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"Florida state prosecutor Claire Talbot is as tough as they come, and not everyone loves her for it. Newly promoted Felony Division Chief, Claire has about as many jealous detractors as she does supporters. Some colleagues are openly skeptical about her youth, her abilities, and even her gender. When a highway project construction crew unearths two skeletons in a common grave, Claire reopens an investigation into a string of abductions that took place...
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Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee mysteries volume 8
Leaphorn and Chee volume Book 8
Leaphorn and Chee volume 8
Leaphorn and Chee volume Book 8
Leaphorn and Chee volume 8
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When two corpses appear amid stolen goods and bones at an ancient burial site, Navajo Tribal Policemen Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Officer Jim Chee must plunge into the past to unearth the astonishing truth behind a mystifying series of horrific murders.
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When the CEO of a local casino is fished out of a lake by former police officer Andy Burns, it sours his otherwise peaceful retirement. Something about the murder weapon, a custom-made knife jutting inches above the late CEO's silk tie, sticks in Andy's mind. He's seen this blade before and Andy is not happy about the implications his admission will mean for an old friend.Sergeant Jolene Hadfield is assigned the case, and despite rampant racism, sexism...
4) Tic-tac
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La hija del empresario Federico Valdeserte, uno de los personajes más ricos y poderosos del país, es brutalmente atropellada por un delincuente en el intento de fuga de un robo. Son muchos los responsables de la tragedia que se desata a continuación.
Un plan de venganza. Una trama electrizante. Un final inesperado.
El reloj comenzó a funcionar.
¿Podrá detenerlo la inspectora Eugenia Dramonde?
TIC-TAC.
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A mob boss is dead, and his widow wants Drake to help him rest in peace Dominic Vennezio is found on the floor of his beachside love nest, murdered on a Sunday night. It looks like an ordinary mob hit, part of a routine power struggle with the East Coast Outfit, but Vennezio's widow has other suspicions. Her marriage to the kingpin had been strained ever since he began taking his secretary for weekends at the beach house, but even now, she feels a...
6) Death Runner
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Jake Smith is back. After his firing from the San Diego Police Department as a seasoned detective, he is starting his lifeover at the bottom in the Fayetteville, Arkansas force. As a rookie patrol o?cer, Smith receives the crappiest assignments and ends up on the local university campus in the midstof anti-war riots, drugs, and murder. The move certainly was not good for our man. He struggles on the job, makes too many enemies and ?nding love does...
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A tough Irish cop. A prostitute. A massive cover-up that stretches to the highest levels of law enforcement... and its fatal impact on three generations of a New York police family. Harlem, just before midnight. A New York Police Department cop and his partner pull up in front of a tenement. A short while later, Sergeant Brian O'Malley is dead from a stab wound to the jugular, and a prostitute has fallen down an airshaft to oblivion. A few years...
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"Secrets Among The Stones", the reviting 4th book in "The Pineworth Chronicles" series, is a story set in the small town of Pineworth. Detective Alex Bennett gets caught up in a complicated situation involving secrets, lies, and a murder. After a well-known resident named Henry Winters is discovered dead, the once-peaceful town is thrown into chaos. The story takes unexpected turns as Alex follows leads and uncovers hidden connections while navigating...
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Kriminalhauptkommissar Kullmann steht kurz vor seiner Pensionierung. Ausgerechnet jetzt liegen gleich zwei Fälle auf seinem Tisch, von deren Aufklärung er meilenweit entfernt ist. Einmal handelt es sich um den Fenstersturz mit Todesfolge von Luise Spengler, wofür Kullmann mehr Einsatz zeigt, als sonst üblich. Zum anderen treibt ein Polizistenmörder sein Unwesen. Er hat bereits den Kollegen Walter Nimmsgern auf dem Gewissen und schlägt wieder...
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Step into the seedy underbelly of the Missouri River casinos, where the glitz and glamour of the flashing neon lights belies a darker truth. In this gripping novel, follow the rise and fall of the notorious Pendergast family and their legacy of underground gambling rings. But amidst the hustle and bustle of the casino scene, the city is plagued by a terrifying serial rapist, striking fear into the hearts of its residents. As the police struggle to...
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Swan Song for an Agent A band hits the big time. They become hugely successful and tour. It is taking too much out of them, so they decide to break up.Then their agent is found with her throat cut. Nick Storie investigates.Sing a Song of MurderA band becomes successful on the strength of the front man. Things are looking up!Then the man's girlfriends start getting murdered.Final TourA singer is very popular and making millions. Then there are attempts...
12) Follow the Leads
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After a dream honeymoon, Carly and Thorne return home to Lillington, North Carolina, a small town where everyday lives play out amidst a backdrop of hope, beliefs, prejudices, and love.When a neighbor's disturbing report leads to the discovery of a dead body, Police Chief Lolo turns to Thorne to help investigate. As Thorne follows the twisted trails of truth and mistaken identities, he uncovers shocking secrets.Meanwhile, young divorcée Jennifer...
13) Habana réquiem
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Del ganador del Premio L'H Confidencial, nos llega Habana réquiem, un thriller policiaco que nos arrastra por las calles de la Habana Vieja.
Cuba se tensa en medio del panorama de recesión y el Estado intenta maniobrar con un falso aperturismo económico, pero la mentalidad insular ha cambiado y el ciudadano de a pie ya no parece tan dócil como ha sido durante el último medio siglo. La marginalidad amenaza con desbordar al sistema.
En la Mazmorra,...
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Ulysses Walker, Sheriff of Taos County, is facing a tough re-election campaign against a well-funded opponent when a respected historian and acequiero. The murder looks like a dispute over shared irrigation water at first. But after two more murders the sheriff uncovers a web of corruption born out of New Mexico's troubled history. Sheriff Walker, with help from Ray Pando, Picuris Tribal Council Member, and LizBeth Tallichet of the FBI, must battle...
16) MOA
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Someone is targeting FBI agents across the country. One by one they fall prey to this ruthless killer. Agent Mac Morris takes the killings personally when she reveals the dead agents were members of her graduating class at Quantico. The closer they get to identifying the sniper, the more danger Mac finds herself. Once the sniper feels threatened, he sets his sights on Mac. Between gunfire and car chases, Spencer, her partner, will do anything to keep...
17) The Box
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No flashes, no bangs, no explosions or car chases, not even a slammed door. Just the high-pitched squeal, odd deep gurgle and long, slow whine from an increasingly malfunctioning toilet cistern. Welcome to Sutton Box, an occasionally visited small police post which, due to an ill-conceived attitude, is now the working home of Merseyside's premier detective, Thurstan Baddeley, as he delves into the world of cold cases.
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Mayo de 1964. El inspector Hilario Soler es el encargado de investigar el asesinato de Gonzalo Romeu Sotomayor, uno de los constructores más importantes de Barcelona en ya desde después de la Guerra Final. El cadáver tiene una nota clavada en la frente con una chincheta en la que se lee una misteriosa nota manuscrita: "Por Simón".
A partir de los primeros pasos de Soler y el subinspector Quesada, todo un mundo de intereses, odios y pasiones envuelve...
19) The Unraveling
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If Ex-Detective Remi Doucet doesn't kill the governor of Louisiana by Mardi Gras Day, his teenaged daughter will suffer the same fate as his murdered wife. Remi must keep his mission a secret from the police and the FBI until he can figure out who had torn his world apart. Partnering with Detective Gracie Castillo, the pair follow the clues left by dead bodies, arsonists, and Latino gang leaders, but Remi realizes that not all evidence is what it...
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Who tossed three dead young girls into a ditch on the side of a one lane dirt road in south Georgia? And Why?It's after midnight when a teenager peers into the ditch. He couldn't believe his eyes. Sheriff Jada Steele arrives at the scene of the gruesome discovery. She jumped into the ditch, needing a closer look. Then she regretted it. The eyes of three dead young girls tied, bound, and gagged stared back at her. When the FBI database identified the...
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