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In this first novel, rookie Detective Joe Kenda, mentored by his veteran partner Detective Lee Wilson, investigates a 1975 case that begins with the murder of a beloved Colorado philanthropist and society figure whose husband, a gambler and womanizer, appears to have an air-tight alibi.
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A Nick Ryan novel volume 1
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"Every cop in the city knows his name, but no one says it out loud. In fact, they don't talk about him at all. He doesn't wear a uniform, but he is the most powerful cop in New York. Nick Ryan can find a criminal who's vanished. Or he can make a key witness disappear. He has cars, safe houses, money, and weapons hidden all over the city. He's the mayor's private cop, the fixer, the first call when the men and women who protect and serve are in trouble...
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Edgar award winner Theresa Schwegel returns with The Good Boy, her most dramatic and emotional novel to date, a family epic that combines the hard-boiled grit of her acclaimed police thrillers with an intimate portrait of a young boy trying to follow his heart in an often heartless city.
For Officer Pete Murphy, K9 duty is as much a punishment as a promotion. When a shaky arrest reignites a recent scandal and triggers a multimillion-dollar lawsuit,...
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A treat for dog lovers, this latest novel in the only mystery series that revolves around a K-9 search-and-rescue unit is gripping, timely, and "wonderfully readable" (Publishers Weekly), with a gutsy heroine and an authentic, harder edge that will appeal to fans of harder-edged mysteries.
There are situations that fill even the most seasoned FBI K-9 handlers with shock and horror. Meg Jennings is preparing for another work day...
There are situations that fill even the most seasoned FBI K-9 handlers with shock and horror. Meg Jennings is preparing for another work day...
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"Clever, beautifully written and superbly plotted, this is an entertaining page-turner" featuring rival detectives on the trail of a missing husband (Lancashire Evening Post).
How do you prove a murder without a body?
Ten years ago, Reece Bower was accused of killing his wife, a crime he always denied. Extensive police searches near his home in Bakewell found no trace of Annette Bower's remains, and the case against him collapsed.
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How do you prove a murder without a body?
Ten years ago, Reece Bower was accused of killing his wife, a crime he always denied. Extensive police searches near his home in Bakewell found no trace of Annette Bower's remains, and the case against him collapsed.
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Dagger Award–winning Author: “Utterly compelling . . . a British police procedural that bristles with reality and humanity . . . crime writing of the finest quality.” ―Daily Mail
Residents of the Peak District are used to tourists descending on its soaring hills and brooding valleys. However, this summer brings a different kind of visitor to the idyllic landscape,
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In this East Midlands village, there’s only one way out . . . “Top notch crime writing with an irresistible sense of place.” ―Lancashire Evening Post
The picturesque English village of Shawhead has one road in and one road out. And on that road this morning is an abandoned vehicle . . . with an ominous bloodstain inside.
It’s a mystery. It could be a murder. Where—and
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After a brutal investigation ripped apart his life, Kosuke Iwata quit both his job as a detective with the Tokyo Police Department and his country, leaving Japan for the sunnier shores of Los Angeles, California. But, although he's determined to leave his past behind, murder still follows him.
Having set up shop as a private investigator, Iwata is approached by someone from his old life. Her daughter has been killed and the case has gone cold. Out...
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Book Three in William McIlvanney's Laidlaw Trilogy From William McIlvanney, the father of Tartan Noir, comes the third book in the groundbreaking Laidlaw series, one that explores the ruin of the body, the corruption of the soul and the shattering of society. This third book in the series begins with Jack Laidlaws despair and anger at his brother's death in a banal road accident. But his nagging doubts about the dynamics of his brother's death lead...
10) Churlish Badger
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An abandoned vehicle…A missing man…Oregon State Trooper Gabriel Hawke discovers an abandoned vehicle at a trailhead while checking hunters.The owner of the vehicle never arrived at his destination. As Hawke follows leads, he learns the man was in the process of selling his farm over the objections of his wife who said he would only sell over her dead body.Continuing to dig for clues, Hawke turns up two bodies buried on the farm. Who killed the...
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Ulysses Walker, Sheriff of Taos County, is facing a tough re-election campaign against a well-funded opponent when a respected historian and acequiero. The murder looks like a dispute over shared irrigation water at first. But after two more murders the sheriff uncovers a web of corruption born out of New Mexico's troubled history. Sheriff Walker, with help from Ray Pando, Picuris Tribal Council Member, and LizBeth Tallichet of the FBI, must battle...
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To be successful in life, it's not always about how much money you make or who you know... it's how well you can keep your secrets buried. Twenty years ago, Jessie Johnson went missing while camping with her best friends. When her body was discovered and Travis Hawkins was arrested, Nikki and her friends thought the secret of what really happened that night was safe–until investigative journalist Ramona Jacobs came to town and started asking questions....
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An elusive gang leader and his minions frighten London and frustrate Scotland Yard in this classic crime thriller.
The secret organization whose members were known only as "the Frogs" was the subject of rumors and jokes-until serious crimes began to occur, one after another. The perpetrators, once caught, were found to bear tattooed frogs on their wrists and kept their mouths firmly shut, and the populace grew terrified of them.
The police were frustrated...
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A beloved husband scientist is shot in Maui's peaceful 'Iao Valley.Olympic athletes are killed on luxury cruises around the world.Can two of Maui's finest stop the violence? Detective Sergeant Keone Boyd travels to the Mediterranean with his new bride, while in Maui, his boss Tony Alcala investigates a horrific shooting in the normally peaceful 'Iao Valley. Since the victim is a former neighbor of his protégé, Sgt. Angela Beyers, Alcala gives her...
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Each novel in this compelling new series about Los Angeles cops will deal with a unique and fascinating Los Angeles milieu. In her first outing, Detective Sandra Cameron finds out that drawing cartoons can be deadly, especially when you are as orignial and unorthodox as cartoonist extraordinaire, Patrick Stewart. When the talented but deceased Mr. Stewart is found lying next to a note reading, "That's All, Folks," most people assume he committed suicide.
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A year ago, Dallas Homicide Detective Jeb Quinlin went through an alcohol rehab program that was rather more intense than usual, as he double-timed his treatment with tracking a serial killer on an AA agenda. Now, sober and taking things one day at a time on the job and cautiously but successfully involved with Madeline Meggers, a woman he met in the Jitter Joint, he's fragile but surviving.
Quinlin and his partner Paul McCarren's latest case involves...
17) Cold Kill
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The brutalized corpse of a young woman has just been discovered. When Robert Kimber walks into a Notting Hill police station and confesses to the murder, it's an open-and-shut case-just what the police want this close to Christmas. But, Stella has her doubts. And, if their suspect didn't commit the murder, who did? Someone without a conscience. Someone who will tap into Kimber's disturbed mind. Someone who needs an apprentice for the dark business...
18) Vacuum
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After his wife and son are gunned down in what appears to be a hit gone wrong, Local drug boss Mansel Shale turns to religion, leaving his drug business up for grabs. His second-in-command, a weirdo who believes he is Generalissimo Franco, is the wrong man to lead the organization, especially with rival Ralph Ember eager to gain control of Shale's territory. Neither Assistant Chief Desmond Iles nor DCS Colin Harpur wants a drug war. Both believe in...
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For journalist John Kelly, the violent death of local celebrity and rock superstar Scott Silver promises to be the best story he's seen since his days on Fleet Street. With a little work, he may even turn it into the second chance he's been looking for all these years.
DCI Karen Meadows isn't so sure her old friend Kelly is seeing clearly. The prime suspect lies dead next to Silver, and his alluring widow, Angel, claims she killed the intruder in...
20) Death Ship
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An explosion on a Norfolk beach leads to far-reaching consequences for detectives Shaw and Valentine.
When an explosion rips across Hunstanton Beach on the north Norfolk coast, an abandoned Second World War bomb is assumed to be the cause...but is it? Could there be a connection with the new pier being built — and the increasingly bitter campaign to halt its construction?
At the same time, DI Shaw and DS Valentine are on the hunt for an elderly...