<div>A sophisticated 1930s Greenwich Village couple finds an inconvenient body in their upstairs bathtub in the first installment of an &ldquo;excellent series&rdquo; (The New Yorker). Jerry and Pamela North&rsquo;s upstairs apartment has been empty as long as they can remember. It&rsquo;s an ordinary Greenwich Village abode, and the Norths are ordinary Villagers&mdash;which means they can&rsquo;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 felonious the moment they find a dead man in the tub. He has been bludgeoned, stripped naked, and left to rot. The party is most certainly off. Which neighbor was rude enough to leave a body in the upstairs tub? Though they should know better, Mr. and Mrs. North can&rsquo;t resist getting involved. Before they know it, they&rsquo;re right in the thick of a manhunt, and Greenwich Village will never be the same. The Norths Meet Murder is the 1st book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

The Norths Meet Murder

<div>For Mr. and Mrs. North, there&rsquo;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 minute, the fight is finished&mdash;and the Norths are named mixed doubles champions. It&rsquo;s a happy moment during a splendid vacation, but off the tennis court, all is not well. Following an afternoon of fun and games, the evening&rsquo;s entertainment will be murder. Mr. and Mrs. North have invited their closest friends&mdash;an ex-aviator, a mysterious doctor, and NYPD&rsquo;s own Lt. William Weigand&mdash;to join them on this glittering retreat, but the joviality ends when Weigand finds Helen Wilson lying across the path, a knife buried in her neck. A member of the group surely killed her, and unless the Norths act quickly, the murderer will strike again. </div>

Murder Out of Turn

<div>At a swanky rooftop restaurant in New York, a pair of husband-and-wife sleuths must find out who spiked a woman&rsquo;s drink with murder . . . There&rsquo;s a stunning view from the top of the Ritz-Plaza Hotel, but it pales in comparison to Lois Winston&rsquo;s beauty. She arrives on the arm of David McIntosh&mdash;an agreeable young man who would marry her if she gave him the chance&mdash;to take in the scenery, eat a light supper, and forget the busy world below. Lois&rsquo;s first cocktail lifts her spirits, helping her dispel the strange sadness that tugs at her soul. But her second drink isn&rsquo;t so kind. Lois isn&rsquo;t halfway done with her Cuba libre when her cheeks grow hot, her breath becomes short, and she falls dead to the floor. Solving the case of this terribly fashionable murder falls to New York Police Department&rsquo;s Lt. William Weigand, who tackles the investigation with the help of his friends, Jerry and Pamela North. The effervescent couple will catch the killer between cocktails&mdash;unless the poisoner targets their glasses next. &ldquo;[An] excellent series.&rdquo; &mdash;The New Yorker &ldquo;Pam is always amusing.&rdquo; &mdash;The New York Times</div>

A Pinch of Poison

<div>Mr. and Mrs. North win front-row seats to a murder on Broadway Dorian Hunt intends to marry Lt. William Weigand, and she doesn&rsquo;t care how many murderers get in the way. Every time they&rsquo;ve tried to tie the knot, her fianc&eacute; has let Jerry and Pamela North sweep him up in another mystery, and Dorian has had enough. Today, she&rsquo;s demanding a wedding&mdash;murder or no murder&mdash;but before the couple can find a minister, Lieutenant Weigand gets sidetracked again. A dead man is found sitting in the West 45th Street Theatre, a stab wound in the back of his neck. As Dorian expects, the Norths are tied to the case&mdash;Mr. North represents the play&rsquo;s author&mdash;and they plan on helping Weigand solve the caper, whether he likes it or not. The bride-to-be will soon find that solving mysteries is a cakewalk, but getting married can be murder. Death on the Aisle is the 4th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Death on the Aisle

<div>Mrs. North must protect her aunt from being poisoned&mdash;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&rsquo;s talking about, it&rsquo;s no trouble to her. While Mrs. North&rsquo;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, she can&rsquo;t pin down Aunt Flora. An indomitable old woman, shaped like a snowman and just as icy, Flora is convinced that someone is trying to slip her arsenic, and she&rsquo;ll be very cross if her niece can&rsquo;t stop the culprit before he succeeds. Aunt Flora stubbornly refuses to let Pamela call in the police, until a suspicious dead body forces them to ask the opinion of Lt. William Weigand. It&rsquo;s a screwy mystery, and that means it&rsquo;s perfect for Mrs. North. Hanged for a Sheep is the 5th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Hanged for a Sheep

<div>Tonight, Jerry North faces something so terrifying that no amount of martinis could quiet his nerves: He has to make a speech. He&rsquo;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&rsquo;t the one who will die. Despite his terror, North delivers the speech of his life. But when he introduces the guest of honor, the distinguished author doesn&rsquo;t stand. Sproul&rsquo;s eyes jerk open, his chest heaves, and he breathes his last. He has been murdered in plain sight, but it will take the combined genius of Jerry and Pamela North to find out who killed the writer, and committed the unforgiveable crime of ruining a perfect speech. Death Takes a Bow is the 6th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Death Takes a Bow

<div>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&rsquo;s eye. But when the police find her, there&rsquo;s a gash in her throat and blood on her clothes. Cleo&rsquo;s been dead for just a few minutes. She&rsquo;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 her; every diner in the restaurant saw them arguing before she died. To the police, it&rsquo;s cut and dried. But Pamela North isn&rsquo;t convinced. A vivacious, if occasionally scatterbrained, amateur sleuth, Mrs. North hears the story straight from her friend Lt. William Weigand, and she doesn&rsquo;t believe a word of it. Her reasons may not make any sense, but Pamela is determined find the truth, even if nobody understands how she gets there. Killing the Goose is the 7th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Killing the Goose

<div>Mr. and Mrs. North seek the killer of a terribly unpleasant society woman Miss Amelia Gipson doesn&rsquo;t tolerate foolishness. She doubts she&rsquo;s ever made a mistake, and it&rsquo;s unlikely she would change anything about her life&mdash;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&rsquo;s dead. Miss Gipson would be pleased with the coroner. He doesn&rsquo;t muck around when delivering the cause of death. There&rsquo;s simply no question: She was poisoned. Fortunately, Miss Gipson was one of Jerry North&rsquo;s authors, which means that the accomplished amateur sleuth has another case on his hands. With the help of his utterly brilliant&mdash;if slightly strange&mdash;wife, Pamela, Mr. North soon finds that the question isn&rsquo;t who wanted Miss Gipson dead, but who didn&rsquo;t. Murder within Murder is the 10th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Murder within Murder

<div>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&rsquo;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&rsquo;t in his office. He&rsquo;s not anywhere on the floor. But there&rsquo;s a cigarette burning in the ashtray, a window open to the sky . . . and a tragedy on the sidewalk below. The case is handed over to Dorian&rsquo;s husband, Lt. William Weigand, who can&rsquo;t help but involve the indefatigable amateur sleuths Jerry and Pamela North. In their own particular gin-sodden fashion, they&rsquo;ll find the hand that pushed Wilming&mdash; but can they do it before another body begins the same long, deadly fall?</div>

Untidy Murder

<div>&ldquo;One of the funniest and most satisfactory mysteries in this excellent series&rdquo; set in 1940s Manhattan (The New Yorker). When he saw the Zeroes on his tail, Rick Hunter knew he had two choices: He could land on the carrier, inviting a Japanese attack that could destroy the squadron, or he could take the Zeroes out to sea. He turned away from the carrier, and flew until his tanks were empty, sacrificing himself to save his troop. But his heroism is no comfort to his widow. After less than a year of marriage, Mary Hunter has been left alone. She&rsquo;s just getting her life back together when death intrudes again. Mary&rsquo;s still getting used to her new apartment when she comes home to find a dead man on the floor, and the police assume she killed him. To prove her innocence, she turns to Pamela and Jerry North, who will do anything to bring the true murderer to justice&mdash;even if it means putting their lives on the line. Payoff for the Banker is the 8th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Payoff for the Banker

<div>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&rsquo;s beautiful&mdash;although that doesn&rsquo;t hurt&mdash;but because she has the sharpest mind he&rsquo;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&rsquo;s someone Peggy detests. And based on her paper, Professor Leonard believes she hates enough to kill. When Peggy&rsquo;s husband is found with a steak knife buried in his neck, the comely young student is the only suspect. But Jerry and Pamela North see it differently. Mrs. North has a mind that could drive any psychologist batty, but for the sake of a shining pupil, she&rsquo;ll find out the truth. Murder Is Served is the 12th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Murder Is Served

<div>A Manhattan doctor dies of unnatural causes in this sophisticated mystery starring a sleuthing husband and wife. Dr. Andrew Gordon is an orderly man, and the women who work in his office can predict his movements as regularly as clockwork. So when Grace Spencer enters his office, she expects him to look up and smile, as he does every time she walks in. But this time he doesn&rsquo;t raise his head. Dr. Gordon is dead. Though he was bludgeoned in his office, just a few feet from where his nurses were working, no one was seen entering or leaving. It&rsquo;s an impossible murder, and it will take more than a doctor to stop this kind of sickness. Pamela North spots Lt. William Weigand on his way to the crime scene, and she can&rsquo;t resist tagging along. The doctor&rsquo;s death is no medical mystery, but this case will be solved thanks to one of the great marvels of the twentieth century: the collective minds of Mr. and Mrs. North. Death of a Tall Man is the 9th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Death of a Tall Man

<div>Mr. and Mrs. North attempt to solve the case of a New Year&rsquo;s Eve murder Freddie Haven has just crossed the Brooklyn Bridge when she sees a man she believes to be her fianc&eacute;, Sen. Bruce Kirkhill, on the sidewalk, walking alone through one of Manhattan&rsquo;s vilest slums. It seems impossible that the shabby figure is actually Bruce, and Freddie tries to put the sight out of her mind. She prepares herself for her father&rsquo;s New Year&rsquo;s Eve party, and waits for her husband-to-be to arrive. But the senator never shows. Bruce is found dead in a doorway not far from the Bowery. What was he doing in the wrong part of town, and why was he dressed in a bum&rsquo;s shabby suit? Freddie begs for help from Mr. and Mrs. North, amateur sleuths who catch killers between sipping martinis. But is she ready to discover that the senator had a secret the shadows of the Bowery weren&rsquo;t dark enough to hide? The Dishonest Murderer is the 13th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

The Dishonest Murderer

<div>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&rsquo;t here to make money. A millionaire animal lover, he keeps the shop as a hobby, even though it&rsquo;s fate hangs perpetually in the balance. As it happens, Halder won&rsquo;t see it through the end. He has just opened the shop for the day when his final customer enters. Halder knows the visitor by sight, and he also knows that nothing he can say will save his life. There are dozens of witnesses to the murder, but luckily for the killer, animals don&rsquo;t talk. It will take a peculiar kind of detective to unravel this unusual murder, and there&rsquo;s no sleuth more peculiar than Pamela North. She and her husband love animals nearly as much as Halder did, and they&rsquo;ll go to any length to avenge his death. Murder in a Hurry is the 14th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Murder in a Hurry

<div>When an old widow is murdered, Mr. and Mrs. North work to prove a trio of aunts innocent of the crime Jerry and Pamela North have tangled with countless murderers, blackmailers, and thieves, but nothing could prepare them for a weekend with Pamela&rsquo;s aunts. Thelma, Lucinda, and Pennina sweep into town like hurricanes, and take no notice of the destruction they cause. No amount of martinis can soothe Pamela and Jerry&rsquo;s rattled nerves, and when the martinis stop working, the Norths are in trouble. The aunts are in town to see their old friend Grace Logan, a widow whose temperament is as cold as iced gin. But while sipping tea, Grace does something terribly out of character. She seizes up, gasps for air, and dies. When the trio of aunts is implicated in her poisoning, it falls to the Norths to clear their names&mdash;and get them out of Manhattan forever. Murder Comes First is the 15th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Murder Comes First

<div>When a paleontologist is murdered, Mr. and Mrs. North go digging for his killer The office of Dr. Orpheus Preson is filled with remains, the bones of long dead dinosaurs. He waves one of them at the NYPD detective, demanding the police stop the person who&rsquo;s been sending workmen to his house&mdash;an endless parade of bricklayers, butlers, French tutors, and tree surgeons, none of whom Preson hired, and all of whom expect payment. There&rsquo;s nothing law enforcement can do, which means it&rsquo;s time to call the only two people in New York who can help: Pamela and Jerry North. A fashionable literary couple who&rsquo;s made a habit of solving mysteries between martinis, the Norths have known Dr. Preson since Jerry published his first book. The amateur detectives vow to do what they can for the perturbed paleontologist, but it&rsquo;s too little too late. When Dr. Preson is found murdered, the Norths will find that the poor man had more than one kind of skeleton in his closet. Dead as a Dinosaur is the 16th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Dead as a Dinosaur

<div>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&rsquo;s worth more money than he&rsquo;s ever had at one time. But before he reaches his destination, he&rsquo;ll be left for dead on the sidewalk. As his last act, he drops his loot in the mail. The package is marked for Pamela North, the slightly daffy amateur sleuth who always nabs the killer, even if she never quite gets to the point. One man has already died for this mysterious item, and as soon as it lands in her mailbox, she&rsquo;ll be in danger of joining him. Death Has a Small Voice is the 18th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Death Has a Small Voice

<div>The murder of a notorious practical joker is no laughing matter in this &ldquo;excellent series&rdquo; starring a husband-and-wife detective team (The New Yorker). Byron Wilmot will do anything for a laugh. He&rsquo;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&rsquo;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. When Wilmot&rsquo;s secretary finds her boss lying in a pool of blood with a knife sticking out of his chest, she assumes it&rsquo;s just another highly realistic gag. But Wilmot doesn&rsquo;t move. He&rsquo;s dead and the Norths will have think quickly if they&rsquo;re going to find the killer&mdash;and make it to the punch line of Wilmot&rsquo;s last great joke. Curtain for a Jester is the 17th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Curtain for a Jester

<div>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&rsquo;s not fair, but that&rsquo;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&rsquo;s about time they made out a will. Unfortunately, they have only just started the process when their lawyer is stopped for good, and the sleuthing couple is in trouble again. Forbes Ingraham is found in his office, a bullet in his head. He was killed just a few yards from the desk of his secretary, which should make this a cut-and-dried case, but the young woman is notoriously unobservant. Discovering who took out the lawyer falls to Mr. and Mrs. North, who must work carefully&mdash;lest they should need that will sooner than expected. A Key to Death is the 19th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

A Key to Death

<div>For the sake of a Broadway hit, Mr. and Mrs. North search for a playboy&rsquo;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&rsquo;s an angel onstage, she&rsquo;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&mdash;as long as it has its star. At the celebration following the hundredth performance, Naomi announces she&rsquo;s going to marry one of the show&rsquo;s backers, slimy playboy Bradley Fitch. He&rsquo;s rich enough that Naomi will never have to act again, which means that Around the Corner will die as soon as their vows are read. But when someone murders Bradley in order to stop the wedding, it falls to Pamela and Jerry North to find the killer and ensure that the show will go on. Death of an Angel is the 20th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Death of an Angel

<div>The sleuthing couple&rsquo;s hopes for a carefree cruise to Havana are sunk by a killer on board . . . 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&rsquo;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 to Havana and Nassau, the Norths will find the sword-bearing gentleman is far from the strangest passenger onboard. The Carib Queen transports daiquiri-swilling dowagers, a bizarre private detective, and at least one jewel thief. And when one of their fellow passengers is found with a sword buried in his chest, Pamela and Jerry must find the killer&mdash;or risk spoiling their entire vacation. A Voyage into Violence is the 21st book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Voyage into Violence

<div>When a television hostess is killed in their hotel, Mr. and Mrs. North investigate the murder of America&rsquo;s girl next door From coast to coast, everyone in America knows the smiling face of Amanda Towne. The most celebrated interviewer on television, she&rsquo;s a beacon of honesty and warmth . . . when the cameras are rolling. Amanda will do whatever it takes to stay at the top of her profession, and she doesn&rsquo;t mind stepping on the little people&mdash;until the day someone stops her in her tracks. Amanda doesn&rsquo;t know it, but her decorating advice is the reason Pamela North has decided to repaint her apartment. But when Mr. North comes home and finds the fumes unbearable, the couple checks into the Breckenridge Hotel, whose famous suites are large enough for Pam; Jerry; their cat, Martini . . . and Amanda Towne, whom Jerry finds lying dead on the bed. The story of who put her there is simply unbelievable, even by the standards of primetime television. The Long Skeleton is the 22nd book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

The Long Skeleton

<div>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&rsquo;s nothing more inconvenient than a murder victim with a name. Names&mdash;not just ordinary names, but boldfaced names&mdash;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. Moments after he was shot, he called the police department, but he wasn&rsquo;t able to say who killed him before he breathed his last. At least Weigand can be thankful that Jerry and Pamela North aren&rsquo;t involved yet. Once they learn of the circumstances of Elwell&rsquo;s death, and hear the rumors that hypnosis was involved, the amateur sleuths won&rsquo;t be able to help sticking their noses into the case. They may find the killer, but it will all be very inconvenient indeed. Murder Is Suggested is the 23rd book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Murder Is Suggested

<div>When a cat-show judge is murdered, Mr. and Mrs. North are drawn into a hairy homicide There are three things Pamela North can&rsquo;t resist: cocktails, kittens, and murder. Today, she&rsquo;ll get all three. Still mourning the death of her beloved cat, Martini, Pamela gathers the strength to attend the fifty-third annual Colony Cat Club championship show, where she meets tomcats and tabbies of every stripe. Each one is more adorable than the last, but one of them might just be worth killing for. Those who dedicate their lives to breeding felines would do anything for one of the Colony&rsquo;s blue ribbons. So when one of the judges is accused of corruption, Pamela writes it off as sour grapes. But when the judge is found with his head bashed in and his precious kitties mewling beside his body, Pamela and her husband, Jerry, jump at the chance to investigate. For Mrs. North, this kind of killing is catnip. The Judge Is Reversed is the 24th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

The Judge Is Reversed

<div>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&rsquo;s what happens when she&rsquo;s left alone at a book party, bored to tears. Her husband is a publisher, and when he&rsquo;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&rsquo;t worry; a good killing will come along soon. The party to celebrate Anthony Payne&rsquo;s latest release is just winding down when the shooter strikes. Payne is midsentence when he drops, a bullet hole in his bald head. And with a single shot, there&rsquo;s more than enough blood to wash away all the evening&rsquo;s tedium&mdash;and send the Norths on the hunt for a long-distance killer. Murder Has Its Points is the 25th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Murder Has Its Points

<div>While vacationing in Florida, Mr. and Mrs. North investigate a doctor&rsquo;s murder It&rsquo;s morning in Key West, and Pamela North has gone fishing for pelicans. Her husband, Jerry, insists it&rsquo;s impossible to go fishing for birds, but when he finds her later on, she&rsquo;s surrounded by pelicans on all sides. He shouldn&rsquo;t be surprised; Pamela has made a career out of doing the impossible&mdash;and she&rsquo;s not finished yet. A blizzard is battering New York City, but the Norths have come south for sun and sand and a spot of tennis in old Key West. Murder wasn&rsquo;t on their agenda, but Pamela has a way of finding it wherever she goes. She&rsquo;s just gone out for another morning of luring pelicans when she finds a local physician at the end of the pier, a bullet in his chest and his blood all over the dock. The birds will have to wait; the Norths are about to go fishing for a killer. Murder by the Book is the 26th book in the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Murder by the Book

<div>From the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries: Captain Heimrich&rsquo;s vacation in Key West turns stormy when a Communist snitch is silenced (TheNew Yorker). Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . There&rsquo;s no better place than Key West for relaxing under a palm tree with a daiquiri in hand. It should be the perfect location for Captain Heimrich to recover after being shot in the shoulder during a confrontation with a killer. But Heimrich&rsquo;s recuperation soon turns into a working vacation when a fellow guest at the Coral Isles is murdered. A former Communist famous for exposing his compatriots, Bronson Wells wasn&rsquo;t much liked&mdash;giving the local authorities a long list of suspects to sort through. And even though Captain Heimrich is outside his jurisdiction, the experienced detective can&rsquo;t resist doing some investigating of his own. With the assistance of his associate, Dr. Barclay MacDonald, and Miss Mary Wister, a young artist from New York, Heimrich will forgo the sand and sun of the Keys and digs into possible motives for wanting the arrogant Wells silenced forever. Death by Association is the 5th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Death by Association

<div>A pair of inexperienced sleuths attempts to best Captain Heimrich in this mystery from the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (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&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . A cocktail party at which no one is particularly fond of one another can be quite a bore. But when two partygoers decide to liven things up by skinny-dipping in the Townsends&rsquo; pool, they stumble across a body and dive into a whole lot of trouble. Paul J. Barlow was a man of means, and now that he&rsquo;s been shot in the back his wealth will go to his relatives&mdash;a fact that doesn&rsquo;t bode well for the couple who found the body: Barlow&rsquo;s niece and her husband, Winifred and Orson Otis. The state police are summoned to the Townsend home, and Captain Heimrich intends to sort out the case right quick. But when the Otises decide to become amateur sleuths to clear their own names, they&rsquo;re soon in over their heads&mdash;and it&rsquo;s Heimrich to the rescue. A Client Is Canceled is the 4th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

A Client Is Canceled

<div>An overwhelming fog obscures a killer in this Captain Heimrich whodunit from the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries (TheNew Yorker). Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;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 in the dense January fog, the Bromwell family&rsquo;s mansion becomes home to a dastardly murder that shocks the whole of Westchester County. When Captain Heimrich is called in to solve the case, he quickly realizes the task set before him won&rsquo;t be easy. The timeline of Marta Bromwell&rsquo;s death is hazy, and the suspects are many. There&rsquo;s the mousy secretary, the indifferent mother-in-law, the motorist with a convenient flat tire, and a thief brazen enough to steal a Cadillac with a fortune in gems stashed in the glove box. Heimrich knows the obvious answer isn&rsquo;t always the right one, but as he digs into the Bromwells&rsquo; secrets, someone else in the house is murdered. Now he&rsquo;ll have to catch a killer hiding right under his nose . . . Foggy, Foggy Death is the 3rd book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Foggy, Foggy Death

<div>From the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries: Captain Heimrich investigates family secrets behind closed doors (TheNew Yorker). Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . After four years serving as a lieutenant in the US Naval Reserve, all World War II widow Jane Phillips wants is to reunite with her great-aunt Susan Meredith at her home in Westchester, New York. But Jane&rsquo;s journey soon proves to be fraught with danger. First, a series of unfortunate events almost causes Jane to miss her train. Then, another passenger attempts to trick her into a premature disembarkation. Jane would like to think the mishaps are simple coincidence, but what she doesn&rsquo;t know is someone doesn&rsquo;t want her to make it home at all . . . When Susan&rsquo;s grandson insists the family matriarch is being poisoned to death, police detective Captain Heimrich is duty bound to investigate. And soon he&rsquo;ll uncover a dastardly plot involving greedy relatives, a woman in peril, and the kind of wealth some people would kill for. I Want to Go Home is the 1st book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

I Want to Go Home

<div>Captain Heimrich teams up with a professor to teach a killer a lesson in this mystery from the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (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&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . When Walter Brinkley&mdash;professor emeritus of English literature&mdash;throws a cocktail party for newlywed friend Paul Craig and his bride, he has no idea the celebratory affair will spark a chain of events ending in a string of scandalous murders. The first victim is beautiful party guest Caroline Wilkins, shot while sunbathing nude in a secluded place a few days after the soiree. Called in to investigate, Captain Heimrich uncovers information that links the dead woman to a notorious scandal rag. But before he can connect all the dots, a second malicious murder throws him for a loop. With someone in Westchester County on a killing spree, Heimrich has little time left to catch the culprit. Luckily, Professor Brinkley might have just the expertise needed to crack the case . . . Accent on Murder is the 11th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Accent on Murder

<div>Captain Heimrich resolves to get to the bottom of a New Year&rsquo;s drowning in this mystery from the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (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&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . A New Year&rsquo;s Eve party should be filled with champagne, laughter, and the good company of others. And the Halley&rsquo;s celebration at their country house is exactly that. But the next day has barely dawned when a shocking discovery begins the new year with a dreadful bang. Psychologist Margaret Halley is convinced her depressed husband drowned himself in the lake. But why would a man intent on suicide walk through a hundred yards of deep snow to jump into a freezing lake when there was a bottle of sleeping pills next to his bed? As Captain Heimrich investigates the Halleys&mdash;and their guests&mdash;he has a sinking feeling that someone must have sent John Halley to his watery grave. Let Dead Enough Alone is the 9th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Let Dead Enough Alone

<div>From the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries: The murder of a beautiful woman draws Captain Heimrich into a tangled web of secrets (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&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . The quiet town of East Belford, New York, finds the entire ordeal of Virginia Monroe&rsquo;s violent death quite shocking. The way the stranger&mdash;a young, recently discharged marine&mdash;claims to have stumbled across the girl&rsquo;s naked and abused body seems odd indeed. After all, why was he walking down the lane in a town where he had no reason to be anyway? Captain Heimrich knows some things about Miss Monroe&rsquo;s murder don&rsquo;t quite fit, but despite pressure from the townsfolk and media, he&rsquo;s not about to arrest Timothy Gates without a thorough investigation. As he gets to know the players in the case&mdash;including the victim&rsquo;s jealous younger sister, rich invalid grandmother, and nervous fianc&eacute;&mdash;Heimrich starts to believe there&rsquo;s more to the story. But if he doesn&rsquo;t identify the culprit soon, another murder could be in East Belford&rsquo;s future . . . Stand Up and Die is the 6th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Stand Up and Die

<div>From the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries: Captain Heimrich discovers a fire is a smoke screen for murder (TheNew Yorker). Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . Captain Heimrich expects little excitement when he attends the Van Brunt town meeting while visiting his niece and her husband. But when the assembly is cut short due to a raging fire, things get quite exciting indeed. Half the attendees rush out to fulfill their duties as volunteer firefighters, and the rest follow to see the spectacle of a firehouse ablaze. The flames rage, burning the building to the ground, but it&rsquo;s not until the next day that the body of town supervisor Orville Phipps is found in the charred ruins. While it all looks like a tragic accident, Heimrich knows Phipps wasn&rsquo;t much loved by some of the residents in Van Brunt. His suspicion that the fire was set to cover up a murder is confirmed when it becomes clear that Phipps was shot. Now, it&rsquo;s up to Heimrich to smoke out a match-happy murderer. Burnt Offering is the 8th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Burnt Offering

<div>Captain Heimrich&rsquo;s honeymoon is cut short when death parts a wealthy couple in this mystery from the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Capt. M. T. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . A man like Captain Heimrich often finds himself investigating disturbing situations, but lately he&rsquo;s found a much more pleasant endeavor to occupy his thoughts: marriage. His Palm Beach honeymoon with his bride, Susan, was perfectly lovely, but before they can even make it all the way home to Van Brunt, news of a fellow New Yorker&rsquo;s death puts a stop to the Heimrichs&rsquo; wedded bliss. The wife of James Bedlow&mdash;the wealthy owner of the New York Chronicle&mdash;appears to have met her end after falling into an empty swimming pool. But when evidence reveals that Ann was hit in the head with a rock before her fall, and James is later shot, it becomes clear a murderer is at large. Many people&mdash;from greedy relatives to ruthless business rivals&mdash;stand to gain from the deaths of the rich couple, and Captain Heimrich vows to employ all his detective skills to hone in on the real killer and sort out the complicated whodunit. With One Stone is the 13th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

With One Stone

<div>Captain Heimrich has a beef with a killer after getting a bum steer in this mystery from the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (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&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . Just as he&rsquo;s about to take a well-deserved break, Captain Heimrich is confronted with a fresh-faced officer who has a gut feeling about what should be an open-and-shut case. Trooper Crowley knows all the evidence points to Margaret Landcraft being trampled to death by Prince, Deep Meadow Farm&rsquo;s prize-winning Angus bull. But he also knows Prince to be a gentle giant and Mrs. Landcraft one of the sturdiest women around&mdash;something just doesn&rsquo;t add up. Captain Heimrich isn&rsquo;t very familiar with cattle, but following hunches has never led him astray. He soon learns that Mrs. Landcraft&rsquo;s sons seem much more keen on cashing in their champion bull than carrying on the family profession&mdash;leading Heimrich to believe the real killer may be human after all . . . Death and the Gentle Bull is the 7th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Death and the Gentle Bull

<div>From the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries: Captain Heimrich must solve the case of a Hollywood homicide in the Hudson Valley (TheNew Yorker). Capt. M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . When Captain Heimrich and his ladylove, Susan Faye, stumble across the bodies of actress Peggy Belford and her former husband, it appears a dramatic murder-suicide has hit Van Brunt. But as Heimrich takes a good look at the crime scene, he starts to think it may have been staged. Peggy was in town shooting a film, The Last Patroon, and with so many other Hollywood types swarming Westchester County, Heimrich has a long list of suspects auditioning for the role of her killer. Jealous costars and moody directors all seem likely candidates, but when the murderer targets Susan, Captain Heimrich will have to figure out the twist ending before the woman he loves ends up on the cutting room floor. Show Red for Danger is the 12th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Show Red for Danger

<div>From the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries: NYC detective Nathan Shapiro steps in when an ad man takes a long walk off a short ledge (The New Yorker). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan&rsquo;s finest, but that doesn&rsquo;t stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough . . . When a wealthy executive takes a dive out of the twelfth-story window of his Madison Avenue advertising agency on a hot summer day, all signs point to an accident or suicide. But if there&rsquo;s one thing Det. Lt. Nathan Shapiro has learned in his time on the force, it&rsquo;s that looks can be deceiving. As Shapiro and his partner, Anthony &ldquo;Tony&rdquo; Cook, start their investigation, they begin to wonder if Frank Bradley may have been helped out the window. The man seems to have had few friends and plenty of enemies. Maybe another one of the mad men in the cutthroat world of big-time advertising decided to dabble in defenestration so they could make their way to the top. If so, the detectives will have to step lively to solve this one, before their window of opportunity closes for good . . . Or Was He Pushed? is the 8th book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Or Was He Pushed?

<div>From the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series: When a columnist is shot, NYC detective Nathan Shapiro must find out who wanted to bury the lead (The New Yorker). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan&rsquo;s finest, but that doesn&rsquo;t stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough . . . &Uuml;ber-conservative political columnist Roger Claye has been killed with a bullet to the head in his own office at the far-right rag, the Sentinel. As Det. Lt. Nathan Shapiro and Det. Anthony &ldquo;Tony&rdquo; Cook get the scoop on their victim, they aren&rsquo;t surprised to learn that he rubbed plenty of people the wrong way with his extreme views and racist diatribes. Although it&rsquo;s possible the murder was not politically motivated, it seems much more likely someone hated Claye&rsquo;s opinions enough to want him dead. If that&rsquo;s the case, it&rsquo;s up to Shapiro and Cook to figure out who decided to silence the bigot with extreme prejudice. A Streak of Light is the 9th book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

A Streak of Light

<div>NYC detective Nathan Shapiro throws the book at a novelist&rsquo;s killer in this mystery by the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan&rsquo;s finest, but that doesn&rsquo;t stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough . . . A woman is found dead in the bathtub of her Greenwich Village apartment, the victim of an apparent suicide. But when the toxicology report reveals there was a large amount of barbiturates in her system&mdash;with no corresponding drugs in the apartment&mdash;the case is deemed suspicious. The scene is mostly devoid of clues and the woman has no identification, meaning some serious sleuthing needs to be done. The NYPD think Det. Lt. Nathan Shapiro is the right cop for the job, although the man himself has little faith in his own skills. With Det. Anthony &ldquo;Tony&rdquo; Cook at his side, Shapiro discovers the victim was a bestselling author from Alabama who was in New York working on her latest novel. Shapiro doesn&rsquo;t know much about the world of publishing, but before he&rsquo;s through he&rsquo;ll have to plot out a gripping conclusion to this case of literary murder. Write Murder Down is the 7th book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. Richard Lockridge (1898&ndash;1982) was one of the most popular names in mystery fiction from the 1940s through the &rsquo;70s. He is best known for the prolific detective series he wrote with his wife, Frances, including the Mr. and Mrs. North Mysteries, Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, and Captain Heimrich Mysteries. Upon Frances&rsquo;s death in 1963, Richard continued writing, delivering new and much darker Nathan Shapiro and Captain Heimrich books. His works have been adapted for Broadway, film, television, and radio. </div>

Write Murder Down

<div>In this mystery from the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series, the murder of a holy man has NYC detective Nathan Shapiro praying for a lead (The New Yorker). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan&rsquo;s finest, but that doesn&rsquo;t stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough . . . Rev. Jonathan Prentis may have been a man of god, but he certainly didn&rsquo;t die in a sacred manner. Anyone found dead in an East Village dive bar with an ice pick in his back is certainly no stranger to sin. The popular preacher&mdash;better known as &ldquo;the Voice&rdquo;&mdash;made a name for himself saving his enthusiastic parishioners, but now it seems like someone was dead set on condemning him to meet his Maker. Tasked with finding the killer, Det. Lt. Nathan Shapiro and his partner, Anthony &ldquo;Tony&rdquo; Cook, have a host of suspects to investigate. As they question the Village Brawl&rsquo;s staff and patrons, as well as the people who participated in the Revivalist prayer sessions Prentis presided over at Madison Square Garden, they realize they have their work cut out for them. It may just take a miracle to solve this case of saint turned sinner . . . Preach No More is the 6th book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Preach No More

<div>It&rsquo;s curtains for a vain actor in this Nathan Shapiro whodunit&mdash;the final book written by the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan&rsquo;s finest, but that doesn&rsquo;t stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough . . . Called upon to investigate the suspicious death of actor Clive Branson, Det. Lt. Nathan Shapiro and his right-hand man, Det. Anthony &ldquo;Tony&rdquo; Cook, are confronted with something strange: a dead man in makeup. It seems the thespian was keen on hiding his real age, and made himself up to appear much younger. Now, that&rsquo;s the mortician&rsquo;s job. The cast and crew of Branson&rsquo;s current Broadway production, Summer Solstice, are all shocked by the actor&rsquo;s sudden death. Or so they seem. But when it&rsquo;s revealed that barbiturates were used to take Branson out, Shapiro and Cook start auditioning suspects&mdash;because one of them is putting on a most-convincing performance to hide the fact that beneath a mask of innocence lurks a cold-hearted killer. The Old Die Young is the 10th book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

The Old Die Young

<div>From the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series: Murder is no laughing matter, but NYC detective Nathan Shapiro has to grin and bear it (The New Yorker). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan&rsquo;s finest, but that doesn&rsquo;t stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough . . . When the discovery of Broadway actress Jennifer Singleton&rsquo;s body makes the news, Det. Lt. Nathan Shapiro ends up involved in a case he&rsquo;s not even assigned to. Shapiro&rsquo;s wife, Rose, knows the only suspect and is convinced eighteen-year-old gardener Roy Baker couldn&rsquo;t possibly have anything to do with the murder. Baker claims he was working in the garden before he stumbled upon his employer&rsquo;s body and ran to find a policeman. But between his fleeing the crime scene, the money in his pocket, and the blood on his clothes, the NYPD thinks Baker is trying to lead them up the garden path. Rose stubbornly insists that despite the evidence, Baker is just a shrinking violet&mdash;not a killer&mdash;and convinces Shapiro to dig deeper into the story. Now, armed with only his wife&rsquo;s hunch, Shapiro has to weed out the guilty from the innocent and determine who would want the prominent actress pushing up daisies. Die Laughing is the 5th book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Die Laughing

<div>From the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; 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&rsquo;s finest, but that doesn&rsquo;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 him. Unfortunately, a gruesome discovery soon forces the respected poet and visiting professor to deal with an institution he has little knowledge of: the New York City Police Department. After answering questions about the young woman he found stabbed to death in the back of a cab, Grant leaves the station and considers his part in the unfortunate affair over. But when two men who claim to be with the police want to ask him a few more questions&mdash;and promptly take him hostage&mdash;Grant discovers his troubles are just beginning . . . Det. Nathan Shapiro thought the poet seemed truthful when he claimed not to know the victim, but now it&rsquo;s major news that Reginald Grant was actually the girl&rsquo;s teacher&mdash;and the man himself is missing. With a blunder to make up for, Shapiro must do his best to bring everything to a justifiable end. But there&rsquo;s more to this story than what&rsquo;s in the headlines . . . The Drill Is Death is the 3rd book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

The Drill Is Death

<div>The apparent suicide of an artist looks sketchy to NYC detective Nathan Shapiro in this mystery by the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan&rsquo;s finest, but that doesn&rsquo;t stop the dour detective from getting the job done when the going gets tough . . . Painter Shackleford Jones died of a bullet to the head, behind the ear to be exact. The homicide captain brushes it off as suicide, but the medical examiner draws a different conclusion: The angle&rsquo;s all wrong. Now it&rsquo;s up to Det. Lt. Nathan Shapiro to get some perspective on who might have wanted to take the up-and-coming artist out of the picture. In the high stakes world of expensive avant-garde art, Shapiro feels out of his depth. But with Det. Anthony Cook at his side, he interviews those closest to Jones, and soon both detectives start to believe the incident in the artist&rsquo;s Greenwich Village studio was murder after all. Someone wanted Shackleford dead. Maybe it was for the money or maybe an even more sinister reason. Whatever the case, Shapiro will follow the clues until he can paint the killer into a corner. Murder for Art&rsquo;s Sake is the 4th book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Murder for Art's Sake

<div>Two murders lead NYC detective Nathan Shapiro out of the city and into the country in this mystery from the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan&rsquo;s finest, but that doesn&rsquo;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&rsquo;s abruptly asked to bear witness to the signing of a wealthy elderly woman&rsquo;s will. She is just as quickly rushed out, and is disturbed when she learns that Abigail Montfort died less than thirty minutes after her departure. Lois can&rsquo;t get the strange incident out of her head and confides her suspicions in newspaperman Bob Oliver, who agrees that something strange is afoot. As they investigate a young woman who may have been posing as Abigail Montfort, their search takes them to New York City and into the path of Det. Nathan Shapiro. While Shapiro doesn&rsquo;t much like leaving Manhattan, a mugging death in town seems to be linked to the old woman&rsquo;s death in the country. Soon, he finds himself chasing leads with the two amateur sleuths&mdash;and what they discover is a mystery that belongs on the front page . . . Murder and Blueberry Pie is the 2nd book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

Murder and Blueberry Pie

<div>A clever killer leads New York City detective Nathan Shapiro on a twisted chase in this mystery from the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Nathan Shapiro might be the gloomiest member of Manhattan&rsquo;s finest, but that doesn&rsquo;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&mdash;until the NYPD arrive on his doorstep and ask him point blank why he killed a certain Miss Nora Evans. Hayward has never even heard of Miss Evans, but the investigators are convinced she was his secret paramour. Incriminating evidence has been found, including a rent check for Miss Evans&rsquo;s apartment forged with his signature, meaning the incident isn&rsquo;t a case of mistaken identity&mdash;it&rsquo;s a frame job. Out on bail, Hayward intends to uncover the truth by himself and is shocked when his fianc&eacute;e, Barbara Phillips, claims she believes him and insists on coming along. As the couple conducts their own investigation, Det. Nathan Shapiro is never far behind. His intuition tells him there&rsquo;s more to this case than meets the eye . . . and he soon finds out just how right he is. The Faceless Adversary is the 1st book in the Nathan Shapiro Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. </div>

The Faceless Adversary

<div>The coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North mysteries presents another unbeatable team: Captain Heimrich and NYC police officer Nathan Shapiro (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&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . Lt. Nathan Shapiro of the NYPD would rather be anywhere else than rural New York investigating lawyer Stuart Fleming&rsquo;s claims of bribes and point-shaving schemes involving football players at Dyckman University. He&rsquo;s a city cop and the country makes him nervous. When he arrives at the headquarters of New York State Police Troop K, Shapiro&rsquo;s day goes from bad to worse as Captain Heimrich informs him that Fleming&rsquo;s been shot dead. Now, with a homicide on their hands, the city lieutenant and the country captain must get in the game and investigate the crime together. As they dig into the scandal, Shapiro and Heimrich uncover more than some football dirty dealings. Seems there&rsquo;s an entire gambling racket that won&rsquo;t hesitate to tackle any problems with unnecessary roughness . . . Murder Can&rsquo;t Wait is the 16th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. &ldquo;Under the steady hand of old pro Lockridge, this culminates in a murder that requires imaginative police treatment.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Murder Can't Wait

<div>Secrets of the past lead to murder in the present in this Captain Heimrich whodunit from the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; 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&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . When secretary Enid Vance comes across the bodies of her employer, Homer Lenox, and the town librarian, Loudon Wingate, her discovery marks the beginning of a scandal that will shake the town of Van Brunt to its foundations. Both men have been shot dead, and the gun is lying right next to Homer Lenox&rsquo;s hand. All evidence points to a murder-suicide, but the motive is unclear&mdash;until Captain Heimrich is called in to investigate the shocking crime. When Heimrich turns up the book Lenox was writing&mdash;a detailed history titled The Families of Putnam County, New York&mdash;he suspects the expos&eacute; is somehow involved. The detective finds the unfinished manuscript decidedly dull, but when an intruder breaks into Lenox&rsquo;s house and burns all the remaining papers found at the scene, Heimrich becomes convinced that someone in Van Brunt is willing to kill to protect their family secrets. The Distant Clue is the 15th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. &ldquo;Ingenious as always.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

The Distant Clue

<div>A wealthy man&rsquo;s murder draws Inspector Heimrich into a high-class conspiracy in this mystery from the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Inspector M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . A simple man, Inspector Heimrich is not particularly fond of large parties. Still, when he and his wife, Susan, receive an invitation to a black-tie event thrown by a wealthy local resident, Heimrich finds himself agreeing to attend the fete at his wife&rsquo;s behest. No sooner does elderly Arthur Jameson announce his engagement to Dorothy Selby&mdash;his much younger assistant&mdash;than someone decides to make sure the wedding will never occur. With an arrow to the throat, Jameson&rsquo;s happily ever after has shifted into the great hereafter. There are many who might want to take aim at a man like Arthur Jameson, but few who could pull off such a pointed attack. Now, Heimrich must sift through the clues to catch the vicious killer and solve yet another upper-crust caper. Not I, Said the Sparrow is the 21st book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. &ldquo;Inspector Heimrich (N.Y. State Police) is as reliable and reassuring a presence as ever.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Not I, Said the Sparrow

<div>Inspector Heimrich takes a vacation and ends up in troubled waters in this mystery from the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Inspector M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . Over his many years on the force, Inspector Heimrich has more than earned his reputation for getting the job done. But when his wife, Susan, takes ill with pneumonia, Heimrich doesn&rsquo;t hesitate to put police work aside. Following her doctor&rsquo;s orders, Heimrich books a vacation to allow Susan to recuperate in a warmer climate. But while their Mediterranean cruise is a welcome change from the harsh winters of rural New York, Heimrich soon learns that even at sea, murder refuses to take a holiday. A British diplomat has disappeared from the ship, and the captain would like Heimrich to investigate. Now, as he observes the luxury liner&rsquo;s occupants and attempts to discern a motive&mdash;all while tending to his wife&mdash;Heimrich must fish for a killer, in this murderous case of international intrigue. Inspector&rsquo;s Holiday is the 20th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. &ldquo;Lockridge&rsquo;s audience will enjoy the leisurely turns about the decks.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Inspector's Holiday

<div>Captain Heimrich hunts for the killer of a fallen Hollywood star in this classic mystery from the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (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&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . Real estate agent Leslie Brennan is frustrated when a prospective buyer for Annette Weaver&rsquo;s house fails to show up on time. She becomes even more upset when she finds Annette dead in the foyer, lying in a puddle of blood. Thanks to her haughty attitude, the late film actress more famously known as Annette LeBaron had made enemies out of half the town of Van Brunt, New York&mdash;but were any of them inclined to kill? Captain Heimrich intends to get to the bottom of all the drama. To do so he&rsquo;ll have to investigate the motives of everyone Annette managed to annoy, and with a killer on the loose and a large cast of suspects, he&rsquo;d better get started right away. Murder Roundabout is the 17th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

Murder Roundabout

<div>Murder follows Captain Heimrich home in this classic mystery from the authors of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (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&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . A police captain&rsquo;s driveway is the last place anyone would expect to find a dead body. But when a man who&rsquo;s been shot collapses in front of Captain Heimrich&rsquo;s wife, it seems murder has landed directly on the detective&rsquo;s doorstep. The victim turns out to be Old Tom, a vagabond who did odd jobs around the town of Van Brunt, New York. Then, a shocking truth emerges: Old Tom was T. Lyman Mitchell, a justice of the New York Supreme Court who&rsquo;s been missing for six years. Heimrich needs to figure out the reason for the justice&rsquo;s sudden reappearance in order to determine who shot him. Maybe it has to do with a criminal he once convicted. Or maybe it involves his wife, who wants to move on with a new husband. With so many avenues to investigate, Heimrich must race to find the ruthless killer before anyone else bites the bullet . . . First Come, First Kill is the 14th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

First Come, First Kill

<div>Inspector Heimrich searches for a hit-and-run killer in this intriguing mystery from the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Inspector M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . On the night before Christmas Eve, in Van Brunt, New York, attorney Samuel Jackson is run over in the parking lot of the Old Stone Inn&mdash;and it&rsquo;s no accident. For Inspector Heimrich, Jackson&rsquo;s murder is personal, not only because the man was his friend, but also because the sole witness is his son Michael&rsquo;s new girlfriend. The shaken girl says she saw a car back into Sam and then run him over to finish the job. With a case of vicious vehicular homicide on his hands, Heimrich vows to find justice for his friend and make sure the cold-blooded killer doesn&rsquo;t make a clean getaway. Inspector&rsquo;s Holiday is the 22nd book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order. &ldquo;Equable as ever.&rdquo; &mdash;Kirkus Reviews</div>

Dead Run

<div>From the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North mysteries: Everything goes to the dogs when Inspector Heimrich must solve a veterinarian&rsquo;s murder (The New Yorker). Inspector M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . When his Great Dane, Colonel, suddenly takes ill, Inspector Heimrich takes the dog to a local vet. Unfortunately, Dr. Barton isn&rsquo;t able to take the case&mdash;he&rsquo;s lying dead on the clinic&rsquo;s floor. Now, Heimrich has a case of his own. It&rsquo;s no surprise to find a needle somewhere in Dr. Barton&rsquo;s vicinity&mdash;after all the man was diabetic&mdash;but the residue inside the syringe found next to the body isn&rsquo;t insulin; it&rsquo;s a toxic plant extract that causes asphyxiation. With an exotic murder weapon and no obvious motive, Heimrich will have to examine those closest to the good doctor. Since there are suspects aplenty, his investigation risks barking up the wrong tree. But no matter how long it takes, the experienced officer intends to see that justice has its day. The Tenth Life is the 23rd book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

The Tenth Life

<div>A malicious newspaper ad points Inspector Heimrich to a killer in this whodunit from the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North mysteries (The New Yorker). Inspector M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . An advertisement for an odd collection of items has been placed in the Van Brunt Citizen: a never-been-worn size ten wedding dress, a bay horse, and a .25 caliber Winchester rifle. At first glance these objects seem unrelated, but they all played a role in the accidental death of young heiress Virginia Gant the year prior. When the paper&rsquo;s owner brings the matter to Inspector Heimrich, there&rsquo;s really nothing that can be done. After all, however much the phony ads were in bad taste, their publication didn&rsquo;t break any laws. But even though his hands are tied, Heimrich has a feeling there&rsquo;s more to the story and begins his own quiet investigation. And when someone else connected to Gant ends up six feet under, it&rsquo;s up to the resolute inspector to make the arrest of a killer headline news. A Risky Way to Kill is the 19th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

A Risky Way to Kill

<div>Inspector Heimrich gets embroiled in a small-town conspiracy in this mystery from the coauthor of the &ldquo;excellent&rdquo; Mr. and Mrs. North series (The New Yorker). Inspector M. L. Heimrich of the New York State Police may not have the flash of hard-boiled city detectives, but there&rsquo;s no lead the intrepid investigator won&rsquo;t follow until his every hunch is satisfied . . . Tensions have been rising in the conservative community of North Wellwood, New York, ever since African American lawyer Thomas Peters moved to town with a plan to open a desegregated country club. Those in opposition are determined to see Mr. Peters&rsquo;s plan fail at all costs&mdash;going so far as to harass liberal newcomers like Eric and Ann Martin, and commit vile acts against those who dare to support equality, like widow Faith Powers. Called in to investigate Mrs. Powers&rsquo;s shocking murder, recently promoted Inspector Heimrich soon finds himself caught in the storm that has taken over North Wellwood. Now, if he wants to see justice served, he&rsquo;ll have to make it out of a hate-fueled powder keg that&rsquo;s ready to explode . . . With Option to Die is the 18th book in the Captain Heimrich Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.</div>

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