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Elena Estes volume 2
Language
English
Description
Former narcotics' detective Elena Estes had turned her back on Palm Beach society long ago and was now working as a horse trainer. Although she minded her own business, trouble had a way of finding her. After discovering the body of a co-worker dumped in a canal, she delved into the woman's past, discovering ties to the Russian mob and some wealthy Palm Beach bad boys, including her former fiance, Bennett Walker. What she uncovered would shock Palm...
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Inspector Alan Banks mysteries volume 26
The Inspector Banks Mysteries volume 26
Inspector Banks volume Book 26
The Inspector Banks Mysteries volume 26
Inspector Banks volume Book 26
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English
Description
In Eastvale, a young Middle Eastern boy is found dead, his body stuffed in a wheelbarrow on the East Side Estate. Detective Superintendent Banks and his team know they must tread carefully to solve this sensitive case. But tensions rise when they learn that the victim was stabbed somewhere else and dumped. Who is the boy, and where did he come from? Then, in a decayed area of Eastvale scheduled for redevelopment, a heroin addict is found dead. Was...
5) The alienist
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English
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The hunt for a serial killer in the 1800s in New York by Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, using the new science of forensic psychology. As with so many new sciences this one is ridiculed by law enforcement and civic leaders alike.
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English
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"The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast, lighting up Boston's South End and killing three firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later, as the city prepares to honor their sacrifice, there are still no answers about how the deadly fire started. Most at the department believe it was just a simple accident: faulty wiring in a century-old building. But Boston firefighter Jack McGee, who lost his best friend in the blaze,...
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Alex Cross novels volume 3
Language
English
Description
"In the nation's capital, homicide detective Alex Cross tracks a diabolical killer whose prey ranges from an ordinary little girl to the president."
8) Close up
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Series
Language
English
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"Welcome to Burning Cove, California, where 1930s Hollywood glamour conceals a ruthless killer.... Vivian Brazier never thought life as an art photographer would include shooting headshots for aspiring male actors or nightly wake-up calls to snap photos of grisly crime scenes. Although she is set on making a career of transforming her photography into a new art form, she knows her current work is what's paying the bills. After shooting crime scene...
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Claire Malloy mysteries volume 20
Language
English
Description
"Claire Malloy, for as long as she can remember, has been the local bookseller and owner of the Book Depot and the widowed mother of teenage Caron, who frequently speaks in ALL CAPS. But her life has changed dramatically in recent years. Claire has married her longtime beau, Deputy Police Chief Peter Rosen. Still the owner of the Book Depot, Claire has passed the day-to-day running of it on to her very efficient employees. With Caron inching ever...
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Shadow man novels volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Santa Elena in 1985 is a sleepy, sedate town-that is, until unusual crimes start to occur. The body of a dog is left outside a Vietnamese grocery store. An encampment of Mexican strawberry pickers is brutally attacked with mysterious weapons. A wealthy real estate developer is found dead inside the pool of his beach-side house. When rat poison and other clues are found across these crime scenes, Detective Ben Wade and forensic expert Natasha Betencourt...
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Publisher
The Text Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Avicenna Crowe's mother, Joanne, is an astrologer with uncanny predictive powers and a history of being stalked. Now she is missing. The police are called, but they're not asking the right questions. Like why Joanne lied about her past, and what she saw in her stars that made her so afraid. But Avicenna has inherited her mother's gift. Finding an unlikely ally in the brooding Simon Thorn, she begins to piece together the mystery. And when she uncovers...
12) Line of sight
Author
Publisher
Polis Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"All favors come with a cost, and after using what little favors he has in the Newark PD to get his private investigators license, former crime reporter Russell Avery finds himself paying. He spends his days reluctantly keeping sideways cops out of the crosshairs of the Internal Affairs department. Until Keyonna Jackson, a social justice activist, presents him with a troubling video: a made-for-YouTube cell phone snippet chronicling the same kind...
Publisher
WGBH Boston
Pub. Date
c2005, p2004
Language
English
Description
"Eugenie Martin, long-estranged from her son Gideon, a brilliant violinist, falls victim to foul play in a particularly grisly manner. On the same evening far across London, Gideon suffers a paralyzing case of stage fright. Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner, Barbara Havers, are dispatched by DSI Webberley himself to solve the crime"--Container.
19) My soul to take
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
Suzannah, a woman surgeon, finds herself being stalked by someone who doesn't want an operation on a patient to succeed.
20) Vertigo
Publisher
Universal Home Video
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Scottie Ferguson, a San Francisco police detective is forced to retire when a freak accident gives him a severe case of acrophobia. Ferguson is hired by a rich shipbuilder to follow his wife who is behaving suspiciously and might be planning suicide. He falls in love with her, she is later murdered and Ferguson becomes demonic in his desire to re-create her in another woman.
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