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"22-year-old Olivia has been missing for one day... and counting. She was last seen on CCTV, entering a dead-end alley. And not coming back out again. Julia, the detective heading up the search for Olivia, thinks she knows what to expect. A desperate family, a ticking clock, and long hours away from her husband and daughter. But she has no idea just how close to home this case is going to get. Because the criminal at the heart of the disappearance...
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 2
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[2009]
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When drug dealers murdered her lawman husband, Joanna Brady vowed she would carry on his good work no matter what the cost. Now, as newly elected Sheriff of Cochise County, Arizona, she must battle the prejudice and hostility of a mistrustful, male-dominated police force and solve a grisly double homicide that threatens to tear the sleepy desert community to pieces.
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"Lt. Eve Dallas is just home from a long overdue vacation when she responds to a call of an unattended death. The victim is Martin Greenleaf, retired captain, Internal Affairs Bureau. At first glance, the scene appears to be suicide, but the closer Eve examines the body, the more suspicious she becomes. An unlocked open window, a loving wife and family, a too-perfect suicide note--Eve's gut says it's a homicide. After all, Greenleaf put a lot of dirty...
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(Lisa L.).Detective Josie Quinn thriller volume 17
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2023.
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"A body lies beside Kettlewell Creek, the waters rushing and churning next to her broken form. When Detective Josie Quinn arrives at the scene, she finds few clues and a victim with no enemies. Nineteen-year-old Sharon Eddy was cherished by her beloved grandmother, who raised her, and her death shocks the Denton community where she worked at the local animal hospital. When Josie is called to the morgue to hear the results of Sharon's autopsy, the...
7) Break of day
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Annie Pederson novels volume 3
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"Law enforcement officer Annie Pederson's life has been rocked by tragedy, but things finally seem to be heading in the right direction. Her relationship with the love of her life--who's also the biological father of her precious daughter--has never been better, and it looks like an engagement ring is in Annie's future. She's also slowly building back trust with her sister, Sarah, after a separation that lasted for decades. When a man escapes law...
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2021.
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Song of the West: "Philadelphian Samantha Evans is content with the life she made for herself after competing as an Olympic gymnast. So she has some hesitation about giving up the city for the wilds of Wyoming ranch country to help out her pregnant twin sister. It isn't long before the beautiful mountains and natural landscape cast a spell over Sam's spirit, tempting her to stay. But even more tempting is Jake Tanner, a handsome but infuriating cowboy...
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2023.
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"A modern-day homicide detective is working as an undertaker's assistant in Victorian Scotland when a serial poisoner attacks the men of Edinburgh and leaves their widows under suspicion. Edinburgh, 1869: Modern-day homicide detective Mallory Atkinson is adjusting to her new life in Victorian Scotland. Her employers know she's not housemaid Catriona Mitchell--even though Mallory is in Catriona's body--and Mallory is now officially an undertaker's...
10) The devil stone
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2022.
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"In the small Highland village of Cronchie, a wealthy family are found brutally murdered in a satanic ritual and their heirloom, 'the devil stone', is the only thing stolen. The key suspects are known satanists - case closed? But when the investigating officer disappears after leaving the crime scene, DCI Christine Caplan is pulled in to investigate from Glasgow in a case that could restore her reputation. Caplan knows she is being punished for a...
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Underwater Investigation Unit volume 4
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2023.
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When a woman's body washes up on a Fort Lauderdale beach, deep diving investigator Sloan McPherson is called in to consult on this case and, out of her depth, teams up with Miami homicide detective Gwen Wylder when the dead woman is linked to a string of unsolved serial murders.
12) Random in Death
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"In the new crime thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling J.D. Robb, a small and easily concealed weapon wreaks havoc, and the killer is just a face in the crowd. Jenna's parents had finally given in, and there she was, at a New York club with her best friends, watching the legendary band Avenue A, carrying her demo in hopes of slipping it to the guitarist, Jake Kincade. Then, from the stage, Jake catches her eye, and smiles. It's the best night...
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[2022]
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Detective Jess Savage wants to leave the past behind and make the most of her tentative new relationship with daughter Ruby, but a blackmailer is making that impossible, threatening to expose Jess as a murderer. As Jess hunts for her blackmailer, she solves crimes on Waiheke Island with her partner, DS Justin Harding, whose attempts to reconnect with his criminal father lead to a shocking outcome.
14) Counter attack
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Pearl River volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
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"No sooner has Alexis Stone been sworn in as the interim sheriff for Russell County, Tennessee, when a serial killer dubbed the Queen's Gambit Killer strikes again -- this time in her hometown. Pearl Springs is just supposed to be a temporary stop along the way to Alex's real dream: becoming the first female police chief of Chattanooga. But the killer's calling card -- a white pawn and a note with a chess move printed on it -- cannot be ignored. Pearl...
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[2020]
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English
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A six part New Zealand thriller TV series. Detective Senior Sergeant Jess Savage is recovering from a car crash that killed her husband when she hears about a new lead in a high-profile case she worked on years ago. Jess demands to continue the investigation but starts to notice troubling lapses in her memory. Are they a side effect of her injuries, or is she slowly losing her mind?
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[2024]
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"Deep in the Florida Everglades, the body of a woman is discovered in pieces, presumably ravaged by an alligator. Upon closer inspection, it's determined no animal could make such perfectly precise cuts. Only a blade could do that. Wielded by a human. Soon, dozens of oil drums emerge amid the river of grass. Each one packed to the brim with body parts. FDLE special agent Amy Larson and her partner, FBI special agent Hunter Forrest, share a bad feeling...
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Joanna Brady mysteries volume 20
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[2023]
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"Driven by a compulsion that challenges his self-control, the man calling himself Charles Milton prowls the rodeo circuit, hunting young women. For years, he has been meticulous in his methods, abducting, murdering, and disposing of his victims while leaving no evidence of his crimes--or their identities--behind. Indigenous women have become his target of choice, knowing law enforcement's history of ignoring their disappearances. A cold case has just...
19) Cheater
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San Diego case files volume 2
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[2024]
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English
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"A shocking murder leaves an affluent retirement community reeling in this riveting high-stakes thriller. Death is not an unfamiliar visitor to Shady Oaks Retirement Village, which provides San Diego's premier elderly support from independent retiree housing to full-time hospice care. But when a resident's body is found brutally stabbed and his apartment ransacked, it's clear there's someone deadly in their community. Detective Katherine "Kit" McKittrick...
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