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The Venus deal
Par Ken Kuhlken. 1993
In this prequel to The Loud Adios (BR 9977), it's 1942 and private eye Tom Hickey is part owner of…
a supper club. When crowd-pleasing seventeen-year-old singer Cynthia Moon doesn't return from her vacation, Hickey, using clues from her startling diary, sets out to bring her back. Some strong language and some violenceThe strand: a novel
Par Ellen Vaughn. 1997
On their tenth wedding anniversary, Anne and Paul Lorelli are walking along the Potomac River when a mugger confronts them…
and kills Paul. Anne finds some solace in volunteer work with inner-city kids--quite a departure from her life as a wealthy attorney's wife. Meanwhile, a D.C. homicide detective puzzles over the mugging. Some violenceLast girl breathing
Par Court Stevens. 2023
Eight years ago, tragedy struck. Eight years ago, Lucy Michaels' life changed forever. But under the surface of her small…
town lies a secret that could pull her under. No one expected it to rain that much. But the rain kept coming, the dam broke, and lives were lost. Including five-year-old Clay Michaels, who was swept away in the floodwaters. Clay's sister, Lucy, has never forgiven herself for her little brother's death. She was supposed to hold on to him, to keep him from harm during that terrible night. She was supposed to protect him. Now eight years later, seventeen-year-old Lucy is focused on two things: making the US Olympic air rifle team and protecting everyone in her life from any type of trauma. However, with graduation and the Olympics on the horizon, her world is once again shaken when tragedy strikes Grand Junction, and Lucy is right back in the middle of it. Two of her closest friends have been hunted down in the nature preserve adjoining the town—the same plot of land where her younger brother died—and the fingers of suspicion are pointing everywhere in the community. The prime suspect? Lucy's ex-boyfriend. The more Lucy uncovers about the secrets of those around her, the more she realizes that she, too, is a target—and that now is the time to face her past if she wants to have a future. Last Girl Breathing is a page-turning hunt for the truth as Court Stevens once again creates nonstop suspense with characters who will break your heart. A stand-alone young adult thriller Perfect for fans of We Were Liars and The Good Girl's Guide to Murder Also by Court Stevens: The June Boys and We Were KingsMortelles douceurs (Les enquêtes de Prudence Poivert #1)
Par Katy-Lynn Cénac. 2023
Après un divorce, à 48 ans, Prudence Poivert hérite d'une superbe maison de campagne dans une petite bourgade près de…
Bordeaux. Bien décidée à profiter de sa liberté retrouvée, elle s'y installe... mais la vie à la campagne est d'un ennui mortel ! Un jour de déprime, elle décide d'aller visiter les sites pittoresques des environs. Rien de passionnant, jusqu'à ce qu'elle tombe nez à nez avec le cadavre de l'odieux dentiste du village ! L'homme a été empoisonné avec des cannelés avant d'être poussé à l'eau. Suspect numéro un : le neveu de Prudence, un jeune homme qu'elle trouve très « crétin » mais qui est le dernier à avoir vu la victime vivante. Prudence Poivert, qui n'a pas la langue dans sa poche et les deux pieds dans le même sabot, prend les choses en main. Hors de question de laisser tomber l'un des siens !Vindicta
Par Cédric Sire. 2023
"On entre, on prend le fric, on ressort. Personne ne sera blessé". Damien, Élie, Audrey et Driss étaient certains d'avoir…
trouvé la réponse à tous leurs problèmes : braquer un bijoutier véreux, qui ne risquerait pas de porter plainte. Mais maintenant, l'irréparable a été commis, et un monstre vengeur est lâché à leurs trousses. Olivier Salva, policier placardisé dans un groupe de surveillance, devient malgré lui le témoin clé du cyclone meurtrier. Il se retrouve plongé dans le sillage d'un assassin aussi glacial que méthodique. Des contrées désertiques aux méandres des rues toulousaines, quand la vindicte est en marche, plus rien ne peut l'arrêter... Un nouveau thriller hautement addictif, qui confirme Cédric Sire comme l'une des grandes voix du polar français ! « Fort, violent, hyper efficace. [...] Une pure merveille. [...] Un coup de poing ! » Gérard Collard, Sud Radio « Un polar diabolique [...] et sans concession. Excellent ! » Le Parisien « Stephen King teinté d'Hitchcock ! » Olivier NorekThe engagement party
Par Finley Turner. 2023
Kass Baptiste is newly engaged to her fiancé Murray Sedgemont after a whirlwind romance. Before they even get to share…
the news, an invitation arrives via messenger—to an engagement party hosted by Murray's parents. When Kass and Murray arrive at the Sedgemont Estate, she is astonished to learn that Murray's family is one of the most powerful families in North Carolina. As Kass's future mother-in-law, Beatrice, whips herself into a frenzy over the perfect party for the state's elite, Kass begins to receive anonymous threatening social media messages. On the night of the event, as champagne is popped and the celebrations begin, a body is found in the lavish home. All eyes are on Kass, the interloper amongst the rich and powerful guests. Over the course of the party, Kass's dark past unexpectedly becomes intertwined with the murder, and in order to prove her innocence, she must finally come to terms with her secrets. As Murray's family secrets are revealed, Kass must prove herself innocent while evading the anonymous threats that haunt her every moveDover: the collected short stories
Par Joyce Porter. 1995
Eleven stories published in Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine between 1968 and 1985. Vulgar British Chief Inspector Dover fits his investigations…
around his more important activities: eating, drinking, smoking, sleeping, and going to the bathroom. Includes a foreword on Porter's work by writer Robert Barnard and an afterword by Porter's brotherSpirit seeker
Par Joan Nixon. 1995
Holly Campbell is furious with her police detective father. Once again he is working late, missing an anniversary celebration with…
her mother. But when Mr. Campbell does arrive, he has some shocking news: Holly's boyfriend may be a suspect in the murder of his parents. For junior and senior high readersTales of mystery and imagination (The Everyman library)
Par Edgar Poe. 1996
Forty-six popular tales including "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Premature Burial," "The Black Cat," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Murders…
in the Rue Morgue," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Oblong Box," and "The Purloined Letter." Some violenceStress
Par Loren Estleman. 1996
Companion to Edsel (BR 10156). It is New Year's Eve 1972 when a Detroit cop moonlighting at a posh party…
shoots and kills three intruders. On the case is officer Charlie Battle, who knows the department is protecting its own yet doggedly pursues the truth up to the startling courtroom climax. Strong language and descriptions of sexThe cat who tailed a thief
Par Lilian Braun. 1997
A rash of petty thievery, newcomers in Pickax, a wedding, and a couple of murders Down Below keep Qwilleran, who…
has bought a condo for the winter, and his cats, KoKo and Yum Yum, busy during the holiday season. Bestseller"G" is for gumshoe
Par Sue Grafton. 1990
Kinsey Millhone has just taken the job of locating Irene Gersh's mother, Agnes, who has not been heard from for…
six months. Then Kinsey learns there is a contract out on her own life. As she pursues Agnes, Kinsey works under the watchful and romantically interested eye of security expert Robert Dietz. Strong language. BestsellerUnder my skin: a Hannah Wolfe mystery
Par Sarah Dunant. 1995
London private investigator Hannah Wolfe is hired when someone begins sabotaging Castle Dean, a women's health spa. Hannah soon identifies…
the staff member who put maggots in the yogurt and pulled other pranks to ruin business. But whoever paid the saboteur has also targeted the spa owner's plastic-surgeon husband and is still at large. Some strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sexThe edge of the crazies
Par Jamie Harrison. 1995
Archaeologist Jules Clement has returned to his hometown of Blue Deer, Montana, at the edge of the Crazy Mountains, where…
he follows in his late father's footsteps as sheriff. He finally has a case of substance when someone shoots screenwriter George Blackwater through his office window. George survives, but when his bitter wife becomes a target, she is less fortunate, which eliminates her as Clement's main suspect. Strong language and violenceThe hound of the Baskervilles: another adventure of Sherlock Holmes
Par Arthur Doyle. 1994
The evil of Sir Hugo, master of the lonely Baskerville manor on the moors, began the curse of the Baskervilles…
in the seventeenth century. Now, generations later, the legendary hound howls and Sir Charles Baskerville dies. Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson move in to solve the crime. Includes introduction by editor W.W. Robson and Doyle's chronologyBay of sorrows
Par Gaylord Dold. 1995
For Deputy Sheriff Tom Poole, life has become as suffocating as the acrid and thick air on the Texas Gulf…
coast. He is tired of corpses, but he knows that the old Vietnamese fisherman shot through the head was not a suicide, contrary to the bloated sheriff's decree. Even clashes between local and Vietnamese shrimpers don't account for what Poole begins to uncover. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sexSpare parts
Par Rick Hanson. 1994
Ex-cop turned sculptor Adam McCleet lives in fear of his sister Margot. Now Margot is demanding that Adam find the…
latest of her many husbands, orthodontist Phillip Stang, who went to Seattle for a convention but failed to check in with her. This is so uncharacteristic of the staid Phil that Adam reluctantly agrees to go to Seattle to play detective. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexWhen death comes stealing
Par Valerie Wesley. 1994
Now a private detective, Tamara Hayle quit her job on the police force when her young son, Jamal, was harassed…
by cops just because he was black. Her ex-husband, DeWayne Curtis, has four other sons all by different women. When two of the sons die, DeWayne begs Tamara to find out if someone killed them. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sexMissing Joseph
Par Elizabeth George. 1993
When the St. Jameses visit Lancashire, they are shocked to learn that an acquaintance, the vicar, has died of poisoning.…
They are also disturbed because the constable handling the case is having an affair with Juliet Spence, the herbalist responsible for the "accidental" poisoning. But, since the vicar was trying to help Juliet with her troubled thirteen-year-old daughter, would she kill him? Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexMurder at the God's gate: a Lord Meren mystery
Par Lynda Robinson. 1995
The young pharaoh Tutankhamun is beset by problems: a crumbling empire, invaders at the gates, and unrest within his court.…
Pharaoh's adviser, Lord Meren, suspects a conspiracy and uses ingenious investigative methods to uncover a plot that threatens the Egyptian empire. Sequel to Murder in the Place of Anubis (BR 10186)