Ocean State Libraries

"On the idyllic coast of San Sebastian, Spain, Dublin pathologist Quirke is struggling to relax, despite the beaches, cafés and the company of his disarmingly lovely wife. When he glimpses a familiar face in the twilight at Las Acadas bar, it's hard at first to tell whether his imagination is just running away with him. Because this young woman can't be April Latimer. She was murdered by her brother, years ago--the conclusion to an unspeakable scandal...

The controversial arrival of Willow Adams, who was found by police sleeping in the display window of Izzy Chambers' Seaside Knitting Studio, becomes more suspicious when Aidan Peabody, a local artist and gallery owner, is found dead on the eve of the town's monthly art festival, and Peabody's will reveals there is only one heir to his large estate.

In the latest Country Store Mystery by Agatha and Macavity Award-winning author Maddie Day, a killer strikes - with a cast iron skillet - during South Lick, Indiana's annual Outhouse Race festivities, landing Pans 'N Pancakes-owner Robbie Jordan on the suspect list...Many residents of South Lick, Indiana, claim the Outhouse Race, in which competitors push old-timey outhouse replicas on wheels at the annual Abe Martin Festival on Memorial Day, is the...

Phoebe Winchester is back on the case in Raven Creek when a body is discovered at an estate sale.

When an anonymous tip during a true crime podcast reveals clues to a 20-year-old unsolved murder, tea shop owner and bride-to-be Daisy Swanson suspects a connection between a current homicide and this cold case, setting out to solve it before she walks down the aisle.

Europe's last line of defense against neofascism-a history professor? Professor William Dresden has found solitude in the south of France to grapple with his troubled past-a neglected upbringing, failed romances, the recent demolition of his life's work in academia, and even witnessing genocide, among other secrets. But he soon learns that he has much larger problems when an adrift MI6 officer, Adeline Parker, calls and insists on a meeting, revealing...

Jill Gardner-owner of Coffee, Books, and More-has somehow been talked into sponsoring a 5k race along the beautiful California coast. The race is a fundraiser for the local preservation society-but not everyone is feeling so charitable.The day of the race, everyone hits the ground running . . . until a local business owner stumbles over a very stationary body. The deceased is the vicious wife of the husband-and-wife team hired to promote the event-and...

One woman, four men, countless temptations on the streets of New York. This lost novel from legendary 'Nero Wolfe' creator Rex Stout - unpublished for more than 90 years - presents a psychological puzzle and a heroine you'll never forget.

"When Pamela, Bettina, and their friends show up at the Voorhees House to greet its new owner, they’re met with a most unwelcome sight: a dead body on the kitchen floor. Tassie Hunt just inherited the old Victorian, which had been occupied by a reclusive widow for many years and had a reputation for being haunted. But Tassie would have been unlikely to be spooked since her career involved debunking such paranormal phenomena. Her demise sets off...