When shards of glass are found in a jar of baby food and bottles of ginger ale are poisoned with bleach at the local supermarket, the results are fatal. DCI Jin Ashworth and his sergeant, Holly Bedford have little to go on. Local councilor Emma Cowper complicates matters by involving herself in the investigation, hoping to use the crisis as a vote-winner. But the most mysterious feature of the case seems to be the relatively small sum demanded by the 'organization' responsible for the death. Why...
A Cruel Necessity (John Grey, #1) (A John Grey Historical Mystery, #1)
by L.C. Tyler
Two-time Edgar nominee LC Tyler is best known for his series featuring Ethelred and Elsie - a third-rate novelist and his gloriously vulgar agent, respectively. And so he should be: He's twice won Britain's Last Laugh" award for the Best Humorous Mystery of the Year. But with A Cruel Necessity, the first in the John Grey series, Tyler takes a sharp turn into the shadows. There are still some chuckles to be had, but not many: This is England in the year 1657, Oliver Cromwell is in power, and joy...
Sweet Death, Come Softly (Nightingale Mystery in Large Print)
by Barbara Whitehead
Suspect (Fiction - crime & suspense) (Mark Pemberton Cases, #4)
by Nicholas Rhea
Doctors Angela and David Wilson believe that they have found personal and professional bliss when they leave the stresses of urban life for a state-of-the art medical centre in Vermont. Swiftly, their happiness disintegrates as mysterious and unexplained deaths become more than coincidences.
Is the existence of civilization on Earth a result of contact from inhabitants of a planet in the sysyem of the star Sirius prior to 3000 BC? There are tribal cultures in present-day Africa whos most sacred and secret traditions are based on this theory. Central to their cosmology is a body of knowledge concerning the system of the star Sirius that is accurate in detail, including specific information only recently accesible to modern science. The author traces the traditions of the Dogon and th...
The Abbey Court Murder (The Inspector Furnival Mysteries, #1)
by Annie Haynes
The Necklace tells the stories of three women, each with a dangerous secret. There is 80-year-old mafia widow Kate Brady, determined that her secret will die with her--beautiful, blond and famous Andrea Pryor is being blackmailed for her secret--and 18-year-old Marianne Woodsman whose secret is hidden in her family's Park Avenue penthouse. Marianne runs for her life from her dangerously dysfunctional family, through a homeless shelter and a brothel until her story intertwines with Kate's and And...
Dead Reckoning (Yorkshire Mysteries, #11) (Ackroyd & Thackeray Mystery S.)
by Patricia Hall
Earnshaw's mill is one of the last remnants of Bradfield's glorious industrial past; however times are changing and Earnshaw's future is hanging in the balance. Staff cuts need to made if the mill is going to survive but the union is unhappy and its members are threatening strike action. With racial tensions already running high throughout the city, the prospect of mass redundancies at the heart of Bradfield's Muslim community could cause even more trouble. The Earnshaw family's problems spiral...
Jane and the Genius of the Place (Jane Austen Mystery) (Being a Jane Austen Mystery, #4)
by Stephanie Barron
For everyone who loves Jane Austen...The fourth engaging mystery in the series that recasts the well-loved author as a sleuth! In the waning days of summer, Jane Austen is off to the Canterbury Races, where the rich and fashionable gamble away their fortunes. It is an atmosphere ripe for scandal—but even Jane is unprepared for the shocking drama that unfolds. A flamboyant French beauty, known for her brazen behavior, is found gruesomely strangled in a shabby chaise. While many urge the arres...
An omnibus edition of three George Felse mysteries - The Grass Widow's Tale, The House of Green Turf and Black is the Colour of My True Love's Heart. Ellis Peters is the author of the Brother Cadfael novels, and a recipient of the Crime Writers' Association / Cartier Diamond Dagger Award.