold," and Montour takes him literally. During World War II, the notebook falls into the hands of various people, each with an individual agenda for interpreting it. Now, fifty years later, the puzzle may be solved. Strong language and some violenceThe way through the woods
Par Colin Dexter. 1993
While taking a holiday, Inspector Morse can't stop himself from snooping a bit in regard to a mysterious female guest…
at the hotel. Morse's busman's holiday is cut short, however, when a newspaper prints a poem that sparks renewed interest in his year-old missing person case. The new investigation is fraught with poetry analysis, birdwatchers, and pornography, and it hinges on a surprising look-alike. Some strong languageA suitable boy: a novel
Par Vikram Seth. 1993
This saga involves the extended families of the Chatterjis, the Kapoors, the Khans, and the Mehras. Lata Mehra is a…
central figure in this huge cast, and throughout the story the quest for a suitable husband for Lata is a dominant, recurring theme. Set in India in the 1950s, background scenes depict the political climate of a newly independent country and the religious rivalries of Hindus, Muslims, and Sikhs. BestsellerGod in Concord
Par Jane Langton. 1992
When a developer sets his sights on the hallowed banks of Walden Pond and Concord's elderly inhabitants begin to die…
at an unusual pace, retired detective Homer Kelly goes back to work. Soon the environmentalists, town planners, an owner of souvenir shops, and a pilgrim in search of an authentic Thoreau experience are at odds. Meanwhile, Kelly sorts through the people and their politics for an acceptable solution to a deadly problem. Some strong languageKing of the corner
Par Loren Estleman. 1992
Conclusion of the Detroit trilogy, following Whiskey River (RC 34363/BR 8823) and Motown (RC 34364/BR 8824). Seven years after Doc…
Miller, a six-foot-five relief pitcher for the Tigers, was locked up for hosting a party where a guest overdosed, Doc's out and in need of a job. Reluctantly he accepts an offer from Maynard Ance, a bail bondsman, and is plunged into a series of fast-moving events. Strong language and violence"J" is for judgment
Par Sue Grafton. 1993
Private detective Kinsey Millhone is asked to free-lance for her ex-employer California Fidelity Insurance, who, after paying $500,000 to Wendell…
Jaffe's widow, learns that Jaffe has just been spotted in Mexico. Five years earlier when his business scam backfired, he threw himself off his boat--leaving his partner facing prison and his family feeling abandoned. Now he has to explain why he's still alive. Strong language. BestsellerStrange loyalties
Par William McIlvanney. 1991
Scotland's Detective Inspector Jack Laidlaw takes a busman's holiday to investigate his brother Scott's "accidental" death. Through a blur of…
grief and excessive drinking, Jack begins to sort out clues from Scott's wife, colleagues, lover, and old school chums, and from Scott's eerie paintings that put Jack on the trail of the man with the green coat. Strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexWinter prey
Par John Sandford. 1993
Lucas Davenport, ex-cop, battles an unusually cold Wisconsin winter as he helps track down a killer known as the Iceman.…
The Iceman is after a photo that shows him in a compromising situation, and he'll kill as many people as it takes to get the photo. In fact, four people are already dead. Lucas must find the photo and identify the Iceman before he strikes again. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. BestsellerCharms for the easy life
Par Kaye Gibbons. 1993
The tale of three generations of North Carolina women, narrated by Margaret, daughter of Sophia and granddaughter of Charlie Kate.…
Charlie Kate once rescued the victim of a lynching, who gave her the "easy-life charm" he had been wearing. It does not always work for Charlie Kate, known to the community as a midwife and healer, but she maintains her status as family matriarch and sees that Sophia and Margaret have a better life. BestsellerThe seventh stone
Par Nancy Freedman. 1992
World War II is drawing to a close, and Noboru Sanogawa, unhappy in his marriage to Momoko, chooses death with…
honor as a kamikaze pilot. Besides his wife, he leaves behind a young son, Akio. As Momoko tries to remake her life within traditional Japanese society, she watches Akio seek to avenge his father's death by building a worldwide financial network. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex