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A dead liberty A dead liberty Catherine Aird A girl is charged with murder but goes mute from the time she is told of the death. Sloan and Crosby have to investigate the crime as the original investigating officer has suffered serious inj… OL10467041W
Brazen Virtue Brazen Virtue Nora Roberts D.C. Detectives: book 2 Some virtues are negotiable.... The steamy summer streets of Washington are no match for the phone lines of Fantasy, Inc., where every man's dreams come true. The "hotli… OL111567W
The Overlook The Overlook Michael Connelly Near Mulholland Drive, Dr. Stanley Kent is found shot twice in the back of the head. It's the case LAPD detective Harry Bosch has been waiting for, his first since being recruited to the Homicide Spe… OL111724W
Death of a nag Death of a nag M. C. Beaton More than ever, Constable Hamish Macbeth needs a change. His engagement to the lovely Priscilla Halburton-Smythe has ended. Priscilla, the daughter of a local hotelier, not only has left his life, sh… OL112899W
Into the shadows Into the shadows Shirley Wells When Rodney Hill, wrongly arrested for a series of murders, hangs himself, Jill Kennedy, the forensic psychologist whose profile led to Hill's arrest gives up her work with the police and moves to th… OL7605070W
The Pathfinder The Pathfinder James Fenimore Cooper Vigorous, self-reliant, amazingly resourceful, and moral, Natty Bumppo is the prototype of the Western hero. A faultless arbiter of wilderness justice, he hates middle-class hypocrisy. But he finds h… OL78009W
Stranger in Paradise (Jesse Stone) Stranger in Paradise (Jesse Stone) Robert B. Parker An Apache hit man arrives in Paradise to find a missing girl and snuff out her mother. But his conscience is getting the best of him. If he doesn’t make the hit, he’ll pay for it. So might Jesse Ston… OL7967706W
Dead Run Dead Run P. J. Tracy It should have been a simple journey – a drive from Minneapolis to Green Bay, Wisconsin. But a couple of unplanned detours lead Grace MacBride, Annie Belinsky and police Deputy Sharon Mueller deep i… OL7986234W
Puppet for a corpse Puppet for a corpse Dorothy Simpson Prominent GP Arnold Pettifer is found dead of an overdose, alone in his house and with a note by his side. All the evidence points to suicide, but Inspector Luke Thanet is immediately suspicious. Som… OL79921W
The night she died The night she died Dorothy Simpson Inspector Thanet is called to investigate the death of a young housewife. His clues are a painting, a disc jockey, a mermaid, an estate agent, a recurring nightmare and an unsolved murder. Delving in… OL79923W
Stripped Stripped Julie Leto Lilith St. John is a witch--really! And she hasn't been too good lately. (It seems using her powers to make Detective Mac Mancusi totally infatuated with her was a big no-no. Who knew?) After all, wh… OL8028732W
A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) A Shilling for Candles (Inspector Alan Grant #2) Josephine Tey A woman's body is found on the English seacoast, and twisted in her hair is an article screaming murder. For Inspector Alan Grant, the case becomes a nightmare, as too many clues and too many motives… OL80941W
To Love And Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant #4) To Love And Be Wise (Inspector Alan Grant #4) Josephine Tey The whole art colony at Salcott St. Mary would have agreed with popular authoress Lavinia Finch when she remarked about her American guest: “I’m sure he must have been something very wicked in ancien… OL80944W
Mrs. Jeffries and the silent knight Mrs. Jeffries and the silent knight Emily Brightwell Mrs. Jeffries Victorian Mystery series #20 "Mrs. Jeffries is the Miss Marple of Victorian Mystery."—The Paperback ForumSir George Braxton was found lying face down in a frozen fountain with the ba… OL80956W
What Never Happens What Never Happens Anne Holt All over Oslo, celebrities are turning up dead in the most macabre of situations: a talk show host with her tongue cut out, a politician crucified with a copy of the Koran stuffed up her private part… OL8135539W
Crime Crime Irvine Welsh An electrifying thriller about innocence and absolute evil.Now bereft of both youth and ambition, Detective Inspector Ray Lennox is recovering from a mental breakdown induced by occupational stress a… OL816238W
Mortal Mischief Mortal Mischief Frank Tallis 'Holmes meets Freud in this enjoyable whodunnit' Guardian It is Vienna at the beginning of the last century, and Dr Max Liebermann is a young psychoanalyst - and disciple of Freud. Psychoanalysis is … OL817128W
The Shadow Walker The Shadow Walker Michael Walters A victim is found with no hands and no head, dumped in an unlit side street. This kind of crime is unheard of to authorities of Ulan Baatar, Mongolia. But it's not the last, and the Serious Crimes Te… OL8221506W
Without Reproach Without Reproach Janet Woods While investigating the death of Charlie Parker, DI Theo Ransom uncovers a web of deceit that could endanger Charlie's widow, Lauren, who he has strong feelings for. OL8310662W
Gorky Park Gorky Park Martin Cruz Smith A triple murder in a Moscow amusement center: three corpses found frozen in the snow, faces and fingers missing. Chief homicide investigator Arkady Renko is brilliant, sensitive, honest, and cynic… OL874073W
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