Try These Murderous Mysteries:
 Death in Holy Orders, James, P. D.
On the bleak coast of East Anglia, sits the small theological college of St. Anselm's. On the shore not far away, smothered beneath a fall of sand, lies the body of one of the school's young ordinands. He is the son of Sir Alred Treves, a hugely successful and flamboyant businessman who is accustomed to getting what he wants-and in this case what he wants is Commander Adam Dalgliesh to investigate his son's death. No sooner does he arrive, than the college is torn apart by a sacrilegious and horrifying murder, and Dalgliesh finds himself ineluctably drawn into the labyrinth of an intricate and violent mystery.
 The Demon in the Teahouse. Hoobler, Dorothy & Hoobler Thomas.
When several geishas are murdered and fires are set in the Yoshiwara district of Edo, Judge Ooka knows he must act quickly. He strategically places his adopted son, 14-year-old Seikei, in a teahouse frequented by a popular geisha who seems to have some connection to both the fires and the murders, and he tells him to keep his eyes open. Conscientious and clever, Seikei quickly finds a number of clues, but in the process is accused of setting a fire.
 The Body in the Snowdrift. Page, Katherine Hall.
Faith, an upscale caterer, and Tom, her minister husband, join the extended Fairchild clan to celebrate the birthday of Tom's father, Dick, at the struggling Vermont ski resort of Pine Slopes. One morning skiers arrive and are horror-stricken to find the slopes covered with patches of red snow, the result of a body falling, or being pushed, into the water supply for the snow-making guns. Faith must get to the bottom of the crime spree if she wants to salvage the reunion, prevent the closing of Pine Slopes - and save her own life.
 Assassin. Finney, Patricia.
Lady Grace Cavendish, Maid of Honor to Queen Elizabeth I, is a favorite of the Queen's, even though (or maybe because) she is a bit headstrong and inclined to go her own way. Now that Lady Grace is 13, she must become betrothed to one of three men chosen by the Queen. Hardly has Grace made her choice, when one of the rejected suitors turns up dead and her fiance is accused of the murder. Grace feels the clues just don't add up and decides to investigate, but ends up finding far more treachery and intrigue than she dreamed of.
 The Cobra Event. Preston, Richard.
Seventeen-year-old Kate Moran wakes one morning to the beginnings of a head cold but shrugs it off and goes to school anyway. By her midmorning art class, Kate's runny nose gives way to violent seizures and a hideous scene of self-cannibalization. She dies soon after. When a homeless man meets a similarly gruesome fate, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta sends pathologist Alice Austen to investigate. What she uncovers is the work of a killer, a man who is intent on spreading his deadly Cobra virus throughout New York City.
 Red Chrysanthemum. Rowland, Laura Joh.
Sano Ichiro may be a samurai sleuth and the shogun's trusted advisor, but his growing power at court makes him and his family a target for treachery. Lord Mori, heir to the shogun, is found grotesquely mutilated and murdered with Sano's pregnant wife, Reiko, lying beside him naked and covered in blood. Sano himself is having trouble believing Reiko's hazy alibi and the only piece of evidence is a white chrysanthemum stained red with blood.
 The Templar Legacy. Barry, Steve.
Armed with vital clues to a series of centuries-old puzzles scattered across Europe, Stephanie Nell means to crack a mystery that has tantalized scholars and fortune-hunters through the ages by finding the legendary cache of wealth and forbidden knowledge thought to have been lost forever when the order of the Knights Templar was exterminated in the fourteenth century. But she's not alone. Competing for the historic prize-and desperate for the crucial information Stephanie possesses-is Raymond de Roquefort, a shadowy zealot with an army of assassins at his command. Great for fans of the Da Vinci Code!
 A Deadly Game of Magic. Nixon, Joan Lowry.
Seeking shelter from a fierce Texas storm, four teens are trapped inside a strange house as unwitting players in a magician's evil games. The phone goes dead. A plaster head suddenly appears. A disembodied hand taps the mantel. Then the magic turns even more sinister, leading inevitably toward murder.
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