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Series
Publisher
Putnam
Language
English
Description
Three novellas about private investigator Timothy Cone, whose business is other people's business... and who believes that no crime should go unpunished. Haldering & Co., a team of private investigators, goes into a tailspin when Ed Griffon, one of their own, dies at the Union Square subway station, crushed under the wheels of an oncoming train. Timothy Cone, one of the Haldering PIs, believes that Griffon was trailing a target when he plunged to...
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 2
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Edition
Large print ed.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Center Point Pub
Edition
Center Point large print ed.
Language
English
Description
Hamilton combines clear, crisp writing, wily, colorful characters and an offbeat locale (Michigan's Upper Peninsula) in an impressive debut. Alex McKnight is a retired Detroit cop living in Paradise, Mich., on disability with a bullet next to his heart. He rents cabins to hunters and has recently taken out a private-detective license at the suggestion of Lane Uttley, a local lawyer. The book begins fast, with a lot of background deftly woven into...
Author
Series
Archy McNally mysteries volume 11
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Language
English
Description
Hired to locate the complete text of Truman Capote's "Answered Prayers," Archy McNally encounters a series of dead ends before finding the manuscript's owner murdered in a sleazy motel.
Author
Publisher
Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
Language
English
Description
A memoir by a Washington insider and former chief counsel to the Senate Watergate Committee traces his investigative role in some of the most culturally and politically significant world events and news stories from the past half century.
11) Jackpot Bay
Author
Publisher
Beeler Large Print
Language
English
Description
Johnnie The Dime Kosko: don't be fooled, he's not really a gangster. But he'd like to be one, and that just might make him more dangerous.
Author
Series
Publisher
Stone Arch Books, a Capstone imprint
Language
English
Description
Private Eye Princess King and her beagle, Pants, have come to Snells Manor to try and find Daisy Snells's missing emerald, called the "pea"; nobody has left the house since the gem went missing, but there are many secret places to search, and the inhabitants are an eccentric bunch--none more so than Miss Daisy herself.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scribner
Edition
Large print ed.
Language
English
Description
"It's up, up, and away with sleuth Regan Reilly -- in a lively new caper from beloved New York Times bestselling author Carol Higgins Clark. L.A.-based private detective Regan Reilly flies to Las Vegas -- the mythic city of cash and flash, glamour and kitsch -- to help an old school chum, Danny Madley. Danny is producing the pilot of a reality TV show, Love Above Sea Level. The show features three couples who all have experienced the proverbial Seven...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Have you ever wanted to be your own private eye? Have you ever wanted to track down long-lost relatives or people who've scammed you? Have you ever wanted to know if your kids really are where they say they are? Or if your significant other is cheating on you? Or how to locate assets in order to collect on a judgment? In, I, Spy, World-renowned private investigator Dan Ribacoff will show you how. With decades of experience in public safety, private...
Author
Series
Publisher
Signet
Language
English
Description
Some people think Hawaii is paradise, but Monk knows that danger, like dirt, lurks everywhere. Look at Helen Gruber, the rich tourist who took a fatal blow from a coconut. The police say it fell from a tree, but Monk suspects otherwise. His assistant Natalie isn't exactly thrilled about Monk's latest investigation. It was bad enough that Monk followed her on vacation, and now it looks like the vacation is over. Smooth-talking television psychic Dylan...
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Part memoir and part literary true crime, Tell Me Everything is the mesmerizing story of a landmark sexual assault investigation and the female private investigator who helped crack it open. Erika Krouse has one of those faces. "I don't know why I'm telling you this," people say, spilling confessions. In fall 2002, Erika accepts a new contract job investigating lawsuits as a private investigator. The role seems perfect for her, but she quickly realizes...
Author
Publisher
Langley House Publishing
Language
English
Description
Lainee Delaney, private investigator by choice and substitute teacher by necessity, is back in action. Her ever-faithful, potbellied pool guy, Mr. Harrison, is in trouble. His marriage is on the rocks and his son is accused of brutal attacks on women. Sharp on book sense but dull on experience, Lainee takes on both challenges. She's helped along the way by her best friend, Marsha, and occasionally burdened by the newly appointed police detective in...
Author
Publisher
Langley House Publishing
Language
English
Description
Lainee Delaney-the former debutante turned private investigator, substitute teacher, and now reluctant landlord-may be in over her head. Mysterious FBI Agent Clint "Sticks" Torres has asked for Lainee's hand in marriage and to help find his missing teenage daughter. As they journey throughout the Southwest, Lainee lands in the middle of an international human trafficking network and fights for her life on an isolated exotic island. However, the most...
19) After I dream
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas T. Beeler, Publisher
Language
English
Description
Psyhcologist Callie Carlson lives in the lush Florida Keys. Some believe it's paradise. Callie, a young woman afraid of the sea does not agree. Her brother has been charged with murdeing the crew of a boat he found mysteriously adrift off the coast. With the help of a former Navy S.E.A.L., Chase Mattingly, Callie must find a way to prove her brother's innocence.
Author
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two true-crime tales relate the stories of a married woman who suspects her husband isn't who he says he is and a teenage girl who moves to Arizona and finds her perfect life is about to turn on its head.
"Til Murder Do Us Part: Kathi Spiars can't believe she's found such a good man to marry as Stephen Marcum. But twelve years later, she starts to suspect that he isn't who he says he is. As she digs into his past, she doesn't realize that learning...
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