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For Doug Fiore, running for governor was better than death at the mob's hands, if only the sex wouldn't get in the way.
Mob head Sal Tarantino doesn't want big-time casino gambling to become legal in Rhode Island. His solution is to have the next governor comfortably in his pocket, ready to veto the legislation. The means calling in the debts owed to the mob by some of Rhode Island's most prominent politicians to clear the way for Doug Fiore, managing...
4682) Soul Cage
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A severed hand, a missing body, and a victim who was living under a false identity all add up to the most complex and challenging case yet for Homicide Detective Reiko Himekawa - in Tetsuya Honda's Soul Cage.
A worker reports his boss missing, and a large amount of blood is found in the rented garage he used. At the same time, a severed left hand is found in a minivan abandoned in the outskirts of Tokyo, which is quickly identified as belonging to...
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La découverte d'un corps dans un tas de sel marque le début d'une enquête palpitante.
Midi, le 5 juin 1770. Comme à l'accoutumée, les notables du Croisic se retrouvent à la maison de ville, place Dinan, pour discuter des nouvelles du pays quand un homme essoufflé et agité pénètre dans la salle: « Vite, il faut venir tout de suite, y'a un mort dans un tas de sel sur la place de la Motte. »
En cette période de fortes tensions entre...
4684) Out of Sight
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His biggest mistake was trusting someone he shouldn't have...When a body is found abandoned under a bridge, teeth and fingerprints removed, DCI Warren Jones and his team have little to go on. And once, they finally identify the victim, the case doesn't get any easier. Estranged from his family but desperate to reconnect, the victim led a solitary life, apart from secretive liaisons with a series of partners he met online. Could one of them be guilty...
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Le passé finit toujours par nous rattraper...
De retour à Quimper après une longue convalescence, le commissaire Fabien me confie une bien étrange mission : rencontrer un magnat du commerce qui aurait des ennuis. Le genre de job que j'affectionne, comme vous le savez…
Mais voilà, ce Monsieur m'est recommandé par un ponte de la place Beauvau, l'ineffable commissaire Mervent, devenu bras droit du ministre de l'Intérieur. Pour faire preuve...
4686) Her Child to Protect
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When she arrives at a murder scene, Deputy Della Howell is not pleased to find her recent ex already on the job. She'll work the case with Sheriff Barrett Logan but will keep the secret she's certain Barrett isn't ready for, she's pregnant with his child. But as the dueling cops investigate, familiar sparks reignite between them...just as they fall prey to a very tenacious killer.
4687) The Canal Murders
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In England's East Midlands, a harried police detective juggles multiple cases that soon reveal the depths of human depravity...
DI Tim Yates has been following up for months on reports of missing farm machinery-with no success-when a local farmer and philanthropist is physically assaulted. Could this be a lead? If so, it doesn't take Yates very far, since the victim, Jack Fovargue, refuses to accept any help.
Meanwhile, there's a more urgent case...
4688) Accidental Witness
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To protect her baby
…she'll take on a killer
While tracing the steps of her missing roommate, Jen Jordan barely survives coming face-to-face with a gunman. Panicked, the headstrong mom enlists the help of Deputy Knox Winchester, her late fiancé's best friend. As danger to Jen and her infant son enters her home, Knox will have to race against time to protect Jen and her baby…and expose the criminals putting all their lives in jeopardy.
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4689) The Tricks of the Trade
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Kek Huuygens is hired to smuggle a suitcase that could change the destiny of Buenos Aires. André Martins remembers Kek Huuygens as he once was: wily, rugged, and desperate. But when he comes to pay his old friend a surprise visit, he finds Huuygens living in one of the most luxurious apartments in Paris. What's more, Huuygens has a bottle of wine open on the table, for he was expecting his visitor before Martins ever had the idea to come. Kek Huuygens...
4690) No Safe Home
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The terrors of the past come back to haunt a police detective and a young mother in this crime thriller by the bestselling author of In the Shadows.
Detective Inspector Denis Hamilton is haunted when the suspicious death of a teenage girl triggers suppressed memories. With a stalker targeting vulnerable women in Central London, and his team rapidly diminishing, Hamilton must conquer his emotions before another family is destroyed.
Meanwhile, in a...
4691) A Fiery Way to Go
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A Devastating Cold Case. A Fiery Death. A Final Chance To Find The Killer.
Kendra and Jeff, two recently retired London Detectives, volunteer their time solving cold cases.
Jacob Farland's disappearance remains at the top of the strangest cold cases of all time in London, and for London that says a lot.
Jacob, a well-liked shelf-stacker at the local supermarket, simply went to a warehouse and got burnt alive. Kendra and Jeff decide to take one more...
4692) Darkest Night
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A DEAD WOMAN. AN IMPOSSIBLE CRIME. Christine De Bertrand wakes up to her worst nightmare: rather than the man she went to bed with, lying beside her is her housemate, Nikki, dead. With no memory of the night before, Christine can't explain what happened, and the police are baffled. For DC Gaby Darin, newly arrived from Swansea after her last case ended in tragedy, it's a mystery she's determined to solve. When another woman goes missing, Gaby faces...
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There is a new definition of danger when your enemy is in the military.
It's one thing when you go up against crooks, gangsters and businesses. It's a completely different situation when your enemy can send black-ops teams to end your existence
Now the path leads into halls of power beyond Jia and Erik's existing resources. Will they be forced to end their chase, or will others support them no matter the cost?
Jia and Erik need to uncover the truth...
4694) The Dead of Night
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When Angela Richman finds two dead bodies in a cursed crypt on Halloween, she is drawn into a spine-tingling mystery. Has a Chouteau Forest legend turned deadly, or is a dangerous killer on the loose?
Everyone in Chouteau Forest knows the legend of the Cursed Crypt. It's claimed that the restless spirit of a professor nicknamed Mean Gene Cortini, buried in Chouteau Forest University's crypt, has been causing death and destruction in the Forest for...
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Sous les dolmens coule le sang...
Quand retentit la sonnerie du téléphone, on ne sait jamais ce qu'elle annonce... En reconnaissant la voix de Murielle, je me laisse embobiner pour rendre un petit service à l'un de ses patients, inquiet de ne pas avoir de nouvelles de son épouse. Mes recherches officieuses vont, finalement, entraîner une enquête, lorsqu'on découvrira le corps calciné de cette femme aux alentours de Quimper. Mais le champ...
4696) Stealing People
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Around the world, the children of the rich are disappearing . . . A chilling thriller starring kidnapping expert Charles Boxer.
Kidnapping expert Charles Boxer is contemplating retirement. He's found a measure of contentment, even as a mystery from his own past gnaws at his sense of justice. Meanwhile, his ex-wife, Mercy, balances a complicated personal life with an even more precarious professional one in the woefully under-resourced metropolitan...
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Après ses « exploits » au commissariat de Lorient, l'inspecteur stagiaire Mary Lester est nommée à Quimper, o elle a passé une partie de son enfance.
Elle retrouve avec émotion les lieux o elle a vécu des moments heureux et o elle va désormais exercer son métier de femme flic. Cependant, le commissaire principal est en vacances et son adjoint semble avoir une certaine prévention contre les jeunes filles qui veulent « faire de la police...
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Qui a bien pu tuer Bouboule ?
Quand une vieille dame vient au commissariat pour annoncer que Bouboule a disparu, tout le monde se marre sauf moi car je sais ce que peut représenter la compagnie d'un chien pour une dame esseulée. Mais quand cette dame vous précise que le Bouboule en question n'est pas son chien mais son fils unique, ça devient tout de suite plus sérieux.
Comme le gaillard, qui approche tout de même de la cinquantaine, tient...
4699) Rogues' Holiday
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"An ace high mystery, with unexpected situations and new methods used by old rogues" from the Golden Age author of the Albert Campion series (Kirkus Reviews).
An apparent suicide at a posh men's club in London doesn't fool Scotland Yard Insp. David Blest. There's something fishy about the old man who quarreled with the victim the night before. The doggedly determined Blest can't let the matter rest and uses a leave from work to follow his suspect...
4700) Impeding Justice
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For eight long years, Detective Inspector Lorne Simpkins has tracked the vicious criminal known as The Unicorn. But the killer has frustrated MI6 at every turn and remained successful at Impeding Justice.When Lorne is targeted in a trap that results in the death of her partner, the tragedy shakes her confidence to the core. Before she has time to recoup, her teenage daughter is kidnapped. More than Lorne's professional reputation rests on her bringing...
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