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Murder Takes a Fast Track
Barbara A. Steiner
Paperback (Ntc Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1999)Journalists Jolene Allen and Paka Powell investigate when they realize that Marge Shoemaker's recent run of bad luck is no accident
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Dead Beckoning
Alanna Knight
Paperback (Contemporary Books, Sept. 1, 1999)When Annie Kelty travels to the tiny seaside village of Stormer in search of her past and the mother who deserted her, she finds herself attracted to a drifter, enmeshed in local folklore, trapped in a cave, and almost killed before she finds what she was looking for
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Champagne With a Corpse
Joan Lowery Nixon, Kathleen Nixon Brush
Paperback (Ntc Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1999)When Gerald Dinkins is found murdered at a fundraising gala at the Silver Ridge Hotel, head of hotel security Stacy Champagne and her fiance Deputy Ramon Gonazalas must discover who decided to kill Dinkins and why
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The Royal Park Murder
Alanna Knight
Paperback (Ntc Pub Group, Jan. 1, 1999)Joan Lowery Nixon, president of the Mystery Writers of America, has found 10 well-known writers to craft spellbinding stories for adults who want to read but have undeveloped reading skills. Here are stories with adult themes and interests that challenge adult minds. All of the books in the series are written at the fourth- sixth- and eighth-grade reading levels, yet offer characters, situations, and concerns appropriate for adult readers.
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Not a Chance
Judith Andrews Green
Paperback (Ntc Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1999)When Justin Cobb's math professor is found dead and the police think he knows more than he is telling them, Justin must find the killer before someone else is killed
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Sign of Terror
Richard Forrest
Paperback (Contemporary Books, Sept. 1, 1999)Accused of murder when a movie actress goes missing and winds up dead in the small town of Morgan, New York, Diff James must find the real killer in order to clear his name and win the woman he loves
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Gory Alleluia
Mary Blount Christian
Paperback (Ntc Pub Group, June 1, 1999)When literary agent Lin Hill goes searching for the manuscript of Delia Dorrs' latest book, she finds the best-selling and well-hated author lying in a pool of blood, and, in order to clear her name, Lin must locate both the manuscript and the subject of Delia's latest expose'
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Murder at the Reunion
Barbara Steiner
Paperback (Contemporary Publishing, Jan. 1, 1999)Joan Lowery Nixon, president of the Mystery Writers of America, has found 10 well-known writers to craft spellbinding stories for adults who want to read but have undeveloped reading skills. Here are stories with adult themes and interests that challenge adult minds. All of the books in the series are written at the fourth- sixth- and eighth-grade reading levels, yet offer characters, situations, and concerns appropriate for adult readers.
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Murder in the Shadows
Ellen Godfrey
Paperback (Ntc Pub Group, Sept. 1, 1999)When Janet Barkin stumbles over the body of Barbara Noyez and other women begin to turn up dead, she and the members of the Women's Rescue Company or W.R.C. decide to investigate
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Lethal Delivery, Postage Prepaid
Kathleen Anne Barrett
Paperback (Contemporary Books, Sept. 1, 1999)When best friends and amateur sleuths Annie and Dave look into the drive-by shooting death of their high school chum Danny, they find a bag of hundred dollar bills, an auto-theft ring, and evidence that Danny's death was not accidental
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The Monster in the Loch
Alanna Knight
Paperback (McGraw-Hill College, June 1, 1999)Finding her attempts to deliver a valuable goblet to a buyer at Castle Roy thwarted at every turn and having been accosted on the train, stranded by broken-down bus, and capsized while rowing across Loch Roy, Annie Kelty wonders if she will make it to the castle alive
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The Mystery of Holly Lane
Enid Blyton
Paperback (Egmont Childrens Books, Aug. 8, 1996)None