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Sisters Mystery Club #4: Message in a Bottle (Barbie)
By Victoria Saxon. 2016
History of Violence: A Novel
By Lorin Stein, Édouard Louis. 2018
History of Violence is international bestselling French author Edouard Louis’s autobiographical novel about surviving a shocking sexual assault and coping…
with the post-traumatic stress disorder of its aftermath.On Christmas Eve 2012, in Paris, the novelist Édouard Louis was raped and almost murdered by a man he had just met. This act of violence left Louis shattered; its aftermath made him a stranger to himself and sent him back to the village, the family, and the past he had sworn to leave behind.A bestseller in France, History of Violence is a short nonfiction novel in the tradition of Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood, but with the victim as its subject. Moving seamlessly and hypnotically between past and present, between Louis’s voice and the voice of an imagined narrator, History of Violence has the exactness of a police report and the searching, unflinching curiosity of memoir at its best. It records not only the casual racism and homophobia of French society but also their subtle effects on lovers, brothers and sisters, husbands and wives. It represents a great step forward for a young writer whose acuity, skill, and depth are unmatched by any novelist of his generation, in French or English.Kelvin McCloud and the Seaside Storm
By Michael Erb. 2012
An anonymous note in the middle of the night, an obituary for a banker who died in a hailstorm, and…
a mysterious woman vanishing down the stairwell: these clues lead Henry Alabaster and his uncle Kelvin McCloud to a spooky mansion in a coastal town. As a weather detective, Kelvin knows a thing or two about hailstorms, and then strange events surrounding the banker's death suggest foul play. Henry teams up with the fiery, artistic Rachel to help his uncle investigate, and they learn a lot about weather on the way. Nothing--not a thunderstorm, threats, burglary, a baseball bat-wielding suspect, nor even a devastating fire--can keep Henry and his team from chasing down the truth.The Case of the Bicycle Bandit (Jigsaw Jones Mystery #14)
By James Preller. 2001
Someone stole Ralphie Jordan's rusty old bicycle. Jigsaw and Mila hit the trail to track down the thief. But one…
piece of the puzzle doesn't fit. Who would take a hand-me-down bike? Solving this case is an uphill ride for ace detectives Jigsaw and Mila.The Hand in the Dark
By Arthur J. Rees. 2012
A detective story above the average, though to some readers it will seem too long drawn out and to others…
too tragic. A complicated crime is brought to light, entirely by the deductive method. Characters are skillfully drawn and the style is good.The Hampstead Mystery
By Arthur J. Rees. 2012
The care with which the story is written, the complicated plot, and the clash of the different practices of man-hunters…
lift it out of the common run of mystery tales and make this an absorbing book.The Narrative of Mr. James Rigby
By Arthur Morrison. 2012
Arthur George Morrison (1 November 1863 - 4 December 1945) was an English writer and journalist known for his realistic…
novels and stories about working-class life in London's East End, and for his detective stories, featuring the detective Martin Hewitt. This is one of those storiesLike to Die: A McKenzie Novel (Twin Cities P.I. Mac McKenzie Novels #15)
By David Housewright. 2018
A seemingly simple investigation, done as a favor for a friend, takes McKenzie down a dark and twisted path in…
Like to Die, the next mystery in David Housewright’s award-winning series.Once a police detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie has become an unlikely millionaire and an occasional unlicensed private investigator, doing favors for friends. The favor, this time, is for a friend of a friend—Erin Peterson, a local business person and owner of a growing food company called Salsa Girl. Someone seems to have a beef with her: the outside locks on her factory having been systematically filled with superglue. But for some reason, Erin doesn’t want to report this harassment to the police. As a favor to his poker buddy and hockey teammate Ian, McKenzie agrees to stop by and chat with Erin. At first Erin denies there's anything going on and then, when the harassment escalates and threatens her business, she also asks for McKenzie's help. The further McKenzie digs into the situation, the more complicated—and deadly—it becomes. And somewhere, in the middle of it all, is Erin, playing all sides against the middle, leading McKenzie to wonder if you ever really know who your friends are.The Mill Mystery
By Anna Katharine Green. 2013
A sensational novel, as highly spiced as readers of this kind of fiction can desire. The well-knit plot sets the…
reader's wits at work to find the clue to the mystery which the author has done her best to conceal. A well-respected clergyman is found dead at an old abandoned mill. It appears to be accidental death, or maybe suicide. But, the news of this death has a fatal effect on two women. One is his fiancee, and the other is a wealthy matron living on the other side of town. The fiancee's roommate, an orphan, investigates the crime, out of loyalty to her dead roommate.Bimini Twist: A Jane Bunker Mystery (A Jane Bunker Mystery #4)
By Linda Greenlaw. 2018
Jane Bunker returns in Bimini Twist another thrilling small-town mystery by Linda Greenlaw set in Down East Maine…
It seems like everyone in Green Haven knows that Jane Bunker has scored an invite to the ultra-exclusive Summer Solstice Soiree and they all assume she ll be in attendance as one of the few eligible single women in town Of course that s the last place Jane would like to be hobnobbing and making small talk with the upper crust isn t exactly her idea of a good time She prefers to put in her hours working as an insurance investigator and part-time as the deputy sheriff When she gets to work one morning the sheriff asks her to take a break on her personal war on drugs it seems that she s been so successful catching dealers and interrupting the flow of drugs in the area that she s called too much attention to just how bad it s gotten and the community is worried that all the attention on the drug trade will deter the summer tourists that Green Haven so badly needs to keep the economy going Instead Jane takes on a missing person case a young woman working at the Bar Harbor Inn has disappeared The Inn employs foreign exchange students from all over the world during the busy summer season and the missing Bianca Chiriac is one of them When it becomes clear that Bianca isn t just sleeping off a late-night party Jane is plunged into the underbelly of the resort town and must find the missing woman before the worst happensThe Thefts of Nick Velvet
By Edward D. Hoch. 1978
Easy Kill: Rhona Macleod Book 5 (Rhona Macleod Ser. #5)
By Lin Anderson. 2009
One grave. Two bodies. How many more?A young woman - a prostitute - has been brutally slain and left across…
a grave in Glasgow's sprawling cemetery, the Necropolis. Rhona Macleod, called in to carry out forensic investigations, has no doubt that the depraved killer's motives were sexual.When the removal of the girl's corpse from the city of the dead reveals another woman recently buried underneath, the case takes on a disturbing new dimension. This man has killed before - and will again. When another girl is reported missing, Rhona knows she has to track him down and stop the pattern from repeating itself.A Shred Confidence
By William Topek. 2012
Kansas City, 1935. Private detective Devlin Caine receives a telegram from his estranged older brother, a Baltimore banker who's been…
framed for embezzlement. At his brother's request, Caine comes to Baltimore, expecting nothing more than to offer a little useful advice. But in short order, he finds himself deeply involved in an elaborate confidence scheme.Never try to con a con, but Caine finds himself forced into doing just that. And he may just have the experience and know-how to take on a veteran master of the long con. But can he handle three different government agencies, his former boss, and a violent Chicago mobster who also appear on the scene?Working in a strange city and employing cons on top of cons, Caine struggles to save not only his brother's career, but possibly his own hide.Clear to the Horizon
By Dave Warner. 1983
In 1999, a number of young women go missing in the Perth suburb of Claremont. One body is discovered. Others…
are never seen again. Snowy Lane (City of Light) is hired as a private investigator but neither he nor the cops can find the serial killer. Sixteen years later, another case brings Snowy to Broome, where he teams up with Dan Clement (Before It Breaks) and an incidental crime puts them back on the Claremont case. Clear to the Horizon is a nail-biting Aussie-style thriller, based on one of the great unsolved crimes in Western Australia's recent history. Its twists and turns will keep you guessing to the end. Dave Warner's Before It Breaks (Fremantle Press) won the Ned Kelly Award for Best Crime Fiction in 2016. This novel brilliantly combines the sleuthing skills of two of Warner's best-known characters and looks at how unsolved crimes can continue to haunt communities long after the fact. The book references the Claremont serial killings, Western Australia's most notorious cold-case. It's a case that real-life investigators recently made a giant leap forward on: arresting a man for the murders of two women. Warner's work has strong support from newspapers like the Herald Sun, Sydney Morning Herald and Weekend Australian and reviews of his last book were syndicated to newspapers across the nation. Warner is a known musician with an existing fan base and is likely to feature on local NSW and WA radio.Riddle Gully Secrets
By Jen Banyard. 2016
Just when famed youth reporter Pollo di Nozi thinks she’ll never find another news story she stumbles upon not one,…
but two very surprising secrets. With hidden treasure, cunning crooks, mistaken identities and mysterious disappearances, unravelling them may be Pollo’s greatest challenge yet.Lily in the Mirror
By Paula Hayes. 2016
Lily loves all things dark and mysterious, so when she discovers a magic mirror in a locked room it's like…
a dream come true. Or is it ... Lily now has a new friend who desperately needs her help. But she's also got an older brother who really needs to get a life. Lily will require all eleven fingers, plus a hefty slice of Grandad's chocolate ganache cake, to fix a long-forgotten tragedy that's very close to home.Reunion at Cardwell Ranch & The Masked Man
By B. J. Daniels. 2016
New York Times bestselling author B.J. Daniels continues her acclaimed Cardwell Ranch series! The last of his clan to come…
home to Big Sky, Montana, Laramie Cardwell wasn't planning to spend the holidays chasing an elusive cat burglar. He's stunned to discover that the masked, black-clad figure he tackles to the snowy ground is a woman. After a distracting and sizzling kiss, she flees Laramie, who's knocked senseless by the culprit. Even though he manages to hold on to the stash in the melee, the sexy thief single-handedly steals Laramie's heart! Now he'll move any mountain to capture the mystery woman whose kiss still smolders on his lips. In reader favorite The Masked Man, a fling with a handsome stranger has Jill Lawson now being framed for murder. Establishing her innocence could be harder than Jill imagined, especially when she is distracted by a mystery man's kisses-kisses suspiciously similar to investigator Mac Cooper's. But was Mac set up, just as Jill was? In a race against time and a cunning adversary, can Mac and Jill unmask the real killer before it is too late?The Further Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Sherlock Vs. Dracula
By Titan Books. 2012
After a mysterious schooner runs aground in an English harbor with no human passengers -- only the dead captain, drained…
of blood -- a series of bizarre nocturnal crimes takes place in London. It can only be the work of Count Dracula, and only one man can save the city: the world's greatest detective, Sherlock Holmes.City of Light: The city rocks while heads will roll (Dave Warner crime)
By Dave Warner. 1995
Snowy Lane, preoccupied with a ham sandwich and the odds of making the football team on Saturday, takes the terrible…
phone call that signals the beginning of a series of events which are to reverberate in his life and shake the city to its foundations ... ‘Gruesome' has taken another victim and the whole population is riveted by the emergence of the dark side of the City of Light.Bad Seed (Cato Kwong)
By Alan Carter. 2015
When wealthy property developer Francis Tan and his family are found slain in their mansion, Cato Kwong is forced to…
recall a personal history that makes his investigation doubly painful. The killer is elusive and brutal, and the investigation takes Cato to Shanghai. In a world of spoiled rich kids and cyber dragons, Cato is about to discover a whole lot more about the Chinese acquisition of Australian land—about those who play the game and those who die trying.