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Bill Gant and Alan Pulis, both retired Alaska State Troopers, are halibut fishing when they find a body floating in the rip at the center of Cook Inlet. They discover the victim, wearing a life preserver, has been shot in the back. Captain Rollin Caswell of the Alaska State Troopers recruits the retired men to investigate the case on a contract basis. They find the victim is a local banker and suspect the killing was a mob hit. A local waitress had...
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Un homme promène son chien dans une réserve naturelle. L'animal, lâché pendant deux minutes, rapporte à son maître un cadeau inquiétant. Il s'agit d'une main, une main de femme! Ce sera le point de départ d'une nouvelle enquête pour l'équipe du commissaire adjoint Marc Deauville. La première difficulté consistera à identifier la victime. La recherche de suspects sera ensuite entravée par l'intervention intempestive du monde politique....
42623) Cold by the Lake
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A mystery writer disappears.
Her house trashed.
Mystery writers Edna Bryant and Kevin Montgomery join a mafia enforcer on a wild search through Chicagoland.
Danger lurks around every corner.
Someone watches in the shadows.
Who?
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Arsène Lupin is a fictional gentleman thief and master of disguise created in 1905 by French writer Maurice Leblanc. The character was first introduced in a series of short stories serialized in the magazine Je sais tout. The first story, "The Arrest of Arsène Lupin", was published on 15 July 1905.
Lupin was featured in 17 novels and 39 novellas by Leblanc, with the novellas or short stories collected into book form for a total of 24 books. The...
42625) One-Way Ticket
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Vic Moine has followed in his late father's footsteps to become a detective for a big Los Angeles railroad line, much to the chagrin of his rich girlfriend's family. But his father's old friend Rock is happy to hear it. Vic has confided in Rock about his latest case: someone is forging freight claims with counterfeit company checks.
Meanwhile, an old woman who lives near the freight yards has seen prowlers scaling the fence at night. When Rock is...
42626) The Russian Wife
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Fraud, forgery and murder, set in the high-stakes world of fine art.
When the Russian wife of the owner of one of the most valuable private collections of modern art in the UK is found dead, Detective Chief Inspector David Brock is drawn into a high-stakes world very different to his own. From the dealers and galleries in London's West End, his investigations take him to Hanover, Miami and New York on the trail of international forgery and fraud.
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42627) Falling Plaster: A Novel
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Some murders are best left, buried.
Monica Klimek doesn't believe her mother's car crash was an accident. Or, suicide. Her brother would think so, too, if only she could find him. He left an indelible bruise on her heart when he walked out of her life twenty-seven years earlier.
An old friend of Monica's, now a Chicago cop, offers to help find her brother and investigate the circumstances surrounding her mother's death. In exchange, she applies her...
42628) The Artisanal Grifter
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Don't mess with the hothead or he might just mess with you. Slater Ibáñez is only interested in two kinds of guys: the ones he wants to punch, and the ones he sleeps with. Things get interesting, when they start to overlap. A freelance investigator, Slater trolls the dark side of Los Angeles, rooting out insurance fraud, not afraid to use whatever means necessary to get things done, and not about to hold back with his fists. A queer antihero for...
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The friendly skies are anything but in these expertly crafted novels of suspense set in the cutthroat world of the airline industry, now available in one volume. In Hard Landing, Alex Shanahan takes over Majestic Airlines at Logan International Airport, and discovers that her predecessor's mysterious death may not have been suicide. In Parts Unknown, black market airplane parts put countless lives at risk, including Alex's. In First Class Killing,...
42630) Death in the Fearful Night
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When a serial killer stalks a sleepy English village, a Scotland Yard detective must search for clues among terrified townsfolk in this classic mystery.
Samuel Bracknell is found dead in his home with a knife in his back. It's the third murder of its kind in as many weeks, and the residents of Carleton Unthank are left shaken. When Superintendent Littlejohn learns that all three crimes were committed with the same knife, a disturbing question arises:...
42631) The Girl He Crowned
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Paige King, a Ph.D. in forensic psychology and a new arrival at the FBI's elite BAU unit, has an uncanny ability to enter serial killers' minds-yet nothing has prepared her for what she finds at a series of new crime scenes: a swinging pendulum. What could this serial killer be hinting at? Could he be ticking down the time until the next victim's death?
THE GIRL HE CROWNED is book #5 in a new series by #1 bestselling and critically acclaimed mystery...
42632) Steel Resolve
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Sometimes you can go home again.
It's just not always safe...
Mary Cardwell Savage never meant to send that letter to her ex, Chase Steele. How could she know her words would bring the gorgeous cowboy back to Big Sky, Montana-with an unstable and dangerous stalker following close behind? Now Chase wants to prove that their love deserves a second chance. And this time, nothing will keep him from his heart's desire…not even a killer.
42633) One-On-One
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In her trademark series, One-On-One, Christine Gardner, freelance journalist and television presenter, puts powerful people into the limelight. Her latest subject is Salleh Abdullah, once known as Trevor Cartwright, a British expatriate mathematician and convert to Islam. He has amassed a fortune and now international notoriety via his deft trading on financial markets using methods that thus far have defied all analysis. In just two years his fortune...
42634) The Unkindest Cut
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From the New York Times bestselling author of A Cat in the Stacks mystery series, a novel about murder, rivalries and playing the right hand… A Bridge Club Mystery (#2) Bridge tips included! Young widow, Emma Diamond has been learning bridge to refocus her grief. So when best friends and bridge partners Sophie and Marylou decide to attend a relaxing bridge retreat in the beautiful Texas Hill Country, Emma can't possibly say no. But once Emma and...
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The week begins like any other in Jacqueline Burne's messy life. And it just gets worse. Jac's business is in trouble, her husband is up to no good, and her eccentric housekeeper, Draga, is nagging her with unsolicited advice. Then Jac's annoying teen stepson lands on her doorstep and wants to stay.
Jac devises a plan to regain control of her life, but Draga jumps in to help and it goes horribly wrong. They soon find themselves on the wrong side...
42636) The Crimson Circle
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A shadowy figure controls a cabal of criminals that could bring London to its knees In the black of night, a gang of workmen gather in the forest of France to assemble a guillotine. They open a few bottles of wine as they work, and one hammers a nail into the wrong spot. At dawn, the nail blocks the blade, and a prisoner survives to escape his fate. Many years later, that nail will doom more than a dozen men. In London, a ruined financier stands on...
42637) Crowner's Quest
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Sometimes the most sinister of cases have the simplest of origins...
Christmas Eve, 1194. County coroner Sir John de Wolfe gratefully escapes his wife Matilda's party to examine the body of a canon who has been found hanged. Suicide is suspected, but it is soon apparent there's more to this case than meets the eye.
As always, John's investigations are hampered by his unpleasant brother-in-law, Sheriff Richard de Revelle. But when a local lord is...
42638) The Tomb of Genghis Khan
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His final order was obeyed, its location remains a secret. Until today.
History tells us Genghis Khan died from a wound received in glorious battle. But history is written by the victor, and the truth is far less honorable. Though there is one thing that all agree upon-his tomb has never been found. When Archaeology Professor James Acton receives a panicked message from a former student in Mongolia, he is forced into action to discover what happened...
42639) The Weight of Stones
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Toronto at the close of 1999. It is a time of change, but Detective Charlie McKelvey's life is stuck on pause since the murder of his runaway son, Gavin. As his wife focuses on healing, McKelvey is burdened with guilt for his role in kicking the teen out of the family home-and his inability to move the case to resolution. Obsessed with the stalled murder investigation, McKelvey's behavior becomes increasingly unhinged. He is convinced the person responsible...
42640) The Blonde: A Thriller
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The night before a big meeting, Jack Eisley is sitting in an airport bar in Philadelphia, chatting up a pretty young blonde. Sure, Jack has a wife and daughter at home, but this is just a little harmless flirting. Harmless, that is, until the blonde leans forward and says, "I poisoned your drink."
She tells Jack that unless she can keep someone within ten feet of her at all times, she'll die. And, if he wants the antidote, he'll have to take her...
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