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Hot money
Par Dick Francis. 1987
Complex detective novel that blends the ambience of horse racing with the volatile world of high finance. Gold trader Malcolm…
Pembroke contacts the one son he feels he can trust, amateur steeplechase jockey Ian, a few weeks after Malcolm's fifth wife, Moira, is murdered. Malcolm believes that Moira, who was on the point of divorcing him and suing for half his estate, was murdered to prevent this legacy takeover. BestsellerThe Armageddon rag
Par George Martin. 1983
The lead singer of a top rock group, the Nazgul, is murdered at a concert in 1971 while screaming out…
the lyrics of "The Armageddon Rag." Now, thirteen years later, the group's promoter is ritually killed, and one-time underground writer Sandy Blair sets out on a jarring cross-country investigation of his death. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexDeath in Kenya
Par M. M Kaye. 1983
High-spirited Victoria comes to Kenya just after the Mau Mau uprising to help her aging aunt run the cattle farm.…
A series of eerie events culminates in several murders, including the stabbing of the wife of her cousin Eden, the man she once lovedFreak: a novel of suspense
Par Michael Collins. 1983
Dan Fortune, a rugged Manhattan detective, is hired by a wealthy computer magnate to find his youngest son, who married…
hastily and vanished with his totally unsuitable young wife. The faint trail leads Fortune across the country to Arizona, where he tracks the couple, only to have the case backfire in a nightmare of bloody surprises. Strong languageAlways a body to trade: a Mario Balzic mystery
Par K. C Constantine. 1983
Mario Balzic, the semi-boozy police chief of Rocksburg, Pennsylvania, investigates the murder of a woman without an identity. Soon Balzic…
connects the homicide to recent doings in town involving federal narcotics agents and a suspected local drug dealer. Strong languageThe crossword mystery (Raven House mysteries)
Par Robert Gillespie. 1979
When the New York queen of crossword-puzzle makers dies of starvation in a locked room, two of her assistants set…
out to prove she was murdered. The only clues to her murderer are contained in an obscure crossword puzzle that no one knows exists. Some strong languageSummer crossing: a novel
Par Steve Tesich. 1982
In the summer of 1961 in the town of East Chicago, Indiana, Daniel Price graduates from high school and becomes…
obsessed with his newfound love, Rachel. Even though Daniel's future is uncertain and his father is dying of cancer, his main concern is his affair with Rachel. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexThe brides of Aberdar
Par Christianna Brand. 1982
A curse dating back to the days of Good Queen Bess awaits all future brides of the Tudor manor house…
of Aberdar. The curse returns with a vengeance to haunt homely Hetty, the well-meaning governess who agrees to marry the widowed father of the twin girls she adoresCurtain
Par Agatha Christie. 1975
The final case of Hercule Poirot, the Belgian detective. Old and arthritic, he returns to Styles court, the scene of…
his first case in England. When it becomes evident that someone at Styles is a murderer, he sends for his friend Captain Hastings to help investigate, but Poirot refuses to disclose his suspect's name. Bestseller 1972Death times three: a Nero Wolfe mystery
Par Rex Stout. 1985
Three previously published novellas written between 1940 and 1961. "Bitter End," first of the author's forty novellas, features Tecumseh Fox.…
"Frame Up for Murder" introduces the relationship between Archie and Flora. "Assault on a Brownstone" is the original version of "Counterfeit for Murder." Some strong language"E" is for evidence: a Kinsey Millhone mystery
Par Sue Grafton. 1988
Gutsy private eye Kinsey Millhone is up to her ears in trouble when she is unwittingly set up to take…
a fall in an insurance scam. Before charges can be brought against her, she investigates the frame-up and finds it tied to one family's onerous past and to a heinous secretDie-cast
Par Neville Steed. 1987
Antique-toy dealer Peter Marklin, his girlfriend, beautiful Arabella, and incorrigible Gus are called upon to solve the murder of Ben…
Maxwell, an ex-Grand Prix driver who is involved with drugs. Who bashed in Ben's head, cracked his jaw, and, for good measure, gouged out his eye? Reluctantly applying his intuition, Peter discovers two culprits. Some strong languageAll the dangerous things: A novel
Par Stacy Willingham. 2023
"Reader Vacker does a remarkable job voicing the main characters and keeping the tension high....Mystery and true crime fans will…
be drawn in and ultimately satisfied by this complex, tense tale read expertly by a talented narrator." - Booklist "[Karissa] Vacker switches easily between the higher female voices and the lower male voices, creating recognizable and believable characters.... Listeners will enjoy a gripping and twisty story." — AudioFile on Earphones Award winner A Flicker in the Dark Following up her instant New York Times bestseller, A Flicker in the Dark , Stacy Willingham delivers a totally gripping thriller about a desperate mother with a troubled past in All the Dangerous Things . One year ago, Isabelle Drake's life changed forever: her toddler son, Mason, was taken out of his crib in the middle of the night while she and her husband were asleep in the next room. With little evidence and few leads for the police to chase, the case quickly went cold. However, Isabelle cannot rest until Mason is returned to her—literally. Except for the occasional catnap or small blackout where she loses track of time, she hasn't slept in a year. Isabelle's entire existence now revolves around finding him, but she knows she can't go on this way forever. In hopes of jarring loose a new witness or buried clue, she agrees to be interviewed by a true-crime podcaster—but his interest in Isabelle's past makes her nervous. His incessant questioning paired with her severe insomnia has brought up uncomfortable memories from her own childhood, making Isabelle start to doubt her recollection of the night of Mason's disappearance, as well as second-guess who she can trust... including herself. But she is determined to figure out the truth no matter where it leads. A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur BooksThe other half (Detective Inspector Caius Beauchamp #1)
Par Charlotte Vassell. 2023
You know how they live. This is how they die... A STUNNING DEBUT FROM YOUR NEXT FAVORITE MYSTERY WRITER •…
Rupert's 30th birthday party is a black-tie dinner at the Kentish Town McDonald's—catered with cocaine and expensive champagne. The morning after, his girlfriend Clemmie is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, a single stiletto heel jutting from under a bush. "A perfectly modern whodunnit." —Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author of I Will Find You Who killed Clemmie? Was it the blithe, sociopathic boyfriend? His impossibly wealthy godmother? The gallery owner with whom Clemmie was having an affair? Or was it the result of something else entirely? All the party-goers have alibis. Naturally. This investigation is going to be about aristocrats and Classics degrees, Instagram influencers and whose father knows who. Or is it 'whom'? Detective Caius Beauchamp isn't sure. He's sharply dressed, smart, and thoroughly modern—he discovers Clemmie's body on his early morning jog. As he searches for the dark truth beneath the luxurious life of these London socialites, a wall of staggering wealth and privilege threatens to shut down his investigation before it's even begun. Can Caius peer through the tangled mess of connections in which the other half live—and die—before the case is wrenched from his hands? Bitingly funny, full of shocking twists, and all too familiar, The Other Half is a truly stunning debutI heard a fly buzz when i died (Emily Dickinson Mystery #2)
Par Amanda Flower. 2023
When a literary icon stays with the Dickinson family, Emily and her housemaid Willa find themselves embroiled in a shocking…
murder in this new mystery from USA Today bestselling and Agatha Award–winning author Amanda Flower. August 1856. The Dickinson family is comfortably settled in their homestead on Main Street. Emily’s brother, Austin Dickinson, and his new wife are delighted when famous thinker and writer Ralph Waldo Emerson comes to Amherst to speak at a local literary society and decides he and his young secretary, Luther Howard, will stay with the newlyweds. Emily has been a longtime admirer of Emerson’s writing and is thrilled at the chance to meet her idol. She is determined to impress him with her quick wit, and if she can gather the courage, a poem. Willa Noble, the second maid in the Dickinson home and Emily's friend, encourages her to speak to the famous but stern man. But his secretary, Luther, intrigues Willa more because of his clear fondness for the Dickinson sisters. Willa does not know if Luther truly cares for one of the Dickinson girls or if he just sees marrying one of them as a way to raise himself up in society. After a few days in his company, Willa starts to believe it’s the latter. Miss Lavinia, Emily’s sister, appears to be enchanted by Luther; a fact that bothers Emily greatly. However, Emily’s fears are squashed when Luther turns up dead in the Dickinson’s garden. It seems that he was poisoned. Emerson, aghast at the death of his secretary, demands answers. Emily and Willa set out to find them in order to save the Dickinson family reputation and stop a cold-blooded fiend from killing againBlood betrayal (Blackwater Falls #2)
Par Ausma Khan. 2023
In Blackwater Falls, Colorado, veteran police officer Harry Cooper is hot on the heels of some local vandals when the…
situation turns deadly: Harry, believing one of them has a gun, opens fire and Duante Young, a young Black man, is killed. The "gun" in Duante's hands was a bottle of spray paint. Meanwhile, in nearby Denver, a drug raid goes south and a Latino teen, Mateo Ruiz, is also killed. The Denver Police force is spread thin between the two cases, and protests on both sides begin. Detective Inaya Rahman and her boss, Lieutenant Waqas Seif, have their work cut out for them as they consider the guilt of the perpetrators and their victims. Harry was, by all accounts, an officer dedicated to the communities he served: Was this shooting truly a terrible mistake? Duante was, to some, a street artist with no prior record, but to others, he was a vandal. Mateo was either in the wrong place at the wrong time, or a dangerous drug dealer. In either case, was lethal force truly necessary? While Inaya is forced to reckon with her own prejudices and work through those of her colleagues, she must discover the truth of what really happened on one fateful night in Blackwater Falls. A complex and timely mystery, Blood Betrayal proves once again that Ausma Zehanat Khan is a writer at the peak of her powersThe edge (6:20 Man #2)
Par David Baldacci. 2023
The 6:20 Man is back, dropped by his handlers into a small coastal town in Maine to solve the murder…
of a CIA agent who knew America's dirtiest secrets—can Travis Devine uncover the truth before his time runs out? When CIA operative Jenny Silkwell is murdered in rural Maine, government officials have immediate concerns over national security. Her laptop and phone were full of state secrets that, in the wrong hands, endanger the lives of countless operatives. In need of someone who can solve the murder quickly and retrieve the missing information, the U.S. government knows just the chameleon they can call on. Ex-Army Ranger Travis Devine spent his time in the military preparing to take on any scenario, followed by his short-lived business career chasing shadows in the deepest halls of power, so his analytical mind makes him particularly well-suited for complex, high-stakes tasks. Taking down the world's largest financial conspiracy proved his value, and in comparison, this case looks straightforward. Except small towns hold secrets and Devine finds himself an outsider again. Devine must ingratiate himself with locals who have trusted each other their whole lives, and who distrust outsiders just as much. Dak, Jenny's brother, who's working to revitalize the town. Earl, the retired lobsterman who found Jenny's body. And Alex, Jenny's sister with a dark past of her own. As Devine gets to know the residents of Putnam, Maine, answers seem to appear and then transform into more questions. There's a long history of secrets and those who will stop at nothing to keep them from being exposed. Leaving Devine with no idea who he can trust... and who wants him deadAlex cross must die (Alex Cross #32)
Par James Patterson. 2023
"One of the greatest fictional detectives of all time" (Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) is in the sights of the…
Dead Hours Killer, a serial murderer on a ruthless mission. An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope. Alex Cross Must Die. "Drop whatever you're doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport," DC Metro Police dispatch says. "A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto." Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn't fail—it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War–era machine gun. The list of experts who can operate the weapon is short. And time before another lethal strike runs even shorter. Especially for Detective Cross. Alex Cross Must DieBetrayal: A robin lockwood novel (Robin Lockwood #7)
Par Phillip Margolin. 2023
In Phillip Margolin's Betrayal , attorney Robin Lockwood finds herself defending her old nemesis in a multiple-murder case with too…
many suspects, where success might cost her own life. Robin Lockwood is now a prominent defense attorney in Portland, Oregon but a decade ago, she was a ranked and rising MMA fighter. Her career came to a quick end when she was knocked out and concussed in the first round by Mandy Kerrigan, a much more talented fighter. Now the situation couldn't be more different, with Kerrigan on her last legs, her career nearly over, arrested for the quadruple murder of the entire Finch family...and Kerrigan's only possible friend is the attorney she beat so many years ago. For Robin, it's no simple case: Margaret Finch was a lawyer working for vicious Russian mobsters, and was in the cross-hairs of both the mobsters and the widower of a woman a client killed; her husband Nathan Finch was deeply in debt to a bookie who threatened his life; her son Ryan was the one who sold Kerrigan illegal performance enhancing drugs and was beaten severely by her when Kerrigan failed her drug test. To complicate matters further, the DA that Robin is facing is the man she's just started dating, the first person she's begun seeing seriously after her husband was killed. In a case where the stakes are high and the truth is elusive, where each new fact twists the case in a new direction, there is seemingly no way to win or direction to turn that will leave Robin Lockwood unscathed. A Macmillan Audio production from Minotaur BooksThe penguin book of murder mysteries
Par Michael Sims. 2023
For classic murder mystery readers, a scintillating anthology of lost treasures to read alongside Edgar Allan Poe and Sherlock Holmes…
A Penguin Classic For The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries , writer and anthologist Michael Sims did not summon the usual suspects. He sought the unfamiliar, the unjustly forgotten, and little-known gems by writers from outside the genre. This historical tour of one of our most popular literary categories includes stories never before reprinted, features rebellious early "lady detectives," and spotlights former stars of the crime field—Austrian novelist Auguste Groner and prolific American Geraldine Bonner among them. For twenty-first century connoisseurs of crime, The Penguin Book of Murder Mysteries celebrates how the nineteenth century added a fierce modern twist to the ancient theme of bloody murder