Central Skagit Library District

Cicéron, ancien célibataire endurci, découvre la vie de couple. A cté de ça, il doit s'employer à faire délivrer la jeune Xiao, accusée à tort de proxénétisme... Rien ne va plus ! L'équipe s'éparpille. Comme si, fatigué, mon univers s'effondrait sur lui-même. O sont mes repères ? C'est bien connu, quand on touche le fond, il suffit d'un coup de pied pour rejoindre la surface. Une rencontre avec un jeune avocat d'origine chinoise...

One summer. One stranger. One killer... Two bad things happened that summer: A stranger arrived. And the first girl disappeared. In the wake of the crime that rocked her community, Felicity fled, knowing more than she let on. But sixteen years later, her new life is shattered by the news that a second girl has gone missing in her hometown. Now Felicity must go back, to face the truth about what happened all those years ago. Only she...

"In New York City, three intriguing, smart, and stylish private investigators open Holmes, Marple & Poe Investigations. Who are these detectives with famous names and mysterious, untraceable pasts? Brendan Holmes--The Brain: Identifies suspects via deduction and logic. Margaret Marple--The Eyes: Possesses powers of observation too often underestimated. Auguste Poe--The Muscle: Chases down every lead no matter how dangerous or dark. The agency's daring...

Chief detective Carl Morck, recovering from what he thought was a career-destroying gunshot wound, is relegated to cold cases and becomes immersed in the five-year disappearance of a politician.

"In Washington, DC, Supreme Court Justice Charlotte Morehouse prepares for a trip to Alaska, unaware that a killer is waiting to take his revenge--by livestreaming her death to the world. In Anchorage, Alaska, Deputy US Marshals Arliss Cutter and Lola Teariki are assigned to security detail at a judicial conference in Fairbanks. Lola is tasked with guarding Justice Townsend's teenaged daughter while Cutter provides counter-surveillance. It's a simple,...

"Authentico Foods Inc. has been a part of Detroit's Mexican town for over thirty years, grown from a home kitchen business to a city-block-long facility that supplies Mexican tortillas to restaurants throughout the Midwest. Detroit ex-cop and Mexican town native August Snow has been invited for a business meeting at Authentico Foods. Its owner, Ronaldo Ochoa, is dying, and is being blackmailed into selling the company to an anonymous entity. Worried...

Locronan. Un matin d'automne, le jeune curé de la paroisse est découvert inconscient au presbytère, les vêtements lacérés et couverts de sang. Un sang qui n'est pas le sien, mais celui d'un marginal que l'on retrouve égorgé dans la petite chapelle sur la montagne. Aussitt, la vieille légende du loup-garou ressurgit… Le major Tavers suspendu, l'adjudante Diane Madec, nouvelle venue dans l'équipe, doit enquêter sur ce mystère et sonder...

Pourquoi la ville de Locronan en veut-elle tant à Anne ? Quel délit avait pu commettre Anne pour se voir rejetée de Locronan à vingt ans et victime d'un sabotage criminel lors de son retour au pays, près de trente années plus tard ? Ami de la victime qui s'apprêtait à lui révéler les faits, Paul Capitaine se joint, avec Sarah, aux investigations des gendarmes locaux. Sous les giboulées de mars, Locronan révèle sa face obscure ; les...

Baghdad Central is a noir debut novel set in Baghdad in September 2003. The US occupation of Iraq is a swamp of incompetence and self-delusion. The CPA has disbanded the Iraqi army and police as a consequence of its paranoid policy of de-Ba'athification of Iraqi society. Tales of hubris and reality-denial abound, culminating in Washington hailing the mess a glorious "mission accomplished." Inspector Muhsin al-Khafaji is a mid-level Iraqi cop who deserted...