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3261) Pale gray for guilt
Author
Series
Description
Travis McGee sets out to get the killers of his friend Tush Bannon when he is murdered in a land takeover scheme.
3262) Radio Delley
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
"For three best friends, a small town, endless days of summertime fun (and boredom), and an old radio form the recipe for an unforgettable adventure. It's summer in Delley, a quiet town in the American Midwest. Perhaps too quiet for Jeremy, Stella, and Sam, three inquisitive kids with a desire to solve mysteries and seek adventure in a place, to be honest, that doesn't offer a lot of either. However, when Jeremy gets an old radio that connects him...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
"Christopher Chance has made a living out of being a human target-a man hired to disguise himself as his client to invite would-be assassins to attempt his murder. He's had a remarkable career until his latest case protecting Lex Luthor when things go sideways. An assassination attempt Chance didn't see coming leaves him vulnerable and left trying to solve his own murder, as he has 12 days to discover just who in the DC Universe hated Luthor enough...
3271) The Attenbury emeralds
Author
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
It was 1921 when Lord Peter Wimsey first encountered the Attenbury Emeralds. The disappearance and subsequent recovery of the king-stone emerald in Lord Attenbury's dazzling heirloom collection made headlines--and launched a shell-shocked young aristocrat on his career as a detective. Thirty years later, a happily married Lord Peter has just shared the secrets of that mystery with his wife, the detective novelist Harriet Vane. Suddenly, the new Lord...
3272) Irish coffee
Author
Series
Notre Dame mysteries volume 7
Pub. Date
2004, c2003
Description
Academic and amateur sleuth Roger Knight and his P.I. brother, Phil, investigate the apparent murder of a member of the Notre Dame athletic department.
3273) Murder in Mesopotamia
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
An expedition to excavate the runs of an ancient city is halted by a grisly murder.
3275) Ghoul goblin
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Description
"It has been several months since Chicago's only wizard for hire, Harry Blacksone Copperfield Dresden, barely survived a case involving several packs of werewolves. And while he ultimately was able to prevent the Windy City from being completely engulfed in a bloodbath, it was no triumphant victory. The case began with the murder of his protege, saw Detective Ron Carmichael torn apart before his eyes, and ended with Harry estranged from Lt. Karrin...
3277) Deadly rumors
Author
Series
Rumor novels (Cheris F. Hodges) volume 3
Pub. Date
c2017
Description
Elite investigator Zoe Harrington isn't about to be fooled twice. She knows all the tempting by-any-means-necessary games FBI agent Carver Banks will use to close a case. So when he needs her help with a missing person case, she's happy to charge him double the fee-and keep his sizzling moves at arm's length. But when the search strikes too close to home, Zoe finds the passion between them reigniting past the danger point. Carver doesn't want to deceive...
3278) First drop
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Description
It should have been an easy introduction to Charlie Fox's new career as a bodyguard, working for the close protection agency run by her ex-lover, Sean Meyer. All Charlie has to do is babysit Trey Pelzner, the 15-year-old son of a rich computer programmer in Fort Lauderdale. The last thing anyone expected was a determined attempt to snatch the boy, or that Trey's father and their entire security team, including Sean, would disappear off the face of...
3279) Precious and Grace
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 17
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Precious Ramotswe, Botswana's premier lady detective, is a little short on help. The co-director of the agency, Grace Makutsi, is busy with her own case, her client none other than their erstwhile assistant, Mr. Polopetsi, who has unwittingly involved himself in a pyramid scheme. The agency's other assistant, Charlie, may also need more help than he can offer, as he is newly embroiled in a romance with a glamorous woman about whom the others have...
3280) 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...