 | Beyond the Bone Hill, Reginald 2000-04 - Severn House Publishers 0727855107 Check Our Catalog …More |
 | The Stranger House Hill, Reginald 2005-10 - HarperCollins Publishers 0060820810 Check Our Catalog The "sorcerer of style" ("New York Times Book Review") delivers a stunning stand-alone novel full of suspense, romance, history, sex, and miracles--an exploration of the sometimes twisted side of the human psyche. …More |
 | Dead Man Riding: A Nell Bray Mystery Linscott, Gillian 2003-01 - Minotaur Books 0312308248 Check Our Catalog After three years of traipsing across Europe with her lovesick, widowed mother, Nell Bray has finally found her way to Oxford University. There she has befriended the beautiful Imogen and the charming Midge.When the three girls decide to accept an invitation by their male classmates to join a reading party in the country during vacation - accompanied by a dashing philosophy don with a reputation for stirring up trouble - they go against what is quickly becoming the obsolete conventions of the nineteenth-century. Once they arrive in the country, they are greeted by the unpleasant fact that their host has been accused of murder when a local boy is missing. Rather than return home, however, the six students and their mentor decide to put down their books and put their intellectual prowess to the test by solving the mystery.This combination of mystery and learning - with some college crushes and loves along the way - makes "Dead Man Riding Gillian Linscott's best mystery to date. …More |
 | The Grave Tattoo McDermid, Val 2007-02 - Minotaur Books 0312339216 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In a novel reminiscent of The Dante Club and The Historian, suspense master McDermid spins a psychological thriller in which a present-day murder has its roots in the 18th century and the mutiny on the HMS Bounty. …More |
 | The Coffin Trail Edwards, Martin 2004-10 - Poisoned Pen Press 1590581296 Check Our Catalog On impulse, Oxford historian Daniel Kind and his partner Miranda buy a cottage in Brackdale, an idyllic valley in the Lake District. Tarn Cottage was once home to Barrie Gilpin, suspected of a savage murder. A young woman's body was found on the Sacrifice Stone, an ancient pagan site up on the fell, but Barrie died before he could be arrested. When the police launch a cold case review, the lives of Daniel and DCI Hannah Scarlett become strangely entwined, as they search for a ruthless murderer who is prepared to kill again to hide a shocking secret. …More Oxford and Oxfordshire |
 | An Instance of the Fingerpost Pears, Iain M. 1998-03 - Riverhead Books 1573220825 Check Our Catalog We are in England in the 1660s, Charles II has been restored to the throne following years of civil war and Oliver Cromwell's short-lived republic. Oxford is the intellectual seat of the country, a place of great scientific, religious, and political ferment. A fellow of New College is found dead in suspicious circumstances. A young woman is accused of his murder. We hear the story of the death from four witnesses: an Italian physician intent on claiming credit for the invention of blood transfusion; the son of an alleged Royalist traitor; a master cryptographer who has worked for both Cromwell and the king; and a renowned Oxford antiquarian. Each tells his own version of what happened. Only one reveals the extraordinary truth. …More |
 | Heresy Parris, S. J. 2010-02 - Doubleday Books 0385531281 Check Our Catalog Like "The Dante Club," this clever, sophisticated, exceptionally enjoyable thriller is written with unstoppable narrative propulsion and stylistic flair. Follow the monk, poet, and scientist Giordano Bruno on his quest to uncover a plot to kill Queen Elizabeth I. …More |
 | Last Bus to Woodstock Dexter, Colin 1996-06 - Ivy Books 0804114900 Check Our Catalog "[Morse is] the most prickly, conceited, and genuinely brilliant detective since Hercule Poirot." --The New York Times Book Review "YOU DON'T REALLY KNOW MORSE UNTIL YOU'VE READ HIM. . . . Viewers who have enjoyed British actor John Thaw as Morse in the PBS Mystery! anthology series should welcome the deeper character development in Dexter's novels." --Chicago Sun-Times Beautiful Sylvia Kaye and another young woman had been seen hitching a ride not long before Sylvia's bludgeoned body is found outside a pub in Woodstock, near Oxford. Morse is sure the other hitchhiker can tell him much of what he needs to know. But his confidence is shaken by the cool inscrutability of the girl he's certain was Sylvia's companion on that ill-fated September evening. Shrewd as Morse is, he's also distracted by the complex scenarios that the murder set in motion among Sylvia's girlfriends and their Oxford playmates. To grasp the painful truth, and act upon it, requires from Morse the last atom of his professional discipline. "Few novelists write books as intelligent and deliciously frightening as those by Colin Dexter. . . . What Mr. Dexter does so well, so brilliantly, is weave a thick, cerebral story chock-full of literary references and clever red herrings." --The Washington Times "A MASTERFUL CRIME WRITER WHOM FEW OTHERS MATCH." --Publishers Weekly …More |
 | Play to the End Goddard, Robert 2006-04 - Delta 0385339186 Check Our Catalog An instant top-ten bestseller in the U.K., "Play to the End" thrusts readers into a dangerous tangle of family rivalries and murderous deceit, as a struggling actor finds himself on a collision course with long-held secrets. …More |
 | The Body on the Beach: A Fethering Mystery Brett, Simon 2000-08 - Berkley Prime Crime 0425175006 Check Our Catalog When recent retiree Carole Seddon discovers a dead body on the beach of Fethering, an English seaside village, her sensible life becomes suddenly quite complicated. And with the help of her Bohemian neighbor, Jude, Carole finds a new purpose in life as a detective. …More |
 | Dead Simple James, Peter 2006-01 - Carroll & Graf Publishers 078671641X Check Our Catalog Launching a terrifying new series, James introduces recently widowed Detective Superintendent Roy Grace, who's called in when a man is reported missing from a bachelor party. Grace soon discovers that one man's disaster is another man's fortune. …More |
 | From Doon with Death Rendell, Ruth 1988-02 - Fawcett Books 0345348176 Check Our Catalog When Margaret Parsons disappears, Inspector Burden tries to reassure her frantic husband that she will be back by morning. Privately, though, he is certain Margaret has run off with another man. But then the missing woman's body is found, strangled and abandoned in a nearby wood. And when Mr. Parsons lets the police into his home, a startling discovery leads everyone to question just who Margaret Parsons really was . . . …More |
 | Bloodline Mountain, Fiona 2006-02 - Minotaur Books 0312323255 Check Our Catalog Praise for "Pale as the Dead" "An original story delightfully told. Natasha Blake's genealogical detective work...is well worth the journey."- Anne Perry, author of "Thou Shalt Not Kill" "An evocative Cotswold setting, a compelling contemporary story, and a very human and appealing heroine with a fascinating profession."- Deborah Crombie, author of "Dreaming of the Bones" "Natasha is a mystery...readers will be eager to meet her again."- "Booklist" "Exhilirating opening debut of a fascinating 'detective'...this is a unique tale starring a delightful individual who makes a fine sleuth whether it is the past or present."- "Midwest Book Review" "Unique twist to the conventional mystery...nonstop suspense will leave readers eager for future installments in this enthralling new series."- "Romantic Times BOOKclub Magazine""" "Intriguing...The plot is fantastic and gripping. It is well worth the journey back in time."- "Rendezvous Review" …More |
 | High Marks for Murder: A Bellehaven House Mystery Kent, Rebecca 2008-06 - Berkley Trade Pub 0425222047 Check Our Catalog Teacher Kathleen Duncan is found dead in the school garden. A bloody branch leads Miss Meredith Llewellyn to assume it had been an accident, until she learns that the limb didn't break off--it had been neatly sawn. Now she searches for a killer, in this first title of a new series set in Edwardian England. Original. …More |
 | An Academic Death Gregson, J. M. 2001-12 - Severn House Publishers 0727857487 Check Our Catalog …More |
 | Agatha Raisin and the Quiche of Death Beaton, M. C. 1993-11 - Fawcett Books 0804111634 Check Our Catalog The creator of the popular Hamish Macbeth mysteries now introduces a new sleuth in a small English town. Who had the crust to poison the judge at the village baking contest? Irascible retiree Agatha Raisin wants to know who put together all the ingredients for a perfect crime. Martin's. …More York and Yorkshire |
 | The Widows Club Cannell, Dorothy 1989-09 - Bantam Books 0553277944 Check Our Catalog Stylish, amusing, and deliciously wicked, the Misses Hyacinth and Primrose Tramwell are hired to investigate a woman's organization whose members choose widowhood over divorce. With the help of a newlywed friend, the spinster sleuths stalk the mastermind of matrimonial murder. …More |
 | The Torment of Others McDermid, Val 2005-05 - Minotaur Books 0312339194 Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title After a vicious assault, Detective Chief Inspector Carol Jordan has returned to Bradfield to resume her career. When she is assigned a case involving the grotesque murder of a prostitute, she turns to Dr. Tony Hill for help. …More |
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 | Murder in Stratford Peterson, Audrey 2005-03 - Five Star (ME) 1594142734 Check Our Catalog …More Cornwall |
 | Beyond Recall Goddard, Robert 1998-06 - Henry Holt & Company 0805051104 Check Our Catalog At a wedding party in Cornwall, Chris Napier, the bride's uncle, is shocked to recognize a drunken, disheveled, and evidently distraught intruder. Chris hasn't seen his childhood friend Nicky Lanyon for more than thirty years, not since Nicky's father was hanged for the murder of Joshua Carnoweth - Chris's great-uncle and the man behind the Napier family's inherited affluence. Nicky's plea for his father's innocence is underscored by the method by which he chooses to commit suicide at the conclusion of the day's celebrations. Chris is now compelled to test the truth of his friend's conviction and soon realizes that his own understanding of the events surrounding the murder amounts to none at all. The conduct of more than one member of his own family begins to dog his hesitant footsteps into a past slowly darkening with the shadows of corruption, greed, lies, child abuse, and good old-fashioned revenge. …More |
 | Name to a Face Goddard, Robert 2009-06 - Delta 0385342179 Check Our Catalog When Tim Harding is sent by his employer to buy an antique ring at auction, little does he realize that he is about to restart a chain of events which had begun many years before. …More |
 | The Marigold Mafia Bastion, Elisabeth 2009-04 - Five Star (ME) 1594147566 Check Our Catalog …More |
 | Vow of Silence Black, Veronica 1991-11 - Fawcett Books 0804108145 Check Our Catalog Sister Joan is transferred to Cornwall Convent to quietly investigate the death of Sister Sophia and the disappearance of Sister Magdalen. Finding many departures from normal convent routine, Sister Joan begins to suspect what she hardly dares to name--and soon, it's too late to even send for help. 'A fine debut for this series'.--Kirkus. Martin's. …More |
 | Dead Ringer Cook, Judith 2003-06 - Severn House Publishers 0727859552 Check Our Catalog The first in a brand-new series featuring an ex-cop turned environmental crusader. Retired policeman John Latymer is happily settled with his new wife Tess, and occupies himself with a part time job as a tour guide leading groups around England. When he witnesses a violent brawl in a small Cornish harbour-town, and when a body is discovered off the coast nearby, he cannot help but become embroiled in the ensuing investigations - much to the annoyance of his wife. Exposing the dark side of the fishing industry and the underworld of drugs, as well as tackling sensitive environmental issues, Dead Ringer will keep the reader glued to the pages through the various twists and turns of this exciting novel. …More |
 | New-Slain Knight Grabien, Deborah 2007-11 - Minotaur Books 0312374003 Check Our Catalog It's summer in England, and---with nothing urgent demanding their attention---Ringan and Penny are planning a quiet vacation alone together. Their plans change when Ringan's niece, fourteen-year-old violin prodigy Becca, is dumped in their care while her parents deal with an emergency abroad. Ringan has no idea what to do with a teenage relative. Penny points out that Becca is more a musician than a child, and suggests a musical holiday in Cornwall. Playing in front of a live audience with Ringan and a band will give the girl much-needed experience and confidence. It will let Ringan get to know his niece better, as well. It's a good plan, and everyone approves. And yet something about the St. Ives home of their host, Gowan, leaves Penny uneasy. She hears voices in her mind, speaking in Cornish, and has a horrifying vision through the eyes of a dying man. When, soon after, she finds Becca sleepwalking, Penny learns from Gowan that, many years earlier, his emotionally unstable lover hanged herself in this house. It may simply be the echoes of that tragedy disturbing both her and Becca. But after Becca has a seizure during a live performance of a seemingly harmless song, Penny and Ringan realize that a much older tragedy hangs over Gowan and his family. And if they can't find the truth and lay to rest whatever ghosts still walk, they may lose Becca. "New-Slain Knight," the fifth in the Haunted Ballad mystery series, touches on the ties that bind: family, the past and the present, and the mystery that lies behind every story. …More |
 | Ash & Bone Harvey, John 2006-12 - Harvest Books 0156032848 Check Our Catalog Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch will never see thirty again. Nor forty. And, after a lifetime on the force, all she has to show for it are a couple of hundred pounds in the bank and a mortgaged flat. In Cornwall, retired Detective Inspector Elder's solitary life is disturbed by a phone call from his estranged wife. Seventeen-year-old Katherine is running wild. Elder's fears for his daughter are underscored by remorse and guilt, for it was his involvement that led directly to the abduction and rape that has so unbalanced Katherine's life. There's a connection between Maddy and Elder: a brief, clumsy encounter sixteen years earlier. Just a quick grope and a cuddle, leading to nothing, but leaving a trace of lingering regret. When the takedown of a violent criminal goes badly wrong leaving both the target and a young constable dead, something doesn't feel right to Maddy. In Ash and Bone, the unsettled, unhappy Elder is once again persuaded out of retirement. A cold, cold case has a devastating present day impact with sinister implications for the crime squad itself. Elder's investigation takes place against the backdrop of his increasing concern for his daughter together with demons of his own he must battle before he can uncover the truth. …More |
 | Sea of Lost Love Montefiore, Santa 2008-05 - Touchstone Books 1416543732 Check Our Catalog The author of "The Last Voyage of the Valentina" returns with the gripping story of a young woman who must face the shocking truths of her family's past, in order to save their ancestral home. …More |
 | Angel with Two Faces: A Mystery Featuring Josephine Tey Upson, Nicola 2010-07 - Harper Paperbacks 0061451576 Check Our Catalog Exhausted and disillusioned with the world of theater in May 1935, Josephine Tey has traveled to Cornwall to spend the summer with her friends the Motleys at their run-down but beautiful country estate. Ready to begin work on her second mystery novel, Tey finds much to inspire her in the landscape and its legends. Meanwhile, the Motleys have become involved in an amateur production at the nearby Minack Theater. Detective Inspector Archie Penrose has returned to his roots in Cornwall to attend the funeral of a family friend, a young estate worker who died in a tragic riding accident. Penrose has a few questions about the circumstances surrounding the fatal occurrence. And when the Minack Theater proves to be the stage for a real-life tragedy, Penrose and Tey together must investigate an audacious murder and confront an evil suggesting that there are darker things than death. …More |
 | Manna from Hades Dunn, Carola 2009-03 - Minotaur Books 0312379455 Check Our Catalog "Manna from Hades" is a confounding case of daring theft, double-cross, and awily older woman confronted by a case of murder most foul. …More |
 | A Colourful Death: A Cornish Mystery Dunn, Carola 2010-06 - Minotaur Books 0312379463 Check Our Catalog In this cozy Cornish mystery, recently retired widow Eleanor Trewynn sets out to clear her friend Nick of the murder of neighbor artist Geoffrey Clark. She soon learns that Nick is far from the only one with a compelling motive for murder. …More |
 | Mistletoe and Murder Dunn, Carola 2002-12 - Minotaur Books 0312287755 Check Our Catalog Daisy Dalrymple brings her family to an old Cornish estate for Christmas. The estate has a rich history of lore, ghost stories and festering resentments--some or all of which leave the family trapped in a house with a corpse for the holidays. …More |
 | The Lighthouse James, P. D. 2005-11 - Alfred A. Knopf 030726291X Check Our Catalog When one of the distinguished visitors to Combe Island is bizarrely murdered, Commander Adam Dalgliesh is called in. Hardly has his team begun to unravel the complicated motives of the suspects than there is a second brutal killing, and Dalgliesh faces a danger more insidious than murder. …More |
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 | Her Royal Spyness Bowen, Rhys 2007-07 - Berkley Publishing Group 0425215679 Check Our Catalog The Agatha Award winner debuts a 1930s London mystery series, featuring a penniless 20-something member of the extended royal family. When an arrogant Frenchman, who wants her family's estate for himself, winds up dead, Victorias most important job is to clear her family name. …More |
 | Faces Cole, Martina 2009-07 - Grand Central Publishing 0446179973 Check Our Catalog From international bestselling author Cole comes a gritty, gripping, and utterly unforgettable new tale set in the heart of London's criminal gangland. …More |
 | Killing Me Softly: A Novel of Obsession Nicci French 1999-07 - Mysterious Press 0892966971 Check Our Catalog "Damage" meets "Into Thin Air" in this spellbinding novel of a forbidden love turned into a dangerous obsession that drives a woman to impulsively abandon her old life and marry a charismatic stranger. …More |
 | Until It's Over French, Nicci 2009-03 - Minotaur Books 0312375395 Check Our Catalog A murder case pushes six roommates to their breaking point, in this chilling and erotic new thriller. …More |
 | Full Dark House Fowler, Christopher 2004-06 - Bantam 0553803875 Check Our Catalog 2004 British Fantasy Society Winner Edgy, suspenseful, and darkly comic, here is the first novel in a riveting new mystery series starring two cranky but brilliant old detectives whose lifelong friendship was forged solving crimes for the London Police Department's Peculiar Crimes Unit. In Full Dark House, Christopher Fowler tells the story of both their first and last case--and how along the way the unlikely pair of crime fighters changed the face of detection. A present-day bombing rips through London and claims the life of eighty-year-old detective Arthur Bryant. For his partner John May, it means the end of a partnership that lasted over half-a-century and an eerie echo back to the Blitz of World War II when they first met. Desperately searching for clues to the killer's identity, May finds his old friend's notes of their very first case and becomes convinced that the past has returned...with a killing vengeance. It begins when a dancer in a risque new production of Orpheus in Hell is found without her feet. Suddenly, the young detectives are plunged in a bizarre gothic mystery that will push them to their limits--and beyond. For in a city shaken by war, a faceless killer is stalking London's theaters, creating his own kind of sinister drama. And it will take Arthur Bryant's unorthodox techniques and John May's dogged police work to catch a criminal whose ability to escape detection seems almost supernatural--a murderer who even decades later seems to have claimed the life of one of them...and is ready to claim the other. Filled with startling twists, unforgettable characters, and a mystery that will keep you guessing, Full Dark House is a witty, heartbreaking, and all-too-human thriller about the hunt foran inhuman killer. ? …More |
 | Birth Marks Dunant, Sarah 1992-09 - Doubleday Books 0385423187 Check Our Catalog When the body of a talented young dancer, with stones in her pockets and an eight-month-old fetus in her womb, turns up, Hannah Wolfe begins an investigation of the dancer's life that leads her through the dance world of London and Paris. …More |
 | Die with Me Forbes, Elena 2007-10 - MacAdam/Cage Publishing 159692277X Check Our Catalog A series of deaths -- apparent suicides -- of vulnerable young girls is baffling police in London: the bodies are found in the naves of churches after having fallen from a great height. Thanks to a badly-handled leak, the press are all clamoring for a serial killer called The Bridegroom, and amidst the maelstrom of conflicting theories from the media, criminal profilers, politically competitive colleagues and the general circus surrounding a major murder inquiry, the chilling deaths mount up... Elena Forbes writes the kind of creepy and atmospheric crime novel that we love, populated by a cast of fresh and engaging characters: Mark Tartaglia, the Italian-Scottish detective whose good looks get him in to all sorts of trouble, and whose single status is a constant challenge for his sociable sister and extended family; his spiky yet emotionally intelligent colleague Sam Donovan; and his old boss Trevor Clarke, who tries to give Mark good advice while lying in a hospital bed . Together they are piecing together evidence that will lead them to the worst kind of serial killer, one for whom the hunt for a victim and the crime squad's hunting of him are both an equally seductive and irresistible game. …More |
 | Forests of the Night: A Johnny Hawke Novel Davies, David Stuart 2007-01 - Minotaur Books 0312360002 Check Our Catalog Praise for "Forests of the Night" "Wartime London is beautifully evoked in a plot as crafty as the black market . . . a book you can truly call a thriller."---Peter Lovesey, author of "The Last Detective" "The engaging debut appearance of wartime private eye Johnny Hawke breathes new life into the traditional British mystery. He's a hero with a heart." ---Val McDermid, author of "The Torment of Others" "A neatly crafted crime novel offering an unusual perspective on wartime London, by turns dark and poignant." ---Andrew Taylor, author of "The American Boy" …More |
 | Streets of Town Gardner, John 2003-05 - Severn House Publishers 0727859218 Check Our Catalog The second book in the new detective series from a master storyteller The year is 1941, and London is still at war. After her adventures in Bottled Spider, WPC Suzie Mountford is back, and working the beat in West End Central - a notoriously dangerous patch controlled by the infamous Balvak Twins. When Detective Chief Inspector Tony - Big Toe- Harvey is brought in, ostensibly to swell their ranks, Suzie predicts trouble. For Big Toe is every bit as unpleasant a character as the Balvak brothers, and he has good reason to dislike Suzie... …More |
 | Blood on the Strand: Chaloner's Second Exploit in Restoration London Gregory, Susanna 2008-06 - Sphere 0751537594 Check Our Catalog In London in 1663, rebellion is in the air. Thomas Chaloner, spy for the King's intelligence service, has just returned from thwarting a planned revolt in Dublin, but he soon realizes that England's capital is no haven of peace. Ordered to investigate the shooting of a beggar during a royal procession, he soon learns that the man is not a vagrant, but someone with links to the powerful Company of Barber-Surgeons. Meanwhile, Chaloner's master, the Earl of Clarendon, is locked in a deadly feud with the Earl of Bristol, and an innocent man is about to be hanged in Newgate. In a desperate race against time, Chaloner must find a way to protect Clarendon, track down a murderer, and save an innocent man from the executioner's noose. …More |
 | False Charity Heley, Veronica 2008-08 - Severn House Publishers 1847510221 Check Our Catalog Newly widowed Bea Abbott must decide what to do with her deceased husband's business. Though Bea is tempted to sell, she soon begins investigating an accounting irregularity within a catering firm. What Bea doesn't know is that someone is out of control, and finding it all too easy to kill. …More |
 | Maisie Dobbs Winspear, Jacqueline 2003-07 - Soho Press 1569473307 Check Our Catalog Alex Award Winner - 2004 "Meet Maisie Dobbs, who in 1929 launches her career as a private investigator and finds herself drawn back to the Great War she thought she'd long since put behind her: an unexpected beginning for Maisie--and a rare treat for mystery fans."--Charles Dodd, "A Fearsome Doubt." …More |
 | The Blood Detective Waddell, Dan 2008-06 - Minotaur Books 0312378904 Check Our Catalog In a London cemetery, a mans body is found. During the autopsy, the police discover the body has been marked with a string of letters and numbers that appears to be the code for a particular file in the Family Records Centre. To locate the file and unearth its relevance to the murder, police engage the services of Nigel Barnes, a professional genealogist. …More |
 | The Man in the Queue Tey, Josephine 1981-04 - Bentley Publishers 0837604508 Check Our Catalog Inspector Alan Grant searches for the identity of a man killed in the line ata theater and for the identity of the killer--whom no one saw. …More |
 | The Marx Sisters: A Kathy and Brock Mystery Maitland, Barry 1999-06 - Arcade Publishing 1559704748 Check Our Catalog Detective Kathy Kolla's first case is one for the books. Meredith Winterbottom, a resident of Jerusalem Lane -- a quaint section of London inhabited by Eastern European immigrants -- and a great-granddaughter of Karl Marx, is found dead. Was she the victim of greedy real-estate developers, or was she killed for the politics of another age? When a second Marx sister is killed, David Brock, Chief Inspector of Scotland Yard, is brought in to help. As Kathy and Brock delve into the Lane's eccentric melting pot, they find unpublished letters from Marx to Engels; a possible fourth volume of Das Kapital; an endless list of shady suspects; and a plot to end Kathy's investigating days for good. Can they unravel the mystery before Kathy's first case is her last? The Marx Sisters is a classic British whodunit, one that adds an unforgettable team to the ranks of great fictional detectives. …More |
 | Nothing Like the Night Lawrence, David 2005-06 - Minotaur Books 031232880X Check Our Catalog Heading up a murder investigation, Detective Stella Mooney soon has a likely suspect, but then another body is discovered. …More |
 | Black Rubber Dress: A Sam Jones Novel Henderson, Lauren 1999-05 - Three Rivers Press (CA) 0609804383 Check Our Catalog Wearing an impossible-to-ignore, black rubber dress, artist-turned-sleuth Sam Jones manages to attract both trouble and men. When she catches the eye of a successful young banker, she finds herself in a world of drugs, blackmail and murder. …More |
 | Sleepyhead Billingham, Mark 2002-07 - William Morrow & Company 0066212995 Check Our Catalog Alison Willetts can't move or communicate, but she's aware. Her survival of a deliberately induced stroke convinces police her attacker made an error. But Detective Tom Thorne discovers that Alison is the psychopath's masterpiece; the three women he killed before her were mistakes. Thorne must find a criminal whose agenda is terrifyingly unique. …More |
 | The Echo Walters, Minette 1997-03 - Putnam Adult 0399142517 Check Our Catalog A new novel of psychological suspense and terror by the Edgar Award-winning author of 'The Dark Room'. When a homeless man is discovered dead in the garage of a wealthy woman in one of the richest neighborhoods in the world, journalist Michael Deacon's curiosity about the case leads him on a chilling journey into the past. …More |
 | The Chameleon's Shadow Walters, Minette 2008-01 - Knopf Publishing Group 0307264637 Check Our Catalog In this electrifying new novel from the bestselling author of "The Devils Feather," British lieutenant Charles Acland returns home from Iraq, but his serious head injuries are only the outward manifestation of a profound inner change. …More |
 | Prime Suspect LaPlante, Lynda 1993-01 - Dell Publishing Company 0440214947 Check Our Catalog This critically acclaimed mystery series features Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison, who struggles to combat the 'boys' club' atmosphere in her profession as a homicide detective. Set in London, these upbeat stories, based on the smash hit PBS-TV 'Mystery' series, give mystery readers hard-hitting realism, fast-paced action, and a savvy against-the-odds heroine they'll never forget. …More |
 | Above Suspicion La Plante, Lynda 2005-12 - Touchstone Books 0743284801 Check Our Catalog Young detective Anna Travis has been assigned to her first murder case -- and it couldn't be a more shocking, more horrific set of killings. They began eight years earlier; now the body count is up to six. The method of killing is identical, the backgrounds of the girls very similar -- all of them were drug-using prostitutes. Then a seventh body is found, same modus operandi, but this time the victim is a young student, sweet and innocent, with "the face of an angel." The profile of the murderer has changed dramatically. Anna stumbles on a vital piece of information that links one man to the killings. A household name, a much-loved actor who is about to become an international movie star -- he has plenty of charm and good looks. Denial and protestations of innocence spring easily and confidently to his lips. An arrest, in the face of intense publicity, would create media frenzy. If he was found beyond doubt to be the wrong man, his career would be finished and Anna's hard-fought-for reputation in the police force destroyed once and for all. With absolute authenticity and extraordinary power, Lynda La Plante takes us deeper into the criminal mind and the criminal world. And in heroine Anna Travis, she has created another memorable and utterly engaging female detective. …More |
 | The Birthday Present Vine, Barbara 2009-03 - Shaye Areheart Books 0307451984 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Writing under the pen name Barbara Vine, the international bestselling author Ruth Rendell--the best mystery writer in the English-speaking world ("Time")--has created an unrelentingly riveting novel of mystery and suspense. …More |
 | The Cater Street Hangman Perry, Anne 1985-10 - Fawcett Books 0449208672 Check Our Catalog "An ingenious mystery and an excellent example of manners and caste systems of the Victorian era." THE CHATTANOOGA TIMES While the Ellison girls were out paying calls and drinking tea like proper Victorian ladies, a maid in their household was strangled to death. The quiet and young Inspector Pitt investigates the scene and finds no one above suspicion. As his intense questioning causes many a composed facade to crumble, Pitt finds himself couriously drawn to pretty Charlotte Ellison. Yet, a romance between a society girl and so unsuitable a suitor was impossible in the midst of a murder.... …More |
 | A Dangerous Mourning Perry, Anne 1992-09 - Fawcett Books 0804110379 Check Our Catalog Inspector William Monk has his hands full when an aristocrat's daugher is stabbed to death in her own bed. He is instructed to proceed without delay, but finds his efforts hamstrung by the lingering traces of amnesia and the craven ineptitutde of his supervisor, who would love to see him fail. With the help of Hester Latterly, formerly a nurse with Florence Nightingale, Monk gropes warily through the silence and shadows, knowing that with each step he comes closer to the appalling truth.... "A richly textured, masterfully plotted, thoroughly enjoyable story." THE KIRKUS REVIEWS …More |
