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Shetland mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
"Ann Cleeves returns to her critically acclaimed Shetland Island series with this stunning mystery featuring Inspector Jimmy Perez, who readers will remember from Raven Black, White Nights, Red Bones, and Blue Lightning. When the body of a journalist is found, Detective Inspector Willow Reeves is drafted from outside to head up the investigation. Inspector Jimmy Perez has been out of the loop, but his local knowledge is needed in this case, and he...
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Meg Langslow mysteries volume 17
Language
English
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"Life will never be the same for Meg after family secrets are revealed, introducing a whole new layer of intrigue in Donna Andrews's beloved series. Meg's long-lost paternal grandfather, Dr. Blake, has hired Stanley Denton to find her grandmother Cordelia. Dr. Blake was reunited with his family when he saw Meg's picture--she's a dead ringer for Cordelia--and now Stanley has found a trail to his long-lost love in a small town less than an hour's drive...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
"Before classes start one morning, the body of English instructor Earl Wellington is found outside the building of the community college campus in Clearview. Wellington was clearly involved in a struggle with someone and has died as a result. Sheriff DanRhodes pursues and arrests a student, Ike Terrell, who was fleeing the campus. Ike's father is Able Terrell, a survivalist who has withdrawn from society and lives in a gated compound. He's not happy...
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Series
Max Tudor mysteries volume 3
Language
English
Description
To restore peace in the quaint village of Nether Monkslip, Vicar Max Tudor must unravel the clues, which are linked to long-ago crimes, after one of the village's residents is murdered.
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Penny Brannigan mysteries volume 5
Language
English
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Spa owner and habitual amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan finds herself at a clerical conference at Gladstone's Library in North Wales. Also attending as a guest speaker is her boyfriend DCI Gareth Davis, there to give a talk on theft prevention. When the bishop's secretary dies of a suspicious case of food poisoning, Davies leads the investigation. As the conference continues, another body is found in the beautiful library itself, and Penny must once...
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Penny Brannigan mysteries volume 6
Language
English
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The latest book in this award-winning series delivers another cunning mystery played out in a charming small Welsh town. A wonderful traditional mystery with snappy dialogue, lively characters and an enchanting setting. Print run 15,000.
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
On the day after a massive blizzard, two policemen are called to an isolated farm house sitting all by itself in the middle of a pristine snow-blanketed field. What happened here? Is this a murder/suicide case? Or will it turn into something much more sinister? John Farrow is the pen name of Trevor Ferguson, a Canadian writer who has been named Canada's best novelist in both Books in Canada and the Toronto Star. This is the first of a trilogy he is...
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Inspector Erlendur volume 8
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
Feeling unfulfilled in his career after attending a school reunion, Sigurdur Óli struggles with setbacks in his relationship and position in the Icelandic police department only to have a favor for a friend go wrong, catapulting him into the middle of agrisly murder case.
Author
Series
Penny Brannigan mysteries volume 8
Language
English
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Description
"Local artist and amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan has been spending her summer painting the exterior and views of the once-lovely Gwrych Castle, now in a heartbreaking state of disrepair. A privately owned castellated country house of jaw dropping scale, the gorgeous house located just outside of Penny's picturesque Welsh town has been sadly neglected for decades. Penny is thrilled when she hears local Mark Baker is leading a team of enthusiastic volunteers...
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Series
Meg Langslow mysteries volume 19
Language
English
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Reluctantly volunteering her home after a haunted house exhibit burns down during her town's over-the-top Halloween festival activities, Meg Langslow is challenged to save the day upon discovering a real murder victim among the creepy displays.
13) South of nowhere
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Series
Julie Kalas novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
"Reformed criminal Julia Kalas travels from small-town Texas to Mexico on the trail of a missing persons case in the second installment in this atmospheric, critically-acclaimed series Julia Kalas has found a place for herself in small-town Texas. After being forced to relocate by the Aryan Brotherhood and witness protection, she's working on getting her budding construction business off the ground. But her newfound status as a sometimes-problem solver...
14) Stone coffin
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
"Shortlisted for the Prize for Best Swedish Crime Novel. On a sunny morning in June, a young woman and her six-year old daughter are run over by a car on the road to Uppsala. Both are killed immediately. Is it an accident, or did someone kill them on purpose? The same morning the husband of the deceased young woman disappears. During the police investigation, it turns out that the husband had recently bought a property in the Dominican Republic, something...
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Series
Sam Clair novels volume 2
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
"Summer in London-the sun is finally shining, the flowers are in bloom, and life is humming merrily along for book editor Samantha Clair, off to lunch with her old friend, art-dealer Aidan Merriam. Humming merrily until she learns that his partner has just been found dead in their gallery, slumped over his desk with a gun in his hand. Could anything be worse? Oh yes, the police investigation is being led by Inspector Jake Field, who just happens to...
16) Reykjavik nights
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Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
A prequel to the Inspector Erlendur series profiles Erlendur as a young, budding detective who is introduced to Reykjavik's dark underworld while investigating the death of a homeless man.
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
"It's 1932, and the Great Venus Island Fetish, a ceremonial mask surrounded by thirty-two human skulls, now resides in a museum in Sydney, Australia. But young anthropologist Archie Meek, recently returned from an extended field trip to Venus Island, has noticed something amiss: a strange discoloration on some of the skulls. Has someone tampered with the fetish? Is there a link between it and the mysterious disappearance of Cecil Polkinghorne, curator...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
"International superstar Yrsa Sigurdardottir has captivated the attention of readers around the world with her mystery series featuring attorney Thora Gudmundsdottir. Now, Yrsa will stun readers once again with this out-of-this-world ghost story that will leave you shivering. In an isolated village in the Icelandic Westfjords, three friends set to work renovating a rundown house. But soon, they realize they are not as alone as they thought. Something...
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
"On a frigid January night, Chief of Police Russ Van Alstyne and Reverend Clare Fergusson are called to the scene of a raging fire that quickly becomes a double homicide and kidnapping. Which is the very last thing Russ needs. Currently he's struggling with the prospect of impending fatherhood. And his new wife is not at all happy with his proposal for their long-delayed honeymoon: a week in an ice-fishing cabin. The vestry of St. Alban's Church has...
20) Let it burn
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Series
Alex McKnight mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Minotaur Books, a Thomas Dunne book
Language
English
Description
Reluctantly returning to Detroit to confront the trauma of a shooting that left his partner dead, Alex McKnight investigates an untapped clue and discovers that the man sentenced for the crime may not have been the killer.
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