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Cat of a Different Color
by Lydia  Adamson
   
A mystery cat takes a talented actress-turned-sleuth behind the scenes to murder.
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Dawn
by V. C.  Andrews
   
With the death of her mother, Dawn Longchamp's life begins to crumble as her father is taken away by the police, she is separated from her older brother, Jimmy, and she is thrust into a new family and a labyrinth of evil sins and sinister secrets. #1 Cutler series.
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Murder at the Cat Show
by Marian  Babson
   
 
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Shadows in their Blood
by Marian  Babson
   
Surrounded by suspicion and fear, Trixie and Evangeline find themselves fighting for their sanity and their lives.
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Hour Game
by David  Baldacci
   
In the wake of a series of brutal murders in the Virginia countryside, investigators Sea King and Michelle Maxwell discover that the case may be related to an aristocratic southern family.
    Binding:  Hardcover  Pages: 2004   Year published: 722


Absolute Power
by David  Baldacci
   
Jack Graham is a young attorney caught between absolute truth and absolute power in a thriller that will change the way you think about government.
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Blood Lure
by Nevada  Barr
   
While studying grizzly bears in waterton-Blacier National Park, ranger Anna Pigeon finds herself in the midst of a series of deadly bear attacks that leave her struggling to re-evaluate her view of nature.
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Monsieur Pamplemousse
by Michael  Bond
   
A culinary expert finds a mysterious instrument of death hidden in the specialty of the house.
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Cat Who Said Cheese
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
Qwill, Koko and Yum yum investigate a hotel bombing just a week before the Great Food Exppo in Pickax.
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Cat Who Blew the Whistle
by Lililan Jackson  Braun
   
With the help of cats Koko and Yum Yum, Qwill is trying to make a connection between a missing millionaire and a recent murder at a nearby railroad tavern.
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Cat Who Went Bananas
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
James Qwilleran and his talented team of feline sleuths investigate the supposedly accidental death of a cast member on the eve of the Theatre Club's performance.
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Cat Who Came for Breakfast
by Lillian Jackson  Braun
   
When some odd "accidents" occur, including a fatal boat explosion, Qwill and his cats Koko and Yum Yum set out to investigate.
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Cat Who Talked Turkey
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
When the body of a well-dressed man is found shot execution-style in a wooded area on his property, Jim Aqilleran and his feline companions investigate.
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Cat Who Brought Down the House
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
 
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Cat Who Ate Danish Modern
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
When an exclusive residence is burglarized and the lady of the house is found dead, Qwilleran and his Siamese cats frind themselves on the trail of a very clever murderer.
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Cat Who Sniffed Glue
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
Qwilleran and his feline sleuths solve a series of murders in the small northern town of Pickax.
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Cat Who Had 14 Tales
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
Fourteen short stoires starring super-sleuth cats.
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Cat Who Knew a Cardinal
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
Qwilleran and his two feline detectives search for an actor who is playing the part of a killer.
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Cat Who Saw Stars
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
Quill struggles to dispel rumors that extraterrestial beings are responsible for a backpacker's disappearance.
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Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
While the town of Pickax is swept up in its sesquicentennial celebrations, a hurricane brews, and members of a local family fall deathly ill. James Qwilleran and his famous felines Koko and Yum Yum have their work cut out for them!
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Cat Who Played Post Office
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
When reporter Jim Qwilleran and his clue-seeking Siamese cats received an unexpected inheritance and moved into the rich-and-famous circuit, they found their taste for the good life spoiled by a shocking murder.
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Cat Who Could Read Backwards
by Lilian Jackson  Braun
   
The book that launched the phenomenally popular "Cat Who..." mystery series and introduces the detective team of reporter Jim Quwilleran and Koko the Siamese cat.
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Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell
by Lililan Jackson  Braun
   
While the town of Pickax is swept up in its sesquicentennial celebrations, a hurricane brews, and members of a local family fall deathly ill. James Qwilleran and his famous felines Koko and Yum Yum have their work cut out for them!
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Hawk O'Toole's Hostage
by Sandra  Brown
   
Miranda and her young son are being held hostage on a reservation by a native American who wants to force the government to open a mine.
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Catch as Cat Can
by Rita Mae  Brown
   
Crozet, Virginia, postmistress "Harry" Harristeen and pets: Tee Tucker, her dog; Pewter, her fat gray cat; and tiger cat Mrs. Murphy, the brains of the operation, investigate what began as a simple case of stolen hubcaps but turns complicated when someone finds the suspected thief hanged in the woods.
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Witness
by Sandra  Brown
   
Kendall Deaton's life was a dream until she witnessed an unspeakable crime and had to escape from a chilling conspiracy of bigotry and deception.
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Alienist
by Caleb  Carr
   
When a madman begins stalking victims on the streets of 1896 New York, a team of investigators are forced to apply radical and untested techniques that include fingerprinting and the controversial science of psychology.
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Blindman's Bluff
by Margaret  Carr
   
Alone and desperate, Kate considers suicide as preferable to murder.
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Man Who Knew Too Much
by C. K.   Chesterton
   
Horne Fisher, idle Englishman turned sleuth, is a man who knows too much about nine ghastly crimes and the society members who committed them.
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Mrs. Partker Pyne, Detective
by Agatha  Christie
   
A collection of twelve of Agatha Christie's short stories.
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Thirteen at Dinner
by Agatha  Christie
   
When wealthy Lord Edgeware is murdered, the obvious suspect (obvious to everyone but Hercule Poirot) is his estranged wife.
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Hollow
by Agatha  Christie
   
An invitation for lunch turns into a nasty nightmare when Poirot finds a corpse floating face down in a pool.
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Boomerang Clue
by Agatha  Christie
   
When Bobby Johnes finds a man dying on his favorite golf course,l he never imagines murder until someone tries to kill him too.
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Murder in Three Acts
by Agatha  Christie
   
With the help of Hercule Poirot, Sir Charles states a party to bait a killer.
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Caribbean Mystery
by Agatha  Christie
   
Miss Marple suspects foul play in the death of an elderly guest at her hotel on St. Honore.
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Elephants Can Remember
by Agatha  Christie
   
Dapper Belgian detectiveHercule Poirot solves the 15-year-old mystery surrounding the death of a young woman's parents.
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Secret Adversary
by Agatha  Christie
   
Tommy and Tuppence race enemy agents to find a missing girl and the explosive secret documents she possesses.
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Crooked House
by Agatha  Christie
   
Charles Hayward struggles to solve a mystery in which every suspect has a secret motive and a solid alibi.
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Peril at End House
by Agatha  Christie
   
Hercule Poirot is vacationing on the Cornish Riviera when he meets a pretty womn just iminutes after the third attempt on her life.
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Big Four
by Agatha  Christie
   
Hercule Poirot and his companion Hastings face an insidious, secret international organization bent on world destruction.
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Miss Marple: The Complete Short Stories
by Agatha  Christie
   
Twenty short stories featuring the gently shrewd Miss Marple.
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Appointment with Death
by Agatha  Christie
   
When Mrs. Boynton is found dead during a tour of the Holy Land, hercule Poirot msut find her murderer.
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Clear and Present Danger
by Tom  Clancy
   
Jack Ryan finds himself in the middle of America's war on drugs.
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Tom Clancy's Op-Center
by Tom  Clancy
   
When a job is too dangerous for the U. S. government, intelligence operatives turn to Director Paul Hood and his Op-Center crisis management team. Co-written with Steve Pieczenik.
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Cardinal of the Kremlin
by Tom  Clancy
   
 
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Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories
by Mary Higgins  Clark
   
Clark's first collection of short fiction, including a novella and four short stories.
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Second Time Around
by Mary Higgins  Clark
   
 
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Moonlight Becomes You
by Mary Higgins  Clark
   
Horrified when her long-lost stepmother turns up murdered, fashion photographer Maggie begins to suspect that she, too, is being targeted by the killer and uncovers a diabolical plot.
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Deck the Halls
by Mary Higgins  Clark
   
It's Christmas time, but C. B. Dingle has no Christmas spirit. His departed Uncle Goodloe left his fortune to the Sod, Plant, Bloom, and Blossom Society, and Dingle is distraught. He's so upset, in fact, that he's bent on revenge. The plan is to kidnap Luke Reilly, owner of the funeral home that set dear old Uncle on the garden path. But Dingle's partner, Petey, accidentally drops the ransom in the drink (the East River, to be exact), which gives the assorted investigative types--including Reilly's daughter, the PI star of several Carol Higgins Clark novels, and Alvirah Meehan, the amateur detective featured in a few Mary Higgins Clark books--a second chance to find dear Dad, which they do just in time. Happy Christmas to all.
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Santa Cruise
by Mary and Carol Higgins  Clark
   
Amateur sleuth Alvirah, private detective Regan and their family members find their holiday mystery seminar cruise overshadowed by a ghost spotting, the disappearance of a fan, and an unexpected storm.
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My Gal Sunday
by Mary Higgins  Clark
   
Former president Henry Parker Britland IV and his beautiful wife, Sunday, turn sleuth to uncover the truth.
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Santa Cruise
by Carol and Mary Higgins  Clark
   
Embarking on a Mystery Seminar luxury cruise during the holiday season, amateur sleuth Alvirah, private detective Regan, and their family members find their voyage overshadowed by reports of a ghost spotting, the disappearance of a fan, and an unexpected storm.
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Christmas Thief
by Mary Higgins and Carol  Clark
   
Lottery winner-turned-amateur sleuth Alvirah Meehan joins with private detective Regan Reilly to track down a missing eighty-foot tree destined for display in Rockefeller Center.
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Tell No One
by Harlen  Coben
   
Eight years after his beloved wife was supposedly murdered by a serial killer, Beck receives a mysterious communique that suggests that she may still be alive.
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Closers
by Michael  Connelly
   
Years after the death of a sixteen-year-old girl is ruled a suicide, detective Harry Bosch receives DNA evidence that makes him decide to reopen the case.
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Contagion
by Robin  Cook
   
A medical thriller about a deadly epidemic spread by sinister sabotage.
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Blindsight
by Robin  Cook
   
In another terrifying medical thriller, when the demand for organ transplants far exceeds the supply, a group of ruthless people go to unorthodox and deadly lengths to find donors.
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At Risk
by Patricia  Cornwell
   
Ambitious DA Monique Lamont seeks to use a new anticrime initiative to propel herself into the governor's mansion by employing cutting-edge DNA technology to solve a twenty-year-old murder.
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Black Notice
by Patricia  Cornwell
   
Careening across international borders, BLACK NOTICE puts Dr. Kay Scarpetta in harm's way and places those she holds dear at mortal risk.
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Body Farm
by Patricia  Cornwell
   
Dr. Kay Scarpetta travels to North Carolina to investigate the murder of an eleven-year-old girl, but the evidence does not add up, and she must conduct a gruesome experiment at a remote research facility to find the answers.
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Trace
by Patricia  Cornwell
   
Dr. Kay Scarpetta returns to her old haunts to investigate the death of a fourteen-year-old girl.
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Predator
by Patricia  Cornwell
   
While investigating the disappearance of two sisters in Florida, Dr. Kay Scarpetta follow clues that lead into the psychopathic depths of a jailed serial killer’s mind.
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Two Minute Rule
by Robert  Crais
   
Devastated by the murder of his estranged son on the day of his own release from prison, former bank robber Max Holman launches a renegade investigation to
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Case of the Kidnapped Angel
by E. V.  Cunningham
   
Ace detective Masuto investigates the kidnapping of HOllywood actress.
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Case of the Poisoned Eclairs
by E. V.  Cunningham
   
Ace-detective Masuto solves a bizarre murder puzzle.
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Sticks & Scones
by Dianne Mott  Davidson
   
in addition to her traditional Elizabethean banquet, Colorado caterer-turned-sleuth Goldy Schulz needs to cook up some crime-solving solutions.
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Tough Cookie
by Diane Mott  Davidson
   
Caterer Goldy Schulz finds herself searching icy ski slopes to find a killer -- but this may be the one time she will not be able to schuss to safety.
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Devil's Teardrop
by Jeffrey  Deaver
   
After a machine gun attack in the Washington, D. C. subway system leaves dozens of people dead, retired FBI document examiner Parker Kincaid must track down the assassin using only a ransom note for a clue.
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Stone Monkey
by Jeffrey  Deaver
   
Forensics expert Lincoln Rhyme is recruited by the FBI to capture a homicidal immigrant smuggler whose next victims are the only witnesses to his previous crimes.
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Twelfth Card
by Jeffrey  Deaver
   
Trying to discover why a Harlem high school student is being targeted for murder, quadriplegic detective Lincoln Rhyme and his protégé look for answers in the student's term paper.
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Spy Line
by Len  Deighton
   
On the run from his enemies, Bernie finds they are closer than he ever suspected.
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Whispers and Lies
by Joy  Fielding
   
A single, middle-aged woman's peaceful FLorida beachfront life is shattered by the arrival of a mysterious younger woman in her neighborhood.
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Consent to Kill
by Vince  Flynn
   
Having earned numerous enemies in his more than fifteen years on the front lines of the war on terror, CIA operative Mitch Rapp is targeted by the influential father of a terrorist who is demanding retribution for his son's death.
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Memorial Day
by Vince  Flynn
   
Learning about an imminent terrorist attack, CIA operative Mitch Rapp takes the lead in a daring commando raid into northern Pakistan.
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Hammer of Eden
by Ken  Follett
   
A controversial talk-radio host broadcasts a terorist threat of a man-made earthquake in Claifornia, but only a young FBI agent takes it seriously.
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Key to Rebecca
by Ken  Follett
   
Set in Cairo in 1942, William Vandam must find and stop the man stealing Britian's military secrets, or Germany could win the war.
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Code to Zero
by Ken  Follett
   
Follows one man's journey to uncover family secrets that leads him into the heart of the nation's burgeoning space program.
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To the Hilt
by Dick  Francis
   
Alexander Kinloch's life as an artist is interrupted by a savage beating and a call from his family for help.
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Comeback
by Dick  Francis
   
Perry Mason represents a penniless defendant in an assigned robbery case.
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Driving Force
by Dick  Francis
   
When one of his drivers breaks the rules by picking up a hitchhiker, and the hitchhiker turns up dead, Freddie Croft, the owner of a business that transports racehorses, becomes involved in a world of strange unseen conspirators.
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Bolt
by Dick  Francis
   
A steeplechase rider must find the vicious killer of two of his mounts, even if it means going outside the law.
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Danger
by Dick  Francis
   
 
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Jemima Shore and the Sunny Day
by Antonia  Fraser
   
Nine short stories featuring the redoubtable Jemima Shore.
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Cavalier Case
by Antonia  Fraser
   
The Viscount refused to believe in the "Decimus Ghost," but there were others in the household who did. A Jemima Shore mystery.
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Case of the Caretaker's Cat
by Erle Stanley  Gardner
   
When Perry Mason investigates the well-to-do Laxter household, he discvoers that along with a will, there's a web of greed, treachery and murder.
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Case of the Hesitant Hostess
by Erle Stanley  Gardner
   
Perry Mason represents a penniless defendant in an assigned robbery case.
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Case of the Spurious Spinster
by Erle Stanley  Gardner
   
Perry Mason is back in the courtroom again.
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Mrs. Pollifax and the Lion Killer
by Dorothy  Gilman
   
Mrs. Pollifax, without the comforting backup of the CIA, hunts for the source of terrorism that threatens a friend in Africa.
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Mrs. Pollifax, Innocent Tourist
by Dorothy  Gilman
   
Mrs. Pollifax and a retired CIA friend travel to the Middle East to smuggle out the final manuscript of a dissident Iraqui novelist.
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Q is for Quarry
by Sue  Grafton
   
Two edlerly detectives who are nearing the end of long careers in law enforcement ask Kinsey Millhone to do the legwork on a long-unsolved case for them. But revisiting the past can be dangerous business, and what begins with the pursuit of Jane Doe's identity ends in a high-risk hunt for her killer.
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C is for Corpse
by Sue  Grafton
   
Fearing that the assailant who had once tried to kill him--and had left him badly scarred and partially amnesiac--would again try to murder him, Bobby Callahan turns to Kinsey Millhone for help.
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M is for Malice
by Sue  Grafton
   
Kinsey is on the trail of a missing heir. #13 in the series.
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G is for Gumshoe
by Sue  Grafton
   
California PI Kinsey Millhone, hired to investigate the disappearance of a client's eccentric, elderly mother, must also evade a vengeful criminal whom she helped put away four years earlier.
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A is for Alibi
by Sue  Grafton
   
Can Kinsey Millhone crack a murder case eight years after the book slams shut?
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S is for SIlence
by Sue  Grafton
   
Thirty-four years after Violet Sullivan's unexplained disappearance, the daughter she left behind enlists the assistance of private detective Kinsey Millhone to help her find the truth.
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L is for Lawless
by Sue  Grafton
   
When Kinsey Milhone agrees to do a favor for her elderly landlord, she finds herself on the trail of a decades-old crime.
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Horse You Came In On
by Martha  Grimes
   
When English police superintendent Richard Jury is called to Baltimore to solve a case, he finds answers and liquid refreshment at a unique tavern called The Horse You Came In On.
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Old Wine Shades
by Martha  Grimes
   
A man in the Old Wine Shades Pub’s story about a friend whose wife, son, and dog all disappeared draws Richard Jury into investigating the case.
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Broker
by John  Grisham
   
Notorious Washington power broker Joel Backman received a surprise pardon, but with so many serious enemies from his past, the question was not whether he would be killed, but rather who would kill him first.
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Brethren
by John  Grisham
   
In a maximum security federal prison, three former judges who call themselves "the brethren" meet daily in the law library to run a rough form of justice iside their new community.
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Street Lawyer
by John  Grisham
   
Michael is a rising star in a giant D. C. law firm, until he has a violent encounter with a homeless man that changes his life and career forever.
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Stormy Weather
by Carl  Hiaasen
   
Two honeymonners at a hotel in the Florida Keys are at the center of a chaotic adventure that brings together a seductive con artist, a shotgun-toting mobile home salesman, a law school dropout and a troop of storm-shocked monkeys.
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Wrath of God
by Jack  Higgins
   
Trained assassin Emmet Keogh joins forces with others to kill a revolutionary whose fanaticism has unleased a murderous reign of terror.
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Sheba
by Jack  Higgins
   
When archaeologist Gavin Kane helps a woman search for her missing husband, he discovers a band of Nazi soldiers in Southern Arabia who plan to turn an ancient temple into a secret stronghold for Hitler.
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Cold Harbour
by Jack  Higgins
   
In May 1944, a tiny fishing village named Cold Harbour hides a German submarine used to shuttle British Intelligence to France.
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Season in Hell
by Jack  Higgins
   
Sarah Talbot and Sean Eagan both lost relatives and are convinced their loved ones perished from the same poison.
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Thief of Time
by Tony  Hillerman
   
Leaphorn and Chee unearth ancient Anasazi secrets to solve a bizarre series of mysteries.
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Finding Moon
by Tony  Hillerman
   
Until the telephone call, Moon Mathias's world had settled into a predictable routine.
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Fly on the Wall
by Tony  Hillerman
   
Political reporter John Cotton is a fly on the wall until a colleague's corpse is found in a Capitol rotunda.
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Fallen Man
by Tony  Hillerman
   
Hillerman reunites newly retired Joe Leaphorn and Jim Chee as they work to solve the death of an old canyon guide.
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Sacred Clowns
by Tony  Hillerman
   
Lt. Joe Leaphorn and Sgt. Jim Chee search for solutions to dual murders at a mission school on the Navajo reservation and at a Tano tribal ceremony.
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Black Cross
by Greg  Iles
   
It's 1944, and Winston Churchill has reason to believe that the Germans are getting ready to use chemical weapons on Allied troops. Mac, a chemical researcher, and Stern, a guerilla fighter, are faced with the task of destroying a concentration camp in the hopes of convincing the Germans that the Allies are one step ahead of them in developing deadly gases.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 694   Year published: 1995


Certain Justice
by P. D.  James
   
When criminal lawyer Venetia Aldredge is found dead at her desk, Dalgliesch and his team are called into a case which promises to be as sensitve as it is intriguing.
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Sanctuary
by Faye  Kellerman
   
Peter Decker and his keen-witted wife take on a complicated missing persons case that spans the globe.
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Lisey's Story
by Stephen  King
   
Widow Lisey Landon looks back at the sometimes frightening intimacy that marked their 25-year marriage, her husband's success as an award-winning novelist, and his secretive nature that established her supernatural belief systems.
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Forever Odd
by Dean  Koontz
   
Odd Thomas, a hero who lives between the living and the dead, takes a stand against evil in a battle where there are no innocent bystanders.
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False Memory
by Dean R.  Koontz
   
When Martie falls prey to autophobia, a fear of herself, her husband comes face to face with his own nightmare.
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Icebound
by Dean  Koontz
   
A secret Antarctic experiment becomes a frozen nightmare when scientists are set adrift on an iceberg with a murderer in their midst.
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Dark Rivers of the Heart
by Dean  Koontz
   
Spencer and Valerie struggle for the freedom of their country as they flee the long arm of a powerful renegade government agency.
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Sole Survivor
by Dean  Koontz
   
A year after his wife and daughters are killed in a plane crash, Joe meets a woman who claims to have survived the crash.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 466   Year published: 1997


Smiley's People
by John  LeCarre
   
George Smiley plans a dangerous strategy to out-wit Karla, his Russian arch-foe.
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Rum Punch
by Elmore  Leonard
   
Jackie's options look pretty grim until she meets a bail bondsman whose decision to help her might be the worst he's ever made in his life.
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China White
by Peter  Maas
   
New York attorney Tom MacLean is caught in a web of conspiracy and deceit, torn between his duty to protect his client's interest and his love for a beautiful FBI agent.
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Ride a Pale Horse
by Helen  MacInnes
   
Journalist Karen Cornell has the makings of a great story -- if she isn't cut down by the KGB before she reaches her typewriter.
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Shooting at Loons
by Margaret  Maron
   
In a picturesque North Carolina village, a struggle between commercial fishermen and real estate developers leads to murder--and Judge Deborah Knott's ex-lover is implicated.
    Binding: PaperbackHardcover  Pages: 239   Year published: 1994


Prime Witness
by Steve  Martini
   
In this novel of high suspense and courtroom intrigue, Special prosecutor Paul Madriani suspects that there are not one but two killers involved.
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Undue Influence
by Steve  Martini
   
Paul Madriani is troubled: could his sister-in-law be guilty of murder?
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 567   Year published: 1994


Killer's Wedge
by Ed  McBain
   
Virginia is out to put a bullet through Carella's brain and doesn't care if she has to kill all the boys in the 87th Precinct to do it.
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First Counsel
by Brad  Meltzer
   
Young White House attorney Michael Garrick becomes enmeshed in a deadly conspiracy when he gets too close to the president's attractive daughter and finds himself accused of a murder he did not commit.
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Smoke and Mirrors
by Barbara  Michaels
   
When a series of mysterious fires threatens Rosemary Marshall's Senate race, her staff tries to uncover the source.
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Vanish with the Rose
by Barbara  Michaels
   
Diana is haunted by eerie visions and struggles to uncover a dark and personal secret that may have begun in murder.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 538   Year published: 1993


Ask the Cards a Question
by Marcia  Muller
   
Private investigator Sharon McCone races against the clock to save her credibility and her life.
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Hundred-Dollar Baby
by Robert B.  Parker
   
April Kyle, the head of an upscale Boston call-girl operation, requests private investigator Spenser's help in preventing a local kingpin from seizing control of her enterprise.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 312   Year published: 2006


Melancholy Baby
by Robert B.  Parker
   
Private detective Sunny Randall takes the case of a troubled young woman searching for her birth parents, but her investigation uncovers dangerous secrets that could not only shatter her client’s life but may lead to painful secrets about her own past.
    Binding:  Hardcover  Pages: 336   Year published: 2005


Sea Change
by Robert B.  Parker
   
When the body of a divorced Florida heiress washes ashore in Massachusetts, police chief Jesse Stone finds it suspicious that the victim’s family seems unaffected by her death.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 323   Year published: 2005


Perish Twice
by Robert B.  Parker
   
Boston private investigator Sunny Randall comes to the aid of three women as she investigates threats against a prominent feminist.
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Stone Cold
by Robert B.  Parker
   
Investigating a thrill-seeking pair of serial killers who are targeting the residents of an affluent suburban town, police cheif Jesse Stone finds his job complicated by local politicians, the media, his own drinking problem and his ex-wife.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 368   Year published: 2003


Dark Lady
by Richard North  Patterson
   
When Stella Marz, Assistant County Prosecutor and head of the homicide division, investigates the deaths of two prominent men, she uncovers an unexpected web of corruption, greed, and murder.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 549   Year published: 1999


Black Market
by James  Patterson
   
Racing from Manhattan to Paris and finally to the Oval Office itself to stop the mysterious Green Band's efforts to destroy Wall Street, Caitlin Dillon teams up with Federal Agent Arch Carroll to hunt down the Operation Black Market terrorists.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 423   Year published: 1994; 1986


Exile
by Richard North  Patterson
   
Lawyer David Wolfe must defend the woman he loves against a charge of conspiring to assassinate the prime minister of Israel.
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4th of July
by James  Patterson
   
Lieutenant Lindsay Boxer discovers a link between a string of murders and a case she had worked on years earlier.
    Binding:  Hardcover  Pages: 2005   Year published: 471


Cradle and All
by James  Patterson
   
When two remarkable "immaculate conceptions" are reported the Archdiocese of Boston is charged with watching over the two girls until they give birth.
    Binding:  Hardcover  Pages: 305   Year published: 2000


Lasko Tangent
by Richard North  Patterson
   
Government lawyer Christopher Paget begins to fear for his own life when he witnesses the murder of a key figure in his investigation of stock manipulation.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 281   Year published: 2000,1979


Violets are Blue
by James  Patterson
   
Alex Cross’s investigation into murders occurring across the country draws him into the bizarre subculture of ritual role-playing and vampirism.
    Binding: PaperbackHardcover  Pages: 424   Year published: 2001


1st to Die
by James  Patterson
   
Four women -- a police detective, an assistant D. A., a reporter, and a medical examiner-- develop intense friendships as they pursue a killer whose twisted imagination has stunned an entire city.
    Binding:  Hardcover  Pages: 464   Year published: 2001


Hard Fall
by Ridley  Pearson
   
The tragic bombing of EuroTours Flight 1023 was big news. To FBI Agent Cam Daggett it was more than that. It was personal. His parents and son were on that plane. And for two years he's been after the killer who did it. All he has to go on is a name: Anthony Kort...and the knowledge that Kort is in the United States with a detonator no airport security can detect. HE MUST BE STOPPED. Daggett's colleagues at the Bureau and his girlfriend tell him his vendetta has become an obsession. They suggest he leave the investigation to other agents, in order to keep it objective. But having painstakingly constructed a portrait of the terrorist, Daggett believes he's now the only one with any chance of predicting Kort's next target.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 607   Year published: 1992


Saint Peter's Fair
by Ellis  Peters
   
When a merchant is found dead, it's up to Brother Cadfael to find the real culprits and to protect the innocent.
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57 Ingredient Chili Con Carne Murder
by Nancy  Pickard
   
A delightful tale of food and foul play.
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Cross Bones
by Kathy  Reichs
   
Forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is on the brink of rewriting two thousand years of history – if she can survive the foes dead set on burying her.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 2005   Year published: 590


Murder Being Once Done
by Ruth  Rendell
   
Wexford takes on one of the most macabre and challenging investigations of his career.
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Bridesmaid
by Ruth  Rendell
   
Phillip Wardman finds he must prove his love for Senta by committing murder.
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Copper Peacock
by Ruth  Rendell
   
Nine short stories by a master of psychological suspense.
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Survivor in Death
by J. D.  Robb
   
When the Swisher family of 2059 New York City is murdered, Lieutenant Eve Dallas, Peabody and Roarke conduct an investigation while trying to protect the terrified nine-year-old girl who is the family’s lone survivor and witness.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 620   Year published: 2005


California Angel
by Nancy Taylor  Rosenberg
   
 
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Conflict of Interest
by Nancy Taylor  Rosenberg
   
While trying three defendant for robbery, distrct attorney Joanne Kuhlman is plunged into a legal and moral quagmire when she discovers that one of the defendants is developmentally disabled and may have been exploited by his crime partners.
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Mind Prey
by John  Sandford
   
Detective Lucas Davenport thinks he has met his match.
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Broken Prey
by John  Sandford
   
After a series of killings that disturbingly emulate the works of a trio of inmates who had been held in the Minnesota Security Hospital, Lucas Davenport investigates a man who had been recently released from the hospital.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 2005   Year published: 564


Bloodline
by Sidney  Sheldon
   
After her powerful father's sudden death, Elizabeth Roffe becomes president of his international company and discovers that someone is trying to destroy the family-owned firm and to kill her.
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I Jury
by Mickey  Spillane
   
Mike Hammer is determined to find the man who killed his best friend.
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Ivy Tree
by Mary  Stewart
   
 
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Golden Spiders
by Rex  Stout
   
Nero Wolfe places an ad in the TIMES which gets results.
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Hooded Crow
by Craig  Thomas
   
The cold war may be over, but the rivalries and suspicions continue as old enemies face each other on a new battlefield: southern Africa.
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Murder on Embassy Row
by Margaret  Truman
   
 
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Murder at the Opera
by Margaret  Truman
   
When the Washington National Opera becomes the scene of a brutal murder, Mac Smith and his wife must stop an assassination plot targeting the president of the United States on opening night at the Kennedy Center.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 527   Year published: 2006


Murder at the Washington Tribune
by Margaret  Truman
   
When two attractive young women are found murdered in the nation's capital, disillusioned Washington Tribune crime reporter Joe Wilcox invents a serial killer stalking the city, but when his long-lost brother Michael, who has spent years in an Illinois mental institution, shows up, Joe begins to suspect that Michael could be the real thing.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 551   Year published: 2006


Murder in the Supreme Court
by Margaret  Truman
   
Nine men had solid motives for murdering Sutherland, who was privy to secrets of the most august body of legislators in the land.
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Murder at Ford's Theatre
by Margaret  Truman
   
When the body of an attractive young woman who volunteered at the Ford's Theatre is discovered in the alley behind the theatre, a pair of mismatched cops take the case.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 540   Year published: 2002


Murder at Union Station
by Margaret  Truman
   
As Louis Russo, former mob hit man and government informant, travels to Washington, D.C., two men await his arrival--the young writer whose forthcoming book is based on Russo's life, and the man who will kill him
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Burden of Proof
by Scott  Turow
   
The brilliant defense attorney from PRESUMED INNOCENT faces an event so emotionally shattering that no part of his life remains untouched.
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Short Straw
by Stuart  Woods
   
Having married the seductive Barbara Kennedy against his better judgment, Santa Fe lawyer Ed Eagle awakens the morning after his fortieth birthday to discover that she has vanished and that all of his money has been wired to Mexico.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 387   Year published: 2006


Two Dollar Bill
by Stuart  Woods
   
Stone Barrington is caught between the clever con man who's just become his client and a beautiful prosecutor.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 429   Year published: 2005


Dark Harbor
by Stuart  Woods
   
While investigating the unlikely murder-suicide case of his cousin, Stone Barrington learns that he had named him the executor of his estate just prior to his death.
    Binding: Paperback   Pages: 420   Year published: 2006


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