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Shooting star (Martha's Vineyard Mysteries Ser.)
Par Cynthia Riggs. 2007
The island's community theater prepares for the opening night of a stage adaptation of Frankenstein, written by ninety-two-year-old playwright (and…
sleuth) Victoria Trumbull. The production is marred by tragedy when a young actor disappears and an actress is murdered. Victoria investigates while the show goes on. Some strong language. 2007Dashing through the snow
Par Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark. 2008
Regan Reilly, Alvirah Meehan, and their families come to Branscombe, New Hampshire, for a holiday festival. Although four local market…
employees won millions in a lottery, a fifth coworker who normally plays is missing. While searching for the missing man, Regan and Alvirah discover wrongdoing in the town. Bestseller. 2008The Spellman files (Izzy Spellman Mystery Ser. #Bk. 1)
Par Lisa Lutz. 2007
Twenty-eight-year-old licensed private investigator Izzy Spellman has worked for her parents' PI firm for sixteen years. Fed up with her…
family's prying ways, Izzy agrees to work one last job--an unsolved missing-person case. Then Izzy's quirky fourteen-year-old sister Rae--who shadows people both recreationally and for the business--disappears. Strong language. 2007Raisins and almonds: a Phryne Fisher mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries Ser. #9)
Par Kerry Greenwood. 2007
Australia, 1920s. PI Phryne Fisher investigates the poisoning death of a Jewish student in a bookshop run by Miss Sylvia…
Lee. Aided by detective Jack Robinson, taxi-driver friends Bert and Cec, and companion Dot, Phryne finds evidence that exonerates Miss Lee and implicates the local Zionist movement. 2002Blood money: a mystery (Jessie Drake Mysteries Ser. #No. 3)
Par Rochelle Majer Krich. 1999
LAPD detective Jessie Drake investigates the murder of an elderly man in a park. Jessie learns he was Norman Pomerantz,…
a Holocaust survivor from New York City. As additional killings occur, Jessie uncovers a case of stolen identity leading to a philanthropic organization that reclaims Jewish property in Germany. 1999Bridesmaids revisited (Ellie Haskell Mystery Ser. #No. 10)
Par Dorothy Cannell. 2001
England. Ellie Haskell receives a letter from her grandmother Sophia's friends Rosemary, Thora, and Jane--collectively called the bridesmaids--informing her that…
Sophia would like to make contact. But Sophia has been dead for years. Ellie travels to Cambridgeshire for an adventure involving séances, a hidden diary, and a long-ago murder. 2000Beyond reach (Grant County Ser. #Bk. 6)
Par Karin Slaughter. 2007
Detective Lena Adams, last seen in Faithless (BR 16326), spends her vacation checking on her drug-addicted uncle Hank. When Lena…
is wrongly arrested for murder, her police-chief boss Jeffrey Tolliver and his medical-examiner wife Sara Linton help solve the bigotry-filled mystery. Violence and strong language. 2007The spring cleaning murders (Ellie Haskell Mystery Ser. #No. 8)
Par Dorothy Cannell. 1999
Ellie Haskell, housewife extraordinaire, seeks a new maid after her beloved Roxie quits. But when Gertrude Large, a member of…
Roxie's local charwomen's association, is murdered, Ellie turns to sleuthing. Aided by her husband and various cleaning products, Ellie tackles Gertrude's former clients to tidy up--and snoop around--their homes. 1998The thin woman: an epicurean mystery (Ellie Haskell #1)
Par Dorothy Cannell. 1992
Ellie Simons, beautiful but overweight, hires escort Bentley Haskell to pose as her fiancé on a visit to her uncle…
Merlin's imposing estate. Ellie encounters unexpected romance and a treasure hunt when Merlin suddenly passes away, leaving his fortune to her and Bentley--provided that she shed sixty pounds. 1984The hard way: a Rachel Alexander mystery (Rachel Alexander And Dash Mystery Ser.)
Par Carol Lea Benjamin. 2006
When a wealthy retired New York City businessman is pushed from a subway platform and killed by an oncoming train,…
his daughter hires dog-trainer-turned-PI Rachel Alexander to find the suspect--a homeless man. Rachel goes undercover with an Iraq War veteran who lives on the streets. Strong language. 2006In Dublin's fair city (Molly Murphy Mysteries Ser. #6)
Par Rhys Bowen. 2007
New York City theater impresario Tommy Burke hires detective Molly Murphy to find his long-lost sister in Ireland--Molly's homeland. On…
the voyage, Molly encounters actress Oona Sheehan, who, craving anonymity, proposes they trade identities. Soon after, Oona goes missing and her maid turns up dead. 2007Eight short detective tales and one of semisupernatural drama. In the title story, Mr. Parker Pyne seeks a thief when…
a diamond goes missing from a yachting party. In "Yellow Iris," Hercule Poirot solves one crime and thwarts another at a dinner party. Miss Marple shares a mystery tale. 1934Withering heights: An Ellie Haskell Mystery (Ellie Haskell Mysteries #11)
Par Dorothy Cannell. 2007
Housewife Ellie Haskell, her husband Ben, and maid Mrs. Malloy are called to Yorkshire, England, to find the missing buyer…
of a haunted Victorian mansion. Ben's cousin Tom won the lottery, bought the manor, and then disappeared--causing his wife and daughter to suspect former owner Lady Fiona. 2007T is for trespass (A kinsey Millhone Novel Ser. #20)
Par Sue Grafton. 2007
Santa Teresa, California. After PI Kinsey Millhone's elderly neighbor Gus Vronsky falls, his great-niece hires nurse Solana Rojas to care…
for him. Kinsey investigates Solana's background, but doesn't learn until much later that Solana is a sociopath who is abusing and robbing Gus. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2007Up in Honey's room: A Novel
Par Elmore Leonard. 2007
Federal marshal Carl Webster, from Hot Kid (DB 60336, BR 16125), travels to Detroit in 1944 to search for escaped…
German POWs. Webster interviews beautiful Honey Deal, the divorced wife of Nazi meatcutter Walter Schoen, and investigates Ukrainian spy Vera Mezwa. Strong language and some violence. 2007Murder on the Ballarat train: a Phryne Fisher mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries Ser. #3)
Par Kerry Greenwood. 1991
Australia, 1928. Private detective Phryne Fisher saves all but one of her fellow first-class train passengers from death by chloroform…
poisoning. Elderly Mrs. Henderson has been murdered and a teenage female is discovered suffering from amnesia. Phryne is hired to investigate. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1991Our lady of pain (Edwardian Murder Mysteries Ser.)
Par Marion Chesney. 2006
When private detective Captain Harry Cathcart is seen squiring courtesan Dolores Duval around London, his fiancée, debutante Lady Rose Summer,…
becomes jealous and her parents cancel the engagement. Rose threatens Dolores, discovers the courtesan's body the next day, and becomes the prime suspect in her murder. Some strong language. 2006Santa cruise: a holiday mystery at sea
Par Mary Higgins Clark, Carol Higgins Clark. 2006
Millionaire Randolph Weed organizes a holiday charity cruise. Invited guests include a writers group, lottery winners Alvirah and Willy Meehan,…
and private detective Regan Reilly and her husband Jack. Weed's nephew Eric also smuggles aboard two wanted felons who plan to escape once they reach the Caribbean. Bestseller. 2006Prisoner 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. 2006Easier to kill: a Tamara Hayle mystery (Tamara Hayle Mystery Ser.)
Par Valerie Wilson Wesley. 2003
Radio star Mandy Magic hires private investigator Tamara Hayle to look into the murder of Mandy's stylist, who was also…
her second cousin. Vandalism and an anonymous note that reads "movin' on up" may be ominous clues that Mandy is also a target. Some violence and some strong language. 1998