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1781) Lou Boldt
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The New York Times–bestselling author's "engaging cop hero" finds himself on the other side of the interview room in this revealing short story (Publishers Weekly).
After twenty-seven years on the force, Lt. Lou Boldt is suddenly seated at a table being grilled as part of an internal investigation. They want him to talk about what happened with ten grand in cash in the evidence room. As the pressure mounts and Boldt leads his interrogators...
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With the dogs of war snarling at the door of the United States, Secret Agent "X" goes where other investigators dare not follow ... to the cesspits of Hawaii, where spies and plots abound, where a secret Hindu cult does the bidding of a foreign government bent on plunging the U.S.A. into the midst of a new global war!
1783) Tell Me a Story
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George Washington Township, New Jersey has seen its fair share of crime and tragedy. Most recently, a young boy is missing from his home and the tenacious Detective Claire Goodnite is eager to find him.But the case is stirring up old memories best left forgotten. When a blast from her own past, FBI Special Agent Wesley O'Connell, turns up, Claire finds it hard to keep old ghosts at rest. And even harder to keep the sexy SAIC out of her case and her...
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Un conte de fée adapté à une réalité moderne dure.
Rêver à la tour Eiffel pour ne pas oublier sa promesse de quitter la banlieue. Comme dans un conte de fée. Mais cette fois, le prince charmant est un délinquant, et sa princesse, une prostituée qu'il arrache à son réseau. Alors ils vont fuir pour leur salut, partir pour trouver un ailleurs. S'installer dans un monde en paix o vivre caché et se faire oublier. Comme dans un conte de...
1785) Traffic
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P.I. Frank Johnson investigates an old hit-and-run accident one year later in his next hardboiled outing. Vivian St. John believes her sister Gwen's death while jogging on a remote stretch of Botha Road was premeditated. Vivian hires Frank to investigate Gwen's cold case homicide, his first such case. The scarcity of clues and leads quickly reveals the difficult task he faces. Frank relies on his long-time friend and business partner, Gerald Peyton;...
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Machinations et vengeances dans le monde viticole.
Thomas, à la recherche désespérée d'un père inconnu. Le corps de Marie, sa mère, découvert dans une cuve de vin en fermentation. Tout semble amener la justice à conclure à un matricide sans circonstances atténuantes. Mais, du fond de sa prison, Thomas crie son innocence.
En remontant le fil de la vie tourmentée de son client, l'avocat François Ledain va découvrir, au-delà d'un drame...
1787) Geaux Tiger
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Laissez les bons temps rouler - Until somebody gets killed of course. Murder along the bayous of south Louisiana's Cajun Country doesn't go unpunished. Grab a gator by the tail and follow this fast-paced mystery set in a casual Creole parish. Catch each episode of A Cajun Murder Mystery Series. This series runs similar to a TV series. This, the 1st season runs in 8 episodes. Each is a short story that follows this season's mystery. Grab all 8 in season...
1788) The Devil Is in the Dust
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Rob Vagle brings you six gritty short stories in the genre of crime fiction.Phoenix private detective Guillermo Tavarez seeks not just justice, but also revenge in "A Vulture Waits."In the story, "Fleeing," a mother denies the crimes of her dead son while blind to her own rage at losing control.In "Confessional," a ghost yearns to confess his crime to a listenting ear in a bathroom stall.In a dark, harsh place, "Cat Noir" offers you a cat never found...
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Crissa Stone is a career criminal who has pulled a number of impressive heists by knowing how to keep her mouth shut and her temper in check. Still, as good as she is, she wants to get out of the life. All she needs is one last big score, enough to bribe her lover's way out on parole, set up a safe and stable new life, and get her daughter back. However, things keep going wrong, like when her last two partners lost their cool and fought over the take...
1790) The Forgotten Girl
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An FBI Special Agent's violent past collides with the present in LJ Bourne's new blood-chilling thriller of murder, rage and dark secrets.
A dead girl in the woods. A well-known suspect. Twenty-year-old secrets coming to light.
Special Agent Lynn Rivers is sent to investigate a nightmare of a case. The mutilated body of her closest friend's daughter has been found at a campsite. Lynn has known the victim all her life. From the outset it's clear this...
1791) The Edge of Murder
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A Psychologist Reaches Out to Private Investigator, Hank Reed, to Find a Missing Woman in The Edge of Murder, a Crime Thriller by Fred Lichtenberg
--Present Day – Long Island and Ft. Lauderdale--
Former Detective, Hank Reed, tackles his first case as a Private Investigator when a woman goes missing in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Believed emotionally fragile, Elizabeth was last seen in the apartment of Psychologist, Dr. Nick Ross, after a night of passionate...
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The Case of the Rusted Room, first published in 1937 as a Clue Club Mystery, is a golden-age British murder mystery by prolific author Nigel Morland (here writing under the pen-name John Donavan). From the dustjacket: A curious and baffling murder mystery introduces a uniquely scientific detective: Johnny Lamb, sleuth by profession, outstanding scientist by avocation. The plot is ingenious, the characters alive, and the narrative moves briskly, but...
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Un drame morbide à la centrale de Civaux amène Achille, Anna et Emmanuelle à éclaircir ensemble les zones d'ombre de cette affaire.
Journaliste vagabond et sans le sou, Achille Evemère décroche un poste à Poitiers, dans un quotidien local. Lassé des sujets sans intérêt qui lui sont confiés, il rêve d'une enquête glorieuse pour faire décoller sa carrière. Alors qu'il traite un sujet sur la centrale nucléaire de Civaux,...
1794) The Roadcut
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A romantic gay road trip takes a wrong turn into danger...
A man flees the scene of a crime in a stolen vehicle. Half an hour later, his burning car is discovered at the foot of a ravine.
If it was an accident, where's the body?
For that matter, if it was murder, where's the body?
Darke and Flare were looking forward to a getting-to-know-you romantic getaway without people shooting at them or putting them in cuffs. They've gotten away to the wrong...
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Plongée au cœur de la voyoucratie
C'est à Beckenra City, que l'on pourrait situer en Amérique du Sud, que vit Leonard. Comment ce jeune homme, abandonné à seize ans sur un trottoir (en état d'amnésie), va devenir l'un des pires tueurs à gages de son Pays ? Chasseur de primes. Tueur psychopathe.
Leonard nous le raconte, tranquillement, paisiblement, sans aucune animosité sauf pour les marécageux, ces zombies qui vivent hors de "sa" société.
Et...
1796) One of Ours
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Death hits close to home in One of Ours when Chicago detective Joe Erickson is called to the scene of a fatal shooting. The victim, a police captain Joe knows well, had been working on his own time to solve a cold case before he retired. Determining he was silenced for getting too close to the truth, Joe picks up the trail and finds it teeming with corruption, executions, and a conspiracy involving a powerful city official. Can Joe crack the cold...
1797) The Amber Effect
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Just when surefire shamus Shell Scott was thinking that unannounced naked women don't show up on his doorstep frequently enough, a Ms. Naked USA contestant and next-door neighbor comes knocking with nothing on. But the real knockout is her story: someone tried to kill her and is now dead on her floor! This private eye can't believe what he's seeing! Before Scott can even ask where she kept the weapon, she's disappeared and our private dick is stuck...
1798) First Feature
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And the bloodied Oscar goes to... the dead producer!
A top Hollywood producer is found dead in his own den. A bloodied Oscar left as evidence. Is this a film critic or something more sinister?
Some actors will sleep for a role, others will kill. The murderer will go to any length to keep the secrets and lies hidden.
Join tough talking, wise cracking, Anthony Carrick as he juggles gay counterculture, the vegan hippy lifestyle, and tinsel town's...
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Une enquête qui tourne mal. Une journée explosive et hideuse.
« Une vilaine agression, un mme. On a un témoin direct sur place, c'est elle qui a appelé les secours. Le SAMU est en route, pour la victime. »
Parfois, une affaire limpide et simple se présente, elle peut être pliée en quelques heures, à la grande satisfaction de tous.
Parfois. Mais pas cette fois.
Par ce beau mercredi de fin de printemps, les choses vont déraper. Une agression...
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A search for a missing girl takes grief-stricken Mike Shayne to New Orleans It was a knife that brought Mike and Phyllis Shayne together-the murder weapon that Mike had to prove Phyllis did not bury in her mother's back. But years after they met, fell in love, and got married, Phyllis is dead, and the knife is just another blade. Grieving the loss of his wife, Mike decides he has had enough of Miami, where he and his beloved made a life together,...
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