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Motor City shakedown Motor City shakedown D. E. Johnson "Detroit, 1911. Seven months have passed since Will Anderson's friend Wesley McRae was brutally murdered and Will and the woman he loves, Elizabeth Hume, barely escaped with their lives. Will's hand,… OL15947495W
The Ronin's mistress The Ronin's mistress Laura Joh Rowland "A brilliant new twist on the fabled tale of the 47 Ronin, from an author with "a painter's eye for the minutiae of court life [and] a politican's ear for intrigue." --The New York Times Book Review … OL15947496W
Secret of the white rose Secret of the white rose Stefanie Pintoff "The murder of Judge Hugo Jackson is out of Detective Simon Ziele's jurisdiction in more ways than one. It's high profile enough to command the attention of the notorious new police commissioner, sin… OL16013916W
The Reckoning The Reckoning Rennie Airth On a quiet afternoon in 1947, retired bank manager Oswald Gibson is shot in the head while fishing. In Scotland, a respectable family doctor is killed in the same manner—and with the same gun. What … OL17090882W
Numero zero Numero zero Umberto Eco "A novel about the murky world of media politics, conspiracy, and murder."-- 1945, Lake Como. Mussolini and his mistress are captured and shot by local partisans. The precise circumstances of Il D… OL17140057W
A Christmas hope A Christmas hope Anne Perry - undifferentiated "Anne Perry's "vastly entertaining" (The Star-Ledger) holiday novels are "as delicious as mince pie and plum pudding" (Milwaukee Journal Sentinel). A Christmas Hope is just as delectable--the grippin… OL17693337W
The laws of murder The laws of murder Charles Finch "It's 1876, and Charles Lenox, once London's leading private investigator, has just given up his seat in Parliament after six years, primed to return to his first love, detection. With high hopes he … OL17758120W
Serpents in the Cold Serpents in the Cold Thomas O'Malley "A serial killer stalks the streets of 1950s Boston--and two friends take it upon themselves to take him down. Post-war Boston is down on its luck and looking for change. A year after the Brink's Rob… OL17875313W
The Revenant of Thraxton Hall The Revenant of Thraxton Hall Vaughn Entwistle "Arthur Conan Doyle has just killed off Sherlock Holmes in "The Final Problem," and he immediately becomes one of the most hated men in London. So when he is contacted by a medium "of some renown" an… OL17883724W
The spook lights affair The spook lights affair Marcia Muller "In 1895 San Francisco young debutantes don't commit suicide at festive parties, particularly not under the eye of Sabina Carpenter. But Virginia St. Ives evidently did, leaping from a foggy parapet … OL17903574W
No broken hearts No broken hearts Sheila York Promised her first screen credit in years by Marathon Studios, script doctor Lauren Atwill is promptly loaned out to second-tier Epic Pictures. And she's not happy. Are Marathon's bosses spooked by t… OL17969725W
Mystery of a Handsom Cab Mystery of a Handsom Cab Fergus Hume 254 pages ; 22 cm OL1798912W
The harlot's tale The harlot's tale Samuel S. Thomas "It is August, 1645, one year since York fell into Puritan hands. As the city suffers through a brutal summer heat, Bridget Hodgson and Martha Hawkins are drawn into a murder investigation more frigh… OL18027675W
His bloody project His bloody project Graeme Macrae Burnet The year is 1869. After a brutal triple murder in a remote community in the Scottish Highlands, a young man by the name of Roderick Macrae is arrested for the crime. A memoir written by the accused m… OL19669891W
Raiders of the Nile Raiders of the Nile Steven Saylor "In 88 B.C. it seems as if all the world is at war. From Rome to Greece and to Egypt itself, most of civilization is on the verge of war. The young Gordianus--a born-and-raised Roman citizen--is livi… OL19704954W
City of darkness and light City of darkness and light Rhys Bowen "Molly and Daniel Sullivan are settling happily into the new routines of parenthood, but their domestic bliss is shattered when a gang retaliates against Daniel after he makes a big arrest. Daniel wa… OL19707510W
Strongwood Strongwood Larry Millett " The place is Minneapolis, the year is 1903, and Michael Masterson has fallen in love, or so he claims, with Addie Strongwood, a beautiful working-class girl with an interesting past and a mind of h… OL19710219W
The Mitford murders The Mitford murders Jessica Fellowes It's 1920, and Louisa Cannon dreams of escaping her life of poverty in London. Louisa's salvation is a position within the Mitford household at Asthall Manor, in the Oxfordshire countryside. There sh… OL19735528W
Cradle to grave Cradle to grave Eleanor Kuhns "Will Rees is adjusting to life on his Maine farm in 1797, but he's already hungering for the freedom of the road, and his chance to travel comes sooner than he expects. Lydia has just received a let… OL19981112W
No job for a lady No job for a lady Carol McCleary "History, mystery, and murder are the traveling companions of Nellie Bly, the world's first female investigative reporter. In No Job for a Lady, Nellie defies the wrath of her editor and vengeful anc… OL19981130W
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