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Old & New: Mysteries for You
Baantjer. DeKok and Murder on the Menu
On the back of a menu from the Amsterdam Hotel-Restaurant is found the complete,
signed confession of a murder. DeKok, and his assistant Vledder, follow the
trail of the menu and soom more victims are found and DeKok and Vledder are in
deadly danger themselves. Mys Baantjer (Main)
Burke, James Lee. Jolie Blon’s Bounce
Dave Robicheaux's latest case involves the rape and murders of two people--one a
14-year-old girl, the other a drugged out prostitute, who is the daughter of a
local Mafia bigwig. Robicheaux believes the chief suspect is not the killer. He
is also battling a painkiller addiction. When Robicheaux's longtime buddy stops
by for a visit, he is quickly drawn into this struggle between evil
forces--bullies and Mafioso. What begins as a duel of wits soon turns into a
dance of death. Mys Bur (Main)
Craig, Philip. A Shoot on Martha’s Vineyard
The arrivals of a handsome Hollywood director and an old enemy from the
Massachusetts environmental agency spell trouble for J.W. Jackson, putting his
marriage and his life in danger. Mys Cra (Main & West)
Conant, Susan. Bloodlines
The murder of Puppy Luv Pet Store owner Diane Sweet, and then a second murder,
lead Holly Winter and her veterinarian lover Steve on the trail of a criminal in
a tale of chicanery, deceit, and homicide. Mys Con (Main)
Dibdin, Michael. Cosi Fan Tutti
Now commander of Naples' harbor detail, Aurelio Zen tries to help a seductive
Neapolitan widow separate her daughters from their possibly Mafia-associated
fiances and finds himself mistaken for the head of Naples' most powerful crime
family as he investigates a bizarre series of crimes. Mys Dib (Main)
Fulmer, David. Jass
In the wake of four musicians' murders, Creole detective Valentin St. Cyr
discovers that the only surviving member of their band has gone into hiding and
suspects that a shadowy woman is the key to solving the mystery, which is
complicated by local authorities who want him off the case. Mys Ful (Main)
Gash, Jonathan. The Rich and the Profane
Lovejoy gets involved in a plot to rob the treasure of Albansham priory, which
leads to a chase to the Channel Islands and a number of sudden disappearances
and close calls. Mys Gas (Main)
Hillerman, Tony. The First Eagle
Jim Chee and Joe Leaphorn are at it again in the Southwest in search of a killer
of a young Navajo Tribal Police officer. At first it seems an open-and-shut case
and they are ready to charge a Hopi man. In addition, Leaphorn has been hired to
find a woman biologist who disappeared while studying a new form of bubonic
plague found in the dry land of the Southwest. Are these cases linked? Mys Hil
(West)
James, P. D. The Lighthouse
Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team are called on to solve a sensitive high
profile case on Combe Island off the Cornish coast of England at a time when
Dalgliesh is dealing with his uncertain future with Emma Lavenham. Mys Jam
(Main)
Kaminsky, Stuart. A Cold Red Sunrise
Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov travels to Siberia to investigate a politically hot
case that someone very powerful does not really want solved, but the dogged
detective presses on despite the danger to himself. Mys Kam (Main)
Langton, Jane. The Shortest Day: Murder at the Revels
In Cambridge, Massachusetts, a jealous and deranged husband sets out to murder
the men he imagines are his wife's suitors. He kills three before Mary Kelly,
wife of Harvard professor Homer Kelly, fingers him. Mys Lan (Main & West)
Larsson, Asa. Sun Storm
When a body is discovered in her hometown, a young Swedish lawyer is called back
home, only to become traped in a perilous web of betrayal, suspicion, religious
fanaticism, and death, in a suspense novel set against the backdrop of northern
Sweden. Mys Lar (Main)
Mankell, Henning. Before the Frost
Taking a position with the Ystad police force shortly after graduating, Linda
Wallander, the daughter of inspector Kurt Wallender, struggles with their
contentious relationship before taking on the case of a childhood friend, who
has disappeared. Mys Man (Main & West)
Mayor, Archer. Occam’s Razor
As Lt. Joe Gunther and his team attempt to reconstruct three seemingly random
crimes--the death of a man killed by a freight train, illegal toxic waste
discovered in an abandoned truck, and a woman found stabbed in her home--they
uncover a terrifying conspiracy with links to the highest levels of government.
Mys May (Main)
Qiu, Xiaolong. A Loyal Character Dancer
Assigned to help the wife of an important witness to reach the United States
safely, U.S. marshal Catharine Rohn learns that the woman has vanished, while
inspector Chen reluctantly assumes the task of saving face. Mys Qiu (Main)
Rankin, Ian. Witch Hunt
Pursued by three obsessed detectives, an assassin known as Witch undertakes an
assignment with global ramifications that forces those who are investigating her
to follow leads within the highest ranks of international law and finance. Mys
Ran (Main & West)
Robinson, Lynda S. Drinker of Blood
While secretly investigating the mysterious death of Queen Nefertiti, Lord Meren,
the pharaoh's trusted advisor, is compromised by a court intrigue and must
discover the villains who conspire against him. Mys Rob (Main)
Sayers, Dorothy. Gaudy Night
When Harriet Vane attends her Oxford reunion, known as the "Gaudy," the prim
academic setting is haunted by a rash of bizarre pranks: scrawled obsentities,
burnt effigies and poison-pen letters -- including one that says, "Ask your
boyfriend with the title if he likes arsenic in his soup."Some of the notes
threaten murder; all are perfectly ghastly; yet in spite of their scurrilous
nature, all are perfectly worded. And Harriet finds herself ensnared in a
nightmare of romance and terror, with only the tiniest shreds of clues to
challenge her powers of detection, and those of her paramour, Lord Peter Wimsey.
Mys Say (Main)
Sklepowich, Edward. Death in the Palazzo
American expatriate Urbino Macintyre finds himself involved in a long-time
family feud when the unveiling of a portrait of the Contessa da Capo-Zendrini
and the reunion of two estranged families results in murder. Mys Skl (Main)
Smith, Julie. House of Blues
Finding local pressures rising when a crime wave peaks with the murder of a
prominent restauranteur, New Orleans homicide detective Skip Langdon begins a
detailed search for the killer, as well as for the victim's missing heirs. Mys
Smi (Main)
AH 5/07
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