Résultats de recherche de titre
Articles 101 à 120 sur 3054
The scapegoat
Par Daphne Maurier. 1957
John, an English professor on holiday in France, encounters his exact double, Frenchman Jean de Gué. Monsieur de Gué, who…
is beset by family and business problems, deceitfully shifts identities with John, leaving the hapless Englishman in a sea of troubles. 1956Stone quarry
Par S. J Rozan. 1999
P.I. Bill Smith normally uses his upstate New York cabin to unwind, but this time he's there on business. An…
art theft could expose the true identity of an anonymous local farmer unless Smith can recover the paintings. Meanwhile, Smith must locate a friend suspected of murder. Violence and strong language. 1999The clue of the gold doubloons
Par Carolyn Keene. 1999
Nancy Drew and her girlfriend George are assisting twins Andrew and Daniel Wagner film a documentary in Baltimore about pirates.…
After several hotel rooms are burglarized and fake gold doubloons left behind, Nancy suspects that someone from the crew is involved. For grades 4-7. 1999Nate the Great and the crunchy Christmas (Nate The Great Ser. #No. 18)
Par Marjorie Sharmat. 1997
Nate the Great drops everything when his neighbor Annie's large scary dog, Fang, needs a mystery solved. Fang's mother sends…
him a card every Christmas, but this year's hasn't arrived and Fang is unhappy. For grades 2-4. 1996The game of thirty
Par William Kotzwinkle. 1994
New York P.I. Jimmy McShane is hired by the daughter of Tommy Rennseler, a specialist in Egyptian antiques, to find…
her father's murderer. Rennseler was playing a pharaoh's board game when he was killed. Now it appears McShane is a pawn on the streets of New York. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexThe bungalow mystery (Nancy Drew #3)
Par Carolyn Keene. 2000
The howler (Nightmare Room Ser. #7)
Par R. L Stine. 2001
Thirteen-year-old Spencer Turner wants to communicate with one particular ghost so desperately he wastes lots of money on ghost detectors.…
Then he buys a device that allows him to speak to nearby howling ghosts, and his problems really begin. For grades 5-8. 2001Encyclopedia Brown and the case of the slippery salamander (Encyclopedia Brown Ser. #No. 22)
Par Donald Sobol. 1999
The clue on the crystal dove (Star Trek: Starfleet Corps Of Engineers Ser. #45)
Par Carolyn Keene. 2001
On vacation in New York City, Nancy Drew and her friends become involved with a family whose historic mansion and…
priceless glass-bird collection is about to open as a public museum. Stolen pieces, falling chandeliers, and other disturbances threaten the project. For grades 4-7. 2001Dovey Coe
Par Frances Dowell. 2000
In North Carolina in 1928, twelve-year-old Dovey Coe is on trial for the murder of Parnell Caraway, who wanted to…
marry Dovey's older sister. Recounting what led to this crisis, Dovey tells about her family and her special bond with Amos, her thirteen-year-old deaf brother. For grades 5-8. 2000Tell me lies
Par Jennifer Crusie. 1998
After finding crotchless underpants in her husband's car, Maddie Faraday decides to get revenge by seducing recently returned C.L. Sturgis,…
with whom she had a one-night stand in high school. Then Maddie's husband disappears before she can divorce him and the town suspects she murdered him. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sexThe face on the wall
Par Jane Langton. 1998
Children's book illustrator Annie Swann moves into a new wing of her Massachusetts house and begins to paint a wall…
mural. She rents the old half of her house to a family named Gast. But things go terribly wrong--with both the mural and the Gasts. Annie's uncle, detective Homer Kelly, steps in to help. Some violence and some strong languageIt's my life
Par Michael Harrison. 1997
Martin's mother had ordered him straight home from school. When she calls to check on him, Martin reaches for the…
phone only to have someone grab him from behind. So begins Martin's kidnapping, which becomes more and more bizarre as he realizes just who his enemies really are. For grades 6-9The chocolate-covered contest
Par Carolyn Keene. 1999
Nancy Drew and her friends Bess and George think they have won a million dollars while visiting a chocolate company's…
theme park. But they are accused of tampering with the contest and are almost killed at the animal safari. Nancy suspects a fix. For grades 4-7. 1999Murder in Foggy Bottom
Par Margaret Truman. 2000
A well-dressed corpse in Washington's Foggy Bottom may be connected to three suspicious commuter plane crashes. Lovers Max Pauling and…
Jessica Mumford, both of the State Department, are pursuing the investigation when Jessica's ex-husband turns up, fleeing the right-wing extremist faction in which he'd been operating undercover. Some violence and some strong language. 2000Storm at daybreak
Par B. J Hoff. 1995
Jennifer Terry is hired as an assistant to the owner of a Christian radio station in West Virginia. Left sightless…
by a drunken driver, Daniel Kaine is a composer as well as an ex-Olympic swimmer. While they gradually fall in love, their happiness is threatened by attempts on Dan's life. Prequel to The Captive Voice (BR 11675)Detective duos
1997
Following their introduction in which the editors discuss the many combinations of detective duos in fiction, this husband-and-wife team offers…
twenty-five works covering the broad spectrum of mysteries both in historical development and in types of partnerships. Each story includes a brief introduction and offers suggested titles for further readingNightfall
Par David Goodis. 1947
Commercial artist Jim Vanning is on the run, pursued by ruthless people who believe he is sitting on a cache…
of money from a bank robbery. Before the worst happens, New York police detective Fraser locates Vanning and helps him get to the bottom of his plight"O" is for outlaw
Par Sue Grafton. 1999
When P.I. Kinsey Millhone buys items from a storage salvager, she is surprised to find an old letter exonerating her…
ex-husband, vice cop Mickey Magruder, of murder. Now Mickey has been shot and lies in a coma. Kinsey investigates the shooting and becomes the next target. Some violence. BestsellerAll through the night
Par Mary Clark. 1998
It has been seven years since Sondra Lewis left her newborn baby in front of a church; simultaneously Lenny Centino…
was stealing a chalice from it. Now as amateur sleuth Alvirah Meehan tries to help the church's priest and nuns save their afterschool haven, she uncovers a connection between those events and a child at the center. Bestseller