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Sacred

Dennis Lehane · 416 pages

The master of the new noir, Dennis Lehane brilliantly interweaves beauty and violence, integrity and evil in this thrilling, powerfully resonant novel.A beautiful, grief-stricken woman has vanished without a trace. So has the detective hired to find her. And a lot of money. Enter saavy, tough-nosed private investigators Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro. Rooted in the no-nonsense streets of Boston

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Cold Paradise

Stuart Woods · 424 pages

Palm Beach is the most glamorous scene of the crime yet for cop turned investigator Stone Barrington, who becomes reacquainted with a case he thought was buried years ago - and must settle romantic entanglements that haunt him still.... **Fair-Weather Friend** Luxuriating in Palm Beach's winter warmth, Stone is stunned to recognize someone he thought was dead. Former client Allison Manning i

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McNally's Secret

Lawrence Sanders · 341 pages

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Double Whammy

Carl Hiaasen · 360 pages

R.J. Decker, star tenant of the local trailer park and neophyte private eye is fishing for a killer. Thanks to a sportsman's scam that's anything but sportsmanlike, there's a body floating in Coon Bog, Florida—and a lot that's rotten in the murky waters of big-stakes, large-mouth bass tournaments. Here Decker will team up with a half-blind, half-mad hermit with an appetite for road kill; dare to k

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Stiff Arm Steal

A.J. Stewart · 272 pages

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Shadow Men

Jonathon King · 314 pages

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McNally's Alibi

Vincent Lardo, Lawrence Sanders · 330 pages

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Flame

John Lutz · 324 pages

DIVDIVWhen a client dies in a car explosion, Orlando detective Fred Carver learns the man may not have been who he said he was /divDIVFor Bert Renway, it starts out as a simple proposition: a fat bundle of money to spend a few weeks impersonating Frank Wesley, a local tycoon. But after a while Bert grows suspicious of the easy money, and seeks help in the shape of Fred Carver, an ex–Orlando police

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The Naked Detective

Laurence Shames · 230 pages

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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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School Days

Robert B. Parker · 295 pages

Lily Ellsworth the grand dame of Dowling, Massachusetts hires Spenser to investigate her grandson Jared Clark's alleged involvement in a school shooting. Though seven people were killed in cold blood, and despite Jared's being named as a co-conspirator by the other shooter, Mrs. Ellsworth is convinced of her grandson's innocence.

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A Catskill Eagle

Robert B. Parker, Robin A.H. Waterfield · 320 pages

In the detective business, Spenser sometimes has to bend the law, sometimes break it. His best friend, Hawk, faces a life sentence, and Susan is in even bigger trouble. Now Spencer has to free them both.

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Robert B. Parker's Cheap Shot

Ace Atkins · 308 pages

"The iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser returns in an outstanding new addition to the New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins. Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England Patriots' marquee players-a hard-nosed linebacker who's earned his reputation as one of the toughest guys in the league. When off-field violence repeatedly lands Heywood in the news, his slick agent hires Spe

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Thicker Than Water

G.M. Ford · 260 pages

For years Leo Waterman eked out a meager living as a PI in Seattle. But when Rebecca, the love of his life, dumped him to marry someone else, Leo retires. Until one day he learns that Rebecca has vanished and no one can locate her. Together with a motley crew of homeless drunks and reprobates, Leo sets out to find Rebecca. He follows her trail from the streets of Seattle to the great North Woods.

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Robert B. Parker's Slow Burn

Ace Atkins, Robert B. Parker · 365 pages

The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast, lighting up Boston's South End and killing three firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later, as the city prepares to honor their sacrifice, there are still no answers about how the deadly fire started. Boston firefighter Jack McGee, who lost his best friend in the blaze, suspects arson, and is convinced department investi

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Voodoo River

Robert Crais · 293 pages

Who am I. Jodi Taylor is a beautful television star, but she's also adopted. She has questions and PI Elvis Cole agrees to find answers. It should be a run of the mill investigation, but everyone has secrets and some secrets kill. On the trail Jodii's past, Elvis and his partner Joe Pike leave Las Angeles for the steam heated streets of New Orleans and sinister bayous of Cajun Counrty...back cover

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Poodle Springs

Raymond Chandler, Robert B. Parker · 290 pages

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Bitter Gold Hearts

Glen Cook · 253 pages

Nothing is worse that a family at war with its members, unless a very rich family that lives on the hill, a Storm Warden at the head of it and a good unhealthy sprinkling of kidnapping, unclean sex, murder and grand theft. Our old pal Garrett gets pulled into that unholy mess and Glen Cooks ability to write an interesting book is once again proven. gmb 3/26/20

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The Night Monster

James Swain · 360 pages

The shadowy side of the Sunshine State, where blood runs cold even in the tropical heat, is the tantalizing, terrifying territory few know better than James Swain. His razor-sharp tales of criminals, cops, and South Florida--style suspense bite like a hungry gator and never let go.The past has come back to haunt P.I. Jack Carpenter, former head of the Broward County Missing Persons Unit. As a youn

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The High Window

Raymond Chandler · 230 pages

Fast-talking, trouble-seeking private eye Philip Marlowe is a different kind of detective: a moral man in an amoral world. California in the 1940s and 1950s is as beautiful as a ripe fruit and rotten to the core, and Marlowe must struggle to retain his integrity amidst the corruption he encounters daily. In The High Window, Marlowe starts out on the trail of a single stolen coin and ends up knee-d

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Live Wire

Harlan Coben · 384 pages

Is a pretty lie better than the ugly truth? Harlan Coben published his first Myron Bolitar thriller, Deal Breaker, in 1995, introducing a hero that would captivate millions. Over the years we have watched Myron walk a tight rope between sports agent, friend, problem solver and private eye, his big heart quick to defend his client’s interests so fiercely that he can’t help but jump in to save th

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Darkly Dreaming Dexter

Jeff Lindsay · 304 pages

Kriminalroman. Miamipolitiet og politiofficer Deborah Morgan prøver at finde en seriemorder. Deborah håber sagen vil fremme hendes karrieremuligheder, og hun får hjælp af sin bror Dexter, der arbejder for politiet. Han er også seriemorder - men det er ikke ham, sagen drejer sig om

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The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle · 1,132 pages

Contains: - Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Scandal in Bohemia - Red-Headed League - Case of Identity - Boscombe Valley Mystery - Five Orange Pips - Man with the Twisted Lip - Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle - Adventure of the Speckled Band - Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb - Adventure of the Noble Bachelor - Adventure of the Beryl Coronet - Adventure of the Copper Beeches - Case-B

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Winter Of The Wolf Moon

Steve Hamilton · 274 pages

"Alex Mcknight has a souvenir of his days as a cop - a bullet lodged too near his heart to be removed. He also has a guilty conscience about the death of his partner in that same shooting, and now he is left alone in his spartan log cabin, taking his meals at the nearby roadhouse, finding company there when he wants it - and not when he doesn't.". "But it doesn't work that way. When a young Nativ

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