murder investigation

Mean girl Jasmine Ashton is murdered in the Library of Antiquities at Mythos Academy, a school of myths and magic, and Gwen Frost, the intended target of the killer, searches for answers.

The Agency, the all-female detective unit, assigns quick-witted Mary Quinn to the case. Posing as a palace maid and fending off the attentions of the Prince of Wales are challenging enough, but when the prince witnesses a murder, Mary's case becomes antything but petty. Engineer and former flame James Easton has an assignment in the sewers, where someone is making illicit use of the tunnels. Mary will need James's help if she's going to catch a thief, solve a murder and avert disaster.

Relocating to Charleston after a particularly grueling case, Dr. Kay Scarpetta opens a private forensic pathology practice but is quickly targeted by local politics and a covert saboteur before a series of violent deaths brings her skills into high view.

Based on the premises that the next world war will not begin in the Middle East, or even on Earth. The next world war will be waged in space, on an orbiting international space station.

A detective and a newspaper reporter raise new questions and open old wounds to ultimately help Janet find resolution twenty-five years after her brother's murder.

Describes methods used by experts to find murder weapons to solve crimes.