Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=3295&N=3+6606+4294966740 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727165 The year is 29 C.E., and Jerusalem chafes under the Roman Empires oppressive rule. A badly scorched body is found behind the Veil of the Holy of Holies-- the Temples inner sanctum. Gamaliel, the rabban of the Sanhedrin, finds himself drawn into solving this delicate mystery while dark agents with unholy interests plot to seize control of much of the trade in certain highly profitable imports from the east and west. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699640 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727481 While serving in Afghanistan, Ben writes about incidents from his senior year in a small-town Wisconsin high school, when a neighbor he was trying to help out becomes the victim of an apparent hate crime and Ben falls under suspicion. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727439 Elle finds the body of her soon-to-be-ex husband, Charlie on her sofa, stabbed to death with her kitchen knife. Elles close friends stand by her through the difficult funeral, but Elle alone must face the loss of the man shed loved. Except that the loss is not total--Charlie is still around. Elle feels his presence, smells his aftershave. Hears him accuse her of killing him. And even though she doesnt believe in ghosts, she argues with him, asserting her innocence. Oddly, Elle has a gap in her memory; she cant account for her activity during the time of his murder. As she tries to clear herself by finding out how Charlie died, she discovers that she had plenty of reason to kill him. Charlie had secrets. Infidelity. Unsavory business associates. Involvement with an international organization of sex abusers. The more she learns, the more danger she faces. As unscrupulous people begin to fear shell expose them, Elle races against time to avoid arrest, fight off... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699702 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727613 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699591 In the wake of a series of baffling murders committed by children, anthropologist Hesketh Lock investigates a scandal in the Taiwan timber industry and wonders at his stepsons odd behavior before making a shocking connection upon the death of his Taiwan contact. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727516 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727568 When her father is murdered and the police obtain an e-mail confession that implicates her, Alice Robie realizes she will have to flee and prove her innocence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727172 New Keeper Rhiannon Gryffald has her peacekeeping duties cut out for her-because in Hollywood its hard to tell the actors from the werewolves, bloodsuckers and shape-shifters. Then Rhiannon hears about a string of murders that bear all the hallmarks of a vampire serial killer, and she must confront her greatest challenge yet. Together with Elven detective Brodie McKay, she heads to Laurel Canyon, the epicenter of the danger, where they uncover a plot that may forever alter the face of human-paranormal relations--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727013 A string of murders being committed by a mysterious voodoo assassin on the exotic island city of Key West pits a crusading environmental shock-jock and a homicide detective against a maelstrom of unscrupulous developers, scammers, and everyday citizens. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727476 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727101 New Keeper Rhiannon Gryffald has her peacekeeping duties cut out for her--because in Hollywood, its hard to tell the actors from the werewolves, bloodsuckers and shape-shifters. Then Rhiannon hears about a string of murders that bear all the hallmarks of a vampire serial killer, and she must confront her greatest challenge yet. Together with Elven detective Brodie McKay, they head to Laurel Canyon, epicenter of the danger, where they uncover a plot that may forever alter the face of human-paranormal relations. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643702 While speaking at a Hong Kong medical conference, neurosurgeon Dr. Lucas McCrae slips the cloth off a cadavers head during a routine medical demonstration and is overwhelmed with the shock by whats staring back at him: his best friend, Andy Baer. Stunned, McCrae races back to Seattle to discover that Andy is in fact missing and may have been murdered by a gang of body snatchers who operate a legit funeral business and make a fortune by selling recovered body parts to medical researchers. McCrae teams up with an unlikely pair--a beautiful but hardnosed female cop and a gang member whose family was victimized by the body parts ring--to try to expose a macabre web of corruption that involves law enforcement, politicians, funeral home curators, and murdered prostitutes. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699195 Investigating the murder of a conscientious objector during the height of World War I, Inspector Marmion and Sergeant Keedy find the case complicated by a lack of public sympathy and the popularity of a chief suspect. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643581 Joey McCarthy is stabbed to death in a pub car park in a random act of violence. Shortly afterwards Charlotte Stones terminally ill mother dies and then, within weeks, two of her teenage friends commit suicide. With her home life disintegrating and both her father and brother racing towards self-destruction Charlotte realises that her own personal nightmare may not be over yet. When DC Gary Goodhew finds the body of another suicide victim he is forced to recall some deeply buried memories of an earlier death; memories which lead him to Charlotte Stone and the events in her life. From their individual points of view they both begin to wonder whether all these tragedies are somehow linked to a bigger picture. And if they are right, then who will be the next victim? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643752 Moving to the reputedly haunted Hampton Court Palace of Queen Victoria when her fathers untimely death renders her penniless, Indian princess Alexandrina is befriended by three eccentric widows before her faithful ladys maid, Pooki, is wrongly accused of murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699878 Describes how widow Miriam Giles, a seductive beauty and master manipulator with a violent past, murdered her second husband and latest sugar daddy, Alan Helmick, and then claimed innocence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561896 After witnessing an armored car heist that left four people dead, Lisa Palmer becomes the FBIs key to finding the fugitive killers, a hunt led by an embattled FBI agent as a relentless journalist makes his own investigation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561565 When a severed rabbits paw is delivered to her office, outcast cat shifter Rebecca Desjardin recognizes the summons home. One of their own has been murdered--and a shocking photo published in a local tabloid--and her Pride needs Rebecca, now a private investigator, to track down the killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643445 Renowned bone detective Bill Brockton and his intrepid assistant, Miranda, are about to get immersed in murder and intrigue in Avignon, France, home of the popes for most of the fourteenth century. But first, in this artful prequel to The Inquisitors Key, other mischief is afoot in the ancient walled city. Inspector Ren Descartes of the French National Police is roused from a deep sleep to investigate a break-in at the Petit Palais, Avignons museum of medieval masterpieces. Descartess discovery plunges him into an elaborate, art-lined labyrinth: a labyrinth that leads him to a master forgers studio...and to a charred corpse. Just as hes finally closing the case, Descartes gets called to an even more bizarre death scene, where his path--and his fate--will collide with those of Brockton and Miranda. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643645 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698699 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639018 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642215 Repurposing his life after his wifes death, Russell Mullins joins a private protection company and forms a friendship with his first client, whose suicide compels Mullins investigation at the side of a former colleague into a dangerous conspiracy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640204 This sequel to Zane Greys enormously popular Riders of the Purple Sage picks up ten years after the events of the previous novel. Tragedy has befallen the community of Surprise Valley, and changing views among the largely Mormon populace have begun to create rifts in the community. The Rainbow Trail includes plenty of the adventure and romance that fans of Zane Greys work have come to love. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641523 Cassidy, Allison, and Nicole fight for justice every day-Cassidy as a crime reporter, Nicole as an FBI agent, and Allison as a federal prosecutor. Together theyre a Triple Threat to be reckoned with. But when a ruthless murderer kills one of their number-and the authorities seem intent on keeping them out of the investigation of the crime-their desire for justice goes into overdrive. They find an unexpected ally in a quirky private investigator named Ophelia whose methods confound the wise. Yet just when it seems police have the killer in custody and justice is within sight, he somehow strikes again. Not knowing whom to trust, the team engage in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse with the killer. Nothing can be taken at face value...and nothing will ever be the same. A riveting Triple Threat mystery that will leave readers shocked and satisfied. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643226 A decades-old murder, a strange superstition, an enormous snake, and one giant secret are about to rock the beautiful Belle Vue to its core. It is a time of great upheaval for the Belgian Congo and Belle Vue is not safe from the changes. But there are more pressing problems as an unsolved disappearance brings up issues for some of the denizens of the village. Add to that a sudden influx of strangers and a horrible storm that literally divides the village in half, and suddenly danger seems to be everywhere. The lovely young American missionary Amanda, the police chief Captain Pierre Jardin, and the local witch doctor and his wise-woman wife, Cripple, all become embroiled in the mystery as evil omens and strange happenings at every turn suggest that more lives will be lost before the true killer is unmasked. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698797 When an old friends husband goes missing, she calls Cindy for help. Fresh from her own tragedy, Cindy returns to the Caribbean, this time to the gorgeous, lush island of Grenada, to find him.Cindy, still grieving her own husbands death, stays at her friends incredible villa on the ocean, as she does her best to help track down her friends husband, Ames. As Cindy investigates, she meets the different characters on the island, some local, some fantastically rich, all of whom seem to be involved with each other, either romantically or in shady business dealings. As Cindy uncovers secret affairs, odd money dealings and drugs, she realizes there is a complex web on the island, hidden from public view. And as she digs deeper into Ames life, she is shocked to discover how many secrets he had been hiding from his wife -- and that she never really knew the man she loved. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644514 Max Maguire, a twenty-nine-year-old female detective with the New York Police Department, flies to France to attend the wedding of her friend, Chloe Marceau, at a grand estate east of Paris in the Champagne region. There Max meets an older man, the urbane Olivier Chaumont, and experiences a fairy-tale evening. But when Chloes widowed aunt, the beautiful and successful Lea de Saint-Pern, is found murdered, Max and Olivier are snapped back into their professional roles. To Maxs chagrin, she is banned from an official investigative role, while Olivier, a magistrate, is put in charge of the investigation. She insinuates herself into the victims family until their long-held secrets begin to surface like bubbles in a glass of champagne. After another family member is found dead on the day of Leas funeral however, Max puts her career and her tentative relationship with Olivier in jeopardy as her determination to find the murderer--and prove herself in the process--takes over. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641662 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639792 Ash Levine, the top detective in the LAPDs elite Felony Special Squad, is called out to solve the murder of two young black men found shot to death in a Venice alley. The case is a high priority because one of the victims is the son of City Councilman Isaac Pinkney, a frequent critic of the LAPD. Searching for the killer throws Levine into the world of Los Angeless Russian Mafia, Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans, and Middle Eastern archeologists. Ashs history as a child of a Holocaust survivor gives him a unique perspective on murder, redemption, and justice. His background as a paratroope. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641872 Its time for the biggest event of the year at Toomey High - Prom Night. Taffeta and tiaras, kings and queens have been replaced by mayhem and murder. Whos next on the killers list? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642322 When detective Luke Reynolds enters a Kentucky Amish community to investigate the mysterious death of Perry Borntrager, the case becomes complicated when he falls for the woman Perry had been courting before he disappeared. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699034 In June 1951, Edna Ferber heads to Hollywood to support an old friend, Max, who has found himself blacklisted in the McCarthy anti-Communist hearings, which have rattled Hollywood with allegations of Communist sympathies. She has no plans of becoming involved with the soon-to-be-released MGM film based on her bestselling novel Show Boat. Ednas visit is one of friendship, nothing more, until Max ends up dead. Edna now must search for answers to the questions surrounding his death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639956 When a novice Jedi is killed while trying to obtain the coordinates of a secretive, yet beneficial trade route, his former Master, Jedi archivist Mander Zuma, must enter the dangerous underworld of the Hutts to find the truth. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727258 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699729 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641618 When Perry Borntrager, an inhabitant of the quiet Amish town of Crittenden, Kentucky, is found dead, Perrys former girlfriend and his best friend, suspects in the crime, are drawn together as they try to prove their innocence. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639789 Yancey, Alaska, was a quiet town-- until the truth of what was hidden in the depths off the coast began to appear. A sabotaged plane. Two dead deep-water divers. Cole is helping the police recover evidence... but dealing with Baileys reappearance is a tougher challenge. He let her down, but hes not the same guy she left behind. Can they move beyond the hurts of their pasts and find a future together? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542484 While most of the residents in the wealthy, historic Charleston enclave of Landgrave Hall are asleep at two-thirty in the morning, Huger Dillard and his father, Unc, are heading, via jonboat, to the adjoining golf course. Blinded by a terrible accident that killed his wife, Unc prefers to practice his golf game when no one is watching. But before anyone can even tee off, Huger makes a grisly find: a womans body, anchored deep in the mud at the waters low tide. The discovery sets off a chain of events that puts Huger and his family up against secret military forces, old friends, longtime neighbors, lost loves, and shadowy global networks. The only thing connecting them all is Landgrave Hall--and the treacherous reason why this area is so important to so many people. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644040 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699655 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562342 Queen Victoria has a problem: theres a petty thief at work in Buckingham Palace. Charged with discretion, the Agency assigns quick-witted Mary Quinn to the case. Posing as a domestic in the royal household and fending off the attentions of a feckless Prince of Wales are challenge enough, but when the prince witnesses a murder in an opium den -- and scandal threatens the royal family -- Mary learns that the accused killer may be someone very close to her.--p.4 of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639339 Fyodor Dostoevskys Crime and Punishment is one of the worlds first psychological thrillers. A mesmerizing detective story with an intriguing and multifarious central character, Crime and Punishment hinges on the ethical dilemmas and angst of the student Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov who plans and implements the murder of a ruthless pawnbroker. Rodion convinces himself that in killing her he will both solves his financial problems and divests the world of a wicked leech. But can he commit a murder and escape all consequences? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639140 When a bundle of unidentified body parts tumbles out the rear door of a van on a Los Angeles freeway, FBI agent Scott Houston knows just where to go for an off-the-record analysis: Agency 32/1, a non-profit missing persons identification resource center run by forensic anthropologists Jayne Hall and Steelie Lander. However, Scotts call has unintended consequences for the two women as he draws them into a coast-to-coast murder investigation, and bends FBI rules as far as he can in his pursuit of a villain who has evaded him for years. Their unique skills enable them to uncover evidence that leads directly to the killer, but very soon Jayne and Steelie find that their own lives are in jeopardy.--From front jacket cover flap. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641663 Found cowering and covered in blood, Karina Guerreros fourteen-year-old brother is accused of a crime that shes certain he didnt commit. Only one man can help Karina prove the boys innocence. Private investigator Mason Sinclair knows firsthand what its like to be framed. But the former cop, now committed to helping the falsely accused, is clearly uneasy being back in Albuquerque--and working with his former flame. Still, Karina cant help falling for the handsome P.I. as they hunt the real killer: a cold-blooded murderer with dangerous ties to them both--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642817 Welcome to Blossom Valley, CA, home of the OConnell Organic Farm and Spa, complete with its new marketing maven, Dana Lewis, former Blossom Valley resident and unapologetic junk food connoisseur and soon to be sleuth. As Dana readjusts to life back home with her recently widowed mother, her latest career move isnt exactly a piece of cake. In fact, its all tofu fish sticks, stuffed squash blossoms, and enough wheat grass shots to scream bloody murder--especially when Dana discovers the body of Maxwell Mendelsohn, Hollywood producer and opening weekend guest, deader than a yoga corpse pose. While Dana pens the Spas blog and balances the attentions of the local police and reporter Jason Forrester, her escalating job duties now include finding clues, motives and suspects. One things for certain, she better act fast before all this healthy living kills her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641718 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699955 When Philip Dryden is informed that his father has been killed in an accident, Dryden must discover how this could be since he knew the man to have been killed in a flood years earlier, and how this might to relate to two new unexplained cases. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643928 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641946 With two weeks left before the annual Quilters Crawl, Dewey Pellicano is excited to showcase her quilt shop after a four-year absence from the crawl. Quilters from all over visit as many quilting shops as they can within a short time. But Deweys giveaway planning and Twitter promotion are cut short when her assistant manager, Vangie, is implicated in her boyfriends untimely demise following a protest against a campus drug bust. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699548 Alafair and Shaw soon discover that all is not well in sunny Arizona. Elizabeths marriage is in tatters; tensions are high between the Anglo and Latino communities following Pancho Villas murderous raid on Columbus, New Mexico; and Alafair suspects her sister is involved in an illegal operation to smuggle war refugees out of Mexico and into the United States. And now Bernie Arruda is lying on his back in a ditch, staring into eternity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699018 A note that is discovered hidden in a wall cavity of a London hotel leads Detective Inspector Harry Vicary and his team to a burial site containing the charred bones of two men. Their investigation quickly leads them into a dark and brutal world, but who were the dead men and how did they meet their fate? To solve the case Vicary must uncover what happened at a notorious gangland garden party from which two men never returned . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561869 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639055 Harriet Tubman HS Series-- Loud talk preceded shouting, and then shots rang out. One boy was lying on the sidewalk. Police were not saying so, but he appeared to be dead. At school on Monday, everybody at Tubman was talking about the Grant Street shooting. As far as anybody could tell, the victim was an innocent bystander. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639809 Second in the highly-acclaimed Richard Nottingham historical mystery series 1732. Richard Nottingham, Constable of the City of Leeds, is grieving the death of his daughter, but he must rouse himself from his lethargy when the body of wealthy wool merchant Samuel Graves is discovered, his throat slit, the skin razed from his back. Why would the killer want Graves skin? When Nottingham receives a slim, bound volume entitled The Journal of a Wronged Man he discovers the shocking answer - and it hurls him into a desperate battle for survival against a ruthless killer with old scores to settle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699864 A timeless narrative of suspense and intrigue, Humes book is the original Australian best-selling crime novel set in pre-Federation Melbourne. From the salons of the citys elite to the slums of Little Bourke St, the exquisitely plotted story follows the investigation, inquest and trial of the murder of a little-known English migrant. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641750 After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilirating. But shes bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but its the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699603 The wife of the White House deputy chief of staff has been beaten to death, and their one-year-old daughter is missing. D.C. Police Lieutenant Sam Holland is in charge of the murder investigation, but shes forced to collaborate with Special Victims Unit detectives as well as thorn-in-her-side FBI Special Agent Avery Hill. Then, a cold case of her fathers resurrects old hurts--a distraction Sam cannot afford. As Sams investigation heats up, so does Nicks political career--and the heat carries over to their bedroom. Will Sam put the pieces together in time to catch a killer and find the baby, or will ambition, greed and lies prove fatal? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642382 When Imogen Lange, the girl with whom she shares a tattoo and a decade-old secret, is murdered, tattoo artist Kenzie Sloan must stay one step ahead of those who are waiting for the perfect moment to fulfill a dark promise that had been inked in her skin years ago. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644060 Is Roses diary hiding the clues to a grisly unsolved murder? Fifteen-year-old Rose Lymond swears to the police that her crimson leather-bound diary doesnt contain any information about the terrible murder at the Loffts lake house that fateful weekend four years ago. The diary is her private, personal property. When Roses diary is confiscated by police, she steals it back and destroys some pages, no matter the consequences. Is this simply a case of teenage vanity gone awry? Does the diary contain embarrassing seventh-grade gossip and crushes? Or is Rose hiding something vastly more sinister? As Rose attempts to protect her secrets, she is drawn back to a murder she may not even know she holds the key to solving. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562391 In the U.N. building in New York City, a U.S. Ambassador contracts an unknown virus after opening a threatening letter. In a slum near Paris, a rogue geneticist is found dead, tortured and defiled. His last message, a desperate plea for help, was sent to an old friend and fellow outcast, the ex-CIA agent and former mercenary named Hawker. His final legacy appears to be the fingerprints he left all over the letter to the Ambassador. Consumed by thoughts of revenge but fighting to see the truth, Hawker teams up with NRI operative Danielle Laidlaw on a quest to find the killers and track down the secrets his dead friend may have lost or sold. From the streets of Paris to an underground auction in the catacombs of Beirut to the merciless deserts of Iran, Hawker and Danielle find themselves hunting a murderous cult leader whose scientific arsenal could lead humanity to a new Eden-or unleash hell on the Earth itself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639839 When a gunshot victim dies in front of Betsy Michaels, his last words make her a killers next target. The undercover agent investigating the murder is none other than Mark Webber, the man whod broken her heart. Now she has to trust him with her life. Mark feels duty bound to protect Betsy from the drug smugglers responsible for his partners death. Yet every time he looks at her, hes reminded of the choices he made that hurt Betsy to the core. And despite their rekindled attraction, this time the danger isnt just to their hearts. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699041 Amidst the assassination of a prominent U.S. senator and another high-profile killing in Amsterdam, FBI Special Agent and forensic artist Sydney Fitzpatrick is lead to the threshold of a conspiracy to spread a plague of death across the globe. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640009 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698603 When a grisly murder occurs on a Scottish island, Edinburgh detective Fin Macleod must confront his past if he is ever going to discover if the killing has a connection to another one that took place on the mainland. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639845 Michelle Girard never expected three of her former classmates to wind up dead just before their high school reunion. But thanks to the sharp eye of her former crush, FBI Agent Colin Roarke, the scattered rose petals found at the scenes prove the Reunion Killer has struck again. Colin, an uneasy war hero, feels a need to protect Michelle, especially when she becomes the killers latest obsession. Staying one step ahead has always been Colins specialty, but as his frustration intensifies, so do the very real complications of long-buried feelings. Then Michelle is kidnapped, and clues lead Colin to the foreboding Columbella House, an abandoned Victorian mansion where shrouds of fog conceal dark secrets--and dangerous, hidden desires. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640206 What would you do if everything you thought you knew about yourself turned out to be wrong? Thats the premise at the center of Charles Brockden Browns novel Edgar Huntly, which centers on a protagonist who is determined to solve a mysterious murder case -- only to find out that he himself may not be as innocent as he once supposed. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1698782 L.A. shoe designer, Maddie Springer, lives her life by three rules: Fashion. Fashion. Fashion. But when she stumbles upon the work of a brutal killer, her life takes an unexpected turn from Manolos to murder. And things only get worse when her boyfriend disappears - along with $20 million in embezzled funds - and her every move is suddenly under scrutiny by the LAPDs sexiest cop. With the help of her post-menopausal bridezilla of a mother, a 300 pound psychic and one seriously oversexed best friend, Maddie finds herself stepping out of her stilettos and onto the trail of a murderer. But can she catch a killer before the killer catches up to her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1640090 When Emma Dunham, the woman they believe is the height of female perfection, is murdered by her husband, Frances, Lisa and Jill discover that things arent always what they seem, which forces them to come to terms with the secrets of their own lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573991 Seventeen-year-old Emma Paxton steps into the life of her long-lost twin Sutton to solve her murder, while Sutton looks on from her afterlife. Two months before Sutton died, her best friends brother disappeared. Now Thayers back, and Emma has to move fast to figure out if hes after revenge... or if hes already gotten it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644057 Suburban madam Heloise, with no one left to trust, decides to get out of the game when another suburban madam is brutally murdered, forcing her to stay one step ahead of a killer--and the father of her child--who is just as lethal behind bars as he was on the outside. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699302 Sydney Simone is dedicated to helping those whose wrongs cant be righted by orthodox means. Via a cloaked identity, she first verifies the clients story and then accepts half payment up front and half on completion of her work. For cover, she works at a gallery in Palm Beach run by Oscar Leopold. Oscars former partner Roy is arrested for murdering an attorney called Big Jack. At the same time, Sydney is dealing with a client who has seemingly penetrated her defenses. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1726990 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561639 Private investigator Dana Cutler and attorney Brad Miller rush to uncover a terrorist cells plot to destroy a packed professional football stadium in one of the biggest attacks on American soil. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699783 Foreign exchange student Olivia Grant is stabbed to death after a party, and the prime suspect is her best friend. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643231 While investigating the suicide of sixteen-year-old Julia Whitmire, whose famous parents believe that she was murdered, NYPD Detective Ellie Hatcher discovers that Julia was engaged in a dangerous game of cyberbullying against an unlikely victim. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573441 Single mum Hayley Powell is barely keeping her leaking roof over her head when her boss at the Island Times gives her a new assignment - taking over the papers food column. Hayleys not sure she has the chops--shes an office manager, not a writer, even if her friends clamor for her mouth-watering potluck dishes. But the extra income is tempting, and Hayleys chatty first column is suddenly on everyones menu - with one exception. When rival food writer Karen Appelbaum is found face-down dead in a bowl of Hayleys creamy clam chowder, all signs point to Hayley. To clear her name, shell have to enlist some help, including her BFFs, a perpetually pregnant lobster woman, and a glamorous real estate agent. As she whips up a list of suspects, Hayley discovers a juicy secret about the victim - and finds herself in a dangerous mix with a cold-blooded killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644476 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644121 Deborah Borntrager takes a job at Schrocks Variety store to escape the isolation of her home and must come to terms with her unhealthy crush on Jacob Schrock, especially when he is arrested for the murder of her brother Perry. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643198 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642362 When a serial killer arrives in Center Springs, Texas retired constable Ned Parker is drawn into the investigation with his nephew Cody, the new constable. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639837 To solve the most heinous murder in Texas history, Colby investigator Lyle McCaleb has an unusual mission: find and protect the killers long-lost daughter. The complication: shes tough, gorgeous rancher Sadie Gilmore--Lyles first and only love. And now the mysterious past she barely remembers is threatening her very existence. Lyle regrets leaving Sadie broken-hearted seven years ago. And as he investigates and gets deeper into danger, he finds it almost impossible to maintain his professionalism around her. But another dilemma threatens their newly rekindled relationship. Can Lyle regain Sadies trust while concealing the secret that may devastate her? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639596 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642318 Two thirteen-year-old boys, blood brothers and best friends, get drawn into a dangerous, violent world on the streets of a troubled Columbian city. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644344 When the dead body of a young woman is found on the grounds of Belle Vie, the estates manager, Caren Gray, launches her own investigation into Belle Vies history, which leads her to a centuries old mystery involving the plantations slave quarters--and her own past. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639949 My name is Amelia Gray. I am the Graveyard Queen, a cemetery restorer who sees ghosts. My father passed down four rules to keep me safe and Ive broken every last one. A door has opened and evil wants me back. In order to protect myself, Ive vowed to return to those rules. But the ghost of a murdered cop needs my help to find his killer. The clues lead me to the dark side of Charleston where witchcraft, root doctors and black magic still flourish and back to John Devlin, a haunted police detective I should only love from afar. Now Im faced with a terrible choice: follow the rules or follow my heart. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644100 One hot August day in 1994, 75 holidaymakers are ferried to an uninhabited island off the North Norfolk coast. Only 74 return alive. A young man has been stabbed and left to bleed to death in the islands surf. The case is never solved. Twenty years later, the new chief constable decides the murder is ripe for a re-evaluation using state-of-the-art forensics. DI Peter Shaw is in charge of the case and summons all 75 original suspects to a mass DNA screening. But one of them is unable to attend. Beautiful Marianne Osbourne is found dead in her bed, a wartime cyanide pill lodged in her throat. Is there a link to the 1994 murder?--Jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1726790 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574199 At her daughters May Day pageant, Kiki narrowly escapes being shot and grows determined to find the culprit who wound up killing a wealthy matriarch instead. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642002 To his parishoners, minister Matt Baker seemed a pious and good man. To his wife, Kari, he as a devoted husband and caring father. Always sunny and vivacious, Kari never questioned their frequent relocations from one small Texas Baptist church to another. Even when tragedy struck, Kari remained strong - until one day, inexplicably, she took her own life. To friends and family, Karis suicide made no sense and they struggled with questions they couldnt answer. Why couldnt Matt hold a job with any one church? Why did he cut off all contact with Karis devastated parents soon after her death? And who was the blond companion he began appearing with just days after the funera? But it would take a team of investigators and dogged determination to bring Matt Bakers dark secret to light - revealing a shocking history of lies, infidelity, cruelty, and sexual obsession that may have led a serial predator cloaded in Gods word to commit murder.--Cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699233 The two Minnesota towns couldnt be more different: in affluent Barron, a powerful and secretive scientific research corporation enriches its residents, while downriver in blue-collar St. Croix, victims of that companys carcinogenic waste struggle to survive. The bad blood between the communities escalates into open warfare when the beautiful Ashlynn, daughter of the corporations president, is found shot dead--and a St. Croix girl, Olivia Hawk, is accused of the crime. Olivias father, Christopher, a Minneapolis lawyer, comes to defend his daughter and uncovers some ugly truths that endanger the residents of both towns. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639916 When his longtime friend Sheldon Minck is arrested for the murder of his estranged wife, Mildred, private detective Toby Peters is hired by film legend Joan Crawford to solve the crime and prevent negative publicity from tarring her name. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1638906 Lieutenant Billy Boyle could have used a rest after his last case, but when his girlfriend, Diana Seaton, a British spy, goes missing in the Vatican, where she was working undercover, he insists on being assigned to a murder investigation there so he can try to help her. An American monsignor is found murdered at the foot of Deaths Door, one of the five entrances to Saint Peters Basilica. Wild Bill Donovan, head of the OSS, wants the killing investigated. The fact that the Vatican is neutral territory in German-occupied Rome is only one of the obstacles Billy must overcome. First is a harrowing journey, smuggled into Rome while avoiding the Gestapo and Allied bombs. Then he must navigate Vatican politics and personalities-some are pro-Allied, others pro-Nazi, and the rest steadfastly neutral-to learn the truth about the murdered monsignor. But thats not his only concern; just a short walk from the Vatican border is the infamous Regina Coeli prison, where Diana is being held. Can he dare a rescue, or will a failed attempt alert the Germans to his mission and risk an open violation of Vatican neutrality?--Publishers website. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573712 Scottish Barrister Rex Graves and his fiancee Helen have traveled to Aston-on-Trent in Derbyshire, England to attend the wedding ceremony of one of Helens former students. The dreary gray skies and bickering families underscore Rexs private reservations about the unlikely couples long-term prospects. But when people connected to the ill-fated wedding start falling faster than the gloomy May rain, Rex must determine who among the sniping wedding guests is the killer in this traditional locked-room mystery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1638901 A Jack the Ripper- like serial killer, dubbed the Man of Crows, leaves his stabbed victims displayed with their hair stuffed into their mouths, their chests gouged in the shape of a star, and a penny placed on the exposed heart. The search for the murderers identity largely falls to Catherine Sorgeiul, an orphan living with an ostensibly kindly uncle. Still adjusting to the tumult of the big city, Catherine also struggles with her own sexuality and the hypocrisies of early Victorian society, even as the body count rises. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639101 San Francisco homicide inspector Ben Raveneau, and his ambitious new partner, Elizabeth la Rosa, catch their first case together when a young woman is found strangled in an empty building in China Basin. The victims identity is unknown, a false confession leads nowhere, and the case spins unresolved. Meanwhile, the death of cancer-ridden homicide inspector Ted Whiteacre raises questions about an old case Whiteacre solved years before when he arrested troubled software engineer Cody Stoltz following a love triangle murder. Raveneau pulls the files, re-interviews Stoltz, and see darks threads reaching from past to present. Then a second corpse is found with a gunshot wound to the head. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562031 Follows the friendship and support among a group of five women on Manhattans Upper East Side. Dinahs favorite son and Aviss only daughter fall in love and marry. Over the years, as their commitment is strained by time and change, secrets surface and friendships alter ... having a shattering effect on all their lives. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643895