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1) Lion & Lamb
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Philadelphia is in a state of shock over the fate of two hometown heroes: Eagles starting quarterback Archie Hughes, and his even more famous wife, Grammy-winning singer Francine Hughes. One spouse is murdered. The other is suspect #1. Even before the case hits the courtroom, it's the hottest ticket in town. For the defense: Cooper Lamb, private investigator to the stars. For the prosecution: Veena Lion, a sleuth so bright she's got to wear shades....
2) Near miss
Author
Series
A Stone Barrington novel volume 64
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Following a string of adventures, Stone Barrington is enjoying some downtime in New York City when a chance encounter introduces him to a charming new companion. Too bad she also comes with the baggage of a persistent ex-boyfriend intent on retribution. As Stone skillfully dodges each disturbance, it soon becomes clear that there is potentially an even more treacherous game being played behind the scenes. And when long-standing grudges resurface,...
Author
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a desperate businessman asks him to find his daughter and grandchildren who have disappeared without a trace, Jack Morgan, the head of Private, finds this simple missing persons case turning into something much more deadly, forcing him to face the trauma of his past to save a family's future.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Physical Desc
419 pages : illustration ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Riverside Close is a picture-perfect community. The six exclusive and attractive houses are tucked far away from the noise and grime of city life, allowing the residents to enjoy beautiful gardens, pleasant birdsong, and tranquility from behind the security of a locked gate.
It is the perfect idyll, until the Kentworthy family arrives, with their four giant, gas-guzzling cars, gaggle of shrieking children, and plans for a garish swimming pool in...
Author
Series
Frankie Elkin volume 3
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"No man truly fears a woman. Not even one who is her father's daughter. The case was sensational. Kaylee Pierson had confessed from the very beginning, waived all appeals. She had called herself "death," but people called her the devil. Despite the media's chronicling of her tragic circumstances-the childhood spent with a violent father-no one could find sympathy for "the Beautiful Butcher" who had led eighteen men home from bars before viciously...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sunny Randall's newest client, Blake, seems to have it all: he is an Instagram influencer, with all the perks the lifestyle entails--a beautiful girlfriend, wealth, and adoring fans. But one of those fans has turned ugly, and Sunny is brought on board by Blake's manager, Bethany, to protect him and to uncover who is out to kill him. In doing so, she investigates a glamorous world rife with lies and schemes...and ties to a dangerous criminal scene....
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Stephen King's Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly's gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges's partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King's new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised...
Author
Series
Detective Miller novels volume 1
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
382 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Maverick sleuth Declan Miller is back at work following the murder of his wife (and amateur ballroom dancing partner), Alex. Working with new partner and heavy metal enthusiast DS Sara Xiu, he is tasked with investigating the double killing of gangland family scion Adrian Cutler and IT consultant Barry Shepherd at the Sands Hotel. Initial evidence suggests a hired gun and a botched job. The search for the hitman begins and Miller begins to reconnect...
Author
Series
Mesquite Springs volume 3
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
345 pages : illustration ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alexandria Tarkington flees a spurned suitor and reunites with her father in Mesquite Springs. She doesn't know that Gabe Seymour, whom she met on the stagecoach, is a private investigator determined to unmask a con man . . . her father"--
Author
Series
Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 7
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
While bumbling PI Percival Smidgely tries to find missing pig Mercy Watson, a trio of clever neighborhood sleuths follow a trail of hoof prints - and a delicious aroma - to recover their porcine wonder, in this uproariously funny, extra-special series finale.
Author
Series
Neal Carey mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition, 30th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
386 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Given the choice of continuing his education at Columbia or returning to life on the streets of New York, Neal Carey goes underground in London to find a prominent politician's runaway daughter.
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a red brick houson a tree-lined street, DC homicide detective Alex Blum stares at the bullet-pocked body of Chris Doyle. As he roots around for evidence, he finds an old polaroid: the decedent, arm in arm with Arthur Holland, Blum's informant from years ago when he worked at the Narcotics branch. But Arthur has been missing for days. Blum's only source: Arthur's girl, Celeste--beautiful, seductive, and tragic--whom he can't get out of his head"--...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
372 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Reluctantly, Charlotte is pulled back into the mystery-solving world she knew--just one more time. But that world is a whole lot more complicated for an adult. As a kid, she was able to crack the case and still get her homework done on time. Now she's dealing with dead bodies, missing persons, and villains who actually see her as a viable threat. And the detective skills she was once so eager to never use again are the only things that can stop a...
Author
Publisher
MCD/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1930s Omaha, ex-cop-turned-PI Jim Beely teams up with local crooked cop Frank Tvrdik to take down the man vying for city commissioner. This moody crime story with a high body count melds fact and fiction into an unforgettable tale of danger and deceit"--
Author
Series
A Corie Geller novel volume 2
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Corie Geller asked her parents to move from their apartment into the suburban McMansion she shares with her husband and teenage daughter, she assumed they'd fit right in with the placid life she'd opted for when she left the Joint Terrorism Task Force of the FBI. But then her dad gets a call from genial and slightly nerdy film professor, April Brown--one of the victims of the case he was never able to solve. When April was five years old, she'd...
Author
Series
Pentecost and Parker mystery volume 4
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 364 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The latest action-packed installment in the Nero Award-winning Pentecost & Parker Mystery series follows Lillian and Will tracking the suspicious disappearance of a woman who might have known too much"--
Vera Bodine, an elderly shut-in with an exceptional memory, has gone missing. Detective Lillian Pentecost and her assistant Willowjean "Will" Parker have been hired to track her down. But the New York City of 1947 can be a dangerous place, and there's...
17) Lost Man's Lane
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
For a sixteen-year-old, a summer internship working for a private investigator seems like a dream come true--particularly since the PI is investigating the most shocking crime to hit Bloomington, Indiana, in decades. A local woman has vanished, and the last time anyone saw her, she was in the backseat of a police car driven by a man impersonating an officer. Marshall Miller's internship puts him at the center of the action, a position he relishes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2024
Physical Desc
282 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a community center opens in town, many embrace it as a space where locals of all ages can gather and create. Others view it as a waste of taxpayer dollars. The director, Darleen Busby-Platt, is no less controversial. Intense and showy, Darleen has huge plans for her new role. But Lucy believes the woman isn't exactly as warm hearted--or qualified--as she seems. That hunch deepens when Darleen and a young employee vanish... and dismembered remains...
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
200 pages : color illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The InvestiGators are having a hard time keeping a low profile with their new headquarters being a giant robot towering over the city...But with their ears to the ground, Mango and Brash hear mysterious rumblings about BOULDER BUDDIES...are they just the latest fad or part of a mob-run scheme? And could a rocky relationship from the InvestiGators' past be trembling beneath the surface?"--
20) Off the hook
Author
Series
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
201 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"The InvestiGators are the best crime-fighting duo in the world. But not even their hi-tech training programs can prepare them for the return of their greatest nemesis, Crackerdile, in a shocking new form! Even worse, he's creating a team of super villains! Faced with the choice between saving themselves or catching the crooks, can Mango and Brash make sure the gator good prevails?"--