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By Val McDermid, St. Martin`s Press. 2003
After the horrifying events of The Wire in the Blood (DB xxxxx), Tony Hill has left profiling work for academia.…
Two years later, Carol Jordan calls for advice on an unexpected undercover assignment. Her dangerous case is soon complicated by a stalking serial killer. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2002By Brian Freeman, St. Martin`s Press. 2011
Grand Rapids, Minnesota. A baby is kidnapped and a woman is murdered on the same night. The police believe the…
killing is connected to the earlier disappearance of three other women. Detectives Jonathan Stride and Maggie Bei investigate both crimes. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010By Brian Freeman, St. Martin`s Press. 2008
In this sequel to Stripped (RC 64161), Duluth detective Jonathan Stride attempts to prove his partner Maggie Bei did not…
kill her husband. Meanwhile Jonathan's lover, private investigator Serena Dial, agrees to help a politician deal with a blackmailer. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2008By Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1998
During a performance at London's Unicorn Theatre, Felix Gardener fires a revolver supposedly loaded with duds, killing fellow actor Arthur…
Surbonadier, with whom he had previously feuded. For Scotland Yard inspector Roderick Alleyn (conveniently in attendance), the question is not who pulled the trigger--but who switched the bullets? 1935By Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1999
Percival Pyke Period and retired solicitor Harold Cartell host a treasure hunt at their shared country estate, after which one…
of them is found murdered. Scotland Yard inspector Roderick Alleyn questions guests and family members and finds that a missing pair of gloves may lead to the killer. 1962By Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1998
As wealthy spinster Idris Campanula plays the musical prelude to the Pen Cuckoo parish hall's amateur charity performance, she is…
shot to death by a gun rigged inside the piano. Scotland Yard inspector Roderick Alleyn investigates, but suspects Miss Campanula may not have been the intended victim. 1939By Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1999
Scotland Yard's Inspector Roderick Alleyn finds himself with too many suspects after the death of the British Home Secretary during…
surgery. The murderer could have been a spurned mistress, a hate-filled wife, a jealous doctor, a crazy sister, or one of a number of terrorists. 1935By Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1999
On holiday in New Zealand, Inspector Roderick Alleyn encounters a traveling theater troupe from his native England. At a cast…
party, a stunt involving a champagne bottle leads to the death of troupe director Alfred Meyer. Suspects include Meyer's actress wife and her leading man--and lover--Hailey Hambledon. 1937By Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1998
En route to a family vacation, Inspector Roderick Alleyn finds himself in an alpine chateau that serves as the headquarters…
for a sinister cult of dope peddlers who practice bizarre religious rites. Roderick exposes a conspiracy to kidnap his son, corrupt a young girl, and murder a wealthy spinster. 1954By Ian Rankin, St. Martin`s Press. 1996
Edinburgh inspector John Rebus helps London police track a serial killer dubbed the Wolfman because of the bite marks on…
victims' bodies. Rebus works with metropolitan CID counterpart George Flight and psychologist Lisa Frazer, who may have connections to the killer. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 1992By Ian Rankin, St. Martin`s Press. 1995
A serial killer targets young girls in Edinburgh, Scotland. Detective John Rebus receives taunting letters that he dismisses as coincidence--until…
they threaten his daughter. Reporter Jim Stevens, who is investigating Rebus's brother for drug trafficking, suspects Rebus is involved. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 1987By Brian Freeman, St. Martin`s Press. 2006
Las Vegas newcomer Jonathan Stride, of Immoral (DB 61116), investigates a playboy's slaying while Stride's lover, detective Serena Dial, handles…
two killings, including a hit-and-run. They link the three deaths to an exotic dancer's murder that occurred decades ago. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2006By Ian Rankin, St. Martin`s Press. 1997
Edinburgh. Inspector John Rebus investigates the case of a gangster's son found murdered in a medieval cellar, an apparent victim…
of a Northern Ireland-style punishment. Rebus heads to Belfast and uncovers possible connections to drugs, gun trafficking, the IRA, and loyalist paramilitary groups. Violence and strong language. 1994By Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1999
The president of an African republic plans a goodwill mission to England, but someone seems intent on including murder in…
his itinerary. Inspector Alleyn of Scotland Yard, a former classmate of the president, finds himself in a ticklish predicament when he's put in charge of security precautions. Some strong language. 1973By Ian Rankin, St. Martin`s Press. 1994
When Detective Inspector John Rebus participates in a raid on an Edinburgh brothel, he is surprised to find a member…
of Parliament, Gregor Jack, among the guests. Because the press seems to have known about the raid, Rebus suspects a setup. Then Jack's wife is found murdered near their cottage in the Highlands. Some strong languageBy Gwendoline Butler, St. Martin`s Press. 1991
After a young girl is raped and murdered, one of the suspects and some of his family die under suspicious…
circumstances. A series of anonymous notes signed Paper Man, and the odd actions of the rape and murder victim's grief-stricken father, are among the clues that Chief Commander Coffin must sift through to solve the case. Some violenceBy Cay Rademacher, Peter Millar. 2015
Hamburg, 1947. Career policeman Frank Stave worries about his missing son, even as he works with colleague Maschke from the…
vice squad and Lt. MacDonald of the British military to track down a killer. Translated from the original 2011 German edition. Strong language, some violence, and some descriptions of sex. 2015By Cay Rademacher. 2020
Hamburg, 1948. During a routine operation, Chief Inspector Frank Stave is shot. After he recovers, he transfers from the office…
combatting the black market. But then the women clearing rubble discover works of art from the Weimar period--next to a corpse. Translated from original 2013 German edition. Some violence and some strong language. 2018By Ann Cleeves. 2011
A woman's body is discovered at the renowned Fair Isle's bird observatory with feathers threaded through her hair. Shetland Detective…
Jimmy Perez--with only his fiancée to help him--soon realizes that this is a murder of cold and calculated intention. Some violence, some strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2010By Ngaio Marsh. 2000
Rich, vain, hypochondriac Sybil Foster, on a rest cure at posh Greengages, is found dead--a supposed but improbable suicide. Scotland…
Yard superintendent Roderick Alleyn investigates Foster's caddish doctor, ne'er-do-well stepson, nouveau-riche neighbor, and a Scots gardener. 1978