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Swan for the Money: A Meg Langslow Mystery Andrews, Donna 2009-07 - Minotaur Books 9780312377175 Find It
The brilliantly funny and talented Andrews delivers another winner in the acclaimed avian-themed series readers have come to love. …More |
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The Killings on Jubilee Terrace Barnard, Robert 2009-08 - Wheeler Publishing 9781410417596 Find It
Diamond Dagger award winner and critically lauded crime writer Barnard returns with a beguiling new mystery set in the volatile and unpredictable world of a long-running soap opera. …More |
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The Burglar on the Prowl Block, Lawrence 2005-02 - HarperTorch 9780061030987 Find It
Now in paperback comes the "New York Times" bestselling new installment of Block's popular series featuring burglar extraordinaire Bernie Rhodenbarr--"one of the slickest characters in crime" ("Houston Post")--who steals with style but never simplicity. …More |
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End Run: A Drew Gavin Mystery Brewer, Steve 2004-05 - Intrigue Press 9781890768515 Find It
Meet Drew Gavin, former college football star, now a wisecracking sportswriter who claims his drunken rut as a life. But that life changes at his class reunion when his old college sweetheart, Helen, lures Drew into trouble. Helen is married to a wheeler-dealer lawyer named Freddie, imminently in danger of having his knee caps broken for gambling debts. Helen pleads for Drew's help. Playing the sucker, Drew goes to a bookie named Three Eyes to plead Freddie's case. Soon after, Freddie is found dead and Drew becomes the prime murder suspect. "Smooth, swift and sure prose, diverting personal and locker-room intrigues, and easy-to-hate villains make this first title in a new series by the author of the Bubba Mabry series an exciting read."-"Library Journal" …More |
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Ultra Violet Bush, Nancy 2007-10 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758209092 Find It
In her third smash outing, feisty and fiercely witty P.I. Jane Kelly finds herself in deadly danger after a plastic surgery magnate is murdered just before his daughter's society wedding. …More |
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Goodbye, Ms. Chips Cannell, Dorothy 2008-04 - Minotaur Books 9780312343385 Find It
Charming amateur sleuth Ellie Haskell is forced to confront a dark secret from her past when she returns to her old boarding school to solve a case of robbery--and finds herself tracking a murderer, in this exciting new cozy. …More |
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Long Lost Coben, Harlan 2009-04 - Dutton Books 9780525951056 Find It
A blistering new Myron Bolitar thriller from the New York Times-bestselling author of Hold Tight. Caught in a foreign landscape where nothing is as it seems, Bolitar must tear apart the city--and eventually the globe--fighting for answers to unfathomable questions. …More |
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Nuclear Jellyfish Dorsey, Tim 2009-02 - William Morrow & Company 9780061432668 Find It
The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Atomic Lobster" delivers more madness and mayhem as everyone's favorite philosopher psychopath, Serge A. Storms, returns in this wickedly funny ("Entertainment Weekly") novel. …More |
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Murder Boogies with Elvis: A Southern Sisters Mystery 2002-11 - Avon Books 9780061031021 Find It
In the final adventure of prim Patricia Anne and outrageous Mary Alice, the sisters look forward to a gala benefit in Birmingham which features a grand finale of 30 sequined Elvis impersonators. From the front row, the sisters have a perfect view of the action when one of the Kings keels over dead with a knife in his back. When the murder weapon turns up in Patricia Anne's purse, she's pegged as the prime suspect. …More |
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Mind Scrambler: A John Ceepak Mystery Grabenstein, Chris 2009-06 - Minotaur Books 9780312382315 Find It
John Ceepak and Danny Boyle are making the rounds in Atlantic City when Danny runs into his former crush, Katie. Ceepak and Boyle soon find themselves on another case when Katie is found strangled to death. It is up to them to find out who has killed her. …More |
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Skinny Dip Hiaasen, Carl 2004-07 - Alfred A. Knopf 9780375411083 Find It
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Past Perfect Isaacs, Susan 2007-04 - Center Point Large Print 9781585479504 Find It
From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Compromising Positions" comes this compelling novel about a successful television writer who, years earlier, was ousted from the CIA and now finds herself back in the game. …More |
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Booby Trap Jaffarian, Sue Ann 2009-06 - Thorndike Press 9781410415776 Find It
Could the Blond Bomber serial killer possibly be Dr. Brian Eddy, plastic surgeon to the rich and famous? Odelia never would have suspected the prominent doctor of killing the bevy of buxom blonds if she hadn't heard it directly from her friend Lillian--Dr. Eddy's own mother!--over lunch one day. This mystery gets even messier than Odelia's chicken parmigiana sandwich as Odelia discovers just how difficult--and dangerous--it will be to bust this killer. Bountiful Praise for the Odelia Grey Mystery Series "A priceless series . . . a real treat for chick-lit and mystery fans who like feisty women."--Library Journal, starred review "Odelia Grey is delightfully large and in charge in Jaffarian's third entertaining romp."--Publishers Weekly "Odelia Grey is everything you want in a heroine...smart, funny, and completely unapologetic."--Tim Maleeny, award-winning author of Stealing the Dragon "An intriguing, well-plotted mystery thatwill entertain and inspire."--The Strand Magazine …More |
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Flipping Out Karp, Marshall 2009-03 - Minotaur Books 9780312378219 Find It
Nora Bannister is a bestselling mystery novelist who buys run-down houses in Los Angeles. While her business partners turn the house into a showpiece, Nora makes it the scene of a grisly murder in her House To Die For series. …More |
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Cherry Bomb 2009-07 - Hyperion Books 9781401302818 Find It
Jacqueline Jack Daniels thought she could rest easy once she locked up the nefarious Alex Kork for life, but she hadn't counted on Kork's incredible ability to get out of any situation. Now the insane serial killer is again on the loose--and once more, Jack has to make Chicago safe from this deviant woman's evil ways. …More |
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Road Dogs Leonard, Elmore 2009-05 - William Morrow & Company 9780061733147 Find It
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Southern Peril Ocean, T. Lynn 2009-06 - Minotaur Books 9780312383473 Find It
On the heels of the lauded "Southern Poison, Southern Peril" offers another hilarious, suspenseful, and sun-soaked adventure with the unforgettable Jersey Barnes. …More |
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Get Real Westlake, Donald E. 2009-07 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446178600 Find It
In Westlake's classic caper novels, the bad get better, the good slide a bit, and lord help anyone caught between a thief named John Dortmunder and the current object of his attention. …More |





















