Worldwide mystery

Amateur sleuth Aurora Teagarden is entangled in the mysterious death of the actress who was cast to play her in a mini-series being produced about her first case.

"Dan Rhodes, the sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas, has seen more than his share of strange events during his time in office, most recently he exorcised a ghost from the county jail, but nothing could have prepared him for the group of writers that has descended upon blacklin County."--Jacket.

"In 1890, the first Japanese diplomatic delegation arrives in London to open an embassy. Cyrus Barker, private enquiry agent and occasional agent for the Foreign Service Office, is enlisted to display his personal Japanese garden to the visiting dignitaries. Later that night, Ambassador Toda is shot and killed in his office and Cyrus Barker is discovered across the street, watching the very same office, in possession of a revolver with one spent cartridge. Arrested by the Special Branch for the crime, Barker is vigorously interrogated and finally released due to the intervention of his assistant, Thomas Llewelyn, and his solicitor. With the London constabulary still convinced of his guilt, Barker is hired by the new Japanese ambassador to find the real murderer. In a case that takes leads Barker and Llewelyn deep into parts of London's underworld, on paths that lead deep into Barker's own mysterious personal history, Old Scores is the finest yet in Will Thomas's critically acclaimed series"--

Claire Watkins investigates after her daughter's friend, Krista Jorgenson, is found dead at the foot of Maiden Rock after an all-night Halloween party.

Sleuths Gil and Claire Hunt investigate the murder of three women, all of whom were killed in their homes while watching Claire's TV home-shopping show in St. Louis. The police have fingered Claire as their prime suspect.

Oxford, 1960. There's a murderer on the loose, and two unlikely heroes are poised to solve the case. Meet Trudy Loveday - smart, enthusiastic and always underestimated. In the hope of getting her out of the way, Trudy is assigned to help coroner Clement Ryder as he reopens the case of a young woman's death. She can't believe her luck - she is actually going to be working on a real murder case. Meanwhile, the rest of the police force are busy investigating a series of threats and murders in the local community, and Clement can't help but feel it's all linked. As Trudy and Clement form an unlikely partnership, are they going to be the ones to solve these crimes before the murderer strikes again?

Singer-songwriter Bailey Green arrives at her friend Francine's Key West beachfront estate just in time to learn that her elderly friend has been murdered. Francine had been working to donate her mansion to the homeless, an effort that had met with much resistance. Bailey's brother Mitch is also a Key West resident, sleeping on the streets with his homeless friend Wizard. When Wizard disappears, Bailey's efforts to find her friend's killer and her brother's friend lead her into the heart of the local homeless community and into the arms of black market dealers, who kidnap her and threaten her with death.

Detective Melody Zachary is determined to find who killed her nephew in a drug-related murder. She's launched her teen center in his memory, to keep kids off the streets. And she'll prove to narcotics officer Parker Adams and his K-9 drug-sniffing partner, Sherlock, it's not a haven for dealers. As they risk their lives to save others, Melody discovers that Parker and she share the same deep commitment to making a difference. Will circumstances allow them to take the biggest risk yet, on love?

The discovery of the mangled body of Wallace Flanagan in one of his father's cement mixers sends Father Dowling on an investigation into the secret past of the victim, the heir to a lucrative concrete business, who supposedly had left town more than a decade earlier.

Ex-Detective Inspector Hillary Greene returns to work on cold cases . The more she learns about the victim, the less likely it seems someone would want him dead.

It all begins when a preacher drops dead at his own altar.

Four festive tales of foul play with all the trimmings.

A young girl found unconscious brings the ruthless world of crime, assassination and greed back into the lives of John Cannon and Liz Makepeace. Cannon knows that if he fails Liz this time both their lives will be over.