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It started with the murder of Kinsey Millhone's sometime drinking buddy, an insurance claims adjuster. But before long Kinsey stumbles onto a massive insurance scam. Going undercover as a wisecracking vamp, Millhone descends into the Los Angeles nether world of machismo and gang hideouts. Her companion, terrified at having crossed the violent crook Raymond Maldonado, is Bibianna Diaz - no Girl Scout herself.
82) Snow angels
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American-born Thompson, who's lived in Finland for the past decade, offers a bleak look at the ravages of that country's long, dark winter as well as intriguing glimpses of Finnish culture in his solid U.S. debut, the first in a new crime series. Shortly before Christmas, Kari Vaara, the police chief of the Lapland town of Kittilä, gets a phone call informing him that the body of Sufia Elmi, a Somali refugee and minor film star, has been found in...
83) Actual innocence
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When Greg Monarch is contacted by an ex-girlfriend to help overturn a murder conviction, he travels to the small town where the murder occurred and uncovers a decades-old scandal that threatens Sara's life and the livelihood of the town.
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After being fired from his elite law firm for sleeping with a client's girlfriend, Jack Hammond works as a court-appointed attorney, representing small-time drug dealers and petty thieves, until his friend is found dead and Jack gives up everything to prove it was murder and not a drug overdose.
85) The legal limit
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Gates Hunt, a compulsive felon, uses an old family secret to manipulate his brother Mason, who became a judge and led a happy married life, and coerce him into using his influence to spring him from prison.
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Hardy Boys mystery stories volume 33
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1992, c1971
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In trying to trace a missing will, detectives Frank and Joe Hardy trap a dangerous criminal who is willing to risk all--including murder--for money.
87) The spire
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Mark Darrow returns to Caldwell College 16 years after his graduation when his mentor, Lionel Farr, brings him back to become Caldwell's president. The school is still haunted by the tragic murder of Angela Hall, an African American student who was strangled and left outside the school's landmark spire. Fresh off a football victory, Mark was the one who found Angela, and it was his best friend, Steve, who was convicted of the murder. Now Caldwell...
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Inspector John Rebus, overseeing plans for the seating of the first Scottish parliament in three hundred years, is dismayed to find his job complicated by the discovery of a long-dead body in a fireplace at Queensbury House, the mysterious suicide of a homeless man, and the murder of an up-and-coming politician.
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Inspector Van Veeteren mysteries volume 2
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Chief Inspector Van Veeteren is called in to help the local police find a suspected serial killer who seems to choose his victims at random, but the case becomes more personal when a colleague is taken by the murderer, leading Veteren and the police on a chase to find their friend before it is too late.
90) The Indian bride
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Inspector Konrad Sejer must look for a killer among the "good people" of the small Norwegian town of Elvestad, after the Indian bride of tractor salesman Gunder Jomann, who had shocked the community with the news of his marriage, is murdered before she can even reach her new home.
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Fastidious cop John Ceepak and his comparatively laid-back partner, Danny Boyle, investigate the death of Mrs. O'Malley, who appears to have suffered a heart attack on her husband's newly built roller coaster on the New Jersey shore, and as they investigate, the dismembered parts of a party girl turn up, leading the two police officers to sort through a variety of sleazy, corrupt individuals to arrive at the truth.
92) Stone heart
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Bantam trade pbk. ed.
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Nomadic archaeologist Maria Dark is returning home again to the Connecticut shore-a magical place where she, her sister Sophie, and their brother Peter spent their childhood on the banks of Bell Stream. After fifteen years away, Maria hopes that she can rediscover the joy and optimism of her youth in the arms of her family. But things have changed. Maria's siblings and her mother have weathered difficult times.
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Ann Lindell novels volume 1
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An English translation of a Swedish novel in which homicide detective Ann Lindell comes off of maternity leave to join her colleague Ola Haver in investigating the murder of John Jonsson, a tropical fish expert with a checkered past.
95) Lucifer's tears
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Kari Vaara, physically and psychologically scarred a year after the Sufia Elmi case, investigates a ninety-year-old national hero for suspected war crimes, an effort that is complicated by the murder of a Russian businessman's wife.
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Britt Montero novels volume 1
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Britt Montero is a crime reporter for a major Miami newspaper investigating even the most terrifying homicides.
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Feeling a need for stability after her divorce and pursuit by a stalker, criminal defense attorney Emily Graham accepts a job with a Manhattan law firm and buys the former family house in New Jersey. When the house is renovated, the corpse of a missing woman turns up along with evidence linked to a family disappearance in 1892.
98) Chosen to die
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"Detective Regan Pescoli has worked the 'Star Crossed Killer' case for months, never imagining she'd be captured by the madman she's been hunting. Regan knows exactly what he's capable of--and avoiding the same fate will take every drop of her courage and cunning. Regan Pescoli is unlike any woman Nate Santana has met before. But now she's missing, and Nate knows something is dangerously wrong. The only person who can help him find her is Detective...
100) Silence of the grave
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In Silence of the Grave, a corpse is found on a hill outside the city, and Detective Inspector Erlendur Sveinsson and his team think the body may have been buried for some years." "While Erlendur struggles to hold together the crumbling fragments of his own family, slowly but surely he finds out the truth about another unhappy family. Few people are still alive who can tell the tale, but even secrets taken to the grave cannot remain hidden forever....
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