Résultats de recherche de titre
Articles 41 à 60 sur 75513
The gooseberry fool (Kramer and Zondi novel)
Par James McClure. 1974
A South African lieutenant and his Bantu detective sergeant investigate the murder of a pious but hypocritical young man, who…
is stabbed to death with a steak knife during a Christmas heat wave. 1974. (Kramer and Zondi novel)The good life
Par John Brady. 1994
Minogue finds himself immersed in Dublin's underworld of drugs and sex after the body of a young woman is pulled…
out of the Grand Canal. He suspects that the Egan brothers, Dublin's own Mafia, are involved, but it's his new partner, whose criminal brother is being wooed by the Egans, who finds the answers. Strong language. c1994.The gold frame: a whodunit
Par Herbert Resnicow. 1984
Alexander and Norma Gold are asked to investigate the authenticity of a Vermeer painting that an art museum wants to…
purchase. When the museum's director is murdered, the Golds have two puzzles to solve. 1984.The Golden Gate
Par Alistair Maclean. 1976
The rulers of two powerful oil-producing countries of the Middle East, and the President of the United States are held…
to ransom half way across the Golden Gate Bridge to San Francisco. Only one man does not think the situation hopeless. 1976.The girl in the cellar (Miss Silver mystery. #32.)
Par Patricia Wentworth. 1996
She comes to consciousness to find herself in the dark, standing on some cellar steps, not knowing who she is…
or how she has got there. But she does know that a dead girl lies at the bottom of the steps. Fortunately Miss Silver is about to enter the scene. 1996.The girl in Times Square
Par Paullina Simons. 2004
Lily's life in New York is a struggle; to finish college, to pay her rent, even to find love. Yet…
she loves her aimless life until her best friend and roommate disappears. In desperation she turns to a derelict police detective for help. As he uncovers the truth about her life, her friend and her family, she is dragged into the fight of her life. 2004.The girl from Addis
Par Ted Allbeury. 1984
The last time Johnny had been in Ethiopia was in 1942: his MI6 cover had been blown and he had…
been given 48 hours to get out of the country. Now, five years later, he is back, ostensibly an ace photographer but his past is still remembered; by his old employers as well as the Ethiopians. Deadly enemies hatch plots more subtle and lethal than anywhere else in Africa. 1984.The Garden of Eden and other criminal delights
Par Faye Kellerman. 2006
Seventeen short stories include mysteries and family tales. In the previously unpublished title piece, Rina Decker discovers the body of…
her elderly gardening buddy. In "The Stalker", Dana's boyfriend changes after they marry. Strong language, some explicit descriptions of sex, and some violence. 2006.The Gila wars (Josiah Wolfe, Texas Ranger series. #6)
Par Larry D Sweazy. 2013
Texas Ranger Josiah Wolfe and his friend Scrap Elliot are ready to eliminate the loathsome Juan Cortina. Unfortunately, their direct…
orders are only to spy on Cortina’s cattle rustlers, which makes them two easy gringo targets. So much so that their first scuffle leaves Josiah seriously injured and Scrap on his own in his pursuit of Cortina. Recovering from his deadly injury, Josiah is hit with a Dear John letter from his sweetheart. Luckily, a Mexican girl, Francesca, is there to help heal his wounds. But when Scrap returns full of malice directed toward his former comrade, Josiah can no longer tell who his friends are and where his heart lies. Sequel to "The coyote tracker". 2013.The ghost in the Tokaido Inn
Par Dorothy Hoobler, Thomas Hoobler. 1999
Japan, 1735. While attempting to solve the mystery of a stolen jewel, Seikei, a merchant's fourteen-year-old son who longs to…
be a samurai, joins a group of Kabuki actors. Junior High. 1999.The gallows at Graneros
Par Lewis B Patten. 1975
To Sheriff Thorpe Stedman falls the job of bringing the guilty to justice. After the brutal lynching of an innocent…
apache, the townspeople threaten to tear apart the town of Graneros. 1975.The general (CHERUB. #10.)
Par Robert Muchamore. 2008
The world's largest urban warfare training compound stands in the desert near Las Vegas. Forty British commandos are being hunted…
by an entire American battalion. But their commander has an ace up his sleeve: he plans to smuggle in ten CHERUB agents, and fight the best war game ever. Includes violence and strong language. Junior high readers. 2008.The game
Par Mandasue Heller. 2005
When Mary's mother throws her out, the sassy teenager soon learns how tough life can be. Her new friend Lynne…
is older, more sophisticated. She has a taste for cocaine and isn't above walking the streets for extra cash to pay for it. Mary sticks to a straighter path, until the night Lynne brings Ali and Raiz back to their flat. The women don't know that their sexy new friends are small-time criminals, desperate for alibis for a drug-dealer's murder. All too soon, Mary is in more trouble than she can handle. 2005.The garden club
Par Muriel Resnik Jackson. 1992
Merrie Lee and Warren Spencer, forced by the recession to rent out their New York penthouse and move into an…
inherited house in North Carolina, find it hard to adjust to small-town life. Merrie Lee finds it even harder when she is asked to believe that a prominent citizen died of a sprained ankle. Her curiosity is then excited by a mysterious note that reads "Stop meddling," and by a few more suspicious deaths. Some strong language. 1992.The forgotten (John Puller series. #2.)
Par David Baldacci. 2012
John Puller is called out on another case--and this time, it's close to home. His Aunt Betsy has been found…
dead in her Florida apartment, drowned in her backyard pool. The local police have ruled the death an accident, but Puller isn't so sure. Sequel to "Zero day", followed by "The escape". 2012.The frame-up
Par Wendy McLeod MacKnight. 2018
Don't let anyone know the paintings are alive. Thirteen-year-old Mona Dunn has followed that rule for almost one hundred years,…
ever since she was painted by William Orpen and her portrait was hung on the walls of the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. So when the gallery director's son, Sargent Singer, discovers Mona is alive, she's sure she's just exposed the gallery's biggest secret. But Sargent, an aspiring artist himself, just wants to know more about the world beyond the frames. When Mona and Sargent suspect shady dealings in the gallery, they set out to find the culprit. Grades 5-8. 2018.The fine art of murder: a Katherine Sullivan mystery (The Katherine Sullivan series. #1.)
Par Emily Barnes. 2016
Former police chief Katherine Sullivan has been called brilliant, brave, compassionate, and quirky, but after decades of crime fighting, this…
resilient grandmother with an artist's soul is discovering that retirement can be just as deadly as being on the job. Followed by "Death in the abstract". 2016.The force
Par Don Winslow. 2017
Denny Malone is the "King of Manhattan North," a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of "Da…
Force," an elite special unit. Only a few know that Malone is a dirty cop. Now he's in a trap and must walk the thin line. Bestseller. 2017.The fourth monkey: a novel
Par J. D Barker. 2017
For over five years, the Four Monkey Killer has terrorized the residents of Chicago. When his body is found, the…
police quickly realize he was on his way to deliver one final message, one which proves he has taken another victim who may still be alive. As the lead investigator on the 4MK task force, Detective Sam Porter knows even in death, the killer is far from finished. When he discovers a personal diary in the jacket pocket of the body, Porter finds himself caught up in the mind of a psychopath, unraveling a twisted history in hopes of finding one last girl, all while struggling with personal demons of his own. With only a handful of clues, the elusive killer's identity remains a mystery. Time is running out and the Four Monkey Killer taunts from beyond the grave. 2017.The forgotten soldier (Pike Logan thriller. #9.)
Par Brad Taylor. 2016
For years, the extralegal counterterrorist unit known as the Taskforce has worked in the shadows, anticipating and preventing attacks around…
the globe. Then a Special Forces soldier is killed on an operation in Afghanistan, and complicit in the attack is a government official of an allied nation. While the US administration wants to forget the casualty, one Taskforce member will not. When he sets out to avenge his brother's death, his actions threaten to not only expose the Taskforce's activities, but also destroy a web of alliances against a greater evil. Brought in to eliminate the risk, Pike Logan is now forced to choose between his friend and the administration he's sworn to protect, while unbeknownst to either of them, the soldier's death is only the beginning. Sequel to “The insider threat”, followed by “Ghosts of war”. 2016.