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The fifth slug
By Peter Georgas. 2014
The art critic for a metropolitan daily is looking forward to reviewing the hot new exhibit, but is assigned instead…
to cover a murder that occurred in his rural hometown. Adult. Some descriptions of sex. Some strong language. ViolenceApril fools: a Mira James mystery (Murder-by-month mystery #12)
By Jess Lourey. 2019
"Librarian and aspiring PI Mira James has discovered one corpse a month for each of the eleven months she's lived…
in Battle Lake, Minnesota. She'd give her left foot to break that streak this April. Then she stumbles across that disturbing note, and a Battle Lake girl vanishes. She follows the note's trail and is horrified to discover that it leads to her father, who died 13 years earlier. It's a race against the clock to crack the secret he carried to his grave in time to save the girl. Meanwhile, chiseled police chief Gary Wohnt is scrutinizing her every move, aching to finally put her behind bars, and Johnny, her sweet and sexy boyfriend, is planning a surprise for her. Problem is, she doesn't know if it's a marriage proposal or an intervention. As Mrs. Berns and Mira take on their final case together, Mira discovers it's more personal than she could have imagined, and that she holds not only the life of the vanished girl but the fate of all Battle Lake in her hands." -- Provided by publisherA wolf in the woods: an Ozarks mystery (Ozarks Mysteries Ser. #4)
By Nancy Allen. 2018
While McCown County assistant prosecutor Elsie Arnold is prepping an assault case she fears she has discovered a sex trafficking…
ring in the Ozark hills. Descriptions of sex. Some violence. Strong language. AdultLos poderosos lo quieren todo (Nuevos tiempos (Madrid, Spain) #328)
By José María Guelbenzu. 2016
"Hermógenes Arbusto, tax adviser and successful businessman, sees death enter his office one day, and, reacting quickly, manages to dodge…
the blow of the scythe, rushes to the door, leaves in a hurry, and locks and deadbolts it behind him, leaving the reaper locked inside. Shortly after, and while he is getting his wits about him in Madrid's Plaza Mayor, he reaches a Faustian pact with the devil, the distinguished Forcas (with permission to travel to Earth), to whom he sells his soul in order to be free, at least temporarily, from meeting the Cold Lady again. Meanwhile, Tomás Beovide, poet and Literature teacher at the Juan García Hortelano Secondary School, corrects exams, laments the abandonment of his girlfriend, grieves happily over his unhappy love encounter with Maribel Arbusto and consoles himself by listening with joy to the long-suffering love songs of his admired Julie London. And we don't go on counting because everything that follows is pure nonsense, a narrative implausibility where a wild and stubborn nonsense builds its own logic until it blows any reasonable expectation or argument out of the water." -- Translation provided by NLSOído atento a los pájaros (Nuevos tiempos (Madrid, Spain) #329)
By Luis Goytisolo. 2016
"Ramón Rada is a successful painter who finds himself at a vital crossroads: he feels the need to connect his…
life and his work, and to do this he plans a memory book that will also be a guide for the reinterpretation of his artwork. His memories will take us to Miralrío, a village where someone is investigating some tragic events that occurred forty-five years earlier. From there, Luis Goytisolo develops a kaleidoscopic novel where historical recreation, artistic reflection and the chronicle of everyday life run parallel." -- Translation provided by NLSThe whispering city
By Sara Moliner. 2015
In Franco's Spain, wealthy socialite Mariona Sobrerroca has been murdered and Journalist Ana Martí Noguer is assigned to cover the…
case. What begins as a sensational murder case exposes revelations that implicate the regime's most influential figures. Adult. UnratedRafferty's Last Case: A Minnesota Mystery featuring Sherlock Holmes
By Larry Millett. 2022
Liar, liar
By Lisa Jackson. 2018
"IF YOU TELL A LIE Twenty years ago, ex-beauty queen Didi Storm worked the Vegas strip as a celebrity impersonator.…
Now, in death, she's finally getting the publicity she always craved. To the police, it looks like suicide, or a stunt gone wrong. Her estranged daughter, Remmi, knows the answer isn't so simple. Though dressed in Didi's clothes and wig, the broken body on the sidewalk isn't Didi . . . THERE'S NO DOUBT Remmi was fifteen when she last saw her mother. En route to meet her crush, Noah Scott, Remmi secretly witnessed Didi handing over one of her newborn twins to a strange man. Then Didi disappeared, as did Remmi's other half-sibling. Remmi pleaded with the authorities to find them, with no success. Yet she's always sensed that someone is watching her . . . YOU WILL DIE Noah, now running his own PI firm, resurfaces in Remmi's life, determined to find out what happened that long-ago night. As they dig deeper, the truth about Remmi's family begins to emerge--a story of greed and twisted lies that someone will kill again and again to keep hidden . . ." -- Provided by publisherA tale of Two Castles (Tale of Two Castles #01)
By Gail Carson Levine. 2011
"Twelve-year-old Elodie journeys to Two Castles in hopes of studying acting but instead becomes apprentice to a dragon, who teaches…
her to be observant and use reasoning, thus helping her to uncover who is poisoning the king." -- Provided by publisherHome town magic (Magical renovation mystery #10)
By Amy Boyles. 2022
"There is a killer on the loose in Peachwood, and that person is targeting witches. Worse, there's no rhyme or…
reason to the murders. Clementine and Rufus are at a loss as to how to find the killer. They need help, and a lot of it. So the entire witch and wizard community of Peachwood bands together to help. Only, those folks tend to whine a lot and they're not sure if Rufus can be trusted. With time running out, and more attacks occurring, Clem and Rufus are forced to rely on witches who can't be trusted for help. Will they solve the mystery? Or will Clem and Rufus be the next victims?" -- Provided by publisherHabeas porpoise (Solomon vs. Lord novel #04)
By Paul Levine. 2014
"When an ecoterrorist is charged with murder... It's Victoria Lord for the state, Steve Solomon for the defense... And when…
lovers do battle, it's winner take all. " -- Provided by publisherDead as a dodo: A Wildwood Witch mystery (Wildwood Witch Mystery #03)
By Elle Adams. 2021
"Robin Wildwood is settling into her new role as Head Witch, kind of. At least her squirrel familiar, Tansy, is…
enjoying their return to her childhood home of Wildwood Heath when she isn't getting into fights with Robin's aunt's scheming magpie familiar, that is. Between lectures from her grandmother's ghost and the pressure to live up to her family's high expectations, Robin hopes for some light relief when she's invited to attend a retirement party with the local Sky Hopper team especially when it gives her an excuse to spend time with Harvey, her old crush and the current team captain. But when the party's host unexpectedly drops dead, the blame lands on none other than Harvey himself. Robin is keen to prove Harvey's innocence, but defending her would-be boyfriend from a murder accusation is tricky when her over-achieving older brother happens to be the head of the local police force and the person with the power to decide Harvey's fate. If they lose their captain, the Sky Hopper team will have to hang up their broomsticks for good, but the world of professional magical sports is as scheming as any of the covens. Regardless, Robin isn't inclined to lie down and let the real killer get away with their crimes. Can Robin navigate this bumpy flight and find the real killer before Harvey finds himself behind bars?" -- Provided by publisherLe vétéran et autres récits
By Frederick Forsyth. 2002
The shadows of men: a novel (Wyndham & Banerjee mystery series #05)
By Abir Mukherjee. 2021
When a Hindu theologian is found murdered, war threatens Calcutta. Captain Sam Wyndham and Sergeant "Surrender-Not" Banerjee are tasked with…
tracking those responsible before the city turns into a bloodbath. The case also threatens their relationship and partnership. Violence and some strong language. 2021The Royal Wulff murders (Sean Stranahan mystery #01)
By Keith McCafferty. 2012
A mystery set in Bridger, Montana. A fishing guide reels in the dead body of a young man on the…
Madison, the Holy Grail of Montana trout rivers. While the local sheriff investigates, private detective, Sean Stranahan, is hired by a beautiful, mysterious woman to find her missing brother. As the two mysteries overlap, Stranahan and the sheriff discover the murder is tied to the big business of fly fishing. Adult. Some descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. Some violence. Strong languageThe mind-murders (Amsterdam Cops #08)
By Janwillem Van de Wetering. 2003
"Mr. Fortune is suspected of murdering his wife. Grijpstra and de Gier begin a search that leads to the unidentified…
corpse of a man stuffed into the trunk of a stolen Mercedes. But where is the body of Mrs. Fortune? Tracking a killer without a corpse and a corpse without a killer, the Amsterdam cops finally arrive at the bone-chilling truth." -- Provided by publisherI.O.U (Jenny Cain mystery #07)
By Nancy Pickard. 1991
"Pickard's sixth Jenny Cain mystery and first Pocket Books hardcover, Bum Steer, was widely acclaimed by critics and readers alike.…
Now, in I.O.U., Jenny explores her own family's unsettling, mysterious past, beginning with her mother's death--was it murder?" -- GoodreadsMurder at the abbey (Redmond and Haze mystery #02)
By Irina Shapiro. 2020
"When the body of a young woman is found near the ruins of a haunted abbey, everyone assumes she died…
of fright. A postmortem examination tells a different story. Not only was Elizabeth Barrett poisoned, but the lethal dose of cyanide must have been administered by someone close to her-someone she trusted, who may have known her secret. As Captain Redmond and Constable Haze delve into the victim's seemingly ordinary life, they learn she wasn't the proper, biddable wife everyone believed her to be. With no clear motive for the murder and no obvious suspects, the trail soon grows cold. But the killer is closer than they imagined, waiting to strike with deadly force should they discover the truth." -- Provided by publisherCoule la Seine
By Fred Vargas. 2002
La clinique du docteur H: roman (Collections Litterature Ser. #Vol. 6009971)
By Mary Higgins Clark. 1981
L'héroïne, Katie DeMaio, est une jeune, séduisante et brillante adjointe au procureur dans une petite ville du New Jersey. Un…
accident de voiture mineur la conduit à la clinique Westlake où elle aperçoit - ou croit apercevoir - au milieu de la nuit, une silhouette familière transportant un corps de femme inanimée dans une voiture. Lorsque la femme est retrouvée le lendemain morte dans son lit, prétendument victime d'un suicide, Katie décide de découvrir la vérité, et met très vite au jour les scandales et les peurs enfouis dans la vie de personnages en apparence parfaitement équilibrés et respectables. Parmi ceux-ci : le Dr Edgar Highley, un grand gynécologue qui semble capable d'accomplir des miracles sur certaines de ses patientes, et dont la froideur distante cache peut-être autre chose que son intérêt pour les problèmes de maternité...