The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery Stories, No 2) by Russell H. Tandy $17.95
In seeking to solve the mysterious happenings in an old stone mansion, Nancy uses her courage and powers of deduction and tackles a situation that would have appalled a far older person.
The Scent of Rain and Lightning: A Novel by Ballantine Books $15.00
One beautiful summer afternoon, Jody Linder receives shocking news: The man convicted of murdering her father is being released from prison and returning to the small town of Rose, Kansas. It has been twenty-three years since that stormy night when her father was shot and killed and her mother disappeared, presumed dead. Neither the protective embrace of Jody’s three uncles nor the safe haven...
The Virgin of Small Plains: A Novel by Ballantine Books $14.00
Small Plains, Kansas, January 23, 1987: In the midst of a deadly blizzard, eighteen-year-old Rex Shellenberger scours his father’s pasture, looking for helpless newborn calves. Then he makes a shocking discovery: the naked, frozen body of a teenage girl, her skin as white as the snow around her. Even dead, she is the most beautiful girl he’s ever seen. It is a moment that will forever change...
Naked Came the Phoenix: A Serial Novel by St. Martin's Minotaur $24.95
The promise of discretion and pampering-and a long-overdue reconciliation with her mother-draws Caroline Blessing, the young wife of a newly-elected Congressman, to the fancy Phoenix Spa. But after her first night in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, Caroline wakes to find the rich and famous guests in turmoil and under suspicion: the spa's flamboyant and ambitious owner has been murdered. As...
Twilight (Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 10) by Pocket $6.99
Preparing for the stressful Autumn Festival, Jenny Cain is hired by recent widow Melissa Barney, who lost her husband on a dangerous hiking trail and wants the trail closed, but Jenny uncovers a deadly controversy. Reprint. PW.
The Plot Thickens by Pocket Books $7.99
Joining together for a good cause brings out the best in today's top mystery and suspense writers! For this marvelously entertaining anthology, these outstanding contributors rose to a unique literary challenge: each penned a tale that ingeniously features a thick fog, a thick book, and a thick steak. The result is a collection of wonderfully imaginative tales that both chill the spine and warm...
The 27-Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murders by Delacorte Press $18.00
When one of her guests dies after eating her twenty-seven ingredient chili con carne, Eugenia Potter makes it her quest to find the person or persons who added a twenty-eighth--and fatal--ingredient to the recipe. 27,000 first printing.
The Blue Corn Murders: A Eugenia Potter Mystery (Eugenia Potter Mysteries) by Dell $7.99
Kernels of Truth....When Eugenia Potter stumbles upon some ancient pottery shards on her ranch, she feels a profound connection with the past. And a deep desire to learn more about the relics. Now, she's heeding the call of her soul--by visiting an archaeological camp amid the magnificent cliff dwellings of Colorado's Mesa Verde.But strange things are happening at Mesa Verde, from the...
The Whole Truth by Atria $22.95
"Nancy Pickard pushes at the presumed limits of [crime fiction]" said the Los Angeles Times Book Review, praising the award-winning creator of the Jenny Cain mysteries. Now, Pickard blurs the line between fiction and reality in a novel of gripping intensity, and premieres a superb new heroine: true-crime author Marie Lightfoot. For her next surefire bestseller, Marie is covering the trial of a...
No Body (Jenny Cain Mysteries, No. 3) by Pocket $5.99
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