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Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
When mystery author Charlee Russo arrives at a Portland writers' conference and learns that the adult daughter of the organizer has been kidnapped, she takes over the conference planning while trying to untangle the problematic web of the kidnapping.
Author
Series
Mystery writer's mystery volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Mystery author Charlemagne "Charlee" Russo thinks the twisty plots and peculiar murders in her books are only the product of her imagination--until her agent is found dead exactly as described in Charlee's new, unpublished manuscript. Suspicion now swirls around her and her critique group, making her confidence drop severely and unexpectedly as her royalty payments. The police care more about Charlee's feeble alibi and financial problems than they...
4) Vamp
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Vamp is a hot new Valentino mystery by Loren D. Estleman, the master of the hard-boiled detective novel and recipient of the Private Eye Writers of America Lifetime Achievement Award. Renowned film detective Valentino is on a quest to help restore The Comet, an extinct drive-in movie theater, and his trail leads him to Leo Kalishnikov, who requests a favor first - rid him of a blackmailer from his shady past, and he'll gladly hand over the money...
Author
Series
Dunne Diehl volume 2
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
In this sequel to BANANA BAMBOOZLE, all Cassidy Dunne wants is a road trip to bond with her niece and some gooey campfire s'mores. What she gets is an extra serving of mayhem - marijuana brownies, creepy locals, an ardent admirer, a precocious canine cohort, and a dead body. Driving an RV from California to Colorado in winter poses plenty of challenges, some of which can be solved, at least temporarily, by her secret stash of candy. But nothing can...
Author
Series
Dunne Diehl volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014].
Language
English
Description
After imbibing in one too many Banana Bamboozles at a backyard party, Cassidy Dunne is flabbergasted to recognize one of the partygoers as her teenage niece. When she points out the girl to her longtime best friend, Dan Diehl, he revokes her bar privileges, reminding her that one, she's blotto, and two, the niece in question died in a tragic house fire as an infant fourteen years earlier. Nevertheless, Cassidy becomes obsessed with confirming the...
Author
Series
Mystery writer's mystery volume 4
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"A Christmas pageant. A dead Santa. All is not calm, and it's definitely not bright. The only thing Charlee Russo wants for Christmas are some silent nights so she can work on her mystery manuscript. Instead, she gets snowballed into writing and directing a Christmas play as a fundraiser for an elementary school to be held at the local senior center. But when the actor playing Santa drops dead at rehearsal, Charlee must deck the halls with thoughts...
Author
Series
French Bistro novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The buoyant mood at Bistro Rousseau deflates when Chef Camille's sister, Renee, turns up dead in the chef's kitchen, and Mimi Rousseau must tease the real killer out of a mľange of menacing characters. Crush Week in Nouvelle Vie is a madhouse - in a good way. Tourists pour into town for the pressing of the Napa Valley's world-renowned grapes, and all the town's businesses get a nice lift, including Bistro and Maison Rousseau. Mimi is raising the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"After many years of happy marriage, Emma Knightley and her husband are throwing a house party, bringing together distant relatives and new acquaintances-not all of whom are well known to the Knightleys but are certainly beloved by every Jane Austen fan: Elizabeth and Fitzwilliam Darcy, Marianne and Colonel Brandon, Anne and Captain Wentworth, and Fanny and Edmund Bertram. Very much not invited is Mr. Wickham, whose latest financial scheme has netted...
10) La herida
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Una monja desaparece, dejando un enigmático mensaje, y un colaborador del papa Francisco les encarga a dos agentes de Inteligencia buscarla por cielo y tierra. En paralelo, una operadora política despedida por la Casa Rosada es contratada por el gobernador de un feudo patagónico para mejorar su imagen y evitarle una catástrofe electoral. Con la ayuda de Remil ?un perturbador agente que trabaja desde las sombras?, ella se vale de todo: espionaje...
Author
Series
Inspector Mascarell volume 13
Pub. Date
[bril de 2022]
Language
Español
Description
"Febrero de 1952. Dalena, una excompañera de Patro que fue a la cárcel por ayudarla hace años, le pide ayuda ahora para cambiar de vida. Cuando Patro se encuentra al chulo de Dalena asesinado en el piso que compartían, recurre a su marido, Miquel Mascarell, que acaba involucrado en el caso para salvarlas a las dos. Dalena va a casarse con un rico industrial barcelonés y su hermano ha sido abatido por las fuerzas del orden en un atraco perpetrado...
12) Las jaurias
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
En abril de 1965, en un pueblo extremeño fronterizo con Portugal aparecieron los cadáveres del general Humberto Delgado y de su secretaria. Los asesinatos fueron obra de la policía política portuguesa, por encargo del dictador Oliveira Salazar y con la colaboración de Franco. Muchos años después, para Abel Castro, un viejo periodista en paro que trabajó en el caso, se trata de un asunto olvidado. Pero deja de serlo al recibir la visita de...
Author
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"On the streets of 1970s Brooklyn, a daily ritual goes down: the dance. Money is exchanged, belongings surrendered, power asserted. The promise of violence lies everywhere, a currency itself. For these children, Black, brown, and white, the street is a stage in shadow. And in the wings hide the other parents; cops; renovators; landlords; those who write the headlines, the histories, and laws; those who award this neighborhood its name. The rules appear...
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Everyone knows the story of the Alperton Angels: the cult who brainwashed a teenage girl into believing her baby was the Antichrist. When the girl came to her senses and called the police, the Angels committed suicide and the mother and baby disappeared. Now, true crime author Amanda Bailey is looking to revive her career by writing a book on the case. According to records, the Alperton baby has now turned eighteen; finding them both will be the...
Author
Pub. Date
2013, c2008
Language
Español
Description
Dos jueces del Tribunal Supremo son asesinados horas después el uno del otro, y Darby Shaw, una estudiante de derecho en Tulane, cree que tiene la respuesta. Ella prepara un informe meticuloso y especulativo que construye un caso sólido contra un sospechoso por sorpresa, un sospechoso con amigos poderosos que la quiere a ella y a su breve de una vez por todas para siempre.
Two supreme court justices are murdered within hours of each other, and...
16) Sin rastro
Author
Series
Principal noir volume 20
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Quería pasar página, pero el pasado siempre vuelve... Atormentado por la desaparición de su esposa hace unos meses, el inspector Robert Kett deja su empleo en la Policía Metropolitana de Reino Unido y se traslada a la ciudad de Norwich con sus tres hijas pequeñas, con la esperanza de restaurar la paz en su familia rota y empezar de cero. Pero la tranquilidad en su nueva vida dura muy poco: dos niñas desaparecen mientras están repartiendo periódicos...
17) El angel negro
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
Angus Russell, un poderoso hombre millonario aparece muerto en su mansi?on de Harrow Hill con la garganta cortada de lado a lado. Las huellas dactilares y el ADN encontrado en la escena del crimen se?nalan como culpable a Billy Tate, un bicho raro del pueblo relacionado con temas de brujer?ia y con un conocido rencor contra la v?ictima. Pero hay un problema. Tras caer desde un tejado, Tate fue declarado muerto el d?ia anterior al asesinato de Russell....
18) Catedrales
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
Una adolescente aparece quemada y descuartizada en un descampado. Treinta a?nos despu?es, el crimen sigue sin aclararse y su familia y entorno se han desmoronado. Hace treinta a?nos, en un terreno bald?io de un barrio tranquilo, apareci?o descuartizado y quemado el cad?aver de una adolescente. La investigaci?on se cerr?o sin culpables y su familia -de clase media educada, formal y cat?olica- silenciosamente se fue resquebrajando. Pero, pasado ese...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
El desconcertante homicidio de Olga María, una mujer de clase alta y madre de familia, deja conmocionada a la sociedad salvadoreña. Su mejor amiga no concibe que alguien pueda haber asesinado -a sangre fría, delante de sus dos hijas pequeñas y en su propia casa- a esta mujer honesta y de reputación intachable. Ante la incompetencia policial y la presión de la prensa, será la amiga misma quien intente resolver tan terrible crimen. Su monólogo...
20) Cutting edge
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"As a Coast Guard rescue swimmer in Alaska, Trey DeBolt enjoys a rewarding job with limitless adventure. His life is uprooted, however, when his helicopter goes down during a particularly harrowing rescue. Gravely injured, DeBolt awakens weeks later to severe headaches and a battered body. He remembers little about the crash. Most disconcerting of all are his surroundings--he is recovering, not in a hospital, but in a seaside cabin in Maine, thousands...
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