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21) Paw and order
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2014.
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After setting things right in a case that took them all the way to the Louisiana bayou, P.I. Bernie LIttle and his faithful canine companion Chet decide to take the long way home and pay a visit to Bernie's girlfriend, Suzie Sanchez, an up-and-coming journalist now living in Washington D.C. Suzie is working on a big story she can't talk about, and when her source, a mysterious Brit with possible intelligence connections, runs into trouble of the...
22) The dead season
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Sandro Cellini mysteries volume 3
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Stuck in the sweltering summer heat of Florence, private investigator Sandro Cellini delves into a case where a man seems to have vanished into thin air.
23) The hunter
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Wyatt Hunt novels volume 3
Pub. Date
c2012
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"Raised by loving adoptive parents, San Francisco private investigator Wyatt Hunt never had an interest in finding his birth family-until he gets a chilling text message from an unknown number: "How did ur mother die?" The answer is murder, and Hunt takes on a case he never knew existed, one that has lain unsolved for decades. His family's dark past unfurls in dead ends. The texter, who insists the killer is out there, refuses to be identified. The...
24) The big four
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"Framed in the doorway of Hercule Poirot's bedroom stands an uninvited guest, coated from head to foot in dust. The man stares for a moment, then he sways and falls. Who is he? Is he suffering from shock or just exhaustion? Above all, what is the significance of the figure 4, scribbled over and over again on a sheet of paper? Poirot finds himself plunged into a world of international intrigue, risking his life--and that of his 'twin brother'--to uncover...
25) Dirty work
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Gulliver Dowd, a private investigator, takes on a missing persons case when he learns that the runaway girl is his own child--the product of a high school romance.
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2023.
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When a sudden crime wave hits several small midwestern towns, the U.S. Attorney for the region calls on Harry Duncan to investigate. An ex-cop known for his unorthodox methods, Duncan is reluctant to go up against a widespread criminal organization-but the attorney in question is Ellen Leicester, the wife who left him fifteen years earlier, and to her, he can't say no. Initially brought in as a consultant to determine if the racketeering is severe...
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Stanley Hastings mysteries volume 20
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When his hotshot lawyer boss is charged with the murder of his girlfriend and subjected to the death penalty, Stanley Hastings endures a nightmarish, sensational trial that is hampered by the unavailability of key witnesses and his ties to the defendant.
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Spellman files volume 1
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2007
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358 p. ; 25 cm.
30) Wicked craving
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Savannah is more than happy to help her good friend, Detective Sergeant Dirk Coulter investigate the death of the wife of Dr. Robert Wellman, owner of a popular weightloss clinic. She was found dead at the bottom of a cliff outside the Wellman's seaside estate--and it's clear she didn't go down without a fight.
31) Men of violence
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A former detective from Cheyenne, Wyoming risks the dangers of a life spent bringing criminals to justice by establishing his own agency at the sides of other ex-lawmen.
33) Desert vengeance
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When the man who raped Scottsdale PI Lena Jones when she was a nine-year-old foster child is released from prison, Lena is waiting for him in the parking lot--with a big knife. "Papa" Brian Wycoff survives their meeting, but the next day, his wife, who knew about his crimes but did nothing to stop him--in fact enabled him--is found dead in their Apache Junction home, shot through both eyes. Terrified he will be next, Wycoff, violating his parole,...
34) Skin deep
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Siobhan O'Brien novels volume 1
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Korean-American adoptee Siobhan O'Brien has spent much of her life explaining her name and her family to strangers, but a more pressing problem is whether to carry on the PI agency that her dead boss unexpectedly left to her. Easing into middle age, Siobhan would generally rather have a glazed donut than a romance, but when an old friend asks Siobhan to find her daughter who has disappeared from her dorm, the rookie private detective's search begins...
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Despite New Year's resolutions to avoid irritating houseguests and nerve-wracking cases, California P.I. Savannah Reid finds herself playing host to her assistant's cranky cousin--in town for an unwanted makeover at a local spa. But when the spa's renowned plastic surgeon goes missing, murder's on the menu. . .
Voluptuous and proud of it, Savannah can't understand why any woman would diet in pursuit of beauty, never mind go under the knife. She likes...
36) Poisoned tarts
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As Halloween approaches, P.I. Savannah Reid finds herself knee-deep in tricks and treats when a member of The Skeleton Key Three, a celebutante clique, goes missing, and the wealthy host of the annual Halloween bash is murdered.
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Willis Gidney mysteries volume 1
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Willis Gidney is a born liar and rip-off artist, an expert at the scam. Growing up without parents or a home, by age twelve he is a successful young man, running his own small empire, until he meets Shadrack Davies. That's Captain Shadrack Davies, of the D.C. Police. Davies wants to reform Gidney and becomes his foster father. Though he tries not to, Gidney learns a small amount of ethics from Shad---just enough to bother a kid from the streets for...
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Boone Daniels mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2011
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Boone Daniels lives to surf. Laid back, ultra-California cool, the cop turned PI begins each day with the Dawn Patrol, a close-knit group of surfers who not only ride waves together but have each other's backs out of the water. So when one of their own is murdered - especially an icon like Kelly Kuhio, a local hero - and another surfer, a young punk from the Rockpile Crew, stands accused, their small world is rocked to its core. And when Boone agrees...
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Atria Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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307 pages ; 23 cm.
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When his neighbor gets in trouble for cactus smuggling, Bernie Little, along with his dog, investigates and discovers dangerous goings-on in the desert that seem to be linked to a strange festival, a cult, and a long-ago kidnapping.
40) Unnatural Death
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In Dorothy L. Sayer's third Lord Peter Wimsey novel, Unnatural Death, Agatha Dawson, a woman of advancing years, appears to suffer a natural demise. Amidst the façade of calm, a disquieting unease piques the curiosity of aristocratic crime fighter Lord Peter Wimsey, prompting him to send his investigator, Miss Catherine Climpson, to do some sleuthing in the quaint village of Leahampton. A mystery develops when the body of one of Dawson's maids is...
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