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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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A Deadly Game in the Heart of a Historic City: Where Shadows Whisper Secrets and Every Corner Holds a Clue.
In the echoing alleys of New Bedford, a city steeped in history and immortalized by Herman Melville's "Moby Dick", a sinister plot begins to unravel. A fire, not just any fire, but one that consumes a commercial scalloper, draws the attention of the world. But as the ashes settle, a crew member's absence ignites a spark of suspicion that...
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A national manhunt for the killer Kaleb Carmichael is stretching police resources to its limits. He is out there, waiting, watching - on a relentless quest for revenge. He strikes again, toying with police.
Detective Sergeant Jarrod O'Connor's world implodes following a personal tragedy. Grappling to cope with his loss, he is forced to take extreme action to protect his family.
How far will he go to keep them safe? What lines will he cross to...
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A detective by chance, not by choice.A quiet Florida town until…They beat the town's business owners within an inch of their lives. No one speaks of the crime. This time, they beat the wrong man. Clint Rugbee, ex-Marine, lay in the room next door. He rescues Ralph by shooting the two guys holding him hostage.The investigation begins with Clint accepting a detective's badge from the lady interim chief without having an ounce of police experience....
85) 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...
86) The Dark Truth
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Lincoln Berenger buried the memories from a childhood raised in a state-run children's home, under years of new memories. It was how he coped.But when he returned to his home town in southern, regional Australia, after a lengthy absence, people closely linked to his troubled past were found murdered.Was this timing a coincidence, or was something more sinister at play?
87) Minds on Murder
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Ryker joins his unit in a puzzling investigation after a weeklong profiling course in Dallas.To add to their workload, dead bodies begin piling up around them.The unit investigates two major cases which leave the four detectives stressed and tired.Once they solve their first case, they turn their attention to the murders. But nothing makes sense until they find Ryker's badge number tattooed on a victim's forehead. Then, the realization hit Ryker full...
88) Mission: Murder
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A brilliant detective faces off against an intelligent killer.This killer murders his victims on certain days and dates of the year. Detective Ryker Bartley, with his newly acquired smarts, spots the pattern. Then the chase across Texas begins.Murders continue as Ryker and his team follow leads, trying to beat the killer at his own game.When the police get close, the killer goes after those who are on his trail.Ryker suffered one death during the...
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Winner of the Crime Writers of America Historical Award
London, June 1940. When the body of silent screen star Mabel Morgan is found impaled on a wrought-iron fence, the coroner rules her death as suicide. Detective Ted Stratton is not convinced and suspects that Morgan's fatal fall may have been the work of one of Soho's most notorious gangsters.
Meanwhile, MI5 agent Diana Calthrop is leading a covert operation when she discovers that her boss...
90) The Donkey-Vous
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Pru Marlowe isn't your ordinary animal psychic. A tough girl on the run from her own gift, Pru left the big city to return to her picturesque Berkshires hometown looking for a little peace. Too bad that her training as an animal behaviorist got her mixed up with Lily, a rescue dog, and Charles, her person. Now Charles is dead, and Lily looks good for it. After all, Lily is a pitbull, a fighting-ring dropout, and way too traumatized to give Pru a clear...
92) Pascal Passion
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`A mischievously entertaining crime novel' SIMON BRETTThe fourth instalment in The Falconer Files, Andrea Frazer's insanely grippingvillage detective series topped off with a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders.READER'S CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF ANDREA'S QUIRKY CRIME NOVELS!***** 'What can I say, I am hooked... wonderful characters, superb touches of humour, if murder & mayhem can ever...
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A shocking murder on the eve of a wedding sends Roger Demaris, and his elite homicide team to the village of Old Harbor where the son of the village's wealthiest citizen is found dead in the woods with an arrow through his heart. No hunting accident, Demaris' team pursues a ruthless killer as they delve into the victim's past and what lies beneath the silence. Six weeks away from marriage to Bess Dore, a local teacher and old flame of Demaris, the...
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The arsonist got away once.
Now he's back and ready to burn down everything.
Once ruined by his obsession to capture a fugitive, Marshal Ryder Garrett must now save his former fiancée-and her baby-from the same arsonist. Though their reunion makes him realize he never stopped loving Kara Noble, Ryder doubts she'll give him a second chance. Before, his pursuit left him heartbroken. This time, it could get him, Kara and her daughter killed.
Garrett...
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Always the bridesmaid,
never a killer's target...until now.
Back in his hometown for a wedding, Detective Conor Wildman reunites with his ex-girlfriend's sister, Laura Karr, once the tomboy next door. Now Laura is a beautiful woman...and someone wants her dead. Conor is the man to protect her and catch the killer, but will one heated kiss jeopardize their precious friendship? Or will it prove that he can trust her with his wounded heart?
96) Hold Me Close
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The life he has always known is about to changeFindlay Hudson, landed in Ryker Falls, Colorado, leaving a dysfunctional family and his bad attitude behind. He has friends he now thinks of as family, and considers himself happy. All that changes when Maggie Winter, a sexy, alluring red-head, returns to Ryker Falls. She's had her big London adventure, but Maggie's clearly hurting and vulnerable now.They'd always struck sparks off each other, but never...
97) Forever With You
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She forgot something on the way to the courthouse …Sophia Abella has a good life, even if she is a little stuck. Not quite single, not quite married, she keeps men at a safe distance. But when her Marine husband returns to town and takes the job of chief of police, it might finally be time to get that paper work done once and for all. After all, most of her family already thinks she's divorced.They're not actually, in the fullest sense of the word...
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A crime boss's daughter. An undercover cop. A forbidden attraction ...Eva Remington keeps her feelings hidden behind a cold, impenetrable mask. As the daughter of one of London's most notorious crime bosses, she's learned not to show any vulnerability, and she has no time for the predatory lowlifes who surround her. The last thing she wants is to get involved with a man like her father. So when she meets his new business partner Oliver, she's determined...
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Things get murky when a ferry captain is found dead in the water in this mystery starring Inspector Littlejohn, "the model of a calm, rational policeman" (Publishers Weekly).
After a ferry to Falbright carrying forty people runs aground, the skipper is nowhere to be found. When the ferry pilot is discovered under a pier with a knife in his back, Inspector Littlejohn is called in. But he and Sergeant Cromwell are struggling to find clues. Some...
100) Seducing Austin
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Does what she hides make her innocent? What she reveals makes her guilty? When the truth lies somewhere in between, it can get us both killed.
As a Texas ranger, it is my obligation to uphold the law, but the day I laid eyes on her, I knew that she'd be trouble. Savin' her awakened somethin' inside that I haven't felt since the day my wife died. I want to love again, but this frustrating, gorgeous woman is hidin' something.
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