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Detective Mike Shepherd chases sadistic Ferlin Husky Lewis, a self-proclaimed survivalist, who escaped from police. Shepherd ruins his only suit, misses an important dinner date, and loses Lewis.Ferlin, so incensed by Mike chasing him, decides to murder Mike and anyone who gets in the way.
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The latest installment in the new Jane Wunderly Mystery series featuring an American widow turned private investigator in 1920s Europe.
Isle of Iona, 1927: Cast away on a remote locale, Jane's latest assignment depends on concealing her identity and blending in at an occult gathering. Not even her fiancé, Redvers, can be too close as she uncovers the truth about Robert Nightingale, enigmatic leader of the Order of the Golden Dawn-a group made...
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CD gets some cases in Florida, falls in love with the place and builds a home there.A developer is murdered. A stock broker is murdered. A young boy is murdered. Thereis a druggie execution that wasn't.CD gets to know some of the continuing characters. The lifestyle is different from that in Nicely.
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Three detectives, CD. Grimes, Nick Storie, and Clint Faraday, retired and living in Panamá on the Comarca Ngobe Bugle, are requested by the chief of the section in Cusapin to find what is going wrong in three parts of the comarca. There are four murders that have no connections they can find – except the victims all came to Panamá on the same private yacht.
Author's note: This is a bit of prediction, in a way. Much of my SF has come true, but...
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Dick Hardesty, working for a public relations firm, is assigned the task of helping elect a rabidly homophobic police chief governor. Dick's being gay himself, coupled with rumors that the chief had one of his identical twin sons murdered for being gay doesn't make Dick's job easier. He soon finds himself caught up in a whirlwind of politics, drag clubs, a do-good reverend's homeless shelter, and an arsonist torching the city's gay bars.
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Matt Stromsoe has come a long way since his wife and son were killed in an explosion meant for him. Wounded severely in both body and spirit, Stromsoe gave up the last thing that held any meaning for him-his job on the police force-and proceeded to hit rock bottom, hard.
That was a lifetime ago, and finally the spiral of personal destruction and despair seems to have come to an end. The man responsible for the murders-Stromsoe's best friend from...
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Do you like your heroes hot and your heroines ice-cool? Twisted mysteries and sizzling romance? Blackwood Security delivers all this and more with three full-length novels and a novella together in one volume. Two assassins. One little problem…When devious Diamond enlists her old friend Snow in a scheme to catch their target in a compromising position, she soon finds herself stuck in a tight spot. Quite literally. But even a Diamond can be shattered…After...
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As Director of Special Projects for a global security firm, Emmy Black is well acquainted with trouble, but she didn't expect to run into a proverbial nightmare in small-town Oregon. The place is just hills and trees, right? But a quest to help an injured woman soon leaves Emmy fighting for not only her own survival but the lives of many others too. When Nine came to Baldwin's Shore, the former member of a Russian hit squad had two goals: to hide...
9) Wire
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Evan Rocco has been a hero to Paige Lawson for as long as she could remember. So when she runs into him in a bar after a major professional coup, she's feeling celebratory and reckless. But it can't go anywhere, because after all, he's Evan Rocco. When she finds her gaming company in trouble, there's only one man she can turn to.Evan can't get the woman who disappeared after their one-night-stand six months ago out of his head. He'd honestly thought...
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Clay Wolfe is a former Boston homicide detective who left the police department to return home to Maine to care for his elderly grandfather and open a private detective agency. Haunted by being orphaned at an early age, and jaded by the corruption of the big city, Clay is happy to hit pause and investigate minor crimes… which turn out to be far from minor. He has no idea of the evil he will uncover in the underbelly of his hometown. The Clay Wolfe...
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La calma de un pueblo patagónico se rompe cuando uno de sus vecinos aparece muerto y torturado en su sofá.Para la criminalista Laura Badía, este es el caso de su vida: además de la brutalidad del asesinato, de la casa de la víctima faltan trece puntas de flecha talladas hace miles de años por el pueblo tehuelche. La colección, de la que todos hablan pero casi nadie ha visto, contiene la respuesta a uno de los misterios arqueológicos más importantes...
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seven stories involving stormsHellstorm on HelstromYou just can't do some people a favor!Storm Front - Clint FaradayA severe storm, a drug runner, a body – but not the one expected. What was going on?Hate - from Enter Merlin Tyana.Merlin is a mysterious character who appears in a storm to solve or thwart a murder.Hellstorm - Nick StorieHurricanes are bad enough. You don't need a bunch of millionaire nutcases getting murdered in a public shelterFinal...
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A debt owed. A woman missing. During their traumatic childhood, Madigan Knox and Detective Grace Sheppard were rescued from their abusive foster home by Officer Tina Morelli. When Morelli goes missing, Madigan and Grace connect with her daughter, eager to help in any way possible.As the suspect list grows, the detective on the case warns them to stay out of the investigation, but Morelli's daughter is convinced she knows who left the bruise she found...
14) Troglodytes
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When American diplomat Sylvester Mercedes flies into Ankara, Turkey on what is supposed to be a normal business trip, he mysteriously vanishes from his hotel room. With her husband now missing for more than two weeks, prominent socialite Lois Mercedes hires P.I. Frank Johnson to track him down. Frank had spent some of his Army MP days in Ankara 14 years ago, and while he's not at all happy about going back, being nearly broke can be a powerful motivator....
15) Road Kill
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From USA Bestselling Author, a tale of passion and revenge...The Gavin MacFadyen Suspense series begins…Two decades ago, a sleepy New England town is torn apart by murder when a group of teens lure their unsuspectingvictim to a lakeside beach. The prosecution's witness is the troubled fifteen-year-old Lacey Watkins, who happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time.Haunted by the ghosts of her family's past, Lacey has returned to this place...
16) Dead Ends
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Mystery and Murder Collide in an Unforgettable Soiree of Suspense in Dead Ends, a Murder Mystery from S.L. Menear
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When a renowned British MP is found murdered, Jettine Jorgensen finds herself at the heart of another chilling mystery. Just two months following the harrowing body-drop murders, Jett hosts a ten-day Mystery Fest at her illustrious Valhalla Castle, bringing together the crème de la crème of mystery...
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PI Frank Johnson is hired by Mary Taliaferro, a wealthy aristocrat owning a horse estate near Middleburg, Virginia. Mary's teen-age daughter Emily has died in a riding tragedy. The local law enforcement says it's an accident. Mary thinks it's murder. Frank is broke and the money Mary offers is too good to pass up, but his case quickly becomes more complicated when the stable manager is murdered one day after Frank begins his investigation. Frank soon...
18) White Heat
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Brenda Novak draws readers into a town where a deadly cult of personality brings two investigating agents closer to love…and possibly death.
A dangerous cult has recently taken over the desert ghost town of Paradise, Arizona. Members worship at the feet-and in the bed-of its charismatic leader, Ethan Wycliff, and obey his orders blindly. They've already tried to murder one woman and they're implicated in the...
19) Bettie English Private Investigator Mysteries Volume 3: 6 Bettie Private Investigator Mystery Novell
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A Very Private Women
An Invitation Like No Other. Sister Rivalry. A Very Private Woman.
Nothing is as it seems.
Private Eye Bettie English receives a visitor. She hears a top-secret job offer. Bettie knows something is afoot.
Bettie needs to find the truth.
The Russian Case
A Strange Invitation. A World In Danger. A Russian Case.
Bettie solves cases.
When Private Eye Bettie English receives a strange invitation. She takes the offer. Bettie investigates...
20) Moonlight Mafia
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WHEN A USED CAR SALESMAN CONNECTED TO THE MOB OFFERS DICK MOONLIGHT AN OFFER HE CAN'T REFUSE, THE PI WITH A PIECE OF BULLET IN HIS BRAIN WONDERS IF HE'LL LIVE TO SEE ANOTHER DAY!In this novelette, the too often unemployed private detective is hired by an anonymous client ('John Smith') to bring down a Mafia wise guy who's using a used car lot as a front for illegal gambling activity. At least, that's what Moonlight is led to believe. According to...
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