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Kendra Michaels volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Description
Using carefully honed sensory skills gleaned from a childhood spent blind to solve cases, music therapist Kendra Michaels is tapped by a former FBI agent, who is investigating the work of a serial killer who may be responsible for the disappearance of Kendra's ex.
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Series
Publisher
Soho Crime
Language
English
Description
"Parisian private investigator Aimě Leduc has been framed for the murder of her daughter's father-now she's on the lam, and must find the real killer to clear her name in this thrilling 21st installment of Cara Black's New York Times bestselling mystery series. Aimě Leduc's ex Melac, her daughter's father, has been hounding her for weeks, pressuring her to move little Chloe to Brittany, threatening to take her to court for custody-all but stalking...
3) Vengeance
Publisher
Focus Features
Language
English
Description
A journalist and podcaster from New York City attempts to solve the murder of a girl he hooked up with and travels down to Texas to investigate the circumstances of her death and discover what happened to her.
Author
Series
Eve Duncan novels volume 11
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Language
English
Description
CIA agent, Catherine Ling's two-year-old child was stolen in the night as a brutal act of vengeance. Now, eight years later, this torment is something she awakens to every day. Catherine needs to find someone as driven and obsessed as she is to help her, and that person is Eve Duncan. She knows that Eve shares her nightmare, since closure is also something that eludes Eve after the disappearance of her daughter Bonnie. Now, Eve must take her talents...
Author
Series
Leningrad confidential volume 2
Publisher
Pushkin Vertigo
Language
English
Description
"'A superb read, with some unexpected turns right at the end."--Crime Book of the Month, The Critic On the eve of Soviet purges, Detective Zaitsev returns to solve the murder of a Red Army horseman--the second installment in the ultimate noir detective series Perfect for fans of thrilling historical crime fiction, Philip Kerr's Bernie Gunther novels, and Lara Prescott's The Secrets We Kept "Fascinating reading This series has legs!"--Publishers Weekly...
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Publisher
New York Review Books
Language
English
Description
Manchette wrote two novels using the character of private eye Eugene Tarpon: Morgue pleine (Crowded day at the Morgue) and Que d'os! (Skeletons in the Closet!). Tarpon is a French private detective, a former cop responsible for the death of a protester, eaten up by grief, with a wry and weary outlook on the world, who gets mixed up in very tangled cases.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Canada
Language
English
Description
It's been years since Daniel Kennicott's brother, Michael, was shot and killed the night before he was about to depart for Gubbio, Italy. The case, never solved, has haunted Daniel ever since. Long suspecting the killing was tied to Michael's planned trip but overwhelmed with grief, Daniel has put off going there-- until now, the tenth anniversary of the murder. As he's about to leave, Daniel learns that his two mentors, detectives Ari Greene and...
9) Murder road
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Publisher
Berkley
Language
English
Description
"A young couple find themselves haunted by a string of gruesome murders committed along an old deserted road in this terrifying new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Cold Cases. July 1995. April and Eddie have taken a wrong turn. They're looking for the small resort town where they plan to spend their honeymoon. When they spot what appears to be a lone hitchhiker along the deserted road, they stop to help. But not long...
Author
Series
Ryan Strickland novels volume 2
Publisher
Thomas and Mercer
Language
English
Description
Three years ago, Kate Doyle escaped a serial killer who died at the hands of her rescuers. The case was closed on the Rose Reaper's seven victims--the six who were killed and Kate, the one who got away. Then a copycat killer starts hunting. One by one, with each new body, comes a gift for Kate: a single red rose. And then the warning: "See you soon." Kate and FBI consultant and psychologist Ryan Strickland better work fast because someone is finishing...
11) Clue
Publisher
Paramount
Language
English
Description
Comic mystery story based on the famous Parker Bros. game, including three surprise alternative endings.
Author
Publisher
Montlake
Language
English
Description
When human bones are found beneath an old chapel in the woods, evidence suggests the remains could be linked to the decades-old case of missing teen Annalise Jansen. Homicide detective Jane Munro pregnant and acutely attuned to the preciousness of life hopes the grim discovery will finally bring closure to the girls family. But for a group of Annalises old friends, once dubbed the Shoreview Six by the media, it threatens to expose a terrible pledge...
13) The #1 lawyer
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Language
English
Formats
Description
Stafford Lee Penney is a small-town lawyer with a big-time reputation for winning every case he tries. In his sharp suits and polished Oxford shoes, Penney is Biloxi, Mississippi’s #1 Lawyer and top local celebrity. Just as Penney notches his latest courtroom victory, his wife is scandalously killed. He spirals into a legal and personal losing streak, damaging his reputation and ruining his career. That’s when Penney makes a bold decision....
14) Cheater
Author
Series
San Diego case files volume 2
Publisher
Berkley
Language
English
Description
"A shocking murder leaves an affluent retirement community reeling in this riveting high-stakes thriller. Death is not an unfamiliar visitor to Shady Oaks Retirement Village, which provides San Diego's premier elderly support from independent retiree housing to full-time hospice care. But when a resident's body is found brutally stabbed and his apartment ransacked, it's clear there's someone deadly in their community. Detective Katherine "Kit" McKittrick...
Author
Publisher
Quercus
Language
English
Description
Magician Max Mephisto, now divorced and living in London, is on his way to visit daughter Ruby and her new-born baby when he is hailed by a voice from the past, fellow performer Ted English, aka the Great Deceiver. Ted's assistant, Cherry, has been found dead in her Brighton boarding house and he's convinced that he'll be accused of her murder. Max agrees to talk to his friend, Superintendent Edgar Stephens, who is investigating the case. What Max...
Author
Series
Finlay Donovan novels volume 4
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Language
English
Description
"Finlay Donovan and her nanny/partner-in-crime Vero are in sore need of a girls' weekend away. They plan a trip to Atlantic City, but odds are-seeing as it's actually a cover story to negotiate a deal with a dangerous loan shark, save Vero's childhood crush Javi, and hunt down a stolen car-it won't be all fun and games. When Finlay's ex-husband Steven and her mother insist on tagging along too, Finlay and Vero suddenly have a few too many meddlesome...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Language
English
Description
"Felicity Jin grew up literally hanging onto Mom's apron strings in their magical bakery in the quaint town of Pixie, California. Her mother's enchanted baked goods, including puffy pineapple buns and creamy egg tarts, bring instant joy to all who consume them. Felicity has always been hesitant in the kitchen herself after many failed attempts, but a takeout meal gone wrong inspires her to craft some handmade fortune cookies. They become so popular...
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Series
Conrad the cat volume 2
Publisher
Macmillan
Language
English
Description
Retired police detective Lulu Lewis's life changed forever when she met a street cat named Conrad. There's something very special about Conrad, but it's a secret she has to keep to herself. When Lulu takes her narrowboat to Oxford, she is planning nothing more stressful than attending a friend's birthday party. And drinking a few glasses of Chardonnay. But a brutal murder and a daring art theft means her plans are shattered--instead she and Conrad...
19) A smoking bun
Author
Series
Bakeshop mystery volume 18
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Language
English
Description
While baking up spiced curry buns and chai cookies for a moonlit snowshoe tour, pastry chef turned amateur sleuth Jules Capshaw takes Ramiro's family to the annual Downhill Dummy competition in which murder comes in first and must catch a stone-cold killer before they strike again.
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Language
English
Description
When she and her canine companion stumble upon the dead body of a sticky-fingered financial adviser who swindled millions from investors, Sarah Grayson and Charlotte's Angels, the senior citizen sleuths who work out of her secondhand shop, find the fur flying as they try to untangle the truth.
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