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1) Rag and Bone
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Jay Porter novels (Joe Clifford) volume 5
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Having spent ten months on the run after he was framed for the murder of an estate-clearing associate, handyman Jay Porter returns to his hometown of Ashton, New Hampshire. During his time as a fugitive, he searched for a hard drive-evidence that would put his longtime nemeses Adam and Michael Lombardi behind bars. But he came up empty handed.
He has nothing. No hard drive, no hope. He hasn't spoken to his ex-wife and son in almost a year and he's...
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After being laid off from his job as a newspaper reporter in a coastal Florida town, Dexter Vega meets a wealthy retiree who hires him to find his daughter who is supposed to be attending the local college. When Vega visits his client to inform him that his daughter is in Mexico, he discovers the man has been murdered. And Vega's prints are all over the murder weapon.
As the police build a case against him, Vega flies to Mexico City to locate his...
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Jay Porter novels (Joe Clifford) volume 4
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Fourth in Joe Clifford's Jay Porter Series
Jay Porter is a flawed handyman struggling to keep his life together while standing up to forces he perceives as evil
The author is a former homeless heroin addict-now the father of two boys, and an MFA graduate; his authenticity is unquestionable
Author has been compared to Dennis Lehane, Don Winslow and Paula Hawkins
Will appeal to readers who appreciate deeply flawed characters fighting to walk the...
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Jay Porter novels (Joe Clifford) volume 3
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Three years have passed since estate-clearing handyman Jay Porter almost lost his life following a devastating accident on the thin ice of Echo Lake. His investigative work uncovering a kids-for-cash scandal may have made his hometown of Ashton, New Hampshire, a safer place, but nothing comes without a price. The traumatic, uncredited events cost Jay his wife and his son, and left him with a permanent leg injury. Jay is just putting his life back...
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Grab your sunscreen! You're in for a whirlwind, music-inspired, fun-filled trip to South Beach, Miami-then on to St. Barts and the Bahamas.
Music columnist Mick Sever follows pop stars around the world, looking for a story-that's his job. But he gets way more than he bargained for in these garden spots. The Mick Sever Music Series Trilogy begins with South Beach Shakedown as songwriting legend Gideon Pike mysteriously disappears just when he's...
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Serial killer's message to PI Jake Longly: Two of those seven murders I confessed to are not mine-but I won't tell you which two.
Jake Longly and Nicole Jamison are confronted with the most bizarre case yet. Serial killer Billy Wayne Baker now denies that two of his seven murders were actually his work. An anonymous benefactor, who believes Billy Wayne's denials, has hired Longly Investigations to prove Billy Wayne right. Billy Wayne had confessed...
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Perfect for mystery readers who enjoy character driven mysteries, with a strong female protagonist and a powerful sense of place.
A woman's body washes up on a remote beach on the Inishowen Peninsula. Partially clothed, with a strange tattoo on her thigh, she is identified as Marguerite Etienne, a French woman who has been living in the area. Solicitor Ben (Benedicta) O'Keeffe is consumed by guilt: for the second time in her life Ben has failed someone...
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Ex-professional baseball player Jake Longly adamantly refuses to work for his father, wanting no part of Ray's PI world. He prefers to hang out at his beachfront bar and chase bikinis along the sugary beaches of Gulf Shores, Alabama. But Ray can be persuasive, so Jake finds himself staking out the home of wealthy Barbara Plummer, a suspected adulteress. The mission seems simple enough hang around, take a few pictures, sip a little bourbon. Except...
9) The Necklace
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The clock ticks down in a heart-pounding crusade for justice
Susan Lentigo's daughter was murdered twenty years ago-and now, at long last, this small-town waitress sets out on a road trip all the way from Upstate New York to North Dakota to witness the killer's execution.
On her journey she discovers shocking new evidence that leads her to suspect the condemned man is innocent-and the real killer is still free. Even worse, her prime suspect...
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First his brother, now his mother- Jack Girard searches for the truth behind his family' s tragedies
When hungover ex-lawyer and Key West bar owner Jack Girard groggily wakes up one morning, he' s greeted by a beautiful woman lying next to him and a shrill, ringing telephone. Seeing the call is from his father, Claude " The Duke" Girard, Jack answers. Within seconds, he learns that his...
11) The Last Breath
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For fans of John D. MacDonald and his coastal Florida mysteries, The Last Breath by Danny Lopez will rekindle the flame.
Unemployed newspaper reporter Dexter Vega is hired to investigate the drowning of Liam Fleming, the son of a wealthy real estate investor in Siesta Key.
Vega's search for clues takes him from one end of this picturesque barrier island off the coast of Sarasota to the other. But nothing adds up. Liam was young, an experienced...
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Lawyer Dutch Francis faces an impossible situation-search for your missing wife or defend your high-profile client
Dutch Francis is a defense attorney in the case of a judge accused of killing his wife. Just as the trial is about to begin, Ginnie Turner, Dutch's wife and TV news broadcaster, goes missing.
Under extreme duress, Dutch tries to extricate himself as the judge's attorney-or at least postpone the trial. The judge insists that the trial...
13) A-List
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Nothing is easy in The Big Easy
PI Jake Longly and Nicole Jamison head to New Orleans at the behest of Nicole's uncle, movie producer Charles Balfour, when his megastar, A-list actor Kirk Ford, awakens in his hotel bed with the body of Kristi Guidry, a local college coed. Ford, in the Big Easy for a location shoot, remembers little of the evening and nothing of the murder. And, to make matters worse, Kristi is the niece of a local mafioso-type who...
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This two-book series is perfect for fans of Denis Lehane and fans of urban mysteries that are steeped in atmosphere-in this case-Boston.
Dermot Sparhawk is a former college football hero, now a recovering alcoholic, struggling to make it, he stacks cans in a parish food pantry. In The Charlestown Connection, Dermot is obsessed with finding his godfather's killer, venturing far out of his comfort zone to confront the IRA, The FBI, and the Boston mob.
Beyond...
15) Mystic Wind
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The last remaining fragment of truth-hidden in the mire of the Mystic Creek
Boston star-prosecutor-turned-corporate-attorney Jack Marino has risen fast and far from his upbringing in the Mystic housing projects. But after he's savagely beaten in retaliation for his work as head of the District Attorney's Urban Gang Unit, he's fired because his powerful boss is running for governor and fears the beating may have shaken Jack's formidable confidence.
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16) The OC
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Thrill-a-minute crime fiction-infused with wry humor
Restaurant owner and former professional baseball player Jake Longly is hoping for a few weeks of fun with Nicole Jamison in the warm Orange County, CA sun-The OC, baby. After that, they'll be on their way to LA for the filming of Nicole's sure-to-be-a-hit screenplay.
On arrival, they discover that Nicole's friend Megan Weatherly, a local TV reporter, has picked up an anonymous stalker....
17) Saving Myles
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When the FBI can' t help, an unassuming banker takes matters into his own hands to bring his son home
Wade, a respected banker in La Jolla, CA, and his estranged wife, Fiona, make the unbearable decision to send their teenage son, Myles, away to an expensive treatment center after a streak of harmful behavior. After a year of treatment, Myles comes home, seemingly rehabilitated. But soon, he sneaks off to Tijuana to buy drugs- ...
18) Cultured
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Money, sex, power. Jonathon Lindemann offers it all- just don' t mind the missing girls
Jake Longly, ex-pro baseball player turned restauranteur, is back where he belongs: relaxing on the beach in front of his restaurant in Gulf Shores, Alabama. His peace is interrupted, however, when he receives a call from his private investigator father- April Wilkerson has gone missing from Lindemann Farms, the rustic, yet posh, resort built...
19) Fugitive Red
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Love on the Internet gone wrong
Reminiscent of Nick and Amy in Gone Girl, Jack and Maria have a tortuous history. Currently, they live in a claustrophobic Manhattan apartment with their eight-year-old son, Jonah. Jack has quit booze, but his music career ended abruptly, and he isn't doing much better as a real estate agent. Maria's doing well at her corporate job, but she travels frequently. While they both love their son, they don't seem to have...
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Dermot Sparhawk, a former All American Boston College football hero, is stacking cans in a parish food pantry in Boston's Charlestown, when his godfather, Jeepster Hennessey, shows up with a knife in his back and dies at Dermot's feet. Once slated for a professional football career, now a recovering alcoholic, with a torn-up knee, Dermot sets out to solve the murder of his godfather with the help of his Micmac Indian cousin, his paraplegic tenant,...
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