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Author
Series
A&A Detective Agency volume 1
Publisher
Union Square Kids
Language
English
Formats
Description
"When Dr. Alistair Fairfleet, the Institute's eccentric chairman, disappears on the first day of Alex and Asha's summer vacation, they receive a letter written by the missing millionaire inviting them to a mystery involving complicated clues and puzzles. It is just the sort of case they've been waiting to tackle. But nothing in the Fairfleet case has a simple solution. As the kids track down clues, they uncover art forgeries, archaeological crimes,...
Author
Publisher
Collins Crime Club
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
724 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In the first major history of crime fiction in fifty years, the book traces the evolution of the genre from the eighteenth century to the present, offering brand-new perspective on the world's most popular form of fiction"--NoveList Plus.
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"On Memorial Day, 1958, as the people of Jewel, Minnesota gather to remember and honor the sacrifice of so many sons in the wars of the past, the half-clothed body of wealthy landowner Jimmy Quinn is found floating in the Alabaster River, dead from a shotgun blast. Investigation of the murder falls to Sheriff Brody Dern, a highly decorated war hero who still carries the physical and emotional scars from his military service. Even before Dern has the...
Author
Publisher
Bloodhound Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Sarah Morgan is a successful and powerful defense attorney in Washington D.C. As a named partner at her firm, life is going exactly how she planned. The same cannot be said for her husband, Adam. He's a struggling writer who has had little success in his career and he tires of his and Sarah's relationship as she is constantly working. Out in the secluded woods, at the couple's lake house, Adam engages in a passionate affair with Kelly Summers. But...
Author
Series
Publisher
American Mystery Classics
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
For Ellery Queen, there is no puzzle that reason cannot solve. In his time, he has faced down killers, thugs, and thieves, protected only by the might of his brain―and the odd bit of timely intervention by his father, a burly New York police inspector. But when a university professor asks Queen to teach a class, the detective finds there are people whom reason cannot touch: college students. Queen’s adventure on campus is only the first of this...
Author
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When a mystery as old as Gotham City itself surfaces, Batman assembles a team of his greatest detectives -- including Red Robin, Owlman, I-Ching and others -- to investigate this startling new enigma. As clues are discovered and the mystery deepens, Batman's team soon finds itself on a journey that explores different eras in Gotham's history and touches upon notable Gotham families including the Waynes, Kanes, and Elliotts."--Publisher.
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