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Something buried, something blue (Lily Dale mysteries. #2.)
By Wendy Corsi Staub. 2016
Bella Jordan is recruited to host a destination wedding for a petulant bride, only to have the festivities complicated by…
an unseasonal blizzard and an untimely murder. Sequel to "Nine lives". 2016.Strange things done
By Elle Wild. 2016
Arriving in Dawson City, Yukon, journalist Jo Silver investigates the suicide of a local politician, a suicide that begins to…
look more and more like a murder. Before long, Jo becomes a suspect. Winner of the 2015 Unhanged Arthur Ellis Award for Best Unpublished First Crime Novel. 2016.Strawberry shortcake murder (Hannah Swensen mystery. #2.)
By Joanne Fluke. 2007
Hannah Swensen, amateur sleuth and boutique bake store proprietor extraordinaire, is judging a dessert contest when fellow judge Coach Boyd…
Watson is found dead, face down in a delicate confection no less. Includes recipes. 2007.Storm track (Deborah Knott mystery. #7.)
By Margaret Maron. 2000
North Carolina judge Deborah Knott helps detective Dwight Bryant investigate the murder of a Colleton County attorney’s promiscuous wife, who…
was found strangled in a room of a local motel. Meanwhile, a second killer, Hurricane Fran, is threatening the coast. Sequel to "Home fires", followed by "Uncommon clay". c2000.Strangled prose: A Claire Malloy Mystery (Claire Malloy mysteries. #1.)
By Joan Hess. 1986
Bookstore owner Claire Malloy hosts a reception celebrating the release of her friend Mildred Twiller's trashy new romance novel. During…
the party, excerpts reveal Mildred has libeled many of the attendees. Soon after, Mildred is found strangled to death, and Claire herself joins the suspect list. Some strong language. 1986.Stasi child (Karin Müller. #1.)
By David Young. 2016
1975: When Oberleutnant Karin Muller is called to investigate a teenage girl's body at the foot of the Berlin Wall,…
she imagines she's seen it all before. But she soon realizes that this is a death like no other before it--the girl was evidently trying to escape from West Berlin. As a member of the People's Police, Muller's power in East Germany only stretches so far. The Ministry for State Security, the Stasi, assures her the case is closed, all they need to know is the girl's name. Yet they strongly discourage her from asking questions. The evidence doesn't add up, and it soon becomes clear the crime scene has been staged. But this regime does not tolerate curious minds, and it takes Müller too long to realize that the trail she's been following may lead her dangerously close to home. Followed by "Stasi wolf". 2016.Sticks and bones (Sarah Booth Delaney mystery. #17.)
By Carolyn Haines. 2017
Private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney and her friends are celebrating New Year's Eve at the party of the year, a…
smashing Winter White Garden party at the newly renovated King Cotton Boutique Hotel. It's a dazzling success--until Frangelica "Sister" McFee walks through the door. Sarah Booth knew Sister in college, before Sister became a bestselling author and moved to New York, and fame and fortune don't seem to have tempered her arrogance and cruelty. Sister's latest book is a memoir about the death of her mother and brother many years ago. Now, a film about the book is in the works, and a film crew has descended upon Zinnia, Mississippi, to tell the complete story. The film crew soon realizes there may be more to the story than meets the eye--or is told in Sister's memoir--and they hire Sarah Booth to discover the absolute truth about those deaths so many years ago. But Sarah Booth quickly realizes that someone is desperate to keep the truth hidden and will go to any lengths necessary to protect a long-held secret. Sequel to "Rock-a-bye bones". 2017.Smaller and smaller circles
By F. H Batacan. 2015
Sleep like a baby (Aurora Teagarden mysteries. #10.)
By Charlaine Harris. 2017
Robin and Aurora have finally begun their adventure in parenting. With newborn Sophie proving to be quite a handful, Roe's…
mother pays for a partially trained nurse, Virginia Mitchell, to come help the new parents for a few weeks. Virginia proves to be especially helpful when Robin has to leave town for work and Roe is struck with a bad case of the flu. One particularly stormy night, Roe wakes to hear her daughter crying and Virginia nowhere to be found. Roe's brother Philip helps her search the house and they happen upon a body outside--but it isn't Virginia's. Now, not only does she have a newborn to care for and a vulnerable new marriage to nurture, Roe also has to contend with a new puzzle--who is this mystery woman dead in their backyard, and what happened to Virginia? Sequel to "All the little liars". 2017.Splintered bones (Sarah Booth Delaney mystery. #3.)
By Carolyn Haines. 2014
Fiesty Southern belle and private detective Sarah Booth Delaney heads back into action when her friend, Eulalee McBride, is accused…
of murdering her cheating husband. Sequel to "Buried bones", followed by "Crossed bones". 2014.Smarty bones (Sarah Booth Delaney mystery. #13.)
By Carolyn Haines. 2013
When a contentious professor makes claims about the identity of a woman found in a mysterious Mississippi grave and implicates…
wealthy Zinnia families of having ties to a related scandal, Sarah Booth Delaney is hired by a group of society ladies to clear their names, only to discover another body in the professor's hotel room. Sequel to "Bonefire of the vanities", followed by "Booty bones". 2013.Stealing with style
By Emyl Jenkins. 2005
Virginia antiques appraiser Sterling Glass becomes suspicious when a nineteenth-century silver urn and diamond brooch surface among the effects of…
an elderly woman who recently died under questionable circumstances. On a business trip to New York, Sterling discovers an insurance claim that exposes schemes of crooked antiques dealers. 2005.Still midnight
By Denise Mina. 2009
DI Alex Morrow is an up-and-coming Glasgow cop, just about to be presented with the case that could make her…
career. On a peaceful Sunday evening a suburban neighbourhood is brutally shattered by a vicious attack. 2009.Stone coffin: a mystery (Ann Lindell mysteries. #7.)
By Ebba Segerberg, Kjell Eriksson. 2016
On a sunny morning in June, a young woman and her six-year old daughter are run over by a car…
on the road to Uppsala. Both are killed immediately. Is it an accident, or did someone kill them on purpose? The same morning the husband of the deceased young woman disappears. During the police investigation, it turns out that the husband had recently bought a property in the Dominican Republic, something that nobody knew about. A few days later a macabre discovery is made in a forest nearby. 2016. Uniform title: Stenkistan.Stone angel (Kathleen Mallory mystery. #4.)
By Carol O'Connell. 1997
Renegade police detective Kathleen Mallory left New York in search of answers about her past. Months later she turned up…
in a small Louisiana town with shocking evidence and a plan to seek revenge on the people who stoned her mother to death and the town which stood by and let it happen. Violence. Sequel to “Killing critics”, followed by “Shell game”. 1997.Sticks & stones: a Randy Craig mystery (Randy Craig mystery. #2.)
By Janice E MacDonald. 2001
The men's residence at the University of Alberta wants to party, and sends invitations to the women's residence, each with…
specific and terrifying consequences if the female students don't attend. When Gwen, one of the students, has her letter published in the newspaper, she later turns up brutally murdered. Part-time sessional lecturer Miranda Craig must delve into Gwen's life and preserve her own to find the killer. Some strong language. Sequel to “The next Margaret”, followed by “The monitor”. 2001.Sticks & scones (Culinary mystery. #10.)
By Diane Mott Davidson. 2001
Caterer Goldy temporarily moves to a Colorado castle to prepare an Elizabethan feast. Her husband, deputy Tom Schulz, is out…
of town tracking down stamp thieves. The castle turns out to be haunted and Tom's investigation leads him there as well. Some violence and some strong language. Sequel to “Tough cookie”, followed by “Chopping spree”. 2001. (Culinary mystery)Someone bad and something blue (Griot audio)
By Miranda Parker. 2012
Sassy bail recovery agent turned sleuth Angel Crawford is back, and though this brainy part-time sleuth's been ordered to take…
a vacation, she's not slowing down. Determined to catch the killer who murdered her fiancé six years ago, Angel tracks the cold case into the depths of Atlanta's hidden speakeasy society. And the case isn't the only thing heating up - sparks are also flying between Angel and a suave U.S. Marshal. 2012.Sneaky pie for president: a novel (Mrs. Murphy mystery. #21.)
By Rita Mae Brown. 2012
Sneaky Pie takes a break from her mystery-writing to run for President of the United States. Sneaky Pie has an…
animal-friendly agenda that will unify all Americans - two-legged, four-legged, and even those who fly. 2012.Spider web (Benni Harper mysteries.)
By Earlene Fowler. 2011
Benni Harper and the ladies of her Coffin Star Quilt Guild are enjoying San Celina, California's first-ever Memory Festival -…
when a sniper guns down a local cop. Fearing for the safety of her community - and for her family - Benni determines to root out the sniper before the once peaceful streets become a killer's free-fire zone. 2011.