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Death of a snob (Hamish Macbeth Mystery Ser.)
Par M. C Beaton. 1991
Police Constable Hamish Macbeth accepts an offer to recover from the flu at a health farm on the desolate Scottish…
isle of Eileencraig. However, he learns that the islanders are hostile to the health farm and its proprietor. When a snobbish patron is found dead, Macbeth must turn to sleuthing to solve the crime. 1991.Death in a white tie (Roderick Alleyn mysteries ; #7)
Par Ngaio Marsh. 1968
The season had begun. Debutantes and chaperons were planning their luncheons, teas, dinners, balls. And the blackmailer was stalking his…
next victim. Chief Detective-Inspector Roderick Alleyn knew something was up, and had planted his friend Lord Robert Gospell at the scene. But someone else got there first. Sequel to "Artists in crime" (DC16228). Followed by "Overture to death" (DC29210). 1968. (Roderick Alleyn mysteries ; 7)Death comes as the end (The agatha Christie Collection #Vol. 43)
Par Agatha Christie. 1945
Egypt, 2000 BC. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a Ka-priest.…
Young, beautiful and venomous, most agree that she deserved to die like a snake. Yet Renisenb, the priest's daughter, believes that the woman's death was not fate, but murder. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within her own father's household. 1945.Curtain: Poirot's last case
Par Agatha Christie. 1975
Hercule Poirot returns to Styles Court, the scene of his first case in England. When it becomes evident that someone…
at Styles is a murderer, he sends for his friend Captain Hastings to help investigate. 1975.Claws and effect (Mrs. Murphy mystery.)
Par Rita Mae Brown. 2001
Everyone in Crozet, Virginia, is suffering from the winter doldrums. The hottest topic in town is a chain letter promising…
good luck to those who contribute to Crozet Hospital. Then medical staff begin turning up dead. Naturally, feline Mrs. Murphy and her associates must investigate. Some violence. Bestseller. 2001.Before I say goodbye
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 2000
Nell McDermott is devastated when she hears the news about her husband's death. Helped by a self-proclaimed psychic, Nell sets…
out to uncover the truth behind the tragedy. The closer she gets to finding answers, the more danger she puts herself in. 2000.Bright orange for the shroud (Travis McGee series. #Vol. 6)
Par John D MacDonald. 1965
Detective Travis McGee has never met an underdog quite like Arthur Wilkinson. Arthur has apparently been tricked into marriage by…
a sweet young woman who turns out to be neither so young nor so sweet. 1965. (Travis McGee mystery)Black coffee: a Hercule Poirot novel (Hercule Poirot Mystery Ser.)
Par Agatha Christie, Charles Osborne. 1998
Osborne has adapted this novel from a play written by Agatha Christie in 1930. Scientist Sir Claud Amory believes someone…
in his house is trying to steal an important formula he has developed. He asks Hercule Poirot to come to his Surrey home and take the formula back to London. But when Poirot arrives, he finds Amory dead and soon identifies numerous suspects. 1998.Aunt Dimity and the duke (Aunt Dimity series #No. 2)
Par Nancy Atherton. 1994
When forty-year-old Emma's longtime lover suddenly gets married to a younger woman, she decides to take some time to herself,…
touring the gardens of England. Through strange coincidence and contrivance, she arrives at a mansion in Cornwall with a long-neglected chapel garden. The mystery of a missing lantern with legendary powers, a drowned rock star, and the spirt of Dimity Westwood stir up the mixture with romance. 1994.Aunt Dimity goes West (Aunt Dimity series)
Par Nancy Atherton. 2007
No sooner has Lori arrived at her Colorado vacation home, the Aerie, when things go amiss. The caretaker has disappeared;…
the townspeople are hiding a secret. Is the Aerie cursed or is a sinister human hand at work? With Aunt Dimity's help, Lori sets out to solve a 100-year-old mystery. 2007.Aunt Dimity and the deep blue sea (Aunt Dimity series #No. 11)
Par Nancy Atherton. 2006
England. Lori Shepherd's attorney husband, Bill, receives death threats, presumably from a vengeful former client. While Bill stays in London…
to help Scotland Yard, Lori and her twin sons seek refuge at a remote Scottish island estate, where she relies on Aunt Dimity's supernatural help to investigate mysterious occurrences. 2006.An autobiography
Par Agatha Christie. 1977
Agatha Christie enjoyed a happy childhood abroad and in Torquay, she tells of her first marriage to Colonel Christie, entered…
into under the pressures of the First World War, and her immensely happy second marriage to archaeologist Max Mallowan; another career in the theatre, her houses and gardens. 1977.All through the night: A Suspense Story
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 1998
It has been seven years since Sondra Lewis left her newborn baby in front of a church; simultaneously Lenny Centino…
was stealing a chalice from it. Now as amateur sleuth Alvirah Meehan tries to help the church's priest and nuns save their after school haven, she uncovers a connection between those events and a child at the centre. Bestseller. 1998.A shred of evidence (Seaport suspense. #1.)
Par Kathy Herman. 2005
4:50 from Paddington (Miss Marple Ser. #No. 9)
Par Agatha Christie. 2002
For an instant the two trains ran together, side by side. In that frozen moment, Elspeth was sure she witnessed…
a murder. What else could it have been? As she stared helplessly out of her carriage window, a man had remorselessly tightened his grip around a woman's throat. The body crumpled. Then the other train drew away. 2002.The second time around
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 2003
Lynn Spencer asks financial reporter Carley DeCarlo, her stepsister, to investigate the case of Lynn's missing husband, Nick. Nick's medical…
research company, which may have been on the verge of discovering a cure for cancer, has been left nearly bankrupt by Nick's disappearance along with substantial corporate assets. 2003.The murder at the vicarage (Miss Marple Ser. #No. 1)
Par Agatha Christie. 1980
Stillwatch
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 1984
Weep no more, my lady
Par Mary Higgins Clark. 1987
Before testifying at the trial of the man accused of murdering her beloved sister, a distraught Elizabeth goes to a…
California spa. She is surprised to find the accused murderer there, and suspects she is being manipulated. Bestseller 1987.The grey man (Quick reads)
Par Andrew McNab. 2006
Kevin has spent enough quiet nights in watching TV and decides he'd like a night out. He's not talking about…
a pint and a packet of peanuts down at the local. He's going to attempt to pull off a daring bank roberry single handed. Kevin is about to take a heart-thumping step into the unknown. For junior high readers. 2006.