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  The Flynn Guarneri

  Katherine Bucknell

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  The Guarneri, a violin rarer than a Stradivarius, belonged to the charismatic Irish virtuoso Robert Flynn. Famed for his performances of the classical repertoire, including the early works of Ernest Grayson, Flynn wandered the countryside anonymously, playing in villages and collecting folk tunes before he died young during World War I. 
  Ernest Grayson, arguably the greatest British composer of the twentieth century, suffered a crisis of imagination in 1908 and spent time in a sanatorium in Zurich, where he was treated with the latest European therapies and returned to composing, creating his master works during the 1930s before committing suicide amid the chaos of World War II. 
  In the early 1990s, the teenaged American prodigy Allegra Balsen is about to perform Ernest Grayson’s first violin concerto on the Flynn Guarneri at Lincoln Center, when her best friend, a young cellist, is murdered backstage. Allegra goes on defiantly, to commemorate her friend and to honor the retiring concert mistress, violinist Moira Flynn. 
  Two Princeton musicologists attend the performance. They are studying Grayson’s work. As they delve into his musical scores, letters, photographs and other papers, they begin to untangle complicated love and family relations among Flynn, Grayson and descendants, coming closer and closer to the murderer, who is still at large and seeking another victim. 
  A brainy and haunting romance of the twentieth century—musical genius, madness, and love seen through the acute, empathetic eyes of academic detective Dr. Lucy Wunder as she, too, is pulled into the web.

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  Special private detective Jimmy...

  Marco Balthasar Najwer

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  Jimmy Smiles is the W. Sheriff of Cologne. After a long exhausting case, Jimmy falls asleep with a fresh open wound in his officechair. When a call wakes him up. His friend and neighbour Adrian Wilkins went missing from the ship Mjölnir. Accompany special private detektive Jimmy Smiles in his second Supernatural case as the W. Sheriff of Cologne. Encountering monsters, old forgotten gods, ghosts, witches  wizards and much more.

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  The Mystery of 31 New Inn

  R. Austin Freeman

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  "The Mystery of 31 New Inn" by R. Austin Freeman is a detective novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Dr. Jervis, a medical doctor who becomes involved in a perplexing case concerning a mysterious patient named Mr. Graves. Mr. Graves appears to be gravely ill under unusual circumstances that suggest he may have been poisoned. 
  At the beginning of the narrative, Dr. Jervis reflects on his connection with the influential detective John Thorndyke while recounting a recent incident in his practice. He receives a call from a messenger summoning him to attend to Mr. Graves, a patient who has refused medical help until this point. Upon arriving at a dimly lit house, he is greeted by an anxious housekeeper. 
  When Dr. Jervis confronts Mr. Graves, he notices alarming signs indicative of opium poisoning, which leads him into a web of secrecy and uncertainty. The strange atmosphere, the housekeeper’s behavior, and the ominous presence of Mr. Weiss create a tense dynamic. This raises questions about the true nature of Mr. Graves's illness, the motivations of those involved, and the dark secrets they might be hiding.

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  Killing Time

  Michael Joseph Mahn

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  In the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, anarchy and chaos rule. Dozens of foul-play situations are reported as corpses are discovered in empty houses and buildings. Scores are being settled. A former assistant district attorney. Henry Xavier O'Grady, known to his friends as Irish Henry, is in the midst of it. 
  Henry encounters Martin "the Kid" Montague, a writer and a witness to the JFK assassination. The Kid has feared for his life since that event. Henry and the Kid each have their own enemies, a direct result of how well they do their jobs. Some of these enemies are the same, namely the local mob, but others are jealous co-workers. The pair's troubled histories catch up with them in the Big Easy and lead to a denouement that offers insight to the tragic event in Dallas. 
  With touches of international intrigue and romance, this mystery novel offers an alternative theory to the lingering question of the JFK assassination.

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  Golden Retriever Mysteries 10-12

  Neil S. Plakcy

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  Dog's Green Earth: The home he has made with Lilit and Rochester matters deeply to Steve, enough to risk it all to bring justice to a killer in his neighborhood. 
  When his golden retriever Rochester discovers a body during one of their nightly walks, reformed computer hacker Steve Levitan must look to his neighbors for suspects. Could a killer be lurking along the oak-lined streets? 
  Could someone in the homeowner's association be sabotaging efforts to keep River Bend a well-maintained place to live? It's up to Steve and Rochester to dig up the clues to bring a murderer to justice, and protect the place they call home. 
  A Litter of Golden Mysteries: Everything you love about Steve and Rochester-- in quick doses! 
  In the first of these stories, Steve is learning to love the big, goofy golden he has inherited on the death of his neighbor, and Rochester shows him how to open his heart and his home to his sweetheart Lili. From then on, Rochester tugs Steve along on a roller coaster of cases, from theft to murder to the discovery of an abandoned baby. Familiar characters from Stewart's Crossing drop by, including Steve's best friend, SCPD detective Rick Stemper. Of course there are a lot of opportunities for Rochester to tussle with his BFF, Rick's Aussie Rascal. 
  Dog Willing: Could the mom of Rochester's sweet gal pal be a cold-hearted killer? 
  Who could have killed bookstore owner Darlene Nowak? One of the food trucks venders she angered when they parked in front of her store? Someone from the writer's critique group she sponsored? Did a self-published author she refused to promote write her into a real murder mystery? 
  Steve knows that cooks and creative folks are very sensitive about criticism; but could one of them be angry enough to kill?

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  The Child Catcher - A DI Erica...

  M. K. Farrar

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  A missing child… a brutal attack… a plot to kill. 
  On the first warm day of spring, in a seemingly unprovoked attack, a young mother is stabbed. 
   
  At the same time, her five-year-old daughter is snatched. 
   
  As part of the Violent Crimes Taskforce, DI Erica Swift and her team are assigned with finding the person responsible for the stabbing and to locate the missing child. But as Erica digs deeper, she uncovers a disturbing motive behind the attack. 
   
  When another child is taken and with time running out, she needs to solve the case before many more lives are lost.

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