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Toby Peters mysteries volume 1
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The first in a mystery series set in 1940s Hollywood, where a hard-boiled private eye helps a cast of real-life stars: "Nostalgic fun" (Publishers Weekly).
Hollywood, 1940: It's been four years since security guard Toby Peters got fired from the Warner Brothers lot for breaking a screen cowboy's arm. Since then he's scratched out a living as a private detective—missing persons and bodyguard work mostly—but now...
Hollywood, 1940: It's been four years since security guard Toby Peters got fired from the Warner Brothers lot for breaking a screen cowboy's arm. Since then he's scratched out a living as a private detective—missing persons and bodyguard work mostly—but now...
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Jaine Austen is a hip, jack-of-all-trades writer who spends her days penning steamy personal ads. No-one needs her help more than geeky Howard Murdoch. Jaine successfully sets him up on a date and all is going well until Valentine's Day when Howard finds his new love has been murdered.
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Ash Levine mysteries volume 2
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A gritty, atmospheric glimpse into Los Angeles's noir underworld.
Ash Levine, the top detective in the LAPD's elite Felony Special Squad, is called out to solve the murder of two young black men found shot to death in a Venice alley. The case is a high priority because one of the victims is the son of City Councilman Isaac Pinkney, a frequent critic of the LAPD. Searching for the killer throws Levine into the world of Los Angeles's Russian Mafia,...
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Detective Ash Levine dives in headfirst to investigate a ex-cop's murder in a case that propels him into the shadow lands of Southern California, from the seamy escort services of Hollywood, to the high-end art dealers in the Hollywood Hills, to the gangs of South Central. He hopes to get a chance to also find out whose responsible for the death of Latisha Patton, his witness that was murdered.
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To live and die in L.A.
Zen Moses is either having a bad day or bad karma. Her cat is dead. The IRS wants to talk to her. And, she just found her long-lost cousin's body bound to a beer keg at her favorite neighborhood bar. It's enough to drive even a tough private investigator to drink, smoke a good cigar, and find a firm male shoulder to cry on.
But cynical, wise-cracking Zen is both a loner and survivor. At thirty-three, she's already beat a...
10) Killer blonde
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"While ghostwriting a book of hostess tips for a Beverly Hills socialite, Jaine Austen gets up-close and personal with murder when her employer is found dead and her stepdaughter, a shy, insecure girl, stands accused of the crime."--from NoveList.
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After a suicide, two oddball female sleuths investigate a coin collection that is anything but small change Maggie Hill's life has become temporary. Her marriage was temporary, her jobs are temporary, and if work doesn't pick up, her time in California might be temporary, too. Her latest employer is Ellis Kenilworth, an aging coin expert with a first-rate collection and a tenth-rate family. One morning, he has Maggie type up a codicil to his will,...
12) Dating is murder
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Wollie Shelley, the plucky amateur sleuth Kirkus Reviews called “funny, brave, smart, and altogether the fetchingest crime heroine since the early Stephanie Plum,” returns to face suspect lovers and unlovable suspects in this hilarious sequel to Dating Dead Men.
Wollie Shelley is a greeting card artist struggling to keep afloat financially and to pursue—despite a series of recent disasters—the...
Wollie Shelley is a greeting card artist struggling to keep afloat financially and to pursue—despite a series of recent disasters—the...
14) Skies of ash
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Detective Elouise Norton novels volume 2
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"Los Angeles homicide detective Elouise "Lou" Norton and her partner, Colin Taggert, arrive at the scene of a tragic house fire. Juliet Chatman perished in the blaze, along with her two children. Left behind is grieving husband and father Christopher Chatman, hospitalized after trying to rescue his family. Chatman is devastated that he couldn't save them. Unless, of course, he's the one who killed them. Neighbors and family friends insist the Chatmans...
15) These women
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"In West Adams, a rapidly changing part of South Los Angeles, they're referred to as these women. These women on the corner ... These women in the club ... These women who won't stop asking questions ... These women who got what they deserved ... Ivy Pochoda creates a kaleidoscope of loss, power, and hope featuring five very different women whose lives are steeped in danger and anguish. They're connected by one man and his deadly obsession, though...
16) City of saviors
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Detective Elouise Norton novels volume 4
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"An LAPD homicide detective looks deeper into the death of a 73-year-old woman who was a congregant of a megachurch that may be protecting a murderer"--Amazon.
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Madeline Bean catering mysteries volume 5
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When the head writer for the gourmet cook-off TV game show Food Freak mysteriously disappears, caterer Madeline Bean is offered a chance to temporarily fill in, since there's no one in L.A. who's more up on her food facts. Joining the show's oddball staff, Maddie must quickly meet the demands of this intense, new, behind-the-scenes world of television. But in her new office, she uncovers tantalizing hints as to the missing writer's whereabouts....
19) The big nap
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2001.
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Juliet Applebaum juggles the demands of her two young children while investigating the disappearance of her young Hasidic woman babysitter.
20) Lost hills
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Eve Ronin novels volume 1
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"A video of Deputy Eve Ronin's off-duty arrest of an abusive movie star goes viral, turning her into a popular hero at a time when the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department is plagued by scandal. The sheriff, desperate for more positive press, makes Eve the youngest female homicide detective in the department's history. Eve ...and her burned-out, soon-to-retire partner are called to the blood-splattered home of a missing single mother and her two...
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