New Mystery & Detective Books
New arrivals added to our Mystery & Detective Collection in the last 7 days
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| Oscar Wilde and the murders at Reading Gaol - a mystery by Brandreth, Gyles Daubeney, 1948- |
Oscar Wilde has fled to France after his release from Reading Gaol. Tonight he is sharing a drink and the story of his cruel imprisonment with a mysterious stranger. Oscar has endured the treadmill, solitary confinement, censored letters, no writing materials. Yet even in the midst of such deprivation, his astonishing detective powers remain undiminished. When first a brutal warder and then the prison chaplain are found murdered, who else should the Governor turn to for help other than Reading G |
May 23, 2013 |
| Out of the frying pan by Allen, Robin, 1964- |
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May 23, 2013 |
| Pecos Valley rainbow by Duncan, Alice, 1945- |
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May 23, 2013 |
| Peril on the royal train by Marston, Edward. |
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May 23, 2013 |
| Picture perfect corpse by Campbell-Slan, Joanna. |
Police detective Chad Detweiler is overjoyed to learn heâs having a baby with Kiki Lowenstein. But when his estranged wife, Brenda, is found shot to death with bullets from his revolver, the proud papa-to-be finds himself up the creek without a lawyer. Meanwhile, Kiki and Dodie Goldfader are in for a surprise when an unidentified young woman bursts into their craft store claiming to have killed Dodieâs son. Embarking on a memorial scrapbook project as a ruse to unravel the facts, Kiki canât stop |
May 23, 2013 |
| Play dead by James, Bill, 1929- |
Following a deep investigation into an incident in another Force, Colin Harpur and his boss, Assistant Chief Constable Desmond Iles, uncovered an unpalatable truth: there is corruption in the ranks. Corruption which led to murder. |
May 23, 2013 |
| Requiem Mass by Corley, Elizabeth. |
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May 23, 2013 |
| Right Side of Wrong - A Red River Mystery by Wortham, Reavis Z. |
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May 23, 2013 |
| Riverwatcher by Weber, Ronald, 1934- |
Donal Fitzgerald and his girlfriend, DNR officer Mercy Virdon investigate the mysterious death of thier old friend. |
May 23, 2013 |
| Robert B. Parker's Wonderland by Parker, Robert B., 1932-2010. |
Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A heavy-handed developer is trying to buy up Henry's condo on Revere Beach and sends thugs to move the process along. Soon Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, find a trail leading to a mysterious and beautiful woman, a megalomaniacal Las Vegas kingpin, and plans to turn to a chunk of land north of Boston into a sprawling casino. Bitter rivals emerge, a |
May 23, 2013 |
| Rottweiler rescue - a Dianne Brennan mystery by O'Connell, Ellen. |
"When Dianne Brennan volunteered as a foster home for Rottweiler Rescue, she knew the job wouldn't be easy, but she didn't expect it to be murderously hard! Yet murder is what Dianne finds herself dealing with when she takes a dog to meet an adopter, finds the adopter dead and sees the killer leaving the scene. Can Dianne keep herself and her dogs safe long enough to track down the killer? Can Dianne and her Rottweilers collar the killer?"--Publisher's website. |
May 23, 2013 |
| Sacred games by Corby, Gary. |
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May 23, 2013 |
| Seeing a Large Cat by Peters, Elizabeth |
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May 23, 2013 |
| Sherlock Holmes and Frankenstein's diary by Grant, Barry. |
After recovering from the icy journey that brought him to present day London, Sherlock Holmes and his companion, James Wilson, investigate a mad scientist torturing apes, the mysterious death of Sylvia Swann, and the cyberterrorist attacking England. |
May 23, 2013 |
| Shotgun lullaby by Ulfelder, Steve |
Compelled to help Gus, the obnoxious alcoholic son of a wealthy investment banker who reminds him of his own son, Conway Sax investigates a triple murder and suspicions that Gus was the intended victim, a case that involves numerous powerful suspects. |
May 23, 2013 |
| Sidney Chambers and the perils of the night by Runcie, James, 1959- |
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May 23, 2013 |
| Silent voices - a Vera Stanhope mystery by Cleeves, Ann. |
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May 23, 2013 |
| Smarty bones - a Sarah Booth Delaney Mystery by Haines, Carolyn. |
When a contentious professor makes claims about the identity of a woman found in a mysterious Mississippi grave and implicates wealthy Zinnia families of having ties to a related scandal, Sarah Booth Delaney is hired by a group of society ladies to clear their names only to discover another body in the professor's hotel room. |
May 23, 2013 |
| Steamed to Death by Cochran, Peg |
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May 23, 2013 |
| The Abomination by Holt, Jonathan |
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May 23, 2013 |