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Clean cut: An Anna Travis Mystery
By Lynda La Plante. 2008
As Anna Travis begins questioning her live-in relationship with sloppy, selfish Detective Chief Inspector Langton, he is badly injured. While…
Langton recovers enough to track his assailant, Travis works a connected case and, still worried about Langton, secretly tries to cover some of his legwork. Violence and strong language. 2007Mudshark
By Gary Paulsen. 2009
Principal Wagner confidently deals with a faculty washroom crisis, a psychic parrot, and a terrorizing gerbil, but when all the…
classroom erasers disappear, he turns to the school's best problem solver and locator of lost items, twelve-year-old Lyle Williams, aka Mudshark. For grades 3-6. 2009Dead air: a Jessie Drake mystery
By Rochelle Majer Krich. 2001
After radio talk-show doctor Renee Altman has LAPD detective Jessie Drake investigate a stalker, a kidnapper takes Renee's daughter Molly…
and taunts Renee on air. While racing to find Molly, Jessie deals with feelings for her ex-husband and accepting her Jewish heritage. Some violence and some strong language. 2000Living dead in Dallas (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #2)
By Charlaine Harris. 2009
The morning after Sookie Stackhouse takes drunk Andy Bellefleur's car keys, she discovers the Merlotte's flamboyant cook, Lafayette, dead in…
Andy's car. Before she can investigate, vampire Eric summons Sookie and vampire Bill for an errand in Dallas. Violence, explicit descriptions of sex, and some strong language. Bestseller. 2002Urn burial: a Phryne Fisher mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries Ser. #8)
By Kerry Greenwood. 2005
Sleuth Phryne Fisher, her lover Lin Chung, and their retinue take a holiday at a gothic mansion in Australia's mountain…
country. But mischief and murder disrupt the peace when the owners receive death threats and someone strangles a parlor maid. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1996Takeover (Theresa Maclean Novels Ser. #1)
By Lisa Black. 2008
Cleveland. Forensic scientist Theresa MacLean works a murder scene with her fiancé, homicide detective Paul Cleary. When Paul goes to…
the federal reserve bank where the victim worked, he stumbles upon a related robbery and becomes one of the hostages. Some violence and some strong language. 2008Away with the fairies: a Phryne Fisher mystery
By Kerry Greenwood. 2006
Australia, 1928. Phryne Fisher takes a job at a woman's magazine to discover who murdered Marcella Lavender, a writer and…
illustrator of fairy stories. Phryne also worries about her lover, Lin Chung, who is in China on a silk-buying trip. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2001Shift
By Jennifer Bradbury. 2008
Imagine you and your best friend head out West on a cross-country bike trek. Imagine that you get into a…
fight—the cheap SOB won’t kick in any cash—and you stop riding together. Imagine you reach Seattle, go home alone, and start college. Imagine you think your former best friend does too. Imagine he didn’t, that he was carrying more than $20,000 in cash the whole trip, and that now the FBI is looking for him. Imagine your world shifting. Some strong languageWicked prey (Prey Ser. #19)
By John Sandford. 2009
Lucas Davenport learns that the Republican convention has attracted a redneck with a sniper rifle to St. Paul. Meanwhile thieves…
plan to steal millions in illegal cash from lobbyists, and a criminal who blames Davenport for his injury plots revenge involving Davenport's stepdaughter. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2009Cold in hand
By John Harvey. 2008
Charlie's live-in lover and fellow inspector Lynn Kellogg tries to break up a gang-related fight between two girls. Lynn's bulletproof…
vest saves her life, but one girl dies. Assigned to find the shooter, Charlie must also deal with the victim's father, who blames Lynn. Violence and strong language. 2008Dead connection
By Alafair Burke. 2007
NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher is temporarily transferred to homicide to help detective Flann McIlroy with what he thinks is a…
serial killing. Two women killed a year apart were both members of an online dating service. Soon a third victim strengthens Flann's theory--and Ellie goes undercover. Some violence. 2007Blood and circuses: a Phryne Fisher mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries Ser. #6)
By Kerry Greenwood. 2006
Australia, 1928. Detective Phryne Fisher's former love interest Alan Lee asks Phryne to investigate vandalism at the circus, including poisoned…
animals, sabotaged tightropes--and murder. When ex-performer Amelia Parkes is arrested, Phryne goes undercover at the carnival to expose the truth. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1994Dead until dark: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #1)
By Charlaine Harris. 2001
While telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse serves tables at Merlotte's bar in Bon Temps, Louisiana, she meets handsome vampire Bill. But…
when a rowdy vampire gang moves into town and murders remain unsolved, Sookie's attraction to Bill puts her in danger. Violence, explicit descriptions of sex, and some strong language. Bestseller. 2001Angel's tip: a novel (Ellie Hatcher Ser.)
By Alafair Burke. 2008
NYPD detective Ellie Hatcher, permanently working in homicide after the events of Dead Connection (BR 18336), investigates the case of…
a college student tourist who was murdered after leaving a club. Ellie soon realizes her late partner Flann McIlroy was looking into similar cases. Violence and some strong language. 2008Club dead (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood #3)
By Charlaine Harris. 2003
After Sookie's cheating boyfriend, vampire Bill, disappears, his boss Eric convinces Sookie to rescue Bill from kidnappers. She travels to…
Jackson, Mississippi, where werewolf Alcide helps Sookie search nightclubs for her wayward lover. Strong language, explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2003Still water (A Charles Resnick Mystery Ser.)
By John Harvey. 2008
The disappearance of a friend of Inspector Charlie Resnick's lover, Hannah, interrupts his missing-paintings investigation. When the friend's corpse is…
found in the river, the death is considered a murder linked to similar cases. But Hannah persuades Charlie to look deeper. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1997The honorary consul
By Graham Greene. 2008
Argentina. A British consul is kidnapped by Paraguayan revolutionaries who have mistaken him for the American ambassador. A local physician…
with his own divided loyalties negotiates between the rebels and the authorities. A tale of political chaos, love, faith, and betrayal. Includes 2008 introduction by Mark Bosco. 1973The museum of Dr. Moses: tales of mystery and suspense
By Joyce Carol Oates. 2007
Ten macabre tales by National Book Award winner. In "Bad Habits" a serial killer's children attempt to understand their father's…
choice of victims. In the title story a woman tries to rescue her mother from a demented ex-coroner. Includes "Feral" and "Suicide Watch." Violence and strong language. 2007The grub-and-stakers pinch a poke
By Alisa Craig. 1988
Ontario. Dittany Monk, museum-board secretary, convinces her writer husband to enter a drama festival competition. When someone tries to kill…
the play's lead actor, Dittany helps investigate a booby-trapped "poke" of shaving gear and a cast of suspects including a jealous rival, a jaded fiancée, and a vengeful ex-wife. 1988Where evil sleeps
By Valerie Wilson Wesley. 1996
PI Tamara Hayle is vacationing in Jamaica when she meets Lilah Love, also from New Jersey. Tamara reluctantly agrees to…
go clubbing with Lilah and her obnoxious husband. When the husband is stabbed at the bar, Lilah flees with Tamara's passport. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1996