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Alex Cross novels volume 24
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English
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When a prominent Washington D.C. police official is murdered, Alex Cross steps in to investigate but his efforts are impeded by a series of deadly attacks by a vigilante killer who is targeting suspected criminals.
2) First degree
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Andy Carpenter novels volume 2
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English
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Nominated for the Edgar and Shamus Awards, David Rosenfelt’s debut novel, Open and Shut, was widely praised by readers and critics. Now Rosenfelt returns with a riveting new mystery, First Degree, featuring irreverent and dynamic lawyer Andy Carpenter… When a cop’s body is found burned and decapitated, the last thing Andy Carpenter expected is for a stranger to waltz into his office and admit to the crime. For the wise-cracking millionaire
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"Being a cop runs in Billy Harney's family. The son of Chicago's Chief of Detectives whose twin sister, Patty, also followed in their father's footsteps, there's nothing Billy won't give up for the job, including his life. Left for dead alongside his tempestuous former partner and a hard-charging assistant district attorney out for blood, Billy miraculously survives. But he remembers nothing about the events leading up to the shootout. Charged with...
5) The poet
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Series
Jack McEvoy novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
A psychological thriller on a serial killer who hunts homicide detectives. The hero of the tale is Denver newspaper reporter Jack McEvoy whose brother, a detective, shoots himself. McEvoy investigates police suicides in other cities and discovers a sinister pattern: sex killings followed by the "suicide" of the detective on the case and a suicide note in the form of a poetic riddle. In this way McEvoy stumbles on the killer known to the FBI as The...
7) Orchid Beach
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Holly Barker novels volume 1
Language
English
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Military policewoman Holly Barker lost a harassment case against her superior and quit the army. On arriving for a new job as deputy of a Florida town she finds the chief shot, a case which will lead to an assault by the FBI on a compound of the very rich.
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Harper Torch
Language
English
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Defense attorney David Nash has made a career out of setting monsters free -- and no one does it better. Now a case has come to "The Ice Man" that could help cleanse Nash of the guilt and doubts that torment him: that rarest of all defendants, an innocent man.
A fellow lawyer has been accused of a heinous crime -- the brutal murder of an undercover vice cop. But the case that is supposed to be Nash's redemption could prove to be his downfall, dragging...
9) Police
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Detective Harry Hole volume 10
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English
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The police urgently need Harry Hole . . . A killer is stalking Oslo's streets. Police officers are being slain at the scenes of crimes they once investigated but failed to solve. The murders are brutal, the media reaction hysterical. But this time, Harry can't help. For years, detective Harry Hole has been at the center of every major criminal investigation in Oslo. His dedication to his job and his brilliant insights have saved the lives of countless...
10) The renegades
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Charlie Hood thrillers volume 2
Publisher
Dutton
Language
English
Description
For fans of Michael Connelly and CJ Box, the second thrilling novel in the Charlie Hood series from New York Times bestseller and Edgar-award winner T. Jefferson Parker, now featuring an excerpt from his upcoming novel The Room of White Fire.
Deputy Sheriff Charlie Hood cruises the dusty backroads of the new American West. But when his partner is shot dead and Hood is drafted to find the killer, the investigation takes...
Deputy Sheriff Charlie Hood cruises the dusty backroads of the new American West. But when his partner is shot dead and Hood is drafted to find the killer, the investigation takes...
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Butch Karp and Marlene Ciampi thrillers volume 29
Publisher
Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Edition
First Gallery Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
When a cop shoots down the son of a respected inner-city Baptist preacher, the community rises up in anger and demands to have the officer prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. But there's something more than a call for justice at work here: a plot to bring down the city's police force through a conspiracy so vast and malicious only Butch Karp and his band of truth-seekers can untangle it. Now Karp and his wife Marlene Ciampi must stop a radical...
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Harry Vicary novels volume 1
Publisher
Severn House Pub Ltd
Language
English
Description
When the body of a man is discovered in a rough grave deep in the woods, the police find that it is of one of their young undercover officers - who died nearly thirty years ago. As their inquiries from slender clues progress, it becomes clear that what they are also uncovering is a sordid tale of corruption and murder within their own ranks. For the force, there's nothing worse than bent coppers, but as their enquiries proceed they underestimate the...
13) Tiempo de perdon
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Publisher
Vintage Espanol
Edition
Primera edicion.
Language
Español
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Clanton, Misisipi. 1990. Jake Brigance se ve envuelto en un juicio profundamente divisivo cuando el tribunal lo nombra abogado de Drew Gamble, un tímido muchacho de dieciséis años acusado de asesinar a un diputado local. Muchos en Clanton quieren un juicio rápido y la pena de muerte, pero Brigance investiga y descubre que hay más en la historia de lo que parece. El feroz compromiso de Jake de salvar a Drew de la cámara de gas pone en peligro...
14) Cold hit
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Series
Shane Scully novels volume 6
Publisher
St. Martins Press
Language
English
Description
Detective Shane Scully and his partner are on the trail after a serial killer preying on homeless Vietnam veterans in Los Angeles, but Scully suspects the regional boss of the Department of Homeland Security is trying to thwart the investigation.
15) Mission road
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Series
Tres Navarre mysteries volume 6
Publisher
Bantam Books
Language
English
Description
Having scored the big three of mystery's most-sought after awards-the Edgar, Anthony and Shamus-Rick Riordan writes with a blazing talent that matches the heat of his novels' Texas settings. Wisecracking PI Tres Navarre receives an unexpected visit from old friend Ralph Arguello. But Ralph, a seemingly reformed criminal, isn't there to shoot the breeze. His wife, Ana, a San Antonio police detective, has been gunned down-casting suspicion on Ralph...
17) First degree
Author
Series
Andy Carpenter novels volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Edition
Large print edition.
Language
English
19) Urban justice
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Language
English
Description
When a good cop gets blown away in a drive-by shooting, the police department writes it off as a random act of violence. Big mistake. That young cop has a father who happens to be a special forces-trained, street-fighting, nerves-of-steel avenger bent on one thing: justice. To find his son's killer, Simon Ballister moves into the worst part of town where his welcome wagon turns out to be two gang members whom he sends home bleeding. Ballister isn't...
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