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Dead on Arrival (The Pauline Sokol Mysteries #6)
Par Lori Avocato. 2013
An insurance fraud investigator goes undercover to expose an aerial ambulance company—only to discover that corruption can kill. Medical…
insurance fraud investigator Pauline Sokol likes to keep her feet firmly on the ground, but her new undercover assignment has the aero-phobic ex-nurse up in the air. Compelled by her convictions of right and wrong, she takes off in order to investigate a land-and-air ambulance company. They&’ve been doing some rather creative billing, and Pauline needs to go undercover as a nurse—and overcome her fear of flying—to put a stop to their sky-high fraud. But when the company&’s owner is found dead and Pauline starts to receive threatening phone calls, the air suddenly begins to feel safer than the ground. With the help of Jagger, her irritating but undeniably handsome fellow investigator, Pauline needs to solve this case soon. If she doesn&’t, not even a jolt of electricity from the sexy paramedic Dano will be enough to revive her.Sweet Amy Jane
Par Anna Eberhardt. 1994
An outspoken P.I. must protect a sexy sportscaster from a deadly stalker in this romantic suspense novel from the bestselling…
author of Whispered Heat. Amy Jane Chadwick should have heeded the warning in her horoscope that told her she'd want the man she shouldn't have. But running a P.I. business out of her sister&’s bed and breakfast would tell anyone that she doesn&’t do the expected all that well. Called Sweet Amy Jane because she isn&’t, she can handle anyone. Or so she thinks. Max Armstrong is attractive as sin. An ex-pro athlete, he now serves as the sports announcer for a hot sports franchise and has picked up a dangerous stalker. He has tried to ignore it, but things are getting dicey and he could use some help. Sweet Amy Jane wasn&’t exactly what he had in mind, but try telling the stubborn, smart-mouthed beauty no. Apparently no one has ever done that. At least not successfully. Together Max Armstrong and Sweet Amy Jane must keep Max alive while trying not to kill each other.&“Move over Remington Steele, Anna Eberhardt&’s Sweet Amy Jane has arrived. Kick off your shoes, curl up with this light-hearted caper, and enjoy!&”—#1 New York Times–bestselling author Debbie MacomberMurder on the Astral Plane (The Kate Jasper Mysteries #10)
Par Jaqueline Girdner. 1999
Kate Jasper, Marin County, California&’s own organically grown amateur sleuth, returns in this tenth mystery in the series.Kate Jasper is…
feeling &“karmically impaired&” in Murder on the Astral Plane. In her view, she carries an astral virus to any group she joins, always leaving someone just plain dead. Kate&’s best friend, Barbara Chu, says Kate&’s simply thinking negatively. Barbara practices a little metaphysical shock therapy by tricking Kate into participating in an unannounced psychic soiree. And sure as shooting stars, by the end of a blindfolded intuition exercise, Silk Sokoloff, author and columnist of &“Erotica, Et Cetera,&” has been fatally garrotted by a wire cat toy. Kate figures one of the clairvoyants, intuitives, or telepaths in the group should be able to figure out whodunit. But their collective psychic vision is not anywhere near twenty-twenty. Now Kate needs her own crystal ball if she wants to die of old age rather than New Age.Acid Bath (Elena Jarvis Ser.)
Par Nancy Herndon. 1995
Elena Jarvis is an officer committed to her duty at the Los Santos, Texas, Department of Crimes Against Persons. Not…
that anyone is helping her there, not when her ex-husband is in the next room, her boss treats her like a little girl and her partner thinks women shouldn't leave the kitchen. Elena always knew there would be obstacles in her job; she just figured they would come from the criminals. When an erotic poet accuses his ex-wife, Sarah, of trying to murder him with an exploding escargot, Elena has doubts of the reality of the crime. But the more she learns about their nasty divorce, the more she begins to side with Sarah, until she finds the poet's body decaying in a bathtub filled with more than just water. Before the acid eats away all the evidence, Elena must put aside her sympathies for the victimized ex-wife and get down to the bare bones of this murder before someone else becomes the next victim.Murder Crossed: A Clara Gamadge Mystery (The Clara Gamadge Mysteries #5)
Par Eleanor Boylan. 1996
It's been a long time since Clara Gamadge's school days, but forever young at heart she still has close ties…
to the old gang and her alma mater, Wolcott Academy. Springtime on campus is usually a time of winding down and wrapping up until suddenly murder and suspense are the only subjects on anyone's mind. Usually when Clara receives a note from Louise Littleton, Wolcott's youthful and sprightly headmistress, it's just to keep in touch, but this time it concerns mysterious circumstances. Margo Llewelyn, formerly an Academy charity student, now a movie star of former and fading glory, has arrived at Wolcott's doorsteps in desperate straits. In a panic, she begs Louise to accept her three little girls as boarding students so she can immediately get out of the country. Louise has encountered parents anxious to part with their children before but this seemed especially odd. When a dead body breaks up commencement ceremonies it's time for Clara Gamadge to put the pieces together. What misfortune had caused Margo's shining star to sink so low? Would more blood tarnish Wolcott's ivy-covered walls? Only a super sleuth like Clara could sift through the avarice, the malice and the motives to solve a murder like this and save the good name of her beloved Wolcott Academy too.ONCE, SHE SAVED HIS LIFE... NOW, HE'LL TAKE HERS. When a baby is snatched from its pram and cast into…
the river Thames, off-duty police officer Lacey Flint is there to prevent disaster. But who would want to hurt a child? DCI Mark Joesbury has been expecting this. Monitoring a complex network of dark web sites, Joesbury and his team have spotted a new terrorist threat from the extremist, women-hating, group known as 'incels' or 'involuntary celibates.' Joesbury's team are trying to infiltrate the ring of power at its core, but the dark web is built for anonymity, and the incel army is vast. Pressure builds when the team learn the snatched child was just the first in a series of violent attacks designed to terrorise women. Worse, the leaders of the movement seem to have singled out Lacey as the embodiment of everything they hate, placing her in terrible danger...An Old-Fashioned Mystery
Par Runa Fairleigh. 1983
"A timeless delight. The more murder mysteries you have read, the likelier you will relish this one." -- Toronto Globe…
and Mail"This book might well have been titled THE LAST MYSTERY, since it is most definitely the mystery to end all mysteries."--from the Introduction by L.A. Morse, Edgar award-winning author of THE OLD DICKTen guests have gathered at an isolated summer estate amid the Thousand Islands. The occasion is a surprise party to celebrate Rosa Sill's 25th birthday, the day she inherits the family fortune. But one surprise awaits them: the party quickly turns to a case of murder.Violet Cornichon, the Society-Girl Detective, is on-hand, and it is up to her to gather all the clues and point them toward the suspects…or is that the potential victims. Because the killer is hardly finished with his deadly night, with bodies turning up, murdered in terrible and brutal ways. Which begs the old-fashioned question: whodunit?Lady of Mallow
Par Dorothy Eden. 1960
Hailed by the New York Times as a novel that &“should easily satisfy the same readers who made a bestseller…
out of Victoria Holt&’s Mistress of Mellyn,&” Dorothy Eden&’s masterwork of Gothic romance presents the story of a governess who falls dangerously in love with the mysterious heir to a manor houseIt&’s a precarious charade with the highest stakes imaginable. Sarah Mildmay&’s entire future rests on exposing the current lord of Mallow as the great pretender he is. Blane Mallow, presumed dead after years at sea, has suddenly returned to claim his title—and the magnificent English estate that rightfully belongs to Sarah&’s fiancé, Blane&’s cousin Ambrose.Determined to unmask the imposter, Sarah talks her way into a position as governess to Blane&’s son, Titus. At Mallow Hall, she meets Blane&’s suspicious wife, Amalie, and the formidable Lady Malvina. But the deception Sarah suspects reveals itself to be far more malevolent and far-reaching than she imagined. As she fights her growing attraction to Blane, the arrival of a stranger sets in motion a series of events that will have deadly consequences. Desperate to protect Titus, Sarah moves closer to a shattering truth: The man she loves may be a cold-blooded murderer . . .The Woman Who Knew Too Much
Par Thomas Gifford. 1986
A mysterious note leads a struggling actress to a strange murder investigationAfter two decades of striving, Celia is tired of…
waiting for her big acting break, and finds consolation only in a specific narcotic: mystery novels. After an afternoon binge at the sprawling Strand bookstore, she emerges with a baker&’s dozen of second-hand thrillers. Inside one of the novels she finds a real-life mystery that will prove to be the greatest she&’s ever read. She discovers a slip of paper listing nine bullet points, starting &“in re the murder of the Director.&” Who is the Director, why would someone want him dead, and what on earth does Dan Rather have to do with it? As Celia dives into the puzzle, she finds herself locked in a life-or-death struggle with a gang of international conspirators. These evil men would scare her to death if she weren&’t a veteran of New York&’s toughest battlefield: the audition room.Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene (The Hildegarde Withers Mysteries #14)
Par Fletcher Flora, Stuart Palmer. 1969
The spinster sleuth is out to rescue a young woman whose hippie adventure turns deadly in this classic mystery from…
the author of The Penguin Pool Murder. During a six-week college break, Lenore Gregory does what all the young girls are doing in the winter of 1969: She heads to Greenwich Village to protest the Vietnam War, painting flowers on her Volkswagen. And just as she&’s starting to fit in, she disappears, becoming yet another missing hippie—and a problem for Detective Oscar Piper of the New York Police Department. Lenore&’s last known whereabouts are New Mexico, on the road to Los Angeles, and there is only one person in California whom Piper trusts with the case. To find the missing girl, retired sleuth Hildegarde Withers is willing to go to the edge of consciousness and beyond. She has plenty of experience dealing with middle school children—can a flower child be any different? Hildegarde Withers Makes the Scene is part of the Hildegarde Withers Mysteries series, which also includes The Penguin Pool Murder and Murder on the Blackboard.Her perfect night out just became her worst nightmare… Lauren returns home from celebrating her engagement with friends and…
stumbles as she gets out of the taxi. So what if her best friend Sienna didn&’t show up? Lauren had a good night anyway. As she walks towards the small house she shares with her fiancé, Robbie, she&’s surprised to see every window in total darkness. And when she calls his name, the house remains silent. Where is Robbie? Kicking off her red heels, Lauren heads towards her bedroom, feeling more nervous with every step. And when she opens the door, she immediately knows something is very wrong. The sickly metallic smell sobers her up instantly. And there is someone in her bed… Moving closer, her heart races in her chest. Instead of her fiancé, in the bed lies the lifeless body of a young woman, and although long dark hair covers her face, Lauren can already see who it is… her best friend, Sienna. As Lauren&’s scream breaks the silence, someone stands outside the bedroom, tracking her every move. Did Lauren&’s perfect little home just become the most dangerous place she could be? Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Cara Hunter and Clare Mackintosh, Her Hidden Shadow will have you hooked from the very first page. What readers are saying about Her Hidden Shadow: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ &‘OMG, what an amazing book this was… Gripping from the very beginning… Be warned, when you start this book, you won&’t be able to put it away until you have finished it. I give it 10 stars.&’ B for Bookreview ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ &‘So, so good… Compelling.&’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ &‘Wonderful… Each time I say it, but this is my favourite in the series so far.&’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ &‘Another brilliant book… Full of twists and turns.&’ Goodreads reviewer &‘Cracking, action-packed story… I really do recommend it.&’ Goodreads reviewer What readers are saying about Carla Kovach: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ &‘OMG!!!!!… Left me shocked and speechless from the very beginning all the way up to the very end… Fantastic… Totally blew my mind.&’ Blue Moon Blogger ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ &‘Heart-racing… A MUST READ!!!!… Excellent… I was completely immersed… I devoured this book in one sitting and only came up for breath after I had turned the last page… Blew me away… Heart-stopping… Loved, loved it!!!!&’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ &‘Wow!!!!! Loved!!!!! Shocked!!!!! Twisted!!!!!… You are in for a real treat… I couldn&’t believe what I was reading… I was left speechless…You’d Look Better as a Ghost
Par Joanna Wallace. 2023
'I absolutely loved this book. The combination of dark themes and black comedy is spot on' - EMMA CURTIS'If Bret…
Easton Ellis ever went to grief counselling, this would be just the kind of brilliant book he'd write' - PHILIPPA EASTI have a gift. I see people as ghosts before they die.Of course, it helps that I'm the one killing them.The night after her father's funeral, Claire meets Lucas in a bar. Lucas doesn't know it, but it's not a chance meeting. One thoughtless mistyped email has put him in the crosshairs of an extremely put-out serial killer. But before they make eye contact, before Claire lets him buy her a drink, even before she takes him home and carves him up into little pieces, something about that night is very wrong. Because someone is watching Claire. Someone who is about to discover her murderous little hobby.The thing is, it's not sensible to tangle with a part-time serial killer, even one who is distracted by attending a weekly bereavement support group and trying to get her art career off the ground. Let the games begin...Dexter meets Killing Eve in this superb thriller, perfect for fans of How To Kill Your Family and My Sister the Serial Killer.Trouble Looking for a Place to Happen: A Laura Fleming Mystery (A Laura Fleming Mystery #3)
Par Toni L. Kelner. 1995
A killer intends to turn a Southern smalltown wedding into a wake in this cozy mystery by the New York…
Times–bestselling author of Dead Ringer.Bells are ringing in Byerly, and fifth time might be the charm for Aunt Ruby Lee. Laura Fleming and her husband are back in town to celebrate Ruby Lee remarrying her ex, Roger, though the run up to the big day is fraught with complications. Aunt Nellie’s triplets are all feuding over the same man. Then there’s Ruby Lee and Roger’s rebellious teenage daughter, Ilene, who’s dating a notorious bad boy.When Ilene runs off to take part in the neighboring town’s country music Jamboree, Ruby Lee begs Laura to intervene. Before Laura can bring her errant kin home, Ilene’s beau, Tom Honeywell, is found dead on a tour bus. Laura is sure that Ilene’s only crime is bad taste in boyfriends, and Tom had enough enemies to fill the whole parking lot. But with Ilene in jail, Ruby Lee frantic, and the police chief sticking to his guns, it’ll take quick sleuthing for Laura to shine a spotlight on the real culprit in time for Ruby Lee and Roger to say “I do” again.Praise for Trouble Looking for a Place to Happen“Down-home mores and country humor inform this ebullient debut. . . . A lively, lighthearted cozy.” —Publishers WeeklyMrs. Claus and the Evil Elves (A Mrs. Claus Mystery #3)
Par Liz Ireland. 2022
Jessica Fletcher meets Tim Burton in this creative and witty cozy mystery series from Liz Ireland, filled with unconventional characters,…
year-round Christmas cheer, and a unique heroine who&’s married to the real-life Santa Claus! April Claus has grown to love her new North Pole home almost as much as she loves her husband, Nick—Santa himself. But even in Christmastown, the holidays can be murder . . . April Claus is getting an early gift for her second Christmas in Santaland. Her dear friend, Claire, is visiting from Oregon, and April hopes to show off her adoptive country at its cozy, glittering best. But when the annual ice sculpture contest is derailed by a kamikaze drone-deer, it&’s just the first in a series of un-festive events . . . Drone-deer, created by inventor elf Blinky Brightlow, are none too popular with the genuine, flesh-and-hoof kind, who are currently on strike. With no reindeer games to keep them in shape, Nick worries they may get too chunky to pull his sleigh come Christmas. Now Blinky is missing, his girlfriend, Juniper, is under suspicion, and between rogue reindeer and conniving elves, all of Santaland seems to have gone sugarplum-crazy. Add a dash of murder to the mix, and suddenly April is battling not just to clear Juniper&’s name, but to save herself from being put on ice—permanently . . . Praise for Mrs. Claus and the Halloween Homicide&“Fans of offbeat, humorous cozies will clamor for more.&”—Publishers Weekly&“Multiple plot twists, quirky, characters, plenty of humor, and the lovingly described, magical Santaland distinguish this entertaining cozy.&” —BooklistThe Treacherous Teddy (Bear Collector's Mystery #5)
Par John J. Lamb. 2009
Retired officer Brad Lyon pieces together his latest teddy bear while also helping his deputy wife piece together a mystery.…
A farmer dies by an arrow to his heart. Was the farmer being hunted? As the suspect list grows, they'll have to work fast to root out a killer before more innocents become endangered.The Clockwork Teddy (Bear Collector's Mystery #4)
Par John J. Lamb. 2008
Sometimes you shouldn't go home again. When retired San Francisco cop Brad Lyon and his wife Ashleigh return for the…
first time since they moved to Virginia, they're looking forward to catching up with friends and family. Instead, they witness a robbery at a teddy bear show. Then, when a cutting-edge robot teddy bear is found at a murder scene, Brad's former partner enlists the bear-making couple as fur-ensic experts.The first three Miss Silver Mysteries introduce the British governess-turned-sleuth and a &“timelessly charming&” series (Charlotte MacLeod). From a &“first-rate…
storyteller,&” here are three full-length mystery novels in one volume, set in England between the two world wars and featuring Maud Silver, a retired governess and teacher who embarks on a new career in private detection (The Daily Telegraph). Grey Mask After four years wandering the jungles of India and South America, Charles Moray has come home to England to collect his inheritance. Strangely, he finds his family estate unlocked and sees a light in one of its abandoned rooms. Eavesdropping, he learns of a conspiracy to commit a fearsome crime. His first instinct is to let the police settle it, but then he hears her voice: Margaret, his long lost love, is part of the gang. To unravel their diabolical plot, he contacts Miss Silver. The Case Is Closed Marion Grey is growing used to the idea that her husband will never be released from prison, especially after the horrors of the very public trial. But when new evidence suggests her husband may be innocent of murder after all, she hires a professional—the inimitable Miss Silver—to clear his name. Lonesome Road A terrified young woman asks Miss Silver for help unmasking someone who has threatened her life. Rachel Traherne has been receiving menacing letters about her deceased father&’s fortune. The first two letters were vague; the third said simply, &“Get ready to die.&” These charming traditional British mysteries featuring the unstoppable Miss Silver—whose stout figure, fondness for Tennyson, and passion for knitting disguise a keen intellect and a knack for cracking even the toughest cases—are sure to delight readers of Agatha Christie, Ellis Peters, and Dorothy L. Sayers.Blow Hot, Blow Cold (Ellery Queen Mysteries Ser. #Vol. 1964)
Par Ellery Queen. 1964
A summertime slaying sets a suburban housewife on the hunt for a killer On a scorching summer afternoon, Nancy Howell…
bakes in the sun, hoping her neighbor will invite her inside. Lila has central air conditioning—a priceless luxury this time of year—and while Nancy doesn&’t think much of her notoriously promiscuous neighbor, she would do anything to cool down. Sadly, Lila doesn&’t step outside. She never will again. After more than a day without seeing her neighbor, Nancy finally goes next door and finds Lila sprawled across her bed, a knife buried deep in her chest. When Lila&’s cuckolded husband is also found dead, the police label it a tragic murder-suicide—but Nancy isn&’t convinced. In this gin-soaked patch of suburbia, adultery is a way of life and jealousy isn&’t reason enough for a husband to kill. As the mercury inevitably rises, so will the body count.Search and Rescue: A Claire Abbott Mystery (Claire Abbott Mystery)
Par Gail Anderson-Dargatz. 2014
When a young woman goes missing on a nature trail, small-town journalist Claire Abbott is first on the scene, as…
usual. The clues to the woman’s whereabouts are misleading, but Claire has a sixth sense—what the fire chief calls a "radar for crime." Trusting her intuition, Claire insists that the search and rescue team look elsewhere for clues to the woman’s disappearance. When they fail to follow up on her lead, she pursues it on her own, embarking on a snowy chase up a mountainside that puts herself and others in danger. She’s more than just a journalist chasing a story. Claire is determined to do the right thing at any cost. Search and Rescue is the first novel in a series of mysteries featuring journalist and sleuth Claire Abbott.If It Bleeds: A Nicole Charles Mystery (Nicole Charles Mystery)
Par Linda L. Richards. 2014
If It Bleeds is the first novel in a series of mysteries featuring rookie reporter Nicole Charles. Nicole Charles didn’t…
go to journalism school to become a gossip columnist, but the job fell into her lap right out of school and her immigrant work ethic just won’t let her quit to find something she’d like better. It’s a good job, but she struggles with the stigma attached to her position by other reporters. More than anything, she wants to be a real reporter, but it looks like she’s never going to get a chance. Then one night while covering a gallery opening, she discovers a dead body in a dark alley. An up-and-coming artist has been stabbed in the throat with an antique icepick. Nicole is right in the middle of the biggest story of the year. It’s the chance of a lifetime. Too bad someone had to die to make it happen.