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Robert B. Parker's Bad influence [sound recording] / by Gaylin, Alison,author.; Burton, Kate,narrator.; Parker, Robert B.,1932-2010,creator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Kate Burton."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. When Bethany goes missing and the threats against Blake escalate, Sunny realizes that in order to solve this case, she has to find out exactly who Blake and Bethany are, behind the Instagram filters. While digging into their pasts, she is also forced to confront her own, as old friends--and ex-husbands--reappear. With a combination of old-school crime-solving skills and modern internet savvy, Sunny will stop at nothing to catch a killer"--
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Randall, Sunny (Fictitious character); Death threats; Missing persons; Murder; Private investigators; Social media; Women detectives; Women private investigators;
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The last house guest : a novel / by Miranda, Megan,author.;
"From the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of All the Missing Girls, a suspenseful new novel about an idyllic town in Maine dealing with the suspicious death of one of their own--and her best "summer" friend, who is trying to uncover the truth ... before fingers point her way"--"Littleport, Maine, has always felt like two separate towns: an ideal vacation enclave for the wealthy, whose summer homes line the coastline; and a simple harbor community for the year-round residents whose livelihoods rely on service to the visitors. Typically, fierce friendships never develop between a local and a summer girl--but that's just what happens with visitor Sadie Loman and Littleport resident Avery Greer. Each summer for almost a decade, the girls are inseparable--until Sadie is found dead. While the police rule the death a suicide, Avery can't help but feel there are those in the community, including a local detective and Sadie's brother, Parker, who blame her. Someone knows more than they're saying, and Avery is intent on clearing her name, before the facts get twisted against her. Another thrilling novel from the bestselling author of All the Missing Girls and The Perfect Stranger, Megan Miranda's The Last House Guest is a smart, twisty read with a strong female protagonist determined to make her own way in the world."--Jacket flap.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Murder; Female friendship;
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Murder is for keeps / by Duncan, Elizabeth J.,author.;
"Local artist and amateur sleuth Penny Brannigan has been spending her summer painting the exterior and views of the once-lovely Gwrych Castle, now in a heartbreaking state of disrepair. A privately owned castellated country house of jaw dropping scale, the gorgeous house located just outside of Penny's picturesque Welsh town has been sadly neglected for decades. Penny is thrilled when she hears local Mark Baker is leading a team of enthusiastic volunteers to restore the castle grounds and formal gardens to their former grandeur. But there are always disagreements about how everything should be done, and it's not long before they turn deadly. Penny is horrified to discover the body of an overbearing volunteer who had opposed Mark at every turn. Convinced that Mark is innocent, Penny enlists the help of keen gardener Gareth Davies, recently retired from the North Wales Police Service. She asks that he join the volunteer brigade, so Gareth dons a hi-vis jacket, picks up a spade and picks up a few clues, too. Asked to examine watercolor paintings of the estate gardens from the 1920s, Penny is surprised to find a few clues of her own. Could the 90-year-old paintings really hold the keys to a present-day murder? Murder is for keeps is the latest book in this charming traditional mystery series from Elizabeth J. Duncan"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Brannigan, Penny (Fictitious character); Women private investigators; City and town life; Murder;
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Grace cries uncle / by Hyzy, Julie A.;
While investigating the death of an FBI agent, Grace copes with the possibility of being Bennett's niece and with the reappearance of her estranged sister.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation; Wheaton, Grace (Fictitious character); Government investigators; Americans; Murder; Museum curators; Sisters; Manors; Uncles;
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Opposite Sully's Gym : A Patrick Bird Mystery. by Stefanovich-Thomson, Alexis.;
A missing tenant, an irate mother-in-law, and a killer hiding in a Toronto rooming house -- out-of-work PI Patrick Bird is back in business.Spring 1968: The suspicious death of a tenant in an Ossington Avenue rooming house.The dead man: Jack Turner, freelance photographer, his darkroom on the third floor demolished.The reluctant detective: Patrick Bird thought he was helping his mother-in-law collect the rent from one of her wayward tenants, not starting an investigation.The tenants: Shirley Burton, the young nurse, far from home; Mr. Yusuf, the international student, training to be a doctor; and Danny Blinken, the taxi driver, shifty and belligerent.But there's still one more room, on the second floor, empty and for rent now. And Bird's investigation leads to the startling truth: its former tenant was James Earl Ray, the international fugitive who assassinated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Memphis, just weeks earlier, before crossing the border to hide out in Toronto.Bird starts getting the idea that he might be in too deep.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Historical; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / Private Investigators; FICTION / Noir;
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A killer in the family : a novel / by Lodge, Gytha,author.;
"When the police found the first body, left on a bonfire in the fields, they worried it had the hallmarks of a serial killer. Now, as they find the second, they know for sure. Panic about the "bonfire killer" quickly spreads through the sedate, suburban area of Southampton. Women are urged not to travel alone at night, and constant vigilance is encouraged among the local residents. But single mom Aisling Cooley has a lot to distract her: two beloved teenage sons and a quest to find her long-lost father, whom she hasn't seen since she was a teenager growing up in Ireland. After much debate she decides to upload her DNA to an ancestry website, and when she gets a match she is filled with an anxious excitement, that her questions about her father's disappearance from her life might finally be answered. But to her horror, it's not her father who's found her. It's a detective. And they say her DNA is a close match for the bonfire killer ... "--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Detectives; ‬DNA fingerprinting; Family secrets; ‬Genetic genealogy; Mothers and sons; Murder; Serial murder investigation;
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Robert B. Parker's Broken trust [sound recording] / by Lupica, Mike,author.; Mantegna, Joe,narrator.; Parker, Robert B.,1932-2010,creator.; Random House Audio Publishing,publisher.;
Read by Joe Mantegna.The beautiful wife of one of the world's richest men comes to Spenser in the hope that he can find out what skeletons lurk in her husband's closet. Though he is a generous philanthropist and loving family man, she is concerned - he has recently become secretive, bordering on paranoid, and she wants Spenser to find out why. As Spenser digs into the billionaire's past, he realises that the man may have done terrible things to rise to the top - but he also may have had good reason to. What he discovers will cause him to question his own views on morality - and place him in grave danger.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Spenser (Fictitious character); Billionaires; Husband and wife; Private investigators; Secrecy;
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The library game / by Pandian, Gigi,1975-author.;
"In The Library Game, Tempest Raj and Secret Staircase Construction are renovating a classic detective fiction library that just got its first real-life mystery. Tempest Raj couldn't be happier that the family business, Secret Staircase Construction, is finally getting the recognition it deserves. Known for enchanting architectural features like sliding bookshelves and secret passageways, the company is now taking on a dream project: transforming a home into a public library that celebrates history's greatest fictional detectives. Though the work is far from done, Gray House Library's new owner is eager to host a murder mystery dinner and literary themed escape room. But when a rehearsal ends with an actor murdered and the body vanishes, Tempest is witness to a seemingly impossible crime. Fueled by her grandfather's Scottish and Indian meals, Tempest and the rest of the crew must figure out who is making beloved classic mystery plots come to life in a deadly game. Multiple award winning author Gigi Pandian masterfully weaves wit and warmth in the Secret Staircase Mysteries. Readers will delight in the surprises Secret Staircase Construction uncovers behind the next locked door"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Recipes.; Novels.; Architectural firms; Dwellings; East Indian Americans; Escape room games; Family-owned business enterprises; Interior decoration; Libraries; Murder;
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Hush [sound recording] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Hartman, Kathryn,narrator.; Fox, Candice,author.; Patterson, James,1947-Hush, hush.[sound recording].; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Kathryn Hartman."Top cop. Devoted sister. Now Inmate 3329. But prison bars won't stop Harriet Blue from seeking justice for the murder of her brother. Prison is a dangerous place for a former cop-- as Harriet Blue is learning on a daily basis. So, following a fight for her life and a prison-wide lockdown, the last person she wants to see is Deputy Police Commissioner Joe Woods. The man who put her inside. But Woods is not there to gloat. His daughter Tonya and her two-year-old child have gone missing. He's ready to offer Harriet a deal: find his family to buy her freedom."--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Audiobooks.; Blue, Harriet (Fictitious character); Missing persons; Women detectives; Women prisoners;
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A Christmas carol murder / by Redmond, Heather,1969-author.;
The latest novel from Heather Redmond's acclaimed mystery series finds young Charles Dickens suspecting a miser of pushing his partner out a window, but his fiancée Kate Hogarth takes a more charitable view of the old man's innocence ... London, December 1835: Charles and Kate are out with friends and family for a chilly night of caroling and good cheer. But their blood truly runs cold when their singing is interrupted by a body plummeting from an upper window of a house. They soon learn the dead man at their feet, his neck strangely wrapped in chains, is Jacob Harley, the business partner of the resident of the house, an unpleasant codger who owns a counting house, one Emmanuel Screws. Ever the journalist, Charles dedicates himself to discovering who's behind the diabolical defenestration. But before he can investigate further, Harley's corpse is stolen. Following that, Charles is visited in his quarters by what appears to be Harley's ghost--or is it merely Charles's overwrought imagination? He continues to suspect Emmanuel, the same penurious penny pincher who denied his father a loan years ago, but Kate insists the old man is too weak to heave a body out a window. Their mutual affection and admiration can accommodate a difference of opinion, but matters are complicated by the unexpected arrival of an infant orphan. Charles must find the child a home while solving a murder, to ensure that the next one in chains is the guilty party.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Christmas fiction.; Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870; Dickens, Catherine, 1815-1879; Journalists; Murder;
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