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3162) The royal secret
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
468 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Two young girls plot a murder by witchcraft. Soon afterwards a government clerk dies painfully in mysterious circumstances. His colleague James Marwood is asked to investigate - but the task brings unexpected dangers. Meanwhile, architect Cat Hakesby is working for a merchant who lives on Slaughter Street, where the air smells of blood and a captive Barbary lion prowls the stables. Then a prestigious new commission arrives. Cat must design a Poultry...
3163) Death and glory
Author
Series
Barker and Llewelyn novel volume 15
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1894, Cyrus Barker, London's premier enquiry agent, is entangled in a conspiracy to revive the American Civil War by prominent figures, long believed deceased. Private Enquiry agent Cyrus Barker, along with his partner Thomas Llewelyn, has a long, accomplished history - he's taken on cases for Scotland Yard, the Foreign Office, and even the crown itself, fulfilling them all with great skill and discretion. None of those cases, however, are as...
Author
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
xiv, 430 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Being Sherlock shares the best collection of Sherlock Holmes stories fans have never had, until now. Shared by Sherlockian Ashley D. Polasek, she nimbly sets the stage for each story and shares interesting Sherlockian tidbits about the incredible evolution of this iconic character. Famous former and current Sherlocks include: William Gillette, Basil Rathbone, Christopher Lee, John Cleese, Robert Downey Jr., Sir Ian McKellen, and Benedict Cumberbatch...
3165) Ash dark as night
Author
Series
Harry Ingram mystery volume 2
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
295 pages : maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles, 1965. Tempers have boiled over in the Watts neighborhood, sparked by the traffic stop of two Black motorists, the Frye brothers, by the Highway Patrol. Freelance crime photographer Harry Ingram is on the scene, capturing images of the cops as they unleash batons, dogs, and water hoses on the predominantly Black crowd. When he snaps proof of an unarmed man being shot down by the LAPD, he winds up in the hospital, beaten, his camera confiscated....
3166) Westside saints: a novel
Author
Series
Westside novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
287 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Return to a twisted version of Jazz Age New York in this follow up to the critically acclaimed fantasy Westside, as relentless sleuth Gilda Carr's pursuit of tiny mysteries drags her into a case that will rewrite everything she knows about her past. Six months ago, the ruined Westside of Manhattan erupted into civil war, and private detective Gilda Carr nearly died to save her city. In 1922, winter has hit hard, and the desolate Lower West is frozen...
Series
What's new Scooby-Doo? volume 1
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (286 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Spooky hilarity and mystery abound with the crime-busting gang of Shaggy, Fred, Daphne, Velma and the ever-comical Scooby-Doo.
3168) The singer from Memphis
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
332 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"A historical murder mystery adventure that stretches from Classical Athens to Egypt in the footsteps of the first historian, Herodotus! Nicolaos, the only private investigator in ancient Athens, discovers that helping an author with his book research can be very dangerous. The would-be author Herodotus has hired Nico and his priestess wife, Diotima, to accompany him to Egypt to research that ancient country's history. Unfortunately, Egypt happens...
3169) Not of this fold
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The fourth installment in Mette Ivie Harrison's nationally bestselling Linda Wallheim mystery series, set in Mormon Utah, explores the effects of alienation, immigration, and extortion from the inner workings of the Mormon church. Now that all five of her sons have left home, Mormon bishop's wife Linda Wallheim has quite a bit of time on her hands, most of which she spends worrying about the state of the country and how her youngest son, Samuel,...
3170) Never sleep
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
266 pages : map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1861, the eve of Abraham Lincoln's inauguration. For Kate Warn, the first female private detective in American history, the only assignment tougher than exposing a conspiracy to assassinate the new president is training her new mentee, Hattie McLaughlin, in the art of detection. The two women's mission to save the president takes them from the granges of rural Maryland to the heart of secessionist high society, and sets them on a collision...
Author
Series
Janet Watson chronicles volume 2
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
326, 17 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Janet Watson and covert agent Sara Holmes, introduced in the acclaimed A Study in Hour, continue their dangerous investigation into the new American Civil War with the help of fresh allies, advanced technology, and brilliant deduction in this superb reimagining of Sherlock Holmes. It's been two months since Dr. Janet Watson accepted an offer from Georgetown University Hospital. The training for her new high-tech arm is taking longer than expected,...
3172) Holly
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
617 pages ; 21 cm
Language
Español
Description
"La nueva novela del Rey del Terror recuerda a joyas como Misery y cuenta con un personaje muy querido por sus fans: Holly Gibney, la detective privada que, por primera vez, protagoniza una novela en solitario. Cuando Penny Dahl contacta con Finders Keepers para que la ayuden a encontrar a su hija, algo en la voz desesperada de la mujer hace que Holly Gibney se vea obligada a aceptar el trabajo. A poca distancia del lugar en el que Bonnie Dahl desapareció,...
3173) Death on Delos
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
329 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Greece, 545 BC: It is illegal to die on the sacred isle of Delos. It's also illegal to give birth there. Yet when murder is committed, the only available detective to solve the crime is the priestess Diotima, and she is heavily pregnant. Delos is the holy birthplace of the divine twins Apollo and Artemis, and it is an island in crisis. Not only has murder tainted the holy sanctuary, but there are about a thousand Athenian troops on the island. The...
3174) The Marathon conspiracy
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
330 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Nicolaos, Classical Athens's favorite sleuth, and his partner in investigation, the clever ex-priestess Diotima, have taken time out of their assignments to come home to get married. But if Nico was hoping they'd be able to get hitched without a hitch, he was overly optimistic. When they arrive in Athens, there's a problem waiting for them. The Sanctuary of Artemis is the ancient world's most famous school for girls. When one of the children is killed,...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Provides summaries of each of the stories; discusses the life and work of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Holmes, Watson, and the other characters, and film and television adaptations; and offers interviews with actors and others involved.
3176) A study in emerald
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cm
Language
English
Description
"This supernatural mystery set in the world of Sherlock Holmes and Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos features a brilliant detective and his partner as they try to solve a horrific murder. The complex investigation takes the Baker Street investigators from the slums of Whitechapel all the way to the Queen's Palace as they attempt to find the answers to this bizarre murder of cosmic horror! From the Hugo, Bram Stoker, Locus, World Fantasy, Nebula award-winning,...
3177) The numbers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (9 1/2 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In this prequel to the Thomas Prescott series, the wisecracking ex-cop follows his sister Lacy to Philadelphia, stumbles into a crime scene, and joins a task force on the trail of a serial killer, all while caring for Lacy when she falls ill.
3178) Case closed: Volume 82
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
Serena introduces Makoto to her parents, and her dad is thrilled she is dating a karate champ while her mother sees a low-class brawler attached to her daughter. When Conan finds the owner of a lost cat, the case goes from fluffy to fatal.
3179) A counterfeit suitor
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
437 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"It is every mama's dearest wish that her daughter marries well. But how to ensure that a seemingly earnest suitor is not merely a fortune hunter? Rosalind is involved in just such a case, discreetly investigating a client's prospective son-in-law, when she is drawn into another predicament shockingly close to home. Rosalind's estranged father, Sir Reginald Thorne--a drunkard and forger--has fallen into the hands of the vicious scoundrel Russell...
Series
Pub. Date
[2015?]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (DVD) (139 min.) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Chill out with Scooby-Doo! There's fun for the whole family in these three cold and frosty cases with Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Incorporated crew! Come in from the Cold with Tom and Jerry! Celebrate the season with Tom and Jerry in these seven cartoon adventures that will battle away your winter blues. All-Star Christmas Fun with Yogi Bear! The Flintstones, Huckleberry Hound, Augie Doggie and more join in, making this a Christmas caper full of animated...
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