Kategoria BISAC: Fiction >> Mystery & Detective - Amateur Sleuth

"A riveting tale of terrifying intrigue & treachery that threatens to forever shatter two tormented hearts." New York attorney Corinne Wynters' reputation precedes her. Known for her out-of-the-box solutions and miraculous problem solving ability it was no wonder she came highly recommended to Peter Sloan. After returning from a six month sailing hiatus mourning the unexpected death of his beloved wife Millicent he discovers his company close to financial ruin. Frantic and unable to trust his managers, Peter turns to Cory out of desperation to save his company. Cory's promising...

Ginny Darbonne has finally pulled herself from the murky abyss where anger, fear and hopelessness crush the spirit. Three years earlier, her father and her best friend had been murdered by the evil Stark. Stark is dead now. She killed him. Good riddance Having realized her dream of creating her own touring dance company, The Virginia Dare Dance Ensemble, Ginny's spirit is soaring. Nearing the end of this first American tour, she can look back on a year of accomplishment. It has been hard work, yes; but Emily, her life saver in so many ways and now her stage manager extraordinaire, has been...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of crimes in this spellbinding Dickensian romp, with the canonical author at Oxford, where the greatest minds of England toil ... and one mind toils day and night with thoughts of the perfect murder.

One dank November night, Charles Dickens and Wilkie Collins are called to a part of London notorious for its opium dens--where an Oxford History Don has been found murdered. Eager to escape the drudgery of a London winter, the two amateur detectives willingly accept Inspector Field's orders to travel on the new railway line to Oxford, where Collins...

" A] delightful hot toddy of a winter's read." --LA TIMES

It was the best of times, it was the worst of crimes in this delightful Dickensian romp, with the canonical author teaming up with a famous upstart to solve a devilish murder.

In Victorian London, Charles Dickens and his protege, the renowned author Wilkie Collins, make the acquaintance of the shrewdest mind either would ever encounter: Inspector William Field of the newly formed Metropolitan Protectives. A gentleman's brutal murder brings the three men together in an extraordinary investigation that leads Dickens to the...

"Atmospheric and cunningly plotted." --BOOKLIST

It was the best of times, it was the worst of crimes in this dizzying Dickensian romp, as the canonical author risks ruining his reputation--and losing his life--all for love and justice.

Someone is threatening Angela Burdett-Coutts, the banker, feminist, and philanthropist, one of the richest, most powerful women in England. Soon after she alerts her friend Charles Dickens to the threats, the Coutts Bank is robbed, and a member of the Women's Emancipation Society is found strangled inside. The murder brings the burgeoning feminist...

It was the best of times, it was the worst of crimes in this eerie Dickensian romp, with the canonical author investigating a crime that will take him into the cells of Newgate Prison and places even darker and more terrifying.

The ghastly double murder of a society doctor's beautiful wife and her maid reunites celebrated novelist Charles Dickens, his protege Wilkie Collins, and formidable Inspector Field of the Metropolitan Protectives in another brilliant quest for justice. They manage to defend old friend and ex-burglar Tally Ho Thompson, who's arrested at the scene, but then the case...

Things really go to seed in the newest novel in the New York Times bestselling Book Retreat mysteries...

There is a hidden garden bordering the grounds of Jane Steward's book-themed resort--a garden filled with beautiful but deadly plants such as mandrake and nightshade. Tucked away behind ivy-covered walls and accessible only through a single locked door, as described in the pages of Frances Hodges Burnett's classic novel, the garden is of special interest to Jane's current group of guests, The Medieval Herbalists. But when one of them turns up dead, Jane must discover...

A NEW HAMPSHIRE MYSTERY

Hannah Cole has built a life around her job as a receptionist at the local precinct after surviving a tumultuous upbringing, one she's worked hard to forget. For years, Hannah has hardly spoken to her overbearing mother or the half-sisters she barely knows: shy Candice, and Mary, a stunning fifteen year old with an eerie grip on the town. But when she learns her mother has been kidnapped, she returns home to the shack on Hermit Lake and the step-father she's never trusted.

Detective Cody McAlister has never seen a case like this. The kidnapper has...

An Abbot Peter mystery. With the pursuit of excellence exchanged for the pursuit of a killer who is both clever and efficient, the long dark corridors of Stormhaven Towers become an education in fear. Who will be next?

Traveling secretary Hattie Davish is taking her singular talents to Washington, D.C., to help Sir Arthur Windom-Greene research his next book. But in the winding halls of the nation s capital, searching for the truth can sometimes lead to murder . . .
Hattie is in her element, digging through dusty basements, attics, and abandoned buildings, not to be denied until she fishes out that elusive fact. But her delightful explorations are dampened when she witnesses a carriage crash into a carp pond beneath the shadow of the Washington Monument. Alarmingly, one of the passengers...

Librarians gone wild It's a typical state library association conference - presentations, networking, receptions, drinking, strangers appearing in Pete and Jamie's room in the middle of the night... What's atypical is murder. A lot of people hated library director Hugo Creighton, most of them librarians. Can Jamie help the police solve Creighton's murder before the conference ends and the suspects go home?

Library work-study student Austin Sharp upset a lot of people. When Jamie Brodie finds Austin dead, strangled to death in the library stacks, the police have plenty of suspects. When another library work-study student is found strangled, the focus of the investigation shifts - both students were from the same hometown. Then a third student is found dead. A serial killer is on the loose, and the police send in detectives from the elite Homicide Special unit. And their favorite suspect is Jamie.

A valuable art collection disappears turning a treasure-hunting duo into crime-stopping sleuths willing to risk their lives to vindicate family members in Kaylin McFarren's action-packed suspense novel, Banished Threads. While vacationing at the stately Cumberforge Manor in Bellwood, England, Rachel Lyons and Chase Cohen attend an elegant dinner party hosted by her uncle, Paul Lyons, and his aristocratic wife, Sara. Before the evening ends, a priceless collection of Morris Graves's paintings are stolen from her uncle's popular gallery, throwing all suspicion onto his wife's missing...

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR "This fast-paced, action-filled whodunit was enjoyable and hard to put down. The mystery was good, the characters are likeable and it was fun to watch all the pieces come together in this well-written drama. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series." - Dru's Book Musings "Funny, fast paced and just a smidge of romance. What more could you ask for? Bring on the next one " - T. Sue Versteeg, Author of My Ex-Boyfriend's Wedding "A high-octane, fast-paced thrill ride of a mystery adventure that will definitely leave you anxious for the next installment." -...

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR "This fast-paced, action-filled whodunit was enjoyable and hard to put down. The mystery was good, the characters are likeable and it was fun to watch all the pieces come together in this well-written drama. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series." - Dru's Book Musings "Funny, fast paced and just a smidge of romance. What more could you ask for? Bring on the next one " - T. Sue Versteeg, Author of My Ex-Boyfriend's Wedding "A high-octane, fast-paced thrill ride of a mystery adventure that will definitely leave you anxious for the next installment." -...

"Delicious A great read written by someone who knows the behind the scenes world of filmmaking...A winner " - Kathryn Leigh Scott, Author of the Jinx Fogarty Mysteries "Loved this book The characters are well-drawn and it's cleverly plotted. Totally engrossing...I felt as though I was actually on a movie set. The author is well-versed in her setting and she is able to keep the reader in suspense. I can't wait for the second book in the series." - Marianna Heusler, Edgar-Nominated Author "With a likeable cast of characters and an inside look at the movie industry, this was an equally...

"Delicious A great read written by someone who knows the behind the scenes world of filmmaking...A winner " - Kathryn Leigh Scott, Author of the Jinx Fogarty Mysteries "Loved this book The characters are well-drawn and it's cleverly plotted. Totally engrossing...I felt as though I was actually on a movie set. The author is well-versed in her setting and she is able to keep the reader in suspense. I can't wait for the second book in the series." - Marianna Heusler, Edgar-Nominated Author "With a likeable cast of characters and an inside look at the movie industry, this was an equally...

Water Can Keep You Alive ... A man in a wheelchair goes missing in rough country in the Big Horn Basin of Wyoming. Amateur sleuth Elizabeth -E.M.- Danniher and KWMT-TV colleague Mike Paycik immediately join the search organized by local rancher Thomas Burrell. But soon they're on a search of a different kind - a search for the truth. It takes them deep into the intricacies of the western community served by the Red Sail Ditch - the irrigation system that could make a ranch viable or worthless. They find rivalries, cooperation, antagonisms, inter-dependencies, and motives for murder....