Ra's Spiral Path

Category: mystery

  • The Snowman

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    By Jo Nesbø; translated by Don Bartlett Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2011 Genres: Mystery, suspense, thriller, crime thriller, police procedural, Scandinavian noir Series: Harry Hole; 7 ISBN: 9780307595867 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 384 Setting: Oslo, Norway Time period: Most of the story takes place in November 2004, but some…

  • Before I Go to Sleep

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    By S.J. Watson Place: Publisher & Year: Genres: Suspense, psychological suspense, mystery ISBN: 9780062060556 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 359 Setting: England – London area Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Christine Lucas suffers from a rare form of amnesia where she can build memories throughout the day, but then forgets everything she’s learned when she…

  • Iron Kissed

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    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2008 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Mercy Thompson; 3 ISBN: 9780441015665 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 287 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Mercy’s friend and mentor, Zee, is charged with a…

  • Blood Bound

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    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2007 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, paranormal, mystery, paranormal mystery, vampire Series: Mercy Thompson; 2 ISBN: 9780441014736 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 292 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland,Kennewick, &Pasco), WA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Mercy’s friend, Stefan, asks her for a favor in the middle…

  • Nickel Plated

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    By Aric Davis Place: Publisher & Year: Las Vegas, NV: AmazonEncore, c2010 Genre: Mystery, hard boiled crime fiction, suspense ISBN: 9781935597322 Audience: Young adult Number of pages: 197 Setting: Grand Rapids, Michigan Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Nickel is a twelve year old child abuse survivor and foster child escapee.  At the age of ten,…

  • Moon Called

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    By Patricia Briggs Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2006 Genre: Fantasy, paranormal mystery, contemporary fantasy Series: Mercy Thompson; 1 ISBN: 9780441013814 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 288 Setting: Tri-cities (Richland, Kennewick, & Pasco), WA & Aspen Creek, MT Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Mercy Thompson was repairing a VW Jetta transmission when…

  • Grave Sight

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    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Berkley Prime Crime Books, c2005, 2006 Genres: Mystery, paranormal mystery Series: Harper Connelly; 1 ISBN: 9780425212899 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 293 (310 including the beginning of Grave Surprise). Setting: Sarne, AR (a fictional town set in the Ozarks) Time period: Around 2005 Plot summary: When…

  • Sweet and Deadly

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    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: USA: Severn House, 2010 (c1981) Genres: Mystery, suspense ISBN: 9780727869487 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 262 Setting: Lowfield, Mississippi Time period: early 1980s Plot summary: Catherine Linton moved back to the small town where she was raised after her parents died under suspicious circumstances.  When Catherine finds the…

  • Dead and Gone

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    By Charlaine Harris Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Ace Books, 2009 Genres: Mystery, fantasy, dark fantasy, contemporary fantasy, faerie tale, paranormal, paranormal mystery, romance, paranormal romance, vampire Series: Southern Vampire Mysteries (Sookie Stackhouse); 9 ISBN: 9780441017157 Intended audience: Adult Number of pages: 312 Setting: Bon Temps, LA Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: Werewolves and…

  • Death Masks

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    By Jim Butcher Place: Publisher & Year: New York: Roc, 2003 Genres: Fantasy, contemporary fantasy, urban fantasy, dark fantasy, mystery, paranormal mystery, paranormal, vampire Series: The Dresden Files; 5 ISBN: 9780451459404 Audience: Adult Number of pages: 374 (378 including an excerpt from Blood Rites). Setting: Chicago, IL Time period: Contemporary Plot summary: When Harry wanted…