Recommendations based on B is for Burglarby Sue Grafton

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  1. C is for Corpse

    by Sue Grafton
    Private investigator Kinsey Millhone investigates a missing persons case with unexpected and shocking twists.

    The novel begins with Kinsey at the gym, rehabilitating herself from injuries sustained at the end of B is for Burglar . While there, she meets Bobby Callahan, a twenty-three-year-old who was nearly ... (Wikipedia)

  2. A is for Alibi

    by Sue Grafton
    Private investigator unravels the case of a murdered woman, uncovering a web of lies and deceit.

    Kinsey Millhone , 32, private detective investigates the death of prominent divorce lawyer Laurence Fife. His murder eight years earlier was blamed on his wife, Nikki Fife. Upon being released from ... (Wikipedia)

  3. D is for Deadbeat

    by Sue Grafton
    Private investigator Kinsey Millhone investigates an old murder case with unexpected connections.

    Kinsey Millhone receives a contract from ex-con Alvin Limardo to deliver a cashier's check for twenty-five thousand dollars to a fifteen-year-old boy named Tony Gahan. According to Limardo, Tony ... (Wikipedia)

  4. Twelve Sharp

    by Janet Evanovich
    A female bounty hunter tracks down a murderer while uncovering a larger conspiracy.

    Welcome to Trenton, New Jersey, where bounty hunter Stephanie Plum's life is about to implode in Janet Evanovich's wildest, hottest novel yet! FIRST A STRANGER APPEARS While chasing down the usual ... (Goodreads)

  5. High Five

    by Janet Evanovich
    A wild adventure full of unexpected twists and turns as a bounty hunter searches for his missing brother.

    The only Failure-to-Appear (F.T.A.) Vinnie has for Stephanie is so minor league (Briggs), that she focuses her attention on the mysterious disappearance of her Uncle Fred instead. Mabel gives ... (Wikipedia)

  6. To the Nines

    by Janet Evanovich
    An FBI agent and a bounty hunter team up to take down a criminal mastermind.

    Stephanie's cousin and boss, Vinnie, has written the visa bond for Samuel Singh, an Indian immigrant working temporarily in New Jersey. Now he has gone missing, and his landlord, Mrs. Apusenja, ... (Wikipedia)

  7. 1st to Die

    by James Patterson
    Four female friends team up to catch a killer preying on newlyweds.

    Four crime-solving friends face off against a killer in San Francisco in the Women's Murder Club novel that started James Patterson's thrilling series. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay ... (Goodreads)

  8. The Runaway Jury

    by John Grisham
    A jury trial where the jury's decision is up for sale as two sides battle for a multi-million dollar verdict.

    Wendall Rohr and his team of tort lawyers have filed suit on behalf of plaintiff Celeste Wood, whose husband died of lung cancer , against the tobacco company Pynex. The trial is to be held in Biloxi ... (Wikipedia)

  9. Along Came a Spider

    by James Patterson
    A detective races against time to solve a kidnapper's twisted game.

    What have we got? A missing little girl named Maggie Rose . . . a family of three brutally murdered in the projects of Washington, D.C. . . . the thrill-killing of a beautiful elementary school ... (Goodreads)

  10. Point of Origin

    by Patricia Cornwell
    An FBI agent investigates a string of arson cases, uncovering a mysterious criminal.

    Dr Kay Scarpetta, Virginia Chief Medical Examiner and consulting pathologist for the federal law enforcement agency ATF , is called out to a farmhouse in Virginia that has been destroyed by fire. In ... (Wikipedia)

  11. Trouble Is My Business

    by Raymond Chandler
    Private detective Philip Marlowe takes on a series of cases that lead him into the dark underworld of Los Angeles.

    In the four long stories in this collection, Marlowe is hired to protect a rich old guy from a gold digger, runs afoul of crooked politicos, gets a line on some stolen jewels with a reward attached, ... (Goodreads)

  12. Body of Evidence

    by Patricia Cornwell
    Crime thriller featuring a female medical examiner investigating a series of murders.

    Kay Scarpetta, chief medical examiner of Virginia, gets involved in the case of a brutal stabbing death in Richmond of romance writer Beryl Madison. Then, Madison's greedy lawyer accuses Scarpetta of ... (Wikipedia)

  13. I'd Tell You I Love You, But Then I'd Have to Kill You

    by Ally Carter
    Cammie Morgan attends a school for spies, but falls in love with a normal boy. She must choose between love and her spy life.

    A young spy, Cammie Morgan, falls in love with a boy, Josh, but cannot reveal the truth about herself to him. This caused misunderstandings later on and they broke up in tears. In the end, Josh finds ... (Wikipedia)

  14. Skinwalkers

    by Tony Hillerman
    Navajo Tribal Police investigate a murder and discover a link to ancient Navajo legends of shape-shifting witches.

    Jim Chee wakes from restless sleep about 2:30 am, hearing the cat enter through the cat door into his trailer. When Chee is out of bed, three shotgun blasts come through the trailer wall over his ... (Wikipedia)

  15. Indemnity Only

    by Sara Paretsky
    Private investigator V.I. Warshawski takes on a case involving a missing person and uncovers a web of corruption and danger.

    Meeting an anonymous client late on a sizzling summer night is asking for trouble. But trouble is Chicago private eye V.I. Warshawski's specialty. Her client says he's the prominent banker, John ... (Goodreads)

  16. The Client

    by John Grisham
    A young boy is thrust into a legal battle, as he tries to protect himself and his family.

    Boyd Boyette, a United States Senator from Louisiana, goes missing. Because of his vocal opposition to a proposed major toxic landfill project by a company known to be Mafia-backed, murder is ... (Wikipedia)

  17. Friends, Lovers, Chocolate

    by Alexander McCall Smith
    Isabel Dalhousie, philosopher and amateur sleuth, navigates the complexities of love and loss while solving a mystery involving a rare manuscript.

    ISABEL DALHOUSIE - Book 2 Nothing captures the charm of Edinburgh like the bestselling Isabel Dalhousie series of novels featuring the insatiably curious philosopher and woman detective. Whether ... (Goodreads)

  18. Postmortem

    by Patricia Daniels Cornwell
    Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner, investigates a serial killer in Richmond, Virginia.

    The novel opens as Dr. Kay Scarpetta, Chief Medical Examiner for the Commonwealth of Virginia, receives an early-morning call from Sergeant Pete Marino, a homicide detective at the Richmond Police ... (Wikipedia)

  19. Unnatural Exposure

    by Patricia Cornwell
    Dr. Kay Scarpetta investigates a series of murders linked to a dangerous virus, while dealing with personal and professional challenges.

    Virginia Chief Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta has a bloody puzzle on her hands: five headless, limbless cadavers in Ireland , plus four similar victims in a landfill back home. Is a serial butcher ... (Wikipedia)

  20. The Bastard

    by John Jakes
    Epic journey of a young man searching for his identity amidst the chaos of the American Civil War.

    The story begins in November 1770 in Auvergne , France , near Chavaniac . Philippe Charboneau, a seventeen-year-old boy, is living with his mother, Marie, in an inn inherited from her deceased ... (Wikipedia)

  21. Roses Are Red

    by James Patterson
    A thrilling crime story of a homicide detective searching for a serial killer.

    Alex Cross returns for the sixth book in the series with a new killer on the loose. A series of meticulously planned bank robberies leave behind a wake of bodies. Alex Cross must not only battle ... (Wikipedia)

  22. A Study in Scarlet

    by Arthur Conan Doyle
    A masterful detective unravels a mysterious crime and its hidden motives.

    In 1881, Doctor John Watson has returned to London after serving in the Second Anglo-Afghan War . He visits the Criterion Restaurant and runs into an old friend named Stamford, who had been a dresser ... (Wikipedia)

  23. Murder in the Mews

    by Agatha Christie
    A classic whodunit, exploring a mysterious murder in a London mews.

    Librarian's note: this entry is for the collection of four short stories by the author. Entries for each of the stories, including the title one, can be found elsewhere on Goodreads. Are you ready ... (Goodreads)

  24. The Language of Bees

    by Laurie R. King
    Detective story of a British nobleman's investigation into the murder of Sherlock Holmes.

    Russell and Holmes return to their home in Sussex, England , in 1924 after seven months abroad in India, Japan and California. The novel features a domestic mystery as a hive on Holmes's farm has ... (Wikipedia)

  25. The Day of the Jackal

    by Frederick Forsyth
    An assassin attempts to kill the president of France in a thrilling race against time.

    The book begins in 1962 with the (historical) failed attempt on de Gaulle 's life plotted by, among others, Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-Marie Bastien-Thiry in the Paris suburb of Petit-Clamart : ... (Wikipedia)

  26. Fatal Voyage

    by Kathy Reichs
    A cold case is reopened, leading to a thrilling web of secrets and murder.

    A plane crash in the mountains of North Carolina and an unidentified severed foot found in the vicinity lead Brennan and would-be lover Detective Andrew Ryan to investigate a mysterious cult. The ... (Wikipedia)

  27. Fer-de-Lance

    by Rex Stout
    Detective Nero Wolfe investigates the murder of a college president, uncovering a web of deceit and corruption.

    Maria Maffei, a family friend of one of Wolfe's free-lance men, offers to hire Wolfe to locate her missing brother Carlo, a metalworker. Wolfe, affected by the Depression , decides to take the job, ... (Wikipedia)

  28. Listening Woman

    by Tony Hillerman
    Navajo Tribal Police Officer Jim Chee investigates a murder with the help of a traditional Navajo healer, Listening Woman.

    The blind shaman called Listening Woman speaks of witches and restless spirits, of supernatural evil unleashed. But Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn of the Navajo Tribal Police is sure the monster who ... (Goodreads)

  29. Moscow Rules

    by Daniel Silva
    An international thriller involving an Israeli secret agent on a mission to uncover a conspiracy in Moscow.

    Now the death of a journalist leads Allon to Russia, where he finds that, in terms of spycraft, even he has something to learn. He’s playing by Moscow rules now. It is not the grim, gray Moscow of ... (Goodreads)

  30. Hornet Flight

    by Ken Follett
    In Nazi-occupied Denmark, a young man risks his life to fly vital information to England. A thrilling tale of espionage and bravery.

    Ken Follett follows his bestsellers Jackdaws and Code to Zero with an extraordinary novel of early days of World War II...It is June 1941 and the war is not going well for England. Across the North ... (Goodreads)