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Lew Griffin novels volume 5
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English
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In New Orleans, black writer Lew Griffin searches for men who tried to kill him. He was wounded while leaving a bar in the company of a white woman. A mystery whose villains are white supremacists. By the author of Eye of the Cricket.
43) Standalone
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Dickie Cornish mystery volume 2
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English
Description
"Dickie Cornish, Washington, DC street denizen turned unlicensed private investigator, is forced at gunpoint to track down the daughter of an ex-con, setting up a chain of events that unleashes a war within the corrupt police force, exposes shocking conduct in child services, and unearths a secret that threatens to tear the nation's capital apart. The second book in the Dickie Cornish mystery series, STANDALONE is a must-read for fans of S. A. Cosby,...
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Lew Griffin novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
In steamy New Orleans, black private detective Lew Griffin has once again taken on a seemingly hopeless missing-person case. The trail takes him through the underbelly of the French Quarter with its bar girls, pimps, and tourist attractions. As his search leads to one violent dead end and then another, Griffin is confronted with the prospect that his own life has come to resemble those of the people he is attempting to find. Waking in a hospital after...
46) Killing signs
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English
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Two detectives race against the clock to stop a psychopath, who's been decapitating bodies in Cleveland, and has murdered one of their own.
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Lew Griffin novels volume 6
Language
English
Description
The mystery of Lew Griffin is revealed in this concluding novel of an honored series. In his old house in uptown New Orleans, Griffin is alone. His relationship with Deborah is falling apart; his son, David, had disappeared again. And Lew is directionless: he hasn't written anything in years, he no longer teaches. Now he stands in a dark room, staring out the window. Behind him, on the bed, is a body. He thinks if he doesn't speak, doesn't think about...
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A body has washed ashore along with her past. There was no quiet homecoming for Nikki King. Not with a body discovered on her lakefront property and Terrence Sutton's unexpected arrival. The police detective is convinced his sister's disappearance and the threats Nikki has been receiving are connected. Nikki would rather avoid the man who once let a family feud tear them apart, but can she afford to refuse his protection? Not with danger lurking in...
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"In 1976, Vietnam veteran, Dominique Broddie, is one of Detroit's newest detectives who must solve a case that hits too close to home when his own daughter is taken. Emotionally closed off, after surviving the horrors of war, Broddie must deal with his demons from the past while facing adversity and even racism as an African American trying to rise through the ranks in the city's police department. When the son of Reverend Wallace Brown goes missing,...
50) Detective Cross
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Alex Cross volume 24.5
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Español
Description
Alex Cross and his wife, Bree Stone, pursue an anonymous caller who has threatened to set off deadly bombs in Washington, D.C.
Doctor Cross, el sospechoso es su paciente. Una llamada anónima amenaza con detonar bombas mortales en Washington, DC. ¿Se trata de un cruel engaño o es un peligro real? Cuando Alex Cross y su esposa, Bree Stone, descubran la escalofriante verdad, puede que sea demasiado tarde...
53) Karma
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English
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When narcotics detective Lucas Cain meets news reporter Justine Greer, she stops his playa attitude in its tracks. It is love at first sight as the two fall head over heels for each other, despite the influence of Justine's jealous friend, Simone. While Simone tempts Lucas with her raw sexuality, he struggles to keep his old ways in the past. Lucas and his partner, Noah, accept a dangerous undercover assignment that will topple the empire of the notorious...
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English
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An unmissable entry in the esteemed Library of Congress Crime Classics, an exciting new classic mystery series created in exclusive partnership with the Library of Congress to highlight the best of American crime fiction. When the body of N'Gana Frimbo, the African conjure-man, is discovered in his consultation room, Perry Dart, one of Harlem's ten Black police detectives, is called in to investigate. Together with Dr Archer, a physician from across...
60) Ja, Alex Cross
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Polish
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W trakcie przyjęcia urodzinowego Alex Cross otrzymuje straszną wiadomość: jego bratanica Caroline Cross, którą ostatni raz widział, gdyby była jeszcze małą dziewczynką, została zamordowana w makabryczny sposób. Wstrząśnięty do głębi poprzysięga, że użyje wszelkich środków, by dopaść sprawcę tej zbrodni. Wkrótce wychodzi na jaw, że Caroline dorabiała jako luksusowa prostytutka. I prawdopodobnie nie była jedyną ofiarą...