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Gabriel Præst novel volume 1
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"Everyone in Denmark knew that Yousef Ahmed, a refugee from Iraq, brutally murdered the right-wing politician Sanne Melgaard. So, when part-time blues musician, frustrated home renovator, and full-time private detective Gabriel Præst agrees to investigate the matter because his ex -- the one who got away -- asked him to, he knew it was a no-win case. But as Gabriel starts to ask questions, his face meets with the fists of Russian gangsters; the Danish...
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"TJ Devlin is the charming disappointment in the prominent Devlin family, all of whom are lawyers at their highly successful firm-except him. After a stint in prison and rehab for alcoholism, TJ can't get hired anywhere except at the firm, in a make-work job with the title of investigator. But one night, TJ's world turns upside down after his older brother John confesses that he just murdered one of the clients, an accountant he'd confronted with...
3) The gates
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In 1890s London, death-row inmate William Colcott places a curse on the prison and its inhabitants before his execution. Two paranormal investigators must stop William's spirit from escaping the prison and unleashing the gates of hell on London.
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Stella Shakespeare isn't having a good day, or month come to think of it. She's been unceremoniously dumped by her boyfriend, cut off from the bank of dad and at thirty-two years old, she doesn't know what she's doing with her life. What Stella really wants is to find love. She wants all-consuming, can't-think-about-anything-else, can't-even-manage-to-eat kind of love. What she found beside her in bed that morning wasn't love. But when a tall, handsome...
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Tales from Deckawoo Drive volume 7
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While bumbling PI Percival Smidgely tries to find missing pig Mercy Watson, a trio of clever neighborhood sleuths follow a trail of hoof prints -- and a delicious aroma -- to recover their porcine wonder, in this uproariously funny, extra-special series finale.
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Harlequin intrigue volume 2185
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"Suspecting she's being followed, Scarlet Wills hires local PI Austin Beaumont. But when a brutal attack lands Scarlet in the hospital, it's clear they're up against a rapidly escalating threat. Posing as lovers ignites passion that threatens their determination to keep things strictly professional. And they're running out of time to catch someone who'll stop at nothing to make Scarlet his."--
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A wealthy businessman approaches Jack Morgan, head of Private--the world's largest investigation agency--with a desperate plea to track down his daughter and grandchildren, who have disappeared without a trace. What at first seems to be a simple missing persons case soon escalates into something much more deadly, when Jack discovers the daughter is being pursued by highly trained operatives. As Jack uncovers more of the woman's backstory, the trail...
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Marriages are made in heaven, but reference checks are done here on earth - by our very own wedding detective Madhu Mangal Rane. He mistakenly destroys the image of Suraj Yadav in the society. Angry Suraj then takes an oath to teach a lesson to Madhu. A cat and mouse chase comedy set in Mumbai in 1995. The story revolves around Suraj and Madhu in a one-up game.
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"When her newly sober sister goes missing, Nicole Homes turns to former lover PI Dean Beaumont. Though she left him when he needed her most, she knows he'll help and protect her from forces determined to keep her quiet. As she joins Dean's search, clues lead them straight to life-threatening attacks. But even if they find the missing single mom, can they also find their way back to one another?"--
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Annie McIntyre mysteries volume 3
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"At a gathering for her cousin's wedding party, newly-licensed PI Annie McIntyre gets asked an age-old question: what really makes us who we are, nature or nurture? Clint Marshall, an up-and-coming musician and an adoptee at a personal crossroads, wants to hire Annie to find his biological parents, and that question is on his mind. Annie accepts his case, not knowing then that she, too, must decide if she really believes what she tells him that night-in...
11) The last dance
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He's a detective, a dancer, he has no respect for authority -- and he's the best hope Blackpool has for keeping criminals off the streets. Meet Detective Declan Miller. A double murder in a seaside hotel sees a grieving Miller return to work to solve what appears to be a case of mistaken identity. Just why were two completely unconnected men taken out? Despite a somewhat dubious relationship with both reality and his new partner, can the eccentric,...
12) Die Laughing
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L.A.'s oldest and most unconventional Jewish gumshoe is back and more relentless than ever in the highly anticipated fourth Amos Parisman Mystery!When a legend of late-night comedy is found brutally murdered in his Hollywood home, suspicions immediately fall on his former partner, Benny Wolfe. An unlikely killer, old and frail, Wolfe hasn't made a public appearance in years. But after an impromptu visit from the police takes an unexpected turn-focusing...
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Justice for Elizabeth is K. L. Dempsey's newest thriller, which once again points out his unique talent for creating and defining his characters. The novel illuminates the dark corners faced by a smalltown lawyer Luke Black, whose modest goals in life are defined by his annual three resolutions:
That he will continue his long-term effort to destroy the popular belief that all lawyers are necessarily dishonest.
That his net worth will reach his...
14) Bang Stick
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It is New Year's Eve in nineteen sixty-nine and Southern California's normally placid climate is experiencing a bitter winter cold snap. It is certainly not the weather for murder. The strange unknown weapon constitutes the perfect crime. Bodies are stacking up faster than chips in a winning hand of high stakes poker. The only thing piling up faster is the ever growing list of suspects. Incompetent San Diego Police Detective Jake Smith is in charge...
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Nick Harding is an idealistic Private Investigator, trying to eke out a living after a spectacularly boring career in Financial Crimes with the Australian Federal Police.
The very recent widow of the billionaire founder of Dvorak Kars - Australia's first and only EV manufacturer - hires him to root out the fraud costing what is now her company upwards of $5 million a month over the past year.
Nick reluctantly takes the case - we all have bills to...
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A real estate deal turns deadly. The land owner, Charlie Taylor, is killed, and Matt Doran, the developer is missing. Now Kramer Construction is pushing for control of the land. Billie Ross, of Ross InvestigationServices, is hired by the missing man's sister. As Billie digs deeper into the mystery her own safety is at stake.Is the missing real estate developer a murderer, or a victim? The police suspect Charlie's death is the reason Matt is missing,...
17) Gigolo
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"Try to make a fool out of me, will you?" Her red-painted upper lip curled in a sneer as she studied the young man before her. "I bought and paid for you. You'll always be mine. Certainly not hers." She gave a throaty chuckle. "Mine as long as you live." She took a deep breath. "Here's something you'll always remember. My last present to you, darling." She aimed the pistol and pulled the trigger.
18) Green Triangles
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Private investigator Paul Finley is hired by an academic for the overtly simple task of returning films shot by an associate of his client in Paris more than 30 years earlier. But the contacts he is given for returning the films begin dying in various ways, including homicide and cancer. Then the client himself commits suicide. Even worse for Finley, Homeland Security agents move in to get their hands on the films.
19) Innocent?
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Firefighter and devoted husband Matt Kingston is arrested for a gruesome murder. He denies having any guilt even though investigators find his DNA at the murder scene. His public defender, the neophyte lawyer Paula Peters, is assigned to defend him and tries her best to believe in his innocence. But the evidence seems overwhelming against her ever being successful. This story follows the investigation into the murder, who ultimately stands by Kingston's...
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A sadistic KGB colonel hires Drum to locate a dead man Axel Spade would not have liked the way he died. An international fugitive, Spade would have preferred being gored by a bull or gunned down by Interpol to dying quietly in his bed. But a weak heart claimed him in his sleep, and so Chester Drum, Washington PI and the closest thing Spade had to a friend, scatters his ashes in the Atlantic. Drum's old flame, Marianne Baker, is by his side, but...
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