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Author
Pub. Date
1998, c1984
Description
The Harpers have traded their New England home for a cottage in the original England-just for the summer. Their cozy new house even comes complete with Esmond, a timid marmalade cat.
But the peaceful village starts to feel less welcoming when an attempt is made on Mr. Harper's life. Now, amid secrets and suspicions, they must sniff out the truth-with a little help from Esmond.
Author
Series
Jacqueline Kirby mysteries volume 2
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Description
Jacqueline Kirby, retired librarian and avid devotee of King Richard III, is invited to an English country house for a weekend to assist in clearing that king's name of the crimes attached to it. However, a practical joker thinks to enliven the proceedings with recreations of 15th century murder methods and one of the jokes proves fatal.
8) Subject 375
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016
Description
Subject 375 brings a unique twist to the suspense genre by featuring a protagonist with Asperger's syndrome. What to believe. Who to betray. When to run. Plastic surgeon Dr. Maria Martinez has Asperger's. Convicted of killing a priest, she is alone in prison and has no memory of the murder. DNA evidence places Maria at the scene of the crime, yet she claims she's innocent. Then she starts to remember ...A strange room. Strange people. Being watched....
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
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Description
"Three little girls set off to school one sunny morning. Within an hour, one of them is dead. Fifteen years later, Kitty can't speak and has no memory of the accident that's to blame. She lives in an institution, unlikely ever to leave. But that doesn't keep her from being frightened when she encounters an eerily familiar face. Art teacher Alison looks fine on the surface. But the surface is a lie. She's struggling to make ends meet and to forget...
11) The ice house
Author
Pub. Date
2007, c1992
Description
When a decomposed body turns up in the ice house of Streech Grange manor, Chief Inspector Walsh is assigned to investigate the possibility that the corpse is the long-missing husband of owner Phoebe Maybury.
Author
Series
Her Majesty the Queen investigates volume 3
Pub. Date
[2023]
Description
"Queen Elizabeth II is looking forward to a traditional Christmas gathering with her family in Sandringham when a shocking discovery interrupts holiday plans. A severed hand has been found--but even more unsettling, she recognizes the signet ring still attached to a finger. It belongs to a scion of the St. Cyr family, her old friends from nearby Ladybridge Hall. Despite the personal connection, the Queen wants to leave the investigation to the police--that...
14) The sculptress
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Description
Journalist Rosalind Leigh is commissioned to write a book about Olive Martin, who murdered her mother and sister five years ago.
Author
Pub. Date
[1992]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 8
Description
Fitzwilliam, recently retired from a police career in Asia, meets a lady on a train to London and dismisses her talk of murder as nonsense until he reads of her death in the paper the next morning. Fitzwilliam hace poco jubilado de ser policia en Asia conoce un mujer en un tren para London y no creaaella cuando habla de matar hasta lea que ella murio en el peridico.
18) False witness
Author
Pub. Date
c1995
Description
"By his own admission, Tom Fawley is the laziest and most cynical excuse for a man who ever tossed on a barrister's wig. To him, law is a living - no more, no less - and the exalted Old Bailey a glorified moral dustbin where Fawley and his breed clean up society's mess, without benefit of gloves."--BOOK JACKET. "This time Fawley has a devil for a client, and he doesn't have a prayer."--BOOK JACKET. "The accused is Richard Kingsley, a crippled pulp...