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1761) The Devil's Line
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A cop targets those who shatter the innocence of the young in this novel by the author of The Magpie.
DSI Billie Wilde is back at work after a shocking case that saw her life thrown into utter turmoil. But, she refuses to let the past drag her down.
When a teenage girl is killed, her body discovered on train tracks, Billie sets about focusing all her attention on finding out who is responsible and why. As Billie and the police find a link between...
1762) Murder On The High 'C'
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Womaniser Klaus Kinser, conducting the West Midlands Philharmonic Orchestra, falls headlong into the orchestra pit, very dead. What looks like a heart attack is anything but - his body has surprisingly stopped producing proteins. Forensic scientist Jane Keller is hard pressed to identify the source of the problem as more musicians die, without apparent motive. Intriguing detective work leads to an electrifying climax, with a totally unexpected and...
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En cette deuxième décennie du XXIème siècle, les médias ne cessent de déverser un flux d'informations catastrophiques. Plutt que de sombrer dans l'indifférence, la morosité ou le cynisme, Vick Lempereur a décidé d'agir. Après avoir préservé la Californie de l'incendie d'un pyromane, il est repéré par les Nouveaux Gardiens. L'organisation se donne pour mission de lutter contre la concurrence déloyale d'o qu'elle provienne, et de rétablir...
1764) If A Body
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If A Body, first published in 1941, is a fast-paced murder mystery centered on the cross-country escape of Katheren Maynard and her sometime detective husband Hazlitt Woar. George Worthing Yates (1901-1975) was a prominent Hollywood screenwriter, mostly of science-fiction. From the dust-jacket: Katheren Maynard really had no ambition to marry either a private detective or a fugitive from justice. She married both in the form of Hazlitt Woar ... and...
1765) Sugar Got Low
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SUGAR GOT LOW contains a tale of grifters, a prequel story to the well-regarded Ania series, several trips back to River City and one to La Sombra, Texas. Enjoy a Walter Mitty homage set in San Francisco and a deadly day in Roman Britain, the heartbreaking story of a junkie and the suspenseful one of a murderer in a black car. And at the end of it all, you'll experience the dark but inspiring title story of perseverance that was only made possible...
1766) Elimination
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A KILLER ON THE PROWL
PC Patrick is a typical cop whose duties mostly revolve around pandering to the city's takers, who cost the government a small fortune in state benefits.
When they start to die, Pat-a vocal opponent of scroungers and their self-entitled mindset is, the name in the frame for their downfall. Strongly suspecting that a new colleague, PC Kyle Aston, is behind the deaths, Pat comes under fire, from the force, is arrested and placed...
1767) Blaze
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In the roughest parts of Brooklyn, a brilliant female detective goes after a psychotic loan shark Capt. Nora Riter is a cop with a future, assuming her deadbeat husband doesn't mess it up first. He's hocked her jewelry, stolen her gun, and had cocaine delivered to their home. Their marriage is a toxic mess that could end her career-unless Blaze Longo ends it first. On the streets of Red Hook, Blaze is a legend: a merciless loan shark who wields a...
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Who killed Eric Davenport? A senior mathematics professor at Underhill College has been found dead in his office, the victim of murder. At Underhill, a small liberal arts college with a pricy tuition and a pampered student body, all of the students are close to their professors. But at least one loved Eric Davenport in a deeply inappropriate fashion. Some hated him. And then there is the faculty at war with itself. And the idiotic administration....
1769) Still Among The Living
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The first book in Zachary Klein's acclaimed Matt Jacob series, named a New York Times Notable Book, STILL AMONG THE LIVING introduces the unforgettable private eye in a case that stays with you after you turn the last page. Boston P. I. Matt Jacob has a rude and startling wake up visit from his shrink. Matt has a cloudy past-a freak accident that wiped out most of his family and a P. I. license buried somewhere in his Depression-era, Art Deco-style...
1770) Le rdeur des grèves
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Une rencontre inatendue avec une inconnue étrange plonge notre héros dans une enquête fascinante
BRIGNOGAN-PLAGES. En vacances, au restaurant de l'Htel du Port, je décortiquais une langoustine que j'allais plonger dans le petit monticule de mayonnaise, quand cette femme est parvenue, chancelante, jusqu'à ma table. Je ne l'avais jamais vue auparavant. Capucine L'Hostis, après m'avoir raconté sa vie et les menaces qui pesaient sur elle, m'a...
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Le capitaine Pierre Bourguignon est en poste depuis quelques mois à Oléron o les forêts, les dunes, l'océan et les marais l'aident à vivre avec ses douloureux souvenirs. Et son travail l'accapare jour et nuit sur cette île o souffle un vent de folie : braquage, meurtre, disparitions.
À Oléron la lumineuse, le capitaine et son adjoint naviguent pourtant en eaux troubles, au milieu de voyous et de prostituées. Ils doivent se plonger dans le...
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The Affair in Death Valley, first published in 1940, features true-to-life descriptions of Death Valley places, buildings, and natural features, and centers on three murders and an attempted murder. Amateur detective Huntoon Rogers, an English professor from California, investigates, and eventually solves the mystery. Clifford Reynolds Knight (1886-1963) authored twenty-four crime novels between 1937 and 1952, often notable for their exotic settings,...
1773) Dividend on Death
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A girl begs Mike Shayne to help keep her from killing her own mother Mike Shayne has just poured himself a drink when Phyllis Brighton tries to throw herself out the window of his downtown apartment. Luckily, he blocks her just before she can launch herself over the sill. She tried to warn him she was crazy, but he didn't listen. Her doctor and her new stepfather, on the other hand, both believe Phyllis is suffering from a kind of Electra complex-...
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After visiting a fortune teller on the Pier in Santa Monica, Anthony Carrick get's riled up about what she told him about the skeletons he carries around. Things get worse when she ends up dead in her tent. Thing is, the fortune teller's sister left moments before.A witchdoctor also ends up dead shortly after meeting Anthony Carrick. Now Anthony's starting to take it personally. This witchdoctor was a friend of the fortune teller. The murders are...
1775) Murder of a Missing Man
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Murder of a Missing Man, first published in 1934 as a Red Badge Book, is a 'golden-age' murder mystery, set largely aboard a passenger train traveling across southwestern America. From the dustjacket: "In this new mystery, the author develops an ingenious and original case in which the identity of the victim is as much a mystery as the identity of the murderer. At the outset, the reader is introduced to a highly dramatic tragedy in a fashionable New...
1776) The Trailer Park Murder
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The local cops say suicide. Woodhead and Becker say homicide. And now there's a target on their backs.Case analyst Bernadette Becker uses the investigation of an apparent suicide as cover to chase down a new lead on an old case. But someone is chasing her too-and she's not the only one in danger.When the suicide begins to look like a murder, Becker and her partner, the intelligent but infuriating Dr. Kep Woodhead, follow the clues-and Kep's keen sense...
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Mick's world is shattered by mind-blowing revelations that will rock him to the core. But will the truth set him free ... or utterly destroy him?
Mick's first anniversary of his retirement is spoiled by drastic news: Kilgore is coming. A deadly adversary from Mick's past, he's arrived for a reckoning that will push Mick to the very limit ... and beyond. At the same time, Mick learns the ultimate truth about himself, a dark secret that will change...
1778) Kennedy's Ghost
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It was the sort of day you remembered. Where you were when you heard and what you were doing; who you turned to and who you telephoned.
This is not 22 November 1963, but now. This is 'Kennedy's Ghost', a nerve-shredding thriller of kidnap, conspiracy and assassination.
Former SAS man Dave Haslam is hired to negotiate the release of a top banker being held to ransom in Italy. In America, Deputy Director Brettlaw of the CIA has dark reasons of his...
1779) Thrill Kill
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A New Orleans homicide detective investigates a rash of murders shaking up Mardi Gras in this mystery by the USA Today—bestselling author of Casting Bones.
Three murders so far. No apparent motive; no link between the victims; none of them have been robbed. One item ties them together: a can of spray gas known as Chill has been left at the scene of each crime. Is someone killing for kicks? With no leads to pursue and no witnesses coming forward,...
1780) One Night with Nora
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A naked intruder leads Mike Shayne to one of the strangest cases of his career Mike Shayne is never surprised to wake up with a woman in his bedroom-unless she's a stranger. The private investigator is dozing when he hears someone creep through the door, undress, and slip into bed. When he turns on the light, the lady is just as shocked as he is. Her name is Nora, and she was told she'd find her husband here. Fortunately, she's much better off having...
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