A man is dead in his car, slumped over the steering wheel. But who killed him? Ron Clemons is the last person you'd think would be murdered. His wife and son love him. His employees respect him. His business is doing well. His clients seek him out. But someone wanted him dead. The Clemons case is a golden opportunity for newly minted police detective Patricia Stanley to prove herself. It's her first murder investigation, and she wants to do well. But it's not going to be easy. For one thing, she has plenty to learn about handling a murder. And nearly everyone involved in this one is hiding something. Patricia faces her own challenges, too, as the investigation brings back the murder of an old love.

A Matter of Motive

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Kinberg, Margot

Mystery

Grey Cells Press

PI Georgia Lamb has experienced life's absurdities and thought nothing could surprise her. But murder by bees? She's skeptical until bizarre pranks-running from grotesque to deadly-begin. As each new victim's worst fear becomes reality, she is drawn into the festering secrets of two families. Before she can solve the mystery, Georgia has to confront demons from her own past.

The Killing Jar

Brandvig, Ann

Becker, Rick

<div>There are mysteries everywhere, even in a quiet place like Brooks Beach. Humboldt and Maggie Denton start to believe that Detective Scoville of the Sheriff's office might be the most intriguing mystery of them all. Three Blind Mice: When Duanne Glynnis disappears, Humboldt Denton feels sure he knows why; but it takes Jim Scoville of the Sheriff's Office to uncover the whole truth, leaving Humboldt wondering if he knows his neighbors at all. Always on Thursday: Rhonda Rhinehart came to Brooks Beach every Thursday, and on a Thursday she was found dead in the alley between the Knotty Pine and the Falkenburgs' house. Guy Falkenburg is the prime suspect - and once more Humboldt Denton finds his certainties overturned by Detective Scoville. Recesses of the Mind: Jim Scoville is cool and undemonstrative, an imperturbable detective; but when crime strikes close to home, threatening those he loves, he reveals a side of himself that no-one, least of all Humboldt and Maggie Denton, ever suspected. Scoville is a unique and compelling character, more Maigret than Marlowe, in these subtle novellas written in her own inimitable style by Marlene Lee, author of The Absent Woman&nbsp;and Rebecca's Road.</div>

Scoville

Literature & Fiction

Lee, Marlene

Literary

"Well, what do all mysteries have?" said Aunt Isobel. "Money, mistresses, and murder." 1783 -Lichfield society is enthralled by the arrival of dashing ex-officer Orville; he charms his way into the salons, grand houses and even a great inheritance from extrovert Sir Morton. 1927 -Detective writer Julia Warren returns to her home in Lichfield to work on her next novel. Initially she hopes to find plot material from the past and set it in the present. Aunt Isobel, while making preparations for the annual midsummer ball, has managed to root out an old journal from 1783 which might prove a source of inspiration. Once Julia starts reading her ancestor's journal she becomes absorbed in solving the mystery surrounding officer Orville. Detective fever takes over, and she moves from reality to legend as events from the past seem set to re-enact themselves in the present, and she finds herself unravelling more than just the one mystery. Who was Orville? Who was the agent, Oddman, set to spy on him? And who is helpful Mr Grenall? A complex, multi-layered story unlike any other, full of whimsy, horror, and mystery, shifting between the centuries and from source to source, until all the threads are finally drawn together by the imperturbable Miss Warren.

Greenwood Tree

Lloyd, B.

The Long Siesta

Sweet, Nick

Hilda Hastings gives birth in shame, but when John Rust proposes marriage, it seems her son can only benefit. But even as a child, Alfred is discontented. In his quest to become prosperous and with an obsessive desire to own Ridley Hall and its estate, he cheats his wife, takes a mistress and schemes his way to amassing great wealth. Vain, extravagant and with a penchant for the seedy, he is not only wicked, but crafty as well. Yet, as he acquires money so he loses it and when his debts threaten to overwhelm him, he concocts one last plan. But will the woman he trusts provide him with an alibi?

Rust

Callow, Margaret

Genre Fiction

Streets of Gold

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