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King, Laurie R.

Summary: August 1923. All is quiet in the Holmes household in Sussex as Mary Russell works on academic research while Sherlock Holmes conducts malodorous chemistry experiments. But the peace quickly disappears as out of the past comes Dorothy Ruskin, an amateur archeologist from the Holy Land, who brings the couple a lovely inlaid box with a tattered roll of stained papyrus inside. The evening following...

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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 1997

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Walters, Minette.

Summary: In England, photographer Jinx Kingsley, a millionaire's daughter, is pulled from a bloody car wreck after her fiance, Leo, took off with her best friend, Meg. Suicide or a cover, wonders Superintendent Cheever. The same day saw the death of Leo and Meg in a manner resembling the death, some years earlier, of Jinx's husband, Russell, after his affair with Meg.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1996

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WAL

Fforde, Jasper.

Summary: It is a time of unrest in the BookWorld. Only the diplomatic skills of ace literary detective Thursday Next can avert a devastating genre war. But a week before the peace talks, Thursday vanishes. Has she simply returned home to the RealWorld or is this something more sinister?

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2011

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2 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FFO

Dixon, Franklin W.

Summary: After finding a mysterious will, the Hardy boys set out to fulfill its request to find a treasure and the owner of the treasure.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 1964

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC DIX

Fforde, Jasper.

Summary: "Leaving Swindon behind her, to hide out in the Well of Lost Plots - the place where all fiction is created - Thursday Next, Literary Detective and soon-to-be one parent family, ponders her next move from inside an unpublished novel of dubious merit entitled Caversham Heights. Her husband, Landen, exists only in her memories and with Goliath and the Chronoguard on her tail in the real world,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder & Stoughton 2003

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FFO

Gregory, Susanna

Summary: After returning to London, Chaloner investigates the death of lawyer with ties to a trader known as "the Butcher of Smithfield."

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sphere 2008

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRE

Christie, Agatha

Summary: Hercule Poirot's vacation in the Holy Land is interrupted by death in Petra, where the lifeless body of Mrs. Boynton, a detestable English woman who cowed her family and strangers alike, is found atop the rose red cliffs. Though her family claims her heart failure was a natural event, the tiny puncture mark on her wrist is a clear sign of the fatal injection that really killed her.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2007

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHR

Peters, Elizabeth

Summary: While digging in Egypt's Valley of the Kings, English archeologist Amelia Peabody discovers the mummified body of a recently dead woman. The victim was the fourth wife of a famous archeologist and she disappeared five years earlier, supposedly eloping with a lover. Amelia turns sleuth.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Books 1997

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PET

Hooper, Kay

Summary: Months ago Sarah Gallagher woke from a coma with psychic abilities she couldn't control. They changed her life and cost her the man she loved. And now, someone is playing games with Sarah's mind. It begins with Sarah's home being destroyed by fire, an act of arson that draws novelist Tucker Mackenzie into Sarah's confidence. Tucker has other reasons to pursue Sarah but so does a mysterious...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HOO

Braun, Lilian Jackson

Summary: Qwill and his cats vacation in Mooseville, but when the carpenter he hires disappears, he begins to investigate what may be a serial killer's plan to wipe out the area's woodworkers.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1989

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRA

Christie, Agatha

Summary: A group of friends challenge each other with mysteries to which only the presenter knows the answer, and which the other friends must solve. Guess who wins hands down every time? Miss Marple.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1986

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHR

Lewis, Beverly

Summary: Dunkum follows a trail of secret coded messages to find his missing autographed basketball.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 1995

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1 available in J Series, Call number: J FIC LEW

Perry, Anne

Summary: In Victorian London, PI William Monk investigates a new game in town, the raping and beating of prostitutes by rich men. The probe leads him to the murder of a solicitor.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Fawcett Columbine 1997

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PER

Frederick, Heather Vogel.

Summary: "Twelve-year-old Truly Lovejoy's family moves to a small town to take over a bookstore. Soon, she has to solve two mysteries involving a missing book and an undelivered letter"--

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2014

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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC FRE

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JFIC FRE

Fforde, Jasper.

Summary: The Bookworld's leading enforcement officer, Thursday Next, has been forced into a semiretirement following an assassination attempt, returning home to Swindon and her family to recuperate. But Thursday's children have problems that demand she become a mother of invention: Friday's career struggles in the Chronoguard, where he is relegated to a might-have-been; Tuesday's trouble perfecting the...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2012

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FFO

George, Elizabeth

Summary: Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley investigates the murder of two people found in a remote prehistoric stone circle.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1999

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GEO

Christie, Agatha

Summary: Styles Court, the Essex manor house, scene of master detective Hercule Poirot's first triumph. An air of evil still touches the gracious grounds--and the fierce little Belgian pits his brilliant mind against the vanity of killers.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam 1984

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHR

Christie, Agatha

Summary: Mr. Shaitana is famous as a flamboyant party host. When he boasts to Hercule Poirot that he considers murder an art form, the detective has some reservations about accepting a party invitation to view Shaitana's 'private collection.' Three of the other players turn out to be Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard; Mrs. Ariadne Oliver, famed writer of detective stories; Col. Race of His...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2011

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHR

Simenon, Georges

Summary: Inspector Jules Maigret travels from grimy bars to luxury hotels as he traces the true identity of Pietr the Latvian.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Books 2013

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SIM

Preston, Douglas J.

Summary: With Lieutenant Vincent D'Agosta's assistance, Pendergast embarks on a quest to uncover the mystery of his wife's murder. As he probes more deeply into the riddle--the answer to which is revealed in a night of shocking violence, deep in the Louisiana bayou--he finds himself faced with an even greater question: who was the woman he married?

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Pub. 2010

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PRE

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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Preston 2010

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1 available in Adult, Call number: MYS CHI

Peters, Elizabeth

Summary: In 1915 Cairo, Egyptologist Amelia Peabody and her husband brave German submarines and warring Senussi to continue their search for ancient artifacts, until they stumble upon a much-too-recent corpse and try to find the killer.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLargePrint 2001

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP M PET

McCafferty, Keith

Summary: The seventh novel in the acclaimed Sean Stranahan mystery series: Scarecrows are appearing in the cliffs above the Smith River in Montana, and state investigator Harold Little Feather, is trying to discover the culprit leaving the hay figures in the cliffs, with signs painted that read "No Smith River Mine-Not on My Watch." The event is related to a copper mine project that threatens the river,...

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCC

Doyle, Arthur Conan

Summary: Detective Sherlock Holmes, who dies in pursuit of a bizarre incident in London, fascinates readers with his terrifying reasoning and charming personality. The first collection of Holmes stories that established a modern detective novel. Ten episodes, including "Redhead Union", which follows the mechanism of a strange union that a redhead man joined, and "Man with Twisted Lips," a story that...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Shinchōsha 1989

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 495.6 FIC DOY

Summary: "The latest entry in Laurie R. King and Leslie S. Klinger's popular Sherlock Holmes-inspired mystery series, featuring fifteen talented authors and a multitude of new cases for Arthur Conan Doyle's most acclaimed detective. Sherlock Holmes has not only captivated readers for more than a century and a quarter, he has fascinated writers as well. Almost immediately, the detective's genius,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2020

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC IN

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