Posts Tagged ‘mystery’

An old-fashioned London hotel is not quite as reputable as it makes out to be.… When Miss Marple comes up from the country for a holiday in London, she finds what she’s looking for at Bertram’s Hotel: traditional decor, impeccable service, and an unmistakable atmosphere of danger behind the highly polished veneer. Yet, not even…

Christmas Eve, and the Lee family’s reunion is shattered by a deafening crash of furniture and a high-pitched wailing scream. Upstairs, the tyrannical Simeon Lee lies dead in a pool of blood, his throat slashed. When Hercule Poirot offers to assist, he finds an atmosphere not of mourning but of mutual suspicion. It seems everyone…

“Originally published in slightly different form in Great Britain by Quercus Publishing”–Title page verso.

Tom Bryce did what any decent person would do, but within hours of picking up the CD that had been left behind on the train seat next to him, and attempting to return it to its owner, Tony Bryce is the sole witness to a vicious murder. His young family are threatened with their lives…

The debut of Myron Bolitar, a hotheaded, tenderhearted sports agent and one of the most fascinating and complex heroes in suspense fiction, Deal Breaker is a page-turning classic from Edgar Award–winner and master storyteller Harlan Coben. “One of the most engaging heroes in mystery fiction.”—Dennis Lehane Sports agent Myron Bolitar is poised on the edge…

Andrews soars into summer with a crafty new Meg Langslow mystery. Gone Gull brings readers yet another knee-slapping adventure filled with New York Times bestselling author Donna Andrews’ cast of wacky characters. Meg is spending the summer at the Biscuit Mountain Craft Center, helping her grandmother Cordelia run the studios. But someone is committing acts…

Quintin Jardine’s new Bob Skinner novel sees the Edinburgh cop faced with a case that calls every part of his life into question. The body of a murdered woman is found washed up on Cramond Island near the mouth of the River Forth. Days later detectives are called to a flat in Edinburgh; the kitchen…

The first novel in a frisky new mystery series set in a small New England town, where an unlikely citizen is called in to solve the purrfect crime. . . Maddie James has arrived in Daybreak Island, just off the coast of Massachusetts, eager to settle down and start her own business—and maybe even fall…

Includes recipes and excerpt from For cheddar or worse.

Jenna Hart, the owner of The Cookbook Nook, must conjure up a killer when the Head Priestess of the Winsome Witches is murdered during Halloween and her Aunt Vera is unable to call on her ability to foresee the future. By the Agatha Award-winning author of Inherit the Word. Includes recipes and teaser. Original. 20,000…