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481) Bad memory
Author
Series
Jessica Shaw novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Description
Quiet towns keep big secrets. Private investigator Jessica Shaw is leading a quiet life in a Californian desert community, where she spends her days working low-level cases. But when a former resident asks Jessica to help her sister, Rue Hunter—a convicted murderer whose execution is days away—Jessica can’t resist the offer. Rue doesn't remember what happened the night two high school students were killed thirty years ago, but everybody in town...
Author
Series
William Falconer medieval mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Description
Master William Falconer returns in this chilling and atmospheric medieval murder mystery.Oxford University, 1271: for the first time in history a college is to be purpose-built for students to live and study in. As old buildings are pulled down to make way, a body is revealed. It becomes clear that the man was murdered.Regent Master William Falconer is distracted from examining the apparent suicide of a serving girl and deduces that the skeleton is...
Author
Series
Savannah secrets volume 9
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Meredith's old friend, Davis Hedgerow, is writing a new book to highlight Savannah's most popular attractions. He calls on Magnolia Investigations when he receives a threatening note demanding he cancel his book's publication or else. From restored diners to haunted bed-and-breakfasts and a beloved bookstore, Meredith and Julia find themselves with lots of suspects, but no clear motive.
484) Revolver
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"Three generations torn apart--by bullets fired fifty years ago...Philadelphia, 1965: Two street cops--one black, one white--are gunned down in a corner bar. One of the fallen officers, Stan Walczak, leaves behind a 12-year-old boy, Jimmy. Philadelphia, 1995: Homicide detective Jim Walczak learns that his father's alleged killer, Terrill Lee Stanton, has been sprung from prison. Jim stalks the ex-con, hoping to finally learn the truth. Philadelphia,...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
The stage debut for the legendary detective John Rebus in this brand new, original story by Ian Rankin, written alongside the award-winning playwright Rona Munro. John Rebus is not as young as he was, but his detective instincts have never left him. And after the daughter of a murder victim turns up outside his flat, he's going to need them at their sharpest. Enlisting the help of his old friend DI Siobhan Clarke, Rebus is determined to solve this...
486) Season's meetings
Author
Series
Savannah secrets volume 8
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
During a tour of historic homes, Meredith and Julia meet Cora Chisholm, a wealthy Savannah matron who is in need of their services. She asks Magnolia Investigations to find the history of five children who were sold during the Great Depression.
487) The hidden gate
Author
Series
Savannah secrets volume 1
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Meredith Bellefontaine left her job as president of the Savannah historical society and reopened her late husband's investigation agency with her best friend, and retired juvenile court judge, Julia Foley. Julia accidentally discovers their first case with a rusty key that unlocks the secrets of a 64-year-old murder case.
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
The hit British crime series returns with new mysteries. Aging cops and traditional sleuthing trump high-tech gadgets and modern criminology. As one of the most-watched shows on British television, New Tricks features strong writing, wry humor, and a splendid cast.UCOS continues to go from strength to strength, even taking on cases that have been unexplained for 30 years. However, during the course of their investigations they rattle cages and make...
489) A Merciful Fate
Author
Series
Mercy Kilpatrick volume 5
Pub. Date
[2019]
Formats
Description
"How many people will die to keep a killer hidden in plain sight? Raised by preppers, survivalist and FBI agent Mercy Kilpatrick has a deep-rooted need for a safe place. Her getaway in the Cascade Foothills is her secret. But when skeletal remains are unearthed--those of a murdered man linked to a notorious heist--Mercy realizes she isn't the only one with something to hide. Thirty years ago, an armored-car robbery turned deadly. The mastermind was...
Author
Series
Evie Blackwell Cold Case volume 1
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Gabriel Thane is the sheriff and lifetime resident of Carin County Illinois, committed to upholding the law and keeping the residents safe. Lieutenant Evie Blackwell is a State Police Detective skilled at investigations. She launches a new task force to reexamine unsolved crimes across the state. She begins work with the sheriff's department on a few of its most troubling missing-persons cases, a deputy, his wife and eleven-year old son's disappearance,...
Author
Series
Unsolved case files volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A corrections officer at Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary tries to awaken inmate AZ-1441, Frank Morris. But when he shakes the unresponsive man, his head rolls off the pillow and crashes to the floor! Soon the guards realize that Morris and two other inmates, brothers John and Clarence Anglin, had done the seemingly impossible: escaped from the notorious island prison. This is the incredible true story of the daring and inventive escape and a decades-long...
Author
Series
Savannah secrets volume 14
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Julia discovers a beautiful secret garden hidden in Savannah, but is horrified when she sees all the plants are deadly. She and Meredith enlist the help of botanists, expert gardeners, and even a carnivorous-plant enthusiast to help her track down who planted the garden and why. Meanwhile, Julia agrees to participate in a 5K for charity with her sister, but is concerned about Cassie's commandment.
493) Facing the facts
Author
Series
Savannah secrets volume 23
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Several years have passed since Meredith's husband died, giving her time to grieve and find a new love. But then a woman comes to Magnolia Investigations claiming that Ron's car accident was not an accident at all and that someone was trying to silence Ron for good because of what he was trying to expose. As Meredith dives into Ron's final case, she finds evidence of government corruption and greed. She even discovers information about the car accident...
494) Whispering bells
Author
Series
Savannah secrets volume 4
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
Pastor Ed Markham calls on Magnolia Investigations and shows Meredith and Julia an old ledger dating back to the founding of Savannah. When someone breaks into the pastor's homes and steals the ledger, Meredith and Julia must solve both a historic mystery and a modern-day theft.
495) Hollywoodland
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Made famous as Superman on television, George Reeves finds it hard to not be typecast because of it. When he is found dead of a gunshot wound, rumors begin to run rampant. Based on Hollywood's most notorious unsolved mystery.
Author
Series
Harry Bosch mysteries volume 16
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
Description
Harry Bosch investigates after a bullet from a recent killing is a match for one used in the unsolved murder of a photographer in 1992.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
"A former New Yorker editorial staff member, now Senior Fellow at Brandeis's Schuster Institute for Investigative Reporting, Cooper was a Harvard undergrad when she first heard stories about the 1969 murder of graduate student Jane Britton, daughter of Radcliffe's vice president, four decades earlier. Here she unwinds a story that has nothing to do with the love-gone-wrong rumors and maybe even the 2018 case-closed ruling, instead focusing on Harvard's...
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Gabriel Thane is the sheriff and lifetime resident of Carin County Illinois, committed to upholding the law and keeping the residents safe. Lieutenant Evie Blackwell is a State Police Detective skilled at investigations. She launches a new task force to reexamine unsolved crimes across the state. She begins work with the sheriffs department on a few of its most troubling missing-persons cases, a deputy, his wife and eleven-year old sons disappearance,...
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
Superintendent Sandra Pullman leads the unsolved crimes unit of the Metropolitan Police. Her team includes three aging former detectives lured out of retirement. Can a curmudgeonly trio of crime busters learn new tricks to crack tough crimes? Or are old-fashioned hunches and footwork still best?
500) ADN Asesino
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007, c2006
Description
A Massachusetts district attorney running for governor wants to use some radical new DNA technology to solve a long-ago murder. The result? A new round of violence.
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