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S is for Silence

Sue Grafton · 433 pages

Thirty-four years after Violet Sullivan's unexplained disappearance, Daisy--the not-quite-seven-year-old daughter she left behind--enlists the assistance of private detective Kinsey Millhone to help her find the truth.

MysteryMissing PersonDetective ProtagonistPrivate Investigator
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Loyalty

Ingrid Thoft · 405 pages

The Ludlows are a hard-charging family, and patriarch Carl Ludlow treats his offspring like employees--which they are. But his daughter, Fina, is a black sheep, a law school dropout. Her father keeps her in the fold as the firm's private investigator, working alongside her brothers. Juggling her family of high-powered (and highly dysfunctional) attorneys, the cops and Boston's criminal element is

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The Hunt Club

John Lescroart · 532 pages

At first, The Hunt Club had a membership of one: private investigator Wyatt Hunt. Since then, others have joined with a common interest in obtaining justice. One member, inspector Devin Juhle, has just caught a major case: the shooting of a sixty-three-year old federal judge and his twentysomething mistress...While Juhle works, Hunt plays, hooking up with TV star and legal analyst Andrea Parisi. B

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Trapped

Irene Hannon · 396 pages

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In Big Trouble

Laura Lippman · 342 pages

Tess receives a clipping featuring her musician ex-boyfriend, prompting her to investigate his disappearance and that of the woman who was with him, as well as the victims of a killer who dances to his own deadly tune.

MysteryMissing PersonPrivate InvestigatorFemale Lead
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Behind Closed Doors

Susan Lewis

When 14-year-old Sophie Monroe suddenly vanishes one night it looks at first as though she's run away from home. Her computer and mobile phone have gone, and she's taken a bag full of clothes. However, as the police investigation unfolds a wealth of secrets from the surrounding community start coming to light. For Detective Sergeant Andrea Lawrence, the case is a painful reminder of the tragedy th

MysteryMissing PersonFemale LeadDetective Protagonist
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The Line Between Here and Gone

Andrea Kane · 400 pages

"Each day is a struggle for Amanda Gleason's newborn son as he battles a rare immune deficiency. Justin's best chance for a cure lies with his father, who was brutally murdered before Amanda even realized she carried his child. Or was he? One emailed photo changes everything, planting a seed of doubt that Amanda latches on to for dear life: a recent photo of a man who looks exactly like Paul. Coul

MysteryMissing PersonPrivate InvestigatorFemale Lead
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And She Was

Alison Gaylin · 384 pages

From an Edgar Award nominee ("Hide Your Eyes") comes the haunting story of a female missing persons investigator whose hunt for a local woman, whereabouts unknown, connects her to a long-lost child and her own dark past.

MysteryPrivate InvestigatorMissing PersonFemale Lead
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The Naturals

Jennifer Lynn Barnes · 308 pages

Young Adult thriller book series by Jennifer Lynn Barnes about a classified FBI program that recruits teenagers with exceptional abilities to solve cold cases. The protagonist, Cassie Hobbes, joins other gifted teens, including a profiler and a statistician, in this program. The series combines suspenseful crime-solving with personal danger as the Naturals find themselves in a lethal game of cat a

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Her Last Goodbye

Melinda Leigh · 323 pages

Young mother Chelsea Clark leaves the house for a girls' night out... and vanishes. Her family knows she would never voluntarily leave her two small children. Her desperate husband-- the prime suspect-- hires Morgan Dane to find his wife and prove his innocence. As a single mother, Morgan sympathizes with Chelsea's family. She wants to track down the criminal-- unaware she's his next target.

MysteryMissing PersonFemale LeadSmall Town
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Her Last Day

T.R. Ragan · 305 pages

Ten years ago, PI Jessie Cole and reporter Ben Morrison each suffered a tragedy that changed their lives--and now these two strangers are about to share a nightmare. For Jessie, who makes her living finding missing persons, no case has consumed her more than the disappearance of her younger sister, Sophie. But left alone to raise Sophie's daughter, she realizes that solving the case has become an

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Case Histories

Kate Atkinson · 336 pages

"Case One: Olivia Land, youngest and most beloved of the Land girls, goes missing in the night and is never seen again. More than thirty years later, two of her surviving sisters, each achingly lonely in her own way, reunite when their cruel and distant father dies. There, among the clutter of their childhood home, they unearth a shocking clue to Olivia's disappearance." "Case Two: All of Theo's h

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Desaparición para expertos (Edición mexicana)

Holly Jackson · 410 pages

Alguien ha desaparecido. Nadie habla. Pero todos escuchan... Pippa no quiere dedicarse a la investigación: el precio que hay que pagar e demasiado alto. Después de resolver el asesinato de Andie Bell, Pippa decide cerrar esa etapa para siempre. Y, aunque el pódcast que grabó con Ravi sobre el caso se ha hecho viral, insiste en que sus días de detective quedaron atrás... O eso es lo que ella cree.

MysteryMissing PersonFemale LeadSmall Town
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The Secret of the Old Clock

Carolyn Keene · 198 pages

Nancy Drew's first mystery begins when she becomes intrigued by a missing will that could change the fortunes of several families in her town. As she follows a trail of clues connected to an old clock, Nancy uncovers secrets, confronts schemers, and proves her determination and resourcefulness. Blending suspense, clever deduction, and charm that launched a legendary series, this story introduces t

MysteryPrivate InvestigatorSmall TownDetective Protagonist
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Imprints

Rachel Ann Nunes

When young Victoria vanishes without a trace, her heartbroken parents turn to the last prospect they can find for hope. Autumn Rain receives impressions--feelings, or imprints--left behind on certain objects that were treasured by their owners. Victoria's parents view Autumn's unusual talent as a special gift, and hope she can shed light on their daughter's last thoughts. Private detective Keefe M

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Black Dog

Stephen Booth · 497 pages

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Die a Stranger

Steve Hamilton

"The newest novel in by two-time Edgar award-winner and New York Times bestselling author Steve Hamilton A plane lands in a deserted Upper Peninsula airstrip one night, and five dead bodies are found the next morning. The evidence suggests that not only are these murders the beginning of something bigger, but that Alex McKnight's friend Vinnie may be part of it. Alex knows he needs to find him bef

MysteryMissing PersonPrivate InvestigatorSmall Town
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The Girl is Murder

Kathryn Miller Haines · 368 pages

In 1942 New York City, fifteen-year-old Iris grieves for her mother who committed suicide and for the loss of her life of privilege, and secretly helps her father with his detective business since he, having lost a leg at Pearl Harbor, struggles to make ends meet.

MysteryMissing PersonPrivate InvestigatorFemale Lead
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All That Remains

Patricia Cornwell · 416 pages

Pathologist Kay Scarpetta searches for the cause of death in the case of five young couples whose decomposed bodies are found without shoes and socks deep in the woods. Bones, fragments of clothing, and a jack of hearts are all that remain.

MysteryMissing PersonFemale LeadDetective Protagonist
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Last Rites

Neil White · 482 pages

"When Luke Howarth is found stabbed to death in his bed, suspicion falls on his girlfriend, Sarah Goode - missing since his murder. Just another crime of passion with a tragic end - or is it?"--Jacket.

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Everything We Keep

Kerry Lonsdale · 296 pages

Sous chef Aimee Tierney has the recipe for the perfect life: marry her childhood sweetheart, raise a family, and buy out her parents' restaurant. But when her fiancé, James Donato, vanishes in a boating accident, her well-baked future is swept out to sea. Struggling to reconstruct her life, she delves deeper into James's disappearance. What Aimee uncovers is an ocean of secrets that make her quest

MysteryMissing PersonSmall TownThriller
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Sweet Little Lies

Caz Frear · 368 pages

In this gripping debut procedural, a young London policewoman must probe dark secrets buried deep in her own family's past to solve a murder and a long-ago disappearance. Your father is a liar. But is he a killer? Even liars tell the truth . . . sometimes. Twenty-six-year-old Cat Kinsella overcame a troubled childhood to become a Detective Constable with the Metropolitan Police Force, but she's ne

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Random Violence

Jassy Mackenzie · 326 pages

Returning to South Africa after living in England for ten years following her policeman father's murder, PI Jade de Jong agrees to help her father's former partner investigate a series of carjacking cases and discovers a pattern that may have a link to her father's death.

MysteryPrivate InvestigatorFemale LeadDetective Protagonist
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Crime on the Fens

Joy Ellis · 284 pages

MysterySmall TownFemale LeadDetective Protagonist

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