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Dooley takes the fall (Dooley trilogy ; #1)
By Norah McClintock. 2007
On the road to sobriety and lawfulness, Dooley, taking the long way home through the ravine, witnesses the apparent suicide…
jump of schoolmate Mark Everley. He calls the police, who are suspicious of his reluctance to inform them of his aggressive past with Everley and his criminal record. When Mark's sister Beth asks him to find Mark's missing backpack, Dooley gets involved in his own investigation, which involves mysterious photographs, a frame-up, and murder. Strong language, descriptions of violence. For senior high readers. 2007. (Dooley trilogy ; 1)Death down under (Screech Owls series. #15.)
By Roy MacGregor. 2001
Drawing dead: a Rick Redman mystery
By Grant McCrea. 2009
A murder makes lawyer Rick Redman decide it's time for a career change. A beautiful woman offering a substantial cash…
retainer cements the idea, but when Rick loses the cash in a poker game and he ends up in Nevada, he has no choice but to try to recoup the lost money at the World Series of Poker. And when his brother-in-law turns up dead, it becomes clear that the stakes are higher than he expected. Some descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence, and explicit strong language. c2009.Deadheads: a Dalziel and Pascoe novel (Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries ; #7)
By Reginald Hill. 1999
Life was a bed of roses for Patrick Aldermann when Great Aunt Florence collapsed and he inherited Rosemount House with…
its splendid gardens. But when his boss suggested to Peter Pascoe that Patrick was a murderer - then retracted the accusation - the inspector was left with a thorny problem. Sequel to "A killing kindness". Followed by "Exit lines" (DC06107). 1999. (Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries ; 7)Dominion
By C. J Sansom. 2012
1952. Twelve years have passed since Churchill lost to the appeasers and Britain surrendered to Nazi Germany after Dunkirk. As…
the long German war against Russia rages on in the east, the British people find themselves under dark authoritarian rule. Defiance, though, is growing. 2012.Danger in Dinosaur Valley (Screech Owls series. #10.)
By Roy MacGregor. 1999
At a tournament in Drumheller, Alberta, the "Dinosaur capital of Canada", the Screech Owls encounter Kelly Block, a sports psychologist.…
His weird ideas about how to build a better team actually threaten to tear the Owls apart. But what's weirder is what happens to Nish and then the others after a ride in Dinosaur Valley - and a sighting of what looks like a real Albertosaurus dinosaur. Grades 4-7. 1999. (The Screech Owls series ; 10)Close enough to kill (Zebra Romantic Suspense Ser.)
By Beverly Barton. 2006
Adams County, Alabama, is a small friendly place where everyone knows each other - but not well enough, because Sherriff…
Bernie Granger has a serial killer on her hands, a man who romances, stalks, kidnaps and then kills his victims. It's Bernie's first big case and her chance to prove herself, especially to her new partner, Memphis police detective Jim Norton. As she and Jim work around the clock and find their feelings for each other growing, the killer makes his next move - one that is chillingly personal. Explicit descriptions of violence. Explicit descriptions of sex. c2006.City of ice: a novel
By John Farrow. 1999
Top cop Emile Cinq-Mars works on his own, his network of informants always enabling him to make the big arrests.…
But then biker gangs backed by the Russian Mafia start to take over Montreal, and Cinq-Mars realizes that his snitches are linked to the CIA - and turning up dead. Doubting everything he once believed about himself and his career, the detective tries to solve both problems by beginning a war on two fronts, all the while trying to save a mysterious young female American operative from the clutches of the mob. 1999.Chosen prey (Lucas Davenport series. #12.)
By John Sandford. 2001
Minneapolis Deputy Chief Lucas Davenport is searching for a serial killer. The unknown perpetrator is actually James Qatar, a fastidious…
art history teacher. His other hobby is combining Internet porn shots with faces of women he secretly photographs, and then sketching the results. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. Sequel to “Easy prey”, followed by “Mortal prey”. 2001.Burnt bones
By Michael Slade. 1999
Chief Superintendent Robert DeClercq is up against a cunning secret adversary called Mephisto. Stonehenge's powers may finally be unlocked and…
an innocent person could end up dying at the hands of this diabolical killer if he can't unravel the mystery in time. Strong language, explicit descriptions of violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 1999.Boston cream (Jonah Geller mystery series. #3.)
By Howard Shrier. 2012
David Fine is not the kind of guy to go missing. Or so his father tells PI Jonah Geller. A…
brilliant young surgeon-in-training, devout, devoted to his parents--last seen 2 weeks ago leaving the Boston hospital where he worked. Still recovering from a concussion, Jonah and partner Jenn Raudsepp soon find out that David fled for his life after a vicious Irish crime boss tried to abduct him. And that he's more likely dead than alive. Then Jenn joins the ranks of the missing, and Jonah needs help from former hit man Dante Ryan and two local wise guys as he races the clock to save her life, one step ahead of the Boston law. Includes sex, violence and strong language. 2012.Black Sunday
By Thomas Harris. 2001
In retaliation for American aid to Israel, an Arab terrorist group plots to blow up the Super Bowl. Their prime…
weapon is a deranged Navy pilot seeking revenge against a world he believes has wronged him. Working with him is beautiful, erotic Dahlia. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong language. Descriptions of violence. Bestseller. 2001, c1975.Blood safari
By Deon Meyer. 2007
When three masked men break into the Cape Town home of Emma le Roux on Christmas Eve, she fears it…
may be connected to recent evidence that her brother, Jacobus, who she thought died 20 years before, is actually alive. She hires professional bodyguard Martin Lemmer to protect her while she investigates. After Emma is severely injured, Lemmer goes on the offensive, bent on revenge and determined to solve the ever-widening mystery that threatens to kill them both. Explicit strong language, explicit descriptions of violence, and explicit descriptions of sex. 2009, c2007. Uniform title: Onsigbaar.Black house: a novel (Jack Sawyer series ; #2)
By Stephen King, Peter Straub. 2001
French Landing, Wisconsin, is a solid middle-American town inhabited by solid middle-Americans and a serial killer. Three children have been…
taken by a monster nicknamed "The fisherman". It's all beyond the experience of the local police, whose only hope lies with ex-detective Jack Sawyer. Sequel to "The talisman" (DC04887). (Jack Sawyer series ; 2) 2001.A certain justice (Adam Dalgliesh mysteries ; #10)
By P. D James. 1997
When Venetia Aldridge defends Garry Ashe, accused of the brutal murder of his aunt, an unpredictable and terrifying chain of…
events are set in motion. And when, four weeks later, a blood-spattered Miss Aldridge is found dead at her desk, Dalgliesh and his team are called into a case which promises to be as sensitive as it is intriguing - her lover? Her ex-husband? An aggrieved client? Sequel to "Original sin" (DC30559). Followed by "Death and holy orders". 1997. (Adam Dalgliesh mysteries ; 10)The complete Screech Owls, Volume I (Screech Owls series.)
By Roy MacGregor. 2006
The first adventures of Travis, Nish, Sarah and the rest of the Screech Owls, a Canadian mystery-solving Peewee hockey team.…
Includes "Mystery at Lake Placid", The night they stole the Stanley Cup", "The screech Owls northern adventure", and "Murder at hockey camp". Grades 4-7. 2006.Killer (Alex Delaware. #29.)
By Jonathan Kellerman. 2014
Well-used to elevated emotions, psychologist Alex Delaware shrugs off a joking death threat from beautiful Beverly Hills physician Constance Sykes,…
whose attempt to secure legal custody of her baby niece is thwarted by Alex's forthright report to the court. Alex plays down the threat until LAPD's Milo Sturgis rushes to his side with the shocking word on the street that a hit's been taken out on him. But while Alex may be in grave danger, it won't be from the Beverley Hills doctor, for Connie is soon discovered brutally slain. When her sister Cherie and the baby disappear, apparently on the run, Alex's search for answers leads him to aged rockers, charming homeboys and even Machiavellian judges. Sequel to "Guilt". 2014.Winner takes all
By John Francome. 2006
Racehorse trainer Ben Sayers has two top-class horses to enter in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. One is owned by Alan…
Marcus, a ruthless business man. The other belongs to Alan's gorgeous ex-wife, Christina. Ben knows that both horses have an equal chance of winning, but he's about to find out that Alan Marcus doesn't like competition. Especially when the competition is Christina. 2006.Cross (Alex Cross series. #12.)
By James Patterson. 2006
Alex Cross quit his job with the FBI but can't seem to stay away. When a series of brutal rapes…
are committed across Washington and none of the victims will talk, Sampson calls on Alex for help. How many people will meet a gruesome end while the Irishman evades the FBI, the mob hit team and Alex - still haunted by the loss of his first wife and the unsolved mystery of who killed her? Sequel to "Mary, Mary", followed by "Cross". 2006. (Alex Cross Series ; 12)Fear the worst
By Linwood Barclay. 2010
Divorced car salesman Tim Blake searches for his seventeen-year-old daughter Sydney, who didn’t return home from her summer job at…
a hotel. Tim is unpleasantly surprised to learn, among other things, that Sydney’s supposed employers have never heard of her. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010.