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Large print edition. 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. 605 pp. 8 3/4" X 5 5/8." Jacket design by Lisa Amoroso.
S is for Silence
Grafton, Sue
Waterville, Maine: Thorndike Press, 2006.
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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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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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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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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 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." p. 248 pp. 9" X 6".
The McCone Files
Muller, Marcia
Norfolk, VA: Crippen & Landru Publishers, 1995.
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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. This series of books has been made into movies. 215 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4".
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. 232 pp. 8 1/2" X 6". Jacket design by David Baldeosingh Rotstein.
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. 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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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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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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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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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. 386 pp. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Jacket illustration by Phil Singer.
A Wild and Lonely Place
Muller, Marcia
New York: Mysterious Press, 1995.
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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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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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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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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 husband, 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 what may not have been an accidental fall.
Ladies' Bane
Wentworth, Patricia
New York: Harper Perennial, 1993.
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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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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. 150 pp. 8 1/2" X 5 3/4". Jacket design by Bob Korn.
There's Nothing to Be Afraid Of
Muller, Marcia
New York: St. Martin's Press, 1985.
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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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