Posts Tagged ‘mystery’

“J.D. Robb continues to do a fine job balancing Eve the woman against Eve the career homicide detective…That may be why the series works for adventure after adventure after adventure.”—New York Journal of Books Eve Dallas fights to separate rumors from reality when a woman who traffics in other people’s secrets is silenced, in the…

The Metropole Hotel, Brighton. After a heady New Year’s Eve ball, a woman is brutally raped as she returns to her room. A week later, another woman is attacked. Both victims’ shoes are taken by the offender. Detective Superintendent Roy Grace soon realizes that these new cases bear remarkable similarities to an unsolved series of…

Inspector Thomas Lynley of Scotland Yard and his pugnacious and deeply loyal Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers find themselves up against one of the most sinister murder cases they have ever encountered. Fans of the longtime series will love the many characters from past books who join Lynley and Havers, but readers new to the series…

With unmatched suspense and emotional insight, Harlan Coben explores the big secrets and little lies that can destroy a relationship, a family, and even a town in this powerful new thriller. Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon “Nap” Dumas hasn’t been the same since senior year of high school, when his twin brother Leo and Leo’s…

Includes an excerpt from the next Amish Candy Shop mystery, Premeditated peppermint.

“Chocoholics and food cozy fans rejoice! With prose as smooth and delicious as its theme, this quality debut cozy introduces a smart protagonist with an unusual and tasty profession.”–Library Journal (starred) on Criminal Confections Chocolate-whisperer Hayden Mundy Moore has just arrived in Portland, Oregon, where she’s about to scarf soufflés and sip cacao-based cocktails at…

On a trip to the culinary paradise of France’s Brittany region, Hayden Mundy Moore is all set to reunite with her chocolate-making mentor. The lovable old man is the head of a long-established business that’s about to merge with one of its cacao competitors–united by a marriage between the two rival families. That is, until…

When Jayne’s mother is accused of murder, she and Gemma are back on the scene to reveal the true killer in national bestselling author Vicki Delany’s third installment in her clever Sherlock Holmes Bookshop mysteries.

Krimi. In 1920’s Melbourne, the Green Mill is the hottest dancehall in town. But Phyrne Fisher finds there are hidden perils in dancing the night away. Like murder, blackmail, young men who vanish and a suspiciously overbearing mother who wants her sons found