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"Atlanta, 1974. It's Kate Murphy's first day on the job and the Atlanta Police Department is seething after the murder of an officer. Before the day has barely begun, she already suspects she's not cut out for the job as a cop. Her male uniform is too big, she can't handle a gun, and she's rapidly learning that the APD is hardly a place that welcomes women. Worse still, in the ensuing manhunt, she'll be partnered with Maggie Lawson, a cop with her...
43) Orchid blues
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Holly Barker novels volume 2
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Stuart Woods brings back small-town police chief Holly Barker—and her extraordinary Doberman, Daisy—for another exhilarating adventure in this New York Times bestseller.
When Holly Barker’s wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the inexplicable killing of an innocent bystander, Holly discovers evidence that leads her into the midst of a clan...
When Holly Barker’s wedding festivities are shattered by a brutal robbery, she vows to find the culprits. With nothing to go on but the inexplicable killing of an innocent bystander, Holly discovers evidence that leads her into the midst of a clan...
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"The crime scene is unlike any that Detective Rizzoli and medical examiner Maura Isles have ever before encountered. The woman lies in apparently peaceful repose on her bed, and Maura finds no apparent cause of death, but there is no doubt the woman is indeed dead. The victim's eyes have been removed and placed in the palm of her hand, a gesture that echoes the terrifying films she produces. Is a crazed movie fan reenacting scenes from those disturbing...
46) Ice cold
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Jane Rizzoli and Maura Isles series volume 8
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2010
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Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli receives the grim news that Maura's charred body has been found in a mountain ravine. Shocked and grieving, Jane is determined to learn what happened to her friend. The investigation plunges Jane into the twisted history of Kingdom Come, Wyoming, where a gruesome discovery lies buried beneath the snow.
47) 14th deadly sin
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Women's Murder Club volume 14
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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
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With a beautiful baby daughter and a devoted husband, Detective Lindsay Boxer can safely say that her life has never been better. In fact (for a change), things seem to be going well for all the members of the Women's Murder Club as they gather to celebrate San Francisco Medical Examiner Claire Washburn's birthday. But the party is cut short when Lindsay is called to a gruesome crime scene, where a woman has been murdered in broad daylight. As Lindsay...
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 12
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Juggling a family and a career is never easy -- and it's becoming a real challenge for Sheriff Joanna Brady. Coping with the impending delivery of her second child as well as a staff shortage, the last thing Joanna needs are two serious crimes. First, the body of an unidentified man is found in the desert, all ten of his fingers savagely severed. Following the scant clues, Joanna learns that the victim was an ex-con who had served twenty years
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When a perfectly preserved "mummy" is discovered in the dusty basement of Boston's Crispin Museum and an archaeologist turns up missing, medical examiner Maura Isles and Boston homicide detective Jane Rizzoli have precious little time to derail the Archaeology Killer before he adds another chilling piece to his monstrous collection.
50) A thin dark line
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Broussard and Fourcade novels volume 1
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Terror stalks the streets of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana. A suspected murderer is free on a technicality, and the cop accused of planting evidence against him is ordered off the case. But Detective Nick Fourcade refuses to walk away. He’s stepped over the line before. This case threatens to push him over the edge.
He’s not the only one. Deputy Annie Broussard found the woman’s mutilated body. She still hears the phantom echoes of...
He’s not the only one. Deputy Annie Broussard found the woman’s mutilated body. She still hears the phantom echoes of...
51) 22 seconds
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Women's Murder Club volume 22
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"22 seconds...until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge--or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies: You talk, you die. Now it's Lindsay's...
52) A finer end
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Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and his partner Sergeant Gemma James return in another spellbinding novel of mysteries—one contemporary, one ancient—an investigation that will challenge them personally and professionally as no case ever has. From the award-winning author of the acclaimed Kissed a Sad Goodbye...
A FINER END
When Duncan Kincaid’s cousin Jack calls from Glastonbury to ask for his help...
A FINER END
When Duncan Kincaid’s cousin Jack calls from Glastonbury to ask for his help...
53) Damage control
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 13
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Cochise County sheriff Joanna Brady investigates the death of handicapped woman who had wandered away from a care facility with a suspicious track record and the deaths of an elderly couple who were presumably consenting partners in a suicide pact.
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2002
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Award-winning author Deborah Crombie has elevated the modern mystery novel to new heights of human drama and multilayered suspense with her critically acclaimed tales of intrigue featuring Scotland Yard Detective Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James. In their latest outing, Kincaid and his former partner—and soon-to-be roommate—follow a twisting trail of rage and retribution whose buried roots are about to exact a deadly toll...
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 19
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When Jennifer Brady returns to Northern Arizona University for her sophomore year, she quickly becomes a big sister to her new roommate, Beth Rankin, a brilliant yet sheltered sixteen-year-old freshman. For a homeschooled Beth, college is her first taste of both freedom and unfettered access to the internet, and Jenny is concerned that she's too naïve and rebellious for her own good. Her worries are well-founded because one day Beth vanishes, prompting...
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When a downtown bar erupts in sudden violence that leaves eighty people dead, Lieutenant Eve Dallas discovers that the bar's patrons were exposed to a lethal cocktail of chemicals and illegal drugs that a sinister killer administered through an airborne method.
57) Cold blood
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Paris Murphy mysteries volume 2
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From the author of Clean Cut comes a suspenseful sequel to the Paris Murphy series.
Justice Trip is a hero. While helping volunteers search for a missing bridesmaid, he found a grisly clue: her finger. Now he’s enjoying his 15 minutes of fame.
When homicide detective Paris Murphy sees the tall, awkward Trip on television, she senses that he’s not the concerned citizen he’s pretending to...
Justice Trip is a hero. While helping volunteers search for a missing bridesmaid, he found a grisly clue: her finger. Now he’s enjoying his 15 minutes of fame.
When homicide detective Paris Murphy sees the tall, awkward Trip on television, she senses that he’s not the concerned citizen he’s pretending to...
58) Unlucky 13
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Women's Murder Club volume 13
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2014.
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IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 11
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"San Francisco Detective Lindsay Boxer is loving her life as a new mother. With an attentive husband, a job she loves, plus best friends who can talk about anything from sex to murder, things couldn't be better. Then the FBI sends Lindsay a photo of a killer from her past, and her happy world is shattered. The picture captures a beautiful woman at a stoplight. But all Lindsay sees is the psychopath behind those seductive eyes: Mackie Morales, the...
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Inspector Anjelica Henley thrillers volume 2
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Attempting to untangle two crimes--the murder of a preacher and the victim of a religious ritual, Detective Anjelica Henley, when another body appears, is left with more questions than answers as she races against time to stop a killer from taking more lives, including her own.
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While investigating the gang killing of a low-level informant, Pasadena detective Nan Vining stumbles upon clues to her own brutal assault two years earlier, as sometime-flame Jim Kissick searches for the vicious serial killer who had nearly taken Nan's life.
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