Catalog Search Results
Author
Lexile Measure
670L
Summary
The Witness for the Prosecution 1920s London. A murder, brutal and bloodthirsty, has stained the plush carpets of a handsome London townhouse. The victim is the glamorous and enormously rich Emily French. All the evidence points to Leonard Vole, a young chancer to whom the heiress left her vast fortune and who ruthlessly took her life. At least, this is the story that Emily?s dedicated housekeeper Janet Mackenzie stands by in court. Leonard however,...
2) Killer Run
Author
Series
Tourist trap mystery volume 5
Pub. Date
2015
Summary
The quick meet the dead during a small-town California charity race in this cozy mystery by the New York Timesbestselling author.
As the owner of South Cove, California's most beloved bookstore café, Jill Gardner is more known for her sit-down-and-read than her get-up-and-go. Yet she's been talked into sponsoring a 5k charity race along the beautiful California coast. Jill is happy to hit the ground running in support...
As the owner of South Cove, California's most beloved bookstore café, Jill Gardner is more known for her sit-down-and-read than her get-up-and-go. Yet she's been talked into sponsoring a 5k charity race along the beautiful California coast. Jill is happy to hit the ground running in support...
Author
Series
Summary
When the townspeople of Lochdubh begin receiving poison-pen letters, no one takes them very seriously, even if they are full of wild accusations. But Hamish fears that they might lead to something deadly. His instincts prove correct when the town's postmistress is found hanging from a rope with a poison-pen letter at her feet. Though it appears to be a suicide, Hamish suspects something more sinister. Attempting to trace the letters, the last thing
...Author
Series
Shakespeare in the Catskills mystery volume 1
Summary
"A Catskills resort's production of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet takes a wickedly ironic turn when the leading lady, Lauren Richmond, is first poisoned and then stabbed. Who would extinguish the life of such a beautiful young thespian? Who wouldn't? Seems like just about everyone had a motive to pull the ropes on her final curtain call."--Dust jacket flap
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Summary
Trooper Jack Blake pilots bush planes, mushes dog teams, and climbs on snowshoes to catch the bad guy. With horrible weather, blood-thirsty brizzly bears, politics and plane crashes, his job to find real justice is hard enough. Then Blake learns that one particularly powerful guy is making it his job to kill him wih the unlimited resources of his wealth and power.
Author
Series
Summary
Nancy Bell's popular mystery series combines colorful characters, a small-town setting, down-home Texas humor- and one of the most wildly misnamed sleuths in the genre. A diminutive, shrewd grandmother, "Biggie" Weatherford is an amateur detective and professional collector of gossip. In Biggie and the Devil Diet, she investigates a murder at a weight-loss spa for wealthy teenagers.
Author
Series
39 clues volume 1
Pub. Date
[2008]
Summary
Rick Riordan's newest mystery centers around the Cahills - the most powerful family the world has ever known. The source of its power is a mystery that can only be unraveled by assembling 39 clues that have been hidden around the world throughout history.
Author
Series
Stephanie Plum novel volume 2
Pub. Date
p1996
Summary
New Jersey private eye, Stephanie Plum, is joined by a pistol-packing granny and a vice cop in her hunt for a bail jumper who shot his best friend.
Author
Series
Paw enforcement volume 3
Pub. Date
2015.
Summary
When a raging tornado hits Forth Worth, Megan's squad car is flipped over-and her devoted police dog, Brigit, is not amused. But that's not all that's upside-down. The streets are littered with looters-and members of a violent street gang-and no local business is safe. It's time to get back on all fours and see that the job of protecting the public is done. But Megan, outmanned and outgunned, has no choice but to let the gang members get away. Later,...
Author
Pub. Date
Â2017
Summary
Collects eleven stories and one novella featuring Jack Reacher, including "Too Much Time." Together these twelve stories shed new light on Reacher's past, illuminating how he grew up and developed into the wandering avenger who has captured the imagination of millions around the world.
13) Blind justice
Author
Series
William Monk novel volume 19
Pub. Date
2013
Summary
"Inspector William Monk searches for proof of his friend's innocence in a controversial and dangerous case, in the nineteenth novel in Anne Perry's acclaimed series. Oliver Rathbone, now a judge, is presiding over a trial for corruption. Proud of his elevation to this position, he is determined to be proper and fair, and, with much skill, convicts a deeply corrupt man. On the back of this success Rathbone is given a controversial new case: that of...