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"Powerful and raw, harrowing, and unsentimental."
—Washington Post Book World
"Chilling, completely credible....[An] absolutely gripping story."
—Chicago Tribune
"Mr. Lehane delivers big time."
—Wall Street Journal
In Gone, Baby, Gone, the master of the new noir, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane (Mystic River, Shutter Island), vividly
...7) Spare change
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When the Spare Change Killer resurfaces after three decades they call on retired cop, Phil Randall who headed the original investigation and he calls in his daughter Sunny for help. She's sure she has found the killer but has no proof. When the next two victims resemble Sunny her father insists she drop the case, but she wants to create a trap to catch him.
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Spenser novels volume 5
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Spenser is searching for those responsible for the London restaurant bombing that blew up his client's family. He hopes that one of the terrorists will lead him to the others, but he doesn't know she's beautiful and dangerous.
11) Widow's walk
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Spenser novels volume 29
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A seemingly-dim blonde is accused of murdering her blue-blooded, Mayflower-descended banker of a husband. Her alibi: she was watching Survivor in the other room. Mary Fiore, Spenser's lawyer friend realizes that her client needs some help, and commissions Spenser to dig up the truth.
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Spenser novels volume 6
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When Spencer is hired by a book publisher to protect Rachel Wallace, one of their hottest properties, he finds himself butting heads with her until he's dismissed. When Rachel is kidnapped, though, it's Spencer who they call to save the day.
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"It's December in Boston, and Spenser is busy planning the menu for Christmas dinner when he's confronted in his office by a young boy named Slide. Homeless and alone, Slide has found refuge with an organization named Street Business, which gives shelter and seeks job opportunities for the homeless and lost. Slide's mentor, Jackie Alvarez, is being threatened, and Street Business is in danger of losing its tenuous foothold in the community, turning...
14) Now and then
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Spenser novels volume 35
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Spenser, a P.I., is asked to keep tabs on Dennis Doherty's wife and catches her with another man. A couple of days later, three people are dead. The other man turns out to be Perry Alderson, the leader of a group that sponsors terrorists. Since Alderson doesn't want Spenser poking around in his business, he tries to get to Spenser through Spenser's girlfriend Susan.
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Spenser, a Boston PI, is once again hired by April Kyle who was a teenage runaway that turned to prostitution. Now she is a madam of an up-scale, all-female operation that some men are trying to take away from her. April claims she doesn't know who is after her business, but Spenser finds ties to organized crime. Spenser without much surprise also finds that April, the thugs and everyone else involved is lying to him.
16) Perish twice
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Sunny Randall mysteries volume 2
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G.P. Putnam's Sons
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2000
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17) Melancholy baby
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Sunny Randall mysteries volume 4
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Putnam
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2004
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The heist was legendary, still talked about twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece, Gentlemen in Black by a Spanish master, arrives at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's help. Soon Spenser...
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Spenser novels volume 3
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Marty is the Red Sox star pitcher, Linda the loving wife. She loves everyone except the blackmailer out to wreck her life. America's favorite pastime has suddenly become a very dangerous sport for Spenser.
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