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1) Nothing lost
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
334 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Morrow
Pub. Date
2004
Physical Desc
291 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Elmore Leonard is the undisputed master, the 'King Daddy of crime writers' (Seattle Times), in the august company of the all-time greats of mystery/noir/crime fiction genre: John D. MacDonald, Dashiell Hammett, James M. Cain, et al. The creator of such unforgettable classics as Stick, Out of Sight, and Get Shorty-not to mention the character of U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens, lately of TV's hit series Justified-Leonard is in fine form with Mr. Paradise....
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Miranda Wood arrives home to a dark, cold cottage--and her ex-lover, Richard Tremain, lying in her bed, stabbed to death. Miranda is the obvious suspect, and she looks even guiltier when her bail is paid by an anonymous donor. With her world falling apart around her, Miranda is determined to clear her name and discover who killed Richard. But proving her innocence may become secondary to staying alive..."--Jacket.
4) You can die
Author
Series
Laurel Snow volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Set against the atmospheric snowy backdrop of rural Pacific Northwest, New York Times bestselling author Rebecca Zanetti's edgy, page-turning thriller will have readers guessing until the very end as rising star FBI profiler Laurel Snow navigates her career as a serial killer hunter with her complicated family life. Now she's in pursuit of a killer with a chillingly bitter M.O. - one that hits far too close to home... The Blacklist meets The Profiler...
5) Lifeless: #5
Author
Series
Tom Thorne volume 5
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
388 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Scout Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
342 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Scarlett Clark is an exceptional English professor. But she’s even better at getting away with murder. Every year, she searches for the worst man at Gorman University and plots his well-deserved demise. Thanks to her meticulous planning, she’s avoided drawing attention to herself - but as she’s preparing for her biggest kill yet, the school starts probing into the growing body count on campus. Determined to keep her enemies close,...
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
360 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Judith and her cousin Renie go on vacation in a remote and possibly haunted Scottish castle owned by a rich whiskey distillery baron strange things start occurring. They meet Harry Gibbs, a dissolute young man who is estranged from his wife and is found smothered to death shortly after Judith and Renie arrive. His widow, Moira, is suspect No. 1, of course, but there are plenty to go around since Harry was a real jerk and wanted to run the petrol...
Author
Series
Bell Elkins volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
In this novel a mother and a daughter try to do right by a town and each other before it is too late. What is happening in Acker's Gap, West Virginia? Three elderly men are gunned down over their coffee at a local diner, and seemingly half the town is there to witness the act. Still, it happened so fast, and no one seems to have gotten a good look at the shooter. Was it random? Was it connected to the spate of drug violence plaguing poor areas...
Author
Series
Clare Fergusson volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Nestled in the heart of the Adirondacks, Miller's Kill, New York is about as safe as it gets. That's why Episcopal minister Clare Fergusson is shocked when the July Fourth weekend brings a rash of vicious assaults to the scenic town. Even Clare's good friend, police chief Russ Van Alstyne, is shaken by the brutality of the crimes — especially when it appears that the victims were chosen because they are gay. But when a third assault of an out-of-town
...10) Missing: #1
Author
Series
Secrets of Crittenden County volume 1
Publisher
Avon Inspire
Pub. Date
c2012
Physical Desc
245 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Perry Borntrager, an inhabitant of the quiet Amish town of Crittenden, Kentucky, is found dead, Perry's former girlfriend and his best friend, suspects in the crime, are drawn together as they try to prove their innocence.
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 32
Language
English
Description
An airport killer targeting pilots expands his scope. Alex Cross Must Die. "Drop whatever you're doing, Detective Cross, and head to Reagan Airport," DC Metro Police dispatch says. "A jet just crashed and exploded on the runway. The chief and the FBI want you and John Sampson there pronto." Cross and Sampson race to the crash site. The plane didn't fail--it was shot down by a stolen Vietnam War-era machine gun. The list of experts who can operate...
12) The second grave
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2025.
Physical Desc
213 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Another day another find for dog trainer Cory Pratt's cadaver dogs Alice and Rex. This time a mass grave with three bodies and a second single grave over three decades old. A cold case that Cory's sibling and Chicago Police detective Crystal has to solve fast as the killer of the four men is still out there. While the identities of the men are determined one by one, the bodies are linked to an infamous crime which remains unsolved to this day. And...
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Series
Lucy Kincaid volume 15
Publisher
St. Martin's Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
420 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"With a background in psychology, FBI Agent Lucy Kincaid is good at getting into the heads of killers and victims both. Still, her latest case is leaving her stumped. A third body has turned up in San Antonio--and it bears the same unique and troubling M.O. as the first two. The killer is clearly trying to send a message. But what is it--and to whom? All roads keep leading Lucy down a dead end. . . The victims are all married men who led honest lives...
14) Bad men
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Saffy has a secret. A secret that she is deeply ashamed of. It's not the fact that she's a serial killer in her free time. In fact, she's quite proud of that. After all she's only killing the bad men. She is making the world a better place. No, her secret is far worse than that. Saffy has a messy, inexplicable, uncontrollable crush. So while she's busy plotting her next murder, she also has the much harder task of figuring out how to get a boyfriend....
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
468 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"An audacious novel of feminine rage about one of the most prolific female serial killers in American history-and the men who drove her to it. They whisper about her in Chicago. Men come to her with their hopes, their dreams-their fortunes. But no one sees them leave. No one sees them at all after they come to call on the Widow of La Porte. The good people of Indiana may have their suspicions, but if those fools knew what she'd given up, what was...
Author
Series
Sarah Booth Delaney volume 23
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Carolyn Haines's Independent Bones is the next novel in the series that Kirkus Reviews characterizes as "Stephanie Plum meets the Ya-Ya Sisterhood" featuring sassy Southern private investigator Sarah Booth Delaney. When Dr. Alala Diakos, a visiting professor of Greek literature, comes to teach at Ole Miss in Oxford, Mississippi, it doesn't take long for controversy to follow. With her fervent feminist ideals and revolutionary leanings, she quickly...
Author
Series
Tony Hill / Carol Jordan volume 11
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
2019.
Physical Desc
410 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Crime-writing powerhouse Val McDermid is back with an explosive new thriller that sees psychological profiler Tony Hill and ex-detective Carol Jordan grappling with the consequences of their actions and the legacy of abuse in the Catholic Church. Construction is halted on the redevelopment of an orphanage after dozens of skeletons are found buried on the grounds dating from between twenty and forty years ago. Then a different set of skeletons are...
Author
Series
Alex Morrow volume 3
Publisher
Reagan Arthur Books/Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
p.
Language
English
Description
"It's the week before Christmas when a lone robber bursts into a busy Glasgow post office carrying an AK-47. An elderly man suddenly hands his young grandson to a stranger and wordlessly helps the gunman fill bags with cash, then carries them to the door. He opens the door and bows his head; the robber fires off the AK-47, tearing the grandfather in two. DS Alex Morrow arrives on the scene and finds that the alarm system had been disabled before the...