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The goddaughter's revenge (Rapid reads)
By Melodie Campbell. 2013
When jewellery-store owner Gina Gallo and her boyfriend Pete take a week's vacation, she leaves the store in the hands…
of her cousin from New York. After all, cousin Carmine is a certified gemologist—but Carmine is also in the Mob. When Gina gets back, she discovers that her cousin has spent his time switching real gems for fakes in the jewellery of some of her best customers. With her reputation on the line, what's a Mob goddaughter to do? Sequel to "The goddaughter". 2013.Sleuth Joanne Kilbourn is dismayed to find out that her friend Jill is marrying filmmaker Evan MacLeish. While he is…
famous, he has also exploited the lives - and deaths - of the two wives he lost to suicide by making acclaimed films about them. And now, he is on the point of releasing his most potentially explosive film yet, one that features his 17-year-old daughter Bryn. Some strong language. 2003.The full cupboard of life (Precious Ramotswe ; #5)
By Alexander McCall Smith. 2003
Gaborone, Botswana. A wealthy woman hires Precious Ramotswe, head of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, to investigate the sincerity…
of several potential husbands. Precious resolves not only her client's quandary but also her own fiancé's reluctance to marry. Sequel to "The Kalahari typing school for men" (DC29230). Bestseller. 2003. (Precious Ramotswe ; 5). (No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series)The delicate storm (John Cardinal series. #2.)
By Giles Blunt. 2003
When the dismembered corpse of an American tourist turns up half-eaten by bears in the woods near Algonquin Bay, Detective…
John Cardinal is assigned to the case. Usually his small-town cases practically solve themselves, but not only does he not have a single lead this time, but both the RCMP and CSIS get involved. Then a well-respected woman is found frozen under a glaze of ice, and Cardinal realizes that the two very different murders might well be linked. Some strong language. Sequel to "Forty words for sorrow", followed by "Blackfly season". 2003.The dead-house (Alexandra Cooper mystery.)
By Linda A Fairstein. 2001
New York D.A. Alexandra Cooper, last seen in “Cold Hit”, investigates the death of an anthropology professor being stalked by…
her ex-husband. New suspects emerge as Alex learns more about the woman’s colleagues and her interest in the ruins of a former island prison. Violence and strong language. 2001.The brutal heart (Joanne Kilbourn mysteries ; #11)
By Gail Bowen. 2008
Joanne Kilbourn is following the political campaign of Ginny Monaghan, a woman whose success depends not so much on the…
election-day poll, but on the outcome of a custody battle she's fighting. Joanne thinks this is perfect material for a TV program she's putting together on women and politics, but then a local call girl is murdered - a woman whose regular clientele included several of Regina's most prominent lawyers, including (until he met Joanne) her own husband Zach. With her new marriage under strain, Joanne investigates why the dead woman had started to threaten her clients with blackmail. Some strong language, some descriptions of violence, and some descriptions of sex. c2008. (Joanne Kilbourn mysteries ; 11)The 9th judgment (Women's murder club. #9.)
By James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. 2010
Detective Lindsay Boxer and her friends puzzle over motives in two cases they don't realize are linked. A well-known actor…
insists the Hello Kitty jewellery robber shot his wife, while the Lipstick Killer begins murdering mothers and children. Bestseller. 2010.The 8th confession (Women's murder club. #8.)
By James Patterson, Maxine Paetro. 2009
The Women's Murder Club investigates the brutal death of street person Bagman Jesus. Meanwhile detective Lindsay Boxer reluctantly examines the…
high-profile case of young socialite couple Isa and Ethan Bailey, who mysteriously died in their sleep. 2009.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.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.Southern cross (Andy Brazil Ser. #No. 2)
By Patricia Daniels Cornwell. 1999
Robbery, murder, incompetence and not enough parking spaces - just another day in the life of a big city's police…
department. Judy Hammer investigates as a virus crashes the police computer, freezing screens with a design of blue fish - the same one a gang called the Pikes claim is their symbol. Strong language. 1999.Seven up: A Stephanie Plum Novel (Stephanie Plum novel. #7.)
By Janet Evanovich. 2001
Elderly mobster Eddie DeChooch slips through Trenton bail bondsman Stephanie Plum's fingers numerous times. As she searches the neighbourhood for…
him, she also becomes engaged to cop Joe Morelli, despite her attraction to fellow bounty hunter Ranger. Bestseller. 2000.R is for ricochet (Kinsey Millhone mysteries. #18)
By Sue Grafton. 2004
Convicted embezzler Reba Lafferty's dying father hires P.I. Kinsey Millhone to keep Reba out of trouble upon her release from…
prison. But the wealthy thirty-two-year-old party girl resumes her previous lifestyle and involves Kinsey in burglary, revenge, and eventually murder. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2004. (Kinsey Millhone mysteries ; 18)Puzzled to death (Puzzle Lady mystery. #3.)
By Parnell Hall. 2001
Cora Felton of Bakerhaven, Connecticut, is reluctantly co-hosting a charity crossword tournament when a local housewife is murdered. Cora, with…
the help of her niece, Sherry Carter, sleuths around town - but then more murders occur, including a contestant’s. Sequel to “Last Puzzle and Testament” (DC42021). Followed by “Puzzle in a pear tree”. Some descriptions of violence and some strong language. 2002, c2001. (Puzzle Lady mystery ; 3)NYPD puzzle: a puzzle lady mystery (Puzzle Lady Mysteries Ser. #16)
By Parnell Hall. 2014
When young attorney Becky Baldwin hires Cora Felton to accompany her to New York City to meet a new client…
in his penthouse apartment, the Puzzle Lady jumps at the chance. But when she and Becky arrive at the apartment, they find the man is dead. There's a puzzle on his chest, and a prowler is searching the bedroom. Cora pulls her gun and gets off a shot as the intruder ducks out the window. The NYPD now think Cora is the murderer. Getting her off should be a breeze for Becky, but when the fatal bullet is too badly damaged to identify, Cora is lucky to get out on bail. 2014."O" is for outlaw (Kinsey Millhone mysteries. #15)
By 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 descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 1999. (Kinsey Millhone mysteries ; 15)Not a clue (Forsyth and Hay mystery. #2.)
By Janet Brons. 2015
In London, Detective Chief Inspector Stephen Hay of Scotland Yard heads up the investigation into the puzzling murder of a…
young Canadian woman travelling alone. Her killer was meticulous, leaving a serene-looking corpse and no clues. In Ottawa, RCMP Inspector Liz Forsyth searches for the murderer of a young Chechen woman, who was shot at the gates of the Russian Embassy. No one knows who would want to kill her, except, perhaps, the Russians. Separated by continents and responsibilities to their respective departments, Forsyth and Hay doggedly work their cases while still feeling the pull of their recent partnership. As Forsyth chases her case further into the complicated world of Russian and Chechen relations, Hay is at a standstill - until the murderer resurfaces. Sequel to "A quiet kill". 2015.Last puzzle & testament (Puzzle Lady mystery. #2)
By Parnell Hall. 2000
When wealthy widow Emma Hurley dies, her greedy heirs crawl out of the woodwork, but to their surprise, Emma didn’t…
leave a will but a puzzle. The first one to solve the puzzle will inherit Emma’s entire estate, and Cora Felton - local celebrity and famed author of a popular syndicated crossword puzzle column - must referee the contest. It’s up to Cora and her niece, Sherry Carter, who is the brains behind Cora’s “Puzzle Lady” persona, to unravel the bizarre riddle Emma Hurley engineered before her death. Some descriptions of violence. 2000. (Puzzle Lady mystery ; 2)Kaleidoscope: a Joanne Kilbourn mystery (Joanne Kilbourn mysteries.)
By Gail Bowen. 2012
"Security for any one of us lies in greater abundance for all of us" – this was for many years…
the core of Joanne's political beliefs, and on the day she retires from her university teaching post, she has a dream about her first husband (murdered many years ago), and this line comes back vividly in it. Soon, she is forced to experience the truth of what, for most of her life, had just been a good closing line for a political speech. When terrible things begin to happen, Joanne begins to understand what it's like to live in a world where she can count on nothing. Includes sex and violence. c2012. (Joanne Kilbourn mysteries)Almost blue
By Oonagh Stransky, Carlo Lucarelli. 2003
A serial killer is terrorising the students of Bologna. Rookie female detective Grazia Negro is determined to solve the case.…
Only one witness can positively identify the killer...and he's blind. Simone spends his days in solitude, listening to Elvis Costello's Almost Blue and scanning the radio waves of the city to eavesdrop on other people's lives. He likes to imagine what people are like - based on the tone and 'colour' of their voice - and his acute hearing sets alarm bells ringing upon hearing the voice of the killer. Some descriptions of sex and violence. 2003. Uniform title: Almost blue.