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Cat in a sapphire slipper Cat in a sapphire slipper Carole Nelson Douglas Las Vegas’ number-one hard-boiled feline PI, Midnight Louie, is back in another crazy crime- and cat-filled romp. Louie sneaks a ride in the Fontana brothers limo to oldest brother Aldo’s bachelor pa… OL103233W
Chapel noir Chapel noir Carole Nelson Douglas "The story thrusts readers into one of the darkest periods of criminal fact and fiction when two courtesans are found brutally slaughtered in the lavish boudoir of a Paris house that dare not speak i… OL103236W
The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes The Mandala of Sherlock Holmes Jamyang Norbu In 1891, the British public was horrified to learn that Sherlock Holmes had perished in a deadly struggle with the archcriminal Professor Moriarty at the Reichenbach Falls. Then, to its amazement, he… OL1074218W
The "Canary" Murder Case The "Canary" Murder Case S. S. Van Dine *The Canary Murder Case* is a classic whodunit mystery novel which deals with the murder of a sexy nightclub singer, with Philo Vance as an investigator. The beautiful Margaret Odell, famous Broadway… OL11158827W
Blood Work Blood Work Michael Connelly When Graciella Rivers steps onto his boat, ex-FBI agent Terrell McCaleb has no idea he's about to come out of retirement. He's recuperating from a heart transplant and avoiding anything stressful. Bu… OL111754W
McNally's puzzle McNally's puzzle Lawrence Sanders Palm Beach private detective Archy McNally is hired by the wealthy owner of a bird store to investigate threats against his life, but the case soon becomes complicated by the murder of McNally's clie… OL115476W
Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) Bad Boy Brawly Brown (Easy Rawlins Mysteries) Walter Mosley Easy Rawlins is out of the investigation business and as far away from crime as a black man can be in 1960s Los Angeles. But living around desperate men means life gets complicated sometimes. When an… OL115542W
The long fall The long fall Walter Mosley A brand-new mystery series from one of the country's best-known, best-loved writers: a new character, a new city, a new era. A new Walter Mosley.His name is etched on the door of his Manhattan office… OL115548W
Jim Butcher's the Dresden files Jim Butcher's the Dresden files Mark Powers (undifferentiated),Jim Butcher,Diego Galindo Harry Dresden, the only professional wizard listed in the Chicago phone book, returns to take on new supernatural villains out to turn the world upside down, in an original graphic novel adventure ba… OL11967334W
Deadly night Deadly night Heather Graham The Flynn brothers have inherited more than a New Orleans plantation. They've inherited a ghostly presence... and a long-kept secret.Aidan Flynn, a private investigator and eldest of the Flynn brothe… OL121736W
Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? Who in Hell is Wanda Fuca? G. M. Ford When an old gangster friend of Leo's father makes a request he "can't refuse," Leo and his band of drunks, delve into the world of environmental politics in search of Caroline Nobel, a spoiled brat, … OL12460302W
C is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3) C is for Corpse (Kinsey Millhone, #3) Sue Grafton C IS FOR CALCULATED How do you go about solving an attempted murder when the victim has lost a good part of his memory? It's one of Kinsey's toughest cases yet, but she never backs down from a cha… OL12528682W
The devil's company The devil's company David Liss From the acclaimed author of The Whiskey Rebels and A Conspiracy of Paper comes a superb new historical thriller set in the splendor and squalor of eighteenth-century London. In Benjamin Weaver, Davi… OL13246W
Butchers Hill Butchers Hill Laura Lipman Tess Monaghan has finally made the move and hung out her shingle as a p.i.-for-hire, complete with an office in Butchers Hill. Maybe it's not the best address in Baltimore, but you gotta start somewh… OL13603724W
The manual of detection The manual of detection Jedediah Berry In this tightly plotted yet mind- expanding debut novel, an unlikely detective, armed only with an umbrella and a singular handbook, must untangle a string of crimes committed in and through people's… OL13646923W
This wicked world This wicked world Richard Lange Elmore Leonard meets Denis Johnson in this explosive first novel set on the seedy side of Southern California.Ex-marine Jimmy Boone-former bodyguard to Los Angeles 's rich and famous-is fresh out of… OL13684860W
Whisper to the blood Whisper to the blood Dana Stabenow Gold is up to 900 dollars an ounce and trouble is brewing in the park. OL137403W
Homicide trinity Homicide trinity Rex Stout Homicide Trinity is a collection of Nero Wolfe mystery novellas by Rex Stout, published by the Viking Press in 1962. The book comprises three stories: "Eeny Meeny Murder Mo", first published in El… OL137473W
Under the Andes Under the Andes Rex Stout A non-Nero Wolfe novel, rather Wierd Science and pulp magazine-ish. From Goodreads: "Under the Andes is an early novel by Rex Stout, first published in the All-Story Magazine in 1914. Temptress Desi… OL137507W
All the flowers are dying All the flowers are dying Lawrence Block In his sixteenth Matthew Scudder novel, All the Flowers Are Dying, New York Times bestselling author Lawrence Block takes the award-winning series to a new level of suspense and a new depth of charac… OL13786373W
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