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English
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Four people in a car, hoping to make Chicago by morning. One man driving, eyes on the road. Another man next to him, telling stories that don't add up. A woman in the back, silent and worried. And next to her, a huge man with a broken nose, hitching a ride east to Virginia. An hour behind them, a man lies stabbed to death in an old pumping station. He was seen going in with two others, but he never came out. He has been executed, the knife work professional,...
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"When a private eye starts to follow a possibly adulterous husband, little does he know that the twisted trail will lead back to the woman who hired him--in this spectacularly devious new novel by Peter Swanson featuring characters from his acclaimed novel The Kind Worth Killing"--
63) Wicked ways
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Series
Language
English
Description
Suburban wife and mother Elizabeth Gaines Ellis worries that she is somehow the cause of a series of brutal deaths, but no one will take her fears seriously except the private investigator digging into her past.
64) Near miss
Author
Series
A Stone Barrington novel volume 64
Language
English
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Description
"Following a string of adventures, Stone Barrington is enjoying some downtime in New York City when a chance encounter introduces him to a charming new companion. Too bad she also comes with the baggage of a persistent ex-boyfriend intent on retribution. As Stone skillfully dodges each disturbance, it soon becomes clear that there is potentially an even more treacherous game being played behind the scenes. And when long-standing grudges resurface,...
65) Colby rebuilt
Author
Publisher
Harlequin
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
250 p. ; 17 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
P.I. Roland Ford volume 3
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language
English
Description
While searching for a missing teenager, private investigator Roland Ford uncovers a dark conspiracy involving an American Nazi compound and a celebrity evangelist.
Author
Series
No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 11
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
211 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In this story, Precious Ramotswe deals with issues of mistaken identity and great fortune against the beautiful backdrop of Botswana's remote and striking Okavango Delta. Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi head to a safari camp to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest who has left one of the guides a large sum of money. But once they find their man, Precious begins to sense that something is not right. To make matters worse, shortly before...
68) Private Moscow
Author
Series
Private volume 15
Language
English
Description
"An invitation from an old friend draws Jack Morgan into a deadly conspiracy. On a cold January morning, Jack Morgan stands inside the New York Stock Exchange with his former US Marine comrade whose company is being launched onto the market, eagerly awaiting the opening bell. But before the bell rings, a bullet rips through the air and finds its mark. In the aftermath of the murder, the victim's wife hires Jack to find the killer. As the head of Private,...
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English
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"Stone Barrington gains an adversary that he can't seem to shake in the electrifying new adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Stone Barrington's latest lady friend is full of surprises, both good and ill. A sensual woman with unexpected desires, Stone finds her revelations in the boudoir extremely agreeable. But on the other hand, she also has some unfinished business with a temperamental man who believes Stone is an intolerable...
70) Bombshell
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Series
A Teddy Fay novel volume 4
Language
English
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Description
"Teddy Fay is back in Hollywood and caught in two tricky situations. First, a rising star at Centurion becomes the target of malicious gossip, and Teddy must find and neutralize the source before the situation gets out of hand - or becomes violent. At the same time, Teddy finds himself targeted by a criminal thug bearing a grudge. It's a lot of knives to juggle, even for a former-CIA-operative-turned-movie-producer accustomed to hazardous working...
71) The shallows
Author
Series
Nils Shapiro volume 3
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Investigating the brutal murder of a Minnesota lawyer, private investigator Nils Shapiro and his partners are unexpectedly overwhelmed by an influx of complicated cases, additional murders, and an unknown adversary.
74) Every man a king
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Series
Publisher
Mulholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
After being asked to investigate the charges against a white nationalist accused of treason and murder, Joe King Oliver, with help from bodyguard and mercenary Oliya Ruez, embarks on a winding quest to expose the truth.
75) The strangler
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
2008, c2007
Edition
Bantam mass market ed.
Physical Desc
484 p. ; 18 cm.
Language
English
76) Live wire
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
When a pregnant tennis star reports that her rock-artist husband has gone missing amid scandalous rumors, Myron Bolitar is forced to confront deep secrets about his client's past while struggling with fatherhood roles in his personal life.
Author
Series
Chet and Bernie volume 9
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2019
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
When their tip to a once-famous singer performing in a bar is stolen, P.I. Bernie and his canine sidekick, Chet, take on a case with ties to old border-town secrets that makes them the target of powerful people who want those secrets to stay hidden.
Author
Publisher
Grand Central
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
345 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
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Description
When a desperate businessman asks him to find his daughter and grandchildren who have disappeared without a trace, Jack Morgan, the head of Private, finds this simple missing persons case turning into something much more deadly, forcing him to face the trauma of his past to save a family's future.
Author
Series
A Savannah Reid mystery volume Book 22
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
308 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Eagerly accepting a security detail job on a luxurious Alaskan cruise to protect a famed mystery writer, Savannah Reid tackles a particularly dramatic case when her charge inexplicably flees the ship and is killed in a suspicious accident.
80) Blind Faith
Author
Series
Jigsaw files volume 3
Language
English
Description
"He has nothing and everything to lose… When a seventeen-year-old boy goes missing while camping with his buddies in the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend, the case is right up PI Charlie Dodge’s alley. Charlie’s reputation for finding missing people— especially missing kids—is unparalleled. Unfortunately, trouble seems to be equally good at finding him. Charlie’s still in the thick of it when bad news arrives regarding his wife, Annie, whose...