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PI Carlotta Carlyle investigates a series of attacks on Boston cabbies. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket design by Ray Santora.
Hardware
Barnes, Linda
New York: Delacorte Press, 1995.
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Just two months after California Fidelity paid a half million dollars on a life insurance policy, the man who had presumably died five years before is spotted in a bar. Is he truly dead, or was his disappearance yet another of his shady schemes? Kinsey Millhone investigates. 288 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.
"J" is for Judgment
Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt, 1993.
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Nota Lake sheriff Tom Newquist was a heart attack waiting to happen. His widow doesn't doubt that he died of natural causes. But what was he so worried about in the weeks before he died? She hires PI Kinsey Millhone to find out. But there's a lot more to the case than first appears, and Kinsey finds herself at risk in a small town. 289 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.
N is for Noose
Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt, 1998.
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Everything's going well for Sharon McCone--in her personal life and with her private detective agency. Then she discovers that someone is out to ruin her, professionally and personally. The answers lie somewhere in her past. Marcia Muller has been awarded the Agatha Award for Lifetime Achievement. Navy cover with gold lettering on spine. 290 pp. 9 3/8" X 6 1/8". Jacket design and illustration by Tony Greco.
The Dangerous Hour
Muller, Marcia
New York: Mysterious Press, 2004.
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Author's first novel. Introducing Queenie Davilov, former PI and wannabe script-writer. Queenie moved to Hollywood to pursue her dream of writing movie scripts. Like many others, she finds it difficult to break into the trade. At last, she's found an agent willing to look at a script. But before anything comes of that, Queenie must don her old PI guise to find the person who murdered horror film producer Burke Lymon, who was killed with an ax that was the principal prop in his recently-completed film. 312 pp. 8 1/4" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by Cheryl Cooper.
Murder Offscreen
Osborne, Denise
New York: Henry Holt, 1994.
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Tamara Hayle, African American PI , single mom, and former cop, is hired by a prominent Newark businessman to investigate his stepdaughter's boyfriend. Her client doesn't live long enough to benefit from Tamara's expertise, however, as he drops dead that very night. Tamara finds herself in the unusual situation of looking for the killer of her now-dead former client.
Devil's Gonna Get Him
Wesley, Valerie Wilson
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1995.
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Signed by author on title page. San Francisco Bay area lawyer Willa Jansson is hired to mediate a marital dispute, not knowing that the wife had been married to a terrorist years before, and whose testimony had sent him to jail. He's now out of prison and looking for her. This is a job where Willa took on far more than she bargained for. 205 pp. 8 5/8" X 5 3/4". Jacket design and illustration by Honi Werner.
Prior Convictions
Matera, Lia
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
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V.I. Warshawski encounters fraud, dogs, and ex-husbands as she investigates the questionable activities of two neighbors. Signed by author on title page. Sara Paretsky has been awarded the Cartier Diamond Award for Lifetime Achievement. 370 pp. 9 3/8" X 6 1/4". Jacket illustration by Hide Muramatsu.
Guardian Angel
Paretsky, Sara
New York: Delacorte Press, 1992.
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Introducing Jewel Averick and Dee Sweet, wives of major league baseball players. Jewel's husband Russell, a center fielder for the D. C. Diamonds, recently purchased the glove of Two-Mile Two-Mile McLemore, a famous hitter from the old Negro Leagues, and the price was $15,000! Someone else is looking for the glove, however, and Jewel wants to know just what it is about that glove that makes it so desirable. Jewel and Dee set out to locate Two-Mile, and find themselves pursued by some shady characters. 287 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 3/4". Jacket illustration by Wilson McLean.
Caught in a Rundown
Saxton, Lisa
New York: Scribners, 1997.
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The twelfth book in the series. Agatha Raisin is not in the best of moods these days. Her husband has left her, and her best friend has gone off to get married. In an effort to cheer herself up, she takes a vacation in the South Pacific, which is only moderately successful. Back home, Agatha decides to put all that behind her. When the body of a woman wearing a bride's dress is found floating in the river, Agatha investigates--assisted by her new (and handsome) neighbor. 213 pp. 8 1/2" X 6". Jacket illustration by Jenny Tylden Wright.
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came
Beaton, M. C.
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002.
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Introducing private investigator Laura Flynn, who's plagued my missing persons. Her father disappeared 20 years ago. Laura's client, Kate Mullery disappears. Even Jaguar the cat disappears. And every question that Laura asks evokes more questions. 228 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 1/2." Jacket art by John Nickle.
Too Many Questions
Grant-Adamson, Lesley
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1991.
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In the twelfth book of the series featuring Kinsey Millhone, she takes off on a cross-country adventure. 290 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.
"L" is for Lawless
Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt, 1995.
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Kinsey Millhone investigates the disappearance of prominent doctor Dowan Purcell, a man with no apparent enemies, but who has been missing for weeks. Everyone has a theory about his fate. Will one of them lead Kinsey to the missing doctor? 276 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4." Jacket art by Tafuri/Redmer.
"P" is for Peril
Grafton, Sue
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2001.
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Private Investigator Kinsey Millhone helps a grieving mother find answers about her daughter's death in this eleventh book in the series. Winner of the 1995 Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus Award for the Best PI Novel. 284 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.
"K" is for Killer
Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt, 1994.
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A mysterious stranger has come to the desert, landing his private plane at the airport. Then he disappears into the desert. Three people combine efforts to find the man and learn who he is. Breda Burrows is a former cop, now a private investigator. Lynn Cutter is a cop on disability pay. Nelson Kareem is a new cop, hoping to make his name by finding the fugitive. The search takes them from the starkness of the desert to the elegance of Palm Springs. Joseph Wambaugh has been awarded the Edgar for Grand Master Lifetime Achievement. 236 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Paul Bacon.
Fugitive Nights
Wambaugh, Joseph
New York: William Morrow, 1992.
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Southern belle private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney is hired to prove a blues musician innocent of the murder of his music mentor. Sarah must deal with romance and racism to solve the crime. 337 pp. 9 1/2" X 6 1/2". Jacket illustration by Richard S. Cowdrey.
Crossed Bones
Haines, Carolyn
New York: Delacorte Press, 2003.
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A handsome new curate comes to Carsely. The ladies of the parish are panting after him, but the vicar isn't much pleased--attendance at services has soared, which puts the vicar's nose out of joint. The curate is found dead in the vicar's study. Who's the perp? Was it the jealous vicar? Or a jealous husband? Agatha Raisin, at loose ends since her husband left, decides to investigate. 212 pp. 8 1/2" X 6". Jacket illustration by Fred Van Deelan.
Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate
Beaton, M. C.
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003.
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Introducing The Beagle sisters, Amanda and Lutie. They've just inherited a detective agency from their older brother, and now there's a headless corpse in a boarding house. The intrepid sisters tackle their first case. First published in 1940. 192 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Marjorie Torrey.
Our First Murder
Chanslor, Torrey
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2002.
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The Beagle sisters are back, this time investigating the murder of a Manhattan society glamor girl. First published in 1941. 192 pp. 9" X 6". Cover art by Marjorie Torrey.
Our Second Murder
Chanslor, Torrey
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2004.
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Ever wonder what's behind the sliding doors of those storage places? PI Kinsey Millhone unexpectedly finds out when a salvage buyer calls to tell her he's just bought some of her personal stuff. From there, Kinsey finds herself investigating not someone else's past, but her own. 318 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket design by Raquel Jaramillo.
"O" Is for Outlaw
Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt, 1999.
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