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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
Death of a liar Death of a liar M. C. Beaton "Sergeant Hamish Macbeth is alarmed to receive a report from a woman in the small village of Cronish in the Scottish Highlands. She has been brutally attacked and the criminal is on the loose. But up… OL17823078W
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
Death of a policeman Death of a policeman M. C. Beaton "Local police stations all over the Scottish Highlands are being threatened with closure. This presents the perfect opportunity for Detective Chief Inspector Blair, who would love nothing more than t… OL19704959W
Fast falls the night Fast falls the night Julia Keller "The first drug overdose comes just after midnight, when a young woman dies on the dirty floor of a gas station bathroom. To the people of the small town of Acker's Gap, West Virginia, it is just ano… OL19711733W
Fast falls the night Fast falls the night Julia Keller The first drug overdose comes just after midnight, when a young woman dies on the dirty floor of a gas station bathroom. To the people of the small town of Acker's Gap, West Virginia, it is just anot… OL19716813W
Vertigo 42 Vertigo 42 Martha Grimes "At Vertigo 42, a bar high above London's financial district, Richard Jury meets Tom Williamson - a friend of a friend who is convinced his wife, Tess, was murdered 17 years ago. Tess's death was rul… OL19978265W
Enter pale death Enter pale death Barbara Cleverly "One morning before dawn at her regal country estate, Lady Lavinia Truelove is crushed to death by a horse. Classified as "death by misadventure," this appears a gruesome accident, but Scotland Yard … OL19990184W
The novel habits of happiness The novel habits of happiness Alexander McCall Smith "The ever-delightful, insatiably curious Edinburgh philosopher and amateur sleuth returns to take on a case unlike any she's had before--this one with paranormal implications--in the tenth installmen… OL20003837W
The inheritance The inheritance Charles Finch "A mysterious bequest of money leads to a murder in this new novel in the critically acclaimed and bestselling series whose last installment The New York Times called "a sterling addition to this wel… OL20038662W
Buried in the country Buried in the country Carola Dunn "After many years working around the world for an international charity in the late 1960s, Eleanor Trewynn has retired to the relative quiet of a small town in Cornwall. But her quiet life is short-l… OL20041027W
Spook street Spook street Mick Herron "What happens when an old spook starts to lose his mind? Do the Services have a retirement home for people who know too many secrets but don't remember they're secrets? Or does someone come to take c… OL20050194W
Eye for an eye Eye for an eye Frank Muir "Six corpses have appeared in the cobbled back streets of St. Andrews in recent times, all known spousal abusers who suffered the same gruesome fate: stabbed to death in the left eye. But with no new… OL23185641W
The missing heiress The missing heiress Karen Charlton Northumberland, November 1809. A menacing figure stalks women through Hareshaw Woods and when Helen Carnaby, a beautiful young heiress, disappears from her locked bedchamber everyone fears the worst.… OL24680842W
Dark assassin Dark assassin Anne Perry For countless readers, one of life's great pleasures is the mesmerizing magic of a Victorian mystery by New York Times bestselling author Anne Perry. Her dramas of good and evil unfolding inside Lond… OL48875W