Venom House (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte Mystery, #16) (Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte)
by Arthur Upfield
The Answerth family's mansion seems to deserve its nickname of Venom House - perhaps because of its forbidding setting, an island in the centre of a man-made lake, its treacherous waters studded by the skeletons of long-dead trees. Perhaps it's because of the unquiet ghosts of the Aboriginals slaughtered by the Answerth ancestors. Whatever the reason, most people are content to give Venom House and its occupants a wide berth...until a couple of corpses turn up in the lake. Inspector Bonaparte ha...
The dramatic historical crime drama of Kate Brady continues as she joins the FBI, falls in love with an agent and goes undercover to bring down a major crime family. Jewish mafia godfather Ben Gold is dead and the file is closed as far as law enforcement is concerned. His widow is attending college and living on the millions of dollars of ill-gotten gain that Ben had left her, and trying to put the life of a moll behind her. But once again, even from beyond the grave, Ben Gold drags her back int...
A housewife running from years of domestic abuse. A bodyguard hired to escort a smuggled rhinoceros. A group of Islamic terrorists based in a quiet residential street. A secret government agency threatened with amalgamation within a bigger department. A retired policeman trying to get used to his new career in the private sector. Each of these strands of a brilliant narrative is populated with superbly-drawn characters, and woven into a stunningly exciting drama by the undisputed king of South A...
Bones is back in the second story of The Lieutenant Bones series. A mischievous businessman, Bones seems to have every financial schemer in London coming after him, but somehow he always comes out on top. Humor and romance follow Bones as well, as he makes his way through the underworld of London moneymakers.
Mazal Bengtson doesn't know what her husband was doing on the night of the storm. His search for a job is still hopeless - his moods even more unpredictable. But she had believed he would never leave her to sleep alone again. Inspector Avraham Avraham doesn't know how to begin his first murder case. The only clue is a witness who saw a policeman walk down the stairs after it happened. But no policeman was sent there that day. What both of them do know is something about the victim's past. Th...
THE MANOR HOUSE MURDER an addictive crime mystery full of twists (Monica Noble Detective, #3)
by Faith Martin
Richard Hudson, woman chaser and used car salesman, possesses a pimp's understanding of the ways in which women (and men) are most vulnerable. One day Richard decides to make an ambitious film, which turns into a fiasco. Enraged, he exacts revenge on all who have crossed him. "No one writes a better crime novel than Charles Willeford. " -- Elmore Leonard
First Come, First Kill (Captain Heimrich Mysteries) (Nightingale Mystery in Large Print)
by Frances Lockridge and Richard Lockridge
When film stuntman Fairfax Rhys sees an acci dent from the helicopter he''s flying he lands immediately to offer assistance. There then ensues a shooting incident and with his life in constant danger he becomes involved in a s inister affair. '
In the middle of winter, a fire blazes through a dance studio. Seventeen young dancers die. Their promising careers cut short by a tragic accident. But where others see tragedy, DCI Katie Maguire sees murder. This is not the first fire to sweep through Cork. And in one recent case, the victims were dead before the fire was lit. Katie Maguire is determined to see justice done, unaware she's about to face her most chilling killer yet...
Blood is Thicker Than Beaujolais (Ulverscroft Large Print)
by Tony Aspler
Guy Garrick (Craig Kennedy, Scientific Detective (eBook))
by Arthur Benjamin Reeve
The Corporal Works of Murder (Sister Mary Helen Mysteries, #10) (Ulverscroft Large Print)
by Sister Carol Anne O'Marie
Who was the mystery victim? Sister Mary Helen is once more in the middle of a murder case. Not that she wants to be. No one would envy the old nun, who finds herself holding a dying young woman, shot in the street almost directly outside the Refuge for homeless women where Mary volunteers. And even while she grieves over the loss of life, Mary Helen spots something odd about the victim. Although she is wearing ragged clothing, her skin is unblemished and healthy looking. Her perfect teeth are wh...