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English
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A small independent bookstore in Minneapolis is haunted from November 2019 to November 2020 by the store's most annoying customer. Flora dies on All Souls' Day, but she simply won't leave the store. Tookie, who has landed a job selling books after years of incarceration that she survived by reading with murderous attention, must solve the mystery of this haunting while at the same time trying to understand all that occurs in Minneapolis during a year...
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Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Whenever you hear the sky rumble, that usually means a storm. In Virgil Flowers' case, make that two. The first storm comes from, of all places, the Minnesota Zoo. Two large, and very rare, Amur tigers have vanished from their cage, and authorities are worried sick that they've been stolen for their body parts. Traditional Chinese medicine prizes those parts for home remedies, and people will do extreme things to get what they need. Some of them are...
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"The night after the fourth of July, Layton Carlson Jr., of Red Wing, Minnesota, finally got lucky. And unlucky. He'd picked the perfect spot to lose his virginity to his girlfriend, an abandoned farmyard in the middle of cornfields: nice, private, and quiet. The only problem was?something smelled bad--like, really bad. He mentioned it to a county deputy he knew, and when the cop took a look, he found a body stuffed down a cistern. And then another,...
4) Secret prey
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English
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When a CEO dies in a hunting "accident" during an expedition with four executives, each with his or her own agenda, Lucas Davenport investigates and finds himself caught in a web of indefinable evil whose threads lead to a harrowing conspiracy.
5) Hidden prey
Author
Series
Prey novel volume 15
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c2004
Language
English
Description
When Rodion Oleshev, a man with ties to the highest levels of government, is found shot dead on the shore of Lake Superior, Lucas Davenport must take on the local cops, the FBI, and the Russians as he attempts to unravel the case.
7) Phantom prey
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Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Terrified by her goth-associated daughter's disappearance and the signs of a deadly struggle in their home, a widow implores Lucas Davenport to use his connections to local authorities to expedite the investigation, which subsequently reveals the work of a serial killer.
8) Buried prey
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Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Back in 1985, two girls disappeared, and fledgling cop Lucas Davenport couldn't get over it, even when his boss declared the case closed. Now a house has been torn down, the bodies of two girls wrapped in plastic have been found, and Davenport is back on the case.
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Series
Riley Spartz novels volume 3
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English
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When a gossip reporter with whom she publicly clashed is found murdered, television reporter Riley Spartz is wrongly charged with the crime and is forced to use all her resources to clear her name.
11) The grave soul
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English
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"When Guthrie Hewitt calls on restaurateur and private investigator Jane Lawless, he doesn't know where else he can turn. Guthrie has fallen for a girl-Kira Adler. In fact, he was planning to propose to her on Christmas Eve. But his trip home with Kira over Thanksgiving made him uneasy. All her life, Kira has been haunted by a dream-a nightmare, really. In the dream, she witnesses her mother being murdered. She knows it can't be true because the dream...
12) Storm prey
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Series
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Weather Karkinnen, surgeon, wife of an investigator named Lucas Davenport, unwittingly witnesses the robbery of the hospital pharmacy where she works. With the death of a pharmacy worker on their hands, the three thieves set out to find out who Weather is, and eliminate the only possible witness.
Author
Series
Jane Lawless mysteries volume 18
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
14) Missing Mark
Author
Series
Riley Spartz novels volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
c2009
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Television reporter Riley Spartz investigates the story of a jilted bride only to be swept up in a dangerous missing persons case that is further complicated by disinterested law enforcement and her boss's desire for high ratings.
15) I want you back
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English
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Former NHL star Jaxson Lund has returned to the Twin Cities, but he's at loose ends, unsure if he belongs at Lund Industries, or where he stands with Lucy, his ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter, Mimi. Despite the signs she'd like to leave him in the penalty box, the attraction burning between them reinforces his determination to prove that he deserves a second chance... Lucy Quade is in a good place with a steady job, a nice apartment, and...
16) Silken prey
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Series
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Berkley premium edition.
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English
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Jane's days at a Midwest insurance company are perfectly ordinary. She blends in well, unremarkably pretty in her floral-print dresses and extra efficient at her low-level job. Shes just the kind of woman middle manager Steven Hepsworth likesmeek, insecure, and willing to defer to a man. No one has any idea who Jane really is. Least of all Steven. But plain Jane is hiding something. And Steven is bringing out the worst in her. Nothing can distract...
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English
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Effie Galanos' goals for her senior year include her navigating her way through her high school that is not really wheelchair-friendly, getting into the perfect college, and getting her crush Wilder to accompany her to the prom--but by spring she is beginning to see herself entirely differently.
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Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In 1980s Minnesota, when auditions for a concert with Prince are announced, 16-year-old Rosa Dominguez, the daughter of a tyrannical ballet master, is desperate to escape her pointe shoes and show everyone what she can do"--
20) Dream country
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Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
[2018].
Language
English
Description
"Spanning two centuries and two continents, Dream Country is the story of five generations of young people caught in a spiral of death and exile between Liberia and the United States"--
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