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Death Called to the Bar (Lord Francis Powerscourt #5)
by David DickinsonQueen's Inn is London's youngest and most fashionable Inn of Court. On 29th February 1902, at a Feast, senior barrister Alexander Dauntsey collapses into his soup and dies. He has been poisoned. Soon after his friend Woodford Stewart is shot dead, and Lord Francis Powerscourt is summoned to discreetly investigate the matter of the murdered barristers. His inquiries take him into the heart of legal London where the wills of the dead can reveal the crimes of the living. It takes him to the heart of a troubled marriage where lack of children imperils everything. And it takes him to Calne, a mysterious house in the country where the glorious past is boarded up and the treasures of generations hide beneath the dustsheets. There are many suspects: a jealous wife, a mistress fearful of being jilted, a work colleague beaten to the senior role in the Inn and a cuckolded husband who writes books about poisons. Powerscourt himself is put in grave danger before he finally solves the mystery of Death Called to the Bar.
Death Calls
by Caridad PiñeiroWhen FBI agent Diana Reyes fell in love with Ryder Latimer, she knew that there were things she would give up. For the passion her vampire lover brought into her life, it seemed a fair trade. Now she isn't so sure. The darkness vampires walk in wakes something inside her, something that frightens her even as it excites. Something that makes her wish for a more normal life. Ryder understands her fears. . . ;and has fears of his own: of losing her, of the void that would fill him without her. But when a case draws Diana into a purely human darkness, Ryder must make a decision: Can he let her go? Or will he step between her and death, no matter if she hates him afterward?
Death Calls the Tune: A Peggy O'Neill Mystery
by M. D. LakeFROM THE BACK COVER MURDER WRITES THE SCORE Campus cop Peggy O'Neil doesn't hesitate to chase burglars alone in the middle of the night among the ivied halls of academia, but she isn't at all happy about being ordered to investigate the death of Evan Turner, former director of the University's music school. When Turner's body was found washed up on the shore of Lake Superior, most people who knew him assumed he'd jumped to his death from one of the cliffs. It's easy to see why, since he'd been going through a devastating midlife crisis that had destroyed his marriage and stalled his career. Peggy is a reluctant investigator until she meets the dead man's daughter, who doesn't believe her father's death was an accident or suicide. She lives with the nightmare that her mother may have killed him. So Peggy digs into Turner's life to try to put the child's fears to rest. She learns that not only he made bitter enemies within the music school, but he'd also gotten himself involved with a gang of thieves-one of whom just may have led him to a fatal encounter with the past.
Death Canyon
by David R BertschWhen fresh evidence points to him as a suspect, Jake Trent is put on the defensive. Is someone out to frame him? Can Trent keep his past demons at bay while he tries to discover the truth behind the mysterious deaths? Defying the police, Jake teams up with renegade park ranger Noelle Klimpton to get to the bottom of this series of disturbing events. But what they discover will put all their lives at risk...
Death Casts a Shadow (A Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery)
by Patricia SkalkaWith Door County caught in the grip of a fierce winter storm, Sheriff Dave Cubiak agrees to do a simple favor for a friend of his wife: he stops by to check in on an affluent widow with a questionable new suitor. His initial disquiet is easily dismissed—until she is found dead the next morning in her home. Lying at the bottom of a flight of stairs, clutching a valuable bronze sculpture, she points her outstretched hand in the direction of a nearby, nondescript ring. The scene bears all the characteristics of an accidental fall, not unheard of for a person of her age, but something is not adding up. Later that week, an explosion in an ice fishing shack on the frozen bay leads to the discovery of another body, burned beyond recognition. Was this the widow’s missing handyman? Could the two deaths be related? With what has become a hallmark for books in the series, past and present collide as Cubiak’s search for answers uncovers the sad legacy of loneliness and the disquieting links between wealth and poverty on the peninsula.
Death Casts a Shadow (A Dave Cubiak Door County Mystery)
by Patricia SkalkaWith Door County caught in the grip of a fierce winter storm, Sheriff Dave Cubiak agrees to do a simple favor for a friend of his wife: he stops by to check in on an affluent widow with a questionable new suitor. His initial disquiet is easily dismissed—until she is found dead the next morning in her home. Lying at the bottom of a flight of stairs, clutching a valuable bronze sculpture, she points her outstretched hand in the direction of a nearby, nondescript ring. The scene bears all the characteristics of an accidental fall, not unheard of for a person of her age, but something is not adding up. Later that week, an explosion in an ice fishing shack on the frozen bay leads to the discovery of another body, burned beyond recognition. Was this the widow’s missing handyman? Could the two deaths be related? With what has become a hallmark for books in the series, past and present collide as Cubiak’s search for answers uncovers the sad legacy of loneliness and the disquieting links between wealth and poverty on the peninsula.
Death Changes Everything
by Sean CunninghamIan Hughes returns from a business trip only to discover his wife Debbie has been brutally murdered. When a bloody note reveals Ian was the intended victim, Detective Danny Diaz is assigned to act as Ian’s bodyguard. The two men were best friends in high school, and now that they’ve been thrown together again, the feeling they each secretly harbor for the other are rekindled. As Danny tries to keep Ian from being the killer’s next victim, things between them ignite into a sexual tension that’s hot enough to destroy Danny’s career.Secret business deals, sexual, and long-held grudges are all exposed as Danny tries to find the murderer. Amidst all the lies and cover-ups one thing is certain -- although everyone seems to love Ian, someone wants him dead. The closer they get to solving the crime, the closer the attempts on Ian’s life come to actually succeeding.Is it fate that brought Ian and Danny together? Will their relationship survive the scrutiny of the investigation or the stress of being a target? Will they catch the killer before the killer gets Ian? Or will Ian survive to live happily ever after with Danny?
Death Chant (Cheyenne series #2)
by Judd ColeAlthough he was raised by settlers, Touch the Sky was gifted with the strong powers of his ancestors. When he returned to the Cheyenne, the young brave had need of such skills to battle murderous frontiersmen and renegade Indians. Yet not even the mystical ways of a shaman could save his tribe from an outbreak of deadly disease. Racing against time and brutal foes, Touch the Sky had either to forsake his heritage and trust the white man's medicine-or prove his loyalty even as he watched his proud people die. Although this is the second book in the Cheyenne Series, it can be enjoyed fully without having read the first book.
Death Check: Number 2 in Series (The Destroyer #2)
by Warren Murphy Richard SapirSomeone is taking a special interest in the Brewster Forum think tank: compromising photos have been taken; their security officer is dead under suspicious circumstances; information about its members is being traded in shadowy places by shadowy figures. This wouldn't normally be a job for America's most deniable covert agency, but the Forum has recently devised what it calls a 'simple little plan to conquer the world'.National security is at risk, and there's only one man tough enough to take on the threat.Remo Williams is The Destroyer, an ex-cop who should be dead, but instead fights for the secret government law-enforcement organization, CURE. Trained in the esoteric martial art of by his aged mentor, Chiun, Remo is America's last line of defence. Breathlessly action-packed and boasting a winning combination of thrills, humour and mysticism, the Destroyer is one of the bestselling series of all time.
Death Claims
by Joseph HansenCELEBRATING 50 YEARS OF DAVE BRANDSTETTERDeath claims investigator Dave Brandstetter enters a world thespians and booksellers as he uncovers the true story behind the death of a rare book dealer in this noir-spun masterpiece of California crime fiction. Since a burning accident that left him painfully disfigured, John Oats, a well-liked collectible book dealer, has been self-isolating at his beach house in Arena Blanca, California. An avid swimmer, John Oats had taken to night swimming to hide his injuries from daytime beachgoers. When his body is found one morning smashed against the rocks at the treacherous point near the house, the authorities rule it &“Death by Misadventure.&” Insurance companies don&’t much care for verdicts like that and therefore Medallion Insurance, the policy holder for Oats&’s substantial life insurance policy, sends out its best investigator, Dave Brandstetter, to poke holes in the story. The night Oats died there was a dangerous storm along the coast, and Brandstetter finds it hard to believe that the bookseller, a lifelong swimmer, would have gone out. As his investigation reveals more of John Oats&’s sad story Brandstetter learns that the motives for murder are many. But Brandstetter has his own problems to deal with. Still mourning the death of his partner, Rod, Dave is navigating his own twilight world of grief. His new lover, Doug, is also grieving, and the two men must come to a reckoning of whether their love is an ersatz stand-in for their lost partners or something more.
Death Claims (Dave Brandstetter #2)
by Joseph HansenDave Brandstetter stands alongside Philip Marlow, Sam Spade and Lew Archer as one of the best fictional PIs in the business. Like them, he was tough, determined, and ruthless when the case demanded it. Unlike them, he was gay. <P> Joseph Hansen's groundbreaking novels follow Brandstetter as he investigates cases in which motives are murky, passions run high, and nothing is ever as simple as it looks. Set in 1970s and 80s California, the series is a fascinating portrait of a time and a place, with mysteries to match Chandler and Macdonald. <P> John Oats is dead; drowned in the treacherous waves of the Pacific. But was it accident, suicide, or murder? Between the mysteriously absent son, the bitter ex-wife and the current lover, there are plenty of people with reason to lie to Dave about what really happened that night - and why.
Death Claims: A Dave Brandstetter Mystery
by Joseph HansenThis second book in Joseph Hansen's groundbreaking, critically acclaimed Dave Brandstetter mystery series find's Dave sifting through the elaborate lies surrounding the murder of John Oats, whose drugged body was found washed up on the beach. Left behind are April Stannard, John's lover, and his son Peter, who was the beneficiary of his life insurance policy. The trouble is, Peter is missing.
Death Claims: Dave Brandstetter Investigation 2 (Dave Brandstetter)
by Joseph HansenAfter forty years, Hammett has a worthy successor' The TimesDave Brandstetter stands alongside Philip Marlowe, Sam Spade and Lew Archer as one of the best fictional PIs in the business. Like them, he was tough, determined, and ruthless when the case demanded it. Unlike them, he was gay. Joseph Hansen's groundbreaking novels follow Brandstetter as he investigates cases in which motives are murky, passions run high, and nothing is ever as simple as it looks. Set in 1970s and 80s California, the series is a fascinating portrait of a time and a place, with mysteries to match Chandler and Macdonald.John Oats is dead; drowned in the treacherous waves of the Pacific. But was it accident, suicide, or murder? Between the mysteriously absent son, the bitter ex-wife and the current lover, there are plenty of people with reason to lie to Dave about what really happened that night - and why.
Death Class: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by An WuZhiOriginally, a normal class was always a matter of money and benefits. But now, even a meal would be eaten up by them, and their classmates would become enemies.
Death Class: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by An WuZhiOriginally, a normal class was always a matter of money and benefits. But now, even a meal would be eaten up by them, and their classmates would become enemies.
Death Class: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by An WuZhiOriginally, a normal class was always a matter of money and benefits. But now, even a meal would be eaten up by them, and their classmates would become enemies.
Death Classroom: Volume 1 (Volume 1 #1)
by Ye MuAnXiangTen years ago, a few friends and I played a soul-stirring game in the classroom, but I accidentally alarmed the hundred years old evil spirits that were lurking within the school. After escaping from death, I lost my true love. Nine years later, after I successfully cultivated and came back for revenge, I fell into a whirlpool of love and a life and death crisis on the first day that I fought with the evil ghost …
Death Classroom: Volume 2 (Volume 2 #2)
by Ye MuAnXiangTen years ago, a few friends and I played a soul-stirring game in the classroom, but I accidentally alarmed the hundred years old evil spirits that were lurking within the school. After escaping from death, I lost my true love. Nine years later, after I successfully cultivated and came back for revenge, I fell into a whirlpool of love and a life and death crisis on the first day that I fought with the evil ghost …
Death Classroom: Volume 3 (Volume 3 #3)
by Ye MuAnXiangTen years ago, a few friends and I played a soul-stirring game in the classroom, but I accidentally alarmed the hundred years old evil spirits that were lurking within the school. After escaping from death, I lost my true love. Nine years later, after I successfully cultivated and came back for revenge, I fell into a whirlpool of love and a life and death crisis on the first day that I fought with the evil ghost …
Death Cloud (Young Sherlock #1)
by Andrew LaneIn the first teen series endorsed by the Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Literary Estate, the legend of Sherlock Holmes is born as a teenage Sherlock probes his first murder mystery.
Death Code (Able Team #39)
by Dick StiversA biologist puts his mutated strain of oil-eating bacteria up for sale - and Allah's Blade wants it. Once introduced into the hold of a supertanker, the bacteria will swiftly contaminate the ship's priceless cargo. Hiring L.A. thugs as muscle, the terrorists destroy a tanker of oil off the West Coast, and the President quickly orders his Able Team warriors to California. When a wounded Carl Lyons is captured, his colleagues are left with one course of action: they must deliver a lethal burst of 9 mm slugs with Allah's name stamped on every one
Death Come Quickly
by Susan Wittig Albert"One of the most endearing and personable amateur sleuths" (Midwest Book Review), herbalist and ex-lawyer China Bayles is back. In Death Come Quickly, a friend's murder may be the key to solving a fifteen-year-old cold case... When China's and Ruby's friend Karen Prior is mugged in a mall parking lot and dies a few days later, China begins to suspect that her friend's death was not a random assault. Karen was a filmmaker supervising a student documentary about the fifteen-year-old murder of a woman named Christine Morris and the acquittal of the man accused of the crime. Is it possible that the same person who killed Christine Morris targeted Karen? Delving into the cold case, China learns the motive for the first murder may be related to a valuable collection of Mexican art. Enlisting the help of her San Antonio lawyer friend Justine Wyzinski--aka the Whiz--China is determined to track down the murderer. But is she painting herself into a corner from which there's no escape?
Death Comes As the End
by Agatha ChristieIt is Egypt in 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life. 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 it was fate--she deserved to die like a snake! But at her father's house on the banks of the Nile, the priest's daughter Renisenb believes that the woman's death is suspicious. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within their household--and watches helplessly as the family's passions explode in murder. . . .
Death Comes Knocking (The Thea Kozak Mystery Series #10)
by Kate FloraA Secretive Neighbor's Disappearance Raises Questions in Death Comes Knocking, a Thea Kozak Murder Mystery from Kate Flora.--Maine, Present Day--Happy to finally be settling into her new home, a heavily pregnant Thea Kozak is rushing to get the baby’s room finished when she’s surprised by a visit from her new neighbor, Jessica, who is equally pregnant.Thrilled to meet another new mother in the neighborhood, Thea and Jessica bond over their mutual condition. But after many cups of herbal tea and cookies, Thea is puzzled by Jessica's unwillingness to talk about her past.A week later, Thea arrives at Jessica's house for a planned shopping trip to discover Jessica is gone, leaving only a trash bag of women's clothing at the end of the driveway.Returning home, there's a disturbing voice mail from Jessica: "Please, Thea. Don’t worry about me. If anyone comes looking for me, you don’t know me. You’ve never seen me. Don’t tell them anything."Thea’s resolve to avoid getting drawn into any more potentially dangerous adventures crumbles as she sets out to learn who Jessica is and who—or what—she’s running from.Publisher's Note: Kate Flora is known for taking readers on a near breathless experience with a surprise at every turn. Fans of Janet Evanovich, Michael Connelly as well as Faith Martin and Chris Collett will not want to miss this series."...a terrific, in-your-face, stand-up gal...Stephanie Plum and Thea Kozak have a lot to say to each other." ~Janet Evanovich"Kate Flora does what all the great writers do: she takes you inside unfamiliar territory and makes you feel right at home; you climb in and are along for the whole ride." ~Michael Connelly"I'll follow Thea Kozak anywhere. She is simply one of the most refreshing and original heroines in mystery fiction today. And Kate Flora is the rare, graceful writer who pays close attention to how long it takes the body and the heart to heal." ~Laura LippmanTHE THEA KOZAK MYSTERY SERIES, in orderChosen for DeathDeath in a Funhouse MirrorDeath at the WheelAn Educated Death Death in ParadiseLiberty or DeathStalking DeathDeath Warmed OverSchooled in DeathDeath Comes KnockingDeath Sends a Message
Death Comes Silently
by Carolyn HartTHE NEW DEATH ON DEMAND MYSTERY! Bookstore owner Annie Darling doesn't just sell murder mysteries, she solves them. Business is slow for Annie Darling's mystery bookstore, Death on Demand, as winter rolls into Broward's Rock, South Carolina. To boost her sales, Annie decides to host a book signing for the island's resident writer. During the signing, Gretchen Burkholt, a fellow volunteer at the local charity shop, Better Tomorrow, leaves Annie multiple voicemails about scandalous news she's dying to share. So, when the event wraps up, Annie heads over to hear the latest scoop...only to find Gretchen dead on the floor, an axe by her side. Annie, with the help of her husband, Max, uncovers a mysterious plot involving an overturned kayak, a stolen motorboat, a troubled love affair, and a reckless teenager. Annie will have to keep her eyes peeled and use every trick in the book to track down a cold-blooded killer in the dead of winter...