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81) White sister
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Shane Scully novels volume 6
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English
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Frantically searching for his wife, Alexa, who vanished after a night out at L.A.'s Parker Center, Shane Scully investigates the execution-style murder of an African-American gang member found in Alexa's car.
82) Bloodthirsty
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Mike Lomax and Terry Biggs mysteries volume 2
Lomax and Biggs mysteries volume 02
Lomax and Biggs mysteries volume 2
Lomax and Biggs mysteries volume 02
Lomax and Biggs mysteries volume 2
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Barry Gerber, one of the most hated - and powerful - men in Hollywood, is a no-show for a red carpet event. The next morning he turns up dead in a trash can, killed in such a bizarre way that neither Detectives Mike Lomax nor Terry Biggs nor anyone in Forensics has ever seen anything like it before. Two days later, the prime suspect - another despised show-business bad boy - is found murdered in the same sadistic manner." "The list of suspects then...
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The best-selling author of L.A. Confidential and My Dark Places returns to the city of angels to present fourteen pieces of fiction and nonfiction that includes "Balls to the Wall," a reflection on boxing; the autobiographical "My Life as a Creep"; and three new novellas--"Hollywood Fuck Pad," "Hot Prowl Rape-O," and "Jungletown Jihad."
84) Night moves
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Alex Delaware novels volume 33
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English
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Even with all his years of experience, LAPD homicide detective Milo Sturgis knows there are crimes his skill and savvy cannot solve alone. That's when he calls on brilliant psychologist Alex Delaware to read between the lines, where the darkest motives lurk. And if ever the good doctor's insight is needed, it's at the scene of a murder as baffling as it is brutal. There's no spilled blood, no evidence of a struggle, and, thanks to the victim's missing...
85) The exile
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The newest and youngest member of LAPD's famed 5-2 squad finds himself pitted against a brilliant and ruthless killer with global ambitions.
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Shane Scully novels volume 7
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English
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Detective Shane Scully is asked to help Internal Affairs detective Secada Llevar investigate a criminal's claim that his confession was coerced by the police, and his work with the beautiful officer puts his already rocky marriage in further danger while the case leads them straight to a violent Hispanic gang.
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"Bike cop Ellie Rush dreams of becoming a homicide detective, but it's still a shock when the first dead body she encounters on the job is that of a former college classmate. At the behest of her Aunt Cheryl, the highest-ranking Asian-American officer in the LAPD (a source of pride for Ellie's grandmother, but annoyance to her mom), Ellie becomes tangled in the investigation of the coed's murder--with equal parts help and hindrance from her nosy best...
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Harry Bosch mysteries volume 6
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[2001]
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English
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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.
89) Fallen angels
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Captain Josie Corsino has seen plenty of dead bodies during her twenty-one years with the Los Angeles police department, but the discovery of Hillary Dennis's beautiful smiling corpse begins one of the most unusual and dangerous investigations of Josie's career. The troubled teenage movie star is found murdered in a Hollywood hills party house, a notorious location for vice and drug orgies. While the investigation provides little evidence, there are...
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John Darvelle mysteries volume 1
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Private detective John Darvelle is hired by a powerful Los Angeles filmmaker to find a young woman who just might be hiding something, and as he plunges deep into the hidden world of the Hollywood elite finds himself on a twisting, turning journey that puts him face-to-face with the LAPD, a ruthless underground crime operation, and a cold-blooded killer.
92) I am death
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Robert Hunter thrillers volume 7
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"In Top 10 Sunday Times (UK) bestselling author Chris Carter's electrifying follow-up to his "chilling" (Daily Mail) thriller An Evil Mind, the LAPD's Ultra Violent Crimes Unit lead detective, Robert Hunter, races to stop a serial killer whose past secrets rival those of Hunter's himself. Seven days after being abducted, the body of a twenty-year-old woman is found on a grassy area by the Los Angeles International Airport. She has been left with her...
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John Ridley, the best-selling author of The Drift, is renowned for his gritty, violent tales and their razor-sharp dialogue. This foray into science fiction is an explosive thriller. In the near future, superheroes are very real. But so are supervillains. When San Francisco is toasted during a super being clash, America has had enough. All metanormals must leave the country-or face extermination at the hands of an elite new law enforcement branch....
95) The hunt
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"Peter and his partner, Detective Tyler McAdams, are thrown into an unsolved case and propelled into action when a body is found in Upstate New York, in the very woods where a man previously went missing ... But that's not the only crisis that Peter has to deal with. Teresa McLaughlin, the biological mother of Peter and Rina's foster son, Gabe, has fled to Los Angeles with her two other children in tow, hoping to avoid a court injunction amid a messy...
96) Gone : a novel
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Psychologist Alex Delaware and L.A.P.D. detective Milo Sturgis investigate the bizarre case of two students whose claims of abduction are revealed to be a hoax, a case that takes an odd turn when one student is found murdered and the other vanishes.
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Alex Delaware novels volume 35
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English
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"Psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis struggle to make sense of a seemingly inexplicable massacre in this electrifying psychological thriller from the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense. LAPD Lieutenant Milo Sturgis has solved a lot of murder cases. On many of them--the ones he calls "different"--he taps the brain of brilliant psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware. But neither Alex nor Milo are prepared for what they find on...
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Nora Bannister is a bestselling mystery novelist who buys rundown houses in L.A. While her partners turn the house into a showpiece, Nora makes it the scene of a grisly murder in her mystery series. As soon as the book goes on sale, so does the house - and the bidding frenzy begins. But just before Nora's latest book hits the market, one of her house-flipping partners is murdered - and she happens to be the wife of a cop.
99) Heartbreak hotel
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Alex Delaware novels volume 32
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English
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At nearly one hundred years old, Thalia Mars is a far cry from the patients that child psychologist Alex Delaware normally treats. But the charming, witty woman convinces Alex to meet with her in a suite at the Aventura, a luxury hotel with a checkered history. What Thalia wants from Alex are answers to unsettling questions--about guilt, patterns of criminal behavior, victim selection. When Alex asks the reason for her morbid fascination, Thalia...
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It's 1986. Devastated by the death of his fiancée, private eye Gene Burk becomes obsessed with an unsolved mystery from his days with the LAPD: the death of up-and-coming rockabilly star Bobby Fuller. While attempting to reconstruct the circumstances that led to Fuller's demise, Gene is unexpectedly contacted by a woman from his fiancée's hometown, a survivor of the Manson Family who needs his help to escape her past.
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