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2381) Ghostwriter
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Description
"Barcelona, 1943. As a scriptwriter for a popular radio advice column, Laia is embroiled in the romantic entanglements of others. Each day, letters flood in from troubled wives and girlfriends recounting their partner's abuses, and Laia tries her best to counsel them. In contrast, her own life seems perfectly ordered, with a devoted husband and a baby on the way. But when the city is terrorized by a vengeful killer, who leaves behind cryptic messages...
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
It is an animated mystery-adventure series for preschoolers inspired by the cultures and customs of India. Set in the fictional land of Jalpur, the series follows the brave and resourceful Mira, a commoner who is appointed to the role of royal detective by the Queen. Along with her friend Prince Neel, a talented inventor, creative cousin Priya, and comical mongoose sidekicks Mikku and Chikku, Mira will stop at nothing to solve a case.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
The mysterious death of Sir Charles Baskerville is blamed on a longstanding curse that has followed the Baskerville family for two-hundred years. Enigmatic sleuth Sherlock Holmes is on the case to uncover the truth about a monstrous, supernatural hound who roams the moors, waiting to attack the latest heir to the Baskerville estate.
2386) Murder in Mesopotamia
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
An expedition to excavate the runs of an ancient city is halted by a grisly murder.
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
Two months after an apparent suicide in a place known as Misery Bay, PI Alex McKnight is asked for help from his professional nemesis Sault Ste. Marie police chief Roy Maven. What seems like a simple quest to find a few answers will turn into a nightmare of sudden violence and bloody revenge, and a race against time to catch a ruthless and methodical killer.
2388) Deadly medicine
Author
Series
Capital crimes series volume 29
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
If someone in the pharmaceutical industry came upon a cheaper, non-addictive, and more effective painkiller, would he kill for it? Washington, D.C. private detective Robert 'Don't call me Bobby' Brixton, along with his mentors, attorneys Mac and Annabel Smith, discovers that the answer is a resounding 'Yes,' as they try to help Jayla King, a medical researcher at a small D.C. pharmaceutical firm, carry on the work of her father. His experiments in...
Author
Series
Charles Lenox chronicles volume 6
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Charles Lenox is at the pinnacle of his political career and is a delighted new father. His days of regularly investigating the crimes of Victorian London now some years behind him, he plans a trip to his uncle's estate in the expectation of a few calm weeks. When he arrives in the quiet village of Plumley, however, what greets him is a series of strange vandalisms upon the local shops. Only when a far more serious crime is committed does he begin...
Author
Series
Benji Golden novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2013
Description
Running his family's struggling legal business, Benji is hired by a Park Avenue law firm to track down a missing college senior only to find himself countering life-threatening forces at the secret core of the world's most powerful city.
2395) Late eclipses
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Description
Toby learns that an old friend is in dire trouble. Lily, Lady of the Tea Gardens, has been struck down by a mysterious, seemingly impossible illness, leaving her fiefdom undefended. Struggling to find a way to save Lily and her subjects, Toby must confront her own past as an enemy she thought was gone forever raises her head once more.
Series
Pub. Date
©2009
Description
From his no-frills mobile home in Malibu, wisecracking ex-con-turned-private investigator Jim Rockford solves the biggest crimes in Los Angeles. From identity theft to death threats, Rockford uses his experience behind bars to get an inside edge on crooks even the police can't find.
2397) A case of identity
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Miss Mary Sutherland is engaged to the mysterious Mr. Hosmer Angel. When he disappears, she hires the great detective Sherlock Holmes to discover what has happened to her fiancé. Was Mr. Angel the victim of a harmful crime or has the true victim not yet been discovered?
Pub. Date
p2008
Description
Road to Bali: In the only "Road" film to appear in colour, Road To Bali sees two song-and-dance men hurriedly leaving Melbourne to work as divers. On the way to Bali, they journey to an idyllic island where they compete with each other for the affection of Princess Lala. Meanwhile, some shady locals become interested in the dive after it produces a chest of priceless jewels. Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour also star in this musical comedy.
My favorite...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1996.
Appears on list
Description
Discharged from the military after suffering severe wounds, Dr. Watson unsuccessfully searches for accommodation until a chance encounter leads him to Sherlock Holmes, and 221 B Baker Street. Holmes is a master chemist, a talented musician and an expert on the universal aspects of crime. He reveals to Watson that he is a consulting detective and soon draws Watson into his investigation of a bizarre murder. A new partnership begins unbeknownst to Watson...
Series
Select editions large type volume 189
Pub. Date
2014.
Description
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt: For years twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt has been the caretaker of her psychotic mother, Camille, a woman trapped in her long-ago moment of glory as the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen. When Camille is killed by a truck, CeeCee's previously unknown great-aunt, Tootie Caldwell, whisks CeeCee away to Savannah, a world seemingly run entirely by women. These exotic women keep CeeCee enthralled for an entire summer.
The sentry: When...