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"Helen Kendal's woes begin when she receives a phone call from her vanished uncle Franklin, long presumed dead, who urges her to make contact with criminal defense attorney Perry Mason; soon after, she finds herself the main suspect in the murder of an unfamiliar man. Her kitten has just survived a poisoning attempt, as has her aunt Matilda, the woman who always maintained that Franklin was alive in spite of his disappearance. Lucky that Helen took...
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Celia stands accused of poisoning her husband, Detective Stan Shepherd. The fact her first husband died under similar circumstances only heightens the suspicion. But attorney Jill Clark thinks the pieces of the puzzle fit together a bit too neatly. Either her client's Christian faith is a sham, or she's the victim of a deadly frame-up.
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While attempting an arrest, a sheriff is slain by an enigmatic young woman who promptly vanishes into the northern Florida landscape. As the story comes over the wire, reporter Britt Montero is intrigued. Few copkillers escape so easily.
The murders continue. Men are lured into sex by the same woman, their lifeless bodies dumped half-naked in ditches, woodlands and along the road, their cars, cash, and valuables gone. The murderer, who leaves
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What will it cost to keep a promise? Of the four people at the Newpointe post office when the bomb went off, three were killed instantly. The fourth, a five-year-old boy, lies comatose in the hospital and might not survive. Who would do such a thing? The answer comes in the form of a gunman crashing through the door of the hotel room where Jill Clark is staying. With a rifle barrel pointed at her temple, the young attorney suddenly finds herself the...
5) Ghost writer
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Workaholic Jonathan Harper is a fiction editor at a publishing house and is slowly drifting away from his family. While proof reading a story about a serial killer written by his best friend and father figure Clyde, he begins to receive a story from an anonymous source that is eerily similar to his own life. It contains details no one else could possibly know, details about his childhood and his marriage. As the suspense builds, Jonathan is forced...
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Pastor and fireman Nick Foster found the body in the inferno engulfing his church. From the bullet wound in the head, it's clear this is no ordinary fire victim. The quiet community of Newpointe, reeling fom the shock of the dead man's identity, struggles with the agonizing question who did it--and why? Paramedic Issie Mattreaux is no icon of virtue, but she cares enough about her teenaged newphew, Jake, to track him down when he turns up missing....
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Jack Hollis wants to protect his daughter, Angela, and his grandson any way he has to, even if it means killing Angela's husband, David Rakubian. Unfortunately, someone seems to have done his job for him, and now Jack doesn't know who to protect or who to trust.
8) Haunted
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Sheriff Matt Stone, skeptical about all things paranormal, turns to Harrison Investigations for help when several people claim to have seen a hostile spirit in his historic Virginia home, but his lack of belief does not keep him from developing feelings for psychic Darcy Tremayne.
9) Line of duty
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When a bomb explodes in a building while lawyer Jill Clark Nichols is on the top floor, her firefighter husband, Dan, hurries in to save her, only to have more bombs explode, and when Dan cannot be found, Jill's faith is tested. (Baker & Taylor)
10) Shadow men
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Newly minted private detective Max Freeman learns that someone is willing to kill to keep old secrets from coming to light when he sets out to investigate what really happened to three workers who disappeared eighty years earlier while working on the first road built through the Florida Everglades.
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"It's London, 1857, and everything is at stake for Serafina Trent. A woman of means ... but not the typical Victorian lady who feels her place is to be seen and not heard. When her brother's most recent female dalliance, a beautiful actress, is found murdered, all evidence points to him. Especially since the actress had just rejected him in a most public manner. Now everyone believes Clive is headed for the gallows. Everyone, that is, but Serafina....
13) Vanish
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Three strangers each encounter the same mysterious storm and awake the next day to find that everyone else has vanished. Afraid and desperate for answers, they eventually cross paths and discover they are being watched. A mysterious little boy appears to hold clues to the mystery, but when he disappears and the "observers" become agressive, the three are forced to flee Chicago in search of answers...and more survivors.
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Stella Hardesty, our salty, unlikely heroine, runs a sewing shop in rural Missouri. She also has a side business helping battered women with their abusive boyfriends and husbands. When Chrissy Shaw askes Stella for help, it seems like a straightforward case, until Chrissy's no-good husband disappears with her two-year-old son. Now Stella finds herself in a battle against a more formidable enemy as she risks her own life to recover the boy.
15) Hush money
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A Finalist for Private Eye Writers of America's Shamus Award for Best First P.I. Novel
A Finalist for Left Coast Crime's 2013 Rocky Award
When Hush Puppy, Pasadena socialite Sydney Everett's champion show horse, dies under suspicious circumstances, junior lawyer Jack MacTaggart is assigned to handle the insurance claim. But the case soon takes an unexpected turn, thrusting Jack into a spiraling web of blackmail and murder in which he finds himself...
16) The Judge
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Diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, a brilliant billionaire realizes that all his wealth can't prepare him to meet his Maker. So he stages the ultimate reality show. Choosing followers from all the world's major religions, he invites them to a remote island to defend their beliefs against spiritual challenges. Oliver Finney, a feisty old judge with his own secrets, is chosen to defend Christianity--and quickly realizes he's trapped in a game that...
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Plea bargains may grease the rails of justice, but for Jamie Brock, prosecuting criminals is not about cutting deals. In her three years as assistant DA, she's never plea-bargained a case and vows she never will. But when a powerful defense attorney is indicted for murder and devises a way to bring the entire justice system to a screeching halt, Jamie finds herself at a crossroads. One by one, prisoners begin rejecting deals. Prosecutors are overwhelmed,...
18) Memory's door
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With a victory against the Evil One under their belts, the four of the Prophecy have managed to bring even greater adversity their way. Reece, Dana, Brandon, and Marcus -- the four of the Prophecy -- were set free from some of their deepest wounds. Now the four must stand against the Enemy's continuous assaults and try to determine how to prevail against the dark manifestation of The Wolf mentioned in the Prophecy. But the Enemy isn't going to make...
19) Requiem mass
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When Deborah Fearnside, a young wife and mother, goes missing, police interest is minimal. Four weeks later Andrew Fenwick noticed a set of coincidences that should have made the case a suspected abduction. Twenty years ago, a young woman was with four s chool friends when she fell to her death. One-maybe all-of them is responsible. Now someone is seeing that they get their just deserts.
20) Stakeout
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While staking out a New Jersey hotel to catch a cheating husband, private eye Stanley Hastings instead finds the man murdered and becomes the prime suspect.
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