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The winds of change are raging in 1960s California. For the Becker brothers, however, the past is always present-and it comes crashing back full force when the corpse of Janelle Vonn is discovered. The Becker and Vonn clans were high school enemies. Now one Becker is a cop, one is a minister and one is a reporter. All three are about to collide with the changing world of 1968 as each brother, in his own way, tries to find Janelle's killer.
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A private investigator follows a trail of blood and bodies to find his latest target--or die trying.
"Noland Twice, a star athlete turned private investigator, can find anyone, no matter how far they run or how well they hide. He works the Orlando-Tampa corridor, a bizarre land where theme parks and tourists coexist with drug deals and crooked businessmen. When a shady local executive, Valkenburg, goes missing, Noland is the only man for the job....
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Desperate to escape her well-meaning family after a breakup, Elizabeth Parker accepts an invitation to a New Year's Eve murder party at her aunt's Cape Cod bed-and-breakfast, the Inn at Longbourn - one of several Jane Austen references that pepper this debut novel. Elizabeth soon learns that her aunt's invitation is an attempt to reunite her with a childhood foe. But he turns out to be the least of Elizabeth's problems when the wealthiest and most...
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Neal Carey mysteries volume 3
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"From domestic war to barroom brawls, grad-student-turned-PI Neal Carey's got more than studying on his plate. Neal Carey's three-year confinement in a Chinese monastery is finally over, but his troubles are just beginning. The elusive financial benefactors who have bought his freedom expect a return on their investment. They want him to find Cody McCall, a two-year-old boy recently abducted by his father in a bitter Hollywood custody battle, a task...
5) Speak now
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"Comic cozy meets crazed spy thriller in this debut novel short-listed for Britain's 2003 Crime Writer's Association Debut Dagger award."—Booklist
Charley Van Leeuwen can tell by a man's kiss whether he's been drinking Taittinger or Veuve Clicquot. Not that she kisses many men, a fact her friends deplore. So imagine their surprise when she came home to San Francisco with a new husband. Jack Fairfax is the definition of tall,
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"In 1910, Effie joins forces with an English newcomer to discover what lies behind the doors of the abandoned house on Predicament Avenue. In the present day, Norah reluctantly inherits the house turned bed and breakfast, where her first guest, a crime historian and podcaster, is set on uncovering the truth about what haunts this place"--
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John McIntire mysteries volume 2
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When the son of summer residents at an exclusive club in Michigan's Upper Peninsula turns up dead following a dance at the town hall, John McIntire, constable for St. Adele township, embarks on a search for the killer, following a trail that leads from the haunts of the rich to the backwoods of an enigmatic hermit to an abandoned gold mine.
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Baby-sitters little sister. Main series volume 85
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IL: MG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 2
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"When Karen is playing detective one day, she finds an old treasure map. The map says there is a treasure in her backyard. Karen looks for it. But she can't find it ..."--Page 4 of cover.
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John Putnam Thatcher mysteries volume 18
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While watching the Oylmpic's at Lake Placid, John Putnam Thatcher, banker-detective, investigates the murder of Yves Brisson, the favored French skier who was shot in mid-air during a practice jump.
10) Triple homicide
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In 1992, highly decorated New York City Police Sergeant Steven Holt goes on trial for triple homicide, in a saga of corruption, betrayal, deceit, and of two men who dare to challenge the "blue wall" of silence.
11) Sweet and low
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Nonprofit trust controls the for profit Dreyer Chocolate bar company with conflicts in purpose, with nonprofit trustee clashing with for profit executives. Excitement, humor, Lathen ever present wit, with the usual charming group of Sloan people, with John Putnam Thatcher again solving the mystery.
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When developer and realtor Parke Stockard, an unpopular busybody, dies from blunt force trauma while messing with church altar flowers, Myrtle helps her police chief son, Red, investigate. Could the killer be rival Bugle columnist Josh Tucker; Parke's drugged-out son, Cecil; or a gossipy book clubber like Kitty Kirk? When Kitty's killed by another blunt force trauma, the plot thickens, and with Bradley's population only 1,500, chances are Myrtle knows...
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Detroit series volume 3
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Fresh out of jail, an ex-ballplayer stumbles into the world of bounty hunting and murder in urban Detroit Even prison couldn't stop former big-league pitcher Doc Miller from playing baseball. Jailed after a teenage girl overdosed on cocaine at one of his house parties, the former Detroit Tigers ace became a star at the Michigan State Prison, bringing home the institution's first Midwestern Penal System championship. Now out on parole, his days of...
14) Tea rose
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"After helping to host Tea for Two's first "Teas around the World" tasting, Rose Young approaches the proprietor/cousins, Elaine Cook and Jan Blake, in distress. Rose's mother died recently, and in going through her belongings, she found a death certificate--for herself! What could this document mean What happened when Rose was a year old?"--Page 4 of cover.
15) Bone Key
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John Deal novels volume 7
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On his way to Key West to talk with a wealthy developer, John Deal stops to help a young African-American man who is being hasseled by police, and when the man turns up dead, John finds himself entangled in a bizarre case involving the local police and an old love.
16) Checked out
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When librarian Ann Beckett finally reluctantly agrees to being set-up on a blind date by one of her over-eager patrons, she figures the worst that could happen would be the two of them wouldn’t hit it off. Little did she know that she’d be stood up...because her date was murdered. With help from her patrons, Ann tries to find out who might be responsible in the small town of Whitby before more residents are permanently checked out.
17) Rocks beat paper
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A phone call brought Wilson and nine other men to a job in New York. At first, he couldn't see a way to make the heist work, but the score -- millions of dollars in diamonds -- kept him looking. Wilson came up with a plan he knew would work...until the inside man got killed and took the job with him. With no way inside, the crew walks away without the diamonds. Alone, Wilson is free to execute the job his way. Wilson sets a con in motion that should...
18) A hopeless game
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A funny mystery series full of bold women, a strange but lovable town, and one seriously hopeless romance. After a twelve-year absence from Hopeless, Idaho, investigative reporter Hope Walker continues to find dead bodies. And this time? Hope has her most confusing case yet. The high school football playoffs are just around the corner. And a critical member of the team is dead. WIll Hope be able to solve the crime in time? Or will she finally get...
19) Briarpatch
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"America's best storyteller." -The New York Times Book Review
From Edgar Award-winning author Ross Thomas comes Briarpatch, a thrilling mystery of one man's personal mission to find justice for his family. Now the basis for the USA Network television series executive produced by Sam Esmail, creator of Mr. Robot.
A long-distance call from his small Texas hometown on his birthday gives Benjamin Dill the news that his sister Felicity-born on the same...
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"Kate Parker knows what she's getting into when she marries billionaire businessman Hank Tudor--she's his sixth wife, after all, and was by his side as his assistant when his fifth marriage to actress Caitlyn Howard fell apart. But honeymoon plans go awry when a headless body is discovered near Hank's summer home, forcing Kate to contend with two more of his exes: Catherine Alvarez--the first--who lives as a shut-in with her computers, carefully following...
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