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1) Monster
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In the depths of Loch Ness, a man's body is discovered, reigniting beliefs in the legendary monster lurking beneath the waves. The deceased is a scientist employed by a secretive Highland laboratory known for producing the highly sought-after Gigi Christner cosmetics.Detective Jack Drummond faces two intriguing possibilities: Was the scientist's death connected to his obsession with the Loch Ness monster? Or was he silenced to protect the lab's top...
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Centro histórico de Bologna. El agente de policía Stefano Zamagni se encuentra envuelto en un intento de robo que consigue desmantelar. Enseguida se conoce la identidad del atracador y de esta manera comienza la investigación para encontrarlo. Pero la actividad de las Fuerzas del Orden se ve impactada por auténticas amenazas e intimidaciones. ¿Qué se oculta debajo de esto? Compete a Zamagni y a sus hombres descubrirlo, acabando inevitablemente...
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Colonel Mike Brandon is obliged to intervene in the custody dispute of a small child whose mother Captain Penny Gordon is a young Officer under his command. Detective Senior Sergeant Paul Gordon, Penny's soon to be ex-husband is a hard-nosed Cop with his own agenda and plenty on his plate back in Townsville. Set on a Military base in the Middle East where all the rules of deployment apply and back home in Townsville Australia where other events...
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This small-town sheriff won't break the rules … until his curvy employee changes up the game!CricketIf working for my high school crush makes me a masochist, I'm guilty as charged.Rough & Ready Country's star quarterback-turned-sheriff has held me under his sway for years.But while I drool, he barely notices I exist.Until I blindside him with a career jump, creating much-needed space he's reluctant to give.When my new job title lands me in hot water,...
5) To the Limit
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When former Secret Service agent Eve Garrett, gets a late night call from Tiffany Clayborne saying "Eve, please come and get me" she books over the the bar Tiffany says she's at. She met the girl when she was still an agent. Tiffany was her first assignment and she developed a big sister attachment to the kid that continues to this day. However, when Eve gets to the bar she sees some suspicious activity in a dark alley and her gut tells her that Tiffany...
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Retired veteran and firefighter Tom Shaw isn't afraid of anything. At least, that's what the rest of his crew thinks. After three tours in the Middle East, he traded his camo uniform for turnout gear, earning a rep as the go-to guy when desperate measures required quick action. But what others see as dedication and daring is a carefully constructed façade to hide what Shaw fears most-the discovery of a dark secret that could ruin his career and his...
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AIDS activists resort to terrorism in the action-packed mystery SOULS ON FIRE. In Austin, Texas, circa 1985, terrorists attack a bank and slaughter innocent civilians while stealing cash. Their motivation for this and later assaults is not devotion to a religion, not revenge for some event, nor out of greed. Their outrage stems from the police and society treating them as less than human. They have AIDS. They have decided to follow the Viking belief...
8) Mejor muerto
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"Hay personas que no merecen vivir. También esas merecen justicia. Susana Rodríguez Lezaun lo ha vuelto hacer en un thriller tan adictivo e implacable como su protagonista, la inspectora Pieldelobo: pasen y lean". Ibon Martín
La esperada nueva novela de la serie de la inspectora Marcela Pieldelobo, en una investigación contrarreloj en la que todos mienten y nadie parece tener prisa por dar con un eminente empresario secuestrado.
Francisco Sarasola,...
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He drives her wild. Police officer Raphael Delgado's Latin smolder could set any woman's panties on fire. He's also kinda judgey, and maybe a little damaged. Totally the wrong guy to get tangled up with while keeping the biggest secret of her life. But suddenly he's everywhere she goes, distracting her from her goal and tempting her to break all her own rules. She drives him crazy. Lusting for your friend's sister is so wrong. Especially when he's...
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Bodies marked with religious symbols are recovered from Coyote Bodies sending Sergeant Corinne Aleckson and Detective Smoke Dawes on a quest. Who buried them in the bog? They pore through missing persons' files, consult an FBI profiler, and are soon in pursuit of an angel of death. Their investigation leads them into uncharted and dangerous territory, but they'll stop at nothing until they end the death one's reign.
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A Portland socialite is found dead at the bottom of the stairs of her N.E. Alameda Street mansion under suspicious circumstances. Was Charlene Davies murdered or was it just a simple, albeit tragic, accident.
With each chapter, Detective Bill Karb and true crime podcaster Meg Nguyen discover new clues about what might have really happened, These clues just lead to more questions and even suspects. Everyone has secrets but which ones will be...
12) Cliff
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Told through the eyes of two seasoned detectives, Skull and Violet, Cliff by John Spagnoli has asmany twists and turns as the sinuous cliff side roads where mysterious murders occur. WhenSkull returns from military service with PTSD, Violet covers for him as they sleuth out coldcases in the seaside metropolis where they grew up as besties. The duo struggle with unrequitedlove for each other while scrambling to investigate a new rash of murders masquerading...
13) Blackmail
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Intrigue…Mystery…Murder…Avery was in the wrong place at the wrong time.Is she doomed to suffer for the rest of her life at the hands of an unscrupulous club owner?Destitute, in debt, and on the brink of giving up, can the death of a friend bring the hope she so desperately needs?Can Gabe help her turn her life around?Will she insist on helping solve a murder which could place her in grave danger?
14) Drugged to Death
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Called out in the middle of the night.Pete Ferguson's call is from his sister; their dad has collapsed and is in intensive care. Pete flies to Tucson to be at his bedside. Jamie Brodie was already concerned for Pete's emotional well-being, and his worries only grow each time he talks to Pete - who seems to be gradually falling apart.Kevin Brodie's call is from his boss, Tim Garcia; there's been a double overdose at the Powell Library at UCLA. When...
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BLURB:DECEPTION IN SANDPIPER BAY, the third book in the award-winning Riley Harper Series, is a thrilling page turner that will keep you reading far into the night and keep you guessing until the startling ending. During a Fourth of July celebration on Sandpiper Bay-a small island off the coast of Maine-six-year-old Dante Catalina goes missing. The locals are close-knit and friendly but the sea of new faces-strangers boating in, or arriving by ferry...
16) Tequila Claus
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It's Shaping up to be a Blue Christmas Days before Christmas, the worst snowstorm in two decades strands guests and staff at the Diamant Hills Conference Centre in Mechanic Falls. A Police Chiefs' convention and a real estate symposium are in full swing, but that doesn't deter a jewel-loving thief from robbing the guest rooms of valuables. Three of the law enforcement professionals are confident they have the intruder in their sights, and they'll...
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Hunter Creed lived a nice quiet life as the Sheriff of Fairfield, Montana. His life soon becomes a little complicated when Gracie Steves walked back into his life with blood on her hands. As Hunter ties to wrap his head around becoming a father of a sixteen year son he just met, drugs begin to surface in his town, sending teenagers in the ER. The son Hunter has yet to get to know comes up missing. Hunter tries to juggle his personal crisis and hunt...
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Maurice Moreau et Esther, son épouse, meurent sans descendance. Le notaire chargé de la succession fait appel à deux généalogistes successoraux pour retrouver d'éventuels héritiers. Le jeu en vaut la chandelle. Maurice Moreau, critique d'art et collectionneur averti, était richissime.
L'enquête d'Hippolyte Debieste et de Lalo Jimenez va conduire ces deux professionnels à Molène et Ouessant d'o était originaire le mécène. Ils sont plusieurs...
19) The Beast Within
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She didn't expect to land in the crosshairs of a serial killer. Can two displaced angels save a woman from the clutches of a vicious psychopath? When Julie Crenshaw is offered a news reporter's job on beautiful Vancouver Island, she didn't expect to land in the crosshairs of a serial killer. Connor O'Rourke has seen his share of human depravities during his fourteen years as a homicide detective but is still sickened by the murderer terrorizing his...
20) Spider Silk: A Mystery on the High Desert: A Murder Mystery on the High Desert: A Murder Mystery
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Someone is helping themselves to funds at the Land and Cattleman's Bank, and senior teller Susan McDowell knows who. But shy report this to the police when weaving her web if simple extortion will yield a better return?
Elsewhere, an unrelated suspicious death leads to a manhunt and the capture of confessed killer Bill Casey. When Oregon Lake County Sheriff Bud Blair reads the autopsy report, he begins to suspect that someone other than Casey...