Growing up in one of the most notorious neighborhoods in Brooklyn isn't easy, but for a long time it seemed as if Prince Poet Washington might defy those odds. His willingness to protect his family by any means necessary may seem...
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Author:Deaver, JefferySummary:A US citizen in the Bahamas is shot by a sniper. The investigation reveals that the victim, Robert Moreno, a man known to have strong anti-American sympathies, was assassinated by the US government. Assigned the job of investigating the...
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Hannah Elias is one of the richest black women in America in the early 1900's, but an unsolved murder reveals her real identity and thousands accuse her of stealing her fortune from whites.
- Author:Lieberman, Herbert H.Summary:
Michael Manship, the curator of the Metropolitain Museum in New York, is trying to locate the final drawings for a show that will be the crowning jewel of his career: a complete collection of Botticelli's work. But as Manship puts the...
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Author:Winslow, DonSummary:Denny Malone is the "King of Manhattan North," a highly decorated NYPD detective sergeant and the real leader of "Da Force," an elite special unit. Only a few know that Malone is a dirty cop. Now he's in a trap and must walk the thin...
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Author:Queen, EllerySummary:A schoolmaster has been found beheaded and crucified in rural Arroyo, West Virginia. Ellery Queen, amateur sleuth, insists that he and his father take up the case. As victims turn up all over the world--all killed in the same manner--...
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Author:Queen, EllerySummary:Debonair detective Ellery Queen is on the case of a topsy-turvy murder. A mysterious visitor is found dead in the anteroom of Mandarin Press and the room has been literally turned upside down. Queen must tread lightly, for walking...
- Author:Staub, Wendy CorsiSummary:
Investigative genealogist Amelia Crenshaw solves clients' genetic puzzles, while hers remain shrouded in mystery. Now she suspects that the key to her birth parents' identities lies in an unexpected connection to a stranger...
- Author:Block, LawrenceSummary:
Greenwich Village bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr is trying to make an honest living. But when the landlord raises his rent, what's left for a refined burglar to do? His first night on the job leads him to a pile of cash, a dead body, and...
- Author:Block, LawrenceSummary:
For Bernie Rhodenbarr, bookseller and compulsive burglar, a weekend at a country bed & breakfast inn takes an unexpected twist when a valuable book is stolen and a dead body turns up in the library.
- Author:Block, LawrenceSummary:
Hired by his dentist to steal back some valuable diamonds from his ex-wife, Bernie Rhodenbarr is nearly discovered and hides in the closet, only to become the witness to the woman's murder.
- Author:Sawyer, Kim VogelSummary:
When the paths of a mother seeking sanctuary for her son Nicky and a doctor serving the immigrant population in Queens cross, the two suddenly become wrapped up in each other's callings, seeking a refuge of safety--for Nicky, for...
- Author:Shteyngart, GarySummary:
In a novel set in the near future, when a beautiful, yet cruel, woman that Lenny Abramov met in Italy says she his coming to stay with him in New York, even the tanks and soldiers stationed in the city and the ongoing war with Venezuela...
- Author:Sandford, JohnSummary:
When the serial killer he caught years before escapes from captivity, Lucas Davenport uses the occasion to draw his ex-lover into an investigation of rogue cops who have already committed three dozen murders.
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Author:Blutrich, Michael D.Summary:After Michael Blutrich founded a strip club with proceeds from an embezzlement scheme, he wanted to lay low, make the club a success, and put his criminal acts behind him. But when the Mafia got involved and then the FBI, Blutrich went...
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Author:Greene, Jacqueline DembarSummary:In these six stories from the uplifting American Girl series, a young girl living in 1914 New York learns what it's like to grow up in the big city. Rebecca Rubin has big dreams of becoming an actress, but her parents don't think girls...
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Author:Castle, RichardSummary:When an illegal immigrant falls from the sky, NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat's investigation into his death quickly captures the imagination of her boyfriend, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jameson Rook. All is well until Rook...
- Author:Octavia, GraceSummary:
Tamia, Troy and Tasha, three New York City "It Girls," must try to balance life, love and their careers while they search for something, or someone, to believe in.
- Author:Cole, TejuSummary:
Feeling adrift after ending a relationship, Julius, a young Nigerian doctor living in New York, takes long walks through the city while listening to the stories of fellow immigrants until a shattering truth is revealed.
- Author:Karp, Marshall, Patterson, JamesSummary:
Reality star Erin Easton's wedding may have a cable crew documenting every detail. But when she disappears, her dressing room is empty but for a blood-spattered wedding gown and signs of a struggle.
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