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Rest in Pieces

Rest in Pieces
  • Author(s): Rita Mae Brown
  • Location(s): Virginia, Crozet
  • Genre(s): Crime
  • Era(s): 1990s

Mrs. Murphy thinks the new man in town is the  cat’s meow…. Maybe she should think again.  Small towns don’t take kindly to strangers–unless  the stranger happens to be a drop-dead gorgeous and  seemingly unattached male. When Blair Bainbridge  comes to Crozet, Virginia, the...

Restitution

Restitution
  • Author(s): John A Daly
  • Location(s): Las Vegas
  • Genre(s): Thriller
  • Era(s): 2000s

Life’s gotten better for hard-edged security guard, Sean Coleman. With personal affairs in order and relationships rekindled, he travels to Las Vegas to help celebrate a buddy’s last days as a bachelor. Soon after he arrives, however, a twist...

Restless Dolly Maunder

Restless Dolly Maunder
  • Author(s): Kate Grenville
  • Location(s): New South Wales, The Outback
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Later 19th Century

Dolly Maunder is born at the end of the nineteenth century, when society’s long-locked doors are just starting to creak ajar for determined women. Growing up in a poor farming family in rural New South Wales, Dolly spends her...

Restless Valley: Revolution, Murder, and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia

Restless Valley: Revolution, Murder, and Intrigue in the Heart of Central Asia
  • Author(s): Philip Shishkin
  • Location(s): Kyrgyzstan
  • Genre(s): Nonfiction
  • Era(s): early 2000s

A reporter’s vivid account of Central Asia’s wild recent history-violent in the extreme and rife with characters both heroic and corrup It sounds like the stuff of a fiction thriller: two revolutions, a massacre of unarmed civilians, a civil...

Resurrection Men

Resurrection Men
  • Author(s): Ian Rankin
  • Location(s): Edinburgh
  • Genre(s): Crime

Rebus is off the case – literally. A few days into the murder inquiry of an Edinburgh art dealer, Rebus blows up at a colleague. He is sent to the Scottish Police College for ‘retraining’ – in other words,...

Retreat

Retreat
  • Author(s): Krysten Ritter
  • Location(s): Punta Mita
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Mystery
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Liz has always had a knack for charming people and gaining their trust. That’s what makes her such a talented con artist. But lately the pressure’s rising – Liz’s past crimes have started snapping at her heels. So she...

Retreat to the Spanish Sun

Retreat to the Spanish Sun
  • Author(s): Jo Thomas
  • Location(s): Andalusia (Andalucía)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Food and Drink, Humour
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Eliza has a full house! When her three children grew up and moved out, she downsized to a smaller property… but now they’re all back. Every room in the house is taken and Eliza finds herself sharing her bed...

Return to Blood

Return to Blood
  • Author(s): Michael Bennett
  • Location(s): New Zealand (Aotearoa)
  • Genre(s): Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Two murders. Two decades apart. One chance to get justice. Hana Westerman has left Auckland and her career as a detective behind her. Settled in a quiet coastal town, all she wants is a fresh start. The discovery of...

Return to Crete

Return to Crete
  • Author(s): Richard Peel
  • Location(s): Crete
  • Genre(s): Adventure, Nonfiction
  • Era(s): 1940 - 1980

RETURN TO CRETE A Nazi paratrooper who invaded Crete in 1941 returns to the island to relive his memories of the war. He remembers the fierce fighting and the brutal repression of the partisans, but also the many parties...

Return to Kilcraig

Return to Kilcraig
  • Author(s): Rosemary Gemmell
  • Location(s): West of Scotland
  • Genre(s): Romance, Suspense
  • Era(s): Contemporary

The legacy of her beloved grandmother’s cottage in the Scottish village of Kilcraig seems like the ideal solution after Christy Morrison’s recent trauma. Until the threats begin. Can she trust her heart and allow herself to fall in love...

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