The Body Of David Hayes
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The Body Of David Hayes
Years ago, Liz Boldt, the wife of Seattle Lt. Lou Boldt, had an affair with computer hotshot David Hayes. After she broke it off, Hayes embezzled $17 million from the bank where they both worked. Now, Hayes is out of prison, and a lot of people on both sides of the law are still wondering where that $17 million is. And one of them, Russian mobster Yasmani Svengrad, thinks that Liz can help him get to the money. Can Liz--with Lou's help--manage to keep her life, reputation, and marriage safe?
Mystery/Crime
Birthright
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Birthright
Archaeologist Callie Dunbrook travels to a construction site where a set of 5,000-year-old human bones has been uncovered. Now overseeing the site, Callie must deal with disaster after disaster--leading some to believe that the site is cursed.
Callie must also cope with the presence of her ex-husband, a man she finds irritating--but also irresistible. To further complicate matters, a mysterious stranger claims to know a secret from Callie's past--a secret that forces Callie to question her own history.
Mystery/Crime
Final Justice
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Final Justice
In this eighth BADGE OF HONOR novel, Philadelphia cop Matt Payne, recently promoted to sergeant, must cope with a restaurant robbery gone bad, a brutal rape/murder, taunting messages from a convicted murderer who fled the country, and his own potential nervous breakdown. Meanwhile, his daily routine is disrupted at every turn by an egomaniacal actor researching a movie role.
Mystery/Crime
Heart of the Night
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Heart of the Night
The husky voice of country radio DJ Jared Snow arouses scores of women listeners, each with a fantasy of her own. To Megan he is a figure of strength and comfort. To prominent lawyer Savannah, Megan's friend, he sounds like everything that love can offer. But when Megan is kidnapped, Savannah is shocked to find out that Jared's patter mirrors the wording of the ransom note. Determined to save her friend, she meets Snow face-to-face, but her intended interrogation flares into romantic passion. Still suspicious that he is somehow connected to Megan's disappearance, Savannah must put her heart on the line if she hopes to ever find out the truth.
Mystery/Crime
Glory in Death
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Glory in Death
New York detective Eve Dallas had no problem finding the connection between the two murders. Both victims were beautiful, highly successful women whose glamorous lives and loves were the talk of the city. And their intimate relations with men of great power and wealth provide Eve with a long list of suspects, including her own lover, Roarke.
Mystery/Crime
The Last Detective
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The Last Detective
In this, the ninth volume in the Elvis Cole series, crime turns personal for the intrepid Elvis when his girlfriend's son goes missing--while staying at Elvis' house. As Elvis and his partner Joe Pike desperately try to find the boy, it becomes clear that the root of the case lies buried somewhere in Elvis' own past.
Mystery/Crime
Fast Women
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Fast Women
Nell, divorced and suffering, goes to work as a secretary, and her boss is a private eye named Gabe. At first, the two don`t get along, but gradually they fall in love. Then the family of Nell`s ex hires Gabe, and a string of murders results.
Mystery/Crime
Crime Stories and Other Writings
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Crime Stories and Other Writings
Editor Steven Marcus went back to the original pulp magazines (where possible) in order to get the definitive story texts for this compendium of the best of Hammett's short fiction, which also includes an early draft version of THE THIN MAN and two short essays.
Mystery/Crime
The Name of the Rose
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The Name of the Rose
The year is 1327. Franciscans in a wealthy Italian abbey are suspected of heresy, and Brother William of Baskerville arrives to investigate. His delicate mission is suddenly overshadowed by seven bizarre deaths that take place in seven days and night of apocalyptic terror. The body of one monk is found in a cask of pigs' blood, another is floating in a bathhouse, still another is crushed at the foot of a cliff.
Mystery/Crime
Stories and Early Novels
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Stories and Early Novels
Now that Raymond Chandler's work has been admitted into the Library of America, his legendary gumshoe Philip Marlowe joins Captain Ahab and Huckleberry Finn among the ranks of legendary fictional characters. This collection of his earliest stories exemplifies how Chandler transformed conventions of pulp fiction and elevated the detective story to an art form, a distinction which has made him one of the greatest mystery writers ever.
Mystery/Crime