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One by one: a Danny Ryan mystery (A Danny Ryan Thriller #2)
Par Sarah Cain. 2017
Recently widowed young Philadelphia journalist Danny Ryan gets an unexpected request from former high school acquaintance Greg Moss. Greg has…
been getting odd biblical texts and--worried that they were linked to the deaths of others in their class--he asks Danny to investigate. Then Greg, too, is killed. Violence and strong language. 2017Andi unstoppable: an Andi Boggs novel (An Andi Boggs Novel)
Par Amanda Flower. 2015
Andi and her best friend Colin team up with her rival Ava to compete in a seventh-grade science project to…
be the first to spot a rare bird in the woods. They run into the town's resident ghost instead and investigate. For grades 4-7. 2015The last temptation (Dr. Tony Hill and Carol Jordan Mysteries Ser. #3)
Par 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. 2002The cook, the crook, and the real estate tycoon: a novel of contemporary China
Par Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin, Liu Zhenyun. 2015
Liu Yuejin, a worksite cook and a thief, has his pack with money stolen. While searching for it, he discovers…
another bag which contains a USB card detailing corruption of high officials and putting him in danger. Translated from the original 2007 Chinese edition. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2015My soul to take: Ashes to dust ; The day is dark ; Someone to watch over me (Thora Gudmundsdottir Ser. #3)
Par Philip Roughton, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, Yrsa Sigurðardóttir. 2012
Following Last Rituals (DB 80360), books two through five, written between 2006 and 2009, in the series featuring Icelandic attorney/sleuth…
Thóra Gudmundsdóttir. In Someone to Watch over Me, a young man with Down Syndrome is accused of burning down his assisted-living facility. Originally published in Icelandic. Strong language and some violence. 2013Sacrifice: A Novel (The Nevernight Chronicle Ser. #11)
Par Sharon Bolton, S. J. Bolton. 2008
Digging in the Shetland Islands peat, newcomer obstetrician Tora Hamilton unearths the body of a woman who had recently given…
birth and whose heart was removed. Tora becomes obsessed with investigating, even when the police, her colleagues, and eventually even her husband--a local--warn her against it. Violence and strong language. 2008Awakening: A Novel
Par Sharon Bolton, S. J. Bolton. 2010
Disfigured by a childhood accident, wildlife veterinarian Clara Benning generally prefers the company of animals to people. When a local…
man dies following a supposed snakebite, however, Clara's expertise is needed. As additional shocking snake incidents occur, it becomes clear that a human is involved. Violence and some strong language. 2009Blood harvest
Par Sharon Bolton, S. J. Bolton. 2011
Something isn't quite right in the small moors town of Heptonclough, particularly the mysterious accidental deaths of three toddlers over…
the last ten years. Troubles begin for ten-year-old newcomer Tom and his family when Tom sees a mysterious child lurking around the nearby churchyard. Violence and some strong language. 2010Andi unexpected: an Andi Boggs novel (An Andi Boggs Novel)
Par Amanda Flower, Zondervan Staff. 2013
After the death of her parents, twelve-year-old Andora "Andi" Boggs discovers evidence of her forgotten namesake, a missing relative, which…
leads her into a family mystery rooted in the Great Depression. For grades 4-7. 2013Andi under pressure: an Andi Boggs novel (An Andi Boggs Novel)
Par Amanda Flower. 2014
While attending a prestigious science camp, twelve-year-old Andi and her new best friend, Colin Carter, investigate a series of practical…
jokes being blamed on a sweet, elderly janitor. For grades 4-7. 2014Nemesis: A Marcus Didius Falco Novel (Marcus Didius Falco Mysteries Ser. #20)
Par Lindsey Davis, St. Martin`s Press. 2011
77 A.D. Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco grieves over the loss of both his newborn son and his father on…
the same day. Looking into his father's unfinished business, Falco discovers that the couple who had supplied his father statues has mysteriously disappeared. Some strong language. 2010Christmas at The Mysterious Bookshop: 'tis the season to be deadly : stories of mistletoe and mayhem from 17 masters of suspense
Par Otto Penzler, Perseus. 2010
Crush: a Karen Vail novel (Karen Vail Ser.)
Par Alan Jacobson, Perseus. 2009
In Napa Valley for a much-needed vacation after the events of The Seventh Victim (DB 70938), FBI profiler Karen Vail…
and her boyfriend, policeman Robby Hernandez, stumble upon a murder scene. Vail, who suspects a serial killer, forces her way onto the case. Strong language and some violence. 2009The sixty-eight rooms (The Sixty-Eight Rooms Adventures)
Par Greg Call, Marianne Malone, Gina Triplett. 2010
On a sixth-grade field trip to the Art Institute of Chicago, Ruthie and Jack discover a small magic key that…
shrinks them to fit into the Thorne Rooms--minidioramas from different eras. But Ruthie and Jack are not the first visitors to explore inside these tiny rooms. For grades 4-7. 2010The 7th victim: a novel (Karen Vail Ser.)
Par Alan Jacobson, Perseus. 2008
Virginia. FBI profiler Karen Vail's messy divorce and custody battle hamper her hunt for a serial killer known as Dead…
Eyes. As the investigation continues, she learns facts about her past that link her to the killings. Violence, strong language, and some descriptions of sex. 2008Ces orages-là
Par Sandrine Collette. 2021
C'est une maison petite et laide. Pourtant en y entrant, Clémence n'a vu que le jardin, sa profusion minuscule, un…
mouchoir de poche grand comme le monde. Au fond, un bassin de pierre, dans lequel nagent quatre poissons rouges et demi. Quatre et demi, parce que le cinquième est à moitié mangé. Boursouflé, abîmé, meurtri : mais guéri. Clémence l'a regardé un long moment. C'est un jardin où même mutilé, on peut vivre. Clémence s'y est installée. Elle a tout abandonné derrière elle en espérant ne pas laisser de traces. Elle voudrait dresser un mur invisible entre elle et celui qu'elle a quitté, celui auquel elle échappe. Mais il est là tout le temps. Thomas. Et ses orages. Clémence n'est pas partie, elle s'est enfuie. Avec Ces orages-là, Sandrine Collette se fait la voix de l'intime et nous offre un roman brut somptueux sur les ravages de l'obsession, servi par cette écriture au cordeau qui la distingueRose royal: Suivi d'un entretien avec l'auteur
Par Nicolas Mathieu. 2020
Rose a la cinquantaine, une vie derrière elle, avec ses joies, ses déveines, des gosses, un divorce. Et des mecs…
qui presque tous lui ont fait mal. Chaque soir, en sortant du boulot, elle se rend au Royal, un bar où elle a ses habitudes. Là, elle boit. De temps en temps, elle y retrouve sa grande copine Marie-Jeanne. Puis, elle rentre chez elle et le lendemain tout recommence. Mais une nuit, Luc débarque au Royal et Rose se laisse prendre une dernière fois à cette farce du grand amour. Sauf qu'elle s'est juré que plus jamais un mec ne lui ferait du mal. Rose Royal, court et cinglant, se distingue par son portrait d'une époque, saisissant de réalisme. Une prouesse littéraire, lue avec pudeur et maîtrise par l'auteur, lauréat du Prix Goncourt en 2018 pour Leurs enfants après eux (Actes Sud)October mourning: a song for Matthew Shepard
Par Lesléa Newman, Leslea Newman. 2012
Relates, from various points of view, events from the night of October 6, 1998, when twenty-one-year-old Matthew Shepard, a gay…
college student, was lured out of a Wyoming bar, savagely beaten, tied to a fence, and left to die. Violence and strong language. Award winnerIn the dark (Jonathan Stride Ser. #4)
Par Brian Freeman, St. Martin`s Press. 2009
Tish Verdure asks Duluth detective Jonathan Stride to help her investigate a thirty-year-old murder. The victim, Laura Starr, was Tish's…
best friend and Jonathan's late wife's sister. Tish has long-kept secrets about the night eighteen-year-old Laura was bludgeoned to death with a baseball bat. Violence and strong language. 2009Den of thieves: a Cat Royal adventure (A Cat Royal Adventure Ser. #3)
Par Julia Golding, Roaring Brook Press. 2009
London and Paris, 1791. When the Theater Royal closes, Miss Catherine "Cat" Royal loses her job and home. But after…
Mr. Sheridan proposes sending her to Paris disguised as a ballerina to report on the Revolutionary War, Cat accepts--and becomes a spy. For grades 5-8. 2007