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The Etruscan chimera: an archaeological mystery (Archeological Mystery Ser.)
Par Lyn Hamilton. 2002
Lara McClintoch, antique store owner and amateur sleuth, is heading home after wrapping up her annual antiquing tour through Europe.…
She is invited to meet billionaire and famous antiques collector Crawford Lake, who wants her to meet the owner of an Etruscan sculpture and persuade him to sell it to her. This turns out to be a difficult task, when the owner turns up dead in his own Etruscan tomb, setting Lara on a quest for the truth, and someone she can trust. 2002.The evolution of Jane
Par Cathleen Schine. 1998
A trip to the Galapagos Islands becomes an opportunity for self-discovery. Following the end of her six-month marriage, Jane Barlow…
Schwartz seeks the solace of nature. But when the travel guide turns out to be Martha Barlow, her cousin and ex-best friend, Jane determines to find out why Martha ended their closeness. Some strong language. 1998.The empty hours: 87th precinct mysteries (87th Precinct ; #15)
Par Ed McBain. 1981
This book contains three of the 87th Precinct stories. The title story has Carella investigating the murder of a young,…
rich woman with only a cheque book as evidence. In "J" a Rabbi is viciously killed, and in "Storm" on a skiing holiday Cotton Hawks couldn't stand by and watch the local cops make a mess of the case of a young girl found dead in the snow, skewered with a ski pole. 1981. (87th Precinct ; 15)The end of the affair
Par Graham Greene. 2003
London, 1939. Author Maurice Bendrix has a long-running love affair with Sarah Miles, the wife of a civil servant, which…
ends abruptly. Years later Bendrix explores the emotions that still torment him and ponders Sarah's commitment to a God he cannot fathom. 2003, c1979.The English spy (Gabriel Allon. #15.)
Par Daniel Silva. 2015
The target is royal; the game is revenge. Stretched topless upon the foredeck, drink in hand, her flawless skin baking…
in the sun, was the most famous woman in the world. And one deck below, preparing an appetizer of tuna tartare, cucumber, and pineapple, was the man who was going to kill her. But when a bomb explodes aboard her holiday yacht, British intelligence turns to one man to track down her killer: legendary spy and assassin Gabriel Allon. Sequel to "The heist", followed by "The black widow". 2015.The enemy inside: a Paul Madriani novel (Paul Madriani novel. #13)
Par Steve Martini. 2015
The English girl (Gabriel Allon. #13)
Par Daniel Silva. 2013
When a young British woman vanishes on the island of Corsica, a prime minister's career is threatened with destruction. Gabriel…
Allon, master art restorer, spy, and assassin, is thrust into a game of shadows where nothing is what it seems, and the only thing more dangerous than his enemies might be the truth. Includes violence and strong language. Bestseller. Sequel to "Fallen angel". 2013.The escape artist
Par Diane Chamberlain. 1997
After Susanna put her husband through law school and became pregnant, he left her to marry another attorney. When the…
court awards custody of their now eleven-month-old son to her ex-husband, Susanna leaves her new love and flees with the child. Some strong language, some violence, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 1997.The eternal spring of Mr. Ito
Par Sheila Garrigue. 1985
During her evacuation to Canada, teenager Sara befriends Mr. Ito and his family. When the Ito family is sent to…
an internment camp following the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Sara realizes the cruelties of war. For junior and senior high readers. c1985.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 darkhouse
Par Barbara Radecki. 2016
A teenage girl living in a small island community in New Brunswick discovers that her father, an amateur scientist, has…
been conducting experiments on humans, and may be responsible for the death of the twin sister she never knew she had. For junior and senior high readers. 2016.The dragon turn: The Boy Sherlock Holmes, His Fifth Case (Boy Sherlock Holmes. #5.)
Par Shane Peacock. 2011
London, 1869. Sherlock Holmes and his friend Irene celebrate her sixteenth birthday by watching Alistair Hemsworth, a magician, make a…
real dragon appear on stage, and even get to meet him - just as he is arrested for the murder of his rival, The Wizard of Nottingham. It seems that traces of the missing Wizard’s blood and his spectacles were found in Hemsworth’s secret studio, and not only is the Wizard his rival, but he also caused a scandal when he lured Hemsworth’s wife away. For junior high readers. Some descriptions of violence. 2011. (The boy Sherlock Holmes ; 5)The drop zone: a T.J. Peterson mystery (A T. J. Peterson mystery ; #1)
Par Robert E Kroll. 2015
Detective T.J. Peterson has a problem, and it’s not just how much he’s drinking or the daily, silent, tormenting video…
calls from his estranged daughter. A Catholic priest has been bludgeoned to death in church, apparently by a symbol of his faith, and an unidentified woman’s body had been found. He’s barely holding it together. When a deranged teenager, a possible witness, crosses his path, he is propelled into a sleazy, violent world of underage prostitution, sexual abuse, and human trafficking as he pursues a merciless killer. 2015.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 crooked wreath (Inspector Cockrill series. #3.)
Par Christianna Brand. 1946
Sir Richard's family has spent years waiting for him to die, but despite his weak heart, the old man simply…
refuses to cooperate. In the meantime, he makes their lives miserable by changing his will every few months, depending on which of his strange brood he favours that moment. Now he calls them together to announce his most diabolical revision yet: complete disinheritance of all the wastrels who bear his name. But he never gets a chance to sign the papers--by morning, he's dead. Scotland Yard sends Inspector Cockrill, the only detective clever enough to unravel the family's tangle of jealousy and deceit. Each member had reason to kill Sir Richard, but which one plunged the syringe of poison into his heart? With a family this mad, nothing is as complicated as the truth. Sequel to "Green for danger", followed by "Death of Jezebel". 2012, c1946.The Cleveland creep: a Milan Jacovich mystery
Par Les Roberts. 2011
A simple missing-person case gets complicated when Milan Jacovich discovers that 28-year-old Earl Dacey left behind a strange collection of…
voyeuristic videos in his mother's West Side Cleveland house. When Milan uncovers a possible link to organized crime, the FBI gets interested, and after a dead body turns up, the Cleveland Police take over, and Milan figures he's off the case. So why does crusty Lieutenant McHargue ask him to lend a hand? Descriptions of sex and violence, explicit strong language. 2011.The Debba
Par Avner Mandelman. 2010
1977. David Starkman returns from self-imposed exile in Canada to his native Israel after learning of the murder of his…
war hero father, Isser. Isser's will includes an unusual provision - that within 45 days, a controversial play he'd written, 'The Debba', be staged. David, who once belonged to an elite Israeli army unit, decides to fulfill his father's request, while searching for clues to solve the murder. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. Winner of the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime Novel. 2010.The coroner's lunch (Dr. Siri Paiboun Mystery Ser. #Bk. 1)
Par Colin Cotterill. 2004
Dr. Siri Paiboun, the Laotian chief medical examiner, has his tedious job turned upside down when the wife of a…
party leader turns up dead and the bodies of tortured Vietnamese soldiers are discovered. Faced with dueling cover-ups and an emerging international crisis, the doctor enlists old friends to solve the crimes. Some strong language and descriptions of sex. Descriptions of violence. 2004.The coast road: a Matt Minogue mystery
Par John Brady. 2010
When Patrick Larkin, an alcoholic, mentally ill homeless man, is beaten to death in a park, the public is outraged,…
as Larkin was well-known for his solitary walks along the Dublin coast road. Inspector Minogue and his partner, Tommy Malone, are abruptly shifted to the Larkin case when it goes cold. When someone peripheral to the case also turns up dead, Minogue senses that the past is gaining on the present. Descriptions of sex, some descriptions of violence, and strong language. 2010.