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Velvet Shadows
by Andre NortonWritten in the Gothic style, Norton creates a heroine of Victorian America.
The English Teacher
by Lily KingFifteen years ago Vida Avery arrived from Texas alone and pregnant at Fayer Academy. She has since become a fixture and one of the best English teachers Fayer has ever had. By living on campus, on an island off the New England coast, Vida has cocooned herself and her son, Peter, from the outside world and from an inside secret. For years she has lived in solitude and largely through the books she teaches, but when she accepts the impulsive marriage proposal of ardent widower Tom Belou, the prescribed life Vida had constructed is swiftly dismantled. Peter, however, welcomes the changes. Excited to move off campus, eager to have siblings at last, Peter anticipates a regular life with a "normal" family. But the Belou children are still grieving, and the memory of their recently deceased mother exerts a powerful hold on the house. As Vida begins teaching her signature book, Tess of the D'Urbervilles, a nineteenth-century tale of an ostracized woman and social injustice, its themes begin to echo eerily in her own life and Peter sees that the mother he perceived as indomitable is collapsing and it is up to him to help.
Dinner At Antoine's
by Frances Parkinson KeyesDid the lovely young woman kill herself, or was she murdered by one of several suspects? Set in New Orleans during Carnival.
Copp in the Dark (Joe Copp #4)
by Don PendletonIn this fourth Copp adventure, a plea for help from a mysterious client plunges Copp into the lower depths of legitimate theater. It all begins innocently enough, except that Copp cannot quite identify his client -- it seems that the entire cast of a dinner theater production of "Man of La Mancha" may have chipped in to hire him. The fast pace of events threatens to overwhelm Copp in a maze of government agents, organized crime figures and kinky-inclined politicians as it becomes evident that Copp is his own client in a struggle to take control of the case and learn the truth before he takes the big fall. Copp is truly "in the dark" until the last bloody act. And not even he can know who will be around to answer the final curtain call.
The Mike Hammer Collection: Volume 1
by Mickey SpillaneIncludes the stories: I, The Jury, My Gun is Quick, and Vengeance is Mine!
Face Down Upon an Herbal (Lady Appleton Mystery #2)
by Kathy Lynn EmersonSecond book in mystery series set in Elizabethan England, featuring sleuth and herbalist Lady Susanna Appleton.
Face Down in the Marrow Bone Pie (Lady Appleton Mystery #1)
by Kathy Lynn EmersonFirst in mystery series set in Elizabethan England, featuring sleuth and herbalist Lady Susanna Appleton.
Face Down Among the Winchester Geese (Lady Appleton Mystery #3)
by Kathy Lynn EmersonThird in Lady Susanna Appleton mystery series set in Elizabethan England.
Terminal Run
by Michael DimercurioOne ship could revolutionize submarine warfare as we know it: the USS Snarc. A robotic combat sub carrying no crew, the Snarc has proven unbeatable in sea trials. And now, it has fallen into the hands of an unseen enemy. The Snarc's first casualty: the nuclear sub carrying the son of retired Admiral Michael Pacino. The only man who can match wits with the Snarc, Pacino re-enters the game in a high-tech underwater battle unlike any that's been fought before, one that could engulf the world in war-and bring him face to face with his most hated nemesis.
A New Omnibus of Crime
by Rosemary Herbert Tony HillermanTwenty seven stories showing the advance and changes in the mystery story and crime genre since Dorothy Sayers's Omnibus of Crime seventy five years ago.
Burn Factor
by Kyle MillsTesting her new database program, Quinn uses her computer savvy to turn up a mysterious DNA link among five gruesome murders. A link that the old FBI system had been carefully programmed to miss.
Officer Down
by Theresa SchwegelSamantha's gun killed her partner during an impromptu sting. But who pulled the trigger? Knocked unconscious during the gunfight, Sam wakes up in the hospital to the news that Fred was killed.
Waldo Chicken Wakes the Dead
by Alan Goldsmithwhen Connie, Evelyn, and Waldo Chicken try to find the neighborhood's monarch (a cat named Mr. Woo) they stumble onto the remains of Becky Sawyer. The investigation suddenly becomes a murder mystery.
Blue Moon
by Peter Duchin John Morgan WilsonFROM THE PUBLISHER 1963: When he arrives in San Francisco with his orchestra, Philip Damon's still mourning his wife, who was mysteriously murdered. The elegant charity ball where he's performing sets the stage for another killing-this one involving a dead ringer for his late wife.
Day of the Cheetah (Patrick McLanahan Series #4)
by Dale BrownThe Soviets have hijacked America's most advanced fighter plane, named the DreamStar. Lt. Col. Patrick McLanahan has to get it back with his own plane, the Cheetah.
Just Trust Me
by Judy Markey" I' I'm very rich. I have an extremely interesting offer for you." Kate Lerner, a Chicago radio host, cannot believe what she's reading when the letter comes. It's from her deadbeat ex-husband, Richard, who disappeared fifteen years ago when their son, Danny, was still a toddler. Not a word, not a dollar has come Kate's way in all that time... until now, when this despicable man has the audacity to come back into her life. What does it mean? And even though she could surely use some financial help, does Kate really want to find out? Her twin sister, Karen, says of course. Even David, the new man in her life, says of course. But when Kate finally hears what Richard has to say, she decides that his outlandish proposal is worth one innocent lie to her family. But one lie inevitably leads to another, triggering a chain of events that completely turns her carefully constructed world upside down.
Blood of Others
by Rick MofinaThe plot centers around the pursuit of an obsessed, dying man who murders shy, solitary women targeted via internet chat rooms. <P><P><i>Advisory: Bookshare has learned that this book offers only partial accessibility. We have kept it in the collection because it is useful for some of our members. Benetech is actively working on projects to improve accessibility issues such as these.</i>
No Way Back
by Rick MofinaWhen two ex-cons rob a jewelry store, kill a cop and take a hostage, brash San Francisco Star reporter Tom Reed decides to take on one more assignment before quitting the profession.
Legion
by William Peter BlattyA young boy, a deaf-mute, is found horribly murdered. The detective assigned to the case sees it as part of a larger and more baffling mystery...
Shadows on the Coast of Maine
by Lea WaitFROM THE PUBLISHER Maine. Antiques. August. Maggie Summer, owner of the antique print business Shadows, is thrilled when her old college roommate, Amy Douglas, invites -- almost begs -- her to come to the coast of Maine to see her new house. August is the perfect time for antiquing and, as it turns out, for murder. Amy and Drew Douglas have just bought a creaky but gorgeous eighteenth-century house in the little town of Madoc. Built in 1774, the house sits high on a hill overlooking the river. The house is great, but not the neighbors, who seem to think that the property should never have been put up for sale. Until now, it's always belonged to one formidable Maine family. Amy and Drew are New Yorkers. What are they doing here, where they don't belong? Hostile neighbors are just the start of their problems. Who is behind a series of strange fires and bizarre accidents? Where is the baby that Amy hears crying in the night, and why do she and Drew want so obsessively to have a child of their own? And what is the relationship between Drew and an attractive teenager named Crystal? As Maggie searches for answers, she runs into fellow antiques dealer Will Brewer, a man with whom she once hoped for a romantic future. But can she trust him now? He, too, is part of the family that always owned Amy and Drew's house. Is his loyalty to Maggie or to his family? When a body turns up in the backyard, Maggie's Maine holiday suddenly turns into a hunt for a killer. Who will tell Maggie the truth? Is there a clue in her antique prints? Everything comes back to the house on the hill. What tragedies has it seen? What sorrows are soon to come? If only walls could talk, then Maggie would know whom to fear. Inspired to use her own Colonial house as a provocative fictional setting, author Lea Wait combines history and mystery in this richly nuanced and immensely entertaining new Shadows mystery.
Tales of the Wolf
by Lawrence Sanders13 short stories about Wolf Lannihan, an antihero who always gets what he wants, whether it's cracking an unsolvable case or a beautiful woman.
Last to Leave
by Clare CurzonCARLTON DELLAR. THE ESTEEMED POET, couldn't have hoped for a more eventful eightieth birthday. His extended family has gathered under the reproachful eye of his wife to celebrate what is silently suspected to be his last year. Hours later, the guests gather on the lawns in confusion as Larchmoor Place burns to the ground. Worse, Carlton's niece is unaccounted for and her twin brother has been brutally assaulted and now lies unconscious in the hospital. Superintendent Mike Yearlings of the Thames Valley CID strongly suspects arson, a feeling intensified when he learns that the guest list included the aging poet's brother Matthew, one of the country's most powerful and successful senior prosecutors. But as the family is questioned, it becomes clear to Yearlings and his team that perhaps Matthew Dellar is not the only member to be at risk from secret enmity and undercurrents of jealousy and frustration. And when a search of the wreckage uncovers a charred corpse, the enquiry steps up another level as they attempt to find a murderer. The tenth installment in this enthralling series, Last to Leave is an accomplished investigative drama from a British author of tried and true talent. CARLTON DELLAR. THE ESTEEMED POET, couldn't have hoped for a more eventful eightieth birthday. His extended family has gathered under the reproachful eye of his wife to celebrate what is silently suspected to be his last year. Hours later, the guests gather on the lawns in confusion as Larchmoor Place burns to the ground. Worse, Carlton's niece is unaccounted for and her twin brother has been brutally assaulted and now lies unconscious in the hospital. Superintendent Mike Yearlings of the Thames Valley CID strongly suspects arson, a feeling intensified when he learns that the guest list included the aging poet's brother Matthew, one of the country's most powerful and successful senior prosecutors. But as the family is questioned, it becomes clear to Yearlings and his team that perhaps Matthew Dellar is not the only member to be at risk from secret enmity and undercurrents of jealousy and frustration. And when a search of the wreckage uncovers a charred corpse, the enquiry steps up another level as they attempt to find a murderer. The tenth installment in this enthralling series, Last to Leave is an accomplished investigative drama from a British author of tried and true talent.
False Impression
by Jeffrey ArcherWhy did a young woman steal a priceless Van Gogh painting? Why was an Olympic gymnast paid a million dollars when she didn't have a bank account? Why was an honors student working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune? Why was an English countess willing to kill the banker, the lawyer and the gymnast?
Inches
by William MarshallA Yellowthread Street Mystery. In a Hong Kong bank, 9 people lie untouched, seemingly uninjured and very dead. Detective Chief Inspector Harry Feiffer is on the case...