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The Mercedes Coffin The Mercedes Coffin Faye Kellerman Billionaire genius Genoa Greeves never got over the shocking death of her favorite teacher, Bennett "Dr. Ben" Alston Little, murdered execution-style and stuffed into the trunk of his Mercedes-Benz. … OL10400601W
No footprints in the bush No footprints in the bush Arthur William Upfield Inspector Napoleon Bonaparte arrives in the outback to investigate the murder of two aborigines and is witness to the murder of a senior police officer, whose car is bombed by a mysterious airplane. OL10537533W
Corridors of guilt Corridors of guilt John Buxton Hilton Asked to speak at a conference on the topic of riot control, Inspector Kenworthy of Scotland Yard grows utterly perplexed when an obscure government agency is linked to a crime involving a gang of fo… OL10677577W
Gently French Gently French Alan Hunter She was the most alluring murder suspect he'd ever dealt with, but Gently knew Mimi Deslauriers was key to the execution of an underworld crime boss, and he was determined to prove it. The unflappabl… OL11063155W
Freaky Deaky Freaky Deaky Elmore Leonard A pair of former 1960s student activists who learned how to blow things up as part of their political education have teamed up after a prison stint and are on the loose in Detroit, out for a revenge … OL111647W
The brass verdict The brass verdict Michael Connelly Things are finally looking up for defense attorney Mickey Haller. After two years of wrong turns, Haller is back in the courtroom. When Hollywood lawyer Jerry Vincent is murdered, Haller inherits his… OL111709W
City of Bones (Harry Bosch) City of Bones (Harry Bosch) Michael Connelly special-priced pbk. OL111728W
Trunk Music Trunk Music Michael Connelly Back on the job after an involuntary leave of absence, LAPD homicide detective Harry Bosch is ready for a challenge. But his first case is a little more than he bargained for. It starts with the bod… OL111740W
Death of a witch Death of a witch M. C. Beaton Returning from a foreign holiday, Hamish Macbeth is worried because he senses a dark cloud of evil hanging over the Highland village of Lochdubh. He learns that a newcomer, Catriona Beldame, is rega… OL112902W
The third deadly sin The third deadly sin Lawrence Sanders Edward X. "Iron Balls" Delaney is called out of retirement by the NYPD to hunt out a random killer at large in midtown New York. OL115515W
The First Deadly Sin 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
The long fall The long fall Walter Mosley A brand-new mystery series from one of the country's best-known, best-loved writers: a new character, a new city, a new era. A new Walter Mosley.His name is etched on the door of his Manhattan office… OL115548W
Death of an addict Death of an addict M. C. Beaton Tommy Jarret is a young former heroin addict from Strathbane. Happy about his drug-free future, he had rented a chalet and was writing a book about recovery. Hamish Macbeth is surprised to hear of hi… OL117916W
Death of a Charming Man Death of a Charming Man M. C. Beaton Now that Priscilla Halburton-Smythe has agreed to marry him, Police Sergeant Hamish Macbeth can't imagine a more perfect life. There's not much crime in his remote Scottish village of Lochdubh, nothi… OL117928W
Inspector Singh investigates Inspector Singh investigates Shamini Flint,Shamini Flint "Inspector Singh is in a bad mood. He's been sent from his home in Singapore to Kuala Lumpur to solve a murder that has him stumped. Chelsea Liew - the famous Singaporean model - is on death row for … OL11804402W
Shake hands forever Shake hands forever John Escott,Ruth Rendell,Nigel Anthony Classic Crime Fiction from "The most brilliant mystery novelist of our time."Most people would have screamed. Mrs Hathall made no sound. She had seen death many times before, but she had never before… OL12071W
Deadly harvest Deadly harvest Heather Graham,Phil Gigante When a young woman is found dead in a field, dressed up as a scarecrow with a slashed grin and a broken neck, the residents of Salem, Massachusetts, begin to fear that the infamous Harvest Man is mor… OL121735W
La guinguette à deux sous La guinguette à deux sous Georges Simenon During a final visit to the cell of condemned prisoner Jean Lenoir, Maigret picks up a negligently dropped remark about an unsolved-in fact, unreported-murder committed in Paris six years before. It … OL1242731W
Le pendu de Saint-Pholien Le pendu de Saint-Pholien Georges Simenon First published as *Le Pendu de St Pholien*, this early Simenon records how Maigret unwittingly drove a little man to suicide. You'd have said that Louis Jeunet was a down-at-heel layabout, but he wa… OL1242854W
L' homme qui regardait passer les trains L' homme qui regardait passer les trains Georges Simenon An unusual crime thriller about a seemingly respectable man who commits a murder in his home town of Groningen in Holland and then goes on the run. Imagining himself to be a criminal genius he plays … OL1242928W
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