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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.Catherine's heart (Tales of London.)
Par Lawana Blackwell. 2002
Eighteen-year-old Catherine Rayborn is thrilled with her first taste of independence when she begins Girton College in Cambridge in 1880.…
Amidst all the excitement, however, comes the painful realization of the vast difference between true love and shallow. 2002.Caleb's kingdom
Par Essie Summers. 1996
Greta Mountford discovers that her fiance Martin has been having an affair. But before she can break her engagement, Martin…
is killed on the way home. Faced with this double grief, Greta escapes to New Zealand to run a farm while its owner, Caleb Armstrong, is away in Europe. The change of scene works its magic on Greta, but her new-found peace is shattered with the return of Caleb - for his presence is far too disturbing for comfort. 1996.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.Christmas gifts: Small Town Christmas Her Christmas Cowboy
Par Gail Gaymer Martin, Brenda Minton. 2011
In “Small Town Christmas”, when seven-year-old twins act up in temporary teacher Amy Carroll's class, she meets their very apologetic…
widowed father. The handsome man has his hands full - but can two mini matchmakers and holiday cheer open his heart to Christmas romance? In “Her Christmas Cowboy”, Elizabeth Harden attends a bull-riding event for her dad, where she tries – unsuccessfully - to avoid bull fighter Travis Cooper, a too-handsome heartbreaker. But could her first impression of Travis be mistaken? c2011.Christmas Eve baby (Medical Romance Ser.)
Par Caroline Anderson. 2007
Dr Lucy Tremayne's title is about to change from doctor to mother. She knows she must tell Ben Carter he's…
going to be a daddy by Christmas - but she's running out of time. Why is she stalling? Because she knows that when her secret gets out it will destroy her father. As head of A&E at St Piran Hospital, Dr Ben Carter hasn't seen Lucy since that wonderful, perfect night they shared together. He's been warned to stay away, but now, as he arrives in the picturesque Cornish village of Penhally Bay, he is determined to fight for the woman he loves, and their baby. 2007.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.At odds with love
Par Betty Neels. 1993
Nikolaas van der Vollenhove was a workaholic surgeon, who didn't need complications in his well ordered life, yet he went…
out of his way to help Jane when she badly needed a friend, which seemed to indicate that he was interested in her. However, his subsequent proposal of marriage was not that of a man head over heels in love. Had Jane any hope of changing his feelings? 1993.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.All else confusion
Par Betty Neels. 1982
Probably Annis should never have married Jake Royle: he had said from the start that he didn't think that love…
was necessary to make marriage work - meaning that he didn't love her! But she loved him even more than she loved her own family. 1982.A walk to remember
Par Nicholas Sparks. 1999
Fifty-seven-year-old Landon thinks back to 1958, the year that changed his life. Pious, bible-carrying Jamie Sullivan asks seventeen-year-old Landon to…
costar with her in the Christmas play written by her preacher father. As they spend time together, Landon is shocked to realize he's falling in love. Bestseller. 1999.