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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A dangerous case with ties leading back to the battlefields of World War I dredges up dark memories for Scotland Yard Inspector Ian Rutledge in Hunting Shadows, a gripping and atmospheric historical mystery set in 1920s England, from acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Charles Todd. A society wedding at Ely Cathedral in Cambridgeshire becomes a crime scene when a man is murdered. After another body is found, the baffled local constabulary...
Author
Series
Joe Swallow mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First North American edition.
Language
English
Description
"Bodies can tell you a lot. There can be an eloquence about the dead. But you have to be able to interpret what they are telling you... “This captivating, expertly crafted mystery captures the life and essence of Victorian Dublin and draws the reader on a gripping journey of murder and intrigue. When a Dublin Pawnbroker is found murdered and the lead suspect goes missing, Sergeant Joe Swallow is handed the poisoned chalice of the investigation....
Author
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Salem, Massachusetts, 1692. In a plain meetinghouse a woman stands before her judges. The accusers, girls and young women, are fervent and overexcited. The accused is a poor, unpopular woman who had her first child before she was married. As the trial proceeds the girls begin to wail, tear their clothing, and scream that the woman is hurting them. Some of them expose wounds to the horrified onlookers, holding out the pins that have stabbed them --...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After a holiday trip to the Big Apple, Midnight Louie, a hard-boiled, hairy-chested, 19-pound black tomcat detective, returns home to death on the Nile. Two battling Egyptian barges outside the Oasis hotel cause a dead body to rise to the surface. The soggy victim is well known to Temple Barr- Louie's redheaded, high-heeled human companion- and her two best beaux both have reasons to want him dead. Maybe by finding out which...
Author
Series
Evie Parker mystery volume 11
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Halton House is experiencing an upheaval of mammoth proportions and Evie, the Countess of Woodridge, finds herself in the middle of everyone's squabbles and odd behavior. She hopes a change of scenery will provide fun while she and Tom Winchester investigate a case of some missing items, but havoc has followed her to the hunting lodge and instead of dealing with one mystery, she and Tom are caught up in a multitude of them. "--
Author
Series
Evie Parker mystery volume 10
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A nervous twitch. A threatening letter. A murder. Henrietta, the Dowager of Woodridge, is on a mission to find Tom Winchester a title. Meanwhile, Evie, the Countess of Woodridge, has been offered a partnership. However, she has reservations about her abilities to juggle the business of being a lady detective and all her other responsibilities. When she finds herself in the midst of an investigation to discover the author of some threatening letters,...
Author
Series
Nancy Drew mystery stories volume 132
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
When Nancy's friend Laura's family stables are sabotaged and then Laura's favorite horse is stolen, Nancy must discover if Laura's spoiled rival is trying to hurt her or if the upcoming fox hunt has enraged animal activists who will stop at nothing to end this sport.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"As a serial killer stalks prostitutes in Columbus, Ohio, a distraught brother asks private investigator Andy Hayes to find his sister before it's too late. In a deadly race against time, Andy soon learns he's not the only person hunting Jessica Byrnes, but he may be the only one who wants her alive. Byrnes hasn't been seen in weeks following a downward slide that started as a runaway teenager and may have ended permanently on the streets. Assisting...
Author
Series
14 day mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
While spending two weeks at Wilderness Camp on the Boston Harbor Islands, thirteen-year-old Ollie, short, half Vietnamese, asthmatic, and overweight, must find and protect hidden pirate treasure from those who would steal it for themselves.
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Presents nine stories featuring Tinker Bell and her friends, the fairies of Pixie Hollow, as they cope with flooding and an unexpected snowstorm, try to figure out how to use a human-sized toothbrush, and exercise their individual talents.
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