Bibliography: Lee, Y.S. (2010, March). The Agency 1: A Spy in the House. Somerville, MA: 9780763640675
Plot Summary: Thief and housebreaker Mary Quinn is rescued from Old Bailey and educated at Miss Scrimshaw’s Academy for Girls for a chance at a better life. She tries her hand at several careers but is bored and uninspired. Two [...]
Bibliography: Kramer, Julie. (2008). Stalking Susan. New York: Doubleday. ISBN: 978-0385524766
Plot Summary: Riley Spartz, television news reporter in Minneapolis, just knows she has a ratings winner when a former homicide detective hands her two cold case files–two women named Susan murdered on the same day but different years. Riley knows they are connected and thinks [...]
Bibliography: Nunn, Malla. (2009). A Beautiful Place to Die. New York: Atria Books ISBN: 978-1416586203
Plot Summary: In the early 1950s South Africa where new apartheid laws have recently gone into effect, Detective Sargeant Emmanuel Cooper is called to the small town of Jacob’s Rest when white Afrikaner police captain from a prominent family is found [...]
Bibliography: Slade, Arthur. (September 2009). The Hunchback Assignments. New York: Random House Children’s Books. ISBN: 9780385737845
Plot Summary: Mr. Socrates rescued Modo from traveling freak show when he was just a baby. He recognized his special morphological skill, and had him trained as an agent for his secret society in Victorian London. Together with another teen [...]
Bibliography: Maliett, G. M. (2009). Death and the Lit Chick. Woodbury, MN: Midnight Ink. ISBN: 978-0738712475
Plot Summary: Detective Arthur St. Just is attending an Edinburgh festival for mystery writers to give a presentation about detective work. He is staying at Dalmorton Castle and Spa along with several mystery writers, aspiring writers, literary agents, and a [...]