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Cold day in July Cold day in July Stella Cameron Toussaint, Louisiana, is a sleepy bayou town where people know their neighbors and everyone feels safe--until the shattered body of a young woman is found at the base of St. Cecil's belfry stairs. Bu… OL115448W
The Scarpetta Factor The Scarpetta Factor Patricia Cornwell It is the week before Christmas. A tanking economy has prompted Dr. Kay Scarpetta – despite her busy schedule and her continuing work as the senior forensic analyst for CNN – to offer her services pr… OL134363W
Book of the Dead Book of the Dead Patricia Cornwell From America's #1 bestselling crime writer comes the extraordinary new Dr. Kay Scarpetta novel.The "book of the dead" is the morgue log, the ledger in which all cases are entered by hand. For Kay Sca… OL134364W
The last precinct The last precinct Patricia Cornwell A case for Dr Kay Scarpetta and Detective Pete Marino to crack - and a threat to Scarpetta which could change the course of her career. OL134380W
Foreign body Foreign body Robin Cook A series of unexplained deaths in foreign hospitals sends an idealistic UCLA medical student on a desperate search for answers, in this chilling tale from the master of the medical thriller. Jenn… OL137258W
Vector Vector Robin Cook A disgruntled Russian emigre is poised to lash out at the adoptive nation he believes has denied him the American dream. A former technician in the Soviet biological weapons systems, he possesses the… OL137274W
The coffin dancer The coffin dancer Jeffery Deaver Detective Lincoln Rhyme, the foremost criminalist in the NYPD, is put on the trail of the Coffin Dancer, a cunning professional killer who has continually eluded the police. Rhymes —-a quadriplegic s… OL14927371W
The vanished man The vanished man Jeffery Deaver "It begins at a prestigious music school in New York City. A killer flees the scene of a homicide and locks himself in a classroom. Within minutes, the police have him surrounded. When a scream rings… OL14927378W
The Stone Monkey The Stone Monkey Jeffery Deaver Lincoln and Amelia are recruited to track down a cargo ship carrying two dozen illegal Chinese immigrants, as well as the notorious human smuggler and killer known as the Ghost. But when the capture … OL14927380W
Marker Marker Robin Cook nvestigating a series of bizarre deaths that have taken place among seemingly healthy young people after routine surgeries, doctors Montgomery and Stapleton confront institutional politics that hampe… OL15831928W
Flesh and blood Flesh and blood Patricia Cornwell It's Dr. Kay Scarpetta's birthday, and she's about to head to Miami for a vacation with Benton Wesley, her FBI profiler husband, when she notices seven pennies on a wall behind their Cambridge house.… OL17820790W
Die again Die again Tess Gerritsen In Boston, Detective Jane Rizzoli and Forensic Pathologist Maura Isles investigate a bizarre murder. A man has been found gutted and hanging in his home. When the remains of another victim are found,… OL17872828W
The chick and the dead The chick and the dead Carla Valentine "Carla Valentine works with the dead. After studying forensics, she assisted pathologists with post-mortems for years before becoming the curator of the world's most famous pathology museum. When it … OL19711796W
The bones will speak The bones will speak Carrie Stuart Parks When forensic expert Gwen Marcey discovers a skull and a tortured girl in a cabin near her Montana home, her investigations into the matter lead her to believe that she is dealing with a neo-Nazi ser… OL20007592W
The Broken Window The Broken Window Jeffery Deaver Rhyme's cousin has been arrested for murder. The evidence clearly shows he did it, but Rhyme agrees to check things out. It turns out he has been wrongly convicted because the killer knows every sing… OL20457331W
Depraved heart Depraved heart Patricia Cornwell No.1 New York Times bestselling author Patricia Cornwell delivers the twenty-third engrossing thriller in her high-stakes series starring medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta. Dr. Kay Scarpetta is work… OL20828587W
Marker Marker Robin Cook Investigating a series of deaths that have taken place among seemingly healthy young people after routine surgeries, doctors Montgomery and Stapleton confront institutional politics that prevent them… OL21271237W
The broken window The broken window Jeffery Deaver Rhyme's cousin has been arrested for murder. The evidence shows he did it, but Rhyme agrees to check things out. It turns out that the cousin along with other people have been wrongly convicted becau… OL24252194W
Badi dŏbŭl Badi dŏbŭl Tess Gerritsen Dr Maura Isles makes her living dealing with death. As a pathologist in a major metropolitan city, she has seen more than her share of corpses every day - many of them victims of violent murder. But … OL28216462W
Skeleton justice Skeleton justice Michael M. Baden Forensic expert Dr. Michael Baden of the HBO series Autopsy and trial attorney and legal commentator Linda Kenney Baden bring us a chilling new thriller featuring their crack crime-fighting duo: Dr. … OL4651173W
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