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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.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.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.'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.We'll meet again: A NOVEL
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1999
Socialite Molly Lasch is paroled from prison after serving time for killing her physician husband. Fran Simmons, a former classmate…
of Molly's who is now an investigative reporter, is assigned to do a story on her. Fran becomes convinced that Molly is innocent even though her late husband's lover is soon murdered. Bestseller. 1999.Weep no more, my lady
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1987
Elizabeth Lange and her exotic sister, Leila, flee from Kentucky to New York to escape the dirt and drunkenness of…
their mother and her drunken boyfriends. Leila becomes a successful actress and the horrors of the past begin to fade only to be replaced by an even greater disaster: Leila is murdered and the chief witness for the prosecution is her sister. She goes to a spa to relax before the trial and finds someone is determined that she will not live to testify. 1987.Un échec de Maigret (Maigret ; #27)
By Georges Simenon. 2007
Fumal, riche boucher détesté de tous, est retrouvé assassiné. Or il avait demandé la protection de Maigret, qui l'avait connu…
dans son enfance et avait gardé pour lui une forte antipathie. 2007.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" (DC13890). Followed by "Three to get deadly" (DC17634). Strong language and some violence. 1996. (Stephanie Plum novel ; 2)Twelve sharp (Stephanie Plum novel ; #12)
By Janet Evanovich. 2006
A woman stalks bounty hunter Stephanie Plum, claiming to be the wife of Ranger, a bond enforcement agent who is…
also Stephanie's mentor and one-time lover. Someone kills the stalker and kidnaps Ranger's daughter. When Stephanie and Ranger get too close for comfort trying to solve the case, vice cop Joe Morelli (Stephanie's on-again, off-again boyfriend) steps in. Strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller. Sequel to "Eleven on top", followed by "Lean mean thirteen". 2006. (Stephanie Plum novel ; 12)Timmy Failure: mistakes were made (Timmy Failure. #1.)
By Stephan Pastis. 2013
Resolving to earn so much money that his mother will no longer stress out over the bills, eleven-year-old Timmy Failure…
launches a detective business with a lazy polar bear partner named Total but finds their enterprise "Total Failure, Inc." challenged by a college-bound spy and a four-foot-tall girl whom Timmy refuses to acknowledge. Grades 3-6. 2013.Thirteen problems (Miss Marple Ser. #No. 2)
By Agatha Christie. 1972
They do it with mirrors
By Agatha Christie. 1993
Miss Marple senses danger when visiting a friend living in a mansion doubling as a centre for delinquents. Her fears…
are confirmed when a youth fires a revolver at the administrator, Lewis Serrocold. Neither is injured. But a mysterious visitor, Mr Gulbrandsen, is shot dead simultaneously in another part of the building. Pure coincidence? Miss Marple thinks not. 1993.