Macbeth
A science-fiction graphic novel adaptation of William Shakespeare's tragedy of brutal ambition, in which Macbeth, a dragon-riding nobleman in a future world, kills his king with the help of his power-hungry wife and finds himself battling rivals and vengeance seekers for his life and the throne.
FIC
year: 2005
copies: 16
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
subjects: shakespeare, william, macbeth, regicides, cartoons and comics, homicide [X], comic books, strips, etc, scotland
On The Street Where You Live
Feeling a need for stability after her divorce and pursuit by a stalker, criminal defense attorney Emily Graham accepts a job with a Manhattan law firm and buys the former family house in New Jersey.
FIC
year: 2002
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 860
The Falconer's Knot
Silvano and Chiara, teens sent to live in a friary and a nunnery in Renaissance Italy, are drawn to one another and dream of a future together, but when murders are committed in the friary, they must discover who is behind the crimes before they can realize their love.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 910
subjects: love, murder, mystery and detective stories, religious life, love stories, italy, historical fiction, mystery fiction, detective and mystery stories, homicide [X], romance fiction, mystery fiction
A Pocket Full Of Rye
Inspector Needle isn't doing very well with his poison case at Yewtree Lodge.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 690
subjects: marple, jane (fictitious character), poisons, murder, marple, jane (fictional character), poisons and poisoning, homicide [X], mystery fiction
The Circle Of Blood
As she uses her knowledge of forensic medicine to investigate the death of a young runaway, seventeen-year-old Cameryn Mahoney, an assistant to her coroner father, worries that her secretive mother may be involved.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 720
subjects: coroners, forensic sciences, mothers and daughters, mystery and detective stories, mother-daughter relationship, single-parent families, criminal investigation, homicide [X]
The Musician's Daughter
In eighteenth-century Vienna, Austria, fifteen-year-old Theresa seeks a way to help her mother and brother financially while investigating the murder of her father, a renowned violinist in Haydn's orchestra at the court of Prince Esterhazy, after his body is found near a gypsy camp.
FIC
year: 2010
copies: 23
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 950
subjects: haydn, joseph, musicians, murder, romanies, vienna (austria), austria, families, homicide [X], family life, gypsies, historical fiction
Lizzie Borden
Presents a detailed description of the events surrounding the murders of Andrew Borden and his wife Abby in 1892 and the subsequent arrest, trial, and acquittal of Andrew's daughter, Lizzy.
364.15
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: 364.15
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Blood On My Hands
Callie becomes a suspect in the murder of her best friend, Katherine, when Callie is the first to find Katherine's body lying in the woods and, assuming the scenario is part of a Halloween prank, picks up a bloody knife only to discover it is real.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 12
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
Closed For The Season
When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 51
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 670
Slide
Vee Bell, able to slide into other people's minds, sees someone standing over the body of her sister's best friend Sophie holding a bloody knife, but she is afraid that anyone she tells will think her crazy and so she must find a way to identify the killer herself, before he or she strikes.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 6
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Cold Case
When thirteen-year-old Oz Keillor finds a dead body in his family's Santa Fe, New Mexico, restaurant, he is determined to solve the mystery in which his older brother is implicated, but which also involves their long-dead father, who was accused of being a spy.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 8
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 420
At Risk
The Farrells, an ordinary family living in an upper-class New England town, struggle to cope when eleven-year-old Amanda, a promising gymnast, is diagnosed with AIDS, the result of a blood transfusion five years earlier.
FIC
year: 2007
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 940
subjects: aids (disease) in children, city and town life, aids (disease), new england, domestic fiction, murder, medical jurisprudence, homicide [X], mystery fiction
Only Twice I've Wished For Heaven
When the Saville family gains entrance to a new apartment building in Lakeland, they find out that life inside their gated apartment complex is much different from that on the outside.
FIC
year: 1998
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile:
Major Unsolved Crimes
Discusses six criminal cases in which there was no completely satisfactory conclusion reached, including the case of the Zodiac killer, the Tylenol murderer, the assassination of President Kennedy, and an unusual skyjacking in 1971.
364.15
year: 2000
copies: 3
call number/section: 364.15
lexile:
We'll Meet Again
Investigative reporter Fran Simmons puts her own life in danger when she sets out to discover who really killed Dr.
FIC
year: 2000
copies: 4
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 840
subjects: murder, judicial error, women journalists, investigative reporting, homicide [X], connecticut, courts