Detective and mystery fiction

  • Medora murder : Doug Fletcher, book 16

    Creator

    Hovey, Dean L

    Abstract

    Doug and Jill Fletcher are dispatched to investigate the origin of a human bone discovered in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. Barely set up in the horse campground, they're confronted with the disappearance of a woman and her teen daughter from a nearby campsite. After determining that the missing women are still in the park, the Fletchers coordinate a search effort across the 110 square miles of the park as thunderstorms threaten to ignite lightning fires and the Little Missouri River swells past its banks, making portions of the park inaccessible.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Calgary, Alberta]

    BWL Publishing Inc.

    Not specified
  • Death at the chateau : Follet Valley mysteries, book 3

    Creator

    Moore, Ian.

    Abstract

    From the bestselling author of Death and Croissants and Death and Fromage comes a murder mystery perfect for fans of Richard Osman, Julia Chapman, or MC Beaton. Richard Ainsworth's French B&B has been taken over by a production company shooting a historical film at the Château de Valençay. But everything grinds to a halt with the sudden passing of an actor under suspicious circumstances. To get to the bottom of things, Valérie d'Orçay and Richard offer catering services to the hastily resumed production.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    London

    Farrago

    Not specified
  • Death and fromage : Follet Valley mysteries, book 2

    Creator

    Moore, Ian.

    Abstract

    Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the Vallée de Follet. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really that's the way he likes it. Until scandal erupts in the nearby town of Saint-Sauver when its famous restaurant is downgraded from three 'Michelin' stars to two. The restaurant is shamed, the town is in shock and the leading goat's cheese supplier drowns himself in one of his own pasteurisation tanks. Or does he? Valérie d'Orçay, who is staying at the B&B while house-hunting in the area, isn't convinced that it's a suicide.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    London

    Farrago

    Not specified
  • Death and croissants : Follet Valley mysteries, book 1

    Creator

    Moore, Ian.

    Abstract

    The first novel in the enthralling Follet Valley series, by TV/radio regular Ian Moore. Richard is a middle-aged Englishman who runs a B&B in the fictional Val de Follet in the Loire Valley. Nothing ever happens to Richard, and really that's the way he likes it. One day, however, one of his older guests disappears, leaving behind a bloody handprint on the wallpaper. Another guest, the enigmatic Valérie, persuades a reluctant Richard to join her in investigating the disappearance.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    London

    Farrago

    Not specified
  • The river is waiting

    Creator

    Lamb, Wally

    Abstract

    Oprah's Book Club pick. #1 New York Times bestselling author Wally Lamb, celebrated for two prior Oprah Book Club selections, returns with an exceptional third pick—a propulsive novel following a young father grappling with unbearable tragedy as he searches for hope, redemption, and the possibility of forgiveness. Corby Ledbetter is struggling. New fatherhood, the loss of his job, and a growing secret addiction have thrown his marriage to his beloved Emily into a tailspin. And that's before he causes the tragedy that tears the family apart.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • The enigma girl

    Creator

    Porter, Henry

    Abstract

    From internationally bestselling author who is "filling the gap left by Len Deighton and John le Carre" (Evening Standard) comes a propulsive espionage thriller for fans of Mick Herron, Daniel Silva, and Olen Steinhauer. Meet disgraced MI5 agent Slim Parsons, a character who—like Lisbeth Salander—will sear your soul. Slim Parsons is all but burned.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Don't forget me, little Bessie

    Creator

    Burke, James Lee.

    Abstract

    Bestselling author James Lee Burke tells his most thrilling and insightful story yet through the eyes of fourteen-year-old Bessie Holland. At the beginning of the 20th century, as America grapples with forces of human and natural violence more powerful than humanity has ever seen, Bessie Holland yearns for the love that she has never known. She finds a soulmate and mentor in a brilliant but tormented suffragette English teacher, who inspires Bessie to fight the forces of evil that permeate her world.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Simon & Schuster Audio

    Not specified
  • Badlands : Nora Kelly, book 5

    Creator

    Preston, Douglas

    Abstract

    The #1 New York Times bestselling authors Preston & Child return with a thrilling tale in which archaeologist Nora Kelly and FBI Agent Corrie Swanson, while investigating bizarre deaths in the desert, awaken an ancient evil more terrifying than anything they've faced before. In the New Mexico badlands, the skeleton of a woman is found—and the case is assigned to FBI Agent Corrie Swanson. The victim walked into the desert, shedding clothes as she went, and died in agony of heatstroke and thirst.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Grand Central Publishing

    Not specified
  • King of ashes

    Creator

    Cosby, S. A.

    Abstract

    Award-winning, New York Times bestselling author S. A. Cosby returns with King of Ashes – a Godfather-inspired Southern crime epic and dazzling family drama. When eldest son Roman Carruthers is summoned home after his father's car accident, he finds his younger brother, Dante, in debt to dangerous criminals and his sister, Neveah, exhausted from holding the family—and the family business—together. Neveah and their father, who run the Carruthers Crematorium in the run-down central Virginia town of Jefferson Run, see death up close every day.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified
  • A killing cold

    Creator

    Marshall, Kate Alice

    Abstract

    "Listeners will find it challenging to hit pause on this suspense thriller by Marshall... Perfect for listeners who enjoy intricately-plotted suspense thrillers full of family secrets, deception, and isolated settings." — Booklist (Starred Review). A woman invited to her wealthy fiancé's family retreat realizes they are hiding a terrible secret—and that she's been there before, by the bestselling author of What Lies in the Woods. A whirlwind romance.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    New York

    Macmillan Audio

    Not specified