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101) A perfect evil
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Maggie O'Dell novels volume 1
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Nick Morrelli is the Platte City, Nebraska, sheriff who must be smarter than he appears, since there's a framed Harvard law degree hanging on his wall. Not that appearances don't count. Nick is investigating the kidnap-murders of two young Platte City boys when FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell shows up and all but takes over the investigation. Several years earlier, the former sheriff--Nick's father--capped his own career with the arrest of the last serial...
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Ellery Hathaway novels volume 5
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Last Seen Alive is the fifth book in Joanna Schaffhausen's heartpounding Ellery Hathaway mystery series. Boston detective Ellery Hathaway met FBI agent Reed Markham when he pried open a serial killer's closet to rescue her. Years on, their relationship remains defined by that moment and by Francis Coben's horrific crimes. To free herself from Coben's legacy, Ellery had to walk away from Reed, too. But Coben is not letting go so easily. He has an...
103) To play the fool
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"The story unfolds as a band of homeless people cremate a beloved dog in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park. When it comes to incidents like this, the authorities are willing to overlook a few broken regulations. But three weeks later, after the dog's owner gets the same fiery send-off, the SFPD knows it has a serious problem on its hands. Other than the fact that they're dealing with a particularly grisly homicide, Inspector Kate Martinelli and her...
105) With child
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Series
Kate Martinelli mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
A new case plunges Kate Martinelli, the quietly lesbian San Francisco detective into moral turmoil. Troubled by the desire of her lover, Lee, for breathing space in their relationship, Kate must also cope with the kidnaping of the stepdaughter of her police partner, Al. The girl is believed to have been taken by a man, suspected of committing several murders. By the author of To Play the Fool.
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Ella Clah mysteries volume 13
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"Navajo Police Special Investigator Ella Clah is called in on the murder of Valerie Tso, who was drowned in her bathtub. Not only is Valerie the daughter of Ella's mother's best friend, but she also is the mother of Boots, who takes care of Ella's daughter after school. Although Valerie was estranged from her family, Ella is determined to find her killer and quickly." "A Bible verse on a scrap of paper left near the body reminds Ella of a case she...
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Pub. Date
1987, c1986
Description
Patrick Gale's first novel is suffused with heady wish-fulfilment as two contrasting love stories entwine in the space of one simmering summer week. WPC Mo Faithe is overcome with lust while investigating a series of violent attacks on newspaper astrologers. Meanwhile in Cornwall, the Peakes are conducting their annual music festival, the cue for their two 'children' - Seth, a young violin prodigy, and Venetia, a highly-strung scholar - to embark...
110) Bone factory
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Pub. Date
2005
Description
Booth is filled with a collection of lonely souls looking for one last shot at happiness in what seems the most unlikely place on earth. Two of these souls, homicide cops Eliza Ochoa and Ike Horner, are on the scene of a body dump in a downtown park. Homicide cops Ike Horner and Eliza Ochoa are on the scene of a body dump in a riverfront park, crouching over the freezing corpse of yet another working girl--cut up in all the most delicate places. Soon...
111) The 9th judgment
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Women's Murder Club volume 9
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 9
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A young mother and her infant child are ruthlessly gunned down while returning to their car in the garage of a shopping mall. The same night, the wife of A-list actor Marcus Dowling is woken by a cat burglar and in just seconds there is a nearly empty safe, a lifeless body, and another mystery that throws San Francisco into hysteria. Before the Women's Murder Club can piece together either case, one of the killers forces Detective Lindsay Boxer to...
115) Trading places
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When Atlanta Police Detective Aggie Jade is seriously wounded and her partner killed in a raid gone dangerously wrong, her identical twin sister, Lizzie, a high-stakes gambler and karate expert, assumes her identity to search for those responsible, but her charade is threatened by her attraction to sexy investigative reporter Nathan Hawke.
117) Whispers in the dark
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Marti MacAlister mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
2001.
Description
"Eleanor Taylor Bland's popular African-American heroine, homicide detective Marti MacAlister, and her partner, Matthew Jessenovik, are assigned a most unusual case - all that's left of the unfortunate murder victim is an arm. Their investigation into this murder and dismemberment leads them into the exclusive and secretive history of the artistic community in Lincoln Prairie, Illinois." "Meanwhile, Marti's troubled best friend, Sharon, is slowly...