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Neal Carey mysteries volume 2
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Robert Pendleton is a chemical genius with a fertilizer worth a fortune to whoever controls the formula. Not surprisingly, the Bank, his notoriously exclusive backer, wants to keep an eye on its investment. But so does the CIA. And the Chinese government. And a few shadier organizations. So when Pendleton disappears from a conference in San Francisco, along with all of his research, Neal Carey enters the picture. Neal knows the Bank is calling in...
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Neal Carey mysteries volume 3
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"Neal Carey's three-year confinement in a Chinese monastery is finally over, but his troubles are just beginning. The elusive financial benefactors who have bought his freedom expect a return on their investment. They want him to find Cody McCall, a two-year-old boy recently abducted by his father in a bitter Hollywood custody battle, a task that will propel Neal from the glittering Hollywood hills to the remote wilds of Nevada. To find Cody, Neal...
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Grove Press
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2019.
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English
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Under the stifling summer sun, Venice is flooded with tourism. Commissario Guido Brunetti is planning the perfect mountain vacation where he can catch up on his reading. However, before he can go, an old friend has him look into a court corruption case. As he probes deeper, Commissario Brunetti quickly becomes embroiled in a shocking murder case that is linked to his own investigation.
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Mike Fargo never expected to be meeting Texas Guinan on a hot August day in 1926. But when the real-life, irrepressible hostess at the 300 Club, one of New York City's swankiest speakeasies, asks for a detective to check on a missing girl, Fargo gets the call. The missing girl, Brandi Collier, is one of several young hostesses working at the club. Despite Texas's obvious concern, Fargo can't be sure if the girl has been kidnapped, killed, or perhaps...
5) Drawing Dead
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An ex-cop gambles with his life in Las Vegas in this mystery. Jake Morgan, who left the Boston police force and wound up in Vegas thanks to his taste for games of chance, finds himself hitting it off with a beautiful high roller in her sumptuous suite. Then an assassin enters and breaks the lady's bliss by popping two lead pills into her forehead. Before Morgan knows it, he's not only being grilled over the murder, he's also targeted by a femme fatale...
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A MIKE FARGO TRILOGY presents three complete novellas in one book. Now it's easier than ever to follow the resolute New York City detective with the take-no-prisoners approach as he navigates the Roaring Twenties, working to solve a trio of cases that try not only his patience, but also his desire to bring murderers to justice. Here's what you get.Death of a FlapperSet in 1922, Fargo has to solve the murder of young socialite Marjorie Reems, found...
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Krimi von Pete Hackett
Der Umfang dieses Buchs entspricht 124 Taschenbuchseiten.
Nachdem Mark Mossman zehn Jahre im Gefängnis verbracht hat, will er Rache. Der Wissenschaftler hatte seine Forschungen in Bezug auf Anthrax an Terroristen verkaufen wollen, war aber durch eine Zeugenaussage aufgeflogen. Nun hat er den FBI-Agent Milo Tucker in seine Gewalt gebracht und bedroht darüber hinaus ganz New York, wenn seine Forderungen nicht erfüllt werden....
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The Morals and Mysteries of Max Monroe P.I. is an episodic collection of eight stories. And while each story is able to stand alone, together they develop a unique and individual personality in Max, the narrator, and a thoughtful perspective on a range of contemporary social mores. With deliberate intent, and partly in homage, Monroe encapsulates much of the enduring image of the Private Detective - in short, philosopher and hero, individual and idiosyncratic...
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At first, the local TV reporter wasn't too worried about the pictures being anonymously mailed to her, pictures taken as she went about her daily life, even though she and her husband called in Saint Paul private investigator Charlie Rowe for a consultation.But after she disappears, Charlie must investigate, in a case that takes him from his native Twin Cities to Chicago and Virginia in search of the truth, a truth that will reveal a web of lies and...
10) Requiem for Q
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Ed and Brandy come face to face with the sinister minds of the greedy and super wealthy. Various attempts to pervert American democracy and destroy the happiness and liberty of the people, create an overwhelming situation that may not be stoppable. Walker has to come to some life changing decisions. "The best Walker Mystery to date, loved it." DLF reviews"Scary time and scary people snatched from today's never ending headlines of violence." Reviews...
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THIS TIME IT'S PERSONAL.Ed Rogan, tough as nails and twice as sharp, is a private investigator of malfeasance in the corporate world. The enigmatic case he's working on in A MURDER TOO PERSONAL takes on a very personal aspect when he searches for the murderer of his ex-wife. Someone has put a bullet in the back of her head and Rogan is driven by the twin demons of guilt and revenge to find her killer. His quest leads him through the netherworld of...
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In the tradition of Robert B. Parker and Dennis Lehane, Steve Ulfelder's crackling mystery features a gritty, razor-sharp new voice in crime fiction. Conway Sax isn't a hired gun or a wise-cracking urbanite. He's just a mechanic trying to make his way, a blue-collar guy whose ideas about family and loyalty are as deeply held as they are strong.
"Tander Phigg was an asshole, but he was also a Barnburner. Barnburners saved my life. I help them when...
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While fighting his depression, Isaac Callahan sees a mysterious woman standing on the sidewalk. No one else seems to be aware of her, yet he keeps seeing her. Who is she? What does she want? And what connection does she have to the disappearance of a tourist a year ago?The Body of the Crime is approximately 5600 words.
14) Vegas Wash
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2017 Kindle Book Award Winner. 2019 IPPY Series winner.Steve Cannon, private detective, must walk a thin line between the cops and the mob in 1960's Las Vegas.When a tourist goes missing, Steve must find out what the man's sister is hiding and why a highly placed mob boss is protecting him. The bad news is that Steve is sleeping with the mobster's wife and when the hood goes missing, the law starts looking in his direction for suspects. The worse...
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Phil Landsdale has problems. He's out of a job, heis son's a pyromaniac, and his wife is running out of excuses as to why she comes home from work every night six hours late.
In his newly appointed house-husband position, Phil decides he has plenty of time to figure things out. And he learns when you have a lot of time on your hands, you begin to notice your neighbors, intricate nuances, and the upset balance if someone doesn't follow the same routine....
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A phone call at midnight. A cocktail lounge on New Orleans's West Bank. A young woman who wants to photograph prostitutes and re-create Bellocq's famous Storyville portraits. And murder. These are the threads that lead private eye Neal Rafferty into a labyrinth of danger in the Crescent City... where crime is always hot, spicy, and full-flavored with suspense. The phone call is from his old girlfriend Jackie Silva. A loan shark named Bubba Brevna...
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Antes de convertirse en un poderoso y temido narcotraficante, Walter "El Inca" Ayala tuvo que aprender a matar y defender lo suyo. En esta épica narconovela de aprendizaje conoceremos los humildes orígenes de Ayala desde el momento en el que una venganza lo obligó a exiliarse lejos de su Perú natal, apenas con la ropa que llevaba puesta y una pistola 9 mm en una ciudad hostil y determinada a quebrarlo. Veremos cómo con ingenio, voluntad y sangre...
18) Dad's Legacy
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After Adam Nelson learned the sad news of his father's death, he flew home to settle dad's estate. Upon learning that dad owned very little, he began to wonder what his father's legacy was. When he is forced to confront those responsible for his father's death, he will learn what his father left him.
19) Bajo tierra
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Español
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Luke Mullen, un adolescente, no ha vuelto a casa. Sus compañeros del colegio lo vieron por última vez subiendo a un coche con una mujer, y no está claro si se ha marchado voluntariamente o ha sido secuestrado. Hijo de un ex inspector de policía, Luke carece de antecedentes de absentismo escolar o mala conducta. Los policías que buscan al muchacho tienen la firme convicción de que se trata de un secuestro. Y saben que, cuanto más tiempo pase,...
20) The V V Agency
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Imagine a dash of Philip Marlowe wrapped in an urban fantasy. The V V Agency is a paranormal mystery that spoofs the PI subgenre and introduces the transvictus-a unique shape shifter. Van and Vanna run a detective agency, but clients never see them together for a simple reason. A sexual encounter transforms one into the other, and nudity renders them invisible. This presents some interesting dilemmas for his and her love lives, but gives them a distinct...
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