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"Jessie, taken hostage, is in the fight of her life. So used to saving others, she finds the table turned, and at the mercy of her colleagues to find her in time-while at the same time, murders pile up on the outside world, offering her colleagues a grisly trail to her. Is there any chance of escape?" --
82) Arizona dreams
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When a former student turns up in David Mapstone's office, she seems to have the perfect case for this history-professor-turned-deputy: a letter left by her deceased father, confessing to a forty-year-old murder and providing directions to the body. But things are never what they seem in Phoenix, a fast-buck city of newcomers seeking fresh starts from sometimes dark pasts.
Just ask David's wife, Deputy Lindsey Faith Mapstone. One morning the start...
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"A suburban wife and mom escapes from the grasp of a psychotic serial killer-only to wind up murdered weeks later. Was it a coincidence? Or is there a serial killer out there playing a sick game of catch and release-and catch again? Can famed FBI agent Jessie Hunt, 30, shake off her personal trauma and enter this killer's mind? Can she save the next victim-and maybe even herself-before it is too late?" --
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"A wealthy mogul throws an exclusive party in his sprawling and secretive Beverly Hills mansion, only to have the night end with one of his high-society guests murdered-forcing Jessie to enter the sleazy world of the elite. As Jessie begins to unearth the secrets they hide behind their perfect facades, she wonders: was the murder related to an affair? Or was there a much more nefarious motive at stake?" --
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"When a demanding Hollywood starlet is murdered, Jessie must navigate her way through the murky world of film studios, casting directors, producers, agents, rival actors and an ecosystem of people who may have wanted her murdered. After one shocking twist after another, the truth, Jessie finds, may be much more unexpected than anyone thinks. Can Jessie, still wrestling with her own demons, enter the killer's mind and stop him before he strikes again?"...
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"In an exclusive and wealthy neighborhood in Manhattan Beach, a new neighbor moves into a luxury home-only to be found dead soon thereafter. The case brings Jessie into another wealthy beach town, evoking bad memories of her marriage and forcing her to confront her own demons-while trying to unmask the lies of this seemingly perfect town. Was the murder connected to an exclusive party for the elite? Or is there an even more nefarious motive at stake?...
87) Unknown means
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In Elizabeth Becka’s latest highly suspenseful novel, forensic scientist Evelyn James returns to investigate a harrowing series of crimes–only to find that no one is safe.
Evelyn James is a forensic specialist in the Cleveland Medical Examiner’s office who’s juggling a demanding workload, a teenage daughter from a failed marriage, and a homicide detective boyfriend. And somehow she always happens to be involved in...
Evelyn James is a forensic specialist in the Cleveland Medical Examiner’s office who’s juggling a demanding workload, a teenage daughter from a failed marriage, and a homicide detective boyfriend. And somehow she always happens to be involved in...
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A trail of beribboned murders. A ticking bomb. A city about to explode.
July 1858: London swelters under the oppressive heat of the hottest summer on record, and trouble is brewing. Forensic scientist Professor Adolphus Hatton and his trusty assistant, Albert Roumande, have a morgue full of cholera victims. The dead are all Irish, the poorest of London's poor. They came in their thousands ten years ago, forced into the London slums by the terrible...
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"A wealthy husband is found murdered in the wake of his 50th birthday bash, a lavish affair that included a dozen couples, a private jet and a debaucherous night. Jessie is in over her head as she enters the world of ultra-wealth and peels back the sordid relationships between couples and friends. So many people, it seemed, wanted their host dead. But the truth, Jessie finds, is far more complex-and far more sinister."--
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Evidence from forensic specialist Darcy Fields could convict a killer, if she survives to testify. A killer seems determined to discredit her, frighten her, and silence her, permanently. Hounded by the press and stalked by a murderer, Darcy must depend on Officer Jackson Davison and his K-9 partner, Smokey, as danger inches nearer and the trial date closes in.
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"Dedicated forensic scientist Yvette Colton is hell-bent on solving a cold case double murder. So is overbearing detective Reese Carpenter. When Yvette's brutally attacked, Reese springs to her aid...and she notices that the lawman is as intoxicating as he is infuriating. Sparks between them ignite just as they try to outwit a desperate killer who wants to bring down the Colton dynasty--and especially Yvette."--
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An American forensic sculptor, reconstructing the faces of three victims, receives a midnight visit from a man who threatens her life unless she alters the faces she's almost completed. The twists and turns of the mystery lead her to a new life, working with forensic archeologists at a site near the Prater amusement park in Vienna. In the second section, an accent coach discovers that the man implicated in the death of his girlfriend in 1970s Buenos...
94) Thread of fear
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A novel of passion and suspense, in which a female forensic artist joins a small-town sheriff in a deadly race to catch a serial killer.
95) The silk code
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A trio of stories featuring detective Phil D'Amato. In one story he investigates a series of deaths in Pennsylvania and discovers lamps powered by butterflies, in a second story he probes the death of a man who appears to be a Neanderthal, but who only died recently, indicating the Neanderthals are still around.
97) Wysłuchaj mnie
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Detektyw Jane Rizzoli i lekarka sądowa Maura Isles w Bostonie stają w obliczu kolejnej zagadki kryminalnej. Znaleziono zwłoki okrutnie pobitej przed śmiercią kobiety. Była lubianą i szanowaną pielęgniarką, dlatego tym trudniej zrozumieć, kto chciał ją aż tak skrzywdzić. Śledztwo jest w toku i ujawnia coraz więcej zastanawiających faktów. Na przykład tajemnicze telefony ofiary pod zastrzeżone numery tuż przed śmiercią. Czy miały...
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Jane Rizzoli i Maura Isles w swoim życiu widziały niemal wszystko. Można by się spodziewać, że nic ich nie zaskoczy, a jednak tym razem miejsce zbrodni nie przypomina niczego, z czym kiedykolwiek miały do czynienia. Bez wątpienia leżąca na łóżku młoda kobieta jest martwa, choć na pierwszy rzut oka wygląda tak, jakby właśnie drzemała. Jest jednak drobny szczegół-- Zabójca pokusił się o makabryczny żart, umieszczając gałki...
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"Cienie bostońskiego Chinatown nie zdradzają swoich tajemnic. Turyści przemierzający tę dzielnicę trasą Wycieczki z Duchami nigdy by się nie spodziewali, że w krętych uliczkach oświetlonych czerwonymi lampionami znajdą coś więcej niż opowieści przyprawiające o gęsią skórkę. Dlatego w pierwszej chwili sądzą, że dłoń odkryta za śmietnikiem przez jedno z dzieci jest gadżetem, który ma im uatrakcyjnić zwiedzanie miasta. Ale...