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Author
Series
Sheriff Chris Cherry novels volume 1
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Chris Cherry, a newly minted sheriff's deputy in a small Texas border town, and seventeen-year-old Caleb Ross form an unlikely partnership as they investigate growing suspicions about the disappearance of Caleb's mother.
Author
Series
Frank Behr novels volume 2
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
After the sudden disappearance of two high-priced private investigators, former Indianapolis cop Frank Behr searches for them in the recesses of the Indianapolis underworld, where Behr is forced to confront an ominous, deadly new breed of crime family.
Author
Series
Inspector Bill Slider mysteries volume 14
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Investigating the suspicious disappearance of Melanie Hunter, Bill Slider questions several potential suspects when the men in Melanie's life reveal unsettling deceptions, family secrets, and an enduring pain that she hid from the outside world.
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In this gripping and emotional domestic suspense debut for fans of The Perfect Mother, a newly pregnant woman inadvertently befriends her egg donor--only to find herself a key suspect when the woman vanishes without a trace"--
Author
Series
Department Q volume 1
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Chief detective Carl Mørck, recovering from what he thought was a career-destroying gunshot wound, is relegated to cold cases and becomes immersed in the five-year disappearance of a politician.
87) Pursued
Author
Series
Nikki Boyd files volume 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nikki Boyd's flight into Nashville was routine--up until the crash landing at the airport. When the dust settles, the woman who had been seated next to her on the plane is missing--and no one will admit she was ever there. When she learns that Erika Hamilton had been flying to Nashville with an air marshal as a key witness in an upcoming grand jury trial, Nikki wonders if her disappearance from the crash site means she's running from trouble--or straight...
Author
Series
Investigations of Mossa and Pleiti volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
""Every once in a while, a book comes along that is both a comfort read and a rousing, fist-pumping adventure, and The Mimicking of Known Successes absolutely is both of those things. An utter triumph."-Charlie Jane Anders The Mimicking of Known Successes presents a cozy Holmesian murder mystery and sapphic romance, set on Jupiter, by Malka Older, author of the critically-acclaimed Centenal Cycle. On a remote, gas-wreathed outpost of a human colony...
89) King of fools
Author
Series
Shadow game trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Inkyard Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
With bounties on their heads, Enne continues to play the role of both a lady and a street lord, while Levi begins a relationship with the son of a member of the Mafia.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Gabriel Thane is the sheriff and lifetime resident of Carin County Illinois, committed to upholding the law and keeping the residents safe. Lieutenant Evie Blackwell is a State Police Detective skilled at investigations. She launches a new task force to reexamine unsolved crimes across the state. She begins work with the sheriff's department on a few of its most troubling missing-persons cases, a deputy, his wife and eleven-year old son's disappearance,...
Author
Series
Mystery in the Islands volume 1
Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
When it is believed that the ghost of the Amina Slave Princess from the 1733 Slave Revolt on St. John caused the disappearance of a tourist and the sinking of a water taxi, resort manager Pen Hoffstra must prove to the locals that the culprit responsible is only human.
93) Silencing Eve
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"This is the finale that fans have been waiting for. In Taking Even, the game began. In Hunting Eve, the chase was on. Now, in Silencing Eve, the prey is cornered. Will Eve Duncan survive? Will those she loves take the fall with her? And will the secrets of Eve's past ultimately become her undoing? In Silencing Eve, all the questions will be answered in a shocking, you never saw it coming conclusion. Iris Johansen's 2012 trilogy, Eve, Quinn, Bonnie...
95) Trauma: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dr. Carrie Bryant's four years as a neurosurgical resident at White Memorial Hospital have earned her the respect and admiration from peers and staff alike. When given the chance of performing her first unsupervised brain surgery, Carrie jumps at the opportunity. What should have been a routine, hours long operation, turns horribly wrong and jeopardizes her patient's life. Emotionally and physically drained, Carrie is rushed back to the OR to assist...
96) What she found
Author
Series
Tracy Crosswhite novels volume 9
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Agreeing to look into the disappearance of investigative reporter Lisa Childress twenty-five years ago at the behest of Lisa's daughter, Detective Tracy Crosswhite reopens the potentially explosive investigations Lisa was following, which pushes her loyalties to the limit when she makes a shocking discovery.
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Language
English
Description
Sofie's retained by the neighborhood vampire to prove he isn't responsible for a recent string of grisly murders. Meanwhile, things heat up on the romantic front when Jake and Dino both decide to vie for her undivided attention.
99) Cross her heart
Author
Series
Bree Taggert volume 1
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"When her sister Erin is murdered and Erin's husband goes missing, Philadelphia homicide detective Bree Taggert vows to uncover the secrets of her sister's life and death but when the danger hits close to home, her own family is caught in a death grip." --
100) One last lie
Author
Series
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Fifteen years ago a young warden was sent on an undercover mission to infiltrate a notorious poaching ring and never returned. He was presumed dead, but his body was never recovered. When an antique warden badge resurfaced at a flea market, it was connected to the cold case, which the Maine Warden Service would rather forget. Then retired game warden Charley Stevens vanishes without explanation, and his surrogate son, Warden Investigator Mike Bowditch,...
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