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When private investigator Tess Monaghan literally runs into the crew of the fledgling TV series Mann of Steel while sculling, she expects sharp words, not an assignment. But the company has been plagued by a series of disturbing incident - bad press, union threats, and small costly on-set "accidents" - since it's arrival on location in Baltimore. Mann's creator, Flip Tumulty, the son of a Hollywood legend, is now worried for the safety of his young...
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2023.
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In these classic mystery tales, literature is a matter of life or death
Of crime fiction's many sub-genres, none is so reflexive and so intriguing as the "bibliomystery": stories that involve crimes set, somehow, in the world of books.
In Vincent Starrett's "A Volume of Poe," a bookseller is murdered; in Ellery Queen's "The Adventure of the Three R's," the detective tracks the disappearance of a local Missouri author;
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 2
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Ten brief cases allow the reader to match wits with ten-year-old crime-buster, Encyclopedia Brown, as he locates stolen jewels, retrieves a stuffed tiger, and more. Solutions are included at the back of the book.
47) City of masks
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Cree Black novels volume 1
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Returning to her ancestral New Orleans home, Lila Beauforte is tormented by an insidious and violent spectre, until her brother calls in "ghostbusters" Cree Black and her partner to unlock the mystery of the historic house.
48) Victim six
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"A bloody thriller with a nonstop, page-turning pace" from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Water's Edge (The Oregonian).
"Wickedly clever! Genuinely twisted." —Lisa Gardner
"Olsen will have you on the edge of your seat." —Lee Child
The bodies are found in towns and cities around Puget Sound. The young women who are the victims had nothing in common—except...
"Wickedly clever! Genuinely twisted." —Lisa Gardner
"Olsen will have you on the edge of your seat." —Lee Child
The bodies are found in towns and cities around Puget Sound. The young women who are the victims had nothing in common—except...
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Everyman's library volume 99
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Poe's genius in finding the strangeness lurking at the heart of things is revealed through his short stories.
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A collection of stories that reveal Kinsey's origins-- and Grafton's past. The nine stories that open the book show how fully formed Kinsey was from the beginning. The thirteen stories in the second part, written in the decade following her mother's death, feature Kit Blue, a younger version of Grafton herself, and reflect her troubled family life and the author's journey from anger to understanding and forgiveness.
52) Yule log murder
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"Fresh-baked cookies, pies, and cakes can warm even the frostiest Christmases in coastal Maine. But there's little room for holiday cheer when murder is the new seasonal tradition."--
54) Thieves' dozen
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Feating Donald E. Westlake's hapless hero, John Dortmunder, this original compilation of short stories ties in to Westlake's latest Dortmunder hardcover, The Road to Ruin.
It's all Dortmunder, all the time, in this long-awaited collection representing one of the finest achievements in crime fiction. Chosen from hundreds of stories and decades of work, this is the first time that Westlake has offered a compilation of his short form...
It's all Dortmunder, all the time, in this long-awaited collection representing one of the finest achievements in crime fiction. Chosen from hundreds of stories and decades of work, this is the first time that Westlake has offered a compilation of his short form...
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Bunnicula series volume 6
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When Bunnicula the rabbit starts acting strangely, the Monroe dogs and cat renew their suspicions that he is a vampire. It's happening again. The Monroes' kitchen is littered with the remains of vegetables, drained of all color. To Chester, it's obvious: Bunnicula, the vampire rabbit, is up to his old tricks. But Harold is more frightened for Bunnicula than of him. The poor bunny doesn't look too good. Is he sick? Or just unhappy? Or has Chester finally...
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"An excellent read….Concrete evidence of a master crime writer still at the top of his game."-Russel D. McLean, author of The Good Son. "The reigning King Daddy of crime writers" (Seattle Times), Elmore Leonard first introduced quick-triggered legendary lawman Carl Webster in the New York Times bestseller, The Hot Kid, and brought him back for an encore Up in Honey's Room. In Comfort to the Enemy and Other Carl Webster Stories, the loose cannon...
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Harry Bosch mysteries volume 6
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[2001]
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Provides three novels featuring homicide detective Harry Bosch as he investigates the murder of his prostitute mother, clashes with the crime unit and mafia over a movie producer's death, and investigates the murder of a notorious attorney.
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