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Straight into darkness
Par Faye Kellerman. 2005
In 1920s Munich, homicide detective Axel Berg is called to the scene of a grisly homicide, the victim being a…
young society wife. Soon, a second body is uncovered; the discovery of a third indicates that Berg is dealing with an unimaginably evil killer. In the Germany of the time, the investigation cannot be straightforward. Hitler's power is growing, and the Nazis are a strong civic force in the city of Munich. Berg is thrown into a web of danger as senior officers work to their own agendas. Descriptions of violence. 2005.Stone kiss: a Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus novel (Peter Decker And Rina Lazarus Novel Ser.)
Par Faye Kellerman. 2002
The call is brief, but to the point. There has been a murder in the family of Lt. Decker's half…
brother, Rabbi Jonathan Levine. Ephram Lieber, a Hassidic Jew and former drug addict, was found naked in a seedy Manhattan hotel, a single gunshot wound to his head, and Jonathan's niece, Shaynda, is missing. The Rabbi pleads with Decker to come to New York and help the family. He reluctantly agrees only to find that Shaynda's parents have changed their minds about involving him in the case. Faced with a hostile family, a strange city and a local police force mired in international problems. Decker is on his own, thrust into a world divided mercilessly into killers and victims. 2002.Stories to solve: folktales from around the world
Par George Shannon. 1985
Stone soup: an old tale
Par Marcia Brown. 1947
When three hungry soldiers in a strange land ask some villagers for food, they are told there is none. So…
the soldiers decide to show the townspeople how to make soup from water and three round stones. Grades K-3. Caldecott Honor Book. 1947.Stockings of buttermilk: American folktales
Par Neil Philip. 1999
Sixteen traditional stories with European origins. In some of the tales, like "The Cat That Went A-Traveling," animals outsmart humans.…
In "Lady Featherflight," the daughter of a mean giant tricks him in order to help a young man she later marries. Source notes are provided. Grades 4-7. 1999.Stagestruck (Peter Diamond mystery. #11.)
Par Peter Lovesey. 2011
A pop star's face is burned by suspicious stage makeup during her stint at a Bath playhouse. The main suspect,…
the makeup artist, is found dead, and Diamond must conquer his own mysterious but deep-seated phobia to solve the crime. Sequel to "Skeleton Hill", followed by "Cop to corpse". 2011.Stalker: a novel (Peter Decker/Rina Lazarus mystery. #12.)
Par Faye Kellerman. 2000
Detective Peter Decker's outspoken, Ivy League-educated daughter Cindy joins the LAPD, but has trouble fitting in with the blue-collar work…
force. During a rash of serial carjackings, Cindy realizes she is being stalked and suspects the danger comes from within the department. Bestseller. 2000.Some lie and some die (Inspector Wexford mystery. #8.)
Par Ruth Rendell. 1973
An Inspector Wexford mystery. Kingsmarkham doesn't have too many complaints about its first annual rock festival, but then in a…
nearby quarry two lovers find a body that makes even Reg Wexford's stomach lurch. All he can discover is that there is a strange connection with the star of the festival. Some violence. Sequel to "Murder being once done", followed by "Shake hands for ever". 1973.Sky legends of Vietnam
Par Lynette Dyer Vuong. 1993
Vuong explains that stories of the sun, moon, and stars are found in folklore throughout the world. Likewise, these six…
Vietnamese folktales explore the relationship between humankind and legendary heavenly beings and explain celestial phenomena. Includes "Why the Rooster Crows at Sunrise," "How the Moon Became Ivory," and "The Seven Weavers." For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1993.Six Micmac stories (Peeper)
Par Anne Cameron, Ruth Holmes Whitehead. 1989
These stories provide a glimpse of the physical and spiritual world of the Micmac people. Grades 5-8 and older readers.…
Taped with: How Raven freed the moon by Anne Cameron. This Northwest Coast myth tells how Raven, the trickster, freed the moon from the old fisherwoman's cedar chest. Grades 3-6. Taped with: Orca's song by Anne Cameron. This Indian myth tells how Orca, the killer whale, got its black-and-white colouring and its beautiful song. Grades 3-6. c1989.Skeleton Hill (Peter Diamond mystery. #10.)
Par Peter Lovesey. 2009
On Lansdown Hill, near Bath, England, a battle between Roundheads and Cavaliers that took place over 350 years ago is…
annually reenacted. Two of the reenactors discover a skeleton that is female, headless, and only about twenty years old. One of them, a professor who played a Cavalier, is later found murdered. In the course of his investigation, Peter Diamond butts heads with the group of vigilantes who call themselves the Lansdown Society, discovering in the process that his boss Georgina is a member. Sequel to "The secret hangman", followed by "Stagestruck". 2009.Skinner's ghosts (Bob Skinner. #7)
Par Quintin Jardine. 2001
Suffering the strain of a marriage on the rocks, the last thing Deputy Chief Constable Bob Skinner needs is for…
his private life to be plastered across the front pages of a sleazy tabloid. To make matters worse, when a woman, already linked to Skinner by tragedy, is found battered, raped and strangled, with her young son a kidnap victim, his search for the killer becomes a personal quest. When a second brutal crime, and new allegations about the detective himself, make simultaneous headlines, he finds himself at the centre of a deadly maze of conspiracy. Includes violence. Sequel to “Skinner’s mission”, followed by “Murmuring the judges”. 2001.Skinner's festival (Bob Skinner. #2.)
Par Quintin Jardine. 1994
An explosion rocks Princes Street in the midst of the Edinburgh Festival. Responsibility is claimed by a group supposedly demanding…
political separation from Britain, but as atrocities escalate, Head of CID Bob Skinner realizes this is no gang of fanatics, but a highly professional team. Includes sex and strong language. Sequel to "Skinner's rules". 1994.Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Par Michael Morpurgo. 2004
One New Year's in Camelot, when King Arthur's knights of the Round Table are feasting, a bright green giant bursts…
in and issues an unusual challenge. Sir Gawain, the king's nephew, courageously accepts. What follows are sword fights, monsters, magic, knights in shining armour, dragons, adventure - and a lesson in humility and honour. Grades 5-8. 2004. Uniform title: Gawain and the Grene Knight.Simisola (Inspector Wexford mystery. #16.)
Par Ruth Rendell. 1994
There are only eighteen black people living in Kingsmarkham. One is Wexford's new doctor, Raymond Akande. When the doctor's daughter,…
Melanie, goes missing, the Chief Inspector takes more than just a professional interest in the case. Against a background of rising unemployment and social change, Wexford is involved in a case which tests not only his powers of deduction, but his basic beliefs and prejudices. Sequel to "Kissing the gunner's daughter", followed by "Road rage". 1994.Singing in the shrouds
Par Ngaio Marsh. 1959
Silent victims (Det.Inspector Jane Tennison. #3.)
Par Lynda La Plante. 2013
Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison expects hostility as she becomes the first female head of the vice squad in London’s…
Soho. Suddenly she is told how to handle the murder of a male prostitute, the newest case of her main assignment, Operation Contract. This is more than the hazing Tennison expected, and she is determined to discover why. Sequel to "A face in the crowd: Prime Suspect 2". 2013.Silence in Hanover Close (Thomas Pitt Ser.)
Par Anne Perry. 1989
In 1884 Robert York, an official at the Foreign Office, is found brutally murdered in the library of his home…
in Hanover Close, Mayfair, seemingly the victim of a burglar caught in the act. When, three years later, Inspector Pitt of Bow Street Police Station is asked to investigate, the murder remains unsolved. Pitt's brief is to clear the reputation of the dead man's widow, Veronica, who is now contemplating marriage to Julian Danver, a former colleague of her late husband. 1989.Shower of gold: girls and women in the stories of India
Par Uma Krishnaswami. 1999
Eighteen stories from the Indian subcontinent, drawn from Hindu mythology, Buddhism, oral folk traditions, literary works, and legends. In "Gotami…
and the Mustard Seed" a young wife asks Buddha for medicine to restore her dead son. His reply leads her to new levels of understanding. Grades 5-8. 1999.Ship of the dead (RuneWarriors. #3.)
Par Jim Jennewein, Tom S Parker. 2011
In order to save his one true love and prevent the destruction of the earth, Dane the Defiant must defeat…
an old--and undead--enemy. Sequel to "Sword of doom". Grades 5-8. 2011.