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Par Denise Hamilton. 2006
Los Angeles Times reporter Eve Diamond investigates the murder of seventeen-year-old Denny Lukin. She questions Denny's Russian émigré parents and…
uncovers Mafia and FBI connections. Meanwhile, a man from Moscow claiming to be Eve's cousin wants to help with the case. Some explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2006Par Louise Fitzhugh. 1992
Harriet M. Welsch, eleven, is a spy. She wears a sleuthing outfit and records in a secret notebook her observations--both…
good and bad--of her friends and neighbors. When her classmates discover the journal, many feelings are hurt and Harriet is in trouble. For grades 3-6. 1964Par Rhys Bowen. 2006
New York, 1902. Private detective Molly Murphy works to exonerate police captain Daniel Sullivan of bribery charges. Molly is convinced…
he is innocent, and as her inquiry progresses she suspects Daniel's troubles are related to his investigation of the East Side Ripper, a serial killer targeting prostitutes. 2006Par Amanda Quick. 2006
Victorian England. Venetia Milton visits Gabriel Jones's estate to photograph relics of the Arcane Society, a secret organization founded by…
Gabriel's alchemist ancestor. Gabriel is reported dead but surfaces later to protect Venetia and catch a murderous thief who is after his family's secrets. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006Par Cynthia Riggs. 2005
After ninety-two-year-old Victoria Trumbull is fired from The Island Enquirer, she goes to work for the competition without pay. When…
a developer is murdered, Victoria scoops her old paper with the story and begins sleuthing. The victim's wife and mistress are suspects until more murders occur. Some strong language. 2005Par Donna Hill, Margie Walker. 2004
In four different stories the daughters of deceased African American PI Henry Chambers of Liberty, Georgia, begin to close his…
cases. As Maxine, Samantha, Morgan, and Taylor investigate and uncover town and family secrets, their lives become threatened. Some descriptions of sex, some violence, and some strong language. 2004Par Douglas J Preston. 2006
FBI agent Aloysius Pendergast, from Dance of Death (RC 60742, BR 16231), languishes in prison for murders committed by his…
psychotic brother, Diogenes. Meanwhile, New York's natural history museum unseals an Egyptian tomb, precipitating more killings. Aloysius escapes to confront his brother in a deadly showdown. Strong language and some violence. Bestseller. 2006Par Megan Whalen Turner. 2006
Eugenides, still known as the Thief (RC 47183, BR 11285) of Eddis, faces palace intrigue and assassins while striving to…
prove himself to the people of Attolia and their queen, his new bride. Sequel to The Queen of Attolia (RC 51067). For junior and senior high readers. 2006Par James Sallis. 2005
A Hollywood stunt man named "Driver" moonlights at night driving getaway cars for random criminals. When a heist goes bad,…
a contract is put on Driver's head, but he protects himself and exacts his revenge in the Arizona desert. Violence and strong language. 2005Par Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1998
Troy Alleyn, wife of Inspector Roderick Alleyn, paints a portrait of Shakespearean actor Sir Henry Ancred, a patriarch preparing to…
marry a young chorus girl. After a tense birthday dinner, Henry is found dead. Troy, finally reunited with Roderick after a prolonged separation, suspects poisoning and enlists Roderick's aid. 1947Par Sandra Brown. 2006
Detectives Duncan Hatcher and DeeDee Bowen are determined to bring crime lord Robert Savich to justice, even though judge Cato…
Laird lets him go. They become suspicious of the judge after being called to Laird's home when his wife shoots an intruder. Strong language and some descriptions of sex. 2006Par Ian Fleming. 2002
British secret service agent James Bond is pitted against Auric Goldfinger--one of the world's richest men, who is obsessed with…
gold. Bond infiltrates Goldfinger's organization and foils a plan to rob Fort Knox. Some violence and some strong language. 1959Par John Sandford. 1989
Maddog, a serial rapist and murderer, is terrorizing Minneapolis. At each crime scene he leaves one of his rules of…
killing. Detective Lucas Davenport exploits the media to try to catch the culprit but becomes a target in the deadly game. Explicit descriptions of sex, violence, and strong language. 1989Par Elise Broach. 2006
Along with his fourteen-year-old sister Lucy and friend Kit, eighteen-year-old Jamie Martinez is driving to Phoenix to visit his father…
during spring break. In the New Mexico desert, they collide with a young woman's corpse and encounter a murder mystery. For senior high readers. 2006Par Ron Roy. 2003
Washington, D.C. When Leonard Fisher claims to be the long-lost heir to the Smithsonian fortune, KC and Marshall set out…
to prove that he is a phony. For grades 2-4. 2003Par Agatha Christie. 1935
England, 1935. Belgian detective Hercule Poirot receives letters signed "A.B.C." that announce the date and location of future crimes. When…
the killer strikes Mrs. Ascher in Andover and then Miss Barnard in Bexhill, Poirot knows it's no coincidence and hurries to find the culprit before he completes the alphabet. 1935Par Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 2000
Montague Reece invites Scotland Yard's Roderick Alleyn and artist wife Troy to his New Zealand estate and commissions Troy to…
paint his mistress, opera star Sommita. As Roderick tries to protect the singer from a nuisance photographer, rumors of drug involvement surface and Sommita is found murdered. 1980Par Ed McBain. 2006
For this anthology the author selected twenty-five of his earlier stories published in pulp magazines under the bylines of Evan…
Hunter, Richard Marsten, and Hunt Collins. Written in the 1950s, the tales are filled with damsels in distress, PIs, and cops. Violence, strong language, and some explicit descriptions of sex. 2006Par Joseph Wambaugh. 2006
While trying to avoid allegations of racial profiling, a seasoned LAPD sergeant known as the Oracle dispatches veteran cops with…
rookies to deal with the addicts, crazies, and gangbangers that inhabit Hollywood. After a jewelry-store robbery, the investigation leads to the Russian Mafia. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2006Par Ngaio Marsh, St. Martin`s Press. 1999
When the beloved "queen of the British theater" is murdered in a cloud of perfume, the case literally reeks with…
likely suspects. It is up to Superintendent Roderick Alleyn to sniff out the motives and bring the killer to justice. 1960