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1) Frozen heat
Author
Series
Nikki Heat mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat arrives at her latest crime scene to find an unidentified woman stabbed to death and stuffed inside a suitcase left on a Manhattan street. Nikki is in for a big shock when this new homicide connects to the unsolved murder of her own mother.
2) French kiss
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Very handsome and charming French detective Luc Moncrief joined the NYPD for a fresh start but someone wants to make his first big case his last. Welcome to New York, Detective.
3) Deadly heat
Author
Series
Nikki Heat mysteries volume 5
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat, continuing to pursue the elusive former CIA station chief who ordered her execution over a decade ago, teams up with her lover journalist Jameson Rook to find the old spy, while a serial killer terrorizes the Twentieth Precinct, singling Nikki out as the recipient of his twisted messages.
Author
Series
Dave Gurney novels volume 5
Language
English
Formats
Description
The fifth thriller in this bestselling series offers a “complex, engrossing mystery” that “will challenge what you believe . . . about the banality of evil” (Tod Goldberg, author of Gangsterland).
Retired homicide detective Dave Gurney visits a spooky Adirondack inn to investigate 4 terrifying but seemingly unrelated deaths . . .
Could a nightmare be used as a murder weapon? That’s...
Retired homicide detective Dave Gurney visits a spooky Adirondack inn to investigate 4 terrifying but seemingly unrelated deaths . . .
Could a nightmare be used as a murder weapon? That’s...
5) Naked heat
Author
Series
Nikki Heat mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
When New York's most vicious gossip columnist, Cassidy Towne, is found dead, NYPD Homicide Detective Heat uncovers a gallery of high profile suspects, all with compelling motives for killing the most feared muckraker in Manhattan. Heat's murder investigation is complicated by her surprise reunion with superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook.
Author
Series
Sigrid Harald mysteries volume 8
Publisher
Mysterious Press
Pub. Date
c1995
Language
English
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In the locker room Eve tied on the hard black uniform shoes. She hated them-- always had-- but regulation was regulation. She pushed off the bench, then reached for her uniform cap. Turning to the mirror, she fixed it squarely on her head. She could see herself as she'd been a dozen years before, green as spring, with a shine on her shield and on those damned hard black shoes. A cop, then and now, without any question, any hesitation, over what she...
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Series
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English
Description
"New Yorkers aren't easily intimidated, but someone is doing their best to scare them, badly: why? After two inexplicable high-tech attacks, the city that never sleeps is on edge. Detective Michael Bennett, along with his old pal, the FBI's Emily Parker, have to catch the shadowy criminals who claim responsibility--but they're as good at concealing their identities as they are at wreaking havoc. In the wake of a shocking assassination, Bennett begins...
9) Tick tock
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Detective Michael Bennett is pulled away from vacation and his ten children when an unexploded bomb is discovered in New York City. Teaming up with FBI Agent Beth Peters, Michael quickly discovers that the botched bombing was only a sample of things to come.
Author
Series
Heather Wells mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Avon Trade
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
12) Heat wave
Author
Series
Nikki Heat mysteries volume 1
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tough and sexy New York police detective Nikki Heat leads the investigation into the death of a New York real estate tycoon who plunged to his death on a Manhattan sidewalk. She's hit with an unexpected challenge when the commissioner assigns superstar magazine journalist Jameson Rook to ride along with her to research an article on New York's Finest.
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Detective Eve Dallas and her partner Peabody are following up on a senseless crime: an elderly grocery owner killed by three stoned punks for nothing more than kicks and snacks. But Peabody soon stumbles upon a trickier situation. After a hard workout, she overhears two fellow officers, Garnet and Oberman, arguing. It doesn't take long to realize they're both guilty of murder. Now Peabody and Eve are trying to get the hard evidence they need to bring...
15) Raging heat
Author
Series
Nikki Heat mysteries volume 6
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
As Hurrican Sandy threatens, an illegal immigrant falls from the sky and NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat's investigation into his death quickly captures the imagination of her boyfriend, the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Jameson Rook. When he decides to work the case with Heat as his next big story, Nikki is at first happy to have him ride-along. Yes, she must endure Rook's usual wild conspiracy speculations and adolescent wisecracks, but...
16) Loyalty in death
Author
Series
In Death series volume 9
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
17) NYPD red 2
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A vigilante serial killer is on the loose in New York City, tracking down and murdering people whose crimes have not been punished. The number of victims grows and many New Yorkers secretly applaud the idea of justice won at any price.
19) Heat Storm
Author
Series
Nikki Heat mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nikki Heat and Derrick Storm team up for the first time to save Nikki's mother, Cynthia, who has been in hiding (and presumed dead) for 17 years. Standing in their way is a nefarious group of Chinese businessmen known as the Shanghai Seven, who have the resources-and ruthlessness-to stop them.
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