Inyo County Free Library - New Acquisitions
January 2013 - February 2013
These are books and media new to the library and cataloged by the Inyo County Free Library.
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Publishing Date: 1998, c1991 Classification: M Call Number: M |
By Barre, Richard Publishing Date: c1998 Classification: M Call Number: M |
By Berry, Jedediah Publishing Date: 2010, c2009 Classification: M Call Number: M Unexpectedly promoted to detective when his predecessor goes missing and a supervisor is killed, agency clerk Charles Unwin struggles with inexperience and nerves during a case in which he encounters bizarre clues and is framed for murder. |
NEW RELEASE By Block, Lawrence Publishing Date: c2013 Classification: M Call Number: M With a new wife and a baby on the way, Keller, a.k.a. Nicholas Edwards, is done killing people for money until a phone call from Dot draws him back into the old game, taking him to Dallas to settle a domestic dispute to New York, where people might remember him. |
By Chandler, Raymond Publishing Date: 1992 Classification: M Call Number: M A wealthy Pasadena widow with a mean streak, a missing daughter-in-law with a past, and a gold coin worth a small fortune--the elements don't quite add up until Marlowe discovers evidence of murder, rape, blackmail, and the worst kind of human exploitation. "Raymond Chandler is a star of the first magnitude."-- Erle Stanley Gardner "Raymond Chandler has given us a detective who is hard-boiled enough to be convincing . . . and that is no mean achievement." -- The New York Times |
NEW RELEASE By Cornwell, Patricia Daniels Publishing Date: c2012 Classification: M Call Number: M In Alberta, Canada, an eminent paleontologist disappears from a dinosaur dig site, and at the Cambridge Forensic Center, Kay Scarpetta receives a grisly communication that gives her a dreadful reason to suspect this may become her next case. Then, with shocking speed, events begin to unfold. A body recovered from Boston Harbor reveals bizarre trace evidence hinting of a link to other unsolved cases that seem to have nothing in common. Who is behind all this? And whom can Scarpetta trust? Her lead investigator, Pete Marino, and FBI agent husband, Benton Wesley, are both unhappy with her because of personnel changes at the CFC, and her niece Lucy has become even more secretive than usual. Scarpetta fears she just may be on her own this time--against an enormously powerful and cunning enemy who seems impossible to defeat.--Publisher. |
NEW RELEASE The Alpine Xanadu: an Emma Lord mystery By Daheim, Mary Publishing Date: [2013], ©2013 Classification: M Call Number: M Emma can't say she's too shocked when Wayne Erik's body shows up battered to death at a combined rehab center and home for the mentally disturbed. She hated the guy. As she investigates the killing, she comes to learn that the killer she suspects happens to think Emma's the culprit. |
NEW RELEASE By DePoy, Phillip Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: M Call Number: M Recovering from a near-death experience in his family home in the Georgia Appalachian Mountains, Fever Devilin finds his sanity questioned when he is approached by a woman from his past who claims to have had his baby, an encounter that precedes an attempt on his life. |
NEW RELEASE The valley of the shadow: a Cornish mystery By Dunn, Carola Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: M Call Number: M While out on a walk, Eleanor Trewynn, her niece Megan, and her neighbor Nick spot a young, half-drowned Indian man floating in the water. Delerious and concussed, he utters a cryptic message about his family being trapped in a cave and his mother dying. The young man, unconscious and unable to help, is whisked away to a hospital while a desperate effort is mounted find the missing family in time. The local police inspector presumes that they are refugees from East Africa, abandoned by the smugglers who brought them in, so while the countryside is being scoured for the family, Eleanor herself descends into a dangerous den of smugglers in a desperate search to find the man responsible while there is still time. |
NEW RELEASE By Elkins, Aaron J. Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: M Call Number: M In Tuscany visiting friends with his wife, Gideon Oliver is asked to reexamine the bones of a couple whose deaths were ruled a murder-suicide. His findings do not agree with those of the Italian police. |
NEW RELEASE By Elkins, Aaron J. Publishing Date: 2012 Classification: M Call Number: M In Tuscany visiting friends with his wife, Gideon Oliver is asked to reexamine the bones of a couple whose deaths were ruled a murder-suicide. His findings do not agree with those of the Italian police. |
By Heyer, Georgette Publishing Date: c2010 Classification: M Call Number: M The murder of tyrannical family patriarch Adam Penhallow leads to suspicion, accusations, and backstabbing among his family. |
By Jance, Judith A. Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: M Call Number: M Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady investigates the death of handicapped woman who had wandered away from a care facility with a suspicious track record and the deaths of an elderly couple who were presumably consenting partners in a suicide pact. |
NEW RELEASE By Jance, Judith A. Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: M Call Number: M Contacted to investigate the gruesome murder of a gold-digging divorcě on behalf of the woman accused of the crime, police academy-trained former reporter Ali Reynolds is simultaneously drawn into another case that could be related to hers. |
NEW RELEASE By Mankell, Henning Publishing Date: 2012, c2011 Classification: M Call Number: M When Kurt Wallander is called into the case of the disappearance of a retired naval officer, coincidentally his daughter's future father-in-law, he becomes embroiled in a story of Cold War espionage. |
By McCourtney, Lorena Publishing Date: 2007 Classification: M Call Number: M During just one week, Andi McConnell turns 60, loses her job, inherits a limousine, breaks up with her boyfriend--then finds his body in the car. With the help of former TV detective Fitz, Andi hunts for the killer. Will her diligent--and clumsy--sleuthing keep the cops from blaming the murder on her? |
NEW RELEASE By Memminger, Charles Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: M Call Number: M "Charley Memminger combines a cast of quirky and sometimes dangerous island characters with a mystery that you'll never forget in Aloha, Lady Blue. This riveting story introduces Stryker McBride, who lives on a three hundred thousand dollar houseboat at a small yacht club. The former crime reporter has been keeping a low profile since being shot by a cop while investigating police corruption. But when Stryker receives a phone call from a beautiful former high school classmate, he's drawn back into society to look into the death of the woman's grandfather. Soon, Stryker's investigation leads him to a deadly secret buried deep in the heart of Hawaii. Vivid and exhilarating, you can almost hear the pounding of the surf and catch the scent of plumeria. Exotic women and glorious scenery provide the backdrop for a novel that is as vibrant as its locale"-- |
NEW RELEASE The Bughouse affair: a Carpenter and Quincannon mystery By Muller, Marcia Publishing Date: 2013 Classification: M Call Number: M 1890s San Francisco. Former Pinkerton operative Sabina Carpenter and her detective partner, ex-Secret Service agent John Quincannon, tackle two seemingly unrelated cases that are complicated by two murders and the interference of Sherlock Holmes. |
By Parker, Robert B. Publishing Date: c2008 Classification: M Call Number: M A hurricane hinders a kidnapping and Spenser goes on a search for the man responsible— the infamous Gray Man, who has both helped and hunted Spenser in the past . Heidi Bradshaw is wealthy, beautiful, and well connected —and she needs Spenser's help. In a most unlikely request, Heidi, a notorious gold digger recently separated from her latest husband, recruits the Boston P.I. to accompany her to her private island, Tashtego. The reason? To attend her daughter's wedding as a sort of stand-in husband and protector. Spenser consents, but only after it is established that his beloved Susan Silverman will also be in attendance. It should be a straightforward job for Spenser: show up for appearances, have some drinks, and spend some quality time with Susan. But when Spenser's old nemesis Rugar—the Gray Man—arrives, Spenser realizes that something is amiss. A storm, a kidnapping, and murder tear apart what should be a joyous occasion, and Rugar is seemingly at the center of it all. The only thing is that the sloppy kidnapping is not Rugar's style—as Spenser knows from past encounters. With six dead bodies and more questions than he can process, Spenser begins a search for answers—and the Gray Man. With its razor-sharp dialogue, crisply etched characters, and high-wire narrative tension, Rough Weather once again proves that "Robert B. Parker is a force of nature" ( The Boston Globe ). |
By Rees, Matt Publishing Date: c2011 Classification: M Call Number: M Mozart's estranged sister, Madame Maria Anna Berchtold von Sonnenburg (called Nannerl by her family), travels to Vienna to investigate the mysterious circumstances of her brother's sudden death. |
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