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Chicago Review Press
Language
English
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“[An] engaging tale of murder, survival, and international intrigue . . . Readers will enjoy spending time in the company of this unlikely hero.” —Publishers Weekly
Death of a Siren is a fast-paced mystery set in the otherworldly Galápagos Islands in 1938 during the lead-up to World War II. A fugitive New York City cop is on the run from both the law and the mafia after...
Death of a Siren is a fast-paced mystery set in the otherworldly Galápagos Islands in 1938 during the lead-up to World War II. A fugitive New York City cop is on the run from both the law and the mafia after...
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"Fiona Davis, author ofThe Dollhouse, returns with a compelling novel about the thin lines between love and loss, success and ruin, passion and madness, all hidden behind the walls of The Dakota, New York City's most famous residence. After a failed apprenticeship, working her way up to head housekeeper of a posh London hotel is more than Sara Smythe ever thought she'd make of herself. But when a chance encounter with Theodore Camden, one of the...
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A #1 international bestseller: This “exquisite novel of mesmerizing depth” launched the acclaimed Wallander Mysteries and BBC series starring Kenneth Branagh (Los Angeles Times).
Early one morning, a small-town farmer discovers that his neighbors have been victims of a brutal attack during the night: An old man has been bludgeoned to death, and his tortured wife lies dying before the farmer’s eyes.
...Early one morning, a small-town farmer discovers that his neighbors have been victims of a brutal attack during the night: An old man has been bludgeoned to death, and his tortured wife lies dying before the farmer’s eyes.
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Meet "winningly brassy" (Publishers Weekly) and "brainy" (Booklist) attorney Hannah Dain, who the Chicago Tribune says "could probably whip any wimpy lawyer hero created by the likes of John Grisham or Lisa Scottoline with one arm tied behind her back." Hannah is settling back into her law practice at the family firm, trying not to think too much about Cooper Smith, the boyfriend she's dumped-for the second time. Hard to do when half-sister Shelby,...
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Laurel Beach is one of the last old-fashioned villages in the West Florida panhandle, one that has, so far, escaped commercial over-development. It presents both a haven and opportunity, and, this summer, it plays host to a varied cast. Grief has nearly destroyed Hudson DeForest. He's barely been going through the motions, teaching in a Memphis girls school, writing about film, talking to the dog. He's hanging on by a thread. It's been two years since...
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Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
A sophisticated and baffling thriller ... a real bone-freezer. -Publishers Weekly "Ingenious, witty, literate-at once irreverent and compassionate-an impressive tour indeed for a first-time novelist." -Los Angeles Times "Well-paced, tightly written, exciting as hell, and, quite possibly, the best mystery I've read in years." -Dallas Times-Herald The Rosary Murders was William X. Kienzle's first Father Koesler mystery, published in 1978. Twenty-three...
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Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Hannah Dain, a skilled business lawyer, is on the verge of leaving her family's law firm for a better job. But her plan is derailed when a real estate deal she's put together suddenly goes bad. Two million dollars of investors' money has disappeared. If the mistake was Hannah's, her firm is on the hook for the whole amount. Career on the line, Hannah decides to investigate- despite a disapproving father and antagonistic older sister. Having long ago...
Author
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press, Inc
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
After her first attempt at breaking and entering, business attorney Hannah Dain heads for the cliffs of Pinnacle Peak, Arizona to rock climb-and winds up in the middle of an anti-Indian protest turned violent. She escapes, but makes an enemy. This is the least of her worries, as a recent shocking family revelation sends her on a hunt for someone who has been gone for almost thirty years-someone who may not want to be found. Then Hannah meets Tony...
9) To die for
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English
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Tells the story of a young woman who arranges the cold-blooded murder of her husband.
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Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"In 1983, during the heart of the Cold War era, the government has failed to stop the powerful Brotherhood, whose goal is a New World Order. Josh Davenport, G-2 agent and spy, has been recruited by the President to stop the Brotherhood from taking control of the United States. Six years ago when Davenport's cover was blown, he disappeared and was presumed dead. In an effort to force him into the open, the Brotherhood kidnaps his daughters and grandchildren,...
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Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
This is a science inspired, mystery novella. Edith, her family, and the world have to deal with the mystery of hills and buildings disappearing. What could be happening in this fictional setting? Is there a wandering black hole? Are they just earthquakes? Or did the universe wobble? Find out in Lali's new book ...
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Publisher
Gatekeeper Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Samantha Devereaux's world is turned upside down from one phone call from her past- inviting her and Dan to their 10-year college reunion in Costa Rica. She didn't want to reunite with her old college friends-afraid of what she is harboring deep within her- - a secret too terrifying to tell her husband. She reluctantly gives in and agrees to go on this trip. The body count rises, leaving one of the most beautiful places in the world into a burial...
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Nick and La Contessa Mystery volume 01
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"'Down Under's funniest detectives shoot from the lip with a wit as dry as their martinis' Kathy Lette A brand new mystery featuring Nick and La Contessa, the beloved characters from Matthew Benns' smash hit nationwide newspaper serial. 'Time for a martini, darling?' Wise-cracking, cocktail-swilling detective duo Nick Moore and his glamorous Italian wife, La Contessa, receive a last minute invitation from the Prime Minister to a glamorous but intimate...
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Publisher
Babelcube Inc
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
A gripping thriller with a shocking twist! The chaos theory establishes the "butterfly effect" based on the following Chinese proverb: The simple flutter of a butterfly can change the world One day in the summer of 2006, when little Oli dared to snoop in the medical results of his parents, an ordinary butterfly appeared out of nowhere, and, for no apparent reason, fluttered its wings. That fall, in Oxford, a lone police officer is robbed while he...
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Publisher
Open Road Media Mystery & Thriller
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A Greenwich Village PI and her pit bull hunt down killers in these three smart, witty mysteries from a Shamus Award winner. In This Dog for Hire, the debut of New York private detective Rachel Alexander and her pit bull, Dash--short for Dashiell--a hit-and-run leaves a local painter dead and his show dog, a basenji, temporarily missing. After cracking that case, Rachel and Dash return in The Dog Who Knew Too Much to investigate a t'ai chi teacher's...
16) The life we bury
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English
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"College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Iverson is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been...
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MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Language
English
Description
In frigid Wyoming lies a mystery that stretches back to Nazi Germany.
Lyle and Juan wait outside the lawyer’s house in ski masks, pistols hidden behind their backs. Shortly after dawn, Paul Parker, an aged lawyer, and his old dog step into the cold. The thugs kill the dog, and take the lawyer hostage. Parker’s day has started badly and is going to get much worse. Once a fine lawyer, Parker’s enthusiasm has...
Lyle and Juan wait outside the lawyer’s house in ski masks, pistols hidden behind their backs. Shortly after dawn, Paul Parker, an aged lawyer, and his old dog step into the cold. The thugs kill the dog, and take the lawyer hostage. Parker’s day has started badly and is going to get much worse. Once a fine lawyer, Parker’s enthusiasm has...
18) The Laughing Man
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Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
An army deserter returns home to see his dying mother-and stumbles into a deadly mystery-in this suspenseful medical thriller. Under enemy fire in Vietnam, Brian Maston had just one impulse: run. And he ran, all right-out of the war zone, out of the US Army, and all the way to Canada-and now he can never go home. He's spent years in Montreal working as a teacher, publishing a struggling magazine, and nursing a crippling addiction to alcohol when he...
Author
Publisher
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
When a mentally challenged man in possession of deadly secrets is targeted by an assassin, he must fight to survive, in this chilling espionage thriller. Martin Fowler is a determined twenty-eight-year-old who hasn't let his mental handicap hold him back. He has a job at a service station, a bed in a halfway house, and a real shot at leading a normal life. He's a kind man who's never done anyone harm, but for reasons beyond his control, he's been...
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Series
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis is a fine homicide detective, but when he needs to get into the mind of a killer, he leans on the expertise of his best friend, the brilliant psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware. While Sturgis has a knack for piecing together the details of a crime, Delaware can decipher the darkest intents driving the most vicious of perpetrators. And there's no better place for the doctor's analytical skills to shine than a rowdy hall full...
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