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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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When a magazine editor falls from his window, the case lands in the laps of Mr. and Mrs. North The body hits the pavement at 12:25 p.m., but Dorian Hunt doesn't know a thing about it. She has come to the offices of Esprit magazine to deliver some sketches, and she has a meeting with the art director, Paul Wilming. When his secretary opens the door, Wilming isn't in his office. He's not anywhere on the floor. But there's a cigarette burning in the...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
An overwhelming fog obscures a killer in this Captain Heimrich whodunit from the authors of the excellent Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries ( The New Yorker ). Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there's no lead the intrepid investigator won't follow until his every hunch is satisfied ... Those of lesser means would jump at the chance to live in a grand estate like High Ridge. But...
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Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Two murders lead NYC detective Nathan Shapiro out of the city and into the country in this mystery from the authors of the "excellent" Mr. and Mrs. North series ( The New Yorker ). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan's finest, but that doesn't stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough ... Lois Williams of Glenville, Connecticut, is going about her business when she's abruptly asked to bear witness...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
From the authors of the "excellent" Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries: NYC detective Nathan Shapiro must solve the case of a dead co-ed and an absent teacher ( The New Yorker ). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan's finest, but that doesn't stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough ... Englishman Reginald Grant readily admits that the differences between British and American culture sometimes elude...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A clever killer leads New York City detective Nathan Shapiro on a twisted chase in this mystery from the authors of the "excellent" Mr. and Mrs. North series ( The New Yorker ). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan's finest, but that doesn't stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough ... Manhattan banker John Hayward is newly engaged and feeling on top of the world -- until the NYPD arrive on his...
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English
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Before he dies, a murdered burglar puts Mrs. North in mortal danger The thief struts toward Broadway, confident his luck has finally begun to turn. Just a few hours earlier, he had been as scared as a trapped rat, cowering in a bathroom, hoping the homeowners would go to bed without finding him. He got lucky, and he got away with his mark: a flimsy little piece of plastic that's worth more money than he's ever had at one time. But before he reaches...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For Mr. and Mrs. North, there's no vacation from murder In a remote cabin far from New York City, Jerry and Pamela North are getting killed. On the brink of annihilation, they grit their teeth and battle back. In a moment, the fight is finished-and the Norths are named mixed doubles champions. It's a happy moment during a splendid vacation, but off the tennis court, all is not well. After an afternoon of fun and games, the evening's entertainment...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. North chase a gunman who killed an author in the middle of his book launch Looking around the Hotel Dumont, Pamela North sees plenty of people she might like to murder. That's what happens when she's left alone at a book party, bored to tears. Her husband is a publisher, and when he's late to an event, all she can do is look from critic to critic and think that, as messy as it can be, homicide has its advantages. She needn't worry; a...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. North seek the killer of a terribly unpleasant society woman Miss Amelia Gipson doesn't tolerate foolishness. She doubts she's ever made a mistake, and it's unlikely she would change anything about her life-even if she knew she was in danger. While researching a famous murder case at the public library, she becomes ill at her desk. Within minutes, she's dead. Miss Gipson would be pleased with the coroner. He doesn't muck around when delivering...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. North stumble upon a corpse-and fall backward into murder Jerry and Pamela North's upstairs apartment has been empty as long as they can remember. It's an ordinary Greenwich Village abode, and the Norths are ordinary Villagers-which means they can't bear to go more than a few days between cocktail parties. So when Pamela decides to stage a soiree in the empty apartment, Jerry goes along begrudgingly. But what seems inconvenient becomes...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
For the sake of a Broadway hit, Mr. and Mrs. North search for a playboy's killer Naomi Shaw has taken the stage in Around the Corner one hundred times. And with every performance, she has brought the audience to tears. But while she's an angel onstage, she's rather harder to like once the curtain drops. Nevertheless, the play is a hit. The critics are awed, the crowds are lively, the producers are happy, and Around the Corner could run forever--as...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. North discover the murder of a prankster is no laughing matter Byron Wilmot will do anything for a laugh. He's a legend of practical jokes, notorious for once using a dummy to stage a kidnapping so realistic it fooled the police. So when Pamela and Jerry North are invited to a party at Wilmot's home, Mrs. North braces herself for an evening of snakes in a can, rubber spiders, and the like. But tonight, a murderer will get the last laugh....
13) A Key to Death
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When their lawyer is murdered, Mr. and Mrs. North find that everyone in Manhattan is a suspect Jerry and Pamela North have targets on their backs. It's not fair, but that's what happens when you make a hobby out of catching killers. The murderers get upset, and, well, you know how they are. And with all this homicidal attention directed at the Norths, it's about time they made out a will. Unfortunately, they have only just started the process when...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Mrs. North must protect her aunt from being poisoned-whether she likes it or not Pamela North has never worried about making sense. When she has a thought, she expresses it, and if no one in the room knows what she's talking about, it's no trouble to her. While Mrs. North's unique style of thought can make her a challenging conversational partner, it also makes her one of the finest amateur sleuths in New York City. But no matter how sharp her wit,...
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Sailing to Havana, Mr. and Mrs. North find their vacation dogged by death Stepping out of her stateroom, Pamela North is rather disappointed to see a man with a sword. She had hoped this cruise would be a respite from murder, mayhem, and crime, and she finds pirates to be dreary. As it happens, she's wrong on all counts. The man with the sword is no pirate, and this trip will not offer an escape from death. As the ship embarks on an eight-day voyage...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Tonight, Jerry North faces something so terrifying that no amount of martinis could quiet his nerves: He has to make a speech. He's introducing one of his authors, Victor Leeds Sproul, a continental novelist whose delicate tales of Parisian life have been selling like hotcakes ever since the Nazis goose-stepped into the City of Light. Crippled by stage fright, Mr. North enters the banquet hall feeling like a condemned man, but he isn't the one who...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Mrs. North comes to the aid of a young boy accused of murdering his beloved Cleo Harper is nineteen, and pretty enough to catch any boy's eye. But when the police find her, there's a gash in her throat and blood on her clothes. Cleo's been dead for just a few minutes. She'd been eating lunch in a coffee shop when she was stabbed in the neck, and all the evidence paints Franklin Martinelli as the killer. Every kid in the neighborhood knew he loved...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A pet-shop owner is killed in his store, and Mr. and Mrs. North take it personally A smart businessman would never think to open a pet shop in the inconspicuous patch of Greenwich Village known as West Kepp Street, but J. K. Halder isn't here to make money. A millionaire animal lover, he keeps the shop as a hobby, even though it's fate hangs perpetually in the balance. As it happens, Halder won't see it through the end. He has just opened the shop...
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Mr. and Mrs. North work with the New York Police Department to investigate a hypnotic murder As far as NYPD captain William Weigand is concerned, there's nothing more inconvenient than a murder victim with a name. Names--not just ordinary names, but boldfaced names--mean headlines, and headlines mean headaches. Prof. Jameson Elwell was a boldfaced name of the first order, a celebrity psychologist who took the unusual step of reporting his own murder....
20) Murder Is Served
Author
Series
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A death threat concealed in a term paper brings Mr. and Mrs. North back to campus All semester Prof. John Leonard has directed his lectures at Peggy Mott. Not because she's beautiful-although that doesn't hurt-but because she has the sharpest mind he's encountered in all his years teaching psychology. When she turns in her final assignment, a paper on human emotions, Leonard expects a brilliant essay, but what he reads shocks him to the core: There's...
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