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The endless knot: a Joanne Kilbourn mystery (Joanne Kilbourn Mystery Ser. #No. 10)
Par Gail Bowen. 2006
When journalist Kathryn Morrissey's book about thirteen adult children of prominent Canadians is published, one of the parents, Sam Parker,…
is furious enough to take a pot shot at the author. Joanne Kilbourn is covering his trial for television while her boyfriend, lawyer Jack Shreve, is hired by Parker. On the day of the verdict, Morrissey is brutally murdered, and Joanne's investigation quickly has her trying to unravel the endless knot of the relationship between parent and child. 2006.The English breakfast murder (Tea shop mystery. #4)
Par Laura Childs. 2003
When the body of local art dealer Harper Fisk shows up in the surf, it befalls Indigo Tea Shop owner…
Theodosia Browning to solve the murder before the killer, who is seeking a sunken treasure rumored to be near the beach, strikes again. 2003.The corpse with the emerald thumb (Cait Morgan mystery.)
Par Cathy Ace, Frances Thorsen. 2014
A dream vacation at a Mexican beach resort swiftly dissolves into a nightmare for criminologist and foodie Cait Morgan when…
her significant other, Bud Anderson, is wrongly arrested for the murder of the local florist, a gifted plantswoman. With Bud’s freedom, and maybe even his life, at stake, Cait has to fight the clock to work out which member of the small Mexican community might have killed the respected florist, and why. Investigating under the watchful gaze of the local police, Cait has to keep her relationship with Bud a secret, and she soon discovers she’s not the only one with something to hide. 2014.The couturier of Milan: The Triad Years (Ava Lee novel. #9.)
Par Ian Hamilton. 2017
Ava attends London Fashion Week for the launch of the PÖ fashion line, one of the major investments she and…
her partners in the Three Sisters - May Ling Wong and Amanda Yee - have made during the last year. With the exponential expansion of the luxury-brand market in China, Ava and her partners are determined to see a young Chinese designer break out in Europe and North America and they go full out in London. The show is a success, but it attracts the attention of Dominic Ventola, the principal partner in the luxury fashion conglomerate VLG. VLG offers to buy the Three Sisters’ stake in PÖ. Ava and her partners decline. A few days later, PÖ comes under attack in the fashion media and a large part of their customer base is pressured by VLG to abandon them. Ava decides to strike back and turns to Xu for assistance, leading to a confrontation between two of the world’s biggest global crime syndicates: the Camorra and the Triad. Sequel to "The princeling of Nanjing". 2017.The disappeared (Fredrika Bergman mysteries. #3.)
Par Kristina Ohlsson. 2014
A young woman is found carved up and buried in a forest glade in a Stockholm suburb. She is identified…
as Rebecca Trolle, a student who went missing two years earlier. While Fredrika Bergman and her team try to find out why Rebecca met such a violent demise, more bodies are found in the same area. Fredrika Bergman is inevitably drawn into the case, but it becomes much more complicated when her lover's name is mentioned in the investigation. 2014. Uniform title: Änglavakter.The dog with golden eyes (Milkweed Prize For Children's Literature Ser.)
Par Frances Wilbur. 1998
When lonely thirteen-year-old Cassie finds a large white dog in her backyard, she begins to feed him secretly. She does…
odd jobs for her neighbours to earn dog-food money. Then she discovers that her pet is really a wolf and determines to save it from capture. Grades 4-7. c1998.The cuckoo child
Par Dick King-Smith. 1993
Jack Daw has always loved birds. When his class visits Wildlife Park and he sees an ostrich for the first…
time, Jack is fascinated by the huge bird. He steals an ostrich egg marked for snake food. At home he slips his prize under an unsuspecting goose and, forty-one days later, Oliver hatches. Although his surrogate parents are confused by his odd appearance, Oliver soon becomes the pride and joy of his goose mother and Jack. Grades 3-6. 1993.The education of Mr. Whippoorwill: a country boyhood
Par David Zieroth. 2002
The tales that come with growing up on a prairie farm, and then leaving it for the big city, are…
recounted. Included are such happenings as a calf getting hit by lightning, a bag of squirming kittens, and the aftershocks of war passed down through the generations. For junior high readers. 2002.The devil's claw (Jennifer Dorey mysteries. #1.)
Par Lara Dearman. 2018
Following a traumatic incident in London, journalist Jennifer Dorey returns home to Guernsey for a job at a local newspaper.…
When she finds a drowned woman on a beach, Jennifer uncovers a pattern of similar deaths over the last fifty years, and a dark trail of myths and folklore leading to the murderous son of a Nazi soldier whose work has so far gone undetected. But as Jennifer gets closer to the truth of the killer's identity, she finds herself stepping deeper into his grasp. 2018.The Chosen (Fredrika Bergman mysteries. #5.)
Par Kristina Ohlsson. 2016
On a cold winter's day, a pre-school teacher is shot to death at the Jewish Congregation in Stockholm. Just hours…
later, two Jewish boys go missing on their way to tennis practice. Fredrika Bergman and Alex Recht hunt for a killer that seems as merciless as he is effective. 2016. Uniform title: Davidsstjarnor.The drowning (Patrik Hedström series. #6.)
Par Tiina Nunnally, Camilla Läckberg. 2015
After a man disappears in Fjällbacka, Patrik Hedström and his colleagues are unsure if he is dead or alive. When,…
four months later he is found murdered, frozen in the ice, it comes to light that one of the dead man's acquaintances, author Christian Thydell, has begun receiving anonymous threats. When he receives a threat during the launch party for his breakthrough novel, he breaks down and shows the letters to Erika Falck, who helped him with the manuscript. He refuses to contact the police, and Erika sneaks a letter into her bag and shows it to Patrik. Long suspecting that something is tormenting Christian, she and her husband agree that he is in great danger. When another man is found murdered, the police realize that there is a connection. Sequel to "The hidden child". 2015. Uniform title: Sjöjungfrun.The devil's muse (Maureen Coughlin. #5.)
Par Bill Loehfelm. 2017
It’s Mardi Gras in New Orleans and rookie cop Maureen Coughlin has no idea what she’s in for. Her night…
working the parades begins calmly enough—until a half-naked man careens through the crowd and throws himself onto the hood of an oncoming SUV. As she tries to deal with the incident amid the pulsing chaos of the parade, Maureen hears gunshots. Moments later, with three wounded and a handful of drunken witnesses, Maureen has a full-fledged investigation on her hands. Who was the shooter? Who was he after? Who’s the next target? City bigwigs begin pressuring Maureen and her crew for quick answers. 2017.The darkness knows (Viv and Charlie mystery. #1.)
Par Cheryl Honigford. 2016
Chicago, 1938. Late one night before the ten o'clock show, the body of a prominent radio actress is found dead…
in the station's lounge. All the evidence points to murder, and one young, up-and-coming radio actress, Vivian Witchell, as the next victim. But Viv isn't the type to leave her fate in the hands of others - she's used to stealing the show. Alongside charming private detective Charlie Haverman, Vivian is thrust into a world of clues and motives, suspects and secrets. And with so much on the line, Viv finds her detective work doesn't end when the "On-Air" lights go out. 2016.The Darling Dahlias and the Eleven O'clock Lady (Lone Star audio)
Par Susan Wittig Albert. 2015
The elephant's journey
Par José Saramago, Margaret Jull Costa. 2010
1551. King Joao III of Portugal gives Archduke Maximilian an elephant named Solomon as a wedding present. Accompanied by the…
Archduke, his new wife, and the royal guard, Solomon and his keeper, Subhro, make their way through the storied cities of northern Italy; they brave the Alps and the terrifying Isarco and Brenner Passes; they sail across the Mediterranean Sea and up the Inn River, until at last they make their grand entry into the imperial city. Traversing a continent riven by the Reformation and civil wars, this tale of friendship and adventure is tempered by reflections of the flaws and weaknesses of humanity. 2010. Uniform title: Viagem do elefante.The hen of the Baskervilles (Meg Langslow mysteries. #15.)
Par Donna Andrews. 2013
Helping a friend who is at risk of losing her farm and freedom when her unfaithful husband is discovered murdered…
at the state fair, Meg Langslow struggles to find the real killer and recover a stolen prize chicken to clear her friend's name. 2013.The healer (O'Malley family series. #5)
Par Dee Henderson. 2002
Rachel and Lise O'Malley - a trauma psychologist and a forensic pathologist, respectively - try to solve a double murder…
while dealing with romances and personal problems. Sequel to "The protector", followed by "The rescuer". 2002.The honest folk of Guadeloupe (Anne Marie Laveaud mystery.)
Par Timothy Williams. 2015
Guadeloupe, 1990. The naked body of a white woman has been discovered on a beach. What turned this woman’s vacation…
in paradise into a final nightmare? As always, the story of a murdered white woman attracts international media attention. The pressure is on Anne Marie to solve the murder quickly, before bad publicity destroys the island’s all-important tourist industry. 2015.The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café (No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency. #15.)
Par Alexander McCall Smith. 2014
Mma Ramotswe has her hands full both at home and in the office. To add to her current challenges, her…
devoted partner, Grace Makutsi, has decided to branch out on her own and open The Handsome Man's De Luxe Café. But even "Miss 97 Per Cent" can't quite meet all the demands of running a business. Eventually, she'll have to accept all the help she can get - even if it comes from a completely unexpected source. Bestseller. 2014.