New Mystery & Detective Books
New arrivals added to our Mystery & Detective Collection in the last 7 days
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| 'twas the Knife Before Christmas - A Christmas Tree Farm Mystery by Frost, Jacqueline |
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Oct 17, 2018 |
| 99 ways to die by Lin, Ed, author. |
"Jing-nan has known Peggy Lee, a bullying frenemy who runs her family's huge corporation, since high school. Peggy's father has been kidnapped, and the ransom the kidnappers are demanding is not money but IP: a high-tech memory chip that they want to sell in China. Jing-nan feels sorry for Peggy until she starts blackmailing him into helping out. Peggy is worried the kidnappers' deadline will pass before the police are able to track down the chip. But when the reluctant Jing-nan tries to help, h |
Oct 12, 2018 |
| A borrowing of bones by Munier, Paula, author. |
"The first in a gripping new mystery series by literary agent Paula Munier, about a retired MP and bomb-sniffing dog who become embroiled in an investigation in the beautiful Vermont wilderness. It may be the Fourth of July weekend, but for retired soldier Mercy Carr and Belgian Malinois Elvis, it's just another walk in the remote Lye Brook Wilderness--until the former bomb-sniffing dog alerts to explosives and they find a squalling baby abandoned near a shallow grave filled with what appear to |
Oct 11, 2018 |
| A catered cat wedding - a mystery with recipes by Crawford, Isis, author. |
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Oct 14, 2018 |
| A Cotswold mystery by Tope, Rebecca, author. |
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Oct 17, 2018 |
| A day in the life of Louis Bloom by Charles, Paul, 1949- author. |
Retired police officer Brendy McCucker returns to solve a murder mystery with the help of DI Lily O'Carroll in this second book in the series. |
Oct 17, 2018 |
| A forgotten place - a Bess Crawford mystery by Todd, Charles, author. |
Amazon.com. |
Oct 14, 2018 |
| A knife in the fog - a mystery featuring Margaret Harkness and Arthur Conan Doyle by Harper, Bradley, 1951- author. |
"Physician Arthur Conan Doyle takes a break from his practice to assist London police in tracking down Jack the Ripper"-- |
Oct 11, 2018 |
| A sorrowful sanctuary by Whishaw, Iona, 1948- author. |
"Lane Winslow is enjoying a perfect, sunny day at the lake when she spots a gravely injured young man drifting in a sinking rowboat. Hypothermic, bleeding, and soaked in icy, bloody water, he is unable to speak, leaving Lane at a loss. What series of events brought him to this grisly fate? Darling and Ames are quick to pick up the case, but leads are few until Angela's young son finds an unsettling clue on the beach--a bright red swastika lapel pin--that points to the National Unity Party of Can |
Oct 17, 2018 |
| A Study in Scarlet, The Sign of Four, The Hound of the Baskervilles by Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930, author. |
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Oct 11, 2018 |
| A table before me by Viguié, Debbie, author. |
"Cindy is dreading Mother's Day and the arrival of her family to celebrate the holiday while getting to know Jeremiah. The last thing she needs with company coming is another mystery to solve. However, when an acquaintance is accused of murder and begs for her help, how can she refuse? She won't be any good to anyone, though, if she ends up dead. Someone is killing off witnesses to a crime she helped solve, and she and Mark realize they are at the top of someone's hit list. Jeremiah struggles to |
Oct 14, 2018 |
| A willing murder by Deveraux, Jude, author. |
Sara Medlar is a household name in romance, with millions of books sold. But lately, retirement has been boring her and she's found herself back in her hometown of Lachlan, Florida, remodeling the grand old mansion she'd admired as a child. It's much too big for her alone, but she'd die before letting anyone in town know that. Then Sara's niece Kate is offered a job in Lachlan - a start in what could be a very successful career in real estate. She accepts immediately, but with so little saved up |
Oct 17, 2018 |
| Ash & bone by Harvey, John, 1938- |
Retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder struggles with guilt when his teenage daughter's behavior deteriorates following a rape that he could have prevented, while Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch becomes suspicious that she is being stalked. |
Oct 12, 2018 |
| Be Our Ghost by Kingsbury, Kate |
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Oct 13, 2018 |
| Big sister by Staalesen, Gunnar, 1947- author. |
Varg Veum receives a surprise visit in his office. A woman introduces herself as his half-sister, and she has a job for him. Her god-daughter, a 19-year-old trainee nurse from Haugesund, moved from her bedsit in Bergen two weeks ago. Since then no one has heard anything from her. She didn't leave an address. She doesn't answer her phone. And the police refuse to take her case seriously. Veum's investigation uncovers a series of carefully covered-up crimes and pent-up hatreds, and the trail leads |
Oct 17, 2018 |
| Black diamond fall by Olshan, Joseph, author. |
When Luc Flanders disappears following a game of pond hockey with his friends, the police department at Clareton College in Vermont is divided in their assessment of what fate befell the young man. Some feel that Flanders went off the grid by choice. Others, including detectives Nick Jenkins and Helen Kennedy, suspect that something sinister may have befallen him. |
Oct 17, 2018 |
| Bury the lead by Mayor, Archer, author. |
Amazon.com. |
Oct 14, 2018 |
| Christmas cake murder by Fluke, Joanne, 1943- author. |
It's Christmas many years ago, and topping young Hannah Swensen's wish list is becoming the go-to baker in Lake Eden, Minnesota. But as Hannah finds out, revisiting holiday memories can be murder . . . With her dream of opening The Cookie Jar taking shape, Hannah's life matches the hectic December hustle and bustle in Lake Eden--especially when she agrees to help recreate a spectacular Christmas Ball from the past in honor of Essie Granger, an elderly local in hospice care. But instead of poring |
Oct 17, 2018 |
| Cleaning is murder - a Myrtle Clover cozy mystery by Craig, Elizabeth Spann, 1971- author. |
It's easy for fellow citizens to get on your nerves in sleepy Southern towns like Bradley, North Carolina. Particularly when one of the citizens is something of a cheapskate. Amos Subers isn't one to tip waiters, pay back a loan, or behave generously with family. When it's discovered that penny-pinching Amos was actually quite wealthy, it hardly engenders goodwll in the small town...in fact, he's heartily disliked. Octogenarian sleuth Myrtle Clover's housekeeper is certainly no fan of his: Amos |
Oct 11, 2018 |
| Comfort me by Viguié, Debbie, author. |
"Tragedy can strike in the blink of an eye, as Cindy Preston is all too aware. As she struggles to cope with the loss of her job, death and destruction are unfolding around her. At her new temp assignment she quickly discovers that something sinister happened to the woman she's replaced. Meanwhile, Rabbi Jeremiah Silverman and Detective Mark Walters are left picking up the pieces when one of their own is viciously attacked. Now it's a race against time to find three different killers before more |
Oct 14, 2018 |