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Sink or swim
Par Gerald Hammond. 1996
Wallace James's activity level is slowed by heart trouble and angina, but he still works in his sporting-goods shop in…
the highlands of Scotland. Listening to his CB radio, he overhears a blackmail attempt. It seems Colonel McInsch had failed to save a neighbor from drowning. Now there is some doubt as to the death's accidental nature. With his wife Janet's help, James investigatesTroubled waters
Par Carolyn Wheat. 1997
Jan Gebhardt surrenders after being a fugitive for fifteen years, accused of killing a federal agent while transporting illegal aliens.…
Her old acquaintance, attorney Cass Jameson, is worried that Jan may implicate her former boyfriend, a paraplegic veteran who is also Cass's brother. Strong language and violenceCaught in the light: a novel
Par Robert Goddard. 1999
After a passionate love affair with a woman he met in Vienna, married photographer Ian Jarrett returns to England seeking…
a divorce. Then his beloved disappears, and Ian discovers that she believes herself to be the reincarnation of the woman who invented photography. Ian is gradually drawn into a murderous plot. 1998Hard time: a V.I. Warshawski novel
Par Sara Paretsky. 1999
Chicago private detective V.I. Warshawski finds a fatally injured female escaped convict in the road. Police want to charge V.I.…
with murder, and the victim's powerful former employer is less than helpful. The relentless sleuth is burglarized, beaten, and imprisoned before she learns the truth. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1999Murder at the Library of Congress
Par Margaret Truman. 1999
Annabel Reed-Smith is happily ensconced at the Library of Congress's Hispanic room researching an article on Christopher Columbus and his…
aide Las Casas, whose lost diaries are rumored to reveal hidden treasure. When she finds the expert librarian on the subject murdered, Annabel and her husband, Mac, investigate. Some violence. 1999Full dress gray
Par Lucian Truscott. 1998
In this sequel to Dress Gray (RC 16136, BRA 16533), Ry Slaight returns to West Point thirty years after he…
graduated, this time as the new superintendent. His first day on the job, a young woman cadet dies on parade. During the ensuing investigation, Slaight's daughter Jacey, also a cadet, helps uncover a conspiracy involving students and officers. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexThe cat who robbed a bank
Par Lilian Braun. 1999
Autumn in Pickax brings festivals, the Scottish Games, and the return of estate jeweler Mr. Delacamp. But Mr. Delacamp is…
murdered in the newly restored hotel, and his assistant and the desk clerk are missing. Qwilleran takes clues from his cats, Koko and Yum Yum, to solve the crime. Bestseller. 1999Havana twist: a Willa Jansson mystery
Par Lia Matera. 1998
California attorney Willa Jansson travels to Cuba when her mother, a political activist, fails to return home. Deported to Mexico…
City for asking too many questions, Willa enlists the help of her former boyfriend, a San Francisco homicide detective. Some violenceThe unprotected witness
Par James Stevenson. 1997
Even though Pete's father was in the federal witness protection program, he was killed, and there is still the matter…
of missing money. The gangsters who want the money figure Pete knows where it is hidden. When Pete finds the telephone bugged, he realizes that he is an unprotected witness who needs friends more than ever. Sequel to The Bones in the Cliff (BR 10483). For grades 4-7Blue genes: a Kate Brannigan mystery
Par Val McDermid. 1996
Manchester private investigator Kate Brannigan is hired to rescue a punk rock band from saboteurs. But things become more complicated…
when her friends Alexis and Chris, who are involved in an illegal fertility experiment, become frightened after their gynecologist is murdered. Some strong language and some violenceBlanche cleans up
Par Barbara Neely. 1998
When Blanche White reluctantly agrees to fill in as housekeeper for a vacationing friend, she encounters a family in chaos.…
Mr. Brindle's campaign for governor is disrupted by a murder and a suicide in his household. Some of his African American supporters are particularly scornful and suspicious of Blanche. Strong language, violence, and descriptions of sexInvitation to a funeral
Par Molly Brown. 1995
London, 1676. Infamous playwright Aphra Behn is in the middle of rehearsing a new play with her patron's mistress miscast…
in the lead role, when Aphra learns that an old friend has been murdered. She feels obliged to investigate the seaman's death, which unravels more political secrets than she anticipated. Some violenceWe'll meet again
Par Mary Clark. 1999
Socialite Molly Lasch is paroled from prison after serving time for killing her physician husband. Fran Simmons, a former classmate…
of Molly's who is now an investigative reporter, is assigned to do a story on her. Fran becomes convinced that Molly is innocent even though her late husband's lover is soon murdered. BestsellerVow of silence
Par B. J Hoff. 1997
Jennifer and Daniel Kaine welcome two newcomers to Shepherd Valley, West Virginia. Whitney Sharyn, the deaf director of an organization…
for disabled people, hopes to escape her past, and Michael Devlin wants to help her. When Whitney's former boyfriend tracks her down and begins to stalk her, her faith is tested. Sequel to The Tangled Web (RC 46592, BR 11676)The unburied
Par Charles Palliser. 1999
Victorian England. While visiting an old school pal and conducting a search for a lost document at the cathedral library,…
Dr. Edward Courtine, a professor of medieval history, becomes involved in murder and embroiled in a centuries-old mystery. (A list of characters appears at the end.) Some violence. 1999The secret of Red Gate Farm (Nancy Drew Ser. #6)
Par Carolyn Keene. 1961
A reluctant saleswoman, a very expensive bottle of perfume, a girl who faints on a train, and a crude stranger…
on the same train pull Nancy Drew into a mystery that involves her with the Secret Service. For grades 3-6. 1931Fire and ice: a Liam Campbell mystery
Par Dana Stabenow. 1998
Recently demoted Alaska state trooper Liam Campbell deplanes at his new post and finds a dead body on the tarmac;…
his former lover, pilot Wy Chouinard, is bent over the corpse. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexWhat scares you the most? (The nightmare Room Ser. #No. 2)
Par R. L Stine. 2001
April and her teammates Kristen, Anthony, and Marlin have been abandoned on an empty island, without food or telephones. Anthony…
thinks it is part of the survival game. But April senses an evil presence on the island, waiting to strike. For grades 5-8. 2001Short mysteries by such diverse authors as Edith Wharton, John Cheever, Naguib Mahfouz, and Alice Walker. In "Miss Forbes's Summer…
of Happiness," a governess is killed, apparently in a fit of passion. In "The Johore Murders," someone is eliminating expatriates as they prepare to leave for home. Violence and some strong languageThe cat who sang for the birds
Par Lilian Braun. 1998
An elderly widow dies in a house fire after promising to leave her farm to the county. When a young…
artist also dies suspiciously, Qwilleran suspects that more than spring has arrived in Pickax. Meanwhile the Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum enjoy the gazebo that has been built for their bird-watching pleasure. Bestseller