Birthdays Can be Murder

Birthdays Can be Murder
Author: Joyce Cato
Publisher:
Total Pages: 251
Release: 2012
Genre: England
ISBN: 9780373267910

Hired to cater the birthday party of wealthy twins Alicia and Justin Greer, chef Jenny Sterling finds herself investigating murder with an ample lists of suspects after a champagne toast leaves Justin dead and his sister clinging to life.

The Birthday Murder (An American Mystery Classic)

The Birthday Murder (An American Mystery Classic)
Author: Lange Lewis
Publisher: Penzler Publishers
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2023-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1613164335

When her husband is murdered using a method from one of her books, a screenwriter becomes the main suspect A successful writer and a B-movie director seem like the perfect match in the Hollywood Hills and, with him working to produce her novel for an upcoming film, the pair’s recent marriage isn’t the only way that they’re connected. When the husband is found murdered on the wife’s birthday using a method of poisoning that was described in one of her books, Victoria suddenly becomes the main suspect as her new happy life comes crashing down around her. The case appears straightforward from the outside but the LAPD investigator on the scene finds the truth to be anything but. Though all the signs point to Victoria, there’s no motive to be found. Now, to solve the mystery of whodunnit, he’ll have to dig beneath the veneer of the household and reveal its inner workings, and to understand the deadly drama that unfolded just beneath the surface. Reprinted for the first time in over half a century, The Birthday Murder is a beautifully written and psychologically astute Golden Age mystery set in old Los Angeles. It will appeal to fans of vintage whodunnits and of standout domestic suspense authors from the era such as Dorothy B. Hughes, Charlotte Armstrong, and Margaret Millar.

The Birthday Murderer

The Birthday Murderer
Author: Jay Bennett
Publisher: Laurel Leaf
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1979
Genre: Detective and mystery stories
ISBN: 9780440905769

A seventeen-year-old boy's birthday brings with it dim memories and confusion about the present.

Birthdays for the Dead

Birthdays for the Dead
Author: Stuart MacBride
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2012-01-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0007344198

Twelve years. Twelve dead girls. Thirteen will be unlucky for some. The Number One bestselling crime thriller from the award-winning Stuart MacBride. A bloody, brilliant and brutal story of murder, kidnap and revenge.

A Mind to Murder

A Mind to Murder
Author: P.D. James
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2001-06-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0743219589

Adam Dalgluish is called to the elegant Steen Psychiatric Clinic to investigate why the head of the clinic, Enid Bolan was found with a chisel through her heart.

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
Author: Holly Jackson
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Total Pages: 402
Release: 2020-02-04
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1984896385

THE MUST-READ MULTIMILLION BESTSELLING MYSTERY SERIES—COMING SOON TO NETFLIX! • This is the story about an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect. Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger. And don't miss the sequel, Good Girl, Bad Blood! "The perfect nail-biting mystery." —Natasha Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author

Tippy Toe Murder

Tippy Toe Murder
Author: Leslie Meier
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2009-01-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780758228963

Homemaker Lucy Stone investigates the strange disappearance of a retired dance instructor and the slaying of a cantankerous shopkeeper in the Maine coastal town of Tinker's Cove.

Father's Day Murder

Father's Day Murder
Author: Leslie Meier
Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corp.
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2013-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0758292341

A small-town reporter hunts a big-city killer in a novel by a New York Times-bestselling author who provides “a truly American version of the English cozy” (Tulsa World). When her part-time reporting gig gives Lucy the opportunity to attend a Boston newspaper conference, she looks forward to a vacation from domestic bliss. But upon leaving Tinker’s Cove, Maine, she quickly discovers that alone time can be kind of…lonely. And in between libel workshops and panel discussions, Lucy takes a guilt trip. She feels terrible that she won’t be home to help her husband celebrate Father’s Day. But when Luther Read—head of a nearly bankrupt newspaper dynasty—suddenly drops dead, Lucy has other things to think about. She’s not buying the theory that Luther died of an asthma attack. The man just had too many enemies. Always the intrepid snoop, Lucy vows to investigate. But she can’t help wondering if her name will end up on a byline—or in an obit… “Reading a new Leslie Meier mystery is like catching up with a dear old friend.”—Kate Carlisle, New York Times bestselling author of the Bibliophile Mysteries “Leslie Meier writes with sparkle and warmth.”—Chicago Sun-Times “I like Lucy Stone a lot, and so will readers.”—Carolyn Hart, New York Times-bestselling author of the Bailey Ruth Mysteries

Before She Knew Him

Before She Knew Him
Author: Peter Swanson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2019-03-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0062838172

Catching a killer is dangerous—especially if he lives next door From the hugely talented author of The Kind Worth Killing comes an exquisitely chilling tale of a young suburban wife with a history of psychological instability whose fears about her new neighbor could lead them both to murder . . . Hen and her husband Lloyd have settled into a quiet life in a new house outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Hen (short for Henrietta) is an illustrator and works out of a studio nearby, and has found the right meds to control her bipolar disorder. Finally, she’s found some stability and peace. But when they meet the neighbors next door, that calm begins to erode as she spots a familiar object displayed on the husband’s office shelf. The sports trophy looks exactly like one that went missing from the home of a young man who was killed two years ago. Hen knows because she’s long had a fascination with this unsolved murder—an obsession she doesn’t talk about anymore, but can’t fully shake either. Could her neighbor, Matthew, be a killer? Or is this the beginning of another psychotic episode like the one she suffered back in college, when she became so consumed with proving a fellow student guilty that she ended up hurting a classmate? The more Hen observes Matthew, the more she suspects he’s planning something truly terrifying. Yet no one will believe her. Then one night, when she comes face to face with Matthew in a dark parking lot, she realizes that he knows she’s been watching him, that she’s really on to him. And that this is the beginning of a horrifying nightmare she may not live to escape. . .

Back to School Murder

Back to School Murder
Author: Leslie Meier
Publisher: Kensington Books
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1998
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780758227348

The quiet, small town of Tinker's Cove, Maine, is once again the scene of a crime as Lucy Stone juggles family, job, and night classes to track down the killer of the local elementary school's assistant principal. Reissue.