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Aunt Dimity goes West (Aunt Dimity series)
By Nancy Atherton. 2007
No sooner has Lori arrived at her Colorado vacation home, the Aerie, when things go amiss. The caretaker has disappeared;…
the townspeople are hiding a secret. Is the Aerie cursed or is a sinister human hand at work? With Aunt Dimity's help, Lori sets out to solve a 100-year-old mystery. 2007.Aunt Dimity and the deep blue sea (Aunt Dimity series #No. 11)
By Nancy Atherton. 2006
England. Lori Shepherd's attorney husband, Bill, receives death threats, presumably from a vengeful former client. While Bill stays in London…
to help Scotland Yard, Lori and her twin sons seek refuge at a remote Scottish island estate, where she relies on Aunt Dimity's supernatural help to investigate mysterious occurrences. 2006.An autobiography
By Agatha Christie. 1977
Agatha Christie enjoyed a happy childhood abroad and in Torquay, she tells of her first marriage to Colonel Christie, entered…
into under the pressures of the First World War, and her immensely happy second marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan; another career in the theatre, her houses and gardens. 1977.All through the night: A Suspense Story
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1998
It has been seven years since Sondra Lewis left her newborn baby in front of a church; simultaneously Lenny Centino…
was stealing a chalice from it. Now as amateur sleuth Alvirah Meehan tries to help the church's priest and nuns save their after school haven, she uncovers a connection between those events and a child at the centre. Bestseller. 1998.A shred of evidence (Seaport suspense. #1.)
By Kathy Herman. 2005
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple Ser. #No. 9)
By Agatha Christie. 2002
For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth was sure she witnessed…
a murder. What else could it have been? As she stared helplessly out of her carriage window, a man had remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. 2002.The second time around
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.The murder at the vicarage (Miss Marple Ser. #No. 1)
By Agatha Christie. 1980
Stillwatch
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1984
Weep no more, my lady
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1987
Before testifying at the trial of the man accused of murdering her beloved sister, a distraught Elizabeth goes to a…
California spa. She is surprised to find the accused murderer there, and suspects she is being manipulated. Bestseller 1987.Death of a bore: a Hamish Macbeth mystery (A hamish Macbeth Mystery Ser. #20)
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.I'll walk alone: A Novel
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.The shadow of your smile: a novel
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.To the nines (Stephanie Plum novel ; #9)
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)Full speed (Full novels. #3.)
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.Full house (Billie Pearce novels ; #1)
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.Two for the dough (Stephanie Plum novel ; #2)
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)The unexpected guest: a mystery
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.The hollow: a play : from The mousetrap and selected plays
By Agatha Christie. 1993
'Whatever's been going on at Mumblesby?'
By Colin Watson. 1982
There is little grief in Mumblesby over "Rich Dick" Loughbury’s death, and if that had been the only odd behaviour…
Inspector Purbright saw at the funeral, he would not have bothered to stay on. But a house fire and a hoard of art treasures arouse his suspicions and lead him to uncover a village conspiracy involving blackmail and murder. 1982.