mystery and detective stories

When a series of dreams take him back to his days in Vietnam, reminding him of people and events he hasn't thought about in years, J. P. Beaumont, recovering from knee replacement surgery, is plunged into one of the most mind-blowing mysteries he has ever faced.

Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A heavy-handed developer is trying to buy up Henry's condo on Revere Beach and sends thugs to move the process along. Soon Spenser and his apprentice, Zebulon Sixkill, find a trail leading to a mysterious and beautiful woman, a megalomaniacal Las Vegas kingpin, and plans to turn to a chunk of land north of Boston into a sprawling casino. Bitter rivals emerge, alliances turn, and the uglier pieces of the Boston polictical machine look to put an end to Spenser's investigation. Aspiration, greed, and twisted dreams all focus on the old Wonderland dog track where the famous amusement park once fronted the ocean. For Spenser and Z, this simple favor to Henry will become the flight of their lives.

After her grandmother's death, Sarah Parsons, nearly sixteen, delights in exploring her family's centuries-old Maryland estate with new friend Jackson, but soon she is having vivid visions of her ancestors, one of whom may be a threat to Sarah's autistic brother, Sam.

"A modern-day Bonnie and Clyde are on the run through rural Minnesota -- victim by victim they're having the time of their lives. But when Bureau of Criminal Apprehension investigator Virgil Flowers joins the hunt for the thrill-hungry kids, things take a shocking detour.--from back cover.

When writer Garner Quinn begins to receive threatening letters from a stalker, she hires Reed Corbin to protect her and her family, but she never expected to fall in love with him, or to have her entire life shattered in one senseless act of violence.

Detective Gumshoe Goose helps his father, Inspector Goose, solve the case of the hungry kidnapper.

Amid the backwater canals of an English industrial town, five children unravel a fifty-year-old mystery about a half-sunken canalboat and its hidden treasure.

Nancy, Bess and George are thrilled when their class is asked to design a scarecrow for the town's biggest department store's window. And it gets even better when their design wins! But when the scarecrow is stolen from Bess's porch, it's up to the Clue Crew to save the day.

"Sammy Keyes has spent the last few years solving other people's mysteries; now her friends (and some foes) come together to unmask the fiend who has put Sammy in a coma"--Provided by publisher.