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8121) Still waters
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
When her Labrador, Hawk, discovers the fresh body of one of her fellow competitors during a water search training weekend, Special Agent Meg Jennings, after discovering that the victim had made an unfounded complaint about her, must find the killer with the help of her team before she loses her job and Hawk.
8122) Dark truth: a novel
Author
Series
FBI thrillers. Truth series volume 3
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
America's favorite serial killer has gone from freewheeling bachelor to responsible husband and doting dad. Maintaining an average-guy facade while satisfying his need to kill has never been easy. But now, with wife and kids in tow, Dexter's got more to lose than ever, as he gets drawn into a deadly game with a killer every bit as dangerous and conflicted as he is.
Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This exploration of the private wartime diary of Alfred Rosenberg--Hitler's 'chief philosopher' and architect of Nazi ideology--interweaves the story of its recent discovery with the revelation of its never-before-published contents, which are contextualized by the authors: The result is a unprecedented, page-turning narrative of the Nazi rise to power, the Holocaust, and Hitler's post-invasion plans for Russia. A groundbreaking historical contribution,...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mateo Vega, a one-time employee of Ali Reynold's husband, B. Simpson, has spent the last sixteen years of his life behind bars. According to the courts, he murdered his girlfriend. But Mateo knows that her real killer is still on the loose, and the first thing he's going to do when he gets a taste of freedom is track him down. After being granted parole, a wary Mateo approaches Stu Ramey of High Noon Enterprises for a reference letter for a job application,...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Recently ghosted and sick of watching her friends fade into the suburbs with their husbands and children, thirty-something Hannah finds new community in an internet true crime forum that's on a mission to solve the murders of four women who were dumped in a ravine outside Atlanta. When a handsome lawyer named William is arrested for the killings, with evidence of his guilt piling up as quickly as the bodies, Hannah begins writing him letters as another...
Author
Series
Northampton County novels volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"When the long-buried bones of a man turn up in the middle of December, Pennsylvania homicide detective Parker Reed knows he's in for a cold case. Trisha and her friends were teenagers when Trisha's stepdad went missing. Now, thirty years later, his remains have been found in the mountains. The women have always known there was more to his disappearance than meets the eye, and they must confront their grim past. Secrets can stay secret a long time...
Author
Series
Theo Cray and Jessica Blackwood volume 2
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A signal is detected at the outer edge of the solar system. Computational biologist Dr. Theo Cray and magician-turned-FBI-agent Jessica Blackwood are looking-and listening-a little closer. The man at the center of this cosmic mystery is billionaire Thomas T. Theismann. He's spent a lifetime-and a fortune-trying to find out if we're alone in the universe. Highly skeptical, Theo joins the effort to find the source of the signal, and he quickly enlists...
Author
Publisher
NBM/ComicsLit
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"New Brunswick, New Jersey, Thursday, September 14, 1922. Reverend Hall and Mrs. Eleanor Mills take a stroll in the town's park in the evening. Shots are heard. 2 days later, their bodies are found laying on the ground very neatly next to each other...Reverend Hall, himself married, was in an open secret of an affair with Mrs. Mills, a married woman of his choir...Alas, no clues or evidence are sufficient to make an indictment stick...The case reopens...
8130) Her last mistake
Author
Series
Publisher
Bookouture
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"People love to hate Holly Long. Smart, beautiful and a woman who men find it hard to say no to, she's the town's most gossiped about resident.Now Holly's body lies in her hotel room, strangled at her best friend's wedding party. And the gossip has stopped, because nobody wants to look like they did it.When police search Holly's immaculate apartment, amongst her stylish furnishings and expensive jewellery, they discover a different side to Holly....
8132) Old God's time
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return, of his family, his beloved wife June and their two children, Winnie and Joe. But when two former colleagues turn up at his...
Author
Publisher
IDW Publishing, a division of Idea and Design Works, LLC
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Matthew Scudder is dying, one bottle at a time. A young prostitute named Kim Dakkinen is dying too, her life measured out in tricks. She wanted out, had asked for Scudder's help, but suddenly she wasn't dying anymore, she was just dead. The former cop turned P.I. promised to protect her, but he failed. Now his atonement is to find her killer. But the secrets in the dead hooker's past are dirtier than her living, and searching for a killer in a city...
Author
Series
Christine Prusik volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From TikTok sensation Lloyd Devereux Richards comes the next pulse-pounding thriller in which FBI agent Christine Prusik races to track down a serial killer who leaves a peculiar mark on his victims"--
8135) The bitter past
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In the tradition of Craig Johnson and C. J. Box, Bruce Borgos's The Bitter Past begins a compelling series set in the high desert of Nevada featuring Sheriff Porter Beck... Porter Beck is the sheriff in the high desert of Nevada, north of Las Vegas. Born and raised there, he left to join the Army, where he worked in Intelligence, deep in the shadows in far off places. Now he's back home, doing the same lawman's job his father once did, before his...
8136) The secrets of winter
Author
Series
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"December 1938, and storm clouds hover once again over Europe. Josephine Tey and Archie Penrose gather with friends for a Cornish Christmas, but two strange and brutal deaths on St. Michael's Mount--and the unexpected arrival of a world famous film star, in need of sanctuary--interrupt the festivities. Cut off by the sea and a relentless blizzard, the hunt for a murderer begins"--
8137) There are no accidents: the deadly rise of injury and disaster -- who profits and who pays the price
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"A journalist recounts the surprising history of accidents and reveals how they've come to define all that's wrong with America. We hear it all the time: "Sorry, it was just an accident." And we've been deeply conditioned to just accept that explanation and move on. But as Jessie Singer argues convincingly: There are no such things as accidents. The vast majority of mishaps are not random but predictable and preventable. Singer uncovers just how the...
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Tea shop owner and bride-to-be Daisy Swanson must solve a murder before she can say "I do" in the latest Daisy's Tea Garden Mystery set in Pennsylvania's Amish country... Daisy has a lot to celebrate this summer. She's supervising a special tea event tohelp commemorate the 100-year-anniversary of her town's historic covered bridge. But the main event is her upcoming wedding to her beloved fiancae Jonas. Somehow Willow Creek's busiest brewer of specialty...
Author
Series
Ben Packard mysteries volume 2
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A small town's dark secrets turn deadly... When an early morning call brings Deputy Ben Packard to the scene of a home invasion, he finds Bill Sandersen shot in his bed. Bill was a well-liked local who chased easy money his whole life, leaving bad debts and broken hearts in his wake. Everyone Packard talks to has a story about Bill, but no one has a clear motive for wanting him dead. The business partner. The ex-wife. The current wife. The high-stakes...
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books
Pub. Date
p2005
Language
English
Description
In Washington, D.C., where little stays secret for long, the identity of Deep Throat--the mysterious source who helped Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein break open the Watergate scandal in 1972--remained hidden for 33 years. Now, Woodward tells the story of his long, complex relationship with W. Mark Felt, the enigmatic former No. 2 man in the Federal Bureau of Investigation who helped end the presidency of Richard Nixon.
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