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Kinsey and Me: Stories

Sue Grafton · 286 pages

A collection of stories that reveal Kinsey's origins-- and Grafton's past. The nine stories that open the book show how fully formed Kinsey was from the beginning. The thirteen stories in the second part, written in the decade following her mother's death, feature Kit Blue, a younger version of Grafton herself, and reflect her troubled family life and the author's journey from anger to understandi

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The Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle · 265 pages

Stories of ingenious crime and inspired detection. No case is too challenging, no mystery too mysterious, no crime too serious for the Victorian super sleuth, Sherlock Holmes, with his redoubtable assistant Dr Watson. The world's most famous private detective uses his unique powers of deduction and reasoning to solve the unsolvable, from the bizarre case of The Red-Headed League, to the strange t

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China Trade

S.J. Rozan · 275 pages

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The Cheshire Cat's Eye

Marcia Muller · 207 pages

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The Snake Tattoo

Linda Barnes · 320 pages

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Identity

Ingrid Thoft · 454 pages

"Private investigator Fina Ludlow returns to tackle a new case for her family's firm--a paternity case that goes horribly wrong"--

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Black Orchids

Rex Stout · 208 pages

The private detective, Nero Wolfe, with the aid of his assistant, Archie Goodwin, investigates a killing at a flower show and a series of poison-pen letters that result in murder.

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Blue Genes

Val McDermid · 241 pages

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Trouble Is My Business

Raymond Chandler · 244 pages

A private detective is hired to break up an unsuitable romance, find a missing dog, solve a murder, search for an ex-con's lost girlfriend, ransom a necklace, and investigate a wife's mysterious disappearance.

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Deaths of Jocasta

J.M. Redmann · 338 pages

New Orleans private detective Micky Knight has been hired to provide security for an exclusive party on the bucolic side of Lake Ponchartrain--the ideal job. But murder crashes this perfect party when the body of a young woman is found in the surrounding woods. Back in the city, Micky's former lover, Dr. Cordelia James discovers another body at her clinic.

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Katwalk

Karen Kijewski · 240 pages

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The Hexologists

Josiah Bancroft · 318 pages

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Motor City Blue

Loren D. Estleman · 219 pages

Marla Bernstein is a pretty, dark-haired teenager who happens to be the ward of Ben Morningstar­a semi-retired mobster. When Marla suddenly disappears, the gang boss is forced to call in private eye Amos Walker. Unfortunately, the only clue to Marla's whereabouts is a pornographic photograph that clearly proves that she's become part of a world that disgusts even her criminal guardian. The photo l

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Charcoal Joe

Walter Mosley · 320 pages

"Easy Rawlins is back, with a new detective agency and a new mystery to solve. Charcoal Joe has asked Easy to help clear Joe's son, who was found standing over a white man's dead body in his cabin home"--

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Lord Peter Views the Body

Dorothy L. Sayers · 290 pages

Consists of the following short stories - "The Abominable History of the Man with Copper Fingers": An artist's jealous nature leads to an investigation of his mistress' disappearance. "The Entertaining Episode of the Article in Question": A grammatical mistake in French unmasks a clever criminal. "The Fascinating Problem of Uncle Meleager's Will": The disposal of a dead man's fortune depends on

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Perchance to Dream

Robert B. Parker

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Stolen Away

Max Allan Collins · 561 pages

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Bless the Bride

Rhys Bowen · 261 pages

Before the wedding bells can ring for PI Molly Murphy, a wealthy Chinese immigrant wants her to find his missing bride, and Molly---sure she isn't getting the whole story---suspects that his bride ran off. Set in early-twentieth-century New York.

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Desert Noir

Betty Webb · 259 pages

At the age of four, private detective Lena Jones had been found lying unconscious by the side of an Arizona highway, a bullet robbing her of her memories.Now the scarred survivor of a dozen foster homes, Lena has vowed to find the truth about her origins -- no matter how terrible that truth might be. In Desert Noir, the first of the Lena Jones mysteries, Lena's quest is interrupted when her fri

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No Game For a Dame

M. Ruth Myers · 278 pages

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Wicked Bronze Ambition

Glen Cook · 485 pages

Garrett is a human detective in the fantastical city of TunFaire. Rumors are spreading that someone is organizing a Tournament of Swords, a brutal contest that magically compels the children of sorcerers to battle until only one is left alive. The winner will absorb the power from those he has killed and thus become a demigod.

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The Widower's Two-Step

Rick Riordan · 408 pages

Tres Navarre has just hours of apprenticeship time to serve before he can go for his P.I. license. Staking out a musician suspected of stealing a demo tape should be a piece of pan dulce. But his attention wanders just long enough for fiddle player Julie Kearnes to be gunned down before his eyes. He should just back away and let the cops investigate, but backing away has never been Tres's strong p

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