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"February 1891: New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art is hosting an exhibition of Chinese art objects, timed to coincide with the arrival of a new Chinese cultural attach�e, Lord Peng. Prudence and Geoffrey are invited to attend the opening ceremonies. But among the throng of dignitaries making their way through the galleries is one decidedly unwelcome and unexpected visitor--an assassin who stabs the attach�e to death, then flees through Central...
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Having inherited the cases of her deceased mentor Paddy Reilly, private investigator Molly Murphy is following philandering husbands, tracking down runaway debutantes and working in a sweatshop to discover who is purloining dress designs. Then a woman's body is fished out of the East River and Molly fears it is the missing society girl everyone is talking about. Then Molly's sometimes beau, police captain Daniel Sullivan, reveals that another corpse...
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"In January, New York City inaugurates its first female mayor. In April, her son disappears. Called in by the mayor's chief aide--a former girlfriend of private investigator Bill Smith's--to find the missing fifteen-year-old, Bill and his partner Lydia Chin are told the boy has run away. Neither the press nor the NYPD know that he's missing, and the mayor wants him back before a headstrong child turns into a political catastrophe. But as Bill and...
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Gabriel Praest volume 1
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Read by Robert Petkoff. Meet Gabriel Præst, an ex-Copenhagen cop (who dresses with panache), jazz aficionado, and relentless pursuer of truth as he explores Denmark's Nazi-collaborator past and anti-Muslim present in a page-turning Nordic murder mystery with a cosmopolitan vibe. 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...
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"A caper stuffed with comedy and crime...equal parts adrenaline and heart. A completely delightful read." —Gregg Hurwitz, New York Times bestselling author
"Smart, sassy, and sizzling with action." —Deborah Crombie, New York Times bestselling author
It was supposed to be a simple job: steal the paintings, leave the forgeries...
When a helicopter crashes through the skylight of the Asian
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Timmy Failure volume 3
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Candlewick Press
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2014.
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First edition.
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IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 3
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258 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
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"His name is Failure. Timmy Failure. And his detective agency is on the verge of global domination. Global riches. Global fame. And yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs: for starters, academic probation"-- Amazon.com.
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No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency volume 24
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"This latest installment of the beloved No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency series finds Botswana's premier detective agency as busy as ever, with no shortage of sensitive situations requiring Mma Ramotswe's keen eye and discerning input. Through it all, Mma Ramotswe will demonstrate that there are solutions to all manner of difficulties, there to be discovered as long as one is led by kindness, grace, and logic, and can rely on the wise counsel of close...
10) 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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What do a physical therapist and a high-end jewel thief have in common? The same bullet. Two break-ins, a botched jewel heist, and a murder set the stage for a complex set of events that put both the thief and the physical therapist at the wrong end of a rifle.
Third Time's the Charm is a fast-moving murder mystery full of twists and turns. A home invasion results in the murder of a childhood friend of Melinda Stark's son. The perky physical therapist...
12) 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.
13) 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.
14) Dead All Over
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"Dead All Over" is a riveting crime novel that propels readers into the dark underbelly of 1950s Los Angeles. Cole Dunbar, a private investigator enjoying a rare moment of peace, is abruptly thrown into a complex murder case. After a distressed teenage
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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...
16) 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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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,...
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Diane Phipps., P.I., devotes herself to finding out who poisoned the owner of a turquoise mine in New Mexico--yet, nobody appears to dislike him enough for murder.Who had murder on their mind? Diane Phipps, P.I., accepts a new case in Marigold Mesa, New Mexico to expose who poisoned Ethan Marlboro, owner of the Apache Plume Turquoise Mine, after a miner dies. Working with Detective Jim Diamond, questions rise. Was Rosamond Santorini, Ethan's fiancée...
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An ex-PI looks into the world of corruption within the insurance industry. She peeks the insider views of her local and state government by her claims. The structure of this layman did not set well with the upper elite.
The lesson she learns cripples her interracial marriage and sets a wall of fire against her and her White husband.
This PI learns the meaning of "the blue flu," a well-established phrase that the police use within their ranks....
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The leader of a reformist political movement to root out political corruption in the city, Edward Hamilton is murdered, and the local Police Department is mightily confused when three people turn themselves in as the killer and confess the murder. First one is the victim's beautiful ward, second one is an elderly loon who for years has been accusing the victim of swindling him, and the third and final one is the fiance of the beautiful ward. Police...
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