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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.The unexpected guest: a mystery
By Charles Osborne, Agatha Christie. 1999
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. 1999.The Sittaford mystery (The agatha Christie Collection #Vol. 14)
By Agatha Christie. 1985
A seance in a snowbound Dartmoor house predicts a grisly murder. In a remote house in the middle of Dartmoor,…
six shadowy figures huddle around a small table for a seance. Tension rises as the spirits spell out a chilling message: 'Captain Trevelyan! Dead! Murder.' Is this black magic or simply a macabre joke? 1985.The seven dials mystery
By Agatha Christie, Val McDermid. 1996
Seven clocks tick ominously in a suicide's room and a dying friend whose last words are 'seven dials' lead dapper…
Jimmy Thesiger and his irrepressible girlfriend to a Soho club. There they learn of the Seven Dials Society, seven masked conspirators who meet in a secret room to talk about stealing scientific secrets - and plan the next murder. 1996.The secret of Chimneys (The agatha Christie Collection #Vol. 6)
By Agatha Christie. 1987
Anthony Cade, master of intrigue and adventure, is caught up in a web of blackmail, assassination, and double-cross. Stolen love…
letters, a precious manuscript, a terrorist organization and a fabulous jewel make up the clues to a sinister international conspiracy. 1987.The rocky road to romance
By Janet Evanovich. 2004
When Daisy Adams offers to take on the temporary position of traffic reporter for station WZZZ, handsome program director Steve…
Crow seriously doubts his ability to resist her charms while they work together. Descriptions of sex. 1991.The reckoning
By Georges Simenon. 1984
Jules Maletras is surprised when he strangles the unimpressive little Lulu. He has never desired her physically so why is…
he jealous? At least it will be a relief to be free of her. That is, until the unexpected repercussions begin to appear. 1984.The mysterious affair at Styles
By Agatha Christie. 1995
When Mrs Inglethorp, wealthy mistress of Styles Court, is murdered the clues seem strangely unrelated - a mysteriously destroyed will,…
a shattered coffee cup, a splash of candle grease, an old envelope, a newly planted bed of begonias. Small matters to most, but intriguing enough to feed the curiosity of Hercule Poirot. Followed by "The murder on the links" (DC03748). 1995. (Hercule Poirot mysteries ; 1)The mystery of the blue train: A Bbc Full-cast Radio Drama
By Agatha Christie. 1985
When the luxurious Blue Train arrives at Nice, passenger Ruth Kettering has been killed by a heavy blow. What is…
more, her priceless rubies are missing. The prime suspect is her estranged husband, yet Poirot is not convinced. Sequel to "The big four" (DC04797). Followed by "Peril at end house". 1985. (Hercule Poirot mysteries ; 5)The mysterious Mr Quin (The agatha Christie Collection #Vol. 12)
By Agatha Christie. 1986
Midnight strikes and the New Year is duly "let in": now they can all go to bed. Then, as the…
wind dies down briefly, three loud knocks resound on the great nailed door: enter Mr Quin, the man who "speaks for the dead who cannot speak for themselves". 1986, c1930.The murder at the vicarage (Miss Marple Ser. #No. 1)
By Agatha Christie. 1976
When the irascible church warden Colonel Protheroe is found shot through the head in the vicar's study there seems to…
be no shortage of suspects. Miss Marple declares that at least seven people have a motive, and three people confess to having committed the crime. So who really did kill the bad-tempered old man? 1976.The mind of Mr J G Reeder (Classic thrillers)
By Edgar Wallace. 1983
The mind of Mr Reeder may be lodged between two very large ears but it works with a razor-sharp precision.…
His umbrella and swordstick are well-known to his colleagues at the Public Prosecutor's Office; not so well-known is the criminal mind which enables him to unravel the most complicated of problems. 1983.The labours of Hercules
By Agatha Christie. 1947