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Albert, Susan Wittig A Dilly of a Death China Bayles and her husband, Mike McQuaid, become involved in the tangled affair of Phoebe the Pickle Queen, owner of the largest pickle business in Texas, but things take a dangerous turn when Phoebe mysteriously vanishes. 2004 Adult Mystery Book ALBERT |
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Barr, Nevada Hard Truth Park Ranger Anna Pigeon comes face-to-face with the dark side of humanity when she investigates the disappearance of three young girls in Rocky Mountain National Park. 2005 Adult Mystery Book BARR |
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Bowen, Peter Nails While searching for a missing girl, Gabriel Du Pré finds his investigation complicated by the arrival of a group of protesting fundamentalist Christians, the return of his precocious granddaughter from school in Washington, D.C., and the presence of a young soldier, just back from Iraq, who is missing a leg and may have lost his grip on reality. 2006 Adult Fiction Book BOWEN |
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Bradley, C. Alan The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie Eleven-year-old Flavia de Luce, an aspiring chemist with a passion for poison, must exonerate her father of murder. Armed with more than enough knowledge to tie two distant deaths together and examine new suspects, she begins a search that will lead her all the way to the King of England himself. 2010 Adult Mystery Book BRADLEY |
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Braun, Lilian Jackson The Cat Who Went Up the Creek While Jim Qwilleran is enjoying his stay at the Nutcracker Inn in Black Creek, his cat spots a body in a nearby stream. When it's revealed that the victim was a guest at the inn-and had nuggets of gold hidden in his shoes-Qwill dives into the case. 2002 Adult Mystery Book BRAUN |
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Burke, Jan Bloodlines Conn O'Connor struggles to find a connection between a bloodstained car, a missing yacht, and a stolen infant heir, a mystery that deepens years later when fledgling reporter Irene Kelly explores a young man's claim that he is the missing baby. 2005 Adult Mystery Book BURKE |
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Churchill, Jill The House of Seven Mabels Hired by a rebellious group of feminists for a huge house renovation, Jane Jeffry and Shelley Nowack become increasingly alarmed when the project is overshadowed by malicious pranks, a suspicious death, and numerous secrets. 2002 Adult Mystery Book CHURCHILL |
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Clement, Blaize. Cat Sitter On a Hot Tin Roof When ex-deputy, Florida pet sitter Dixie Hemingway meets Laura Halston, she believes she's found a new friend and then Laura is stabbed to death in her shower. With the help of her new boyfriend homicide detective Lt. Jean-Pierre Guidry, Dixie investigates everything there is to know about Laura and her sadistic ex-husband. 2009 Adult Mystery Book CLEMENT |
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Cohen, Nancy J. Killer Knots When Marla Shore embarks on a supposedly romantic cruise with her fiance Dalton Vail, she finds mystery and mayhem on the high seas when she accidently receives a cryptic message that leads to the murder of a renowned artist. 2007 Adult Mystery Book COHEN |
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Craig, Philip R. Second Sight Suspecting foul play in the planning of an upcoming fundraising concert, Martha's Vineyard lawyer Brady Coyne and his detective sidekick, J.W. Jackson, work to safeguard a famous singer while investigating a charismatic religious leader. 2005 Adult Mystery Book CRAIG |
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Cross, Amanda The Edge of Doom Academic sleuth Kate Fansler and her family confront a troubling mystery when a man arrives claiming to be Kate's true father, an encounter that reveals a series of life-threatening secrets and dark deceptions that could unleash potentially dangerous repercussions for Kate's entire family. 2002 Adult Mystery Book CROSS |
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Daheim, Mary The Alpine Quilt Members of the Burl Creek Thimble Club, a quilting circle in small-town Alpine, Washington, are planning a fete to welcome back Genevieve Bayard, who left Alpine, decades ago. But Gen's homecoming is cut decidedly short when she dies at a dinner party. Emma Lord, owner and publisher of the local newspaper arrives on the scene to report the incident and sleuth her way to the truth. 2005 Adult Mystery Book DAHEIM |
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DeSilva, Bruce Rogue Island When journalist Liam Mulligan realizes that someone is systematically burning down his childhood neighborhood in Providence, Rhode Island, he ignores his bosses and his budding relationship to figure out the firebug's identity. 2010 Adult Fiction Book |
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Doherty, P. C. The Assassins of Isis Lord Amerotke, the Chief Judge to the Pharoah Queen Hatusu, is called in to investigate when the Sebaus, a mysterious sect taking its name from demons, steals a powerful secret, but his search for the truth is complicated by the death of a military hero killed by vipers. 2006 Adult Mystery Book DOHERTY |
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Fiffer, Sharon Sloan Buried Stuff Examining mysterious fragments found buried near her mother's home in Kankakee, Illinois, antique collector Jane Wheel identifies the remains of a murdered city official and becomes embroiled in the ensuing investigation. 2004 Adult Mystery Book FIFFER |
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Fowler, Earlene Delectable Mountains "Volunteered" to take over rehearsals of a children's play for the musical director of her church, Benni Harper's entertainment career comes to a dismal end when she stumbles upon the corpse of the church handyman in front of the altar. 2005 Adult Mystery Book FOWLER |
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Griffiths, Elly The Crossing Places When she's not digging up bones or other ancient objects, quirky, tart-tongued archaeologist Ruth Galloway lives happily alone in a remote area called Saltmarsh near Norfolk, land that was sacred to its Iron Age inhabitants--not quite earth, not quite sea. When a child's bones are found on a desolate beach nearby, Detective Chief Inspector Harry Nelson calls Galloway for help. 2010 Adult Fiction Book |
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Haddam, Jane Cheating at Solitaire Former FBI agent Gregor Demarkian, fleeing from his own wedding preparations, is hired to review a case--one that he finds has little evidence and twisted by an out-of-control media--in what may be the most compelling case of his entire career. 2008 Adult Mystery Book HADDAM |
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Hart, Ellen The Iron Girl While sorting through the belongings of her late lover, Christine Kane, Minneapolis restaurateur Jane Lawless discovers a gun that could hold the clue to Christine's death as well as the murders of three members of the Simoneau family. 2005 Adult Mystery Book HART |
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Johnson, D. E. (Dan E.) The Detroit Electric Scheme In 1910 Detroit, Will Anderson's father owns the electric-car factory where Will finds the body of a onetime friend and rival. As Will narrates the sordid details, the finger of blame points in all directions. 2010 Adult Fiction Book |
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AUTHORS
| • | Abresch, Peter
James P. Dandy |
| • | Adams, Harold
Carl Wilcox |
| • | Albert, Susan Wittig
China Bayles |
| • | Alexander, Bruce
Sir John Fielding |
| • | Barnes, Linda
Carlotta Carlyle |
| • | Barr, Nevada
Anna Pigeon |
| • | Beaton, M. C.
Agatha Raisin |
| • | Billheimer, John
Owen Allison |
| • | Block, Lawrence
Bernie Rhodenbarr |
| • | Bowen, Peter
Gabriel Du Pre |
| • | Braun, Lillian J.
Jim Qwilleran |
| • | Brown, Rita Mae
Mary Minor Haristeen |
| • | Burke, Jan
Irene Kelly |
| • | Christie, Agatha
Miss Marple |
| • | Churchill, Jill
Jane Jeffry |
| • | Conant, Susan
Holly Winter |
| • | Crane, Hamilton
Miss Seeton |
| • | Cross, Amanda
Kate Fansler |
| • | D'Amato, Barbara
Cat Marsala |
| • | Daheim, Mary
Emma Lord |
| • | Daheim, Mary
Judith McMonigle Flynn |
| • | Davidson, Diane Mott
Goldy Bear |
| • | Day, Diane
Fremont Jones |
| • | Douglas, Carole N.
Temple Barr |
| • | Elkins, Aaron
Gideon Oliver |
| • | Fowler, Earlene
Benni Harper |
| • | Frazer, Margaret
Sister Frevisse |
| • | Gash, Jonathan
Lovejoy |
| • | Gilman, Dorothy
Mrs. Pollifax |
| • | Haddam, Jane
Gregor Demarkian |
| • | Hart, Carolyn
Annie Laurance Darling |
| • | Hart, Ellen
Sophie Greenway |
| • | Hart, Ellen
Jane Lawless |
| • | Kemelman, Harry
Rabbi Small |
| • | King, Laurie R.
Mary Russell |
| • | Langston, Jane
Homer Kelly |
| • | Lovesey, Peter
Peter Diamond |
| • | Lovett, Sarah
Sylvia Strange |
| • | Maron, Margaret
Deborah Knott |
| • | Matthews, Alex
Cassidy McCabe |
| • | McBain, Ed
Matthew Hope |
| • | McCrumb, Sharyn
Elizabeth MacPherson |
| • | McInerny, Ralph
Father Dowling |
| • | Meier, Leslie
Lucy Stone |
| • | Mosley, Walter
Easy Rawlins |
| • | Myers, Tamar
Magdalena Yoder |
| • | Neely, Barbara
Blanche White |
| • | Newman, Sharon
Catherine LeVendeur |
| • | O'Marie, Carol Anne
Sister Mary Helen |
| • | Page, Katherine Hall
Faith Fairchild |
| • | Pears, Iain
Jonathan Argyll |
| • | Peters, Elizabeth
Amelia Peabody |
| • | Roberts, Gillian
Amanda Pepper |
| • | Roosevelt, Elliott
Eleanor Roosevelt |
| • | Tapply, William
Brady Coyne |
| • | Wolzein, Valerie
Susan Henshaw |