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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...
2) 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...
3) 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...
4) 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...
5) 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....
6) Night Kills
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"On The Trail Of A Bloody Killer. . .Frank Quinn is sure he is hunting for a madman: someone who is shooting young women in the heart, defiling their bodies, leaving only the torsos to be found. Quinn, a former NYPD detective, is called into the case by an ambitious chief of police and mobilizes his team of brilliant law-enforcement misfits. But in the concrete canyons of New York, this shocking serial murder case is turning into something very different....
7) Hot Blooded
Author
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp.
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
First One Dead Body. . . A prostitute lies strangled in a seedy French Quarter hotel room. Miles away, in a rambling plantation house on the sultry shores of Lake Ponchartrain, popular late-night radio host Dr. Samantha Leeds receives a threatening crank call. All in a day's work for a celebrity. Who would think to link the two? Then Another. . . A second hooker's corpse turns up. Samantha's ominous caller persists, along with a mysterious claiming...
Author
Publisher
Tim Ellis
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Novella (21,000-words): A male corpse is found at the recycling plant in Little Haven, Pembrokeshire missing his heart, live and kidneys. Tigger is back at work, but she has PTSD, so Inigo swaps her for a Constable - Nell Roberts - from Operations who wants to be a detective. They begin the investigation with organ trafficking at the top of the list, but things are a lot more complicated than that. --Provided by publisher.
9) Dark Matter
Author
Publisher
ECW Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"After being recently cleared of murder charges, the disgraced and out-of-work police detective Steve Nastos reluctantly teams with his brash and similarly disgraced lawyer Kevin Carscadden for a paycheck. Nastos-who built his career on channeling the shadowy instincts within him to hunt dangerous predators-takes on a mission to track the whereabouts of Lindsay Bannerman, a troubled teen who is missing from her wealthy adoptive home. The trail Nastos...
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Inspector Zhang of the SIngapore Police Force is called in to investigate when a consignment of narcotics vanishes from under the eyes of a team of Drugs Squad detectives. It's a locked room mystery that puts Inspector Zhang's detective skills to the test."--
11) 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.
12) Twisted Triangle
Author
Publisher
CD Moulton
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Three people in a strange kind of triangle. She wants him, he doesn't want her, he wants the third. They all three end up dead, like a professional hit. Coult the one's drug lord father have taught her how to find a hit man? The police detectives have a strange road to follow on this one. --Provided by publisher.
13) Two Nicks
Author
Publisher
CD Moulton
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
The first and last Nick Story murder mysteries. They are among the favorites, so far as sales are concerned. Bon Appetite! is about what appears to be a serial killer type of thing, but Nick doesn't believe it. He comes up against a genius. Can he solve this one? And what was the real motive? Name Your Poison is another serial killer type of case. This one is extremely clever, and makes it a game. Maybe Nick will prove better at games than this killer....
Author
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
"Penny receives an early morning phone call from a cousin who says her husband was murdered in Las Vegas just before the Country Music Award show that was being presented in town. The dead cousin was a country singer who's songs were climbing up the charts and Jim takes the case to find the killer. Things get complicated when Jim and Penny find that the dead cousin was supposedly married to two women and his recording company was doing some double...
Author
Publisher
Writers Exchange E-Publishing
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
Until death do us part...Lisa and Falcon's Bend Police Department Detective Pete Shasta are enjoying roles as Mommy and Daddy to their adopted baby boy. Despite the radical adjustment, they've never been happier or more fulfilled as individuals and as a couple. Seeing the contrast of her own marriage and that of her neighbor's, Lisa can't help sticking her nose in where it doesn't belong--and not for the first time. . .Sweet, ever-hopeful Eva has...
16) Innocent Blood
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
A chilling thriller set in Yorkshire in the 1980s-the second in the gritty series featuring DI Paul Snow A child's body is found in woodlands, the parents torn apart by grief. But this is only the first victim in a series of apparently motiveless crimes. Detective Inspector Paul Snow, heading the investigation, must discover the pattern and reveal the chilling truth as a cunning and violent murderer becomes desperate and even more unpredictable. Haunted...
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....
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...
20) 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?."--
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