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Tell 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 sexHoofbeats of danger (History Mysteries, American Girl)
Par Holly Hughes. 1999
Red Buttes Station, 1860. Eleven-year-old Annie loves living on a Pony Express outpost in the Nebraska Territory. But someone is…
misusing her favorite horse Magpie, and Annie is determined to find out who the culprit is. For grades 4-7. 1999The 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. 2000The blue last: a Richard Jury mystery
Par Martha Grimes. 2001
Superintendent Richard Jury of Scotland Yard is asked by a dying colleague to investigate the possibility that babies were switched…
during the London blitz. Jury and his friend Melrose Plant uncover two intertwined, wealthy families; a duplicitous nanny; and a pair of precocious, endangered children. Some strong language. 2001Storm 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 readingOn the street where you live
Par Mary Clark. 2001
Because lawyer Emily Graham is being stalked, she changes jobs and moves to New Jersey. She buys the house that…
once belonged to her great-great-grandaunt Madeline Shapley, whose skeleton turns up in Emily's back yard. Suddenly Emily finds herself being followed again. Some violence. Bestseller. 2001The Hardy Boys casefiles collector's edition: Beyond the Law; Spiked; Open Season (The Hardy Boys Casefiles Ser. #Nos. 55, 58 & 59)
Par Franklin Dixon, Franklin Dixon. 1999
Three mystery stories featuring brothers Joe and Frank Hardy, entitled Beyond the Law, Spiked!, and Open Season. The boys investigate…
crooked cops, compete in a deadly volleyball tournament, and struggle to survive a cross-country ski trek. For grades 4-7. 1992.For grades 4-7. 1992Nightfall
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. BestsellerLegacy of the dead: an Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery
Par Charles Todd. 2000
Scotland, 1919. Shellshocked Inspector Ian Rutledge investigates a case involving a murdered woman who had given birth to an illegitimate…
child. Rutledge discovers that the person accused of the crime is none other than the fiancée of Corporal Hamish MacLeod--the soldier he executed for cowardice during the war. 2000Voices at Whisper Bend (History Mysteries, American Girl)
Par Katherine Ayres. 1999
During World War II twelve-year-old Charlotte and her classmates in Pennsylvania collect scrap metal to help in the war effort.…
When the collection is stolen from the school, Charlotte takes a major risk to find the thief. For grades 4-7. 1999Oedipe roi: roman d'après la tragédie de Sophocle (Folio policier)
Par Didier Lamaison. 2006
"En arrivant dans une cité harcelée par les vieux démons de la peur et de la division, OEdipe a ouvert…
les portes et les coeurs. Il a naturellement été fait roi. Personne ne sait d'où il vient. Le sait-il lui-même ? Une enquête haletante va révéler une vérité si effrayante qu'OEdipe roi de Sophocle est devenu, au fil des siècles, la mère de toutes les tragédies, celle qui porte en elle tous les modèles du roman noir." -- 4e de couvThe cat who smelled a rat
Par Lilian Braun. 2001
Moose County awaits the first snowfall, hoping it will end the drought that may be the cause of a rash…
of fires. Columnist Jim Qwilleran suspects arson when his Siamese cats Koko and Yum Yum demand his attention with catfits. Then a murder occurs, and the local bookstore goes up in flames. Bestseller. 2001Money, money, money: a novel of the 87th Precinct
Par Ed McBain. 2001
A lion almost kills Detective Steve Carella when he tries to remove a woman's body from the zoo den. Carella…
and Fat Ollie Weeks uncover drug smugglers, counterfeit money, hit women, and Arab terrorists while pursuing the case. They also face off with the treasury department. Violence and strong language. 2001Death and restoration: a Jonathan Argyll mystery
Par Iain Pears. 1998
Flavia di Stefan, of the art theft squad, learns that infamous English art thief Mary Verney is returning to Italy.…
Flavia enlists the help of her fiancé, lecturer Jonathan Argyll, to keep Mary from plundering any more items. They soon realize that the target is an obscure madonna icon of little obvious value