Frank Carlson Library

The landmark first novel by acclaimed Cold War thriller writer Derek Lambert. Derek Lambert's classic spy novel exposes the truth about the life of the Western community in post-Stalin Moscow, and their existence in which tensions and hostility of the Soviet Union sometimes prove intolerable. An American working for the US embassy and the CIA, a young Englishman at the British Embassy gradually cracking under the strain of Moscow life, and a member...

Club de golf, disparition et mystères. Que veut la belle Muriel, qui débarque dans la vie d'un grand professionnel de golf et d'un menuisier champion d'échecs ? Qu'est devenu son frère Julien, champion prodige de golf, accusé de trafic de drogue et incarcéré dans une prison turque? Pourquoi Georges, géant simplet, trafiquant d'eau bénite, a-t-il été supprimé? Et que vient faire dans ce milieu violent Archibald, publicitaire sans histoire,...

Le cadavre d'une adolescente, apparemment sans histoire, conduit à un trafic de cocaïne... Une jeune fille de seize ans est retrouvée étranglée près d'une mare à Chaillé-sous-les-Ormeaux, à une quinzaine de kilomètres de La Roche sur Yon. Elle tenait à la main une coquille d'escargot... vide... Après autopsie, le légiste découvre qu'elle a été abusée sexuellement. L'enquête permet également de déterminer que la coquille...

The unspeakably wealthy (and generally unspeakable) Jonathan Royal has decided to throw a party and, just for fun, has studded the guest list with people who loathe one another. When a blizzard imprisons them all in Royal's country house, murder ensues, and there are nearly as many suspects as there are potential victims. Eventually, Inspector Alleyn makes his way through the snow to put things right, in this classic whodunit by the Mystery Writers...

An investigation leads Kelly back to her former command… and the ex who betrayed her A brutal murder in the Lake District. A double assassination in a secret lab in London's west end. Seemingly unconnected, unexpected links between the gruesome crimes emerge and it's up to DI Kelly Porter to follow the trail – all the way to the capital. Back amongst old colleagues and forced to work alongside her calculating ex, DCI Matt Carter, Kelly must untangle...

When a twelve-year-old boy named Boetie is found strangled to death with multiple stab wounds, his killer is assumed to be a pedophile. Lt. Tromp Kramer and his sidekick, Bantu Det. Sergeant Mickey Zondi, begin to investigate and soon learn that the boy had been involved in a detective club that encouraged children to spy and snitch on people-and no one likes a snitch. Whom was Boetie spying on? As the two men look into possible leads on the case,...

Matt Royal never has to look far for excitement. Excitement-and sometimes trouble-has a way of finding him first. But for this fun-loving lawyer turned beach bum, things are about to get serious. Dead serious. When his ex-wife asks for help in tracking down her stepdaughter, last seen in Matt's hometown of Longboat Key, Matt agrees to do a little searching. But what looks like the case of one missing girl turns out to be something much bigger--and...

2020 Midwest Book Award WinnerAs former police officer John Cabrelli struggles in the wake of a career-ending event, he retreats to his late uncle's lakeside cabin in Wisconsin… but it's far from the peaceful refuge he expects. Danger awaits - along with the truth behind his uncle's death. Award-winning author, conservationist, and retired decorated law enforcement officer Jeff Nania weaves a thrilling tale of murder and deceit, family and traditions,...

A spring may have healing properties-but the controversy over it may have harmful results-in a witty mystery by a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master. The elderly Emily Pride is perfectly pleased to have inherited an island, even if her starchy pragmatism is ever-so-faintly appalled by the island's "Pixie Falls" spring and its reported miraculous healing properties. Really, the locals' attempts to capitalize on the "miracles" are entirely too...

La première adjointe au maire est abattue en pleine rue à Strasbourg. Jour de canicule à Urheim, un petit village de la Communauté urbaine de Strasbourg. Alors que les villageois se terrent chez eux pour faire la sieste, la première adjointe au maire est abattue en pleine rue. Crime passionnel ou assassinat politique? Aucun témoin ne se manifestant, Kroep, le gendarme chargé de l'enquête, soupçonne tout le monde ou presque. Le mari de la...