Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=6639&N=6594+6606+4294966740 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728056 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728360 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699702 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=1727613 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727842 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728096 Sergeant Cat Forrester lives by her own set of rules. When her childhood friend is murdered, Cats world is thrown into chaos. Especially because Jay Garrett--a man from her past--is a suspect, and he needs her help to prove hes innocent. After all they once shared, how can she say no? The attraction flares between them, and getting involved with a suspect is a huge risk. But the more time Cat spends with Jay, the stronger the tug on her heart. He is the same caring, irresistible man she remembers. Yet she cant let her emotions interfere with the case--solving it is top priority. And as she digs deeper, she discovers Jay has secrets that may jeopardize any possible future together. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727710 A series of horrifying events occur in quick succession in the same upscale L.A. neighborhood. A backyard renovation unearths an infants body, buried sixty years ago. And soon thereafter in a nearby park, another disturbingly bizarre discovery is made not far from the body of a young woman shot in the head. Helping LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis to link these eerie incidents is brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware. But even the good doctors vast experience with matters both clinical and criminal might not be enough to cut down to the bone of this chilling case--and draw out the disturbing truth.--Provided by the publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727516 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727762 P.I. Quinn Parrans mission is simple: to join Alpha Force, a unique military team of shape-shifters, and use their new elixir to enhance his shape-shifting abilities. With the aid of Sergeant Kristine Norwood, each shifting experiment sparks something more volatile than any challenge hes ever encountered: a primal passion. And when Quinns brother vanishes on his honeymoon and is suspected of murder, Quinn must join forces with Kristine to investigate. With no choice but to go deep undercover as newlyweds, Kristine finds herself enjoying the charade a little too much. She is attracted to Quinn, but isnt about to get involved with a shape-shifter. Until their quest becomes more dangerous, and Kristine must put aside her doubts and put her full trust in Quinn -- Cover verso. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727837 Spring has sprung in Tinkers Cove, and Lucy Stone has a mile-long to-do list from painting eggs with her grandson, to preparing the perfect Easter feast, to reviving her garden after a long, cold winter, she hardly has time to search for a killer with a deadly case of spring fever. Lucy has always loved covering the annual Easter egg hunt for the Pennysaver. Hosted by elderly socialite Vivian Van Vorst at Pine Point, her luxurious oceanfront estate, its a swanky event where the grown-ups sip cocktails while their children search for eggs that are as likely to contain savings bonds as they are jelly beans. But when Lucy arrives with her three-year-old grandson, VVs normally welcoming gates are locked, and a man dressed as the Easter Bunny emerges only to drop dead moments later. Lucy discovers that the victim is Van Vorst Duff, VVs grandson, and soon learns that not all is as it seems at idyllic Pine Point. As Lucy gathers a basketful of suspects, shes convinced that someones been hunting for a lot more than eggs. And shell have to chase the truth down a rabbit hole before the killer claims another victim. 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=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=1699640 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728296 Leaving her sales job behind to start a new life aboard a houseboat in Kent, Genevieve finds her dreams shattered by the discovery of a body that is linked to her own secret past as a dancer at a private members club, forcing her to recall the moment when things started to go horribly wrong. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728285 Young artist Olivia Tithe struggles to keep her sanity as she unravels the mystery of her first loves death through his ghostly visits-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728055 When her best friend Billy is charged with murder, Robyn is determined to prove his innocence. Things have changed in Robyns world. Her friends Morgan and Billy, formerly a couple, have broken up and Billy is not reacting well. He continues to pester Morgan and even starts a fight with her new love, Sean Sloane. Robyn, who is also still pining over her ex-boyfriend Nick, isnt sure how to deal with the awkwardness of this situation. Until, one night, hockey star Sean Sloane is found dead at the rink. With all evidence pointing to Billy, Robyn gets back to work, and uncovers some truths about Sean Sloane - the popular boy, who wasnt who he appeared to be. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727476 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728607 Wedding cake decorator and maid of honor in her beloved cousins wedding, Piper Donovan must save the day when the impending nuptials are threatened by the disappearance of a bridesmaid, the discovery of a body on the wedding beach and the arrival of the lecherous, ex-drug dealer best man. 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=1728514 Emmas search for her twin sisters killer becomes complicated by the return of the twins birth mother. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728328 London, 1933. Two months after the body of an Indian woman named Usha Pramal is found in the brackish water of a South London canal, her brother, newly arrived in England, turns to Maisie Dobbs to find out the truth about her death. Not only has Scotland Yard made no arrests, evidence indicates that they failed to conduct a full and thorough investigation. 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=1727882 When one of her famous Red Velvet cupcakes is thought to have caused the death of her rival--a scandalous Lake Eden legend who was trying to steal her boyfriend--Hannah Swensen becomes the unlikely suspect in a murder investigation and must whip up the real killer before someone else gets iced. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727798 Lenny Norbeck and his friends The Mikes set out to investigate the suspicious death of a young pitcher at a Phillies game-- 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=1728084 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=1728103 Soloing the detective agency when her long-term partner leaves for a new job, Aimee is hired by a mysterious elderly Russian man to protect a valuable painting that is stolen before Aimee can start her work, a situation that is complicated by the clients murder and dangerous adversaries who also seek the painting. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728579 Dr. Moreaus daughter, Juliet, travels to her estranged fathers island, only to encounter murder, medical horrors, and a love triangle. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727659 An abandoned building. A dank cellar. And inside it, a cage of bones-with a shocking surprise lurking within. Carvers new thriller will scare the daylights out of you. Into the house. Down the stairs. Through the dripping dark of the cellar. Someone is there. Someone that shouldnt be there. As a building awaits demolition, a horrifying discovery is made inside the basement: a cage made of human bones-with a terrified, feral child lurking within. Unbeknownst to Detective Inspector Phil Brennan and psychologist Marina Esposito, they have disturbed a killer who has been operating undetected for thirty years. A killer who wants that boy back. But the cage of bones is also a box of secrets-secrets linking Brennan to the madman in their midst. With the death toll rising and the city reeling in terror, Brennan and Marina race to expose a predator more soullessly evil than any theyve ever faced-and one who is hiding in plain sight. 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=1728578 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727645 Bernard and Clarie Martin are on the case after two young women disappear after having assisted a Russian man throw a dead body into a canal in 1897 Paris. 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=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=1644039 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=1639168 Everyone in Fitzgerald Bay--except his law-enforcement family--is convinced Charles Fitzgerald murdered his childrens nanny. Condemned by public opinion, his only hope for a replacement nanny to take care of his two-year-old twins is newcomer Demi Taylor. But Demi has problems of her own...starting with amnesia. She doesnt remember who she is, doesnt know where shes from--and has no idea why she always feels like someone is watching her. Is she in danger because of Charles? Or has someone sinister from her old life found her yet again? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699687 After the suspicious drowning of a local fisherman and the murder of a sultry chocolate-store manager, Lucy Stone must track down a killer, all while navigating the craziness of the Tinkers Cove Valentines Day tourist promotion. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644040 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727332 Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired Chief Constable Alan Nesbitt, have just visited Buckingham Palace, where Alan was awarded the George Cross, when they and a friend, retired Chief Inspector Jonathan Quinn, stumble across the body of a young girl hidden in St Jamess Park. Wondering what led to the unfortunate girls demise, Dorothy cant help but get involved in the case when Jonathan calls the next day and admits he knew who the victim was. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699466 Investigating the murder of a prostitute in 1892 Portland, Maine, Deputy Marshal Archie Lean discovers that the victim was ritually executed as a witch, and enlists the help of a criminologist with whom he follows a trail to the spiritual societies of gothic New England. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643928 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643895 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=1540741 Andy Barber has been an assistant district attorney in his suburban Massachusetts county for more than twenty years. When a shocking crime shatters their New England town, Andy is blindsided by what happens next: his fourteen-year-old son is charged with the murder of a fellow student. As the crisis reveals how little a father knows about his son, Andy will face a trial of his own-- between loyalty and justice, between truth and allegation, between a past hes tried to bury and a future he cannot conceive. 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=1728051 When Mike Sweeney is found floating in a vat of green beer and the nephew of one of their best customers is accused of the crime, Bernie and Libby Simmons, the owners of A Little Taste of Heaven, must find the real killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643896 Florence, summer 1963. Inspector Bordelli is one of the few policemen left in the deserted city. He spends his days on routine work and his nights tormented by the heat and mosquitoes. Suddenly one night, a telephone call gives him a new sense of purpose: the suspected death of a wealthy signora. Bordelli rushes to her hilltop villa and picks the locks. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699408 On his last day in power, with a blizzard threatening Wyoming with 18 inches of snow, Sheriff Bittersmith is called to the scene of a crime. A farmer has been stabbed clean through the neck with a pitchfork. Two sets of tracks lead from the barn, and the dead mans frantic wife exclaims her daughter is missing. Convinced it was Gale GWain, the orphan who worked at the farm, Bittersmith follows the vanishing footprints into the storm. Three miles away, Gale GWain is alone and close to dead. Hes holed up in an empty farmhouse, half-dressed and nearly dead after falling through lake ice. Innocent, but unlikely to ever stand trial in a town as corrupt as Bittersmith, he loads his gun and prepares to defend himself against the dead mans bloodthirsty sons and the Sheriffs Department. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561533 Eve Fawkner had no intention of following in her fathers footsteps. But when the thugs harassing him to repay his gambling debts threaten her young daughter, Eve is forced to assume the role of Londons most notorious cat burglar, The Shadow. The plan is simple: pull off a couple of heists, pay back the goons and go into permanent retirement. But things get messy during her first job when Eve witnesses a murder, stumbles across a clue that sheds some light on her past and, worst of all, falls for a cop. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642789 Five years after seventeen-year-old Roses mother and Joshuas father disappeared, when the step-siblings reconnect in London, Rose witnesses two murders which she fears are linked to coded notebooks Joshua has found and his investigation of the disappearance. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644143 Immediately after the September 11 attacks on New York City, Allison Taylor, James MacKenna, and homicide detective Rocky Manzillo are drawn together by a serial killer called The Nightwatcher who has his own terrifying agenda. 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=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=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=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=1561901 When a Swedish civil servant is murdered, the two leading detectives on the case, Anna Holt and Bo Jarnebring, find their investigation hastily shelved by an incompetent and corrupt senior investigator. Ten years later, Lars Johansson, having just joined the Swedish Security Police, decides to tie up a few loose ends left behind by his predecessor: specifically, two files on Swedes who had allegedly collaborated on the 1975 takeover of the West German embassy. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639933 When a teenaged girl with a bad reputation is murdered in New York Citys Central Park after a party, her childhood friend is determined to solve the mystery of who caused her death. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727041 The Killer Book of Cold Cases is the ultimate resource for any true crime buff. Filled with stories, trivia, quizzes, quotes, photos, and odd facts about the worlds most baffling cases, this is the perfect bathroom reader for anyone fascinated by murder and mayhem. Includes such gripping true cases as: The Vengeful Grandma The Unstoppable Arsonist The Slavemaster The Girl Who Grew Up Kidnapped The Coldest Case in America The Psychic Sleuth And much more. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641953 Through the years of success in Hollywood composing music for the worlds most lauded films, Chris always promised his wife they would return to the Yorkshire Dales one day. Now, after his wifes death, Chris feels he must not forget his promise. Back in the Dales, he buys Kilnsgate House, an old mansion deep in the country that will allow him the space to come to terms with his grief and the quiet to allow him to compose his piano sonata. He then learns that the house was the scene of a murder in the 1950s. The former owner, a prominent doctor named Ernest Arthur Fox, was allegedly poisoned by his beautiful and much younger wife Grace, and that she, the convicted murderer was one of the last women hanged in England. He finds himself increasingly distracted by the events of sixty years ago, and sets out to discover what really happened. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562507 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573976 Sent to do volunteer work at the Whitechapel Hospital in the east end of London in 1888, seventeen-year-old Abbie discovers the identity of Jack the Ripper. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561869 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=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=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=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=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=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=1642315 Each day is a struggle for Amanda Gleasons newborn son as he battles a rare immune deficiency. Justins best chance for a cure lies with his father, who was brutally murdered before Amanda even realized she carried his child. Or was he? One emailed photo changes everything, planting a seed of doubt that Amanda latches on to for dear life: a recent photo of a man who looks exactly like Paul. Could Justins father be alive? The mother in her is desperate to find out. But tracking down a ghost when every second counts is not for amateurs. Forensic Instincts is the one team up for the challenge. A behaviorist. A former navy SEAL. A techno-wizard. An intuitive. A retired FBI agent. A human-scent-evidence dog. Together they achieve the impossible, pushing ethical and legal boundaries whenever the ends justify the means. The manhunt is on for the elusive father. Yet the further FI digs into his past, the more questions are raised about whether the man Amanda fell in love with ever really existed at all. Dark secrets. Carefully crafted lies. From the congressional halls of Washington, D.C., to exclusive Hamptons manors, there are ruthless people who would stop at nothing to make Forensic Instincts forget about the man Amanda desperately needs to find.--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728619 Charlie didnt want this case, working for three young people, all under twenty-five, who he suspected were setting him up. With one mother and two fathers, the trio had bonded with one another and presented a solid front when Sam, one of the fathers, was killed, but had they carefully plotted the murder in advance with their defense prearranged? 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=1726790 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644476 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=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=1640009 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=1639909 A novel on youth violence in Britain, the villain being a 15-year-old boy specializing in robbing the old. Soon after his arrest he is found hanging, then the investigating police officer is killed. Inspector Resnick sets out to find the connection. A social novel as well as a mystery. 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=1642160 After an elderly man with encroaching Alzheimers disease confesses to his home attendant that as a long-ago junkie and petty thief he killed his partner in crime, police from the NYPD reluctantly dig up the community garden where the body is supposed to be buried. Instead of a dead man, they find the body of a carefully dressed ten-year-old boy. Tough-minded Detective Darlene OHara, last seen in the novel Shadows Still Remain, is on the case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639095 Introducing veteran Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Peter Cammon, this novel finds Cammon journeying to the Jurassic Coast to solve a seemingly ordinary domestic crime. At first glance, the perpetrator appears to have murdered his wife before drowning in the English Channel, but Cammon soon learns that his case is merely a sideshow. A broader series of murders has been unfolding along the cliffs, baffling the local police. Realizing that his assignment cannot be completed without figuring out the serial killings that threaten the region, the detective travels from London, Dorset, and Devon to the island of Malta, relentlessly following the overlapping threads of the two cases to their shocking climax. 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=1641612 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643454 Going undercover is second nature for Private Investigator Lola Cruz, but shes out of her league when the case of a murdered Royals Courtside Dancer leads her to a local nudist resort. Parading around the sidelines of Sacramentos professional basketball scene in a barely-there cheerleading outfit is one thing--but parading around in nothing but a smile? If she has any chance of hiding this from her traditional family and on-again/off-again boyfriend Jack, shes going to have a lot more than her duct tape bra and killer dance moves to keep under wraps ... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727671 Edinburgh, 1901. Rose McQuinn has agreed to help her neighbour, Mrs Lawers, by delivering what she claims to be a family legacy to her only living relative. Conveniently, the trip allows Rose to meet with Detective Inspector Jack Macmerry & rsquo;s daughter to try and re-establish contact with her on his behalf. Soon, Rose & rsquo;s philanthropic journey takes a turn towards the dangerous when she is attacked on a train and, on returning to Edinburgh, discovers Mrs Lawers and her maid are dead. Befriending a young first-time mother and investigating the history of Mrs Lawers & rsquo; family, Rose fi. 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=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=1641787 When the snow thaws on Londons Hampstead Heath after a harsh winter, a ghoulish discovery is made that marks the start of a very dangerous case for Detective Inspector Harry Vicary and his team. A body of a man is found on top of a shallow grave containing the battered remains of a young woman. He appears to have frozen to death, but what is his connection to the remains below? Vicarys investigation leads him deep into Londons criminal underworld. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699718 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643222 The critically acclaimed author of The Fools Tale, Nicole Galland now approaches William Shakespeares classic drama of jealousy, betrayal, and murder from the opposite side. I, Iago is an ingenious, brilliantly crafted novel that allows one of literatures greatest villains--the deceitful schemer Iago, from the Bards immortal tragedy, Othello--to take center stage in order to reveal his true motivations. This is Iago as youve never known him, his past and influences breathtakingly illuminated, in a fictional reexamination that explores the eternal question: is true evil the result of nature versus nurture or something even more complicated? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641413 When the son of a wealthy, politically powerful family is found dead, London constable and sorcerers apprentice Peter Grant investigates this case, which is linked to a rogue magician known as the Faceless Man--and which takes him deep within the deadliest subway system in the world. 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=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=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=1698774 When Liv Dugan ducks out of work for lunch, its just an ordinary day. When she returns, she stumbles onto a massacre. All her colleagues at Zuma Software have been shot. Only luck has left Liv unscathed, and that might be running out. Liv suspects the shootings are tied to her past--and to the package she recently received from her long-dead adoptive mother. Sensing shes being followed, Liv jumps into a strangers car and orders him to drive. Her hostage complies, listening carefully as her story unwinds. Skeptical at first, he ultimately begins to believe all Livs fears are justified... 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=1726733 On a hot August morning, Anne Paris is found dead, her body floating in the slough at the bottom of her familys remote summer property on an island in Puget Sound, the apparant victim of a sailing accident. Irene Chavez, the lone female detective in a rural Washington State sherriffs department, is assigned to investigate the death of this privileged young psychiatrist. As Irene gets to know Annes family, their houseguests and neighbors - and Anne herself, as the dead woman emerges in the accounts of the peopl who knew her - she comes to believe that it was not the boom of a sailboat that whacked Anne on the back of the head, but someone close to her. Irenes own past loss and unrealized ambitions, along with her awareness of the distinctions of social strata, compromise her objectivity and professionalism as she attempts to maintain composure in the face of the opaque and entitled enclave of summer people. Working with unusual autonom and urgency while her supervisor is on vacation, Irene resists the easy solution - and the familys wishes - to close the case as an accident and persists in a homicide investigation. Paralleling Irenes professional challenges, her fourteen-year-old-son is arrested, bringing home to Irene the perils of growing up in a small town or anywhere, and the inevitable parenting limitations of a working single mother. It is in the context of her sons arrest that Irene first become acquainted with the new Mason County prosecuting attorney, a potential ally or adversary, she isnt sure which.