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Author
Series
William Warwick novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, William Warwick is tasked with a dangerous new line of work, to go undercover and expose crime of another kind: corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. Along with detectives Rebecca Pankhurst and Nicky Bailey, his team is focused on following Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle exceeds his income. But the investigation risks being compromised when Nicky falls for Summers....
Author
Publisher
Crown
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
287 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Wrongly arrested after fleeing from her abusive husband, a mother desperately fights corrupt authorities to recover her stolen children; while a man across the country hears the story on the news and identifies links to similar events in his own past.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
440 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"For three years, women have been disappearing--and eventually turning up dead in the small bayou town of St. Augustine, Louisiana. Police detective Beau Hebert is the only one who seems to care, but with every witness quickly silenced and a corrupt police department set on keeping the cases unsolved, Beau's investigation stalls at every turn. With nobody else to trust, Beau calls in a favor from his friend on the FBI's Mobile Response Team. While...
6) Cold service
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When his friend, Hawk, is brutally injured after helping protect another man, Boston private detective Spenser throws himself into Hawk's rehabilitation and investigates the Ukrainian mob he believes is responsible for the attack.
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"A dazzling, unforgettable novel about a young Black woman who walks the streets of Oakland and stumbles headlong into the failure of its justice system-a debut that announces a blazingly original voice. Kiara Johnson and her brother Marcus are barely scraping by in a squalid East Oakland apartment complex that calls itself, optimistically, the Royal-Hi. Both have dropped out of high school, their family fractured by death and prison. But while Marcus...
8) The betrayal
Author
Series
Publisher
Tyndale House Pub
Pub. Date
2011
Physical Desc
381 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Detective Boone Drake has successfully conducted an operation to bring down street gangs and crime bosses. A leak somewhere in the Chicago PD, however, threatens the life of his key witness, and Drake must figure out who the betrayer is before it's too late.
9) Filthy Rich
Author
Language
English
Description
Filthy Rich endeavors to examine all sides of the case that appalled one of America's richest communities and captivated the world.
Author
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
309 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In a red brick houson a tree-lined street, DC homicide detective Alex Blum stares at the bullet-pocked body of Chris Doyle. As he roots around for evidence, he finds an old polaroid: the decedent, arm in arm with Arthur Holland, Blum's informant from years ago when he worked at the Narcotics branch. But Arthur has been missing for days. Blum's only source: Arthur's girl, Celeste--beautiful, seductive, and tragic--whom he can't get out of his head"--...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First Atria books hardcover edition.
Physical Desc
436 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Making a Murderer meets Scandal in this story of police corruption, family secrets, and illicit affairs from bestselling author K.A. Tucker, celebrated for her "dark, twisty tale[s]" (Lisa Gardner) filled with "clever twists and turns" (Publishers Weekly). Noah Marshall has had a privileged life thanks to his mother, the highly decorated chief of the Austin Police Department. But all that changes the night she reveals a skeleton that's been rattling...
12) Bodies in winter
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2009
Physical Desc
252 p. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
NYPD detective Harry Corbin and his partner Adele Bentibi arrive at the scene of a murder, which looks like a cut-and-dried case, but, as they investigate, they uncover a murky world of cover-ups that put both of their careers--and their lives--in serious danger.
13) 11th hour
Author
Series
Women's Murder Club volume 11
Pub. Date
2012
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
Formats
Description
When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, Lindsay Boxer discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the deaths of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. Then she's called next to the most bizarre crime scene she's ever witnessed: two bodiless heads elaborately displayed in the garden of a world-famous actor.
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
298 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Pits three characters in a race against time to thwart a gross miscarriage of justice--and a crooked detective who wreaks havoc...with deadly consequences. What happens to a deferred dream--especially when an innocent man's life hangs in the balance? Langston Brown is running out of time and options for clearing his name and escaping death row"--
16) Wrath
Author
Publisher
Urban Books
Pub. Date
c2019
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
In the history of New York City's underworld, there have been a host of criminal figures whose exploits have gone on to inspire. One of them is Jonas Rafferty, known among friends and enemies alike as Wrath, whose life changes when he crosses paths with rogue homicide detective Louis "Lou" Ceavers and offered a bargain that will change the course of his life.
From the neighborhood bullies to the stepfather who uses him and his siblings as punching...
17) Exposed
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
While investigating the death of his partner, a police detective discovers police corruption.
Author
Series
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
407 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Framed for the murder of an FBI agent after testifying against David Chen and his illegal businesses, Kara Quinn goes on the run, determined to clear her name without putting her partner, Matt Costa, in danger"--
19) Deception cove
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Former US Marine Jess Winslow reenters civilian life a new widow, with little more to her name than a falling down house, a medical discharge for PTSD, and a loyal dog named Lucy. The only thing she actually cares about is that dog, a black-and-white pit bull mix who helps her cope with the devastating memories of her time in Afghanistan. After fifteen years -- nearly half his life -- in state prison, Mason Burke owns one set of clothes, a wallet,...
Author
Series
Malcolm Fox volume 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Language
English
Description
A major inquiry into a neighboring police force sees Malcolm Fox and his colleagues cast adrift, unsure of territory, protocol, or who they can trust. An entire station-house looks to have been compromised, but as Fox digs deeper he finds the trail leads him back in time to the suicide of a prominent politician and activist. There are secrets buried in the past, and reputations on the line.