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"The thrilling follow up to The Last Place You Look, starring troubled and determined private investigator, Roxane Weary Marin Strasser has a secret. Her fiancé thinks her secret is that she's having an affair, and he hires P.I. Roxane Weary to prove it.Then, just days into the case, Marin is shot to death on a side street in an apparent mugging. But soon enough the police begin to focus on Roxane's client for Marin's death, so she starts to dig...
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"In this follow-up to Nicolás Obregon's critically acclaimed Blue Light Yokohama, Inspector Iwata returns--in a murder case in his new home of Los Angeles. After a brutal murder investigation ripped apart his life, Kosuke Iwata quit both his job as a detective with the Tokyo Police Department and his country, leaving Japan for the hopefully sunnier shores of Los Angeles, California. But even though he's left his old life behind, he still has to make...
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Five years after working for the Office of Strategic Services with Nick, whom she gets close to until the World War II' end brings with it an act of deep betrayal, former spy Evelyn, now working as a PI, finds herself back in Nick's orbit when her latest case brings the war to her doorstep.
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In The Bughouse Affair, this first of a new series of lighthearted historical mysteries set in 1890s San Francisco, former Pinkerton operative Sabina Carpenter and her detective partner, ex-Secret Service agent John Quincannon, undertake what initially appear to be two unrelated investigations.
Sabina's case involves the hunt for a ruthless lady "dip" who uses fiendish means to relieve her victims of their valuables at Chutes Amusement Park and other...
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Private investigator Alex Rasmussen has loved carnivals since he was a boy, and what better way to enjoy one as a grown man than with a lovely woman at his side? As he and his date stroll along the midway, playing games of chance, the soft September night is torn by a scream. Rasmussen rushes to a nearby field to find a woman's body in the weeds.
One of the carnival workers---a man with trouble in his past and a motive for murder---is arrested and...
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Amiable, wisecracking Alex Rasmussen was first introduced--to great acclaim--in The Heaven Stone, which won the PWA/St. Martin's Best First Private Eye Novel Contest, and was also named one of the best mysteries of the year by the Providence Journal-Bulletin. Now ghosts from the past and a murderous Halloween haunt his second case.
A former cop gone private, Rasmussen makes a living in the decaying New England mill town of Lowell, Massachusetts....
8) Goofy Foot
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In David Daniel's Goofy Foot, private investigator Alex Rasmussen, embarking on a rather routine search for a missing teenager, finds himself in cold water that couldn't be hotter, as the simple task balloons into a case of murderous surfers and a heart-stopping search for a killer. Kirkus Reviews raves, "The characters are painfully human, the dialogue sharp without being over the top, and the small-town ambience dead-on."
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Un muchacho de Calpe cae en un Madrid asolado por los combates entre diversas facciones republicanas en marzo de 1939 y su muerte, como tantas otras, jamás se notifica a la familia, que aguarda durante meses su regreso. Basada en un suceso real, Aquellos días de marzo recoge la búsqueda de ese recluta de 19 años, trasladado desde la retaguardia a la capital para defender el golpe de Casado. A partir de las cartas que envía a sus padres a lo largo...
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A holiday on the picturesque island of Alderney leads to a case of cold-blooded murder for American Anglophile Dorothy Martin. When Dorothy Martin and her husband, retired police detective Alan Nesbitt, decide to visit the beautiful island of Alderney in the English Channel, they hope for a pleasant, peaceful holiday. It's not to be. Taking a walk on their very first day, they discover a body, apparently the victim of an unfortunate accident, on a...
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Der Großgastronom Pit Baldauf möchte einen Biergarten eröffnen - ausgerechnet am Karlsgraben bei Treuchtlingen, der unter Denkmalschutz steht. Das erhitzt die Gemüter der Anwohner sowie der Historikerin Ricarda Held, die über die Geschichte des Landstrichs forscht. Das Projekt soll zu Fall gebracht werden. Da kommt die Leiche des Hobby-Archäologen Meindl, die im Karlsgraben entdeckt wird, gerade recht. KOK Hans Wörle ermittelt: Hat die Tat...
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Krise? Welche Krise? Als Fahrradkurier hat Ex-Privatdetektiv Max Koller genug zu tun. Und wird dann doch rückfällig: Als ein Bekannter, der Schriftsteller Robert Usedom, erschossen aufgefunden wird, nutzt Koller die Vermisstenanzeige einer Lokalpolitikerin für eigene Ermittlungen. Er kommt einem Umweltskandal auf die Spur, jagt einen selbsternannten Rächer und lernt zutiefst verunsicherte Mitmenschen kennen. Die Krise ist überwunden, aber der...
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"The Premium Collection of Agatha Christie" presents a treasure trove of 40 novels and stories, showcasing the unparalleled talent of the iconic mystery writer. This illustrated anthology features a diverse array of characters, including the legendary Hercule Poirot, the charming Tommy and Tuppence, the enigmatic Mr. Quin & Satterthwaite, the astute Colonel Race, and many others.
In "Poirot Investigates," readers are treated to a series of short stories...
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Percy Andreae (1858–1924) was an English-American brewer and influential anti-prohibitionist during the early part of the 20th century. He was born in Clapham, London to a German father, Carl Andreæ of Frankfurt, and an English mother, Emilie Sillem. During the 1890s, Andreae published short stories and novels, many of which first appeared in The Windsor Magazine. His fiction drew on his roots, incorporating international mystery and suspense with...
16) Code 197
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One of Shell Scott's friends, a writer working on an expose, turns up dead-and his manuscript is missing. Of course, Shell Scott is hot on the case!
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Was wäre die Freiburger Kantonspolizei ohne ihr ehemaliges Mitglied Jean-François Murith, der als Bruder Marius im Freiburger St.-Martins-Kloster lebt? Immer wenn es schwierig wird, greift der beleibte, kettenrauchende Inspektor Schneuwly zum Telefon, um sich bei Marius Rat zu holen. Dieses Mal ist jedoch nicht nur Marius' Rat gefragt, denn es geht um einen geheimnisvollen Mord in einem nahegelegenen Zisterzienserkloster. In einer Vollmondnacht...
18) The Twin Mystery
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An egomaniac crook comes to town and issues a challenge to Nick Carter: I have come to town to do business. I give you notice before I begin, because I am quite certain you will be informed immediately after I commence operations. It really makes little difference; you cannot reach me. Really, my dear Nick, I have a contempt for the so-called detective ability. You, with your Ida, Chick, and Patsy, are a little better than the rest, but you are in...
19) The silent girls
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Frank Rath thought he was done with murder when he turned in his detective's badge to become a private investigator and raise a daughter alone. Then the police in his remote rural community of Canaan find an '89 Monte Carlo abandoned by the side of the road, and the beautiful teenage girl who owned the car seems to have disappeared without a trace. Soon Rath's investigation brings him face-to-face with the darkest abominations of the human soul.
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In a small Maine town, secrets are buried deep along the shore…Summer. 1978. Private investigator Jake Horn is looking forward to a weekend with his daughter, away from the busy streets of Boston. But when they head out for an early morning jog, the last thing they expect is a murder scene on Goose Rocks Beach. Within less than twenty-four hours, the cops arrest the brother of a local restaurateur who owns a popular eatery on the Kennebunk River....
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