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The quiet tenant / by Michallon, Clémence,author.;
"A psychological thriller about trauma, power, and survival, which follows a young woman who has been captured and confined by a serial killer--who is a father, widower, former Marine, and lineman for the local electric company--as he hides the true nature of his double life from his daughter, neighbors, and the local bartender who could be his next victim, unless his captive manages to stop him"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Family secrets; Fathers and daughters; Kidnapping victims; Kidnapping; Man-woman relationships; Murder; Serial murderers; Women;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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K is for killer / by Grafton, Sue,author.;
Janice Kepler asks Detective Kinsey Millhone to pick up where the local police left off and find out who murdered her daughter Lorna.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Millhone, Kinsey (Fictitious character), 1950-; Murder; Women private investigators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Local gone missing / by Barton, Fiona,author.;
"Detective Elise King investigates a man's disappearance in a seaside town where the locals and weekenders are at odds with each other in this rich and captivating new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Widow. Elise King is a successful and ambitious detective-or she was before a medical leave left her unsure if she'd ever return to work. She now spends most days watching the growing tensions in her small seaside town of Ebbing-the weekenders renovating old bungalows into luxury homes, and the locals resentful of the changes. Elise can only guess what really happens behind closed doors. But Dee Eastwood, her house cleaner, often knows. She's an invisible presence in many of the houses in town, but she sees and hears everything. The conflicts boil over when a newcomer wants to put the town on the map with a giant music festival, and two teenagers overdose on drugs. When a man disappears the first night of the festival, Elise is drawn back into her detective work and starts digging for answers. Ebbing is a small town, but it's full of secrets and hidden connections that run deeper and darker than Elise could have ever imagined"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Missing persons; Music festivals; Secrecy; Small cities; Women detectives;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Dead on target / by Beaton, M. C.,author.; Green, R. W.(Novelist),author.;
"Beloved New York Times bestseller M. C. Beaton's cranky, crafty Agatha Raisin--the star of her own hit T.V. series--is back on the case again in Dead on Target. A visit to the local village fete for a spot of fun and relaxation turns into a nightmare for Agatha Raisin when she discovers the body of the local landowner in the woods--with an arrow in his chest and trousers round his ankles. Agatha's old adversary, Detective Chief Inspector Wilkes, declares the death a tragic accident, believing the victim has been hit by a stray arrow from an archery demonstration. Agatha is convinced of foul play, however, and is shocked when Wilkes eventually agrees ... with her as his prime murder suspect. Determined to clear her name and find the real killer, Agatha launches her own investigation, quickly becoming involved with a family at war, an unscrupulous gangster--and a killer who is determined to make her the next victim ..."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Raisin, Agatha (Fictitious character); Murder; Villages; Women private investigators;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Bad moon rising / by Galligan, John,author.;
PREVIOUS BOOK IN SERIES: DEAD MAN DANCING, ISBN 9781982110734. A record heat wave suffocates remote rural Wisconsin as the local sheriff tracks down a killer hidden in the depths of the community in this atmospheric, race-to-the-finish third mystery novel in the 'Bad Axe County' series.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Policewomen; Murder; Veterans;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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False friend : a novel / by Grant, Andrew,1968-author.;
"Detective Devereaux is hot on the heels of an arsonist--one who is targeting local schools. When long-buried bones are uncovered at the site of a fire, a deadly secret is exposed and a devastating past threatens to be revealed. Meanwhile, an enemy is determined to expose the darkest corners of Devereaux's past"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Confessions of the dead / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Barker, J. D.(Jonathan Dylan),1971-author.;
Hollows Bend, New Hampshire, is a picture-perfect New England town where weekend tourists flock to see fall leaves and eat breakfast at the Stairway Diner. The crime rate--zero--is a point of pride for Sheriff Ellie Pritchett. The day the stranger shows up is when the trouble starts. The sheriff and her deputy investigate the mysterious teenage girl. None of the locals can place her. She can't--or won't-answer any questions. She won't even tell them her name. While the girl is in protective custody, the officers are called to multiple crime scenes leading them closer and closer to a lake outside of town that doesn't appear on any map.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Lakes; Policewomen; Secrecy; Sheriffs; Small cities; Teenage girls;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Batman, detective comics. [graphic novel] / by Tamaki, Mariko,author.; Bellaire, Jordie,colourist.; Bidikar, Aditya,letterer.; Leigh, Rob,letterer.; Mora, Dan,illustrator.; Mulvihill, Patricia,colourist.; Prianto, Arif,colourist.; Rodriguez, Diego(Comic book artist),colourist.; Rosenberg, Matthew(Graphic novelist),author.; Watters, Dan,author.;
"Batman is seen by many as judge and executioner of the city's vilest villains. Well, it's time for him to meet the Jury! Batman rampages through the underworld of Gotham! Driven to a violent madness courtesy of the Jury's Vile serum, the Dark Knight crushes bones, makes a scene, and gives costumed vigilantes in Gotham a very bad name. But will the Jury's plan backfire? Can a violent rage-machine packed with money, weapons, and an insatiable bloodlust possibly end well for Mr. Worth and his Jury? Fear State grips Gotham City! When Mayor Nakano's city hall office finds itself under siege, the only hero who can help the embattled local official is the man Nakano pledged to rid from Gotham: Batman. The top vigilante in the city must protect the man who's fought so hard to put an end to masked heroes."--
Subjects: Superhero comics.; Graphic novels.; Batman (Fictitious character); Detectives; Good and evil; Superheroes;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The time has come : a novel / by Leitch, Will,author.;
Certain something very, very bad is happening behind the famous black door of Lindbergh's Pharmacy--an Athens, Georgia, institution--local fourth grade teacher Tina Lamm finds her drastic actions connecting her to a group of six employees and customers inside the pharmacy during one fateful night.
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Novels.; Drugstores; Women teachers;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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What you leave behind : a novel / by Morris, Wanda M.(Wanda Michelle),1959-author.;
Wanda Morris returns with a powerful, haunting thriller following a lawyer who after the mysterious disappearance of a local landowner and the death of his sister just months before, uncovers a conspiracy that dates back to Reconstruction and persists in half the US today.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Conspiracy; Death; Lawyers; Missing persons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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