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1) Loose Canon
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Carina Quintana's latest case takes her back to New York City, where someone is leaving bodies, gruesomely stabbed in the heart, on church altars. Now wealthy and celebrated through her true crime books and settled in with the alluring Alice, the former chief of Miami Beach PD is in need of new challenges. She accepts a position with the uber-private investigations firm to which her ex-NYPD partner, Pete Simpson, escaped, and is immediately thrust...
2) Jane Doe
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Jane Doe woke up in the woods, naked, her hands tied, with no memory of who she was or how she got there. Special Agent James Anderson of the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension knew this was not going to be an ordinary case.The case was hard enough. Then it got worse: another woman disappears from the town where Jane was found. Then it began to appear that the solution to the mystery of
3) Road Food
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Sex, drugs and rock and roll was the credo of the 1970's musicians who thought the wave would go on forever. For Jannie Mack and the Silver Track their meteorological rise comes to an abrupt end on a warm June night in 1975 when Jannie disappears after a record release party. Twenty years later her daughter and a former band member lead a nation-wide crusade to find out what happened to her.The story begins in august, 1975, in Banff National Park,...
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Afro-American detective Shane Notfarg is assigned the case of missing man Arthur Flynn in late 2008. She hates missing man cases because the subject usually turn up alive later thus wasting time and manpower. She discovers that fellow campers stole belongings from Flynn's tent. Did they also rob him of the $10,000 he was carrying on him? But why was he carrying such a large amount of cash on him? Did he take off to avoid paying alimony to his ex-wife?...
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Archer Meade, a seasoned detective who continues to idealize his ex-partner and mentor discovers crime fighting hasn't changed much over the years. But the technological developments have left him an old school cop solving a series of abductions that lead to discoveries of political corruption, dysfunctional families and intriguing learning experiences.
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Memphis Police Lieutenant Julia Todd returns in the fourth installment of James Paavola's Murder In Memphis series. Two bodies are discovered within a mile of one another, one a teenage prostitute, the other an investment counselor. Julia's investigations lead her in two directions: Mexican cartels and Ponzi Schemes. The two inquiries intersect at a common theme--the multi-billion dollar business of money laundering, a business that perpetuates global...
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When a woman's emaciated body is found in a hunter's woods Sergeant Corinne Aleckson is coaxed back into the field to assist Detective Smoke Dawes on the case. It seems the only hope for identifying the woman lies in a photo which was buried with bags of money under her body. Aleckson and Dawes plunge into the investigation that takes them into the world of human smugglers and traffickers, unexpectedly close to home. All the while, they are working...
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This is the second book of a series. It documents the early days of Archer Meade's rise to the rank of Homicide Detective and his partnership with Rusty McGowan. Together they seek the perpetrator of a vicious and hideous crime. Throughout the quest Archer experiences the spiritual guidance of his partner.through a surrogate want-to-be-detective while facing hatred, mental illness, misunderstandings, and familial dysfunctionality..
9) Late Boomer
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KIRKUS REVIEW--Benson's tightly plotted crime thriller is sure to please fans of police procedurals--a Kirkus Star novel.Wealthy middle-aged Manhattanites-the baby boomers of the title-have been gruesomely murdered, and Det.Carina Quintana senses a connection. But how can she prove it? The killer, if he exists, varies his methods and targetsand leaves no tangible evidence. Age and wealth are all that the victims have in common. Recently transferred...
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The Temporary Killer, the first of a series likened to Scooby-Doo or Goosebumps for adults, is a horror/mystery with a humourous edge. Why would someone shoot struggling horror writer Ed Sherman with a gun that belongs in a RoadRunner cartoon? Why is Ed now having falling hallucinations in enclosed rooms so badly that he has to use the bathroom with the door open? What connection is there between the three businessmen who were also shot and are now...
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The third installment in the Winnebago County Mystery Series that will keep you up at night. A man phones the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department, frantically reporting his brother is armed with a large dagger and on his way to the county to sacrifice himself. Sergeant Corinne Aleckson takes the call, learning the alarming reasons behind the young man's death wish. When the department investigates, they plunge into the alleged criminal activities...
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Parker City, 1985 . . .
A picturesque spring morning takes a disturbing turn when the frozen body of a young woman is discovered in a field on the outskirts of the city. As Detectives Ben Winters and Tommy Mason arrive on the scene, they have no idea upon what type of an investigation they are about to embark. With no identification, no breadcrumbs to lead them to the girl's origins, or even a cause of death, they face a daunting task ahead as...
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It is the fourth book in the Winnebago County Mystery Series. When a man's naked body is found staked out in a farmer's soybean field, Sergeant Corinne Aleckson and Detective Elton Dawes are called to the scene. The cause of death is not apparent, and the significance of why he was placed there is a mystery. As Aleckson, Dawes, and the rest of their Winnebago Sheriff's Department team gather evidence, and look for suspects and motive, they hit one...
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When a family's Golden Retriever brings home a woman's dismembered leg, the Winnebago County Sheriff's Department launches an investigation unlike any other. Who is the young woman and where is the rest of her body? Sergeant Corinne Aleckson and Detective Elton Dawes soon discover they are up against an unidentified psychopath targeting women with specific physical features. Can they find him in time to prevent another brutal murder? Most of the Winnebago...
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Murder in Winnebago County is the first book of the series set in central Minnesota, and follows a killer bent on revenge. The clever murderer leaves a growing chain of apparent suicides among criminal justice professionals. As her intuition helps her draw the cases together, Winnebago County Sergeant Corinne "Corky" Aleckson enlists help from her mentor,Detective Elton "Smoke" Dawes. What Aleckson doesn't know is the killer is keeping a close watch...
16) The Mentor
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NYC Detective, Luke Fox was at a cross road in his life and his career. The recent split from his fiancée impacted his work as a cop, and for the first time in his life, he was failing to produce results. After being given an ultimatum by his boss to deliver on his four unsolved murders, or risk being busted back to uniform, he turned to the shot glass for comfort.During a chance meeting in a bar with an old retired cop, Luke received some advice...
17) Hero Unit
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Exceptional: any individual who exhibits unusual abilities, or capabilities that exceed universally accepted human limitations.Exceptionals Enforcement Division (EED): Federal enforcement agency responsible for policing Exceptionals. The EED has both local and national jurisdiction for all matters dealing with Exceptionals.As a member of the EED, Ace, the most powerful Exceptional ever born, must face those who would destroy the peace of her city....
18) Two Late
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Laura is once again involved in helping the local police in the guise of Detective Inspector Dave Jenkins as they work together to solve the crime.This is the third in the Laura Jessop series.
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When a second body is discovered in the school grounds, Headmistress Laura Jessop is once again thrown into working with Detective Inspector Dave Jenkins to solve the crime. But this time the body has been hidden for twenty years. Laura and the inspector find that memories have faded, and twenty-year-old alibis are very suspect. This is the second in the Laura Jessop Series.
20) Dead on a Rival
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Detective Carina Quintana's latest challenge takes on an unwelcome personal flavor in the harrowing Dead On a Rival. When the apparent accidental fall of a handsome Brazilian tycoon from a luxury cruise ship in the Caribbean interrupts Carina's holiday with the edgy Alice, Carina is not the only one to wonder if murder might not be a more accurate description for what happened in this particular case of man overboard. Enlisted to investigate by the...
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