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"The cold of winter isn't just a nuisance in the Bitterroot Mountains of Montana. It's merciless and brutal--a weapon that a twisted serial killer uses to torture vulnerable women. Detectives Regan Pescoli and Selena Alvarez have spent months tracking down the Star-Crossed Killer, as he's dubbed by the press. They know how devious and patient he can be. What they couldn't have guessed is that Pescoli would be abducted by the very monster she's been...
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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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In Fossum's moody and subtle U.S. debut, the fifth in her Inspector Sejer series, the popular Norwegian mystery writer displays her mastery of psychological suspense. Richly drawn characters reveal much about Norwegian society, though the setting, a picturesque valley town northwest of Oslo, isn't distinctive. A little girl disappears from her middle-class neighborhood, then returns home unharmed. Meanwhile, the search party discovers the nude corpse...
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A convict in prison suspected of multiple murders asks that Detective Sargeant Malcolm Ainslie, a former priest andthe man who put him in jail, be brought to the prison so he can make a confession to him. When Ainslie arrives, the convict tells him he should be investigating his own police department for murder.
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When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules--a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders--a black lawyer from...
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"Three days before a key election, U.S. Senator Diane Cragin is electrocuted on her own doorstep - a shocking twist in an already brutal political race. Cragin's chief of staff is quick to blame rival Joey Green, a city development director who's had his hand in every till in town for over twenty years. Maggie and Jack have their own theories, especially after discovering a fortune in cash in the senator's safe. But as they follow the money through...
7) Relentless
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Cherry blossom season is Washington, D.C.'s most beautiful time of the year. But as tourists flock to the city, this year's festivities are marred by the discovery of the naked body of a young woman floating in the Tidal Basin. Veteran homicide detective Brian (Brick) Kavanagh is assigned to the case. He's shocked when he learns the victim is connected to another homicide which makes the investigation very personal for him. Brick's efforts to solve...
8) Born to die
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Montana 'To Die' thrillers volume 3
Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli novel volume 03
Alvarez and Pescoli
Montana romantic suspense volume 03
Selena Alvarez/Regan Pescoli novel volume 03
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Montana romantic suspense volume 03
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It's a strange case Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli have been assigned. Look-alikes are dying. Meanwhile, Dr. Kacey Lambert is uncomfortable about her resemblance to two of the dead women. Could she be next on the killer's list? As she digs into the dead women's past, she discovers a link between them and Trace O'Halleran, a man she'd just begun to date.
10) Perish
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The scene of the crime is lavish but gruesome. In a luxurious mansion on the outskirts of Cleveland, a woman's body lies gutted in a pool of blood on the marble floor. The victim is Joanna Moorehouse, founder of Sterling Financial. The killer could be any one of her associates. Only Maggie recognizes the blood-soaked handiwork of a killer who has committed the most heinous of crimes--and will continue killing until he is stopped. Burdened with unbearable...
11) The cold truth
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Julian Palmer novels volume 1
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Julian Palmer heads to northern New York State to complete a police internship, and her first case is a brutal murder of a young waitress with no clues or suspects.
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In the blistering, dry summer, the waters of Thornfield Reservoir have been depleted, revealing the ruins of the small Yorkshire village that lay at its bottom--ruins that house the unidentified bones of a murdered young woman. Detective Chief Inspector Banks faces a daunting challenge: he must unmask a sadistic killer who has escaped detection for half a century. For the dark secrets of Hobb's End continue to haunt the dedicated policeman, even though...
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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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"In this first novel, the rookie Det. Kenda investigates a 1975 case that begins with the murder of a beloved Colorado philanthropist and society figure whose husband, a gambler and womanizer, appears to have an air-tight alibi. Mentored by his veteran partner Det. Lee Wilson, a former Nashville singer turned skilled investigator, Kenda's case quickly attracts attention from the FBI, CIA, and Interpol, for its similarity to a string of killings involving...
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Marti MacAlister mysteries volume 9
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A fine rain was falling as Detective Marti MacAlister made her way through the tall grass to the wooded area where the arm had been found. It was cool for early September, and the rain, little more than a mist, felt cold. Marti stared at the hand. The fingers were curled in a beckoning gesture.
Eleanor Taylor Bland's popular African-American heroine, homicide detective Marti MacAlister, and her partner are assigned a most unusual case-all that's...
16) The night hawks
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"There's nothing Ruth Galloway hates more than amateur archaeologists, but when a group of them stumble upon Bronze Age artifacts alongside a dead body, she finds herself thrust into their midst-and into the crosshairs of a string of murders circling ever closer."--
17) On the grind
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Detective Shane Scully, accused of felony misconduct in a solicitation of murder case, chooses to resign from the Los Angeles Police Department rather than face criminal prosecution, putting his professional and personal life in turmoil, but his situation becomes dire when he takes a job with the Haven Park police department--a known hotbed of corruption--and he is forced to turn to his estranged wife, Alexa, the LAPD chief of detectives, to save...
18) The boardwalk
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"Gulliver Dowd is on the verge of finding out who killed his sister. Then the man who is supposed to give him the scoop, NYPD Detective Sam Patrick, is gunned down on the Coney Island Boardwalk. As Dowd delves into the shooting, he uncovers a pattern of corruption involving organized crime and the police. Just how much is Gulliver willing to sacrifice in order to find out why his sister was murdered"--Back cover.
19) Rizzo's fire
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Joe Rizzo novels volume 2
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Twenty-year NYPD veteran Joe Rizzo investigates the murder of Robert Lauria, a man who was practically a hermit, looking for possible connections to the recent murder of a Broadway producer.
20) Whispers at dusk
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Blackbird trilogy (Heather Graham) volume 1
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"When darkness falls, there's nowhere to hide. Four bodies have been discovered along Europe's riverbanks, placed with care-and completely drained of blood. Pinpricks on their throats indicate a slender murder weapon, but DNA found in the wounds suggests something far more sinister. Tasked with investigating, the FBI recruits Agents Della Hamilton and Mason Carter to Blackbird, an international offshoot of the Krewe of Hunters. If you want to catch...
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