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Blanche passes go
Par Barbara Neely. 2000
Blanche White returns to North Carolina from Boston. Assisting a friend in her catering business when a local girl is…
murdered, the African American maid-turned-sleuth investigates the suspect--the rich white man who had raped Blanche years ago--and confronts racial prejudice. Descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2000Prodigal father: a Father Dowling mystery
Par Ralph McInerny. 2002
Father Dowling is on a retreat at the Order of St. Athanasius--an institution wealthy in Chicago real estate but poor…
in personnel, having only seven remaining priests. When an ex-priest is murdered on the grounds, suspects include the staff, a benefactor's grandson, and the dead man's former business partner. 2002L'homme qui venait de nulle part
Par Penelope Williamson. 2008
"Veuve depuis peu, la jeune et belle Rachel lutte pour élever seule son fils tout en respectant les règles de…
la communauté des Justes. Une vie simple et austère, qui suit le rythme immuable et exigeant de la nature selon l'ordre voulu par Dieu. Mais la jeune femme ne se sent pas encore prête à se remarier, comme le lui impose la loi de son clan. Encore sous le choc de la barbarie de ces "étrangers" qui ont assassiné son époux, Rachel essaie simplement de reprendre le cours de sa vie. Un matin d'hiver, un homme survient, qui va bouleverser son destin... Un meurtrier, un hors-la-loi issu du monde de violence et de haine que les Justes rejettent. À l'encontre de toute règle, Rachel va porter secours à cet étranger, au risque de se voir bannie des siens..." -- 4e de couvShadows of sin: a Jessie Drake mystery
Par Rochelle Majer Krich. 2001
Los Angeles detective Jessie Drake and her partner Phil Okum investigate the murder of a prominent plastic surgeon. Suspects include…
the doctor's family and some discontented patients. Jessie is also contending with the pregnancy of her sister, a former child abuser, and studying Jewish tradition. Some violence and some strong language. 2001Maigret and the Hotel Majestic
Par Georges Simenon. 1977
One of the guests at a luxury hotel in Paris is murdered. The body is found by breakfast cook Prosper…
Donge. Superintendent Maigret questions Donge and the other hotel staff and guests to discover who among them is keeping secrets. 1977Green Calder grass
Par Janet Dailey. 2002
In this sequel to Calder Pride (BR 13022), Ty Calder has recovered from a kidnapping attempt and is expecting twins…
with his second wife, Jessy. But Ty's former wife, Tara, becomes increasingly jealous and tries to reclaim her ex. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2002Claire Marvel: a novel
Par John Burnham Schwartz. 2002
Julian Rose reflects on Claire Marvel, a fellow Harvard student with whom he began a momentous affair in 1985. Their…
romance suffers from Julian's timidity, Claire's father's illness, and Claire's ultimate betrayal with Julian's advisor. As Julian follows his fate, he cannot help looking back. 2002Maigret at the coroner's
Par Georges Simenon. 1980
In 1949 French Chief Superintendent Maigret is in Tucson, Arizona, on a professional junket where he attends a trial. Five…
air force men are accused of causing the death of a woman they abandoned in the desert. Cultural differences continually intrigue the detective. Some strong language. 1952The bones in the attic
Par Robert Barnard. 2002
Matt Harper, former soccer-player-turned-media-reporter, discovers a baby's skeleton in his newly bought house in Leeds. The police date the death…
to 1969 when, coincidentally, Matt stayed with his aunt in the same neighborhood. He investigates and uncovers unsavory secrets about his childhood playmates. Some strong language. 2001You never can tell
Par Kathleen Eagle. 2001
Journalist Heather Reardon wants to tell the story of former Indian rights activist Kole Kills Crow, her goddaughter's father. Falsely…
accused of murder, Kole has been in hiding for years. When Heather tracks him down, he is forced to confront the demons from his past. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2001Flipped
Par Wendelin Van Draanen. 2003
In alternating chapters, neighbors Juli Baker and Bryce Loski describe how their feelings for each other and their families have…
changed since second grade. Juli used to chase Bryce, and now he wishes she still did. For grades 5-8. 2001Winter and night
Par S. J Rozan. 2002
Private investigator Bill Smith and his partner Lydia Chin leave Manhattan to help Smith's fifteen-year-old runaway nephew, Gary. Gary's family…
lives in the New Jersey suburbs where he is suspected of killing his drug-dealing girlfriend. But Gary's dad also has a secret. Violence and strong language. 2002This lullaby: a novel
Par Sarah Dessen. 2002
Raised by a mother who writes romance novels and had five husbands, eighteen-year-old Remy Starr believes in short-term, noncommitment relationships.…
But in the summer before college, she meets Dexter, a musician in a rock band, and begins to change her mind. Some strong language. For senior high readers. 2002L'envol des anges: roman (Études québécoises)
Par Michael Connelly. 2000
Le détective Harry Bosch se voit confier une enquête explosive dans laquelle ses collègues constituent les premiers suspects et qui…
risque, à la moindre erreur, d'embraser tout le quartier Noir. Une intrigue brillamment tissée et qui tient en haleine jusqu'à la dernière page1st to die
Par James Patterson. 2001
A serial killer of newlyweds prompts an investigation by Lindsay Boxer, a San Francisco homicide detective recently diagnosed with a…
potentially fatal blood disease. She recruits a medical examiner, a journalist, and a district attorney (all women) to help find the murderer. Violence, some descriptions of sex, and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001La galerie des jalousies: roman / 1
Par Marie-Bernadette Dupuy. 2016
" La Grande Guerre vient de se terminer avec son lot de morts, de destructions et de malheurs. Dans le…
village minier de Faymoreau, un accident grave se produit lorsqu'un coup de grisou provoque l'effondrement d'une galerie, causant la mort de trois travailleurs. Deux autres malheureux, dont Thomas Marot, sont prisonniers dans les entrailles de la Terre et les chances de les sauver sont minces. Lorsqu'elle apprend la tragédie qui frappe l'homme qu'elle aime depuis toujours, Isaure Millet se précipite sur les lieux, car même si Thomas s'apprête à se marier avec une ouvrière polonaise, elle espère toujours qu'il changera d'idée. Or, l'événement prend une tournure inattendue lorsqu'on retire des décombres le corps d'une des victimes: elle a été assassinée d'une balle dans le dos... " -- 4e de couvFamily honor
Par Robert B Parker. 1999
Ex-cop Sunny Randall works as a Boston private detective while she completes her BFA and paints. She recently divorced her…
husband because of his family mob ties, but still cares for him. In her current case, Sunny is suspicious of the wealthy couple looking for their runaway daughter. Strong language and violence. BestsellerA season of miracles
Par Heather Graham. 2001
Young widow Jillian Llewellyn immerses herself in designing jewelry at her grandfather's Manhattan firm. When she and his new partner,…
Robert Marston, meet, they both feel an indescribable attraction. Amongst family rivalries and sightings of ghosts at each of their country estates, they fall in love. 2001The cabinet of curiosities
Par Douglas J Preston. 2002
Archaeologist Nora Kelly of the Museum of Natural History in NYC joins forces with FBI agent Pendergast and newspaper reporter…
Bill Smithback to find a murderer who's mimicking a nineteenth-century serial killer. This felon needs live victims to produce a life-extending elixir. Some violence and some strong language. 2002The importance of being Ernestine: an Ellie Haskell mystery
Par Dorothy Cannell. 2002
Lady Krumley has a family curse. Ellie Haskell and Roxie Malloy, posing as private detectives, agree to break it. Their…
task entails finding Ernestine, daughter of their elderly employer's former maid. Lady Krumley had mistreated the maid and seeks to make amends to the daughter--now forty years old. 2002