Cranston Public Library

Washington D.C., 1914: President Woodrow Wilson is celebrating aboard his yacht, Mayflower, with the branch leaders of the newly created Federal Reserve. For Van Dorn agent, Detective Isaac Bell, few events could be duller. Until he notices the aeroplane flying dangerously low. Thwarting this aerial attack on the President and financial leaders, Bell soon learns that the strike was just the opening of an even deadlier gambit. It's up to Bell to find...

Wally Sample is a degenerate gambler who owes money to every major casino and loan sharks everywhere. He is also the youngest heir to the Sample Iced Tea Corporation and upon his fortieth birthday, if he can prove to the courts that he is cured of his gambling addiction, will take his place as the sixth controlling member of the iced-tea giant. Problem is, a month short of turning forty, Wally's gambling habit is worse than ever. In desperation, he...

"An illustrated novel from the acclaimed creator of Hellboy--with over 100 illustrations. In 1925, earthquakes and a rising sea level left Lower Manhattan submerged under more than thirty feet of water, so that its residents began to call it The Drowning City. Those unwilling to abandon their homes created a new life on streets turned to canals and in buildings whose first three stories are underwater. Fifty years have passed since then, and The Drowning...

The Spoilers (©1981): "Private detective Luke Starbuck has been hired to ferret out the Judas working for the Central Pacific-a mastermind behind a string of train robberies. The target: gold shipments from the Frisco mint. All Starbuck has to do is pass himself off as an outlaw and infiltrate the pack...But chumming up to a gang leader like Denny O'Brien means that Starbuck must follow him into the vice pits of the notorious Barbary Coast. Getting...

"Michael Hudson acaba de salir de la cárcel. Se ha librado de una condena larga gracias a Phil Ornazian, un detective que ha movido los hilos para que retiren la denuncia que pesaba sobre el chico. Decidido a reformarse, Michael quiere buscar un trabajo honrado y llevar una vida tranquila en Washington D. C. Pero Ornazian quiere que le devuelva el favor, y le presiona para que le ayude a dar un último golpe..."-- Michael Hudson spends the long...

"Amateur sleuth Baxley Powell is on vacation at Stony Creek Lake in the north Georgia mountains. Her parents, best friend, and ten-year-old daughter are camping with her. Almost immediately, a young man's body is found beside the lake. Strangely, there's no apparent cause of death. The local police have heard about Baxley's skill at closing unusual cases, and at their urging she agrees to help. Her psychic sleuthing leads the police to a halfway house....

Collects all twenty-eight stories and two serialized novels starring Continental Op, the hardworking private eye with an unyielding personal code.

Most of the lawyers Nason Nichols, P.I., knew had their offices in the basement of a courthouse; for Holtree's client, he quickly recalculated his daily rate. Zoltec Industries was the world's leading producer of high-powered microprocessor computer chips. A former employee, Dr. Bruce Platt, had stolen vital technological secrets which if sold to foreign competitors would mean disaster for Zoltec and for its founder, Armand Zoller. But the formidable...

Christmas Cocoa and a Corpse by Maddie Day: When local businessman Jed Greenberg is found dead with a Chocolate lab whimpering over his body, the police start sniffing around Robbie Jordan's country restaurant for answers. Was it something in Robbie's hot cocoa that killed Jed, or was it Cocoa the dog? As the suspects pile as high as her holiday tree, Robbie attempts to get to the bottom of the sickly-sweet murder ... Christmas Cocoa Murder by Carlene...

Conan must contend with the murder of a man who burns to death while the prime suspect has the perfect alibi.