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Is it real? The Loch Ness monster

Fleming, Candace, author.

Publication Date

2025

Format:

Book

Call Number

001.944 FLE

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SD_ILS:794079

Stemville : the bee connection

Newman, Ben, author, illustrator.

Publication Date

2024

Format:

Book

Call Number

595.799 NEW

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SD_ILS:792284

Gardening can be murder : how poisonous poppies, sinister shovels, and grim gardens have inspired mystery writers

McDowell, Marta, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

809.3872 MCD

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SD_ILS:714504

Recipes for murder : 66 dishes that celebrate the mysteries of Agatha Christie

Pierce, Karen, author.

Publication Date

2023

Format:

Book

Call Number

641.5 PIE

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SD_ILS:728883

Agatha Christie : a very elusive woman

Worsley, Lucy, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

928.21912 CHR

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SD_ILS:662463

Ghost of the Hardy boys : the writer behind the world's most famous boy detectives

McFarlane, Leslie, 1902-1977, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

813 MCF

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SD_ILS:664243

The mysterious romance of murder : crime, detection, and the spirit of noir

Lehman, David, 1948- author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

809.3872 LEH

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SD_ILS:665271

The life of crime : detecting the history of mysteries and their creators

Edwards, Martin, 1955- author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

809.3872 EDW

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SD_ILS:647727

Spillane : King of pulp fiction : a biography

Collins, Max Allan, author.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

928.154 SPI

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SD_ILS:671738

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The Cambridge companion to world crime fiction

Gulddal, Jesper, editor.

Publication Date

2022

Format:

Book

Call Number

809.3872 CAM

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SD_ILS:711916

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Your guide to not getting murdered in a quaint English village

Johnson, Maureen, 1973- author.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

818.602 JOH

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SD_ILS:633625

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How to write a mystery : a handbook from Mystery Writers of America

Child, Lee, editor.

Publication Date

2021

Format:

Book

Call Number

808.3872 HOW

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SD_ILS:599065

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Humiston, Grace (Mary Grace), 1869-1948.

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McFarlane, Leslie, 1902-1977.

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Spillane, Mickey, 1918-2006.

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Wirt, Mildred A. (Mildred Augustine), 1905- -- Characters -- Nancy Drew.

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Edwards, Martin, 1955- author.

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Bowen, Gail, 1942- author.

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Chandler, Raymond, 1888-1959, author.

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Charles, Christopher, author.

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Child, Lee, editor.

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Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976 author.

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Collins, Max Allan, author.

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Cooper, Jay, 1974- illustrator.

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Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 Short stories. Selections.

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Fleming, Candace, author.

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Forbes, Dennis.

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Fundora, Yolanda V., illustrator.

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Gallagher, Michael, 1978-.

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Giraldi, William, writer of foreword.

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Greenwald, Marilyn S., writer of introduction.

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Gulddal, Jesper, editor.

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Haining, Peter.

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Hayes, Kevin J., editor.

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Herbert, Rosemary

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Highsmith, Patricia, 1921-1995.

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Hill, Owen, editor.

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Jackson, Pamela (Pamela Renee), editor.

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James, P. D.

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Johnson, Maureen, 1973- author.

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King, Laurie R., editor.

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King, Stewart, 1968- editor.

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Lehman, David, 1948- author.

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Lethem, Jonathan, writer of foreword.

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McDowell, Marta, author.

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McFarlane, Leslie, 1902-1977, author.

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Mystery Writers of America, sponsoring body.

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Newman, Ben, author, illustrator.

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Oleksiw, Susan

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Patterson, James, 1947- author.

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Peters, Elizabeth, 1927-2013.

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Pierce, Karen, author.

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Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849, author.

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Polasek, Ashley D., author, compiler.

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Rehak, Melanie

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Reilly, John M.

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Ricca, Brad, author.

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Rizzuto, Anthony Dean, 1966- editor.

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Rolls, Alistair, 1971- editor.

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Sims, Michael, 1958- author.

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Traylor, James L., author.

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Whitbread, Kristen.

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Worsley, Lucy, author.

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Worsley, Lucy.

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Yoder, Eric author.

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Yoder, Eric.

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