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The cost of a hostage / by Whishaw, Iona,1948-author.;
It's a slow August morning in King's Cove. Lane has a book to read and a lawn that needs mowing. At the Nelson Police Station her husband, Inspector Darling, and his team are tidying their desks during a rare lull. Then Lane receives a call with news that Darling's brother Bob has gone missing from a mining camp in Mexico and the police station is visited by the frantic mother of a boy kidnapped from his bedroom. From bustling Mexico City, through the desert and into the mountain range beyond, Darling and Lane's search for Bob puts them out of the realm of the law and at the mercy of a local bandido. Meanwhile Lane is certain she's recognized someone from her past she'd rather forget. Back in the Kootenays, both kidnapper and kid turn up across the lake in Creston and it appears to be case closed--until a body is found mangled in the paddlewheel of a ferry boat. Plans for Ames's wedding are taking shape, and Terrell's favourite soon-to-be police officer April has a chance to prove her mettle. The latest Winslow mystery questions the roles of men and women, husbands and wives, and of course a certain police inspector and King's Cove's resident sleuth.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Winslow, Lane (Fictitious character); Kidnapping; Missing persons;
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A divided loyalty / by Todd, Charles,author.;
Chief Inspector Brian Leslie, a respected colleague of Ian Rutledge's, is sent to Avebury, a village set inside a great prehistoric stone circle not far from Stonehenge. A young woman has been murdered next to a mysterious, hooded, figure-like stone, but no one recognizes her--or admits to it. And how did she get there? Despite a thorough investigation, it appears that her killer has simply vanished. Rutledge, returning from the conclusion of a case involving another apparently unknown woman, is asked to take a second look at Leslie's inquiry, to see if he can identify this victim. But Rutledge is convinced Chief Superintendent Jameson only hopes to tarnish his earlier success once he also fails. Where to begin? He too finds very little to go on in Avebury, slowly widening his search beyond the village--only to discover that unlikely--possibly even unreliable--clues are pointing him toward an impossible solution, one that will draw the wrath of the Yard down on him, and very likely see him dismissed if he pursues it. But what about the victim--what does he owe this tragic woman? Where must his loyalty lie?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Rutledge, Ian (Fictitious character); Police; Murder; Women;
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Vera. [videorecording] / by Bazalgette, Ed.; Blethyn, Brenda,1946-; Cleeves, Ann.Vera Stanhope series.Videorecording.; Hoar, Peter.; Holmes, Julian.; Leon, David,1980-; Morrison, Jon.; Ritter, Paul(Actor); Whittington, Paul.; Acorn Media (Firm); ITV Studios.;
Disc 1. Changing tides -- disc 2. Old wounds -- disc 3. Muddy waters -- disc 4. Shadows in the sky.Brenda Blethyn, David Leon, Jon Morrison, Paul Ritter.Detective Chief Inspector Vera Stanhope is obsessive about her work and driven by her own demons. If she's lonely she doesn't show it and faces the world with caustic wit, guile and courage. Her trusted and long suffering colleague is Sergeant Joe Ashworth. Together they approach every new case with unparalleled gusto and professionalism.PG.DVD, widescreen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo sound.
Subjects: Cleeves, Ann.; Criminal investigation; Criminal investigation; Detective and mystery television programs.; Stanhope, Vera (Fictitious character); Women detectives; Women detectives;
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Superfluous women : a Daisy Dalrymple mystery / by Dunn, Carola.;
Includes bibliographical references."In England in the late 1920s, The Honourable Daisy Dalrymple Fletcher, on a convalescent trip to the countryside, goes to visit three old school friends in the area. The three, all unmarried, have recently bought a house together. They are a part of the generation of "superfluous women"--brought up expecting marriage and a family, but left without any prospects after more than 700,000 British men were killed in the Great War. Daisy and her husband Alec--Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher, of Scotland Yard --go for a Sunday lunch with Daisy's friends, where one of the women mentions a wine cellar below their house, which remains curiously locked, no key to be found. Alec offers to pick the lock, but when he opens the door, what greets them is not a cache of wine, but the stench of a long-dead body. And with that, what was a pleasant Sunday lunch has taken an unexpected turn. Now Daisy's three friends are the most obvious suspects in a murder and her husband Alec is a witness, so he can't officially take over the investigation. So before the local detective, Superintendent Underwood, can officially bring charges against her friends, Daisy is determined to use all her resources (Alec) and skills to solve the mystery behind this perplexing locked-room crime"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Historical fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Dalrymple, Daisy (Fictitious character); Murder; Police spouses;
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Foyle's war. [videorecording] / by Dance, Charles.; Farrell, Nicholas.; Fox, Edward,1937-; Green, Jill.; Hardy, Robert,1925-; Horovitch, David.; Horowitz, Anthony,1955-; Howell, Anthony,1971-; Kitchen, Michael,1948-; Ovenden, Julian.; Passmore, Simon.; Pike, Rosamund,1979-; Silberston, Jeremy.; Thacker, David.; Weeks, Honeysuckle,1979-; Acorn Media (Firm); Greenlit Productions.; Paddock Productions.;
The German woman --The white feather --A lesson in murder --Eagle day.Michael Kitchen, Anthony Howell, Honeysuckle Weeks, Julian Ovenden, Edward Fox, Robert Hardy, David Horovitch, Rosamund Pike, Charles Dance.Michael Kitchen stars as Detective Chief Inspector Christopher Foyle in this original PBS Masterpiece Theatre mystery series. Set in the beautiful southern English countryside amid the disorder and danger of World War II, Foyle's War takes place far from the glory of the front. His is an ordinary struggle, against everyday evil, in extraordinarily dangerous times.PG.DVD, anamorphic 16:9 widescreen; Dolby Digital stereo.
Subjects: Criminal behavior; Detective and mystery television programs.; Detectives; Foyle, Christopher (Fictitious character); Murder; Murder; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; World War, 1939-1945;
© c2009., Distributed by Acorn Media,
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Wallander. [videorecording] / by Branagh, Kenneth,actor.; Left Bank Pictures,production company.; Yellow Bird (Firm),production company.; TKBC (Firm),production company.; British Broadcasting Corporation,production company.; Degeto (Firm),production company.; WGBH (Radio station : Boston, Mass.),production company.; Film i Skn̄e,production company.; BBC Video (Firm),production company.; 2 Entertain (Firm),distributor.;
Sidetracked: Director of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle.Firewall: Director of photography, Jan Jonaeus.One step behind: Director of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle.Kenneth Branagh.Three new crime dramas based on the best selling books by Henning Mankell - Sidetracked, Firewall, and One Step Behind follow Inspector Kurt Wallander, a disillusioned everyman, as he struggles against a rising tide of violence in southern Sweden.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen (16:9) presentation ; Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Wallander, Kurt (Fictitious character); Criminal investigation; Murder;
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Dalziel & Pascoe. [videorecording] / by Bennett, Edward,1950-; Bradbury, Malcolm,1932-2000.; Buchanan, Colin.; Clarke, Warren,1947-; Corbett, Susannah.; Davies, Gareth.; Devenish, Ross.; Higson, Paddy.; Hill, Reginald.Dalziel and Pascoe novels.Videorecording.; Lowe, Stephen.; Plater, Alan,1935-2010.; Royle, David.; BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.; British Broadcasting Corporation.;
Ruling passion -- A killing kindness -- Deadheads -- Exit lines.Warren Clarke, Colin Buchanan, Susannah Corbett, David Royle.Detective Andy Dalziel is an idiosyncratic copper with a penetrating wit and questionable personal habits. Inspector Peter Pascoe is his cultured sidekick, a thoughtful 'New Man' with a degree in Social Sciences, a caring attitude and a sharp brain. When they threw together these contrasting characters, few thought their talents would gel and that, sharing a commitment to justice, they would forge an impressive crime-solving partnership, and a tentative friendship.PG.DVD, NTSC, region 1, Dolby digital Stereo., widescreen presentation.
Subjects: Criminal behavior; Dalziel, Andrew (Fictitious character); Detective and mystery television programs.; Detectives; Murder;
© c2010., BBC : Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc.,
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Death of an honest man / by Beaton, M. C.,author.;
"Sergeant Hamish Macbeth--Scotland's most quick-witted but unambitious policeman--returns in M.C. Beaton's new mystery in her New York Times bestselling series. Nobody loves an honest man, or that was what police sergeant Hamish Macbeth tried to tell newcomer Paul English. Paul had moved to a house in Cnothan, a sour village on Hamish's beat. He attended church in Lochdubh. He told the minister, Mr. Wellington, that his sermons were boring. He told tweedy Mrs. Wellington that she was too fat and in these days of increasing obesity it was her duty to show a good example. Angela Brody was told her detective stories were pap for the masses and it was time she wrote literature instead. He accused Hamish of having dyed his fiery red hair. He told Jessie Currie--who repeated all the last words of her twin sister--that she needed psychiatric help. "I speak as I find," he bragged. Voices saying, "I could kill that man," could be heard from Lochdubh to Cnothan. And someone did. Now Hamish is faced with a bewildering array of suspects. And he's lost the services of his clumsy policeman, Charlie, who has resigned from the force after Chief Inspector Blair berated Charlie one too many times, and the policeman threw Blair into the loch. Can Hamish find the killer on his own?"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Macbeth, Hamish (Fictitious character); Murder; Police;
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Hercule Poirot's silent night / by Hannah, Sophie,1971-author.; Christie, Agatha,1890-1976,creator.;
It's December 19, 1931. Hercule Poirot and Inspector Edward Catchpool are looking forward to a much-needed, restful Christmas holiday, when they are called upon to investigate the murder of a man in a Norfolk hospital ward. Cynthia Catchpool, Edward's mother, insists that Poirot stay with her in a crumbling mansion by the coast, so that they can all be together for the festive period while he solves the case. As Poirot digs into the mystery, he discovers that the murdered man was a retired post office master, and by all accounts very well-liked. The local constabulary's investigation failed to uncover how someone could have entered a hospital room and killed him under the noses of the staff. Cynthia's friend Arnold is soon to be admitted to that same hospital, and his wife is convinced he will be the killer's next victim, though she refuses to explain why. With no obvious motive or suspect, Poirot has less than a week to solve the crime and prevent more murders, if he is to escape from this nightmare scenario and get home in time for Christmas. Meanwhile, someone else also has ideas about what ought to happen to Hercule Poirot.
Subjects: Christmas fiction.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Poirot, Hercule (Fictitious character); Christmas stories; Hospitals; Murder; Nineteen thirties; Private investigators;
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Give unto others / by Leon, Donna,author.;
"What role can or should loyalty play in the life of a police inspector? It's a question Commissario Guido Brunetti must face and ultimately answer in Give unto Others, Donna Leon's splendid thirty-first installment of her acclaimed Venetian crime series. Brunetti is approached for a favor by Elisabetta Foscarini, a woman he knows casually, but her mother was good to Brunetti's mother, so he feels obliged to at least look into the matter privately, and not as official police business. Foscarini's son-in-law, Enrico Fenzo, has alarmed his wife (her daughter) by confessing their family might be in danger because of something he's involved with. Since Fenzo is an accountant, Brunetti logically suspects the cause of danger is related to the finances of a client. Yet his clients seem benign: an optician, a restaurateur, a charity established by his father-in-law. However, when his friend's daughter's place of work is vandalized, Brunetti asks his own favors-that his colleagues Claudia Griffoni, Lorenzo Vianello, and Signorina Elettra Zorzi assist his private investigation, which soon enough turns official as they uncover the dark and Janus-faced nature of a venerable Italian institution. Exploring the wobbly line between the criminal and non-criminal, revealing previously untold elements of Brunetti's past, Give unto Others shows that the price of reciprocity can be steep"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Brunetti, Guido (Fictitious character); Police;
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