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Querelle de Brest Querelle de Brest Jean Genet **From Wikipedia:** ***Spoiler alert!*** The plot centers on the handsome Belgian sailor Georges Querelle, who is also a thief and murderer. When his ship, the Vengeur, arrives in Brest, he vis… OL1281928W
Split Image Split Image Robert B. Parker Family ties prove deadly in the brilliant new Jesse Stone novel from New York Times-bestselling author Robert B. Parker. The body in the trunk was just the beginning.Turns out the stiff was a foot so… OL14860070W
Broken Broken Karin Slaughter When Special Agent Will Trent arrives in Grant County, Georgia, he finds a police department determined to protect its own and far too many unanswered questions about a prisoner's death and about a p… OL14907121W
Blue-eyed devil Blue-eyed devil Robert B. Parker The extraordinary new Western from the New York Times- bestselling author, featuring itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch. Law enforcement in Appaloosa had once been Virgil Cole and me. Now… OL14914290W
Black diamond Black diamond Martin Walker In the wake of attacks on local Asian vendors and an increase in black-market ingredients that threaten the Dordogne's lucrative truffle trade, Chief of Police Bruno finds the case taking a personal … OL15978834W
Darkness, my old friend Darkness, my old friend Lisa Unger Jones Cooper has given up his post at the Hollows Police Department and is having trouble facing a horrible event from his past. Then psychic Eloise Montgomery comes to him with predictions about his… OL16175659W
An uncertain place An uncertain place Fred Vargas "When Commissaire Adamsberg, the chief of police in Paris's 7th Arrondissement, is called to the scene of a ghastly and highly unusual murder, he thinks it can't have anything to do with the nine pai… OL16176437W
Southern storm Southern storm Terri Blackstock First a dead stranger. Now a missing police chief. Did Chief Cade run off to elope? Or has he met with foul play? The body in the morgue had no ID. No one knew who he was or where he came from whe… OL16891W
Killer's prey Killer's prey Rachel Lee "After escaping an attacker who wanted her dead, Nora Loftis is forced to return to Conard County. She needs to heal; she just didn't expect to do it on Jake Madison's Wyoming ranch. The full-time co… OL17684452W
The dark vineyard The dark vineyard Martin Walker Gourmand law enforcer Bruno Courre ges investigates both an arson fire that targeted a GMO crop-research station and two mysterious deaths which are somehow related to the competition between three … OL17737241W
Shroud of roses Shroud of roses Gloria Ferris The Class of 2000 left behind a skeleton in its closet, and fifteen years later someone is coming for the rest of the graduates, including none other than Bliss Moonbeam Cornwall. Against their bette… OL17892756W
Sweet devotion Sweet devotion Felicia Mason Wayside, Oregon, population 17,900, seems like a Norman Rockwell painting come to life, with sixteen churches and a picturesque Main Street studded with cherry trees and flower borders. For caterer A… OL1807349W
His unexpected family His unexpected family P. A. Johns "When a baby is dropped into her life without warning, Emily Shaw is overjoyed. It's a bit odd that her distant cousin named single Emily as guardian, but she's thrilled all the same. She never thoug… OL18166226W
Renegade Renegade Diana Palmer For newly appointed 38 year old police chief Cash Grier, life in rural southeast Texas was quite a departure from his former world of subterfuge and black ops. But as a true renegade, Cash had learne… OL1902462W
Deadly virtues Deadly virtues Jo Bannister When an inmate who knew he was about to be killed gives him a cryptic message before being beaten to death, Ash, a man from an English town where the low crime rate is linked to a chief's zero-tolera… OL19961769W
Need you Need you Stacy Finz The Garner brothers are poster boys for the ski resort town of Glory Junction, California. But as much as they love outdoor thrills, they know how to create indoor thrills, too. Colt Garner thrives o… OL20648989W
The daddy secret The daddy secret Judy Duarte The daddy secret: When Mallory Dickinson comes home with the son she gave up for adoption at seventeen, she knows she has to face her past. Ten years ago, she fell hard for Rick Martinez. The irresis… OL27275188W
Hostage negotiation Hostage negotiation Lena Diaz When Kaylee Brighton finally escapes her kidnapper, she runs straight into the arms of the new police chief. By Zack's side, she begins to feel safe again. But Kaylee knows there's only one way to ta… OL28600518W
The witness The witness Dee Henderson Police Chief Luke Granger's witness to a murder, Amy Griffin, has been on the run for years. Her family thinks she was murdered eight years ago, but Amy chose to accept a life in the shadows in order… OL33607W
In the bleak midwinter In the bleak midwinter Julia Spencer-Fleming IT'S A COLD, SNOWY DECEMBER in the upstate New York town of Millers Kill, and newly ordained Clare Fergusson is on thin ice as the first female priest of its small Episcopal church. The ancient regim… OL5730345W
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