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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
The First Deadly Sin	Lawrence Sanders	In the first novel in Lawrence Sanders’s bestselling Deadly Sins series, New York cop Edward Delaney chases a serial killer who’s armed with a mysterious weapon	OL115524W
A drink before the war	Dennis Lehane	Taking on a seemingly simple assignment to pinpoint the whereabouts of a cleaning woman who has allegedly stolen confidential State House documents, private investigators Patrick Mckenzie and Angela …	OL17208W
Private L.A.	James Patterson,Mark Sullivan	"Thom and Jennifer Harlow are the perfect couple, with three perfect children. They maybe two of the biggest mega movie stars in the world, but they're also great parents, philanthropists and just al…	OL17283721W
The girl from Berlin	Ronald H. Balson	Catherine Lockhart and Liam Taggart investigate a German violin prodigy's handwritten records from Berlin's interwar period to resolve a land dispute between a powerful corporation and a woman facing…	OL19761123W
Murder in Morningside Heights	Victoria Thompson	"Former police sergeant Frank Malloy and his wife adjust to life in New York high society as they investigate a death in the field of higher learning. After spending his first few weeks as a private …	OL20026385W
Look to the Lady; or, The Gyrth Chalice Mystery	Margery Allingham	The Gyrth family had guarded the Gyrth Chalice for hundreds of years. It was held by them for the British Crown. Its antiquity, its beauty, the legends that were connected with it, all combined to ma…	OL2004230W
The last detective	Robert Crais	Elvis Cole is back...With his acclaimed bestsellers, Hostage (a New York Times Notable Book) and Demolition Angel, Robert Crais drew raves for his unstoppable pacing, edgy characterizations, and …	OL2005889W
La blonde aux yeux noirs	John Banville	Roman policier	OL24275967W
Requiem for a dummy	David Stuart Davies	London 1943. Successful ventriloquist Raymond Carter begins receiving death threats over the telephone. These calls are especially unnerving as the threats are made in the voice of his dummy, Charlie…	OL24464291W
Un drôle de numéro	Kelly, Fiona pseud	Littérature jeunesse : roman policier Littérature jeunesse Jenny, 12 ans, n'a qu'une envie : devenir détective! C'est ainsi qu'avec sa copine Miranda, elles repèrent un jeune garçon, Peter, qui lui…	OL24857478W
Les ombres de Katyn	Philip Kerr	Une nouvelle enquête de Bernie Gunther, qui se retrouve dans la forêt de Katyn pour exhumer les 4 000 corps des officiers polonais qui auraient été assassinés à Smolensk, en 1943.	OL26171131W
El camino de Sherlock	Andrea Ferrari	"Francisco Méndez tiene catorce años, una inteligencia extraordinaria y una pasión: los libros de Sherlock Holmes. No solo sabe más que nadie sobre el famoso detective, sino que razona como él. Sus f…	OL28174692W
The early Spenser	Robert B. Parker	As its title indicates, this volume contains the first three Spenser novels. Hawk has not yet appeared, but Spenser, with his one liners and acerbic observations, solves three mysteries without too m…	OL28178249W
Monster city	John Cowlin	Life ain't easy for a regular guy in this town. Just ask Vic Brahm, workaday investigator in a city of monsters. Vic's new client? A three-thousand-year-old Egyptian who suspects his wife is messing …	OL28587379W
Sensible Necktie and Other Stories of Sherlock Holmes	Peter K. Andersson	From the author of The Cotswolds Werewolf comes a new collection of Sherlock Holmes pastiches in the vein of Conan Doyle, revealing for the first time the secrets behind the theft of the hobnailed bo…	OL28600441W
Dead duck	John M. Spafford	No cell phones. No internet. No DNA. Just old fashioned detective work. And a deadline. If hard-boiled detective Jud Carson is not what he seems he will be suited to a cast of unforgettable character…	OL28953005W
Barking mad	Jamieson Michael Ridenhour	Reginald Spiffington's hopes for a relaxing weekend at Huffsworthy Hall are interrupted by the murder of another guest, whose luggage contains nefarious plans. Reggie, who has a newly acquired set of…	OL29242878W
Blood & ashes	Mark Loeffelholz	Oscar Jade, a down-on-his-luck Miami Beach private eye sorts out a case involving a femme fatale, the mob and the New York crime syndicate.	OL29315658W
N or M?	Agatha Christie	This novel, set during World War II, sees Tommy and Tuppence Beresford appointed as spies by the intelligence service. Their mission: to seek out the Nazis in disguise, a man and a woman from among t…	OL472130W
Funny money	James Swain	Tony Valentine has a gift for grift: He can walk into a casino and spot a cheater across a crowded floor. A man who still uses pay phones and won't spend more than a buck for coffee, Tony has protect…	OL4796353W