Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&Ne=7091&N=6594+4294966739 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=1729296 Its been quite a week for Joe Grey. First the large, powerful feline discovers that, through some strange, inexplicable phenomenon, he now has the ability to understand human language. Then he discovers he can speak it as well! Its a nightmare for a cat whod prefer to sleep the day away carefree, but Joe can handle it. That is, until he has the misfortune to witness a murder in the alley behind Jollys Deli--and worse, to be seen witnessing it. With all of his nine lives suddenly at risk, Joes got no choice but to get to the bottom of the heinous crime--because his mouse-hunting days are over for good unless he can help bring a killer to justice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703545 From award-winning author Alan Bradley comes the next cozy British mystery starring intrepid young sleuth Flavia de Luce, hailed by USA Today as one of the most remarkable creations in recent literature. Eleven-year-old amateur detective and ardent chemist Flavia de Luce is used to digging up clues, whether theyre found among the potions in her laboratory or between the pages of her insufferable sisters diaries... 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=1728877 Almost bigamy and absolute murder. Agatha Raisins life is never dull. The morning of Agathas longed-for marriage to James Lacey dawns bright and clear. But her luck runs out in the church when Jimmy, the husband she had believed long dead, turns up... 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=1729230 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=1706646 Ex-reporter Ali Reynolds is asked to help exonerate a woman and her boyfriend accused of killing a gold-digging divorce. Alis attention is diverted, however, by another case involving a teenager who finds a dead body and a small fortune in the Camp Verde desert. As she digs for answers, Ali soon realizes the two cases share sinister connections. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703535 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=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=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=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=1728056 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=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=1728978 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728084 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729279 Lucy Stone has always loved covering the annual Easter egg hunt for the Pennysaver. Hosted by elderly socialite Vivian Van Vorst at Pine Point, its a swanky event where the eggs are as likely to contain savings bonds as they are jelly beans. But when Lucy arrives, a man dressed as the Easter Bunny emerges, only to drop dead moments later. Lucy discovers the victim is VVs grandson, and soon learns that not all is as it seems at idyllic Pine Point. Always a social butterfly, VV has been skipping lunch dates with friends, and her much-needed donations to local charities have stopped with no explanation. Maybe shes going senile, or maybe her heirs are getting a little too anxious to take over her estate... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729192 The gentrification of Hemlock Falls, home to innkeeper, artist and amateur sleuth Sara Quill Quilliam, has drawn the attention of Edmund Tree, host of Your Ancestors Attic. Everyone is searching attics for treasures - including a burglar! Quill is not impressed with the obnoxious Tree or his television rival, who blows into town for a ratings-booster showdown. But poison makes the new show to watch a murder mystery with Quill playing the detective. 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=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=1699640 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=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=1727476 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=1699702 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=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=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=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=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=1727842 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729246 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=1706643 While investigating the murder of a well-respected barrister who was found dead at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace, Detective Inspector Gemma James and her partner, Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot, begin to question everything they think they know abouttheir world and those they trust most. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728578 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=1728987 When thirteen-year-old Emily Houchens happens upon a dead body hidden in the woods in Roma, Kentucky one day, she decides not to tell anyone about her discovery--a choice that begins to haunt her. Susanna Mitchell has always been a good girl, the dutiful daughter, wife and mother, while her older sister Ronnie trolled bars for men and often drove home at sunrise. But when Ronnie goes missing and Susanna realizes that shes the only person in Roma who truly cares about her sisters fate, she starts to question her quiet life and its value. Emily; Susanna; Tony, a failed baseball star turned detective, aspiring to be the countys first black sheriff; and Wyatt, a fifty-five-year-old factory worker tormented by a past he cant change and by a love he doesnt think he deserves. Their stories converge in a violent climax that reveals not just the mystery of what happened to Ronnie but all of their secret selves. 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=1727516 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729280 When Dulcie Schwartz stumbles across the body of Melinda Sloane Harquist, a visiting scholar whose upcoming book threatens to ruin Dulcies thesis and who she threatened to kill, in jest, just days before, its creepily reminiscent of the nightmares that have been waking her for the past week. And with boyfriend Chris distant and preoccupied, and both the ghost cat Mr. Grey and her kitten Esme strangely cryptic in their advice, its up to Dulcie to prove herself innocent, before its too late... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703524 Archivist Beecher White discovers a connection that may link the individuals responsible for the only four successful assassinations of American Presidents after discovering a modern-day killer who is recreating the assassins crimes. 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=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=1727613 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1728360 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729255 Disaster strikes a mere week before the Hemlock Falls Ladies Auxiliary hosts the annual Spring Fete when the festivals chairwoman--the redoubtable Adela Henry--gives up her job in a huff. Who will stop the members of the Craft Guild from sabotaging their rivals, the Crafty Ladies? More to the point, whos got the tact, diplomacy, and iron will necessary to organize the booths and settle quarrels over the programming? Hemlocks mayor hopes to assure the fetes success when he recruits professional organizer Linda Connally and her staff to take over Adelas duties. But when Connallys body turns up in the trunk of a used car at Petersons Automotive, Meg and Sarah Quilliam, owners of the Inn at Hemlock Falls, are back in the detecting business... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644040 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641705 When eighteen-year-old Chess Putnam is offered the chance to train with a special team of investigators known as the Black Squad, she feels torn. Shes never been a team player and hates how one male Inquisitor condescends to the new kid. But at her first bloody crime scene, she gets a taste for investigation--and is hooked on the high. Though the seasoned Inquisitors consider the series of ghost murders random events, Chess starts to detect a pattern. Is a psycho killer summoning ghosts from the City of Eternity and using them as murder weapons? As Chess gets closer to the dark truth, she puts herself in grave danger and risks losing everything shes fought so hard for. 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=1646788 In the midst of a murder investigation in the heart of Amish country, one young policeman finds his heart led astrayThe serenity of the quiet Amish community of Marion, Kentucky, is disrupted when the body of Perry Borntrager is discovered in an abandoned well. Now the small town faces the first death by mysterious circumstances in more than twenty years, and Detective Luke Reynolds is brought in to help investigate... 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=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=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=1562507 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699680 Lights, camera, murder -- who wrote dying into Hannah Ives script? It does not take much arm-twisting to persuade Hannah Ives to join the twelve-strong cast of Patriot House, 1774, a reality show recreating eighteen-century colonial life during the turbulent days leading up to the American Revolution. But when Hannah befriends Amy Cornell, a maid on set and the young widow of a Navy SEAL off it, and the crews dance master is found murdered, events away from the camera become just as dramatic as those on it. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703377 Its the slow season at the Hemlock Falls Inn, so sisters Sarah and Meg Quilliam, who serve as innkeeper and chef, are thrilled that the handsome Chief Justice has ordered that a jury be sequestered at the inn. But then they get the list of what the group will need during their stay, and begin to have misgivings. There are only six jurors, the judge, his bodyguard, and the court liaison, but there may as well be a full house! http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642229 My friends and I used to play lying games. Now my twin sister is living one. When I was alive, my family seemed picture-perfect. My adoptive parents adored me, and my little sister, Laurel, copied my every move. But now that my long-lost twin, Emma, has taken my place to solve my murder, were both learning just how flawed my family really is. Laurel is shooting Emma nasty looks and sneaking around with my ex-boyfriend. And it turns out my parents are keeping a huge secret-could it be the reason Im dead? How far would they go to keep the truth buried? No one can harm me now, but Emma is still fair game. And if shes not careful, shell end up buried, too...--Dust jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573503 Brandy Borne and her suspiciously well-informed mother, Vivian, have the winning bid on an abandoned storage units mystery contents, which they discover includes a vintage cornet. But when they arrive to claim the rest of their loot, the space is empty-except for the recently stowed body of Big Jim Bob, Vivians tipster-a.k.a. former flame. Only one thing is certain: someone has definitely put the rage in storage! Murder turns to mayhem when an intruder steals into the Borne home, tries to mete out some ruff justice to Brandys ferociously fluffy shih tzu, Sushi, and makes off with the cornet. But why is the horn worth killing for? Clues soon lead the sleuthing Borne duo to the next stashed victim-and some of Serenitys juiciest secrets. Now Brandy and Mother will have to play a perilous game of cat-and-mouse droppings to catch the corpse-hoarding killer before its time to blow Taps for all concerned...--Dust jacket. 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=1646685 Karin Slaughters new novel is an epic tale of love, loyalty, and murder that encompasses forty years, two chillingly similar murder cases, and a good mans deepest secrets. Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is inexplicably kept off the case by his supervisor and mentor, deputy director Amanda Wagner. Will cannot fathom Amandas motivation until the two of them literally collide in an abandoned orphanage they have both been drawn to for different reasons. Decades before--when Wills father was imprisoned for murder--this was his home. Flash back nearly forty years. In the summer Will Trent was born, Amanda Wagner is going to college, making Sunday dinners for her father, taking her first steps in the boys club that is the Atlanta Police Department. One of her first cases is to investigate a brutal crime in one of the citys worst neighborhoods. Amanda and her partner, Evelyn, are the only ones who seem to care if an arrest is ever made. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707162 Walter Days first case for the London Murder Squad sets him on a hunt for the depraved madman who killed one of their own detectives. Now, Walters best chance for success lies with Dr. Bernard Kingsley, the Yards brilliant forensic pathologist. 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=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=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=1641917 The Bug Man Suspense Bundle is a 3-in-1 set of eBooks from author Tim Downs: First the Dead, Less than Dead, and Ends of the Earth. This series follows Nick Polchak, a quirky forensic entomologist known as The Bug Man, as he works to uncover murders using his expert knowledge of bugs. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729229 He was a hairdresser to dye for...The local ladies all deem Mr. John a wizard, so when Agatha Raisin finds a few grey hairs on her head-and the rinse she tries at home turns her hair purple-she makes a beeline for the handsome Evesham hairdresser... 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=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=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=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=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=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=1706860 Ali Reynoldss old friend, a Santa Cruz deputy sheriff, is gunned down, an apparent victim of the drug wars. But looks can be deceiving, and when more bodies begin to pile up, Ali suspects that everyone looking into the case is a potential victim--including her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643912 As commander of the River Police, Monk is accustomed to violent death, but the mutilated female body found on Limehouse Pier one chilly December morning moves him with horror and pity. The victims name is Zenia Gadney. Her waterfront neighbors can tell him little, only that the same unknown gentleman had visited her once a month for many years. She must be a prostitute, but, described as quiet and kempt, she doesnt appear to be a fallen woman. What sinister secrets could have made poor Zenia worth killing? And why does the government keep interfering in Monks investigation? While the public cries out for blood, Monk, his spirited wife, Hester, and their brilliant barrister friend, Oliver Rathbone, search for answers. From dank waterfront alleys to Londons fabulously wealthy West End, the three trail an ice-blooded murderer toward the unbelievable, possibly unprovable truth, and ultimately engage their adversaries in an electric courtroom duel. But unless they can work a miracle, a monumental evil will go unpunished and an innocent person will hang. This is a novel of intrigue and suspense in which Monk is driven to make the hardest decision of his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643895 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643928 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639865 No woman could deny the appeal of the sexy deputy sheriff Jonas Porter. But to Courtney Allen, Jonas has one major flaw--his badge. Years ago, Courtneys father was wrongfully convicted of a crime and she vowed to never trust a cop again. But when Jonas becomes the only man to believe in her fathers innocence, Courtney begins seeing the brooding lawman in a whole new way. Jonas knows in his gut that the real killer is still out there and determined to finish what he started long ago. To protect Courtney and bring the criminal to justice will require all the skills he can muster. And that means focusing on the job. Not the woman who makes him forget his troublesome past and arouses in him a passion that is anything but professional. 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=1561983 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644288 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646719 While working on a project translating letters from sixteenth-century Prague, high school senior Nora Kane discovers her best friend murdered with her boyfriend the apparent killer and is caught up in a dangerous web of secret societies and shadowy conspirators. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639824 All human beings, says an African legend, have an animal double. Some doubles are benign, others wicked. This legend comes to life in Alain Mabanckous outlandish, surreal, and charmingly nonchalant Memoirs of a Porcupine . When Kibandi, a boy living in a Congolese village, reaches the age of 11, his father takes him out into the night and forces him to drink a vile liquid from a jar that has been hidden for years in the earth. This is his initiation. From now on, he and his double, a porcupine, become accomplices in murder. They attack neighbors, fellow villagers, and people who simply cross. 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=1646716 It is 1937, and Captain Alexei Korolev finds himself on an airplane bound for Odessa after the suspicious suicide of a loyal young party member who supposedly had an illicit relationship with the party director. His instructions are to determine if her suicide was actually a cover-up for murder, and if so, to find her killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639850 When a young girls body is pulled out of the harbor in the small Swedish resort town of Fjallbacka, Det. Patrik Hedstrm becomes the lead investigator as he struggles with lazy and inept colleagues and an even remoter-than-usual boss. Its his grim task to discover who could be behind the murder of the child both he and his partner Erica knew well. 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=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=1703405 Joe OLoughlin investigates the murder of a married couple during a horrible London blizzard, but does not believe that the prime suspect--a troubled young man who reported the killings but cannot explain why he was at the crime scene--is really the killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646753 Clement Mansell knows how easy it is to get away with murder. The seriously crazed killer is already back on the Detroit streets -- thanks to some nifty courtroom moves by his crafty looker of a lawyer -- and hes feeling invincible enough to execute a crooked Motown judge on a whim... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574609 On an all-expenses-paid trip to a Hollywood Hills luxury spa to create a unique wedding cake, Piper Donovan discovers the gruesome murder of another guest. 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=1707163 Amanda Gleasons infant son Justin suffers from a rare immune deficiency. His best chance for survival died with his father, Paul, who was murdered before Justin was born. But when a recent photo surfaces of a man who looks like a very-much-alive Paul, Amanda hires Forensic Instincts to investigate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699008 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642825 Zoo keeper Iris Oakley is sent to a remote farm in Washington State to rescue exotic animals after a drug bust. Instead of pets, she finds smuggled parrots and tortoises destined for sale to unscrupulous or unsuspecting collectors. The zoos facilities are full, and she ends up with two macaws shrieking in her basement. The marijuana grow operation and the meth lab are the cops problem. The smuggling side-line is hers. An outraged Iris is determined to break the criminal pipeline that snatches rare animals from the wild and leaves them neglected in old barns. Then she discovers a woman who escaped the bust--dead. Iris has stumbled onto a violent crime, something far too dangerous for a widow with a young son. But its too late to untangle herself. Brothers from the farm, both murder suspects, invade her home, demanding information she doesnt have. Iris flees with her child, but soon her only option is to go on the offensive. People she counts on are not who they claim to be. A friend is shot during a break-in at the zoo and may not survive. Hunting for the brothers, Iris sorts through baffling clues and trips over secrets old and new. Why steal an ordinary drinking glass? Why do the brothers think she knows where their fathers fortune is hidden? Could the noisy parrots be hiding crucial information in plain sight? She realizes a key piece is missing, but finding it means confronting a determined killer.--publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703307 Someone is bumping off rocks wrinkled royalty. After the death of the third aging rock star, 58-year-old Freddie Finger, lead singer for multiplatinum band Rocket Fire, astrologer-detective David Lowell is brought into the case. Freddie wasnt well liked, and Lowell has his hands full with plenty of suspects: Freddies ex-wives, his disgruntled band members, his greedy manager, and the musician whose career Freddie sabotaged many years ago. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639596 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1729114