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2181) Nancy Drew
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Nancy is an iconic girl detective with a passion for mystery and all things old. Small-town Nancy is about to experience a serious case of culture shock as she heads to Hollywood on an extended business trip with her father Carson Drew. Having promised her father that she has given up sleuthing in favor of becoming a "normal" teenager, Nancy tries her best to resist the lure of the age-old mystery of famous actress Dehlia Draycott's death. Living...
2184) No Colder Place
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Series
Pub. Date
[1997]
Description
PIs Bill Smith and Lydia Chin go undercover to investigate suspicious deaths on a construction site in New York City, including those of a crane operator and a cement mixer. Smith is posing as a mason, Lydia as a secretary in the trailer
2185) Someone else's skin
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Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"The debut of an exciting new series for fans of Sophie Hannah, Kate Atkinson, and Tana French. No two victims are alike. DI Marnie Rome knows this better than most. Five years ago, her family home was the scene of a shocking and bloody crime that left her parents dead and her foster brother in prison. Marnie doesn't talk much about her personal life, preferring to focus on work. Not even her partner, DS Noah Jake, knows much about Marnie's past....
2186) Old bones
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Series
Sarah Alt novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"During a vigil calling for police reform, students from Spelman College, a historically black women's institution, are assaulted by rifle fire from a passing vehicle. On her way to interview witnesses, Detective Sarah 'Salt' Alt confronts the fleeing vehicle of the suspects, but they get away ... While other detectives take the lead on the Spelman murders, Salt is tasked to investigate the case of a recently discovered decomposed body. When she combs...
2188) Murder in mind
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Ellie Quicke mysteries volume 13
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Ellie is drawn into the family circle when two children of her daughter's fiance die.
2189) So say the fallen
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"An early morning call brings Belfast detective Serena Flanagan to the scene of a sudden death. Henry Garrick, the owner of a successful local car dealership, who had been horrifically maimed in a car accident five months ago, appears to have taken his own life. A simple case, it should be wrapped up in a few days, but something doesn't feel right to Flanagan, despite the fact that there is no evidence of foul play. As she investigates, Flanagan...
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
Jessica enters a fly-fishing competition at a nearby lake. Joining her is the sheriff's wife, Maureen Metzger, who surprises Jess with her enthusiasm for the sport. Their guide, however, is a surprise to both--Brian Kinney is an ex-con. Jailed as an accomplice to Darryl Jepson, a convicted killer, Brian was later exonerated, but not before spending seven years behind bars. He seems like a decent enough fellow ... Yet when Jepson breaks out of prison...
2191) Eternity in death
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Series
In death novel volume 25.5
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When club-hopping bad girl Tiara Kent is found dead in her Manhattan apartment, police lieutenant Eve Dallas discovers the killing has all the earmarks of a vampire attack.
2192) The Beige Man
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Series
Pub. Date
p2015
Description
A speeding BMW leaves a dead pedestrian in its wake and leads police to the corpse of a young girl in a cellar. Detective Inspector Irene Huss's ensuing investigation draws her into the chilling world of sex trafficking Göteborg, Sweden: The high-speed chase of a stolen BMW takes a chilling turn when the two police officers involved witness a gruesome hit-and-run. When they finally recover the abandoned vehicle, search dogs are unable to trace the...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
Life as a private detective begins at 60 for this sprightly Lancashire housewife. Instead of winding down as her husband, Robert, expects, she₂s just getting started. Hetty takes a job to make ends meet and accidentally discovers her natural gift for sleuthing. In these first six episodes, she finds an eager sidekick in destitute teenager Geoffrey and puts her sensible pumps to the pavement in search of mysteries to solve
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Kendra Michaels volume 7
Pub. Date
2020.
Description
Dr. Kendra Michaels, blind for the first twenty years of her life before gaining her sight via a revolutionary surgical procedure, is a renowned investigator known for her razor-sharp sensesh́oned during her years in the darkánd keen deductive abilities. Now her skills are needed uncomfortably close to home. Two staff members have been murdered at a school for the blind where Kendra spent her formative years. But the murders are puzzlingly dissimilar:...
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Appearances can be deceiving and never more so than in the case of Miss Marple, Agatha Christie's spinsters sleuth. She may look like a sweet old lady, but her demure hat and sensible tweeds conceal a superior intelligence and steely resolve. And although her eyes twinkle, they don't miss a clue.
2196) Dubiosity
Author
Series
Cape Thomas volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"Savannah Harris vowed to leave behind her old life as an investigative reporter. But when two migrant workers go missing from her sleepy coastal town on the Chesapeake Bay, her curiosity spikes. As ever more eerie incidents occur, Savannah is drawn out of her seclusion and the stakes are raised--for both Savannah and the surrounding community"--
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Pub. Date
2016.
Description
"While on vacation, police detective Kristen Conner witnesses a murder in New York's Central Park which puts her on the Russian Red Mafyia's hit list. Returning to Chicago, she actively investigates a homicide in her neighborhood because when the Red Mafyia wants you dead, there is no place to hide"--