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Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Español
Description
"Dos amigas que viven juntas mantienen una relación conflictiva entre ambas. Una, la rubia, aparece asesinada. La otra es acusada de haberla matado. Un investigador "cazador de asesinos" apuesta por la inocencia de la principal sospechosa, la muchacha de mirada gélida. La abuela, una mujer rica, sin límites, está dispuesta a dar su vida por salvar a su nieta. Mientras el inexplicable crimen conmueve al país y exaspera al periodismo, la justicia...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
A vicious murder with a broadsword leaves a man dead at a remote and ancient castle in the Bavarian forests. Shortly thereafter, the bubonic plague—a hideous disease believed to be eliminated centuries ago, is detected in Bavaria, killing its victims. German police Kommissar Franz Waldbaer strongly suspects a link to the castle, but his investigation is impeded by the master of the castle, the arrogant Count von Wintelock. As Waldbaer painfully...
Author
Series
Vineyard Quilt mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Murder checks in. When Julie Ellis traded her high stress life as an antiquities bounty hunter in the big city for the slower pace of Missouri wine country, she expected to find peace and tranquility among the beautiful rolling hills—not murder and mayhem. As the new innkeeper of the Quilt Haus Inn, Julie breathes a sigh of relief when preparations for their first quilting murder mystery weekend are finally complete. The props are set, the scripts...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This novel marks the long-awaited arrival—in English—of a masterful voice in Mexican and noir fiction.
Death in Veracruz is a gritty and atmospheric noir centered on the so-called oil wars of the late 1970s, which pitted the extremely powerful and corrupt government-owned oil cartel PEMEX against the agrarian landowners in the coastal regions of Southern Mexico. This novel, translated for the first time in English since its publication 30 years...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Roped into helping her émigré stepfather Nikolai escape the clutches of a ruthless blackmailer, Jo Epstein must enter a world where criminals enforce a 19th century code of honor, threats arrive inside traditional Matryoshka (nesting) dolls and fashion models adorn themselves with lewd prison tattoos. And even as she helps Nikolai — who claims to have been framed — to evade the police, Jo can’t help wondering if her musically gifted, but socially...
10) Ripoff
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Who's ripping off the Federal prison system — and how?
A funny crime caper with a diabolically clever scam.
Thirty-something Kimberly was living the good life with a great executive job, a wardrobe to die for and a hot, young boyfriend. That all changed in the space of a few hours when her company went bankrupt and her boy-toy took off with her money and most of her worldly possessions. When she accepts a job with the Federal prison system, she...
Author
Series
Josie Tucker novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Meet Josie Tucker. Food is her life, from her mother’s old restaurant to her newspaper column on restaurants and kitchens. She can soothe any problem with food or drink. Missed bus? Mango-orange smoothie. Mild doldrums? A piece of peppered beef jerky. But lately, she can’t even stand the smell of a watery cup of broth. Being at the mercy of an indignant and vengeful digestive system is no cup of tea. So what happens when she gets roped into being...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Having Sisters Is Great, Right? Of course it is, but there are times when— you know! Like the women in THE SLEUTH SISTERS, I have two sisters I love very much. That doesn't mean we're alike. Sisters often feel close because of shared genetics and early experiences, but their lives spin out in unique ways. Our differences might drive our siblings crazy, but our similarities will bring us back to each other, time and time again. In this book you'll...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Old people were dying at an alarming rate at La Vida Boca, a posh assisted living facility in Boca Raton, Florida. With its sterling reputation, dedicated staff, and top-notch medical care, none of the deaths are considered suspicious, but when members of the poker club start to die under strange circumstances, attorney Jamie Quinn finds herself once again embroiled in a mystery. With help from her new friend, Jessie Sandler, and her favorite P.I.,...
Author
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Ten years before Easy Innocence, P.I. Georgia Davis was a police officer on the force in a Chicago suburb. And while homicides are rare on the North Shore, three bodies turn up in quick succession — all of them dumped in waste disposal dumpsters or landfills. The investigations into the murders test the mettle and professionalism of a combined police task force. Along the way, they also test the strength of Georgia's relationship with one of the...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Thomas Clarady is recruited to spy on a group of radical Puritans at Cambridge University. Francis Bacon is his spymaster; his tutor in both tradecraft and religious politics. Their commission gets off to a deadly start when Tom finds his chief informant hanging from the roof beams. Now he must catch a murderer as well as a seditioner. His first suspect is volatile poet Christopher Marlowe, who keeps turning up in the wrong places. Dogged by unreliable...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The third installment in the Shamus-nominated Scott Drayco series:Three years ago, Scott Drayco left the FBI after an incident involving his partner, Mark "Sarg" Sargosian. Now a freelance crime consultant, Drayco often helps law enforcement on cases, but he never imagined his estranged former partner would turn up on his doorstep, pleading for Drayco's help. A co-ed at an elite Washington, D.C., private college has been murdered, and the victim's...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Cici discovers a body in the forest. The victim’s wounds are identical to the ones that killed her sister a year ago... Someone murdered her sister. And shot her dog. The killer won't stop until Cici's dead, too. With her identical twin sister haunting her dreams, Cici and her dogs must dodge arrows, bullets, and even a demon truck. Worse, she must grapple with the knowledge her twin's death was much more sinister than a random act of violence....
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
This short story anthology explores the shadowy worlds of noir, mystery and crime fiction. The stories range in tone from hardboiled detective to parody. Altogether, this collection has something for everyone who enjoys dark or edgy crime fiction. This book includes a sixth bonus short story.
Author
Series
Maya Skye mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Finalist: Midwest Book Awards Yoga teacher Maya Skye faces the same challenge every day: balance her search for inner peace with her fascination with mayhem. When she inherits a book of secrets, the Down Dog Diary, she sets out to find the killer of the book's former owner, a shaman named James Tumblethorne. When the mystical journal is stolen, Maya learns just how elusive inner peace can be at the point of a gun. Set in small Gabriel’s Garden,...
Author
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
When pretty, smart Sara Long is found bludgeoned to death, it's easy to blame the man with the bat. But Georgia Davis — former cop and newly-minted P.I. — is hired to look into the incident at the behest of the accused's sister, and what she finds hints at a much different, much darker answer. It seems the privileged, preppy schoolgirls on Chicago's North Shore have learned just how much their innocence is worth to hot-under-the-collar businessmen....
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