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3261) From the shadows
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English
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"Some people might dream of inheriting a hotel somewhere as picturesque as Buckhorn, Montana. To Casey Crenshaw, though, her late grandmother's property is a white elephant to be sold as quickly as possible. The place has been boarded up for years, and locals have murmured about ghost sightings ever since a young woman was murdered there. But it's not the imaginary ghosts that worry Casey--it's the flesh-and-blood man who's throwing a wrench into...
3262) The family bones
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Pub. Date
[2023]
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9 audio discs (10.75 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Psychology student Olivia Eriksen's family is notorious among true-crime buffs. Faced with a legacy of psychopathy that spans generations, Olivia has spent much of her academic life trying to answer one chilling question: Nature or nurture? Although she's kept a safe distance from her blood relatives for years, Olivia agrees to attend a weekend reunion. After all, her fiancé is eager to meet his future in-laws, and the gathering may give her a chance...
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2013
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[New York] : Simon & Schuster ; [2013].
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English
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When a fly-covered canvas bag floats to the surface of North Carolina's Mountain Island Lake, forensic anthropologist Tempe Brennan is called to the scene. Animal remains? Or could this be related to bone fragments from a human male found nearby? To Tempe's surprise, the decomposed body indicates the person was a female young adult. The profile fits the description of a missing graduate student named Edith Blankenship. Was Blankenship murdered? If...
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Josie Kendall volume no. 1
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2016.
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6 audio discs (approximately 6 hr.) : digital ; 12 cm.
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English
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When Jerzy Schroeder, a shadowy gray-market hustler and aspiring crony capitalist, is murdered while Josie Kendall is hitting him up for a million dollars to help him cash in on alternative-energy funding, the police suspect her of adultery and her husband, Rafe, of homicide. Josie, who works for Majority Values Coalition, an "activist fundraising organization," is a new but passionate Washington, DC, player. Rafe, long a Washington insider, is passionate...
3265) In the heat of the night
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Virgil Tibbs mystery novels volume 1
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2015.
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5 audio discs (approximately 5 hours, 39 minutes) : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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African-American police detective Virgil Tibbs solves a murder in a racist Southern small town.
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Dahlia Moss mysteries volume 1
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[2015]
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7 audio discs (9 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"Meet Dahlia Moss, the reigning queen of unfortunate decision-making in the St. Louis area. Unemployed broke, and on her last bowl of ramen, she's not living her best life. But that's all about to change. Before Dahlia can make her life any messier on her own she's offered a job. A job that she's woefully under-qualified for. A job that will lead her to a murder, an MMORPG, and possibly a fella (or two?). Turns out unfortunate decisions abound, and...
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[2022]
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English
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In this new collection of Agatha Christie short stories, witness the dark side of love - crimes of passion, games of the heart, and deadly affairs. This pulse-pounding compendium features beloved detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, master of charades Parker Pyne, the enigmatic Harley Quin, and the adventurous Tommy and Tuppence, all on the ready to solve a tantalizing mystery.
3268) Fresh kills
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[2008]
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8 sound discs (approximately 10 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"At first, John Sanders, Jr., couldn't care less that his father is dead, let alone murdered. The only thing he regrets is that he didn't pull the trigger, or so he thinks. When he reunites with his sister, Julia, at their childhood home, the siblings' reactions could not be more different. While Julia sees to funeral arrangements and plans a memorial, Junior rages out of control, his anger at his father for a lifetime of violence and abuse matched...
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"Newly-single magician Eli Marks reluctantly attends his high school reunion against his better judgment, only to become entangled in two deadly encounters with his former classmates. The first is the fatal mugging of an old crush's husband, followed by the suspicious deaths of the victim's business associates. At the same time, Eli also comes to the aid of a classmate-turned-movie-star who fears that attempting The Bullet Catch in an upcoming movie...
3270) Leverage in death
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2018.
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1 audio disc (13 hr., 43 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4.
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English
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When Paul Rogan sets off a bomb at his office, killing eleven people, no one can understand why. He was a loving husband and father, with everything to live for. Then his wife and daughter are found chained up in the family home, and everything becomes clear. Rogan had been given a horrifying choice - set off the bomb, or see his loved ones suffer and die. Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows the violence won't end here. The men behind the attack are determined,...
3271) Death by the sea
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By the Sea Mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
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7 audio discs (8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Nationally bestselling author Kathleen Bridge presents a delightful new series set on a barrier island where waves meet sand-and mayhem meets murder ... The Indialantic by the Sea Hotel has a hundred-year-old history on beautiful Melbourne Beach, Florida, and more than a few guests seem to have been there from the start. When Liz Holt returns home after an intense decade in New York, she's happy to be surrounded by the eccentric clientele and loving...
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2018.
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10 audio discs (12.5 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 computer disc (PDF ; 4 3/4 in.)
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English
Description
Provides the true story of the 1993 murder of a CIA officer by KGB agents in the former Soviet Republic of Georgia, but that was initially pinned on a village bumpkin patsy and quickly ruled as a tragic accident.
3274) The last move
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Criminal profilers (Mary Burton) volume 1
Pub. Date
[2017]
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English
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An urgent call brings FBI agent Kate Hayden back to San Antonio, the scene of her violent past. A brutal new murder shows hallmarks of a serial killer nicknamed the Samaritan. Tricky part is, Kate already caught him. Did she make an error, or is it a copycat? Paired with homicide detective Theo Mazur, Kate faces an enemy who knows her intimately. When a second body is found, the mode of death is identical to a different case that Kate had worked on....
3275) The miser's dream
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Eli Marks mystery volume 3
Pub. Date
[2018]
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1 audio discs (8 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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"A casual glance out his apartment window turns magician Eli Marks' life upside down. After spotting a dead body in the projection booth of the movie theater next door, Eli is pulled into the hunt for the killer. As he attempts to puzzle out a solution to this classic locked room mystery, he must deal with a crisis of a more personal nature: the appearance of a rival magician who threatens not only Eli's faith in himself as a performer, but his relationship...
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"A gripping new mystery from the "fresh new voice in the thriller genre" (Steve Berry, New York Times bestselling author) and author of The Wild Inside, set in the magnificent and brutal terrain of Glacier National Park--for fans of C.J. Box and Nevada Barr. In the darkening days of autumn, a murdered journalist's body is discovered in a remote region near the Canadian border. Before she was found, Anne Marie Johnson had been writing an article about...
3277) Miss Lizzie
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[2000]
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8 sound discs (9.5 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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While spending the summer of 1921 on the Massachusetts shore with her parents, Amanda Burton befriends her elderly neighbor, the infamous Lizzie Bordon. When Amanda's stepmother is found murdered, the police are sure they know whom to blame.
3278) El rey de los pleitos
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Pub. Date
[2006]
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6 sound discs (approximately 7 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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Español
Description
When Clay Carter, a public defender, reluctantly takes the case of a young man charged with a random street killing, he assumes it is just another of the many senseless murders that hit D.C. every week. As he digs into the background of his client, Clay stumbles on a conspiracy too horrible to believe. He suddenly finds himself in the middle of a complex case against one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world, looking at the kind of...
3279) The book of spies
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2010.
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12 audio discs (14.5 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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For centuries, many have tried to locate Ivan the Terrible's magnificent collection of lost works. Now one of the volumes has surfaced-- along with a secret book club that forms a cabal of the world's most powerful men. The CIA discovers a link between the books and a bank account linked to terrorists, and the race begins.
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[2012]
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2 sound discs (approximately 80 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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On the night of October 6, 1998, twenty-one-year-old college student Matthew Shepard was lured from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die. Gay Awareness Week was beginning at the University of Wyoming, and the keynote speaker was Leslea Newman, discussing her book Heather Has Two Mommies. Shaken, the author addressed the large audience that gathered and remained haunted by Matthew's murder. October...
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