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This is the third book in the Jack Ross series. Ross is hired to find Heather McLeod, who disappeared nearly twenty years ago. While pursuing the case, he meets Martha Reedy, a California PI who is also looking for Heather, but for reasons of her own.
The Iris Deception: A Jack Ross Mystery
Schopen, Bernard
Reno, NV: University of Nevada Press, 1996.
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Eighth book in the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Series. In this outing, Mma Ramotswe must deal with two potential problems in her detective agency: Mr. J.L.B. Matekoni thinks he should be put in charge of the case of a wandering husband; and her assistant, Mma Matuksi, decides to leave the agency. Mma Ramotswe's usual good nature help her deal with the difficulties and carry on. Decorated endpapers.
The Good Husband of Zebra Drive
McCall Smith, Alexander
New York: Pantheon, 2007.
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Agatha Raisin is back, and this time as the head of her own private investigation firm. She's had more than her share of missing cats, but jumps at the first real case comes her way--the daughter of a wealthy woman has received a death threat. Agatha fends off an attack on the girl, then enlists the aid of her old friend Sir Charles to assist in the case.
The Deadly Dance
Beaton, M. C.
New York: StSt. Martin's Minotaur, 2004.
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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.
Agatha Raisin and the Day the Floods Came
Beaton, M. C.
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002.
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The fifteen short stories included in this volume are: "The Last Open File," "Merrill-Go-Round," "Wild Mustard," "The Broken Men," "Deceptions," "Cache and Carry," "Deadly Fantasies," "All the Lonely People," "The Place That Time Forgot," "Somewhere in the City," "Final Resting Place," "Silent Night," "Benny's Space," "The Lost Coast," "Final Case."
The McCone Files
Muller, Marcia
Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 1995.
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Nineteenth in the series featuring Kinsey Millhone, in which Kinsey looks far into the past to find answers for a daughter abandoned by her mother thirty four years before. Large print edition.
S is for Silence
Grafton, Sue
Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, 2006.
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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.
Agatha Raisin and the Case of the Curious Curate
Beaton, M. C.
New York: St. Martin's Minotaur, 2003.
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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 Egar for Grand Master Lifetime Achievement.
Fugitive Nights
Wambaugh, Joseph
New York: William Morrow, 1992.
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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.
Murder Offscreen
Osborne, Denise
New York: Henry Holt, 1994.
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V. I. Warshawski returns to her South Chicago roots as she begins coaching her high school's girls basketball team, then looks into sabotage at the neighborhood's largest employer. Doubleday Large Print Home Library Edition. Sara Paretsky has been awarded the Cartier Diamond Award for Lifetime Achievement.
Fire Sale
Paretsky, Sara
New York: Doubleday, 2005.
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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 testimoney 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.
Prior Convictions
Matera, Lia
New York: Simon & Schuster, 1991.
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PI Kinsey Millhone assists two near-retirement cops in identifying a murder victim from 18 years before.
"Q" is for Quarry
Grafton, Sue
New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 2002.
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Sharon McCone becomes involved in events beyond U.S. borders when she investigates the kidnapping of a little girl, daughter of a man who claims responsibility for a series of embassy bombings. The search is complicated by the man's diplomatic immunity as the son of a consular official. Marcia Muller has been awarded the Agatha Award for Lifetime Achievement.
A Wild and Lonely Place
Muller, Marcia
New York: Mysterious Press, 1995.
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Miss Maude Silver, a former governess, is now a private detective. In Ladies' Bane, she has been hired by Allegra Trent's godmother to investigate Allegra's husand, Geoffrey's, financial status. Miss Silver is more concerned, however, by the fact that Allegra seems to have been drugged, and that Geoffrey's ward, Margot, dies in wht may not have been an accidental fall.
Ladies' Bane
Wentworth, Patricia
New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.
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Sharon McCone of San Francisco's All Souls Legal Cooperative is asked to investigate events in a hotel housing Vietnamese immigrants in the Tenderloin district. Someone is trying to drive them out and they want to know why before more people die. Seventh book in the series. Marcia Muller has been awarded the Agatha Award for Lifetime Achievement.
There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of
Muller, Marcia
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985.
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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.
Crossed Bones
Haines, Carolyn
New York: Delacorte Press, 2003.
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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.
"O" Is for Outlaw
Grafton, Sue
New York: Henry Holt, 1999.
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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. 8vo. 290 pp.
The Dangerous Hour
Muller, Marcia
New York: Mysterious Press, 2004.
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The Beagle sisters are back, this time investigating the murder of a Manhattan society glamor girl. First published in 1941.
Our Second Murder
Chanslor, Torrey
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2004.
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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.
Our First Murder
Chanslor, Torrey
Boulder, CO: Rue Morgue Press, 2002.
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