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By Mary Higgins Clark. 1980
While in Westlake Hospital, Katie DeMaio sees a woman's body being carried to a car in the middle of the…
night. The next day the woman is found dead and declared a suicide. 1980.By Agatha Christie. 1927
Le médecin d'un petit village anglais nous raconte le drame qui s'y déroule. La mort de Monsieur Ferrars et le…
suicide de sa femme font déjà jaser quand meurt, assassiné, Roger Ackroyd. 1988, c1927. Titre uniforme: The murder of Roger Ackroyd.By Mary Higgins Clark. 2003
Lynn Spencer asks financial reporter Carley DeCarlo, her stepsister, to investigate the case of Lynn's missing husband, Nick. Nick's medical…
research company, which may have been on the verge of discovering a cure for cancer, has been left nearly bankrupt by Nick's disappearance along with substantial corporate assets. 2003.By Agatha Christie. 1980
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1984
By M. C Beaton. 2006
Minor writer John Heppel has a problem - he's by all accounts a consummate bore. When he's found dead in…
his cottage, there are plenty of suspects. But surely boredom shouldn't be cause for murder, or so thinks local bobby and sleuth Hamish Macbeth, whose investigation of Heppel's soap opera script uncovers much more than melodrama. 2006, c2005.By Mary Higgins Clark. 2011
Zan Moreland's three-year-old son Matthew was kidnapped two years ago. Now pictures have emerged showing a Zan look-alike taking Matthew…
from his stroller as Matthew's babysitter sleeps in the park. Zan soon realizes that someone has stolen her identity as well as her son - but will anyone believe her? Bestseller. 2011.By Mary Higgins Clark. 2010
On her deathbed, eighty-two-year-old Olivia Morrow considers disclosing a family secret involving her late cousin Catherine, a nun being considered…
for beatification. At seventeen Catherine gave up her illegitimate son for adoption. Now Catherine's granddaughter, the last of the family line, is targeted by an assassin. 2010 bestseller. c2010.By Janet Evanovich. 2003
Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is assigned by her cousin Vinnie to track down guest worker Samuel Singh,…
who was expected to return to India. When Singh's acquaintances begin to be murdered, Plum's search leads her and skip-tracer Ranger to Las Vegas. Strong language and some violence. Sequel to "Hard eight" (EB74891), followed by "Ten big ones". 2003. (Stephanie Plum novel ; 9)By Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes. 2003
Jamie Swift, owner of a local South Carolina newspaper, and her enigmatic partner, millionaire playboy Max Holt, pose as husband…
and wife as they become involved with a corrupt minister, gangsters, a hound dog named Fleas, and a wise-cracking computer whiz. Sequel to "Full tilt". 2003.By Janet Evanovich, Charlotte Hughes. 2002
Wealthy polo-playing Nicholas Kaharchek falls in love with single mother Billie Pearce. When a horse injures Billie's foot, Nick foists…
his eccentric cousins on her, ostensibly to help. Meanwhile, a burglar is targeting Billie's Virginia neighbourhood. Bestseller. 2002.By Janet Evanovich. 1996
Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is on the trail of Kenny Mancuso, a killer who has just shot his best friend.…
Mancuso is fresh out of the army and suspiciously wealthy. He is also distantly related to Joe Morelli, a vice cop with ethics that lean toward the grey zone and a habit of interfering with Stephanie's investigations. Sequel to "One for the money" (EB69676). Followed by "Three to get deadly" (EB67675). 1996. (Stephanie Plum novel ; 2)By Agatha Christie, Charles Osborne. 2000
On entering a country house to seek help with a car problem, Michael Starkwedder finds a corpse in a wheelchair…
and a woman with a gun in her hand. Although the woman, Laura Warwick, claims to have shot her husband, Michael does not immediately call the police. Adapted from the 1958 play. 2000.By Agatha Christie. 1993
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1975
Seven years before, no one, not even her husband, had believed Nancy Harmon's pleas of innocence in the death of…
her two children. She changes her name and starts life over in New England. However, the nightmare returns when her two new children go missing.By Mary Higgins Clark. 1992
Four-year-old Laurie Kenyon is kidnapped by Bic and Opal Hawkins, and she develops multiple personalities to cope with two years…
of molestation. Years later, Laurie's personalities resurface after her parents are killed. Because one personality develops an obsessive crush on Laurie's college professor, Laurie is charged with his murder. Meanwhile, Bic and Opal are still ominously lurking. Violence and some strong language. Bestseller. 1992.By Agatha Christie. 1987
Gerry Wade is a champion sleeper, so the other house guests decide to play a practical joke on him. Eight…
loud alarm clocks are set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6.30am. But when morning arrives, one clock is missing and the prank backfires with tragic consequences.By Agatha Christie. 2002
Roger Ackroyd is murdered one night under particularly perplexing circumstances. Suspicion centres on his stepson Ralph Payton, who had good…
motives. Hercules Poirot handles the case with his usual skill. 2002, c1926.By Agatha Christie. 1951
By Ann B Ross. 2019
Miss Julia invites the charming visiting doctor and his painfully shy wife to dinner. While Miss Julia and Sam both…
note the wife's obvious lack of social skills, it's Julia's friends Hazel Marie and Binkie who pick up on some of the doctor's less palatable qualities. 2019