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She felt no pain (Holly Martin mystery. #2)
By Lou Allin. 2010
Summer on verdant Vancouver Island gets off to a rocky start with the discovery of the body of a homeless…
man. RCMP Corporal Holly Martin notices drug paraphernalia nearby, and the autopsy reveals death from a combination of heroin and a synthetic opiate. Information leads Holly to believe that he had hidden something of value at the site of his death. c2010.Slated for death (Penny Brannigan mystery. #6.)
By Elizabeth J Duncan. 2015
When the body of well-liked and respectable Glenda Roberts is discovered at the bottom of a former slate mine, now…
a busy tourist attraction, pandemonium erupts in the North Wales town of Llanelen. Penny Brannigan finds herself drawn into the investigation when jars of her house-brand hand cream are found among counterfeit inventory Glenda and her sister were selling. 2015.Silenced (Fredrika Bergman mysteries. #2.)
By Kristina Ohlsson. 2013
Fifteen years ago a teenage girl is viciously assaulted, the crime never reported. Present day, a man with no ID…
is killed in a hit-and-run, crime never reported. Across the city, a priest and his wife found dead in an apparent suicide. Fredrika Bergman and colleagues are assigned to the case and discover that a sinister evil that dates back decades is the link behind these seemingly unrelated crimes. There's a reason why none of the crimes are reported and it has to do with a shocking cover-up. 2013. Uniform title: Tusenskönor.Sticks and Stones
By Michael Hiebert. 2016
Fifteen years ago, a serial killer tagged by the media as the Stickman spread terror throughout Alabama and became Alvin…
detective Joe Fowler's obsession. After fifteen months and nine victims, Harry Stork was identified as the Stickman and Fowler shot him dead. The killings stopped. For a while. Now, more bodies are turning up, each staked through the chest with a stick-figure drawing in the killer's signature style. Detective Leah Teal--Joe Fowler's daughter and Alvin's sole detective--receives a letter before each victim is found, just like her late father did. The only people who knew about the letters were the cops on the taskforce back then--and the killer himself. Did Joe shoot the wrong man, or was one of the detectives he handpicked involved all along? 2016.Some like it hawk (Meg Langslow mysteries. #14.)
By Donna Andrews. 2012
When town clerk Phineas Throckmorton barricades himself in the Caerphilly courthouse basement to thwart an unscrupulous lender who has foreclosed…
on the town's public buildings, Meg and her neighbors work to clear Throckmorton of a trumped-up murder charge. 2012.Size 12 and ready to rock (Heather Wells mystery. #4.)
By Meg Cabot. 2012
Just because the students at New York College have flown the coop doesn't mean assistant residence hall director Heather Wells…
can relax. Fischer Hall is busier than ever, filled with squealing thirteen- and fourteen-year-old girls attending Tania Trace Teen Rock Camp, hosted by Tania Trace herself - who happens to be newly married to Heather's ex-boyfriend. But the real headache begins when the producer of a reality TV show starring Tania winds up dead. 2012.Splinter in the blood: a novel (Carver and Lake. #1.)
By Ashley Dyer. 2018
After months of hunting a cold-blooded murderer that the press has dubbed the Thorn Killer, Detective Greg Carver is shot…
in his own home. His trusted partner, Ruth Lake, is alone with him. Yet instead of calling for help, she's rearranged the crime scene and wiped the room clean of prints. But Carver isn't dead. Ruth is now leading the Thorn Killer investigation while Carver recuperates. She is keeping a deadly secret, and she'll cross every line--sacrificing her colleagues, her career, and maybe even her own life--to keep it from surfacing. 2018.Sheer folly (Daisy Dalrymple mystery. #18.)
By Carola Dunn. 2017
Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher and Lady Lucy Gerald head off for several days to a stately home reputed to have the…
best grotto in the country. When the grotto explodes with the abominable, tactless Lord Rydal in it, it's not a question of who would do it, but who actually did do it. Sequel to "Black ship", followed by "Anthem for doomed youth". 2017.Shot in the dark (Coffeehouse mystery. #17.)
By Cleo Coyle. 2018
A dating game turns the Village Blend into a hookup hotspot, until a gunshot turns the coffeehouse into a crime…
scene. Manager and amateur sleuth Clare fears the killer will strike again. Sequel to "Dead cold brew". 2018.St. Patrick's Day murder (Lucy Stone mystery. #14.)
By Leslie Meier. 2017
Not many people knew Old Dan Malone. The grizzled barkeep's social circle was limited to the rough-hewn lobstermen who frequented…
his bar. But when Dan's body is found bobbing in the icy harbor, Lucy Stone makes getting to know more about Old Dan a priority. Rumors abound: Old Dan conned a winning lottery ticket worth five grand from a local musician, Old Dan stiffed a handyman for repair work done to the bar. The confusion is compounded by the arrival of Dylan Malone, Old Dan's brother. Was Old Dan killed by someone he'd cheated or someone he'd loved? While Lucy can't be sure, one thing is abundantly clear - the stage is set for a murder mystery with a killer ending! Sequel to "Bake sale murder", followed by "Mother's Day murder". 2017.Sprinkle with murder (Cupcake bakery mystery. #1.)
By Jenn McKinlay. 2016
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.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.