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A London PI investigates a case of voodoo and vampirism in this classic mystery from the golden age of detective fiction.
When detective Paul Harley is visited by Col. Juan Menendez, he is intrigued by the man's mysterious tale of being followed and threatened by a shadowy figure. As an officer of the Spanish West Indies, Menendez had reason to flee his colonial properties. But now he finds that England is not far enough to escape his enemies. Soon...
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Project Gutenberg
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America's greatest satirist sets his sights on England's most celebrated detective in this boisterous tale of revenge, murder, and the limits of logic Tortured, humiliated, and abandoned by her fiancé, a woman gives birth to a boy with an unusual gift. Blessed with a bloodhound's sense of smell, Archy Stillman can track a man clear across the country. His mother, who has spent sixteen years dreaming of vengeance, finally has the means to achieve...
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Project Gutenberg
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America's Sherlock Holmes makes his thrilling debut in this classic volume of mind-boggling mysteries. Craig Kennedy is a Columbia University chemistry professor by day and New York's premier sleuth by night. With the help of his roommate and partner in detection, newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, Kennedy uses his mastery of technology to solve the most puzzling of mysteries. In "The Deadly Tube," he investigates a case of murder by X-ray, and in...
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Lainee Delaney, social debutante turned private investigator wannabe and substitute teacher gottabe to make ends meet, has just landed her first big case. Straight-laced and incredibly sexy Cade Gainess needs Lainee's help straightening out his bad boy little brother Dylan. As they join forces with the FBI, fighting for their lives against mob kingpin Mario Bellagio, Lainee is finally experiencing the excitement and dangers she has only imagined in...
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Center Point Large Print
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New York, 1914. Filthy, dangerous, and deadly &; Hell&;s Kitchen is no place for a lady, but Louise Faulk is no ordinary woman. The amateur investigator turned rookie policewoman is investigating the death of young prostitute, Ruthie, who leaves behind a baby boy. Although detectives are quick to declare it a suicide, Louise is less certain after she discovers clues implying murder while attempting to find a caretaker for Ruthie's orphaned son.
Uncovering...
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The tenth novel in the riveting series featuring Victorian private eye William Monk - by the acclaimed author of A Breach of Promise. In stunning feats of imagination, Anne Perry brings to life the lost world of England's Victorian Age. With The Twisted Root, she holds us rapt with a chilling story of love, betrayal, and consummate evil. Miriam Gardiner has disappeared from a croquet party at the luxurious mansion of her future in-laws. On Hampstead...
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InvestiGators volume 3
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First Second
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First edition.
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English
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InvestiGators Mango and Brash don their fanciest vests for InvestiGators: Off the Hook, the next mystery in the hilarious adventure series from John Patrick Green Sewer-loving secret agents Mango and Brash fight for the GATOR good in this zany adventure that will have readers HOOKED! The InvestiGators are the best crime-fighting duo in the world. But not even their hi-tech training programs can prepare them for the return of their greatest nemesis,...
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Dirk Gently volume 1
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Gallery Books
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First Gallery Books trade paperback edition.
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Quirky and bumbling private investigator Dirk Gently stumbles upon a ghost, millions of years old, wandering the earth and disturbing its people. Dirk soon discovers this phantom yearns for more than a good haunting: it is desperately trying to go back in time to prevent its own death. But this ghost was no ordinary person, and helping it save itself just might change the modern world as we know it. And not in a good way!
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InvestiGators volume 5
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First Second
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First edition.
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English
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The Investigators are having a hard time keeping a low profile with their new headquarters being a giant robot towering over the city! How can they be SECRET agents if everyone recognizes them? But with their ears to the ground, Mango and Brash hear mysterious rumblings about BOULDER BUDDIES . . . are they just the latest fad or part of a mob-run scheme? And could a rocky relationship from the Investigators' past be hiding beneath the surface? Find...
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InvestiGators volume 4
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First Second
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First edition.
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English
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"With agent Brash trapped in a mysterious coma, the technicians at S.U.I.T. have designed the ultimate replacement: RoboBrash. This high-tech replica has been programmed with all of the original Brash's crime-fighting skills and knowhow--but it seems he's got a few bugs in his system. Will Mango and his new partner be enough to stop the giant ants that are on a rampage in the city?"--
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InvestiGators volume 2
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First Second
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First edition.
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Publisher Annotation: S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation. But when their search for the criminal Crackerdile backfires, the toilets they travel through back up-and the InvestiGators take the blame for it! Can Mango and Brash restore their good name and put the real culprit behind bars before the whole city is in deep water?
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Tenacity Media Books
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In the fall of 1966, Eduardo Tirella, close confidant of billionaire Doris Duke, informed the possessive and vindictive heiress that he was leaving her employ as chief designer and art curator to return to Hollywood where his career as a set designer was just catching fire. Minutes later, she crushed him to death under the wheels of a two-ton station wagon as they were leaving Rough Point, her Bellevue Avenue estate in Newport, RI, the storied resort....
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Image Comics
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English
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"After posing as a man to join the army, Jenner Faulds returns home to The Feld for a new start as a "Fairman"--A specially licensed private investigator. But sexism didn't end on the battlefield, and as the only "Fairlady," Jenner gets stuck with the cases nobody else wants. Hitting the streets to solve The Feld's overlooked mysteries, Jenner finds that the smallest cases hide the biggest secrets."--Provided by publisher.
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