Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=3+4294958428 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1735774 Betsy Devonshire, full-time owner of the Crewel World needlework shop and part-time sleuth, investigates the murder of yarn maker Hailey Brent who had a penchant for stealing others property for her own use. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739220 Imagine a 32-year-old Nancy Drew whos seen a thing or two, has a sophisticated career as a wine magazine writer, is not interested in monogamy, and has the kind of sex appeal only an independent woman can possess. Jean Applequist boards an elegant yacht for the wedding of her friend Diane and wealthy developer Martin Wingo. But things go terribly wrong: the evening ends in tragedy when, after exchanging vows, Wingo disappears into San Francisco Bay. Diane asks Jean ot investigate, and the list of potential suspects is long. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1695701 Caterina Pellegrini is a native Venetian, and like so many of them, shes had to leave home to pursue her career. With a doctorate in baroque opera from Vienna, she lands in Manchester, England. Manchester, however, is no Venice. When Caterina gets word of a position back home, she jumps at the opportunity. The job is an unusual one. After nearly three centuries, two locked trunks, believed to contain the papers of a baroque composer have been discovered. Deeply-connected in religious and political circles, the composer died childless; now two Venetians, descendants of his cousins, each claim inheritance. Caterinas job is to examine any enclosed papers to discover the testamentary disposition of the composer. But when her research takes her in unexpected directions she begins to wonder just what secrets these trunks may hold. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729579 Hoping to bring some Tinseltown money to the Valley, the mayor lures a movie studio to town to shoot their next production, a big-budget classic Western. The star is none other than ruggedly handsome - and notoriously badly behaved - Thad Perry. When the mayor decides that someone needs to keep an eye on Thad, P.I. Bernie Little and his canine sidekick Chet are handpicked for the job. The money is good - but something smells fishy. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1693140 When Dr. Georges Moutte is found murdered, Judge Antoine Verlaque is stumped. Moutte, the director of theology at the Universit d Aix, was just about to name the recipient of an elite fellowship as well as his own successor - a highly coveted position that includes a lavish apartment in a seventeenth-century mansion - when his lips were sealed permanently. Yet Verlaque isnt convinced that any of the academics are capable of murder. Turning Provence upside down, he uncovers a world far more complicated than universiy politics. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1739221 In the small English village of Nether Monkslip, Max Tudor - Anglican priest, former MI5 agent, and village heartthrob - investigates two deaths at Chedrow Castle. But a growing attraction to Awena Owen complicates his case, as does the recent arrival at Chedrow Castle of a raucous group of long-lost, greedy relatives, any one of whom has a motive for murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545188 When the keyboard player for the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band is murdered after a tour bus accident on the way to Lake Eden, Minnesota, Hannah Swensen investigates and comes up with several local suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1609617 When Amelia Thistle moves to Finch, her new neighbors welcome her with open arms-and inquiring minds. Among them is Lori Shepherd, who isnt fooled by Amelias unassuming persona. Amelia is, in fact, a world-famous artist with a rabid and eager-to-stalk fan base. In order to keep peace in Finch, Lori must help Amelia conceal her identity. Amelia, meanwhile, sets about working on the riddle that brought her to town in the first place. A fragment of a family diary hints that one of Amelias ancestors might have been Mistress Meg, the Mad Witch of Finch. Following the clue, Lori hunts through Finchs darkest and most secret corners, all the while dodging nosy neighbors and Amelias frantic fans. With Aunt Dimitys otherworldly help, Lori inches closer to the true story of Mistress Meg-and Amelia -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1587421 Everything has been going well for former SFPD lieutenant Randy Disher in Summit, New Jersey, where he lives with Monks previous assistant, Sharona, and works as the new police chief. Then the citys leadership is arrested for fraudulently inflated salaries, and Disher suddenly finds himself the acting mayor of a town suffering a wave of residential robberies. In desperation, Disher reaches out to the one person he can trust: Adrian Monk. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1567022 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1548553 As the nation grapples with the strictures of Prohibition, Rosa Barclay lives on a Southern California rye farm with her volatile husband, John, who has lately found another source of income far outside the federal purview. Mother to eight children, Rosa mourns the loss of four who succumbed to the mysterious wasting disease that is now afflicting young Ana and Miguel. Two daughters born of another father are in perfect health. When an act of violence shatters Rosas resolve to maintain her increasingly dangerous existence, she flees with the children and her precious heirloom quilts to the mesa where she last saw her beloved mother alive. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1667720 When a peaceful monastery in Qubec is shattered by the murder of their renowned choir director, Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and Jean-Guy Beauvoir of the Surete du Qubec are challenged to find the killer in a cloistered community that has taken a vow of silence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1576900 Its frigid in snow-covered Tinkers Cove, and Lucy Stone is fighting the winter blues - and her widening waistline. The town is launching a travel promotion for Valentines Day, and as a reporter for the Pennysaver, Lucy is assigned a puff piece on upscale Chanticleers Chocolates and its deliciously handsome owner, Trey Meacham. But when a local fisherman drowns suspiciously, Lucys certain her investigative skills could be put to better use ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629350 The gated Philadelphia suburb of Waldorf Pines is pretentious, but even by local standards Martha Heydreich is a stone cold pain. The stay-at-home wife of a very rich husband drives a pink sports car, is into everybodys business, and is rumored to be having an affair with a local teenager. When her husband finds the pool house ablaze with two bodies inside, and the cops theory of a love-triangle murder falls apart, they turn to Gregor Demarkian for help. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545097 Bernie Little has been invited to give the keynote speech at the Great Western Private Eye Convention, but its his dog, Chet, that the big-shot in charge has plans for. Meanwhile, Chet and Bernie are hired to find a kid whos gone missing from a wilderness camp - a case that Chets always reliable nose sends in a new and dangerous direction. Then matters get complicated at home when a stray puppy looking suspiciously like Chet shows up in the neighborhood. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545103 Malcolm Fox and his team from Internal Affairs are far from home, investigating accusations that fellow cops have been covering up for Detective Paul Carter who has been found guilty of misconduct. Foxs team - aka the Complaints - is never given a warm welcome, but here, resistance and mistrust rule. And when the job is complicated by a brutal murder, Fox unearths links to long-ago events, powerful politicians, and then to his own family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1545098 A hippie commune has invaded Black River Falls. While the majority of the townspeople believe that the bohemians have the right to stay, theres a minority that accuses them of everything from crimes to Satanism. As usual, lawyer and private investigator Sam McCain finds himself in the middle of the controversy, especially when the teenage daughter of one of the towns wealthiest men is found murdered in the communes barn. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1647386 In one of the half-built, half-abandoned luxury developments that litter Ireland, Patrick Spain and his two young children are dead. His wife, Jenny, is in intensive care. At first, Scorcher and his rookie partner, Richie, think its going to be an easy solve. But too many small things cant be explained. And Broken Harbor holds memories for Scorcher. Seeing the case on the news sends his sister Dina off the rails again, and shes resurrecting what happened to their family one summer at Broken Harbor, back when they were children--Back cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522429 P.R. wizard and amateur sleuth Temple Barr has caught her share of bad guys. So when a B-movie actress begs her to investigate the suspicious death of her rich aunts handyman, Temple happily takes the case - if only to take her mind off her chaotic private life. As she digs into the mans untimely demise, Temple finds plenty of suspect and greedy humans swarming around ailing Aunt Violet, who means to leave her estate to her resident cats. And its clear to Midnight Louie that here are more deaths both human and feline coming . . . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1567024 An elderly homeless woman is found dead on the shore of Lake Minnetonka, wearing something that holds the key to her identity. Embroidered on her blouse is her will, which bequeaths everything she owns to her niece - Emily Hame, a member of the Monday Bunch at Betsy Devonshires Crewel World needlework shop. And Emilys aunt turns out to be the second homeless woman found dead in mysterious circumstances. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1609052 Bridgestead is a peaceful spot: a babbling brook, rolling hills and a working mill at its heart. Pretty and remote, nothing exceptional happens. Until the day that Master of the Mill Joshua Braithwaite goes missing in dramatic circumstances. Now Joshuas daughter is getting married and wants one last attempt at finding her father - and amateur sleuth Kate Shackleton has always loved solving puzzles. But as she taps into the lives of the townsfolk, Kate opens a crack that some would kill to keep closed -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1519952 Lee McKinney Woodyard discovers a dusty trophy inside TenHuis Chocolade that belongs to her aunt Nettie and her old high-school singing group, the Pier-O-Ettes. Its a trophy that brings back terrible memories of an unsolved murder years ago. Before Lee takes aim at the past, someone is murdered in the here and now. Lee needs to keep her eyes on the prize, hoping the trophy is a clue to finding the killer - before shes a target herself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522631 Max Tudor has adapted well to his post as vicar of St. Edwolds in the idyllic village of Nether Monkslip. It seems the perfect home for Max, who has fled a harrowing past as an MI5 agent. But his new-found serenity is quickly shattered when the highly vocal and unpopular president of the Womens Institute turns up dead at the Harvest Fayre. The death looks like an accident, but Maxs training kicks in, and before long he suspects foul play. But it is impossible to believe anyone in this lovely village capable of the crime . . . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1544963 The picturesque town of Alpine in Washingtons Cascade Mountains is decked out in holiday finery, but family troubles are brewing. Emma Lord is fretting over how her brother and son, both priests, will react when she confesses her affair with Sheriff Milo Dodge. Then Postmaster Roy Everson shows up with bones that may or may not belong to his long-missing mother. But the most disturbing holiday dilemma is the body found in the cave on Mount Sawyer ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629382 Annie Darling, owner of the mystery bookstore Death on Demand, jumps at the chance to host a book signing with a local writer. But since it conflicts with her shift at the charity shop Better Tomorrow, Annie asks fellow volunteer Gretchen Burkholt to sub for her. The signing goes well, but Gretchen leaves several voice mails about scandalous news shes dying to share. Annie heads over to Better Tomorrow after the signing - and finds Gretchen murdered. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646023 Wedding bells are ringing in Fort Connor, Colorado, and the House of Lambspun knitters are abuzz with excitement http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1527867 Hunting the Hudson River valley for cast-off treasures is usually low-stress for Janet Petrocelli, a former shrink who owns a used-stuff shop. But her curiosity kicks in when she gets a call from Natasha Wolfson, a high-strung singer/songwriter who is desperate to unload her funky jewelry for a little fast cash so she can move to Los Angeles - and escape some serious trouble. Then, hours after their meeting, Natasha allegedly leaps to her death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1585287 Either you kill the bull, or the bull kills you. Chief Inspector Max Cmara thinks in proverbs, and he hates one thing above all: bullfighting. One hot afternoon in Valencia, however, he has to stand in for his boss judging a festival corrida starring Spains most famous young matador. That night, he is back in the bullring, and what he finds on the blood-stained sand shocks the city of Valencia to its core. To top it all, Fallas, the loudest fiesta in the country, has just got underway. For Cmara, it seems his problems have only just begun . . . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1711756 Sheriff Dan Rhodes of Blacklin County, Texas, is called to the Beauty Shack to find young Lynn Ashton murdered with a hair dryer. The owner said Lynn had gone to the salon late to meet a client, but no one knows who that client was. Since she was known to flirt, an angry wife or jilted lover might have had something to do with Lynns death. Or was the killer a client who had confided something that was best kept secret? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1613856 When attorney Becky Baldwin hires Cora Felton to make a blackmail payment drop, it couldnt go worse: she stumbles over a corpse and a puzzle, and someone steals the money. Becky wont name her client, but the most likely suspect is Coras least favorite ex-husband, Melvin, who claims hes being framed by a psychopath. Cora is in a no-win situation. Solving the murder will either put Melvins neck in a noose, or incur the wrath of a cold-blooded killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1687424 Meg Langslow is plying her blacksmiths trade at Caerphilly Days, a festival inspired by her towns sudden notoriety. The lender has foreclosed on all Caerphillys public buildings, and evicted all employees - except one. Town clerk Phineas Throckmorton has been barricaded in the courthouse basement for over a year. The fesitvals real purpose is to conceal the existence of the Pre-Civil War tunnel used to bring him supplies. But the lender may succeed after one of its executives is found shot - apparently from inside the basement -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1622728 Commissario Brunetti investigates the death of an animal lover whose decomposed body was found in a Venice canal. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1694765 A mysterious ornithologist staying at Mrs. Lattimores Victorian home and doing research on Southern vultures seems familiar to Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriffs Deputy Dwight Bryant, especially after a murderer strikes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1604874 Emma Whitecastle would rather spend time with her boyfriend than help Joanna Reid get rid of her hubands ghost. But when she finds out Joannas daughter has broken her engagement and attempted suicide, Emma and Granny Apple, the spirit of her pie-baking great-great-great-grandmother, are compelled to investigate. The multifaceted mystery unfolds in Hollywood, where Emma and Granny unearth a clue hidden in a haunted diamond. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1584855 The Thornford Regis May Fayre is in full swing. But inside the empty village hall, a huge Japanese drum has been sliced open - and inside is the bludgeoned body of the choir directors beautiful nineteen-year-old daughter. Father Tom Christmas, still haunted by the tragedy that left him a widower and his young daughter motherless, soon realizes that this village is not the idyllic refuge hed hoped for ... and that the killer must be one of his parishioners. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656613 Agatha Raisin is as feisty as ever, armed with her famous wit and biting humor. Agatha has fallen head over heels in love - again. She has her eye on local gardener George Marston, but so do others in their little Cotswold village. Shamelessly determined, Agatha foots the bill for a charity ball just for the chance to dance with him. Then George doesnt even show up. Agatha goes looking for him, and finds his dead body in a compost heap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1662127 A call from Stella Hardestys little sister brings the news that Stellas step-nephew, Chip, has been threatened with bodily harm over gambling debts. Stella makes the drive to Chips home, only to walk in on a wee-hours dismemberment. Chip and his Russian girlfriend insist the dead body was left on their porch. Suspicious but compelled to help family, Stella tracks down other suspects while dealing with the amorous intentions of BJ Brodersen. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623838 Buck Schatz in an eighty-seven-year-old retired Memphis cop with a know-it-all plugged-in grandson for a sidekick. When Buck learns that an old adversary may have escaped from Germany with a fortune in stolen gold, he decodes to hunt down the fugitive and claim the loot. But a lot of people want a piece of that stolen treasure, and Bucks investigation quickly attracts unfriendly attention from a Mississippi loan shark, a seven-foot-tall Hasidic Jew, and a blood-thirsty maniac hell-bent on rubbing out everybody -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1624288 Overseeing her daughters frantic attempts to identify recipes in time for a cookbook deadline, aging actress Trixie and her companion, Evangeline, investigate claims that the original cookbook author died after eating one of the recipes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1629296 Reading his own newspapers obituaries, veteran reporter Carter Ross comes across that of a woman named Nancy Marino, who was the victim of a hit-and-run while she was on the job delivering copies of that very paper. Struck by the opportunity to write a heroic piece about an everyday woman killed too young, he headss to her wake. There he finds out that the kind and generous Nancy had a few enemies, and her death may not have been accidental at all. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1684371 Stoneham, New Hampshire, home to Tricia Miles mystery shop Havent Got a Clue, is sadly lacking bed and breakfasts. Before Pippa and Jon Comforts Sheer Comfort Inn opens, theyve offered some locals a free night as a trial run. But her stay becomes a nightmare when Tricia makes two startling discoveries: Pippas murdered body; and the fact that Jon is actually Harry Tyler, a man Tricia loved for nearly twenty years. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1548485 Before Billy had his five-star restaurant in New York, before he was tapped to co-host the morning show Wake Up, America! -- before he even assumed the name Billy Blessing -- he lived a totally different life under a very different identity: as wily con man Billy Blanchard. Caught trying to run a scam on a shady Detroit businessman, Billy did time for his crimes, reinvented himself, and has successfully kept that part of his past covered up ever since. But when he and Eddie Patton, a nosy ex-cop with a long memory, are guests on a popular Chicago TV talk show, the off-camera chat turns to blackmail. And Patton winds up dead-- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1522437 Two friends stand at the foot of the glacier, looking up to Anarchy Ridge. They cant see the summit of the mountain, only its heaving shoulders; the snow whipping off the thin blade of the ridge making arabesques against an impossibly blue sky. As they stand in awe for a long time, gazing up at the stark challenge of their trek, the mountain awaits in silence. But one of the friends is destined never to return from the ridge alive. And the survivor, plunged into a life of deception, must run for his life from a vengeful father. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1627628 On a sparkling spring day in the coastal town of Rocky Point, New Hampshire, antiques dealer Josie Prescott shows a doll collection shes just acquired to Alice Michaels, the queen of the local investment community. Moments later, she watches in horror as Alice is shot and killed. Within hours Josies employee, Eric, is kidnapped. His ransom - the doll collection. Working against the clock, Josie must uncover the dolls secrets. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1604870 Anastasia Pollack is stressed out enough with personal problems andthe unpaid spots on a newly designed morning tv show she has been roped intodoing. The last thing she needs is a murder and a lengthy line of suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1656611 Bill, the Nameless Detective, and his wife Kerry were in the Sierra foothills, just outside of Six Pines, falling in love with a cabin. It was all perfect, until Kerry went missing. Theyd seen Balfour at breakfast at the diner and Kerry remembered his name . . . PR people are like that. Which was unfortunate, because when she ran into him along the trail on that sunny afternoon and called him by name, he panicked. And thats when Bills nightmare began. With longtime associate Jake Runyon, Bill begins a search that uncovers what price the citizens in a town without pity might pay. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1623837 Amos Walker knows Detroit, from the highest to the lowest, and that includes the gangs of Mexicantown. When a friend asks Walker to get his sons brother-in-law out of one of two feuding gangs, Walker gets in trouble fast. First, dead bodies start to pile up; then come suspicious fires and the bottle bombs. Walker is caught in the middle of a gang war. Whether or not a middle-aged gringo like him can cool things off between the Maldados and the Zapatistas, hes got to try; he did promise his friend. Once he gets involved, he realizes theres something else going on--Back cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1584840 Whos murdering vampires in Los Angeles and throwing the bodies into the Dedhams pool? Each victim has been branded, a distinct mark that is the calling card of femme fatale vampire Ann Hayes. The contemptuous undead beauty declares her innocence, but can the vampires believe her? Has Ann returned to reclaim Doug Dedham, whom she once loved? Or is she being framed? Complicating matters are Madison Roses burgeoning feelings for both sexy vampire Colin Reddy and fellow beater detective Mike Notchey. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1685457 When the senior food critic for Le Figaro is found face first in a plate of ravioles dhomard, there seem to be as many suspects as there are restaurants in the City of Light. Yet Commissaire Capucine Le Tellier feels shell solve the case quicker than you can make an omelette aux fines herbes. Murders of food critics have become epidemic and Capucine is confronted with a dilemma: should she use her husband, himself a famous food journalist, as bait? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1476693 Detroit private investigator Amos Walker, who recently got his first cell phone, is hired for a twenty-first-century job recovering stolen HDTV converter boxes. But before long, the case turns old school: both a suspect and the man who lost the boxes are murdered, and Walker ends up working with both the local police and the feds. The boxes were being used to smuggle high-grade heroin thats killing off junkies left and right, and its up to Walker to track down the missing dope. Soon old friends and older enemies begin to resurface. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1481899 Codebreakers have tried for centuries to decipher the inscription on a monument in the garden at Sturminster Hall. When a murder occurs on the garden grounds, the intellectual puzzle becomes all too real, and Dr. Lawrence Kingston - retired professor of botany and reluctant sleuth - is called in to investigate. Convinced that the crime must be linked to the code, Kingston begins hunting for clues and is swept into the undertow of a centuries-old family conflict ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1256619 Blight County Sheriff Bo Tully is following up on one of his famous hunches: he suspects the murder of a local retiree by his ranch caretaker, a sociopath with a criminal record. But Tully has no evidence or body to prove that a crime has been committed. Then a far more alarming case emerges. Three unidentified young men have been shot, execution-style, in a huckleberry patch on Scotchman Mountain. With the help of beautiful FBI agent Angela Phelps, Tully tries to piece together the puzzle of who is doing the killing and why. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1400419 Nameless may not like David Virden, but the case is simple enough: find his ex-wife - and they know where she is. Deliver some papers to her and its all done. But she refuses the papers, sends a message to Virden never to contact her again, and slams the door. Virden threatens to sue, stops payment on his checks, and claims the woman they located isnt his wife. Then he disappears, and his fiance hires Nameless to find out why. Clearly, someone is trying to make Nameless the monkey in the middle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1228207 Vampires. Vam-pires. Real live - er, dead (undead?) - bloodsucking vampires, living in the City of Angels. Madison Rose, a street-smart twenty-something waitress, would never have believed it - until a vampire thwarts a vicious attack against her by appearing in the nick of time and finishing off her assailant in one tiny bite. Then Madison learns that women have been going missing, their lifeless bodies turning up drained of blood. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1425683 The Cotwsold village of Winter Parva has decided to roast a pig in the town square. Agatha has arrived with her current rival in the private detection racket, Toni, to enjoy the merriment. But as the pig is carried toward its final resting place, Agatha realizes that things are not as they seem....the pig, in fact, is Gary Beech, a policeman not exactly beloved by the good people of the village. Although Agatha has every intention of leaving matters to the police, everything changes when Garys ex-wife hires Toni to investigate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1497963 Dan Bridger is a professional thief, a cold, efficient man who works alone and tries to live an uncomplicated life. But things get complicated when a woman calls from Seattle and tells him that Seth, the younger brother he hasnt seen for several years, has been murdered. Bridger flies to Seattle and finds out that Seth, a probation and parole officer, was shot to death in a parking lot. The local police dismiss it as a gang killing. But things dont add up. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1480876 When an infestation of feral pigs culminates in a murder in Blacklin County, Sheriff Dan Rhodes finds the ensuing investigation complicated by angry hog hunters, a crusading talk-show host, a bounty hunter, and the reappearance of a troublemaking motorcycle duo. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277051 College professor Alison Bergeron stops by a coffee shop to steel her resolve. Shes about to meet the family of her boyfriend, NYPD Detective Bobby Crawford, right on the heels of his proposal that she has yet to answer. Suddenly, a brawl breaks out that ends in the death of Carter Willmott, a merciless and loathed local blogger, and Alison witnessed the whole thing. But then Willmotts car explodes, and the crime becomes something else entirely. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1273962 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1497964 During a 2 am feeding for her four-month-old twins, Meg Langslow investigates a noise and finds dozens of animals in her living room - from cats and dogs to a foul-mouthed macaw. It turns out her kindhearted father and zoologist grandfather are part of a group of citizens that has stolen the local shelters animals to protest the repeal of their no-kill policy. But the volunteer who was to transport the animals to their new homes has been murdered... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1281673 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1256621 Joseph Michael Ballista - Joey Ballistic to his mob buddies - knows most of the ways to make an illegal buck, and hes in trouble again. But his crafty lawyer is determined to free him by getting all his previous convictions set aside, beginning with one for attempted murder. She hires Detroit private detective Amos Walker to investigate the old crime. Walkers first problem? The intended victim was Barry Stackpole, his only true friend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1281670 In Athertons sixteenth mystery, Lori Shepherd returns from Down Under to her normal life in the village of Finch. But Loris normal quickly becomes anything but. Her debonair father-in-law has moved to town and is renovating Fairworth House, a grand estate nearby. William Sr. expects a quiet, small-town life, but among the spinsters vying for his attention, shifty servants, and the discovery of a mysterious painting of a family tree in Fairworths attic, he discovers that life in Finch is anything but quiet. On top of it all, Lori and William are embroiled in a case of deception and false identity by one of Finchs own. Its nothing the plucky Lori cant handle, but once things get truly peculiar at Fairworth-moving furniture, strange sounds, and mysterious visitors-she calls on Aunt Dimity for her otherworldly guidance and uncovers the shadowy past beneath the estates magnificent surface. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1277261 When Anastasia Pollacks husband permanently cashes in his chips at a roulette table in Vegas, her comfortable middle-class life craps out. Shes left with two teenage sons, a mountain of debt, and her hateful, cane-wielding Communist mother-in-law. Not to mention stunned disbelief over her late husbands secret gambling addiction, and the loan shark whos demanding fifty thousand dollars. Anastasias job as crafts editor for a magazine proves no respite when she discovers a dead body glued to her office chair. The victim, fashion editor Marlys Vandenburg, collected enemies and ex-lovers like Jimmy Choos on her ruthless climb to editor-in-chief. But when evidence surfaces of an illicit affair between Marlys and Anastasias husband, Anastasia becomes the number one suspect -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1372660 Its spring on Marthas Vineyard and at the suggestion of her beekeeper, Victoria Trumbull takes in a new boarder. Orion Nanopoulos is leading a project to lay a fiber-optic cable across the island. When a body is found in the trench where they are laying the cable, Orion recognizes the dead man as a potential investor. Victoria, renowned for her crime solving skills and for her knowledge of the islands residents, is hired by the victims sons to investigate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1241910 Bernie and Chet score tickets to a traveling circus from a client, and take Charlie, Bernies son, to the show. Charlies into elephants, but when they get there Peanut the elephant and trainer Uri DeLeath are missing. At first theres nothing Bernie and Chet can do - its a police matter and they have no standing in the case. But then theyre hired by Popo the Clown, partner of the trainer. Has DeLeath joined the animal rights activists, FAAN (Free All Animals Now)? Or has FAAN kidnapped Peanut and DeLeath? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1372340 Josie Prescott is hosting classes at her antiques shop in the little coastal town of Rocky Point, New Hampshire. When guest lecturer Riley Jordan is late for the class on building a great vintage clothing collection, Josie begins. She reaches under a display table for a dazzling pair of Chanel heels, and instead finds Rileys body. When it appears one of her employees may be involved, Josie teams up with the local police chief to investigate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1365598 Adrian Monk is feeling strangely...satisfied. His job is secure, and his wifes murder has finally been solved. Hed like his agoraphobic brother, Ambrose, to be able to feel the same way--and sees his brothers birthday as a chance to make it happen. So Monk puts a secret ingredient in Ambroses birthday cake: sleeping pills. When he wakes up, theyre in a motor home on the open road. Monk is determined to show his brother the outside world. But as little crimes pop up along the highway, Monk cant resist getting involved.. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1361936 The village-like neighborhood of Passy, home to many of Pariss wealthiest residents, is the last place one would expect a murder. But when Aime Leducs godfather, Morbier, a police commissaire, asks her to check on his girlfriend at her home there, thats exactly what Aime finds. Xavierre, a haut bourgeois matron of Basque origin, is strangled in her garden while Aime waits inside, and Morbier is the prime suspect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1400429 Its an unseasonably chilly October in Timber Ridge, North Carolina, but Eleanor Swift is warm and cozy in A Slice of Delight, her scrumptious pizzeria. Then snooty Judson Sizemore breezes into town to open an upper-crust pizza parlor nearby. Eleanors biggest worry is that her beloved restaurants days may be numbered...until she hears that Judsons days have come to a gruesome end. Now Eleanor and her sister, Maddy, are the prime suspects. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1481112 Twelve years ago, Chester Morton disappeared from his hometown in Mattatuck, New York, never to be heard from again. His mother kept the search for her son alive - paying for a billboard overlooking the community college, putting up flyers, and hounding law enforcement. Her determination made his disappearance high profile, but damaged her family. Now, Chesters body is finally found - hanging from the billboard advertising his disappearance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1372344 The first Sherlock Holmes letter barrister Reggie Heath answered cost him most of his personal fortune, all of his Baker Street Chambers clients, and quite possibly the love of his life. But Reggie intends to earn all of it back again. His latest client is the driver of one of Londons famous Black Cabs, accused of murdering two American tourists. But while Reggie is working on that case, the letters to Sherlock Holmes are piling up. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1372663 Venetian Commissario Guido Brunetti is called away from dinner late one night to the death of a widow in her modest apartment. When the medical examiner rules that she died of a heart attack there seems to be no crime to solve, but Brunetti cant shake the feeling that something or someone may have triggered the heart attack. With the help of Inspector Vianello and the ever-resourceful Signora Elettra, perhaps he can find the truth - and justice. (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1486857 Marilyn Monroe, the ultimate goddess of the silver screen, is at the peak of her popularity. Shes also famously insecure and temperamental. When Twentieth Century Fox threatens to cancel her contract for delaying the production of Somethings Got to Give, Monroe hires PI to the stars Nathan Heller to record her phone calls. Less than three months later, shes dead from an overdose and officially a suicide. But Heller isnt buying it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1254865 These days Lake Eden, Minnesota, is buzzing with activity. But no matter how busy Hannah Swensen may be, she can always find time to help a friend in need - especially when theres a murder to investigate. A new minister is in town to cover for Reverend Bob Knudson, whos honeymooning with Hannahs friend Claire. When hes found face down in a plate of devils food cake with a bullet in his head, Hannah starts asking questions. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1228255 As the air turns crisp and the trees blaze red and gold in the tiny town of Tinkers Cove, Maine, a newcomer arrives who seems to suit the Halloween season. Diana Ravenscroft has just opened Solstice, a charming shop featuring candles, crystals, jewelry, and psychic readings. But after an unnervingly accurate reading by Diana, Lucy gets a little spooked. Then theres the dead body Lucy finds way up an old logging road behind her house ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1243692 Brady Coyne is a Boston attorney who focuses on a few private clients and the legal drudgery of their everyday life, which leads to a generally unexciting life. Brady, however, gets a call from an old friend and former neighbor, a man from his past. When Brady was married and living in suburbia, Ken Nichols was his happily married neighbor. Both marriages fell apart years ago and Brady moved to Boston while Ken Nichols moved to Baltimore. Now a decade later and in Boston for a conference, Ken contacts Brady for a get together and a drink. Its an uneventful evening but the next day Brady gets a call from Nichols ex-wife. Shes standing in her exs hotel room, Nichols is lying dead on the floor of his room and she needs Bradys help. But this savage murder is only the first and Brady is soon trying to find the connection between these long ago friends and the savage murders dogging their family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1222795 Sheila Dunham is a gossip columnists dream - she is famous, loud, and, to almost everyone who has met or seen her, deeply, spectacularly offensive. Fired from every TV job shes ever had, shes now producing and hosting her own reality show, where thousands of women compete for a spot in the house where it will be filmed. On the first day of shooting, though, someone fires a gun at - and misses - Sheila Dunham http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1480534 While in New York, Judge Deborah Knott has been asked to deliver a package to Lt. Sigrid Harald of the NYPD. Sigrid offers to swing by the apartment with her husband to pick up the box, but when they reach the apartment, they discover that the box is missing and the doorman has been murdered. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1480675 Private eye Sharon McCone receives an email asking for help from her emotionally disturbed half-brother, Darcy Blackhawk. As Sharon digs deeper, she discovers that Darcy sent his message from an Internet caf in San Francisco, a city hes never been to before. Sensing that Darcy is in terrible danger, McCone begins a search for him throughout the city. The investigation leads her to the body of a woman at the Palace of Fine Arts, where a witness had told her that Darcy was headed. Then, as she digs deeper, Sharon uncovers a connection to an unsolved murder of a young heiress to a multi-million dollar banking fortune. Now Sharon must race to solve both murders and ensure her brothers safety, despite the imminent danger that lurks within her own family. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1373008 When Paula Holliday agrees to act as exhibit manager for a reclusive artist at a legendary Northeast flower show, shes expecting a laid-back weekend picking up gardening tips. She doesnt expect to be knee-deep in horticultural sabotage and homicide. When an overeager attendee is found floating in the river, Paula realizes she accidentally holds a clue to his murder. Thats when the garden gloves come off and this flower show turns into a real Slugfest! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1273941 Times are tough lately, financially and personally, in Betsy Devonshires life. Her. Crewel World needlework shop has been struggling, and shes feeling bad about not connecting with the daughter of her new boyfriend, Connor. So when the Larson family, who bought one of Betsys cabins, invites her to come and help with renovations, she agrees to go. But their work comes to a chilling halt when they discover a human skeleton under the linoleum -- and evidence suggests that the dead man might have been a World War II German soldier -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1475574 Natalie Teeger has picked up a few detective skills during her years as Adrian Monks loyal assistant, and shes eager to use them. But thats not easy when you work with a deductive genius. Then a man with no identity is found dead of natural causes, and neither Monk nor the police see any reason to get involved. It helps that Monk is distracted by a series of brutal murders that seem to be tied to a worthless secondhand couch. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1365937 When the Slabaugh family is found dead in their barn, it appears to be a gruesome accident: methane gas asphyxiation caused by a poorly ventilated cesspit. But its soon revealed to be murder, possibly tied to a series of vicious hate crimes against the Amish. Alongside state agent John Tomasetti, Kate Burkholder searches for the link between the crimes, and uncovers a dark secret beneath the placid surface of this idyllic Amish community. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1481111 Between a busy family and reporting for the Pennysaver, Lucy Stone could use a break. So when her friend Pam tells her about a trip to England sponsored by Winchester College, she jumps at the chance. Then tour leader George Temple suffers an asthma attack mid-flight, and dies. In London, as Lucy and her pals try to forget their harrowing journey, his replacement arrives. And Lucy begins to notice some peculiar behavior among the tour group. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1367592 Rumors are sprouting in Depression-era Darling, Alabama. The towns newest visitors, Nona Jean Jamison and Miss Lake, may be the Naughty and Nice Sisters from the Ziegfeld Frolic, who specialize in dancing nearly naked. The Dahlias suspect more than modesty when Nona denies her association. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1372343 The dog days of summer have come to the quaint little town of Serenity. As temperatures rise, somebodys temper erupts into cold-blooded murder! Brandy Borne is pretty sure her charmingly eccentric mother didnt kill that viperous busybody Connie Grimes. Sure, the two women had a little scuffle the day before. And then theres her guilty plea. Now a very pregnant Brandy must sort through a passel of suspects to find the real killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1312429 Nestled in the foothills of the Cascade Mountains, the charming little hamlet of Alpine is welcoming Thanksgiving with open arms, while Emma Lord, editor and publisher of The Alpine Advocate, feels her spirits sink. With no family or friends to share the day, Emma wonders how she managed to screw up her life so badly. But on the Monday after the holiday, a call from Sheriff Dodge concerning a trio of alarming unsigned letters leaves Emma no time to wallow. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1382641 On the morning after Claras art show at the Muse in Montreal, a womans body is found among the bleeding hearts of Claras garden in Three Pines. When Chief Inspector Gamache is called in to investigate, he finds the art world gathered - a world of shading and light, where nothing is as it seems. And when facts are exposed, it is no longer clear to Gamache if hes found the truth, or simply a trick of the light. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1281686 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1243713 When troubleshooter Dev Conrad agreed to work with Congresswoman Susan Cooper, member of a prominent political family, he didnt know that the worst threat to her reelection campaign would come from Cooper herself. The congresswoman has a secret she wont share, forcing Dev to follow her like a detective. But the campaign has other problems as well - starting with the murder of a political consultant out to destroy Coopers campaign. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1292632 Nobody likes The Complaints--theyre the cops who investigate other cops. Its a department known within the force as The Dark Side, and its where Malcolm Fox works. His new case: investigate a cop named Jamie Breck. As Fox takes on the job, he learns that theres more to Breck than anyone thinks--dangerous knowledge, especially when a vicious murder takes place far too close to home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1486864 As Sandro Cellini comes to grips with the realities of life as a private detective, touting for business and following errant teenagers, an old case comes back to haunt him. Charming and ruthless Loni Meadows, the subject of a routine background check early in Sandros career, goes off the icy road in her car one night. The circumstances of her death seem less than accidental to Sandro - however inconvenient his suspicions might be. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1226696 Poor Stanley Hastings. After getting hired by a hitman and nearly getting shot, the put-upon PI needed some fun, so when a gorgeous damsel in distress walked through his office door she seemed just what the doctor ordered. Wrong again. The fair maiden turned out to be a married mom who wanted Stanley to find out why her teenage daughter was skipping school. Playing truant officer wasnt much fun, but at least it should be easy. Fat chance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1401438 The Home Office ships Mary Russell away from her beloved bees and into the movie-making world to investigate the criminal activities that surround Englands most popular new movie studio, Fflytte Films, and their latest film based on The Pirates of Penzance. In gorgeous Lisbon and sun-drenched Morocco, Russells time is occupied looking after the actresses cast as maidens. But when the director casts actual pirates, the set becomes downright dangerous. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1443431 Big-city businesswoman Priss Porter returns to Prosper with a body in her trunk, and calls Stella Hardesty to dispose of it. Priss even brought a snapshot of Stella doing what she does best - curing woman-beaters by use of force - in case she needs convincing. Stella refuses and goes home, only to hear later that Priss has gone missing. Then Sheriff Goat Jones discovers a scarf Stella left behind, and he warns her to stay local. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1353973 The sons of serial killer Nick Parrish are now master criminals in their own right. They have formulated a plan to spring their father from prison and murder the person who put him there, investigative journalist Irene Kelly. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1270451 Professional chef turned amateur sleuth Billy Blessing has never liked going to the West Coast, but hes reluctantly agreed to play second banana on high-energy comic Desmond ODays new late-night talk show. Los Angeles holds bad memories for Billy. Twenty years ago, he told the cops there he suspected obnoxious chef Roger Charbonnet of murdering his ex-starlet girlfriend. A tricked-up alibi freed Roger, who vowed vengeance... (Bestseller) http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1059956 Celebrity chef Billy Blessing struggles to clear his name by solving the murder of his producer, who has been poisoned while eating a dish from Billys four-star restaurant. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1043789 Its not really a rat pack member who needs help from Eddie G., pit boss at the Sands Casino, but an extended family member. Marilyn Monroe, still smarting from being blamed for Clark Gables death after the filming of The Misfits, thinks shes being followed. Eddies up for the job, but when he gets word that his mother has died, Eddie must leave buddy P. I. Danny Bardini to look after Marilyn.