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Straight into darkness
By Faye Kellerman. 2005
In 1920s Munich, homicide detective Axel Berg is called to the scene of a grisly homicide, the victim being a…
young society wife. Soon, a second body is uncovered; the discovery of a third indicates that Berg is dealing with an unimaginably evil killer. In the Germany of the time, the investigation cannot be straightforward. Hitler's power is growing, and the Nazis are a strong civic force in the city of Munich. Berg is thrown into a web of danger as senior officers work to their own agendas. Descriptions of violence. 2005.Stormy petrel
By Mary Stewart. 1991
The isolated cottage on the Hebridean island of Moila seemed to writer Rose Fenemore the ideal place, a perfect retreat…
where she could finish her book. But it is not easy to escape the world and its turmoils and Rose has to cope with two very different men who come in from the sea on a night of summer storms. 1991.Still of the night
By Meagan McKinney. 2002
Stone kiss: a Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novel (Peter Decker And Rina Lazarus Novel Ser.)
By Faye Kellerman. 2002
The call is brief, but to the point. There has been a murder in the family of Lt. Decker's half…
brother, Rabbi Jonathan Levine. Ephram Lieber, a Hassidic Jew and former drug addict, was found naked in a seedy Manhattan hotel, a single gunshot wound to his head, and Jonathan's niece, Shaynda, is missing. The Rabbi pleads with Decker to come to New York and help the family. He reluctantly agrees only to find that Shaynda's parents have changed their minds about involving him in the case. Faced with a hostile family, a strange city and a local police force mired in international problems. Decker is on his own, thrust into a world divided mercilessly into killers and victims. 2002.Skylark (Romantic sounds audio)
By Jo Beverley. 2004
A year ago in 1815, Laura Gardeyne lost her dashing husband, Hal, in a riding accident. Now she must raise…
her young son at the Gardeyne estate, since he is heir to its fortune. But after Hal's brother fathers a male child, Laura realizes that he might do anything, even murder, to position his offspring as heir. 2004.Standoff
By Sandra Brown. 2000
Texas multimillionaire Russell Dendy's pregnant daughter, Sabra, runs off with her high-school boyfriend after Dendy threatens them. As they attempt…
to rob a convenience store, the fleeing couple takes hostages, including a television reporter. Then Sabra goes into active labour. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. Bestseller 2000.Stagestruck (Peter Diamond mystery. #11.)
By Peter Lovesey. 2011
A pop star's face is burned by suspicious stage makeup during her stint at a Bath playhouse. The main suspect,…
the makeup artist, is found dead, and Diamond must conquer his own mysterious but deep-seated phobia to solve the crime. Sequel to "Skeleton Hill", followed by "Cop to corpse". 2011.Stalker: a novel (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mystery. #12.)
By Faye Kellerman. 2000
Detective Peter Decker's outspoken, Ivy League-educated daughter Cindy joins the LAPD, but has trouble fitting in with the blue-collar work…
force. During a rash of serial carjackings, Cindy realizes she is being stalked and suspects the danger comes from within the department. Bestseller. 2000.Spellbound
By Nora Roberts. 2005
World-famous photographer Calin Farrell is on his much-needed vacation in Ireland. While there, Calin becomes bewitched by the ravishingly beautiful…
Bryna Torrence, even if he refuses to believe in the spell that has brought them together - and could destroy them both. Some descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 2005.Some lie and some die (Inspector Wexford mystery. #8.)
By Ruth Rendell. 1973
An Inspector Wexford mystery. Kingsmarkham doesn't have too many complaints about its first annual rock festival, but then in a…
nearby quarry two lovers find a body that makes even Reg Wexford's stomach lurch. All he can discover is that there is a strange connection with the star of the festival. Some violence. Sequel to "Murder being once done", followed by "Shake hands for ever". 1973.Skeleton Hill (Peter Diamond mystery. #10.)
By Peter Lovesey. 2009
On Lansdown Hill, near Bath, England, a battle between Roundheads and Cavaliers that took place over 350 years ago is…
annually reenacted. Two of the reenactors discover a skeleton that is female, headless, and only about twenty years old. One of them, a professor who played a Cavalier, is later found murdered. In the course of his investigation, Peter Diamond butts heads with the group of vigilantes who call themselves the Lansdown Society, discovering in the process that his boss Georgina is a member. Sequel to "The secret hangman", followed by "Stagestruck". 2009.Skinner's ghosts (Bob Skinner. #7)
By Quintin Jardine. 2001
Suffering the strain of a marriage on the rocks, the last thing Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner needs is for…
his private life to be plastered across the front pages of a sleazy tabloid. To make matters worse, when a woman, already linked to Skinner by tragedy, is found battered, raped and strangled, with her young son a kidnap victim, his search for the killer becomes a personal quest. When a second brutal crime, and new allegations about the detective himself, make simultaneous headlines, he finds himself at the centre of a deadly maze of conspiracy. Includes violence. Sequel to “Skinner’s mission”, followed by “Murmuring the judges”. 2001.Skinner's festival (Bob Skinner. #2.)
By Quintin Jardine. 1994
An explosion rocks Princes Street in the midst of the Edinburgh Festival. Responsibility is claimed by a group supposedly demanding…
political separation from Britain, but as atrocities escalate, Head of CID Bob Skinner realizes this is no gang of fanatics, but a highly professional team. Includes sex and strong language. Sequel to "Skinner's rules". 1994.Sir Philip's folly (Poor Relations. #4.)
By Marion Chesney. 1994
Mrs. Budge, another of Sir Philip's paramours, is allowed to stay at the hotel, but she is lazy and eats…
all day. A guest named Lady Carruthers arrives, and to hide her age, dresses her 19-year old daughter as a school girl. The poor relations must deal with Mrs. Budge, find Arabella a husband and trounce her terrible mother. Sequel to "Mrs. Budley falls from grace" (DC12531), followed by Colonel Sandhurst to the rescue" (DC13445). 1994. (The Poor Relations ; 4)Simisola (Inspector Wexford mystery. #16.)
By Ruth Rendell. 1994
There are only eighteen black people living in Kingsmarkham. One is Wexford's new doctor, Raymond Akande. When the doctor's daughter,…
Melanie, goes missing, the Chief Inspector takes more than just a professional interest in the case. Against a background of rising unemployment and social change, Wexford is involved in a case which tests not only his powers of deduction, but his basic beliefs and prejudices. Sequel to "Kissing the gunner's daughter", followed by "Road rage". 1994.Singing in the shrouds
By Ngaio Marsh. 1959
Shadow reaper (Shadow series. #2.)
By Christine Feehan. 2017
Billionaire playboy Ricco Ferraro knows no other life. Being a shadow rider is in his blood--but so is a haunting…
desperation stemming from the secrets of his dark past. His recklessness puts not only his life at risk, but also the future of his entire family. To save them all, he must find a woman who can meet his every desire with a heat all her own. Just when Ricco has given up hope, he meets her--a mysterious woman whose shadow connects with his. She's someone looking for a safe haven from the danger that has stalked her over the last several months. In Ricco's embrace, she finds one. But the darkness in which they so often find sanctuary can also consume them. Sequel to "Shadow rider". 2017.Secret sisters
By Jayne Ann Krentz. 2016
Reuniting at the hotel where one of them was brutally attacked as a child decades earlier, Madeline and Daphne are…
forced to confront painful memories and truths in order to solve the mystery surrounding Madeline's father's death. 2016.Seeing red
By Sandra Brown. 2017
Kerra Bailey is a TV journalist hot on the trail of a story guaranteed to skyrocket her career to new…
heights. Twenty-five years ago, Major Franklin Trapper became a national icon when he was photographed leading a handful of survivors to safety after the bombing of a Dallas hotel. For years, he gave frequent speeches and interviews but then suddenly dropped out of the public eye, shunning all media. Now Kerra is willing to use any means necessary to get an exclusive with the Major, even if she has to wrangle an introduction from his estranged son, former ATF agent John Trapper. Bestseller. 2017.See me
By Nicholas Sparks. 2015
Colin Hancock is giving his second chance his best shot. At twenty-eight, he's focused only on walking a straight line…
- getting his teaching degree, working out at the gym religiously, and avoiding all the places and people that proved so destructive in his earlier life. The last thing he's looking for is a serious relationship. But when Maria Sanchez crosses paths with him on a rainswept night in North Carolina, his plans are upended in a way that will rattle the foundations of his carefully structured life. As for Maria, the hardworking lawyer and daughter of Mexican immigrants, Colin will challenge every notion she's ever had about herself and her future, making her question what truly makes her happy. Before the couple has a chance to envision what a life together might look like, however, menacing reminders of events in Maria's past begin to surface. And as the threat of violence begins to shadow her every step, she and Colin will be tested in increasingly terrifying ways. Will demons from their past destroy the tentative bonds they have forged, or will their love protect them, even in the darkest hour? Bestseller. 2015.