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Murder at the Monks' Table (A Sister Mary Helen Mystery #11)
by Carol Anne O'MarieA blessing in disguise. Sister Mary Helen is in luck, depending on how you look at it. She and Sister Eileen are in Ireland to attend the week-long Oyster Festival in the little village of Ballyclarin. They make their first stop at a central oasis of food and drink called the Monks' Table, where Mary Helen overhears a woman saying to the man with her, "I am surprised someone hasn't killed you already." The next night, Mary Helen finds the same man in the pub's ladies' room, murdered. Coincidence? Divine intervention? Heaven only knows...which is why Mary Helen must find out--even though the Irish police warn her not to get involved. But sometimes Fate will just not listen to reason... and soon this septuagenarian nun is on the case in one of her bravest adventures to date. Check the Bookshare library for the other ten books in the Sister Mary Helen mystery series about the ever curious, spry senior nun, gifted with investigative skills, Mary Helen and her Irish friend Sister Eileen. Full of keen observations of people and her surroundings and sprinkled with apt quotes from many sources, these mysteries are cozy, baffling and engaging. Look for: #1. A Novena for Murder, #2. Advent of Dying, #3. The Missing Madonna, #4. Murder in Ordinary Time, #5. Murder Makes a Pilgrimage, #6. Death Goes on Retreat, #7. Death of an Angel, #8. Death Takes up a Collection, #9. Requiem at the Refuge and #10. The Corporal Works of Murder.
Murder at the Movies (Albert J Tretheway Ser.)
by A. E. EddendenOnce more we meet the inimitable Inspector Albert V. Tretheway and his colleague, Constable Jonathan (Jake) Small, in the Canadian city of Fort York in 1939. Pranks begin when Tretheway's beloved bowler hat disappears. Three weeks later Tretheway and Jake investigate a nervous neighbor's report about an anonymous phone tip that her long-dead husband is in her garage. They find instead a live horse wearing Tretheway's missing bowler. The pranks escalate, and only Tretheway connects them and surmises they are movie-inspired. The guessing game begins. Which movie is next? When the fourth prank involves a pre-dug grave, the Hindu Goddess Kali and the murder of a popular Bugle-Major, Tretheway spearheads a chase, cerebral and physical, through more movie murder adventures to a fiery spectacular finale.
Murder at the Mushroom Festival (A Kelly Jackson Mystery #4)
by Janet FinsilverThere’s a corpse among the chanterelles! Redwood Cove Bed and Breakfast manager Kelly Jackson is hosting a cooking class during the week of the Mushroom Festival to attract guests, not drama. But soon after she finishes foraging for an edible mushroom species on sacred Native American land, a local newspaper reporter gets shot dead at the same site. With suspicions spreading like fungi in the quaint Northern Californian community over the culprit’s identity, Kelly and a savvy gang of sleuthing seniors known as the “Silver Sentinels” must uncover the truth about the secluded property before a tricky killer prepares another lethal surprise . . .
Murder at the National Cathedral: A Capital Crimes Novel (Capital Crimes #10)
by Margaret Truman"One of her most enjoyable books."ASSOCIATED PRESSThe brutal murder of a friend drags Mac Smith and Annabel Reed from their newlywed bliss into an unholy web of intrigue and danger. When a second murder is commited in England, which the honeymooners had just visited, the Smiths go back across the seas, and straight into the center of an ungodly plot of secret agents, a playboy priest, a frustrated lover, a choleric cleric...and a murder so perfect it's a sin.
Murder At the National Cathedral
by Margaret TrumanThe brutal murder of a friend drags Mac Smith and Annabel Reed from their newlywed bliss into an unholy web of intrigue and danger. When a second murder is commited in England, which the honeymooners had just visited, the Smiths go back across the seas, and straight into the center of an ungodly plot of secret agents, a playboy priest, a frustrated lover, a choleric cleric...and a murder so perfect it's a sin.
Murder at the National Gallery
by Margaret TrumanWhat happens when a world class art expert wants to not only exhibit a long lost painting by Caravaggio, but to own it himself? A senior curator at the nation's famed National Gallery of Art plans a brilliant exhibition around the masterpiece. He also begins to make another, more personal, daring plan. His masterly scheme promises prestige, fame, a small fortune, plus a number of artful deceptions...and a disappearing act that will rival the story of the painting itself.
Murder at the National Gallery
by Margaret TrumanContinuing her success in Capital Crimes, the bestselling author of First Ladies takes readers behind the exhibits at one of D.C.'s most popular attractions. When a senior curator at the National Gallery discovers a lost Caravaggio, he concocts a masterly scheme to exhibit and exploit the masterpiece, which escalates into murder as an art form.
Murder at the Old Vicarage (Lloyd and Hill #2)
by Jill McgownA killing blow on the head took the life of Graham Estow, but the vicar and his wife were hardly grieved. He was the son-in-law who had severely beaten their daughter Joanna a few months ago. Unfortunately, it appears that someone very close to the household is the murderer, though no one is about to confess to it. Leave it to that canny police duo of Inspector Lloyd and Detective Sergeant Judy Hill to wander through a maze of self-confessed killers, myraid motives, and their own frustrating partnerships, to find a murderer with a message...
Murder at the Opera: An Atlas Catesby Mystery (An Atlas Catesby Mystery #3)
by D. QuincyWhen a nobleman's mistress is gunned down on the steps of the Covent Garden opera house, brilliant adventurer Atlas Catesby discovers a sinister family connection that compels him to investigate. London, 1815. Amateur sleuth Atlas Catesby is about to discover the dark side of the bright lights. His long-awaited night at the opera with Lady Lilliana ends abruptly when a notorious courtesan is shot to death in Covent Garden. The infamous victim was the mistress of the powerful Marquess of Vessey. Atlas believes that the marquess--his former brother in law--is responsible for the long-ago death of Atlas's sister, Phoebe. Atlas seizes the opportunity to potentially avenge his sister's death. But his inquiry is complicated when Phoebe's grown son implores Atlas to help prove Vessey's innocence.Plunging into the cutthroat backstage life of the theatre community, the adventurer and the noblewoman soon discover that ruthless professional rivalries can escalate into violence, setting the stage for death in Murder at the Opera, D. M. Quincy's third riveting Atlas Catesby mystery set in Regency England.
Murder at the Opera: A Capital Crimes Novel (Capital Crimes #22)
by Margaret TrumanMargaret Truman, who knows where all the bodies are buried inside the Beltway, has written her most thrilling novel of suspense yet. Murder at the Opera features the popular crime-fighting couple Mac Smith and his wife, Annabel Reed-Smith, as they navigate the glitz, glamour, and grime that is Washington, D. C. It ain't over till the fat lady sings . . . but the show hasn't even started yet when a diva is found dead. The soprano in question, a petite young Asian Canadian named Charise Lee, was sca...
Murder at the Pentagon (Capital Crimes #11)
by Margaret TrumanWhen a genius doctor is murdered and a desert madman gains the means to kill millions, Major Margit Falk, a helicopter pilot and Pentagon lawyer, is drawn into Project Safekeep--an antimissile scheme under congressional investigation. The alleged murderer has his share of secrets, but Falk smells conspiracy in the air. And although she turns to her mentor, law professor Mackenzie Smith for help, she's got to beat a cunning madman and a nuclear blast....
Murder at the Pentagon
by Margaret Truman"Margaret Truman has become a first-rate mystery writer."LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK REVIEWWhen a genius doctor is murdered and a desert madman gains the means to kill millions, Major Margit Falk, a helicopter pilot and Pentagon lawyer, is drawn into Project Safekeep--an antimissile scheme under congressional investigation. The alleged murderer has his share of secrets, but Falk smells conspiracy in the air. And although she turns to her mentor, law professor Mackenzie Smith for help, she's got to beat a cunning madman and a nuclear blast....An Alternate Selection of the Literary Guild
Murder at the Porte de Versailles (An Aimée Leduc Investigation #20)
by Cara BlackThis riveting 20th installment entangles Parisian private investigator Aimée Leduc in a dangerous web of international spycraft and terrorist threats in Paris's 15th arrondissement. November 2001: in the wake of 9/11, Paris is living in a state of fear. For Aimée Leduc, November is bittersweet: the anniversary of her father&’s death and her daughter&’s third birthday fall on the same day. A gathering for family and friends is disrupted when a bomb goes off at the police laboratory—and Boris Viard, the partner of Aimée&’s friend Michou, is found unconscious at the scene of the crime with traces of explosives under his fingernails.Aimée doesn&’t believe Boris set the bomb. In an effort to prove this, she battles the police and his own lab colleagues, collecting conflicting eyewitness reports. When a member of the French secret service drafts Aimée to help investigate possible links to an Iranian Revolutionary guard and fugitive radicals who bombed Interpol in the 1980s, Aimée uncovers ties to a cold case of her father&’s.As Aimée scours the streets of the 15th arrondissement trying to learn the truth, she has to ask herself if she should succumb to pressure from Chloe&’s biological father and move them out to his farm in Brittany. But could Aimée Leduc ever leave Paris?
Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch (Murder, She Wrote #12)
by Jessica Fletcher Donald BainWhile visiting an old friend's ranch in Colorado, bestselling mystery author Jessica Fletcher is caught in a fiendish plot of revenge when one of the guests is found stabbed to death. <P><P>Soon after, the victim's wife is also discovered murdered in a gruesome fashion. With the police at a loss, and the rest of the ranch guests on edge, Jessica decides to do some research into the past of some of the less than cordial guests. What she discovers may help her crack the case...if it doesn't get her killed first!
Murder at the Powderhorn Ranch A Murder She Wrote Mystery
by Donald Bain Jessica FletcherTaking a break from flying lessons, Jessica Fletcher heads for a holiday in Colorado to visit old friends from Cabot Cove. Also staying at the ranch are the Morrison family and the Molloys, who Jessica realizes are at odds with one another. Then Paul Molloy is found murdered.
Murder at the President's Door (First Lady #22)
by Elliott RooseveltChaos erupts when the body of a White House police officer is found at the president's bedroom door. Eleanor uncovers numerous suspicious characters and motives, but can she stop a killer before he makes an attempt on FDR's life?
Murder at the PTA (PTA Mystery #1)
by Laura AldenA brand-new series in which murder is anything but elementary After Tarver Elementary School's unpopular principal is murdered, PTA secretary and mother of two Beth Kennedy puts aside bake sales and class trip fund-raisers to catch a killer. <P><P> And when members of the PTA become suspects, she realizes solving this murder will not be as easy as ABC. . . .
Murder at the PTA (A Maya and Sandra Mystery #1)
by Lee HollisSomeone is trying to turn Portland High into a school for scandal with a gossipy website called Dirty Laundry. The latest target of ruinous rumors is newly elected PTA president Sandra Wallage. After a heated meeting with outraged parents, Sandra runs into fellow school mom and private investigator Maya Kendrick, who's discovered the person behind the website. But when the women storm into the venomous gossip columnist&’s office they find a lifeless body—along with a confession. Although the police rule the death a suicide, Maya suspects an injured party hung the Dirty Laundry creator out to dry. Maya already has a PI partner—but she's pregnant, and sonograms and stakeouts tend to conflict. So when Sandra volunteers for a crash course in sleuthing, Maya accepts the help. But as these unlikely partners study the clues, a killer plans to teach them a lesson . . . Visit us at www.kensingtonbooks.com
Murder at the PTA Luncheon (Susan Henshaw Mystery #1)
by Valerie WolzienCYANIDE APPETIZER When the Parent-Teachers Association president drops dead from a poison-laced canapé, two investigating officers enlist the aid of the PTA's busy vice president, Susan Henshaw. Susan finds juggling car-pool duty and crime fighting most exhausting. Yet who but a seasoned member could take the detectives inside the byzantine workings of the PTA, an organization that was riddled with sex, drugs, and scandal and turning into a killer's playground? Catch up on other books in the Susan Henshaw Suburban Mystery series where the mysteries are compelling, gossip and interwoven suburban relations are steamy, one upmanship is pervasive and everyone struggles to live luxuriously, buying the latest and greatest to stay en trend. Look for #2 The Fortieth Birthday Body, #5 An Old Faithful Murder, #6 A Star Spangled Murder, #11Weddings are Murder, #13 Death at a Discount and #16 Death in Duplicate, with more on the way.
Murder at the Pumpkin Pageant (A Beacon Bakeshop Mystery)
by Darci HannahThe latest installment in Darci Hannah&’s delicious Beacon Bakeshop Mystery series set in small-town Beacon Harbor, Michigan, featuring a baker heroine who lives in the local lighthouse with her beloved Newfoundland dog, Wellington. Lindsey prefers to keep her bakeshop&’s Halloween decor light and autumnal, rather than gruesome and ghoulish. But everyone knows her lighthouse home is haunted. Some intrepid teens have even tried to break in to witness the resident ghost themselves. Dreading Halloween night, Lindsey reluctantly allows her influencer and podcaster best friend, Kennedy, to host a live ghost hunting investigation in the lighthouse, conducted by a professional team. Protective of her ghost, Lyndsey is understandably nervous about what they might uncover . . . The segment is uneventful—until things take a terrifying turn. The team freaks out. As Kennedy joins the mad dash outside, she bumps into what looks like the prankster teens&’ creepy clown costume hanging from a tree. But when Lindsey&’s dog, Wellington, begins to whine, they make a grim discovery: the clown is no dummy. It&’s a corpse. Now Lindsey and company will need to keep their cool if they want a ghost of a chance to solve the murder—and see another Halloween . . . Praise for Murder at the Blueberry Festival&“You&’ll never see the end coming in this delightfully zany tale.&”--Kirkus Reviews Includes Delicious Recipes!
Murder at the Puppy Fest (A Melanie Travis Mystery #20)
by Laurien BerensonFrolicking with dogs is Melanie Travis’s idea of heaven. So when she’s invited to be a “puppy wrangler” at a benefit for a local dog rescue, the last thing she expects is to be chasing after a tricky killer...As a busy mom and pedigree Poodle owner, Melanie has little time to spare. Still, she doesn’t mind helping out at Puppy Fest, an annual fundraiser to benefit Puppy Posse, a local dog rescue organization. Considering the venue—Belle Haven mansion, owned by wealthy philanthropist Leo Brody—it’s shaping up to be the can’t-miss charity event of the summer. Unfortunately, when Melanie’s breeding background lands her in the doghouse with Jane, Leo’s snappy daughter who runs the rescue, Melanie finds herself simultaneously managing Puppy Fest and the millionaire’s hopelessly fractious family.But once Puppy Fest kicks off, Leo is nowhere to be found—until Melanie discovers his current mistress crouching over his dead body. According to police, the father of nine’s severe nut allergy went into overdrive after he accidentally consumed a contaminated cookie. However, Libby, one of Leo’s children and a friend of Melanie’s Aunt Peg, believes someone deliberately put him down for good. And now, she’s begging a reluctant Melanie to unearth the secrets hidden by the Brody pack. But the closer Melanie gets to fetching answers, the higher the stakes become—and the more she realizes that she’s chasing a criminal who’s been groomed to win...
Murder at the Queen's Masquerade
by Amanda CarmackQueen Elizabeth's chief musician Kate Haywood must unmask a thief and murderer in this Elizabethan Mystery Novella from the author of Murder at Westminster Abbey...1560. Whispered speculations drift through the shadows of Windsor Castle. Who are the Queen's suitors? Who is her heir? To distract her political enemies from gossip, Queen Elizabeth stages a masquerade ball...Tasked with organizing the lavish preparations, Kate, the Queen's musician, is overjoyed when her dearest friend, Lady Violet, arrives at court, eager and willing to help. Accompanied by her demanding mother-in-law, Violet welcomes any opportunity that will rescue her from the attentions of her husband's mother.But just days before the masquerade, one of the Queen's guards is found dead in front of the chamber that holds her most precious jewels. With no sign of foul play, the court believes the man perished from natural causes, but Kate suspects otherwise. And when Her Majesty's pearl pendant necklace, an heirloom from her mother, Anne Boleyn, disappears on the night of the ball, Kate must once again play sleuth to uncover the culprit's identity among the aristocratic masked merrymakers..."Amanda Carmack's talent for creating a richly drawn setting, populating it with fully realized characters, and giving them a tight and engaging narrative is unparalleled."--New York Times bestselling author Tasha AlexanderINCLUDES A PREVIEW OF MURDER AT WHITEHALL
Murder at the Queen's old Castle: A Mystery Set in 1920s Ireland (A reverend Mother Aquinas Mystery #6)
by Cora Harrison"Ireland. 1925. Despite its regal name, the Queen's Old Castle is nothing but a low-grade department store, housed within the decrepit walls of what was once a medieval castle, built at the harbour entrance to Cork city. On her first visit for fifty years, the Reverend Mother is struck by how little has changed--apart, that is, from the strange smell of gas... But when the store's owner staggers from his office and topples over the railings to his death, Mother Aquinas is once again drawn into a baffling murder investigation where suspects are all too plentiful. An unpopular man, Joseph Fitzwilliam had been disliked and feared by all who worked for him. And when the contents of his will are revealed, suspicion widens to include his own family... " You'll find more books in the Reverend Mother Mystery series in the Bookshare library including #1. A Shameful Murder, #2. A Shocking Assassination, #3. Beyond Absolution, #4. A Gruesome Discovery and #5. Death of a Novice.
Murder at the Racetrack: Original Tales of Mystery and Mayhem Down the Final Stretch from Today's Great Writers
by Otto PenzlerLawrence Block, in Keller by a Nose," asks what obsession holds more hazards than betting on the ponies. The answer will surprise you...Max Allan Collins's "That Kind of Nag" proves that it's bad to play the wrong horse, but worse to pick the wrong woman..."The Great, the Good and the Not-So-Good" by H.R.F. Keating warns against old English ladies at the racecourse...Joyce Carol Oates shows how a young woman teams to trust a prize stallion more than her violent lover in "Meadowlands"...and Scott Wolven's "Pinwheel" offers a Japanese lesson in flying horses and honor among thieves."--BOOK JACKET.
Murder at the Rocking R
by Catt FordWhen Texas Ranger Tell Hadley is sent to investigate rustling in Oklahoma Territory, he finds two dead men and signs of a survivor on the run. Were the killings lynchings or simply frontier justice? Tracking the one man left standing leads him to Noel Ivory, a tenderfoot East Coast journalist who claims his friend Jack Rogers was murdered. Neither man trusts the other, and both have secrets to keep, but if they're going to solve the murder at the Rocking R, they're going to have to let down their guards and show their hands.