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1321) Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Language
English
Description
"Chan visits the country of his honorable ancestors, only to encounter a murder and opium ring"--Container.
1322) The crooked hinge
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Banished from the idyllic English countryside he once called home and en route to live with his cousin in America, Sir John Farnleigh, black sheep of the wealthy Farnleigh clan, nearly perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Though he survived the catastrophe, his ties with his family did not, and he never returned to England-not even for the funerals of his mother, his father, or, most recently, his older brother Dudley. Now, nearly 25 years since...
Author
Series
P.I. Butterfly volume 2
Publisher
Genius Cat Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
First an "O" balloon goes missing, then a fistful of cake. When things start mysteriously disappearing at Toby's superhero birthday party, P.I. Butterfly flies into action. But with a party full of suspects, and a possible best friend betrayal, even her special butterfly wings might not help solve this case. Will P.I. Butterfly identify the Birthday Bandit before it's too late?
1324) Bears behaving badly
Author
Series
Bewere my heart volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Werebear shifter Annette Garsea is a caseworker for the Interspecies Placement Agency. When a selectively mute and freakishly strong teen werewolf is put in her custody, Annette has to uncover the young girl's secrets if she's to have any hopes of helping her. And not even the growling of a scruffy private investigator can distract her from her mission...Bear shifter David Auberon appreciates Annette's work with at-risk teen shifters, but he's not...
1325) Agents of S.U.I.T
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"At S.U.I.T. headquarters, Cilantro the Chameleon finally gets what she's been waiting for: a field assignment. Only...it's literally out in the middle of a field, and her orders are so vague, she can hardly tell what she's supposed to be investigating. But as she begins to uncover a sheep-led worker's rights revolt and an alien invasion conspiracy--not to mention a spooky haunting at the abandoned S.U.I.T. field outpost--Cilantro steps into her own...
1326) Collateral damage
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After spending twenty years behind bars, Frank Mu�noz, a disgraced former cop, is out on parole and focused on just one thing: revenge. The wife who abandoned him after his arrest, the mistress who ratted him out for abetting a money-laundering scheme, the detectives who presided over his case all those years ago--they all have targets on their backs. For Ali Reynolds, the first Christmas without her father is riddled with grief and uncertainty....
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
©2014.
Language
English
Description
"Sarah Booth Delaney's fiancé, Graf Milieu, has become depressed while recovering from a severe leg injury, but Sarah Booth knows just how to help him heal. She's arranged a romantic getaway for the two of them at a lovely beach cottage on Dauphin Island off the Gulf Coast. On the first day of their island adventure, they take a historical tour led by Angela Trotter, a young woman well-versed in local lore, including rumors of pirate treasure hidden...
1328) The long way out
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Wrongly convicted and later exonerated of killing two boys, Franky went on to uncover the real murderer. Now a 'free man' but living on the edges of society, for some he will always be tainted by his dark past. That's why a desperate Mexican family turn to him, rather than trust the authorities, to help them track down their teenage daughter's murderer. He is compelled to help but comes up against the detectives who wrongly put him away, and people...
1330) The Bath conspiracy
Author
Series
Dorothy Martin mysteries volume 24
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
"Retired chief constable Alan Nesbit and his wife Dorothy Martin are in the beautiful historic city of Bath to celebrate Dorothy's birthday, enjoying the city's elegant surroundings, sightseeing, shopping - and champagne. But the celebrations are curtailed when they discover a curious assortment of loot in their car boot during a trip to Stonehenge - from precious artefacts to cheap jumble sale trinkets. The stolen items are linked to various historic...
1331) Lost tomorrows
Author
Series
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"A phone call thrusts Rick Cahill's past and all its tragic consequences into his present. Krista Landingham, his former partner on the Santa Barbara Police Department, is dead. When Rick goes to the funeral in the city where his wife was murdered and where he is seen as guilty for her death in the eyes of the police, he discovers that Krista's death may not have been a tragic accident, but murder. Hired by Krista's sister, Leah, to investigate, Rick...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cormorant Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"From the author of the Murdoch Mysteries books. July 1936 and Toronto is under a record-breaking heat wave. Charlotte Frayne is the junior associate in a two-person private investigation firm, owned by T. Gilmore. Two events set the book's plot in motion: an anti-Semitic hate letter is delivered to Gilmore, who up to now has not acknowledged his religion, and Hilliard Taylor, a veteran of the First World War requests the firm's assistance in uncovering...
1333) Buried memories
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Returning to the small town where he crash-landed in 1963, Ishmael Jones is in search of answers. But his investigation is de-railed by a brutal murder. I think something very bad and very dangerous has come to your little town, Inspector... As long-buried memories from his hidden past begin to resurface, Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny feel compelled to return to the small country town where Ishmael crash-landed in 1963; the place where his memories...
1334) The sorcerer's appendix
Author
Series
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
When Gretel-yes, that Gretel, now all grown up and working as a private investigator-takes on the case of a missing sorcerer, she doesn't realize that it will take her into the heart of the deep, dark woods, and face to face with an old enemy. As Gretel delves into the facts behind his disappearance she discovers no shortage of suspects. In fact, just about everyone she meets had reason for wanting the odious man dead. Her only clue points in one...
1335) Loch of the dead
Author
Series
Frey and McGray novels volume 4
Publisher
Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Edinburgh's most famed detective duo must face their most metaphysical mystery yet. A mysterious woman has pleaded for the help of Frey and McGray. Her son, illegitimate scion of the Koloman family, has received an anonymous death threat - right after learning he is to inherit the best part of a vast wine-producing estate. She offers miraculous waters from a small island in remote Loch Maree to heal McGray's sister. Murder and increasingly bizarre...
Author
Publisher
Perennial
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
Toiling away amid the looming palm trees and decaying bungalows, a struggling young writer (who bears a resemblance to the author) spins fantastic stories from his fertile imagination upon his clacking typewriter. Trying not to miss his girlfriend (away studying in Mexico), the nameless writer steadily crafts his literary effort--until strange things begin happening around him. Starting with a series of peculiar phone calls, the writer then finds...
1338) Trigger
Author
Series
Frank Marr novels volume 3
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Frank Marr was a good cop, until his burgeoning addictions to alcohol and cocaine forced him into retirement from the D.C. Metro police. Now, he's barely eking out a living as a private investigator for a defense attorney--also Frank's ex-girlfriend. Ostracized by his family after a botched case that led to the death of his baby cousin, Jeffrey, Frank was on a collision course with rock bottom. Now clean and clinging hard to sobriety, Frank passes...
1339) Killer Cupid
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Melanie Travis is taking a much-needed break from the dog show circuit for a romantic Valentine's trip with her husband Sam, but when someone at their cozy Berkshires inn has an unexpected date with death, Melanie must slip into something sleuthier for the weekend... Melanie is delighted at the prospect of three uninterrupted days alone with Sam (and, of course, her prize-winning Standard Poodle, Faith). They're booked at the White Birch Inn, a picturesque...
1340) Second sight
Author
Series
Jigsaw files volume 2
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When Charlie Dodge gets a phone call from a frantic woman stating her daughter has been kidnapped by her ex-husband and taken into a cult called Fourth Dimension, he takes the case without hesitation. The cult's rumored purpose is to gather men with psychic abilities with the goal of breeding a race of people who have supernatural powers. Once accepted into the cult, men are given a young girl to marry in exchange for one of their own daughters....
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