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1) Crosshairs
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
NYC detective Michael Bennett teams up with a former Army Ranger and sniper whose long, unexplained absences from duty causes suspicions during the investigation of a serial killer.
Author
Publisher
StoneHouse Ink
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Fans of James Patterson, Lee Child and Tom Clancy will love this exciting mystery thriller from New York Times bestselling author Aaron Patterson as intrigue and conspiracy drips off each page.NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY Bestseller Top #10 Amazon Bestseller #1 Bestseller in Thriller #1 Bestseller in Mystery/Thriller #1 Bestseller in Hard-Boiled Thriller #1 Barnes and Noble Bestseller Top #10 Bestseller on iTunes, and Kobo "I would recommend this...
Author
Publisher
Felony & Mayhem Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Badger's Drift is the ideal English village, complete with vicar, bumbling local doctor, and kindly spinster. But when the spinster dies suddenly, her best friend kicks up a fuss loud enough to attract the attention of Detective Chief Inspector Barnaby. And when Barnaby and his eager-beaver deputy start poking around, they uncover a swamp of ugly scandals and long-suppressed resentments seething below the picture-postcard prettiness. In the grand...
4) Cold Blooded
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
His Vengeance Will Be Repeated. . . A woman's slashed, incinerated corpse is found in a seedy New Orleans apartment. Her killer is certain there were no witnesses, unaware that his every move was seen by a beautiful stranger--from her bed in a bayou cottage on the outskirts of town. . . And Repeated. . . Weeks later, another violent vision shatters Olivia Bechet's sleep. Convinced a serial killer is stalking the city, Olivia turns to the authorities....
Author
Publisher
Felony & Mayhem Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When Simon Bowles commits suicide, no one is surprised. A graduate student in mathematics at Cambridge University, Bowles had a long, well-documented history of depression. But as Detective Sergeant Derek Smailes soon discovers, he also had a passion for investigating historical mysteries, and an extraordinary knack for solving them. His most recent project: uncovering the identity of the fabled "fifth man" in the notorious Cambridge spy-ring of the...
6) Legacies
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Although a sequel to THE TOMB, the second Repairman Jack novel, stands on its own. If you've never met Repairman Jack, LEGACIES provides an excellent introduction to the character. Its "Santa Jack" fix remains a fan favorite. After nearly a decade and a half of refusing to bring back Repairman Jack, F. Paul Wilson finally caved in and wrote LEGACIES. Dr. Alicia Clayton has inherited the family home, a place that holds such dark memories for her than...
7) Last Breath
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"From New York Times and USA Today bestseller Michael Prescott, author of FINAL SINS and COLD AROUND THE HEART, comes this electrifying novel of terror and suspense. C.J. Osborn was ten years old when the boogeyman came for her. Ever since, she has feared his return. Now an LAPD cop, C.J. faces danger every day on the streets of Newton Division - "Shootin' Newton," the city's roughest territory. But the greatest danger lies in C.J.'s own home, where...
8) Empty Place
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
English backpacker, Susan, is on trial for murder in Australia . The tabloids say she killed her lover, fed his body to crocodiles then hid the evidence.She refuses to say what happened. She is trapped within a jail cell and inside her mind in a place of guilt,horror and emptiness. Her only companion is a dark creature, a spirit of an ancient crocodile, which inhabits her dreams.Only one person knows and can help her. But he and his helicopter have...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Will the small town of Silver Creek survive the tragedy that has befallen them?Guilt is a powerful thing, and former deputy Jack Collins is mired in it. Unable to forget the events that have taken place in the town he was sworn to protect, he feels as if he is slowly drowning as he tries to cope with the aftermath of a serial killer's reign of terror, as well as his new-and unwanted-job as chief of police.When the body of a young woman, having the...
10) Lipstick Murders
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Who's murdering the runway models of Las Vegas? That's what Jim Richards and Deacon D'Angelo are tasked with finding out. One afternoon the Richard's Investigating and Security office is flooded with beautiful runway models all seeking protection after one of their group was murdered. Jim has Buck take over the body guarding of the babes and then ends up involved with solving the murder. Buck also takes over protecting a famous pop singer from a...
Author
Publisher
Bob Moats
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
An invitation to speak at a big book convention in New York City entices Jim to cross the country and appear. He and Penny, along with Buck, travel to the Big Apple and they fall into a murder of one of the authors promoting his books. It's not the only murder, Jim's curse seems to be working over-time and there is a second author murdered. Jim is pulled into the crimes along with an old acquaintance from his last trip to the city, Captain Lou Brege,...
Author
Publisher
O'Neil De Noux
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
THE BIG KISS - LaStanza Novel #2This is New Orleans - 1982. In Homicide, you're only as good as your last case. Fresh from solving the Slasher Murders, NOPD Homicide Det. LaStanza must investigate a 'floater' pulled from the Mississippi River. The bloated body with two holes in the head is the son-in-law of the La Cosa Nostra Boss Alphonso Badalamente. Sicilian-American LaStanza's is in the middle of a Mafia slaying. LaStanza's new partner, Paul Snowood,...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"A man is found dead at home, covered in what the coroner says were bites of the Black Widow Spider. Was he attacked by the spiders or were they put on him with murder in mind? A killer is now stalking Texas Hold-em poker players in the big World Series of Poker Tournament in Las Vegas. Jim Richards is asked to track down the killer by the police & the late man's wife in this 11th book by Bob Moats."--
15) The Lies Within
Author
Publisher
Legend Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
“A well-crafted mystery . . . Crime writing at its best” from the bestselling author of Beneath the Ashes and Before It’s Too Late (David Evans, international bestselling author).
Be under no illusions by her kind face and eloquent manner . . . This woman is guilty of murder . . .
Grace Daniels is distraught after her daughter’s body is found
...Be under no illusions by her kind face and eloquent manner . . . This woman is guilty of murder . . .
Grace Daniels is distraught after her daughter’s body is found
16) Blood Feud
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Book 3 in the Little Town series. A seemingly inexplicable and shockingly violent crime in the beautiful rural locale of 'Little Town' has devastating personal and professional consequences for its two police officers, Senior Constable Tess Fuller and her partner, Sergeant Finn Maguire. And has Tess really seen the last of the predatory Red Bycraft?."--
Author
Publisher
Harrison Drake
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
He was an adversary to be feared, that much I knew, and I couldn't help but think I'd met my Moriarty."A simple e-mail; short, sweet and to the point: a victim's name, GPS coordinates, and the fact that the body will be found in a shallow grave. Addressed to Detective Lincoln Munroe, OPP Homicide, and signed with the killer's name and address, the e-mail is found - with help from an unexpected source - to be one of sixty-four, all nearly identical...
Author
Publisher
Raja Sharma
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
I Am the Cheese" by Robert Cormier was first published in 1977. The title of the book has been taken from a song that the protagonist sings during the book. He keeps singing several songs with the word 'cheese' in them throughout the story.Adam Farmer, the protagonist of the novel, happens to be riding his bike from his home in the fictional town of Monument, Massachusetts. He is going to Rutterburg to see his father in the hospital. During his journey...
Author
Publisher
Tim Ellis
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Single mother, Detective Inspector Effie Archer, is struggling - with an overbearing bully for a boss; an inability to balance her work and personal life; a mother who criticises her at every opportunity; a shortage of manpower; and five murder cases that are more than the sum of their parts. She just needs a little help to get her through this difficult time, and cocaine seems to offer the salvation she's been searching for. --Provided by publisher....
20) Abducted
Author
Publisher
David R Lewis
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Crockett is enjoying a new life at Watkins Marina on Truman Lake when a call from Cletus shatters his reverie. Ruby has been abducted. Pulled back into what he'd left behind, Crockett is plunged into a terrible reality. He and Clete are on the hunt in the wilds of northern Arkansas, time is running out, and Ruby is in chains. --Provided by publisher.
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