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Mysteries with a male amateur sleuth.
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Alexander, Bruce Rules of Engagement In a final Georgian London mystery by the late author of The Price of Murder, Sir John and Jeremy find their deductive skills tested in the wake of a series of bizarre deaths that coincide with the arrival of an animal magnetism doctor who has suspicious ties to a suicide victim's family. 2005 Appears on the following book list:  At Home Reader March 2006 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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Doss, James D. The Witch's Tongue In the wake of a series of mysterious crimes that have the local police and the FBI baffled, Charlie Moon travels to a Ute reservation in southern Colorado to discover a link between a Spirit Canyon disappearance, a museum burglary, and an Apache's assault on a police officer. 2004 | |
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Elkins, Aaron J. The Dark Place Professor Gideon Oliver journeys to the Olympic rain forest to help identify the skeleton of a missing hiker, a man killed by a most unusual, prehistoric weapon.:-9 2005 | |
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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 | |
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Kemelman, Harry That Day the Rabbi Left Town The head of the English department at Boston's Windermere College is murdered and there is no shortage of people who might have done it. Professor Malcom Kent, the victim, was a philanderer, a Peeping Tom and a snob. Rabbi David Small, professor of Judaica at the college investigates, drawn into the case because a suspect is a fellow rabbi. 1996 | |
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Langton, Jane The Escher Twist An exhibit of work by Escher leads to the disappearance of an enigmatic woman named Frieda, and Homer and Mary Kelly agree to help their friend Leonard find her, plunging them all into a maze of murder, dark secrets, and ghosts. 2002 | |
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Lovesey, Peter. Diamond Dust Detective Superintendent Peter Diamond is confronted with a crime that comes too close to home. His beloved wife has been killed, apparently just the most recent victim in a series of murders of police spouses. 2002 | |
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McBain, Ed The Last Best Hope Six people involved in sexual games band together to steal an antique cup, from which Socrates is said to have drunk his hemlock. Next, the six proceed to double-cross each other, which is when the Florida PI, Matthew Hope, is hired by one of them to recuperate her money. 1998 | |
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McInerny, Ralph M. Blood Ties When the birth father of a now adult adoptee is murdered, Father Dowling and his friend, lawyer Amos Cadbury, pool their intelligence, sensitivity, and resources together to help resolve the issues in the case. 2005 | |
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Mosley, Walter. The Long Fall Leonid McGill, a New York City private detective, tries to put his past life behind him. But it's not that easy when someone like Tony The Suit Towers expects you to do a job; when an Albany PI hires you to track down four men known only by their youthful street names; and when your 16-year-old son, Twill, is getting in over his head with a suicidal girl. 2009 | |
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Pears, Iain The Immaculate Deception Flavia di Stefano, the acting head of Italy's Art Theft Squad, attempts to track down the thief who stole a politically sensitive painting on loan from a foreign museum, a search that soon becomes a hunt for a killer. 2000 | |
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Sansom, C. J. Dissolution Issues of politics and faith collide when a gruesome murder is committed in a remote Benedictine monastery during the reign of Henry VIII. 2003 | |
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| Updated: May. 2010 © Hennepin County Library We welcome your comments and suggestions. |
| • | Abresch, Peter
James P. Dandy |
| • | Adams, Harold
Carl Wilcox |
| • | Alexander, Bruce
Sir John Fielding |
| • | Billheimer, John
Owen Allison |
| • | Block, Lawrence
Bernie Rhodenbarr |
| • | Bowen, Peter
Gabriel Du Pre |
| • | Braun, Lillian J.
Jim Qwilleran |
| • | Elkins, Aaron
Gideon Oliver |
| • | Gash, Jonathan
Lovejoy |
| • | Haddam, Jane
Gregor Demarkian |
| • | Kemelman, Harry
Rabbi Small |
| • | Langston, Jane
Homer Kelly |
| • | Lovesey, Peter
Peter Diamond |
| • | Matthews, Alex
Cassidy McCabe |
| • | McBain, Ed
Matthew Hope |
| • | McInerny, Ralph
Father Dowling |
| • | Mosley, Walter
Easy Rawlins |
| • | Pears, Iain
Jonathan Argyll |
| • | Tapply, William
Brady Coyne |
