The Dean's Murders: a Four Corners Mystery
The Dean's Murders: a Four Corners Mystery

Author: HP Hanson

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2001-03-31

Total Pages: 305

ISBN-13: 1467838918

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Dean Harold Weathers has two problems. Someone killed his star chemistry professor, in his laboratory right on campus, no less, after filling his nose up with cocaine. To make matters worse, the suspect list includes Weathers' boss, Provost John Martin, and Professor Linda Harmon, chair of the chemistry department. Weathers finds a silver lining, however, when it becomes clear that Lieutenant Annette Trieri, head of the investigations unit of the Durango Police Department, seems as interested in him as he is in her. But this mutual interest is misunderstood by whoever killed the professor, because now they are trying to kill Weathers, and, for good measure, Trieri as well. Together, the couple manages to stay alive while unraveling the chemistry professor's murder and uncovering a second, more sinister killing to which Weathers is also connected. Campus politics and drug money are a lethal combination in The Dean's Murders.

Developing Murder
Developing Murder

Author: HP Hanson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2006-11-16

Total Pages: 196

ISBN-13: 0595859887

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Colorado's Fraser Valley struggles with the usual problems of the scenic high country-too much development, too little water, culture clashes-but normally it's a peaceable community preoccupied with skiing the deep powder and making ends meet. Then the Colorado Bureau of Investigation's Annette Trieri moves in and dead bodies start turning up. A developer who thrives on controversy, a muck-raking writer, and a community leader all die under circumstances that, at first, look innocent. But inconsistencies pique Annette's suspicion, and she finds that they're all tied to water in general and the Front-Range Associated Water Board in particular, predators from across the mountains with designs on the valley's future. Ultimately, she's able to bring to justice the parties responsible for Developing Murder.

Excess Homicide
Excess Homicide

Author: HP Hanson

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2003-05-21

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1410728161

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HP Hanson's Four Corners Mysteries from 1stBooks Library The Dean's Murders (2000) "Fresh and lively...delivered through prose that is clean and fluid...a crackershot story. Weathers is so well characterized that he reminded me of some of my favorite professors from college." (Writer's Digest) Classical Villainy (2001) "A well-developed story...with a well-constructed plot that is...a pleasure to follow. Perhaps Hanson has rightly seen that the next unexplored territory in Southwestern mysteries might be the unfathomable peculiarities of the Anglo." (Santa Fe New Mexican) And now... The Four Corners region is swept by a wave of serial murders, murders so professional that they remain unconnected for months. A Nazi prison-camp diary, mailed to a wealthy industrialist, describes gruesome medical experiments on inmates. A rag-tag band of environmental activists turns to arson as a means of self-expression. Nothing makes much sense until detective Annette Trieri joins the Colorado Bureau of Investigation to take the case. With suitably academic help from her favorite Dean, Hal Weathers, she uncovers a conspiracy that extends deep into the Colorado legislature and places the US President in mortal danger. Ultimately, she finds a way to corral the people behind Excess Homicide.

Frozen Stiff
Frozen Stiff

Author: HP Hanson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2009-09-30

Total Pages: 286

ISBN-13: 1440173869

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Sanford Gentworthy Livingston III –he’d like it a lot if you’ll call him Sandy – has crafted himself an idyllic bachelor existence in Santa Fe: he has money, a nice house on a hillside, two hot cars and an even hotter girlfriend, and a job that’s like a hobby. But something’s missing. Sandy’s not sure what it is, but something’s definitely missing. And if it weren’t for that dead hiker – whose death looks more and more like homicide – maybe he could figure it all out. But when the famous Senator calls on him for help and then the prime suspect is murdered almost in front on him, Sandy’s distractions multiply, and suddenly whatever is missing from his life takes a back seat to his trip down a trail of death and intrigue.

Classical Villainy
Classical Villainy

Author: Howard P. Hanson

Publisher: Author House

Published: 2002-06-01

Total Pages: 313

ISBN-13: 0759667179

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A Damsel in Distress, lying on the railroad tracks, already dead. A missing Stradivarius violin, entangled on the black market with centuries-old Native American artifacts. A network news reporter murdered in bizarre circumstances. A community music festival disrupted because of it all. A university official tangled up in the whole thing. And, because the school year is starting, lurid headlines, worried parents, and headaches galore for Dean Harold Weathers and Police Lieutenant Annette Trieri. In this second Four Corners Mystery, Durango is once again confounded by sinister activities and murder. Its up to the regions best investigator, with help from her academic sidekick, to sort it all out. In the process, she finds herself in Santa Fe, where the chile is too hot, and in mortal danger in the mountains, where the rain is too cold. Classical Villainy challenges her instincts and fortitude.

Murder Under Glass
Murder Under Glass

Author: HP Hanson

Publisher: iUniverse

Published: 2006-01-12

Total Pages: 262

ISBN-13: 059582305X

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Four Corners sleuth Annette Trieri doesn't want it to happen, but it does anyway: she gets sucked into the investigation of a mysterious death in the Arizona desert, a death that hits close to home because the victim graduated from Frémont State University, where Annette's husband is Dean of Natural Sciences. It's one of his students who's dead. With her newly minted PhD and a prestigious post-doctoral appointment at the Ecological Archive Research Center near Tucson, Melody Witherspoon has a bright future, bright, that is, until her body turns up half-buried in the Center's research greenhouse. Everything looks neat and clean when the local sheriff, preoccupied with re-election, takes the low road and arrests an undocumented worker from Mexico-case closed. Or is it? Annette can see that there is more to the story, and her investigation takes her places that Melody's family and friends in the small community of Durango just don't want to know about. Corruption in the sheriff's office, a stalker among Melody's co-workers, and academic politics also confuse the issue. But one thing is for sure: the Murder Under Glass needs an explanation, and Annette is the one who has to provide it.

Compound Murder
Compound Murder

Author: Bill Crider

Publisher: Minotaur Books

Published: 2013-08-13

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1250020468

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Small-town Texas sheriff Dan Rhodes is in for another puzzling mystery in this next in the entertaining, award-winning series Before classes start one morning, the body of English instructor Earl Wellington is found outside the building of the community college. Wellington was clearly involved in a struggle with someone and has died as a result. Sheriff Dan Rhodes pursues and arrests Ike Terrell, a student who was fleeing the campus. Ike's father is Able Terrell, a survivalist who has withdrawn from society and lives in a gated compound. He's not happy that his son has chosen to attend the college, and he's even less happy with the arrest. Rhodes discovers that Wellington and Ike had had a confrontation over a paper that Wellington insisted Ike plagiarized. Wellington also had had a confrontation with the dean and was generally disliked by the students. As the number of suspects increases, it's up to Rhodes to solve the murder while also dealing with an amusing but frustrating staff, a professor who wants to be a cop, and all the other normal occurrences that can wreak havoc in a small town. Bill Crider's Compound Murder is an enjoyable police procedural filled with surprises, chuckles, and a quirky cast that will captivate mystery readers.

The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery
The Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery

Author: B. Murphy

Publisher: Springer

Published: 1999-12-09

Total Pages: 553

ISBN-13: 0230107354

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Bruce Murphy's Encyclopedia of Murder and Mystery is a comprehensive guide to the genre of the murder mystery that catalogues thousands of items in a broad range of categories: authors, titles, plots, characters, weapons, methods of killing, movie and theatrical adaptations. What distinguishes this encyclopedia from the others in the field is its critical stance.

The Angel of Death (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 4)
The Angel of Death (Hugh Corbett Mysteries, Book 4)

Author: Paul Doherty

Publisher: Headline

Published: 2012-10-30

Total Pages: 111

ISBN-13: 0755370376

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A shocking murder takes Hugh Corbett into a dark and dangerous investigation... In the fourth thrilling novel in Paul Doherty's medieval series, sleuth Hugh Corbett must discover how a man can be murdered in full view of the king and most of the notables of England. Perfect for Michael Jecks and Ellis Peters. In 1298, Edward I of England invaded Scotland and brutally sacked the town of Berwick, raising to the ground the Red House of the Flemings who had permission to trade there. He little knew his action would have far-reaching repercussions. A year later, Edward convokes a great assembly of the realm in St Paul's Cathedral. They are to hear Mass after which the main celebrant, Walter de Montfort, has been delegated to lecture the King on not taxing the Church. During the Mass, de Montfort dies a sudden and violent death. Hugh Corbett, the King's clerk, is given the task of solving the mystery and tracking down the murderer. Against the background of Edward's struggle to maintain himself, both at home and abroad, Corbett's investigations become tortuous and laced with danger... What readers are saying about The Angel of Death: 'This is the best murder mystery I've read' 'A plot to keep you on the edge of your seat' 'Well written, entertaining and keeps you guessing until the end'