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Mike Hammer mysteries volume 10
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English
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The teasing, transparent nighties were so shredded they barely covered the bodies of the murdered beauties. The blonde wore black. The redhead, green. And now someone was combing the city for the same number in white.
Two strange slayings and a very frightened model set Mike Hammer on a chase through the world of high fashion and UN cocktail parties to Village bars and sleazy hotels. Snarling Hammer hits pay dirt when he dives underground...
Two strange slayings and a very frightened model set Mike Hammer on a chase through the world of high fashion and UN cocktail parties to Village bars and sleazy hotels. Snarling Hammer hits pay dirt when he dives underground...
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English
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Once a celebrated writer, M had his greatest success with a suspense novel based on a real-life disappearance: a history teacher who went missing one winter after having a brief affair with a beautiful student of his. The teacher was never found. Upon publication, M's novel was a runaway bestseller, an international breakthrough. Now M's career is fading. But why is his bizarre, seemingly timid neighbor keeping a close eye on him and his wife?
Author
Series
Henrie O mysteries volume 3
Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
A Pulitzer Prize-winning ex-reporter and journalism teacher at ivy-covered Thorndyke University, Henrietta "Henrie O" Collins demands of her students the same steadfast dedication to the truth that was the cornerstone of her own illustrious career. So when beautiful, ambitious Maggie Winslow decides to investigate a trio of hitherto unresolved local crimes, Henrie O urges her to pursue the story with uncommon vigor. But the gifted future journalist's...
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English
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When Harriet Vane finds a dead body on the beach, she and Lord Peter Wimsey must solve a murder when all the evidence has washed out to sea. Harriet Vane has gone on vacation to forget her recent murder trial and, more importantly, to forget the man who cleared her name: the dapper, handsome, and maddening Lord Peter Wimsey. She is alone on a beach when she spies a man lying on a rock, surf lapping at his ankles. She tries to wake him, but he doesn't...
10) The dark
Author
Publisher
ORION
Pub. Date
2022
Language
English
Description
When a baby is snatched from its pram and cast into the river Thames, off-duty police officer Lacey Flint is there to prevent disaster. But who would want to hurt a child? DCI Mark Joesbury has been expecting this. Monitoring a complex network of dark web sites, Joesbury and his team have spotted a new terrorist threat from the extremist, women-hating, group known as 'incels' or 'involuntary celibates.' Joesbury's team are trying to infiltrate the...
12) Dead Of Winter
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Publisher
BANTAM PRESS
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
It was supposed to be an easy job. All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dying prisoner from HMP Grampian and deliver him somewhere to live out his last few months in peace. From the outside, Glenfarach looks like a quaint, sleepy, snow-dusted village, nestled deep in the heart of Cairngorms National Park, but things aren't what they seem. The place is thick with security cameras and there's a strict nine o'clock curfew, because...
13) Goldilocks
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Series
Matthew Hope novel volume 1
Publisher
Arbor House
Pub. Date
c1976
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Published for the Crime Club by Doubleday
Pub. Date
1959
Language
English
Description
An anonymous tip leads Chief Inspector Maigret to three clues--a bloodstained blue suit, a report of thick chimney smoke, and two human teeth--but it is Madame Maigret who starts to piece the puzzle together.
15) Sunshine noir
Publisher
White Sun Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In these stories, seventeen writers from around the globe tell of dark doings in sunny places. Join them in the Dominican Republic, the Sonoran Desert of Arizona, chic Mykonos, Seville at midnight, and on the morning beachfront of Ghana where a man has revenge on his mind. Follow an NGO worker kidnapped in Yemen, an engineer repairing a dam in turmoil-torn Ethiopia, a foolish young Englishman hitchhiking across the Sahara. You will visit historic...
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Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Few growing up in the aftermath of World War II will ever forget the horrifying reports that Nazi concentration camp doctors had removed the skin of prisoners to makes common, everyday lampshades. In The Lampshade, bestselling journalist Mark Jacobson tells the story of how he came into possession of one of these awful objects, and of his search to establish the origin, and larger meaning, of what can only be described as an icon of terror.
Author
Publisher
Perseus
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
In these cautionary tales of greedy gamblers, reckless businessmen, and ruthless con men, Sherlock Holmes uses his deep understanding of probability, statistics, decision theory, and game theory to solve crimes and protect the innocent
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Series
DI Rowan Jackman and DS Maria Evans volume 5
Publisher
Joffe Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
19) Nothing to lose
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Series
Ziba Mackenzie volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
He's looking for his next victim. She looks just like his last. Primrose Hill, London. Offender Profiler Ziba MacKenzie arrives at the scene of a gruesome murder with a disturbing sense of déjà vu. Nine days earlier, another woman's body was found: same location, same MO, same physical appearance. For the police, it's clear a new serial killer is on the loose. But for Ziba, it's even more sinister-because the victims look just like her. Ziba has...
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