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by: Weber, Ronald,
Riverwatcher /
Skyhorse Publishing, 2013.
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by: Hanley, Catherine,
The sins of the father : a mediaeval mystery /
Mystery Press, 2012.
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View DescriptionThe year is 1217, and England has been invaded. Much of the country is in the iron grip of Louis of France and his collaborators, and civil war rages as the forces of the boy king try to fight off the French. Most of this means nothing to Edwin Weaver, son of the bailiff at Conisbrough Castle in Yorkshire, until he is suddenly thrust into the noble world of politics and treachery: he is ordered by his lord the earl to solve a murder which might have repercussions, not just for him but for the future of the realm. Edwin is terrified but he must obey; he takes on the challenge and learns more until he uncovers a horrific secret that has been dead and buried for 15 years that might kill them all{u2014}and realizes there are some questions to which he might not wish to know the answers.
by: Kirwin, Mary Lou.
Killer librarian /
Pocket Books, 2012.
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View DescriptionChampion of the mystery section in a Minnesota library, Karen Nash is embarking on a dream trip to London. But she is clueless why the love of her mid-life, Dave, would dump her hours before take-off, until she spies him at the airport with a young honey! She decides the best revenge is to get on that plane anyway and entertain schemes for Daves untimely demise. After touching ground in the hallowed homeland of Christie, Sayers, and Peters, she checks into a cozy B and B run by charming bibliophile Caldwell Perkins. Soon she is spilling tears in her pint at the corner pub, sharing her heartbreak saga with a stranger. That night, a B and B guest drops out of circulation, permanently. Then Karen realizes Dave and his cutie are an assassins target. With the meticulous attention to detail that makes her a killer librarian, Karen sleuths her way through her own real-life mystery in which library science meets the art of murder.
by: MacBride, Stuart.
Close to the bone /
HarperCollins, 2013.
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View DescriptionFrom the No. 1 bestselling author of Shatter the Bones and Birthdays for the Dead, a new crime thriller featuring DS Logan McRae. The first body is chained to a stake: strangled, and stabbed, with a burning tyre around its neck. But is this a gangland execution or something much darker Someones leaving little knots of bones outside Detective Inspector Logan McRaes house, but hes got more pressing things to worry about. Rival drug gangs are fighting over product and territory; two teenage lovers are missing; someones crippling Asian immigrants; and Logans been lumbered with an ambitious new Detective Sergeant, a mountain of paperwork, and the unwelcome attention of his superiors and the local crime boss. When another body turns up, it looks as if the similarities between these murders and the plot of a bestselling novel are more than just a coincidence. And perhaps those little knots of bones are more important than they look…
by: MacBride, Stuart.
Close to the bone /
HarperCollins, 2013.
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View DescriptionFrom the No. 1 bestselling author of Shatter the Bones and Birthdays for the Dead, a new crime thriller featuring DS Logan McRae. The first body is chained to a stake: strangled, and stabbed, with a burning tyre around its neck. But is this a gangland execution or something much darker Someones leaving little knots of bones outside Detective Inspector Logan McRaes house, but hes got more pressing things to worry about. Rival drug gangs are fighting over product and territory; two teenage lovers are missing; someones crippling Asian immigrants; and Logans been lumbered with an ambitious new Detective Sergeant, a mountain of paperwork, and the unwelcome attention of his superiors and the local crime boss. When another body turns up, it looks as if the similarities between these murders and the plot of a bestselling novel are more than just a coincidence. And perhaps those little knots of bones are more important than they look…
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