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Dick Francis's Refusal

Felix Francis · 371 pages

Sir Richard Stewart, chairman of the racing authority, begs retired private investigator Sid Halley to investigate a series of dodgy races. Sid adamantly refuses, but the following day, Sir Richard is found dead under suspicious circumstances. "Dick Francis's beloved investigator Sid Halley returns in the riveting new mystery by New York Times-bestselling author Felix Francis. Six years ago, inve

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Hugger Mugger

Robert B. Parker · 308 pages

"Spenser heads for horse country, with a dangerous and multilayered case that takes him to the heart of the horse-racing world, as the Boston P.I. travels to a Georgia stable to protect the two-year-old colt destined to become the next Secretariat.". "When Spenser is approached by Walter Clive, president of Three Fillies Stables, to find out who is threatening his horse Hugger Mugger, he can hard

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Altered Carbon

Richard K. Morgan · 480 pages

Mankind is strung out across interstellar space, and human consciousness is digitally freighted between the stars and downloaded into bodies, but some things never change, so when Takeshi is downloaded into the body of a ex-thug and presented with a catch-22 offer he shouldn't be surprised.

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Some Danger Involved

Will Thomas · 304 pages

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The A.B.C. Murders

Agatha Christie · 252 pages

There's a serial killer on the loose, bent on working his way though the alphabet. There seems little chance of the murderer being caught - until her makes the crucial and vain mistake of challenging Hercule Poirot to frustrate his plans . . .

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Shadows in Bronze

Lindsey Davis · 393 pages

It's the first century A.D. and Marcus Didius Falco, Ancient Rome's favorite son and sometime palace spy, has just been dealt a lousy blow from the gods: The beautiful, high-born Helena Justina has left him in the dust. So when the Emperor Vespasian calls upon him to investigate an act of treason, Falco is more than ready for a distraction. Disguised as an idle vacationer in the company of his bes

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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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Death of a Doxy

Rex Stout · 189 pages

Orrie Cather is engaged to Jill, but he's been seeing Isabel on the side. When he asks Archie Goodwin to break into her apartment and retrieve some incriminating paperwork, Archie agrees - but finds Isabel bludgeoned to death. Wolfe sets out to clear Orrie of the crime, and in doing so uncovers secrets about Isabel and her love life that a number of people would rather stay hidden. Isabel's be

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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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The Cuckoo's Calling

J.K. Rowling · 480 pages

After losing his leg to a land mine in Afghanistan, Cormoran Strike is barely scraping by as a private investigator. Strike is down to one client, and creditors are calling. He has also just broken up with his longtime girlfriend and is living in his office. Then John Bristow walks through his door with an amazing story: His sister, thelegendary supermodel Lula Landry, known to her friends as the

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Death on Deadline

Robert Goldsborough · 185 pages

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The Third Rail

Michael Harvey · 304 pages

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A is for Alibi

Sue Grafton · 244 pages

A IS FOR AVENGER. A tough-talking former cop, private investigator Kinsey Millhone has set up a modest detective agency in a quiet corner of Santa Teresa, California. She's a twice-divorced loner with few personal possessions and fewer personal attachments but with a soft spot for underdogs and lost causes. A IS FOR ACCUSED. That's why she draws desperate clients like Nikki Fife. Eight years ag

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Stateline

Dave Stanton · 311 pages

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A Deadly Shade of Gold

John D. MacDonald · 290 pages

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Old Tin Sorrows

Glen Cook · 252 pages

Glen Cook did one heckuva job with this book - it answered a lot of questions I had about Garrett's painting of Ellenor hanging in his office (This happens when one reads a series out of sequence) as well as delving deeper into his relationship with Morley. While a little dark, this book is still full of action, ghosts, walking corpse's, magic, trolls and about anything else that makes a fantasy

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Blood Shot

Sara Paretsky · 376 pages

V.I. Warshawski isn't crazy about going back to her old south Chicago neighborhood, but a promise is something she always keeps. Caroline, a childhood friend, has a dying mother and a problem -- after twenty-five years she wants V.I. to find the father she never knew. But when V.I. starts probing into the past, she not only finds out where all the bodies are buried -- she stumbles onto a ve

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Chasing Darkness

Robert Crais · 288 pages

Elvis was a hero when he cleared an innocent man of a murder charge. But when that innocent man is found dead three years later holding photos of the victim, Elvis is the one on trial.

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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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The Big Sleep

Raymond Chandler · 220 pages

Philip Marlowe, a private eye who operates in Los Angeles's seamy underside during the 1930s, takes on his first case, which involves a paralyzed California millionaire, two psychotic daughters, blackmail, and murder

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For the Love of Mike

Rhys Bowen · 322 pages

Meeting resistance in her efforts to become a private detective in 1901 New York City, Molly Murphy works to track down the wayward daughter of an aristocratic family and goes undercover in the garment business to expose industrial espionage.

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Robert B. Parker's Wonderland

Ace Atkins · 306 pages

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Dream Town

David Baldacci · 421 pages

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