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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
Bangkok laws Bangkok laws Jim Michael Hansen Denver homicide detective Coventry finds himself entangled in the collateral damage of a killer who uses the entire world as his playground. OL12435529W
Gambit Gambit Rex Stout From the audio case: "In this confounding whodunit, Wolfe breaks almost all of his rules. First, he overcomes his aversion to females and agrees to help young Sally Blount clear her father of murde… OL137499W
R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18) R is for Ricochet (Kinsey Millhone, #18) Sue Grafton Kinsey Millhone, employed by Nord Lafferty to drive his daughter home from her incarceration at the Californian Institute for Women, marvels at the simplicity of the task. But Reba Lafferty emerges f… OL14852285W
"O" is for outlaw "O" is for outlaw Sue Grafton PI Kinsey Millhone of California discovers an undelivered letter exonerating her first husband of beating a man to death, for which she left him. Kinsey goes after the real killer, a probe that takes… OL14852311W
Necessary as Blood Necessary as Blood Deborah Crombie In this dazzling addition to Deborah Crombie's acclaimed mystery series, a disappearance, a murder, and a child in danger lead Scotland Yard detectives Gemma James and Duncan Kincaid into London's le… OL14923938W
Sherlock Holmes. His Most Famous Mysteries (Adventure of the Gloria Scott / Adventure of the Greek … Sherlock Holmes. His Most Famous Mysteries (Adventure of the Gloria Scott / Adventure of the Greek … Arthur Conan Doyle Contains: [Adventure of the Gloria Scott](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20619337W/Adventure_of_the_Gloria_Scott) Adventure of the Greek Interpreter [Scandal in Bohemia](https://openlibrary.org/w… OL14930414W
About Face About Face Donna Leon The wonderful new Commissario Brunetti novel, from Sunday Times Bestselling author Donna LeonAt a dinner party given by his parents-in-law, Commissario Brunetti meets Franca Marinello, the wife of a … OL15132100W
The Nina, the Pinta, and the vanishing treasure The Nina, the Pinta, and the vanishing treasure Jill Santopolo When the entire Christopher Columbus exhibit disappears from the local museum, fourth-grade sleuth-in-training Alec Flint investigates, aided by his new classmate and potential partner, Gina, who wan… OL15566554W
The serpent pool The serpent pool Martin Edwards Seven years ago, Bethany Friend was found drowned in mere inches of water in the lonely Serpent Pool in England's Lake District. Was it suicide or murder? Now, determined to win justice for Bethany's… OL15845074W
Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery Sherlock Holmes and the Rune Stone Mystery Larry Millett A Minnesota farmer discovers an ancient stone giving details of Viking exploration in the area. When the farmer is murdered and the stone stolen, Sherlock Holmes is sent to the scene. OL15850598W
Little Wolf Little Wolf Ian Whybrow Through a series of letters to his parents, Little Wolf relates his adventures as a member of Yelloweyes Forest Detective Agency, crime solvers of the Frettnin Forest, as they investigate a series of… OL15860763W
Three bedrooms, two baths, one very dead corpse Three bedrooms, two baths, one very dead corpse James, David Palm Springs real estate agent Amanda Thorne is excited about her first big listing until she finds the dead body of environmentalist Doc Winters in the living room and, launching her own investigati… OL15941247W
Skin Skin Mo Hayder Après l'affaire des crimes dans Rituel, Jack Caffery et Flea Marleys sont à présent chargés d'une autre enquête. Le corps d'une jeune femme en état de décomposition est retrouvé aux abords d'une voie… OL16079633W
Where the shadows lie Where the shadows lie Michael Ridpath On loan to the Icelandic Police Force, former Boston detective Magnus Jonson is forced to confront difficult truths about his father's murder while investigating rumors about a priceless ancient manu… OL16126056W
Back of beyond Back of beyond C. J. Box Cody Hoyt, while a brilliant cop, is an alcoholic struggling with two months of sobriety when his mentor and AA sponsor Hank Winters is found burned to death in a remote mountain cabin. At first it … OL16151742W
Mr. Monk on the couch Mr. Monk on the couch Goldberg, Lee Monk investigates three strangers and murder victims--a security guard, a struggling student, and a beautiful woman--who have nothing in common but a couch. OL16317636W
The sleepwalkers The sleepwalkers Paul Grossman In 1932 during the final weeks of the Weimar Republic, Detective Willi Kraus is dragged through a German underworld he hardly recognizes to investigate a string of bizarre murders. But this is only t… OL16516823W
The great leader The great leader Jim Harrison Retired Detective Sunderson must get past his troubles with alcohol if he and an unlikely 16-year-old sidekick are ever going to expose an elusive cult leader called The Great Leader. OL16576805W
The Reckoning The Reckoning Rennie Airth On a quiet afternoon in 1947, retired bank manager Oswald Gibson is shot in the head while fishing. In Scotland, a respectable family doctor is killed in the same manner—and with the same gun. What … OL17090882W
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