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1761) The Bridegroom Murder
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This book was originally published under the title EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN in March 2022. A con man's death two weeks before his wedding holds only one clue-a peculiar green discoloration in his mouth. Federal investigators Bernadette Becker and Dr. Kep Woodhead must join forces again to untangle the baffling evidence. Only they find their search for justice muddied by an old crime and complicated by a local cop with his own agenda. When the victim's...
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Après dix ans d'accalmie, les massacres reprennent à Los Angeles...
Dix années se sont écoulées depuis les massacres perpétrés par un serial killer à Los Angeles. Surnommé le diable, il avait plongé la ville dans l'horreur. Les agents Mike et Lindsay tentaient d'oublier cette période. Un matin, alors que la journée s'annonçait calme et paisible, un appel du central perturba ce cadre idyllique : une fille est retrouvée assassinée dans...
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Une enquête autour de trois faits divers, trois parcours cabossés, trois vies brisées.
Prier pour le meilleur, se préparer au pire ! Quel lien existe-t-il entre Kamel, jeune Marseillais d'une vingtaine d'années, Sabrina, femme de ménage à Valenciennes, et Grégor, ouvrier d'abattage près de Lorient… Entre les tragédies de notre temps et les personnages laminés par le monde d'aujourd'hui se tisse la chronique d'une époque o les destins...
1764) Wild in His Sorrow
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His dream was Eden Park - Number 10 jersey. His nightmare Mt Eden Prison - cell block 10 with a promising All Black rugby career shattered. A sentence of a life behind bars can do much to change a man's thinking. 'A grave miscarriage of justice,' were the words on the paper the Minister of Justice had handed to Terry Stamp when it was decided after fourteen years of incarceration he had not killed his wife. 'Go home, my man. Start your life again....
1765) Counterfeit
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Counterfeit, first published in 1933, features private investigator Peter Clancy, assisted by his valet Wiggars. Author Emma Redington Lee Thayer (1874-1973) published 60 novels during her long career, all but one featuring detective Peter Clancy. From the dustjacket: "Three men are dining together in a brilliant New York restaurant. Red-headed Peter Clancy, private investigator, is host. Raymond Trant, of the Secret Service, and Captain of Detectives...
1768) Snatch
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For his next hardboiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson takes up investigating to find the vintage 1977 Music Man StingRay bass guitar stolen from the home of his client, Sybil Gleason. She tells him it's an irreplaceable family heirloom that belonged to her grandfather, a local rockabilly musician. His quest takes him to the town's seedy pawnbroker, Frank's favorite barista, and Sybil's wastrel landlord. A corrupt criminal attorney badgers Frank to dig...
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Rick Cahill was never convicted of his wife's murder, but he was never exonerated either. Not by the police. Not by the media. Not even by himself. Eight years later, police suspicion and his own guilt remain over his responsibility in his wife's death. When he meets Melody Malana, a beautiful yet secretive TV reporter, he sees a chance to love again. When she is arrested for murder and asks Rick for help, the former cop says no, but the rest of him...
1770) Night Freight Murders
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Night Freight Murders, first published in 1942 (and also known as Murder Comes to Dinner), is a fast-paced noir murder mystery featuring private investigator Simon Crole. Crole is attending a lavish dinner banquet attended by all the notables of the Los Angeles Police Department. One of the city's outspoken P.I.'s is giving a speech in which he makes some serious allegations regarding the integrity of the police force; during his speech he is shot...
1771) The Burial Place
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When the 19-year-old daughter of the mayor of Dallas suddenly goes missing at the height of election season, the Chief of Police has a potential political firestorm on his hands. He assigns senior detectives Rob Soliz and Frank Pierce-partners known for their unorthodox approach to investigations-to investigate quickly and quietly. The girl's family thinks she's out on an irresponsible lark, but things start to escalate quickly when Rob and Frank...
1772) The Devil's Brew
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Laura Freeman is arrested for the brutal murder of her husband Marty. Her murder trial is fast approaching and Harry Sweet and Shane McCurdy have been hired to find the real killer.
Time is running out for Laura as Harry and Shane follow the only clues available. The search will eventually take them across the world to Africa and back.
Will they be able to solve the mystery in time or will they be too late to save Laura? More importantly will both...
1773) Blood Tithes
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How long would you wait for revenge?
Twenty years ago, Dana Hartman wronged a man.
Some people never forget.
What would you sacrifice?
A woman's severed arm is found in a dumpster in Tazewell County, Illinois.
A few hours later, the rest of her shows up in Peoria.
Dana knows her. Her name is Sara Glass.
Who would you take with you?
Sara's niece has been kidnapped by the same person who killed her aunt.
Dana knows the man who did it. This man...
1774) Quarry
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For his next hardboiled outing, P.I. Frank Johnson accepts a case from a distraught woman who suspects her husband of 10 years is having an affair with his female office manager. Before Frank can launch his investigation, her husband is found murdered in his insurance office. Frank's client quickly comes under suspicion by the town sheriff. He identifies two other murder suspects, the office manager and a disgruntled insurance customer. As always,...
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Le capitaine Leclech devra affronter ses ennemis au mépris de sa vie.
Après Frères du vent, vendu à plus de 4000 exemplaires, le capitaine Leclech, chef de groupe au GIGN, est de retour. Cette fois, il doit assurer la protection de Willy Milpurrurru - romancière, Aborigène, et féministe convaincue - qui est menacée de mort. Rien ne se passe comme prévu et c'est en plein bush australien, au cté des « Hommes vrais », que le super...
1776) The Mad Hatter Murders
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A British police detective's latest case gets curiouser and curiouser in this hard-hitting novel by the author of The Devil's Line.
DSI Billie Wilde's romantic relationship is intense-but it's nothing compared to the pressure of her latest case, especially since the new chief of police is gunning for her squad. If they don't get a handle on a series of deaths-which seem to have a connection to Alice in Wonderland-they could wind up being demoted....
1778) Suspects
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A double murder leads a cop into the darkest corners of the NYPD In Greenpoint, everyone comes to Yetta's. A candy store one block west of McGoldrick Park, it's a neighborhood landmark, the place where Brooklynites come to sip a soda, buy a paper, and argue about gentrification. But when Lt. Joe Gallagher comes by to drop off a birthday cake for Yetta, he doesn't notice the homeless man standing outside. Gallagher has just handed over the cake...
1779) Murder Trouble
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Murder Trouble, first published in 1945, is an entertaining, fast-paced mystery centering on a young man named Tom Hallam. Hallam, leaving the big city upon doctor's orders, arrives in the small town of Vinson where he has accepted a job on the town's newspaper. However, his peaceful sojourn is soon ended as he is enmeshed in a maze of mysteries, including a haunted house, a corpse in his bedroom, and a woman who claims to be his wife. Author Louis...
1780) The Meriwether Mystery
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The Meriwether Mystery, first published in 1932 as a Crime Club Book, is a golden-age mystery featuring female sleuth Lynn MacDonald who attempts to solve a puzzling series of murders terrorizing a small resort town. From the dustjacket: "Who stooped and kissed the dead man ... why was there a knife found in the yard if a pistol was thrown from a window ... why bother to smash a xylophone to bits ...? In quiet little Satoria-by-the-Bay, killing was...
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