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For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, and drugs to contract killings. The vice was controlled by small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be members of the Dixie Mafia. Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the sixties and were childhood friends,...
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Virgin River volume 3
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English
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A twice-married, decorated U.S. Marine Corps reservist who had been wounded in the line of duty, LAPD officer Mike Valenzuela finds peace and healing in the town of Virgin River, as well as new love in the person of Brie Sheridan, a Sacramento prosecutor who has sought refuge in Virgin River after nearly losing her life at the hands of a deranged criminal.
4) Cane and Abe
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Miami's top prosecutor becomes a prime suspect when his wife's disappearance may have a chilling connection to the vicious murders of beautiful women in the Florida Everglades. --
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Women's Murder Club volume 10
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Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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"Detective Lindsay Boxer's long awaited wedding celebration becomes a distant memory when she is called to investigate a horrendous crime: a teenage girl is badly injured, left for dead, and her newborn baby is nowhere to be found. Lindsay discovers that not only is there no trace of the criminals, but that the victim may be keeping secrets as well. At the same time, Assistant District Attorney Yuki Castellano is prosecuting the biggest case of her...
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2019.
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"From one of America's most inspiring political leaders, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what those truths are and how best to act upon them, in her own life and across the life of our country. By reckoning with the big challenges we face together, drawing on the hard-won wisdom and insight from her own career and the work of those who have most inspired her, Kamala Harris offers in The Truths We Hold a...
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"The Manhattan waterfront is one of New York City's most magnificent vistas, boasting both the majestic Statue of Liberty and the George Washington Bridge, the world's busiest span for motor vehicles. But in "Devil's Bridge," Detective Mike Chapman will discover the peril that lurks along this seemingly benign expanse as he takes on his most personal case yet: the disappearance of Alex Cooper. Coop's sudden disappearance is fraught with terrifying...
8) Innocent
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Kindle County novels volume 8
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Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2010
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1st ed.
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English
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"Innocent continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, once again, twenty years later, pitted against each other in a riveting psychological match after the mysterious death of Rusty's wife"--Provided by publisher.
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 16
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English
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Assistant DA Alexandra Cooper and detective Mike Chapman confront Grand Central Terminal's dark secrets as well as their own changing relationship.
10) Tragic
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"A villainous union leader is willing to go to whatever lengths necessary to protect his corrupt longshoremen's union. When a whistleblower tries to clean up the system, the leader sees his way of life threatened by this bold newcomer. He orders an open hit contract to kill the man, which is carried out by three of his underlings. Soon the law picks up on the trail, and Marlene Ciampi and Butch Karp team up to expose the man for the fraud and murderer...
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Rachel Knight novels volume 1
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2011
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1st ed.
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English
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A Deputy DA specializing in high-profile cases, Rachel Knight is addicted to her work and fiercely loyal to her friends. But when her colleague Jake is found dead in a seedy Los Angeles hotel room next to the body of a teenage male prostitute, Rachel realizes she might not know those around her as well as she thinks.
12) Death angel
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Alexandra Cooper novels volume 15
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
©2013.
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English
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Discovering the murdered body of a young woman in Ramble urban park, New York Assistant DA Alex Cooper and Detective Mike Chapman uncover disturbing links between the savage crime and a string of cold-case disappearances.
Pub. Date
2013
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Blu-ray ed.
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English
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A 1950 film noir directed by noir veteran Robert Siodmak. Barbara Stanwyck plays Thelma Jordon, a woman who seduces the married Assistant District Attorney and pulls him into a web of theft and murder. Her aunt's mansion is burglarized and the woman is murdered. Thelma calls the Assistant DA to help her cover up evidence that may incriminate her. When she emerges as the prime suspect, the infatuated Assistant DA tries to sabotage the prosecution....
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Rachel Knight novels volume 3
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
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English
Description
Special Trials prosecutor Rachel Knight teams up with Detective Bailey Keller to investigate the death of a Hollywood director that has far-reaching ramifications throughout Tinseltown.
16) Marked for life
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Jana Berzelius novels volume 1
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
2016.
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English edition.
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English
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Bestselling author Emelie Schepp introduces us to the enigmatic, unforgettable Jana Berzelius in this first novel of a chilling trilogy. When a high-ranking head of the migration board is found shot to death in his living room, there is no shortage of suspects. But no one expects to find the mysterious child-sized handprint in the childless home. A few days later, the body of a preteen boy is discovered, and with him, the murder weapon that killed...
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Rachel Knight novels volume 4
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st edition : July 2014
Language
English
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While interviewing students in the aftermath of a school shooting in the San Fernando Valley, prosecutor Rachel Knight and Detective Bailey Keller realize the facts don't add up and the real killers may still be out there.
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Rebecka Martinsson mysteries volume 5
Publisher
MacLehose Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
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When a bear hunt culminates in the discovery of a brutally murdered woman in a northern Swedish village, Rebecka Martinsson delves into the victim's tragic family history, only to be blocked from the case by an arrogant prosecutor.
20) If you only knew
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English
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A boy recently released from jail and the daughter of a prosecutor fall for each other against all the odds. But when their dark pasts come to light, can they make things work?
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