Detective and mystery fiction

  • Still life a novel

    Creator

    Fielding, Joy

    Abstract

    When a car accident leaves Casey Marshall in a comatose state, unable to see or communicate, she discovers that her friends aren't the people she thought them to be and that her accident might not have been an accident after all.

    Audience
    Specialized**
    Publisher (Source)

    [Toronto] : Doubleday Canada, c2009

    Not specified
  • Jar city a Reykjavik thriller

    Creator

    Arnaldur Indriðason

    Audience
    Specialized**
    Publisher (Source)

    London : Harvill Press, c2004

    Not specified
  • Shadow family

    Creator

    Miyabe, Miyuki

    Abstract

    Police investigating the murder of a middle-aged office worker discover e-mail correspondence on the victim's computer that indicates he had been a regular participant in an Internet chat room, as the "father" in a fantasy "family." Meanwhile, a female detective is assigned to protect the dead man's real-life daughter who complains of being stalked. As the real daughter confronts her father's alternate life, we are pulled into a psychological drama that pits reality and illusion against each other in astonishing ways.

    Audience
    Adult**
    Publisher (Source)

    Tokyo, Japan : Kodansha International, 2005

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  • Dog on it

    Creator

    Quinn, Spencer

    Abstract

    Introducing two-legged Bernie and his four-legged pal Chet--a canine with a penchant for solving mysteries--their first case is to track down a teenager who's out way past curfew.

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  • The widower's two-step

    Creator

    Riordan, Rick

    Abstract

    Instead of accepting a teaching position at the university, Tres is finishing up his apprenticeship for a private investigator's license. He's doing a poor job of surveillance on the fiddle player in a promising honky-tonk band: she is shot in broad daylight while he watches. Shaken, Tres begins an investigation on his own.

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  • Defend and betray

    Creator

    Perry, Anne

    Abstract

    Presents an Inspector William Monk mystery set in Victorian England.

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  • Bootlegger's daughter

    Creator

    Maron, Margaret

    Abstract

    Attorney Deborah Knott has just entered the heated race for judge of old-boy-ruled Colleton County. The only female candidate, she's busy reeling in voters and giving campaign speeches. There couldn't be a worse time for Gayle Whitehead to beg Deborah to investigate the eighteen-year-old, unsolved murder of Gayle's mother, Janie.

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