A lump of concrete dropped deliberately from a little stone bridge over a relatively unfrequented road kills the wrong person. The driver behind is spared. But only for a while ... One particular member of the local press is gunning for...
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Auteur:Anderson, Lin.Sommaire:A young prostitute is found dead in Glasgow's city cemetery, the Necropolis, and Rhona Macleod is called in to review the forensic evidence. As the mutilated body is removed, another is revealed underneath and the case takes on an...
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Auteur:Kellerman, JonathanSommaire:It's Christmastime, and police officers Darrel Two Moons and Steve Katz are expecting the usual gang assaults, feuding spouses, and alcohol-related misdemeanors. Then the call comes in from the Historic District: the reported death...
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Auteur:Patterson, James, Roughan, HowardSommaire:Lombardo's Steak House is famous for three reasons: the menu, the clientele, and now, the gruesome murder of an infamous mob lawyer. Effortlessly, the assassin slips through the police's fingers, and his absence sparks a blaze of...
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Auteur:Anappara, DeepaSommaire:Discover the “extraordinary” ( The Washington Post ) debut novel that “announces the arrival of a literary supernova” ( The New York Times Book Review ),“a drama of childhood that is as wild as it is intimate” (Chigozie Obioma)....
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Polo Tate wanted to be in the Air Force since she was eleven, an unpopular dream for most young girls, but her hard work paid off. At eighteen, Polo is in basic training at the United States Air Force Academy and doing everything right...
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Auteur:Beaton, M. C.Sommaire:Mrs. Gillespie, famous for being the best maid in the northwest of Sutherland, is found dead, struck down by a metal bucket. Knowing Mrs. Gillespie's penchant for gossip, Hamish is sure she delighted in finding out her clients' secrets...
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Auteur:Beaton, M. C.Sommaire:When local constable Hamish Macbeth calls on Effie Garrand, he is amazed to find the small woman still in residence after a particularly hideous winter. Unfortunately, Effie is also quite delusional, having convinced herself--and...
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Auteur:Beaton, M. C.Sommaire:In the isolated villages in the north of Scotland, the villagers rely on the services of the chimney sweep, Pete Ray, and his old-fashioned brushes. Pete is always able to find work in the Scottish highlands--until the day that Police...
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Auteur:Beaton, M. C.Sommaire:When John Heppel, a visiting writer to Lochdubh, first proposes forming a writers' circle, the idea is met with much enthusiasm from local residents. However, once the classes get underway, attendance quickly falters due to one...
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Lawyer and ex-convict Landon Reed, desperate to prove his worth, takes a high-profile murder case, but when his boss and other lawyers in the firm are murdered, Landon must find the killer before he become the next target.
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The one-man stalker squad of the Beverly Hills Police Department begins his hunt for the stalker of a young Hollywood actress.
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Scott Finn, rising star at a Boston law firm, has worked hard to pull himself out of the Charlestown projects. When the body of his co-worker and old flame, Natalie Caldwell, floats to the surface of Boston Harbor, Finn is grief...
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After a grisly murder, a missing star, and a stunning theft disrupt a glitzy movie premiere, the glitterati and paparazzi leave Rome for the "safer" confines of San Francisco. There Italian police detective Nic Costa, still charged with...
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Auteur:Oates, Joyce CarolSommaire:Dinah Whitcomb seemingly has everything. A loving and successful husband, and a smart, precocious young son named Robbie. Then one day, their worlds are shattered when Dinah is attacked and Robbie is abducted from a mall parking lot....
- Auteur:Neggers, CarlaSommaire:
Hannah Shay is finally about to finish law school. Already the successful owner of the Three Sisters Café, Hannah should be feeling confident about herself. But when Sean Cameron returns to town after the death of his father, Hannah can...
- Auteur:Neggers, CarlaSommaire:
Secret Service agent Jo Harper springs into action when the daughter of a murdered ambassador mysteriously goes missing in the mountains of New England. Despite their differences, she enlists local tracker Elijah Cameron to aid her in...
- Auteur:Neggers, CarlaSommaire:
A body is found in Black Falls, Vermont, burned almost beyond recognition--yet search and rescue expert Rose Cameron is sure she knows the victim's identity. Enter smoke jumper Nick Martini, who is on the trail of an arsonist. Soon the...
- Auteur:Danticat, EdwidgeSommaire:
In a seaside town in Haiti, widower Nozias finally makes the gut-wrenching decision to give up his daughter Claire so she can have a better life. But when the girl goes missing, the resulting search unearths long-hidden secrets that...
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Auteur:Werb, DanSommaire:For decades, American hungers sustained Tijuana. In this scientific detective story, a public health expert reveals what happens when a border city's lifeline is brutally severed. Despite its reputation as a carnival of vice, Tijuana...
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