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Dragon's claw
By Peter O'Donnell. 1978
A thousand miles from land, alone on a little sloop in the Tasman Sea, Modesty Blaise finds a man on…
a sinking raft--a man with a strange gap in his memory. When he claims to be Luke Fletcher, a renowned artist who disappeared while swimming in the Mediterranean weeks before, it becomes clear that Modesty has stumbled upon a bewildering mystery. Some strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexA perfect match
By Jill McGown. 1983
The nude body of a murdered woman is found in a boathouse in a provincial English town. The man last…
seen with her is missing. It seems to be an open-and-shut case until Detective-Inspector Lloyd, divorced and Welsh, teams up with Sergeant Judy Hill to discover the truthReflecting the sky: A Novel
By S. J Rozan. 2002
Private investigator Lydia Chin and her partner, Bill Smith, are hired by a New York City Chinatown elder to travel…
to Hong Kong to deliver an old friend's ashes, a letter to the dead man's brother, and a keepsake to his grandson. They find the apartment ransacked and the youngster kidnapped. 2001An unthymely death and other garden mysteries (China Bayles Mystery #12)
By Susan Wittig Albert. 2003
China Bayles has settled into the quaint town of Pecan Springs, fallen in love with a former detective and opened…
an herb shop, all the while solving more than her share of mysteries. Interspersed in this collection of then puzzling cases are wonderful herbal tidbitsMurder off mike: A Talk Radio Mystery (Talk Radio Mysteries Ser.)
By Joyce Krieg. 2003
Outrageous Sacramento radio talk show host Shauna J. Bogart is devastated by the death of a colleague. The police rule…
it a suicide, but Shauna believes otherwise and launches her own on-air investigation--one that could lead to a gubernatorial candidate and the station's demise. 2003The master quilter: an Elm Creek Quilts novel (Elm Creek Quilts Ser. #No. 6)
By Jennifer Chiaverini. 2004
The Elm Creek Quilters were quite surprised when master quilter Sylvia married Andrew Cooper on Christmas Eve. Now they are…
secretly conspiring to create a bridal quilt. But the project hits a snag when the local stitchers are confronted with their own personal problems. 2004For the love of Mike (Molly Murphy Mysteries Ser.)
By Rhys Bowen. 2003
New York, 1901. In this sequel to Death of Riley (BR 14657), Molly Murphy inherits her boss's detective business. Two…
cases, one to uncover industrial espionage and the other to locate a runaway, intertwine. Molly tries to ease the plight of an immigrant family and finds a new love. 2003Birds of a feather: a novel (Maisie Dobbs Mystery Ser. #Bk. 2)
By Jacqueline Winspear. 2005
London, 1930s. Wealthy Joseph Waite hires private investigator Maisie Dobbs, a former battlefield nurse, to locate his missing thirty-two-year-old daughter,…
Charlotte. Maisie finds chilling links to Scotland Yard inspector Stratton's latest murder case and the Great War's terrible legacy. 2004Murder in Montparnasse: a Phryne Fisher mystery (Phryne Fisher Mysteries Ser. #12)
By Kerry Greenwood. 2004
Australia, 1928. Bert and Cec, soldiers who unknowingly witnessed a murder in post-WWI Paris, appeal to Phryne Fisher to investigate…
the suspicious deaths of two comrades. Phryne confronts her own repressed memories as she proceeds with this assignment. Some explicit descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2002Last lullaby: an Eve Diamond novel
By Denise Hamilton. 2004
L.A. reporter Eve Diamond accompanies a U.S. Customs supervisor meeting a plane from China. Shots ring out leaving three people…
dead and a two-year-old toddler missing. Eve and a score of unsavory characters search for the child amongst the immigrant population. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2004Jack in the pulpit (Martha's Vineyard Mystery Ser. #4)
By Cynthia Riggs. 2004
Ninety-two-year-old Victoria Trumbull is well prepared to be the deputy police chief: she knows everyone in town and their ancestry.…
When four local residents die in one month, Turnbull investigates, uncovering the secrets of missing corpses and gravestones in the process. Some strong language. 2004Dying in the dark: a Tamara Hayle mystery
By Valerie Wilson Wesley. 2004
Newark, New Jersey. PI Tamara Hayle is haunted by the spirit of her murdered high school best friend, Celia Jones.…
After Celia's son Cecil asks Tamara to solve the mystery of his mother's death, Tamara explores the secrets of Celia's troubled life. Then Cecil is brutally killed. Strong language. 2004Fall guy: a Rachel Alexander mystery
By Carol Lea Benjamin. 2004
Private investigator/dog trainer Rachel Alexander is appointed executor of the estate of detective Timothy O'Fallon, whom she'd met only once…
during a post-terrorism pet-therapy session. As she settles his affairs, she soon begins to wonder about O'Fallon's supposedly accidental death. Strong language. 2004Melancholy baby (Sunny Randall Ser. #No. 4)
By Robert B. Parker. 2004
Boston PI Sunny Randall, upset over her ex-husband's remarriage, seeks counseling from Dr. Susan Silverman. Meanwhile Randall's latest case involves…
a young woman who's convinced her parents have adopted her--and the father is soon murdered. Strong language and some violence. 2004Alice in jeopardy: A Novel
By Ed McBain. 2005
Young Florida widow Alice Glendenning struggles to raise her daughter and mute son following their father's drowning. When the kids…
are abducted from their school, the kidnappers demand Alice's nonexistent insurance money. Bungling law enforcement agencies force Alice to act alone. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2005In like Flynn (Molly Murphy Mysteries Ser.)
By Rhys Bowen. 2005
In early-twentieth-century, typhoid-ridden New York, policeman Daniel Sullivan hires Molly Murphy to investigate the Sorensen sisters. Molly poses as an…
Irish relative at Senator Flynn's country estate where the siblings, who claim to be spiritualists, are trying to solve the kidnapping of Flynn's son. 2005The Castlemaine murders: a Phryne Fisher mystery (Phryne Fisher Ser.)
By Kerry Greenwood. 2002
Australia. When Phryne Fisher, her two daughters, her younger sister, and her Chinese lover visit an amusement park, their day…
of fun is cut short: Phryne discovers a mummified corpse, complete with a bullet hole. As Phryne investigates she and her family receive death threats. 2002Child of silence
By Abigail Padgett. 1993
San Diego child-abuse investigator Bo Bradley has a new case: four-year-old deaf boy Weppo, found tied to a mattress on…
a Paiute reservation. When hired gunmen target Weppo, Bo flees with him and uncovers an alarming connection to a Houston political hopeful. Strong language and some violence. 1993Burned: a Regan Reilly mystery (Regan Reilly Mystery Ser. #No. 8)
By Carol Higgins Clark. 2005
Los Angeles private investigator Regan Reilly, about to be married, joins her girlfriend Kit Callan in Hawaii for a last…
fling. When the body of the resort's social director, Dorinda Dawes, washes ashore, the hotel manager persuades Regan to investigate. Suspects include assorted guests and a local millionaire. 2005Savage garden: a novel
By Denise Hamilton. 2005
Los Angeles Times reporter Eve Diamond investigates the murder of Latin stage actress Catarina Velosi, a friend of Eve's lover,…
Silvio Aguilar. While forced to mentor Felice Morgan, a rising African American star at the newspaper, Eve interrogates several suspects. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2005