Christie, Agatha
Summary: There's a body in a trunk; a dead girl's reflection is caught in a mirror; and one corpse is back from the grave, while another is envisioned in the recurring nightmare of a terrified eccentric. What's behind such ghastly misdeeds? Try money, revenge, passion, and pleasure. With multiple motives, multiple victims, and multiple suspects, it's going to take a multitude of talent to solve these...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2012
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CHRChristie, Agatha
Summary: A grand treasure for fans of the grande dame of mystery, The Harlequin Tea Set and Other Stories brings together nine rare and brilliant Christie tales of murder and detection that span nearly half a century of her storytelling genius.In The Mystery of the Spanish Chest, Hercule Poirot unravels the psychological conundrums that motivate a killer. . . . In The Actress, a great star's shady past...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1997
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 1997
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein and his all-star cast of contributing authors team up for Super Puzzletastic Mysteries, a group of interactive short stories that invite the reader to solve the mystery themselves."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins Publishers 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SUPDoyle, Arthur Conan
Summary: A collection of eight classic Sherlock Holmes mystery stories including "Silver Blaze" and "The Dancing Men."
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1996
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC DOYKeene, Carolyn.
Summary: In solving a series of mysteries, Nancy Drew and her Detective Club study techniques of criminal investigation involving handwriting, fingerprints, codes, and moulages.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap 2007
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FIC KeeSummary: Nine short stories featuring haunted houses.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 1961
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Summary: Hannah Swensen of the Cookie Jar in Lake Eden, Minn., discovers her neighbor's head bashed in; Jaine Austen's holiday stay at her parents' home in the Tampa Vistas retirement community is enlivened by the murder of elderly lothario; and, Maine reporter Lucy Stone investigates a four-year-old boy's disappearance. Includes recipes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kensington 2010
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FLUSummary: "The newest anthology from Mystery Writers of America explores the theme of home and the crimes that endanger it, with stories by Ellen Hart, Naomi Hirahara, Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky and more. Everyone comes from someplace. Everyone has somewhere they feel safe. Some people have found their home and are content where they are. Others feel trapped and yearn to go somewhere else. Many are...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hanover Square Press 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: "Containing seventeen stories, never before published in English, 'A Darker Shade of Sweden' illuminates this beguiling country and its inhabitants as never before. Included are stories from such Swedish literary luminaries as: Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Asa Larsson, and Eva Gabrielsson."--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DARSummary: From crime stories in the classic hard-boiled style to the vividly experimental, from the determination of those risking everything to the desperation of those with nothing left to lose, Detroit Noir delivers unforgettable tales that capture the city's dark vitality -- From publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Akashic Books 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DETClark, Mary Higgins.
Summary: Six crime stories featuring Alvirah Meehan, a former cleaning woman using the $40 million won in a lottery to sleuth for justice. Also appearing is her ex-plumber husband, Willie. By the author of Weep No More, My Lady.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 1994
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CLAParris, S. J.
Summary: Three exhilarating novellas'The Secret Dead, The Academy of Secrets,andThe Dead of Winter' following the early adventures of young priest Giordano Bruno in the dramatic days of sixteenth century Italy. Even the dead have a story to tell ... Naples, 1566. During a sweltering summer, eighteen-year-old Giordano Bruno takes his final vows at San Domenico Maggiore and is admitted to the Dominican...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PARRendell, Ruth
Contents: A pair of yellow lilies -- Paperwork -- Mother's help -- Long live the queen -- Dying happy -- The copper peacock -- Weeds -- The fish-sitter -- An unwanted woman.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1991
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RENBloch, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mysterious Press 1979
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BLOSummary: From a simple robbery gone horribly wrong to a grisly murder in a secret love dungeon, this stellar collection of crime fiction short stories showcases some of today's finest voices of color.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crooked Lane 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: Fiction VandriverMcInerny, Ralph M.
Contents: Anathema sits -- A falling star -- The Dunne deal -- The cube root of ice -- Hic jacet -- Past times -- The coveted correspondence -- Death wish -- The giveaway -- The prodigal son -- Imaginary sins -- A life sentence -- On ice -- The bald-headed husband -- Ashes to ashes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Five Star 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCIChristie, Agatha
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 1985
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1 available in Adult, Call number: SC CHRDoyle, Arthur Conan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday, c1930. 9300