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Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
xii, 472 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
""From the inspired mystic to the man of practical analytic mind, the transition was instantaneous..." Astro, the Seer of Secrets, and his lovely assistant, Valeska, sound more like a magic act than a private detection team. Astro, in fact, hides his powers of observation and reasoning beneath a turban and a cape, pretending to read palms and consult crystals while in fact keenly observing details that most people-police included-miss. Valeska, his...
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The newest anthology from Mystery Writers of America explores the theme of home and the crimes that endanger it, with stories by Ellen Hart, Naomi Hirahara, Walter Mosley, Sara Paretsky and more. Everyone comes from someplace. Everyone has somewhere they feel safe. Some people have found their home and are content where they are. Others feel trapped and yearn to go somewhere else. Many are somewhere else and yearn to go back. But even in these safest...
Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1992
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xi, 288 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Only Henry Petroski, author of The Pencil, could make one never pick up a paper clip again without being overcome with feelings of awe and reverence. In his new book the author examines a host of techno-trivia questions - how the fork got its tines, why Scotch tape is called that, how the paper clip evolved, how the Post-it note came to be, how the zipper was named, why aluminum cans have hollow bottoms - and provides us with answers that both astonish...
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xi, 321 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"The detective's role is simple: to catch the culprit. Yet behind each casual observation lies a learned mind, trained in deliberations of logic - preferably amid complicated gadgetry and scientific tomes. The detectives in this collection are masters of scientific deduction, whether they are identifying the perpetrator from a scrap of fabric, or picking out the poison from a sinister line-up. Containing stories by R Austin Freeman, J J Connington...
Author
Publisher
A. & C. Black
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
xx, 187 pages ; 15 cm.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In this rich selection of some of the finest crime novels ever written, 100 of the best titles are reviewed and a further 500 recommended. This book also allows you to browse by theme, and includes 'a reader's fast guide to the world of crime fiction' as well as listing the top 10 crime characters and their creators.
Author
Publisher
Walker Books US
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
249 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Clara Starling lives a life of dull rules, deadly routine, and flavorless meals under her cold uncle's strict regime--until the day Uncle disappears, leaving Clara alone in his old mansion. When streetwise orphan Peter and his rescue cat arrive unexpectedly, the children seize the chance to live by their own rules. But when the pair's wild romps through the halls of Braithwaite Manor reveal a single, worn ballet slipper, they are hurled into a mystery...
10) Playing games
Publisher
Subterranean Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Whether it's child's play or for the highest stakes, whether we stick to the rules or cheat, we all play games -- for fun, for thrills, for love or money, to prove we're the best or make an opponent knuckle under. And the games we play, with cards or dice or nothing but our wits, reveal something deeply personal about the players. In this powerful new anthology, Mystery Writers of America Grandmaster Lawrence Block has assembled an all-star team...
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub
Pub. Date
©2000
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Solve thrilling murders and cases of robbery, fraud, espionage, and more with Thomas P. Stanwick in this collection of puzzling mysteries. Before you're done, you'll help Stanwick deduce essential facts from physical circumstances, separate liars from truthtellers, decide who has what role in a gang or in a crime, and reason with time sequences. Murders most foul, criminal capers, and miscellaneous mysteries: welcome to the world of wily logician...
Author
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
264 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In 1869, the Saxby Gale ripped through Cape Cod causing death and destruction. During the storm of the century, Old Man Hartley and his wife Mary vanished. Discovery of a Mason jar and ghostly visions 150 years later provide clues to the Hartley mystery. Rachael Morgan is a former FBI analyst working as a librarian. Michael Maine is a veteran of the US Navy. Will a passion for books, a love of the natural beauty of Cape Cod, and a devotion to solving...
Author
Series
Judy Moody and friends volume 13
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
60 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Judy Moody is freaky for Nancy Drew, the famous girl detective from the book series. When Judy bumps into Mighty Fantaskey, she's excited to make a new friend who is also a Nancy Drew fan. Excited, that is, until she visits Mighty's house: it's big and old and creaky and spooky. It even swallows up Judy's mood ring! Can Judy muster up the courage to go back and reclaim it?
Author
Series
Natalie Lockhart volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First Edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Alice Blanchard's The Witching Tree, Burning Lake is a small, isolated town with a dark history of witches and false accusations. Now, a modern-day witch has been murdered, and Detective Natalie Lockhart is reluctantly drawn deep into the case.."--
Author
Publisher
Sterling Pub. Co
Pub. Date
[1998]
Physical Desc
96 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Dr. Quicksolve and his son Junior and solve some dastardly crimes! Interview suspects, evaluate their stories, examine crime scenes, and note strange details. Be on the alert for liars, tricksters, and unlikely alibis. Did Mary Contrary kill her new husband? Who was stealing cattle from McDonald's farm? By reading these mini-mysteries carefully, paying attention, and thinking hard, all secrets can be revealed.
Author
Series
Matthew Scudder volume 4
Publisher
Lawrence Block Productions
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
181 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Louis Pinell freely admits to having slain seven young women nine years ago -- but be swears it was a copycat who killed Barbara Ettinger Matthew Scudder believes him. But the trail to Ettinger's true murderer is twisted, dark and dangerous...and even colder than the almost decade-old corpse the p.i. is determined to avenge.
Publisher
Akashic Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
397 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 with Brooklyn Noir. Each book comprises stories set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. The best-selling original Miami Noir, edited by Les Standiford and published in 2006, featured brand-new stories from some of the city's best living writers. Now, in Miami Noir: The Classics, Standiford has turned his eye toward the outstanding...
20) King harvest
Author
Series
Kansas murder trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Gordian Knot Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
410 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1975 a group of young men known as "the boys" make their stab for freedom harvesting wild hemp, or marijuana, on the Kansas plains. Several are Vietnam vets, and all are somehow marked, at odds with their time. They see themselves as inheritors of the mythic West, like buffalo hunters in league with their captain, Frankie Sage. As long as they remain unarmed their crime is counted only a misdemeanor. But a rival gang led by Valentine...
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