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The Murder on the Links
by Agatha Christie
Poirot investigates a murder at a golf course, uncovering secrets and lies. A classic whodunit with twists and turns.
Hercule Poirot and Captain Hastings travel to Merlinville-sur-Mer, France, to meet Paul Renauld, who has requested their help. Upon arriving at his home, the Villa Genevieve, local police greet them ... (Wikipedia)
The Secret of Chimneys
by Agatha Christie
An English country house mystery featuring a daring young detective who unravels a sinister criminal conspiracy.
When they meet up in Bulawayo , Anthony Cade agrees to take on two jobs for his friend James McGrath. Anthony heads for London to deliver the draft of a memoir to a publisher, and to return letters ... (Wikipedia)
The Pale Horse
by Agatha Christie
A detective investigates a series of mysterious deaths and finds a sinister cult at the root of it all.
In the following summary, events are not given in strict narrative order. Mark Easterbrook, the hero of the book and its principal narrator , sees a fight between two girls in a Chelsea coffee bar ... (Wikipedia)
Swansong
by Damien Boyd
A body is found in a lake, and DI Nick Dixon must solve the case before the killer strikes again.
Isobel Swan, a sixth form student, has been murdered. First, her ring finger is severed, then her throat is cut. With the investigation going nowhere fast, Detective Inspector Nick Dixon is sent ... (Goodreads)
Sleepyhead
by Mark Billingham
A serial killer leaves his victims alive but unable to move or communicate. DI Thorne must race against time to catch him before he strikes again.
Detective Inspector Tom Thorne now knows that three murdered young women were a killer's mistakes – and that Alison was his triumph. And unless Thorne can enter the mind of a brilliant madman -- a ... (Goodreads)
Resurrection Men
by Ian Rankin
A detective investigates a series of murders in Edinburgh's underworld, uncovering corruption and betrayal.
Inspector John Rebus has messed up badly this time, so badly that he's been sent to a kind of reform school for damaged cops. While there among the last-chancers known as "resurrection men," he joins ... (Goodreads)
The Man With a Load of Mischief
by Martha Grimes
A murder mystery set in a quaint English village, where secrets and lies unravel as the investigation progresses.
At the Man with a Load of Mischief, they found the dead body stuck in a keg of beer. At the Jack and Hammer, another body was stuck out on the beam of the pub’s sign, replacing the mechanical man who ... (Goodreads)
Fleshmarket Close
by Ian Rankin
Detective Rebus investigates a series of murders in Edinburgh's Fleshmarket Close, uncovering a web of corruption and exploitation.
Detective Inspector John Rebus has no desk to work from, as a hint from his superiors that he should consider retirement, but he and his protegee Siobhan Clarke are still investigating some seemingly ... (Wikipedia)
The Broken Window
by Jeffery Deaver
A twisted killer uses data mining to commit crimes. Lincoln Rhyme and Amelia Sachs must race against time to stop him.
In the book, a killer has access to the world's greatest data miner called Strategic Systems Datacorp. He is using detailed information to commit crimes and blame them on innocents. Lincoln Rhyme, ... (Wikipedia)
The Boy
by Tami Hoag
A small town is rocked by the murder of a young boy, and the investigation uncovers dark secrets and hidden motives.
When Detective Nick Fourcade enters the home of Genevieve Gauthier outside the sleepy town of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana, the bloody crime scene that awaits him is both the most brutal and the most ... (Goodreads)
Liar Liar
by M.J. Arlidge
A serial killer is on the loose, and the only way to catch them is to find the truth in a web of lies.
Detective Helen Grace gets caught in an inferno of death and destruction in the red-hot new thriller from the author of Eeny Meeny , Pop Goes the Weasel , and The Doll’s House Detective Helen Grace ... (Goodreads)
Stranger Child
by Rachel Abbott
A woman's life is turned upside down when a young girl appears claiming to be her daughter who went missing years ago. Twists and turns abound.
From the author of number one bestseller,, Sleep Tight., One Dark Secret. One act of revenge. When Emma Joseph met her husband David, he was a man shattered by grief. His first wife had been killed ... (Goodreads)
Telling Tales
by Ann Cleeves
A collection of short stories featuring complex characters and intricate plots, set in the rugged landscapes of Northern England.
It has been ten years since Jeanie Long was charged with the murder of fifteen-year-old Abigail Mantel. Now residents of the East Yorkshire village of Elvet are disturbed to hear of new evidence ... (Goodreads)
Private Games
by James Patterson
The world's greatest athletes are being killed in bizarre ways during the London 2012 Olympics. Private, a security firm, is hired to stop the killer.
This book is a thriller novel set just before and during the 2012 London Olympics . Peter Knight is an investigator for Private London, a subsidiary of Private, a private investigative agency led by ... (Wikipedia)
N is for Noose
by Sue Grafton
Private investigator Kinsey Millhone investigates the death of a cop 12 years ago, and uncovers secrets and lies in a small town.
The story takes place mainly in the small-town mountain community of Nota Lake, California (population 2,356, elevation 4,312), where Kinsey has inherited a client named Selma Newquist from her ... (Wikipedia)
Agatha Raisin and the Murderous Marriage
by M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin investigates a murder at a wedding, while dealing with her own romantic troubles.
In her fifth outing, Agatha Raisin - the sometimes pushy, sometimes endearing heroine of Beaton's Cotswold village mystery series - has her marriage to next-door neighbour James Lacey disrupted by ... (Goodreads)
A Dark Mind
by T.R. Ragan
A serial killer is on the loose and the only person who can stop him is a woman haunted by her own dark past.
Lizzy Gardner is a one-million copy bestselling series., They call him the Lovebird Killer, a merciless fiend unleashing a flood of unspeakable cruelty upon Sacramento’s most loving couples, young ... (Barnes & Noble)
Saints of the Shadow Bible
by Ian Rankin
Detective John Rebus investigates a mysterious death, uncovering a web of corruption and secrets.
Rebus and Malcolm Fox go head-to-head when a 30-year-old murder investigation resurfaces, forcing Rebus to confront crimes of the past Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on ... (Goodreads)
Only the Innocent
by Rachel Abbott
A murder mystery that unravels the secrets of a seemingly perfect couple and their dark past.
Every moment of Sir Hugo Fletcher’s life has been chronicled in the British press: his privileged upbringing, his high-profile charity work to end human trafficking, even his two marriages. But when ... (Goodreads)
D is for Deadbeat
by Sue Grafton
Private investigator Kinsey Millhone investigates an old murder case with unexpected connections.
Kinsey Millhone receives a contract from ex-con Alvin Limardo to deliver a cashier's check for twenty-five thousand dollars to a fifteen-year-old boy named Tony Gahan. According to Limardo, Tony ... (Wikipedia)
11th Hour
by James Patterson
Detective Lindsay Boxer and the Women's Murder Club race against time to stop a deadly attack on San Francisco.
This book has two major plots. The two major plots involve cases in which Boxer quickly becomes involved. Someone is gunning down San Francisco drug dealers and kills an undercover officer. One of ... (Wikipedia)
15th Affair
by James Patterson
Detective Lindsay Boxer investigates a string of murders while dealing with personal turmoil. Fast-paced thriller with unexpected twists and turns.
Detective Lindsay Boxer chases an elusive, possibly very dangerous suspect-her husband. , Lindsay Boxer has a beautiful baby daughter and a husband she loves unconditionally. The police detective has ... (Barnes & Noble)
F is for Fugitive
by Sue Grafton
Private investigator Kinsey Millhone races to uncover the truth behind a murder and a fugitive on the run.
Henry Pitts is having Kinsey's garage apartment rebuilt after it was destroyed in the events of the previous novel . Royce Fowler wants the detective to exonerate his son of the murder of Jean ... (Wikipedia)
Blue Lightning
by Ann Cleeves
A detective unravels a web of secrets in a small town, seeking justice for a murdered girl.
Shetland Detective Jimmy Perez knows it will be a difficult homecoming when he returns to the Fair Isles to introduce his fiancee, Fran, to his parents. When a woman's body is discovered at the ... (Goodreads)
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener
by M.C. Beaton
Agatha Raisin investigates the murder of a handsome gardener in a Cotswold village.
Never say die. That's the philosophy Agatha Raisin clings to when she comes home to cozy Carsely and finds a new woman ensconced in the affections of her attractive bachelor neighbor, James Lacey. ... (Goodreads)
Eyes of Prey
by John Sandford
A detective hunts down a serial killer who is targeting his family. Fast-paced and suspenseful thriller.
Lucas Davenport is back with a strange one. The Lieutenant's sanity was nearly shattered by two murder investigations. Now he faces something worse .. two killers, one hideously scarred, the other ... (Goodreads)
Sudden Prey
by John Sandford
Lucas Davenport, a detective, is on the hunt for a group of robbers who have turned into killers. The chase is on.
"Sudden Prey" opens with a death and ends with one. For months, Lucas Davenport's men have been tracking a vicious woman bank robber named Candy, and when they finally catch up with her, she doesn't ... (Goodreads)
Stolen Prey
by John Sandford
A crime thriller involving a former cop's pursuit of a criminal mastermind.
Lucas Davenport has seen many terrible murder scenes. This is one of the worst. In the small Minnesota town of Wayzata, an entire family has been killed—husband, wife, two daughters, dogs. There’s ... (Goodreads)
The Lie
by C.L. Taylor
A mother's search for her missing daughter leads to dark secrets and dangerous lies.
I know your name's not really Jane Hughes... Jane Hughes has a loving partner, a job in an animal sanctuary and a tiny cottage in rural Wales. She's happier than she's ever been but her life is a ... (Goodreads)
The Distant Echo
by Val McDermid
Four male students find a dead body on their way home from a night out. Twenty-five years later, the case is reopened.
It was a winter morning in 1978, that the body of a young barmaid was discovered in the snow banks of a Scottish cemetery. The only suspects in her brutal murder were the four young men who found ... (Goodreads)
