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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
The Narrows The Narrows Michael Connelly,Michael Connelly FBI agent Rachel Walling finally gets the call she's dreaded for years, the one that tells her the Poet has surfaced. She has never forgotten the serial killer who wove lines of poetry in his hideous… OL111753W
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
The Chicago way The Chicago way Michael T. Harvey Chicago private investigator Michael Kelly is hired by his former partner, John Gibbons, to help solve an eight-year-old rape and battery case, a case it turns out his old friend was once ordered to … OL11783263W
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
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
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
Breakup Breakup Dana Stabenow With falling 747 engines, grizzlies, airplane wrecks and fueding neighbors Kate has a tough day during breakup. OL137399W
Hunter's moon Hunter's moon Dana Stabenow It's open season for murder, and Kate is in the sights. OL137415W
Dead in the water Dead in the water Dana Stabenow Two crewmen of the crab vessel Avilda are missing—presumed dead—under very suspicious circumstances. The Bering Sea offers ample means and opportunity, but without bodies, a motive, or evidence of fo… OL137418W
Five of a Kind Five of a Kind Rex Stout Includes the novels "The Rubber Band," "In The Best Families," and Three Doors to Death (short story collection: "Man Alive," "Omit Flowers," and "Door to Death"). OL137462W
Triple Jeopardy Triple Jeopardy Rex Stout Home To Roost – a young man with public and pronounced left-wing leanings is murdered. Was he a Communist, a double agent, or neither? The FBI and the NYPD are not happy when his family hires Nero … OL137470W
Gambit Gambit Rex Stout From the audio case: "In this confounding whodunit, Wolfe breaks almost all of his rules. First, he overcomes his aversion to females and agrees to help young Sally Blount clear her father of murde… OL137499W
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
Champagne for One Champagne for One Rex Stout Archie Goodwin sits in for a friend at a charity dinner dance for unwed mothers, and one of the guests drops dead on the dance floor. The young woman was depressed and known to carry poison - but Arc… OL137511W
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
R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18) R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18) Sue Grafton Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the Californian Institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the task. But Reba Lafferty emerges f… OL14852285W
"O" is for outlaw "O" is for outlaw Sue Grafton PI Kinsey Millhone of California discovers an undelivered letter exonerating her first husband of beating a man to death, for which she left him. Kinsey goes after the real killer, a probe that takes… OL14852311W
Back story Back story Robert B. Parker A woman is murdered, and 28 years later her daughter wants Spenser to find out whodunit. OL14860076W
Shrink rap Shrink rap Robert B. Parker Boston P.I. Sunny Randall goes on the road to protect a bestselling author -- and uncovers a world of dark secrets. OL14860085W
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