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Detective and mystery stories Detective and mystery stories Authorship Detective and mystery stories, American Detective and mystery stories, English Missing persons Fiction Mystery and detective stories Novelists, English 20th century Biography Plots (Drama, novel, etc.) Suspense fiction Authorship Young adult fictionSummary: Shares the stories behind the creations of many of the mystery genre's most popular characters, revealing the inspirations for such examples as Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and Alexander McCall Smith's Precious Ramotswe.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.087 LINStilwell, Steven A.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gale Group 1999
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1 available in Reference Desk, Call number: RDK 016.8135 STISummary: A collection of twenty-six crime stories, written by top women authors during the past century, includes pieces by Dorothy L. Sayers, Sara Paretsky, Shirley Jackson, Ngaio Marsh, Ruth Rendell, J.A. Jance, and other notables.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MOMWorsley, Lucy
Summary: "Why did Agatha Christie spend her career pretending that she was "just" an ordinary housewife, when clearly she wasn't? Her life is fascinating for its mysteries and its passions and, as Lucy Worsley says, "She was thrillingly, scintillatingly modern." She went surfing in Hawaii, she loved fast cars, and she was intrigued by the new science of psychology, which helped her through devastating...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHRISTIE, AGATHA WORArcher, C. J.
Summary: "Librarian Sylvia Ashe knows nothing about her past, having grown up without a father and a mother who refused to discuss him. When she stumbles upon a diary that suggests she's descended from magicians, she's skeptical. After all, magicians are special, and she's just an ordinary girl who loves books. She seeks the truth from a member of the most prominent family of magicians, but she quickly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: C. J. Archer 2022
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 9781922554222Boström, Mattias
Summary: "Everyone knows Sherlock Holmes. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created a unique literary character who has remained popular for over a century and is appreciated more than ever today. But what made this fictional character, dreamed up by a small-town English doctor in the 1880s, into such a lasting success, despite the author's own attempt to escape his invention? In From Holmes to Sherlock, Swedish...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Mysterious Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 828 BOSKarber, G. T.
Summary: Join Deductive Logico and investigate murders most foul in Murdle Volume 1. The first of their kind, these humorous mini-mystery puzzles challenge you to find whodunit, how, where, and why. Examine the clues, interview the witnesses, and use the power of deduction to complete the grid and catch the culprit. Together, you'll uncover a buried secret beneath all of the murders and a message that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Griffin 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 793.93 KARVargas, Fred.
Summary: Une jeune fille assassinée par trois coups de poinçon, un ivrogne qui ne se souvient de rien mais que tout accuse... Pour le commissaire Adamsberg, il n'y a aucun doute : le passé refait surface. Le tueur au trident est de retour. Celui-là même qui avait poignardé la fiancée de Raphaël, le frère du commissaire, des années plus tôt dans leur contrée natale des Pyrénées. Seul hic : l'homme est...
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Publisher / Publication Date: J'ai lu 2013
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 VAR FRENCHBeaty, Erin
Summary: "In Erin Beaty's fantasy mystery-thriller, Blood and Moonlight, an orphan with a secret, magical sight gets caught between a mysterious genius and the serial killer he's hunting. "--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC BEACleland, Jane K
Summary: "The key to keeping readers on the edge of their seats is filling your stories--from memoirs to thrillers and stage plays to screenplays--with unexpected twists and turns. By integrating Plot *T*wists, Plot *R*eversals, and Moments of Heightened *D*anger(TRDs) at crucial points, you can captivate your readers with I-can't-wait-to-see-what-happens-next intrigue. The quicker pace and focused...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2018
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Summary: "It's a dream assignment. Former Senator Dorothy Gibson, aka that woman, is the most talked-about person in the country right now, though largely for the wrong reasons. As an independent candidate for President of the United States, Dorothy split the vote and is being blamed for the shocking result. After her very public defeat, she's retreated to her home in rural Maine, inviting her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Scognamiglio Books 2024
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Summary: When strange blue chalk circles start appearing overnight on the pavements of Paris, the press take up the story with amusement and psychiatrists trot out their theories. Jean-Baptiste Adamsberg, a policeman, is alone in thinking that this is not a game and far from amusing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Editions J'ai lu 2008
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1 available in Foreign Language, Call number: 468 VAR FRENCHSummary: The most successful mystery writers in the business present an invaluable guide to crafting mysteries--from character development and plot to procedurals and thrillers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.3 HOWLubbers-Moore, Matt
Summary: Murder and Mayhem will prove invaluable for mystery collectors, researchers, libraries, general readers, aficionados, bookstores, and devotees of LGBTQ studies. The bibliography is laid out in alphabetical order by author including the blurb and author notes, whether a hard boiled private eye, an amateur cozy, a suspenseful romance, or a police procedural. All subgenres within the mystery field...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ReQueered Tales 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 016 LUBZackheim, Victoria
Summary: "In Private Investigations, twenty fan-favorite mystery writers share their first-person stories of grappling with mysteries they've personally encountered, at home and in the world. Caroline Leavitt regales us with a medical mystery, a time when she losther voice and doctors couldn't find a cure; Martin Limon travels back to his military stint in Korea to grapple with the chaos of war; Anne...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 PRIPatterson, James
Summary: French Kiss: "Very handsome and charming French detective Luc Moncrief joined the NYPD for a fresh start—but someone wants to make his first big case his last. Welcome to New York."--book jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PATSummary: Nine short stories featuring haunted houses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1961
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 813.54 KAUJackson, Holly
Summary: After solving the murder case together, Ravi Singh helped Pip create a podcast that soon went viral, but they both swear off sleuthing. When Jamie Reynolds goes missing on the sixth anniversary of the deaths of Andie Bell and Sal Singh, however, Pip feels it's too big of a coincidence to ignore. With the spotlight on her, can she still follow the clues and uncover even more sinister depths to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2021
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Summary: After the new hydrofoil they are guarding is stolen, the Hardy boys face frequent danger in solving a mystery involving criminals who operate by signs of the zodiac.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1977
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DIXBarnes, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dell 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BARCasey, Jane (Jane E.)
Summary: A year ago, Leo Stone was convicted of murdering two women and sentenced to life in prison. Now he's been freed on a technicality, and he's protesting his innocence. DS Maeve Kerrigan and DI Josh Derwent are determined to put Stone back behind bars where he belongs, but the more Maeve digs, the less convinced she is that he did it. Then another woman disappears in similar circumstances. Is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CASGreenwood, Kerry.
Summary: The Hon. Phryne Fisher, languid and slightly bored at the start of 1929, is engaged to find out if the antique-shop-owning son of a Pre-Raphaelite model has died by homicide or suicide. At the same time she is asked to discover the fate of the lost illegitimate child of a rich old lady, to the evident dislike of the remaining relatives.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Poisoned Pen Press 2009