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Creeping Ivy
Par Natasha Cooper. 1999
Trish Maguire, a barrister who handles child law, rushes to the aid of her cousin Antonia when Antonia's four-year-old daughter,…
Charlotte, goes missing. The police start zeroing in on the nanny, Antonia's boyfriend, and Charlotte's father. Before the investigation is over, even Trish is a suspectLost in the Everglades (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories ##161)
Par Carolyn Keene. 2001
Nancy Drew and her friends George and Bess visit the Everglades National Park in Flamingo, Florida, where they become involved…
in searching for a missing volunteer. They also encounter alligators, kidnappers, ecologists, and an ancient Native American artifact. For grades 4-7. 2001Un lieu incertain ((Chemins nocturnes).)
Par Fred Vargas. 2008
Adamsberg part pour trois jours de colloque à Londres. Estalère, le jeune brigadier, et Danglard - terrorisé à l'idée de…
passer sous la Manche - sont du voyage. Tout devait se passer de manière aérienne et décontractée, mais un événement macabre alerte leur collègue de New Scotland Yard, Radstock. [...] Tandis que l'enquête anglaise commence, les Français rentrent au pays, et se retrouvent confrontés à un horrible massacre dans un pavillon de banlieue. De fil en aiguille, Adamsberg, avec l'aide de Danglard, remonte une piste de vampires, et de tueurs de vampires, jusqu'en Serbie. [...] -- 4e de couvThe burglar in the rye: a Bernie Rhodenbarr mystery
Par Lawrence Block. 1999
Bernie Rhodenbarr, burglar and bookseller, is hired by an ex-lover of a famous, reclusive author to steal back letters now…
in the possession of a literary agent. The only problem is that the agent is dead when Bernie arrives, and he can't resist stealing some rubies as he flees. Some strong language and some violenceThe cat who saw stars
Par Lilian Braun. 1998
Qwilleran and his cats Koko and Yum Yum always retreat to his lake cottage in July. Just before they go…
this year, Qwilleran learns a young hiker has disappeared in that area. Then shortly after their arrival, Koko makes a discovery on the beach that keeps Qwilleran busy. BestsellerEmperor Norton's ghost: a Fremont Jones mystery
Par Dianne Day. 1998
In the wake of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Fremont Jones and her lover Michael open a private detective agency…
there. After Fremont accompanies a friend to a seance, the two mediums are murdered. During her investigation, Fremont sees a ghost herself--that of Norton I, Emperor of the United States. Some violence. 1998L'ombre d'Edgar Poe: roman (Best-sellers)
Par Matthew Pearl. 2009
"Matthew Pearl s'attaque à l'une des plus grandes énigmes de l'histoire littéraire : les derniers jours de la vie d'Edgar…
Poe. Baltimore, fin 1849. Quentin Hobson Clark, fervent admirateur de l'écrivain, souhaite faire toute la lumière sur les circonstances obscures qui entourent la mort d'Edgar Poe. Le jeune homme décide d'embarquer pour la France. A Paris, il fait la connaissance de deux hommes - l'exubérant baron Claude Dupin et le taciturne détective Auguste Duponte - qui peuvent chacun revendiquer avoir servi de modèle au célèbre enquêteur. Mais lequel des deux est le véritable Dupin ?" -- 4e de couvDeath lights a candle: an Asey Mayo Cape Cod mystery
Par Phoebe Taylor. 1960
Black coffee: a Hercule Poirot novel
Par Charles Osborne. 1997
Osborne has adapted as a novel this work originally written as a play by Agatha Christie in 1930. Scientist Sir…
Claud Amory believes someone in his home is trying to steal an important formula he has developed. He asks Poirot to come to his Surrey home and take the formula back to London. But when Poirot arrives, he finds Amory dead and soon identifies numerous suspects"Tandis que Lisbeth Salander coule des journées supposées tranquilles aux Caraïbes, Mikael Blomkvist, réhabilité, victorieux, est prêt à lancer un…
numéro spécial de Millénium sur un thème brûlant pour des gens haut placés : une sombre histoire de prostituées exportées des pays de l'Est. Mikael aimerait surtout revoir Lisbeth. Il la retrouve sur son chemin, mais pas vraiment comme prévu : un soir, dans une rue de Stockholm, il la voit échapper de peu à une agression manifestement très planifiée. [...]" -- 4e de couvThe captive voice
Par B. J Hoff. 1987
While honeymooning on Lake Erie, Jennifer Kaine and her husband Daniel, who is blind, meet Christian singer Vali Tremayne. Vali…
retired after the death of her fiance. Now it appears that her life is also in danger. With the help of God, the Kaines lend Vali their support. Sequel to Storm at Daybreak (RC 46590, BR 11674)Groucho Marx, private eye
Par Ron Goulart. 1999
Radio star Groucho Marx and his scriptwriter Frank Denby have had it with costar Polly Pilgrim, a spoiled child prodigy,…
when her actress mother is accused of murdering a plastic surgeon. Marx and Denby set out to prove the actress's innocence and uncover interesting information on the doctor. Some strong languageBiting the moon
Par Martha Grimes. 1999
An amnesiac teenager learns she is registered at a New Mexico bed and breakfast with a man claiming to be…
her father. She hides out in the woods freeing trapped animals for months before she and a new friend decide to solve the mystery of her identity. Strong language and some violenceDark river legacy
Par B. J Hoff. 1997
Jennifer and Daniel Kaine travel to Kentucky to help a friend, Mitch Donovan, organize the annual Heritage Arts Festival. Mitch…
is currently sheltering an elderly homeless woman who has amnesia. But someone is stalking her with plans of murder. Sequel to Vow of Silence (RC 46593, BR 11677)Murder at the Watergate: a novel
Par Margaret Truman. 1998
While Mac and Annabel Smith attend a fund-raiser for Vice President Joseph Aprile at the Watergate, a Mexican union organizer…
is killed in the garage. A few days later, a researcher for the Mexican Initiative is pushed from the Watergate's roof. The Smiths soon head to Mexico to investigate a connection between the deaths and financial investments in Aprile's campaign. Some strong languageWhispers in the fog (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories ##153)
Par Carolyn Keene. 2000
Nancy Drew and her gang--George, Bess, and Ned--take a vacation in northern California to visit a friend. Katie Firestone is…
a sea-kayaking champion who also owns a whale-watching tourist boat. But after the group arrives, someone begins sabotaging Katie's business. For grades 4-7. 2000Soft money: a Filomena Buscarsela mystery
Par K. Wishnia. 1999
Ecuadorian-born ex-NYPD policewoman Filomena joins rookie Janette Ivins investigating the murder of a friendly neighborhood grocer. Meanwhile, Filomena has a…
new job at an environmental firm where she soon suspects some illegal activity is depleting the charity funds. Some violence and some strong language. 1999Cromartie v. the god Shiva acting through the government of India
Par Rumer Godden. 1997
When a Canadian art dealer tries to sell an eleventh-century bronze statue of a Hindu god in London, the Indian…
government demands its return. Michael Dean is sent to India by his law firm to determine the statue's provenance. Tracing a replica of the statue leads to a murder and romantic complicationsMurder shoots the bull
Par Anne George. 1999
Petite Patricia Anne Hollowell and her plus-size sister Mary Alice Crane are thinking about getting involved in an investment club…
with neighbor Mitzi Phizer, when Mitzi's husband is accused of murdering his first wife. Of course the sisters feel they must help. And their own families create problems tooA treasury of cat mysteries
Par Martin Greenberg. 1998
Twenty-one tales featuring felines and crime by authors such as Lilian Jackson Braun, Joan Hess, and Bill Pronzini. In "SuSu…
and the 8:30 Ghost," a Siamese becomes friends with a wheelchair-using neighbor who was a cat in a previous life. In "Buster," a cat's death saves his owner's life