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Author
Series
Stephanie Plum novel volume 04
Language
English
Formats
Description
While working for her bail bondsman cousin, Trenton, New Jersey, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum finds herself hot on the trail of a revenge-seeking waitress who seems to be leaving a wide swath of murder and mayhem wherever she goes.
Author
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
"Gustav "Old Red" Amlingmeyer is an old-fashioned kind of guy: He prefers a long trail ride even when a train ticket can get him where he's going in one-tenth the time. So when it's Old Red who insists on guarding the Pacific Axpress, despite a generations-old family distrust of the farm stealin', cattle-killin', money-grubbing' railroads, Big Red is flummoxed. But as usual, he'll follow his ornery brother just about anywhere. Trapped on a thousand...
Author
Series
Holmes on the range mystery volume 4
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Otto "Big Red" and his brother Gustav "Old Red" head to San Marcos to deal with the greatest tragedy of Old Red's life. His fiance, a fallen woman at the local house of ill repute, was murdered and the case was swept under the rug by the local authorities. Old Red is determined to find out what really happened and to find justice for his beloved. But Big Red and Old Red find themselves facing a wall of silence and in some of the worst situations of...
12) Comeback
Author
Pub. Date
[1991]
Language
English
Description
Fresh from a Tokyo posting, young British first secretary Peter Darwin decides to vacation in England before beginning his next Foreign Office assignment. Once back home in Gloucestershire, the scene of long-buried childhood memories, Peter unexpectedly becomes embroiled with a veterinary surgeon's racehorse-related woes. As his involvement with the poor man's plight becomes more intense, so do the memories from Peter's past, which convince him...
16) The last witness
Author
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
It has been almost three years since a serial killer terrorized the citizens of Miami and it was largely due the brilliant prosecution of assistant state attorney C.J. Townsend that William Rupert Bantling was found guilty and sentenced to the death penalty. An anonymous telephone call had a police officer stop his car and open Bantling's trunk where the cop found the body inside. They had enough cause to get a warrant to search his home where plenty...
17) Private
Author
Pub. Date
[2011, 2010]
Language
English
Description
Former US Marine Jack Morgan runs Private, a renowned investigation company with branches around the globe. It is where you go when you need maximum force and maximum discretion. The secrets of the most influential men and women on the planet come to Jack daily - and his staff of investigators use the world's most advanced forensic tools to make and break their cases. In L.A., Jack is already deep into the investigation of a multimillion-dollar gambling...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A beautiful young woman is dead in the bathroom of her home. Her husband-a promising young cop named Archie Wildcraft-is shot in the head but still alive. It looks like an attempted murder/suicide, but something tells Detective Merci Rayborn that there's more to the story. When the suspect vanishes from his hospital bed, he draws Merci into a manhunt that leaves the entire department questioning her abilities and her judgment. Is Archie's flight the...
19) Hangman's curse
Author
Series
Veritas project volume 1
Pub. Date
2003.
Lexile measure
680L
Language
English
Description
When several students at Baker High School are stricken by an alleged curse of the school's ghost, Elijah and Elisha Springfield and their parents, undercover investigators, are sent to uncover the truth behind the events.
20) Out of sight
Author
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
A female deputy U.S. marshal is kidnapped during a prison break, eventually hunting the escapee as he plans his next heist.
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