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Series
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
©2015
Language
English
Description
Dazzling her patrons with scrumptious cupcakes at her Salem, Massachusetts, bakery, Elizabeth Tucker continues to fall for the irresistible Diesel, who protects her from a villain who is seeking mystical stones tied to the seven deadly sins.
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 24
Language
English
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Kay Scarpetta--now a senior forensic analyst for CNN--becomes embroiled in a surreal plot that includes a famous actor accused of an unthinkable sex crime and the disappearance of a beautiful millionairess with whom her niece Lucy seems to have shared a secret past.
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Language
English
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Description
An unexpected "gift" has arrived for Carol Farley this Christmas: an envelope with no return address containing a newspaper clipping. Blurred but unmistakable is a photo of a man missing for years and feared dead -- Carol's father. It is a summons calling her to a world she has never known, to a place of ancient majesty and blood-chilling terror. Surrounded by towering pyramids on Mexico City's Walk of the Dead, a frightened yet resolute young woman...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A sleepy English village is shaken by murder in this mystery from the Edgar Award-winning author who wrote the Peter Duluth series as Patrick Quentin. Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish and grace which...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Lieutenant Trant is on the case in this fun to read mystery by the Edgar Award-winning author who wrote the Peter Duluth Mysteries as Patrick Quentin ( Kirkus Reviews ). Patrick Quentin, best known for the Peter Duluth puzzle mysteries, also penned outstanding detective novels from the 1930s through the 1960s under other pseudonyms, including Q. Patrick and Jonathan Stagge. Anthony Boucher wrote: Quentin is particularly noted for the enviable polish...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
From the author of the Mongo Mysteries: Former CIA operative Veil Kendry uses his paranormal powers to track down a stolen African artifact. When Veil Kendry dreams, he possesses a clarity normal people never experience, along with the power of volition, which allows him to enter the minds of others. Veil's strange gift was invaluable as an operative for the CIA, but now he's left that life behind and instead channels his unusual ability into art....
50) Queens Full
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Three novellas and two short stories starring the ever-ingenious Ellery Queen The amateur theater company of Wrightsville is dying a slow and painful death. Every production is worse than the last, and the backers are about to pull the plug when the director reaches for his ace in the hole: the always-reliable production TheDeath of Don Juan. For the lead, he digs up faded Broadway star Foster Benedict, whose name is enough to sell out the run. But...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"Ellery Queen investigates the death of a chrysanthemum king, as well as fourteen other mysteries When Godfrey Mumford retired to focus on his chrysanthemums, he was worth a little over $5 million. A decade later, his family gathered for his birthday, he delivers shocking news: Thanks to poor investments on behalf of his financial manager, every penny is gone. The house is mortgaged, the stocks are sold--the only valuable item remaining is a priceless...
52) Mississippi Noir
Series
Publisher
Akashic Books (Ignition)
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
This anthology of Mississippi crime fiction "has produced a unique, delicious flavor of noir" with stories by Ace Atkins, Megan Abott and more ( New York Daily News ). From poverty to state corruption, Mississippi has a well-deserved reputation for trouble. Could there be a connection between its many misfortunes and its rich literary legacy? Mississippians from Tennessee Williams and Eudora Welty to Richard Ford and John Grisham certainly know how...
53) Santa Fe Noir
Series
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Seventeen storytellers take readers on a dark tour of the arty New Mexican city in this collection of crime tales. Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all-new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. With stories by: Ana Castillo, Jimmy Santiago Baca, Byron F. Aspaas, Barbara Robidoux, Elizabeth Lee,...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Nine stories of revenge, compassion, love, and loathing in a collection "to be cherished" from an Edgar Award--winning author (Dorothy B. Hughes). A child is unwittingly introduced to the very meaning of terror. A teenage girl eyes her mother's lover with curiosity and caution. A nasty rumor poisons the reputation of a guarded neighbor. A schoolteacher's attempt to reach four bullying students results in a wicked sting. An elderly woman's patience...
55) The Deadly Ackee
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Retired florist Theo Bloomer would much rather stay at home than go on a disastrous Jamaican vacation in this charming cozy mystery. Every time Dorrie Caldicott gets into trouble, it falls to Theo Bloomer to bail her out. So when Dorrie and her college buddies rent a villa in Jamaica, Uncle Theo is called on to chaperone. An unassuming retired florist, Theo prefers pottering around his greenhouse to traveling the world, but he has a soft spot for...
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press, Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In celebration of our 20th anniversary, Poisoned Pen Press has commissioned original short stories from thirty-five of its authors, past and present. Some names will be immediately recognizable to mystery aficionados-Kerry Greenwood with her Phryne Fisher mysteries, now also a popular television program, or Laurie R. King who has charmed Sherlockians worldwide with her beloved Mary Russell series. Some have gone on to big deals with the big leagues-Carolyn...
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Including NYT bestselling author Michael Connelly's story "Avalon," soon to be adapted for television by David E. Kelley. "The very best of what crime fiction should deliver." -New York Journal of Books The latest Mystery Writers of America story collection, featuring surprising, page-turning twists on the genre from some of the top bestsellers and award winners in crime fiction It's been said that all great literature boils down to one of two stories...
58) Before I wake
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
A teenage girl and her wicked stepmother battle to the death for a hefty inheritance April Haddon has spent years waiting to hate her stepmother. Ever since her father wrote to tell her that he had married a woman named Florence, April has stockpiled her loathing in preparation for the day when they would finally meet. And when they do, she is not disappointed. April's father is dead, and she has returned to Midhampton to claim her inheritance....
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Stories of murder, vengeance, and that dangerous feeling called love When Derek Marshall meets Gina's family, he doesn't behave like a man in love. He can't look his fiancée in the eye, instead ogling the maid or walking around the house examining furniture and tapestries with the greedy smirk of an insurance investigator. To expose this fortune hunter, Gina's uncle hires private investigator Leo Haggerty, who soon finds that greed can overwhelm...
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