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Forgotten files volume 2
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Zebra Books
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English
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Someone with a twisted mind is kidnapping women and altering their faces to resemble real, life-size dolls. Forensic pathologist Tessa McGowan's job to aid the agent leading the case-- even if that agent is her estranged husband. Twelve years ago an unspeakable tragedy destroyed Dakota Sharp's world, and now he has devoted himself to capturing killers-- and cost him Tessa. As the Dollmaker case brings them together, they may just have their second...
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"In the new crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd. Jenna's parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It's the best night...
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Alex Cross novels volume 32
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English
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Detective Cross and his partner John Sampson are hot on the trail of the Dead Hours Killer, who is targeting commercial pilots, in the latest addition to the long-running series following Deadly Cross.
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English
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"Forensic genealogist Rowan Healy has made a name for herself by helping investigators trace the family trees of violent criminals who have eluded justice for years. But the pressure of police cases left her burned out, and she's shifted her focus to helping adoptees find their biological parents. Austin detective Jack Bruner has spent his career successfully tracking down vicious criminals -- with the notable exception of the West Campus Rapist,...
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English
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Meet Kitty Collins. Friend. Lover. Killer. Have you ever walked home at night, keys in hand, ready to throw a punch in self-defence? That's how it all started. The killing spree, I mean. I sort of tripped into this role. Literally. The first one was following me. That guy from the nightclub who wouldn't leave me alone. I pushed him, and he stumbled, and fell onto his own broken wine bottle. Oops. It was such a waste of a good house white. But now...
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Indian Lake trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Saga Press
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English
Description
"Four years after her tumultuous senior year, Jade Daniels is released from prison right before Christmas when her conviction is overturned. But life beyond bars takes a dangerous turn as soon as she returns to Proofrock. Convicted serial killer, Dark Mill South, seeking revenge for thirty-eight Dakota men hanged in 1862, escapes from his prison transfer due to a blizzard, just outside of Proofrock, Idaho"--Provided by publisher.
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English
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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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Frankie Elkin novels volume 3
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English
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"No man truly fears a woman. Not even one who is her father's daughter. The case was sensational. Kaylee Pierson had confessed from the very beginning, waived all appeals. She had called herself "death," but people called her the devil. Despite the media's chronicling of her tragic circumstances-the childhood spent with a violent father-no one could find sympathy for "the Beautiful Butcher" who had led eighteen men home from bars before viciously...
11) Hearts of darkness: serial killers, the behavioral science unit and my life as a women in the FBI
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Abrams Press
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English
Description
An agent in the world-renowned FBI Behavioral Sciences Unit who consulted on more than 850 homicide cases, crossing paths with some of the world's most infamous serial killers, and the real-life model for The Silence of the Lambs's Clarice Starling, shares her story for the first time.
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Ryan Strickland novels volume 2
Publisher
Thomas and Mercer
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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...
13) The last word
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Harbinder Kaur volume 4
Publisher
Mariner Books
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English
Description
Natalka and Edwin are perfect if improbable partners in a detective agency. At eighty-four, Edwin regularly claims that he's the oldest detective in England. He is a master at surveillance, deploying his age as a cloak of invisibility. Natalka, Ukrainian-born and more than fifty years his junior, is a math whizz, who takes any cases concerning fraud or deception. Despite a steady stream of minor cases, Natalka is frustrated. She loves a murder, as...
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(Lisa L.).Detective Josie Quinn thriller volume 18
Publisher
Bookouture, an imprint of Storyfire Ltd
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English
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When a desperate mother calls Denton Police Department to report her children missing, Detective Josie Quinn races to investigate.
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Wesley Peterson mysteries volume 27
Publisher
Piatkus
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English
Description
November. With the tourist season well and truly over in South Devon, Detective Inspector Wesley Peterson is looking forward to a quieter month in the CID. But when a man is shot dead on Bonfire Night, he finds he has a disturbing murder case on his hands. The body of Patrick North was found in woodland connected to Nesbaraton Hall, a grand estate dating back to the eighteenth century. North worked for the Smithson family who now own the estate. The...
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Boogeyman novels volume 1
Publisher
Gallery Books
Language
English
Description
"In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb. But soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. Law enforcement, as well as members of the FBI are certain that the killer is a living, breathing madman--and he's playing games...
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Indian Lake trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Saga Press, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, LLC
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English
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It's been four years in prison since Jade Daniels last saw her hometown of Proofrock, Idaho, the day she took the fall, protecting her friend Letha and her family from incrimination. Since then, her reputation, and the town, have changed dramatically. There's a lot of unfinished business in Proofrock, from serial killer cultists to the rich trying to buy Western authenticity. But there's one aspect of Proofrock no one wants to confront... until Jade...
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"After Dr. Jack Stapleton's near-death confrontation with a medical serial killer, his wife, NYC Chief Medical Examiner Laurie Montgomery, is carrying the load both at home and at work. When Laurie insists Dr. Ryan Sullivan--an under-performing senior pathology resident who is spending his required month at the medical examiner's office but who truly detests doing forensic autopsies--assist her on a suicide autopsy in the hopes of stimulating his...
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