Category: mystery
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Mastiff
By Tamora Pierce Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Random House, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, mystery, paranormal Series: Beka Cooper; 3 ISBN: 9780375814709 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 593 Setting: Kingdom of Tortall Time period: 249 H.E. (medieval) Plot summary: Beka Cooper and her partner, Mattias Tunstall, are summoned to a hunt by their Lord…
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River Marked
By Patricia Briggs; narrated by Lorelei King Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Penguin Audio, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, mythic fiction Series: Mercy Thompson; 6 Format: Audiobook – MP3 ISBN: 9781101436547 Audience: Adult Length: 8 hours, 54 minutes Setting: Columbia River Gorge – OR & WA, Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, &…
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The Road to Lisdoonvarna
By Charles de Lint Place: Publisher & Year: Burton, MI: Subterranean Press, 2001 Genre: Mystery, hard boiled crime fiction ISBN: 9781892284914 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 190 Setting: Ottawa, Canada Time period: mid 1980s Plot summary: Private investigator, Jake Swann, has a big heart, especially when it comes to his friends. When Jake discovers that…
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Silver Borne
By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Mercy Thompson; 5 ISBN: 9780441018192 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 342 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Mercy is still adjusting to pack life; this is made…
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The Keeper of Lost Causes
By Jussi Adler-Olsen; translated by Lisa Hartford Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Dutton, 2011 Genres: Mystery, police procedural, Scandinavian noir, suspense, thriller, crime thriller Series: Department Q; 1 ISBN: 9780525952480 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 396 Setting: Copenhagen, Denmark Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Carl Mørck used to be one of Copenhagen’s best homicide…
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Bone Crossed
By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2009 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, vampire Series: Mercy Thompson; 4 ISBN: 9780441016761 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 309 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), & Spokane, WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Marsilia, the head of the local…
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Miss Peregrines’s Home for Peculiar Children
By Ransom Riggs Place: Publisher & Year: Philadelphia: Quirk Books, 2011 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, time travel fantasy, historical fantasy, mystery, paranormal, historical fiction Series: The author’s blog (8/9/2011) states that there will be a sequel to this book. ISBN: 9781594744761 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 352 Setting: Englewood, Florida & Cairnholm, Wales Time…
Ra's Spiral Path 