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1) Troublemaker
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Language
English
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Description
For Morgan Yancy, an operative and team leader in a paramilitary group, nothing comes before his job. But when he's ambushed and almost killed, his supervisor is determined to find out who's after the members of his elite squad--and why. Due to worries that this unknown enemy will strike again, Morgan is sent to a remote location and told to lay low and stay vigilant. But between a tempting housemate he's determined to protect and a deadly threat...
Author
Series
Pelican Harbor volume 3
Language
English
Description
"Chief of Police Jane Hardy plunges into the investigation of a house fire that claimed the life of a local woman as well as one of the firefighters. It’s clear the woman was murdered. But why? The unraveling of Jane’s personal life only makes the answers in the case more difficult to find. Then Jane’s fifteen-year-old son is accused of a horrific crime, and she has to decide whether or not she can trust her ex, Reid, in the attempt...
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Series
Missing in Alaska volume 1
Language
English
Description
"Police Chief Autumn Long is fighting to keep her job in the quiet Alaska town of Shadow Gap when an unexpected string of criminal activity leaves her with a wounded officer, unexplained murders, and an attack on her own father. Despite her mistrust of outsiders, she turns to Grier Brenner, a newcomer who seems to have the skills and training Autumn needs to face this threat to her community. Grier is in Alaska for the same reason many others are...
Author
Series
Kat Campbell and Nick Donnelly volume 3
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Summoned in the middle of the night to the site of an arson fire at the Perry Hollow museum, Police Chief Kat Campbell discovers the murdered body of the curator before glimpsing nemesis Henry Goll in the crowd and embarking on a dangerous investigation.
Author
Publisher
Gallery Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"On the surface, Chief Dove Carnahan is a true trailblazer who would do anything to protect the rural Pennsylvanian countryside where she has lived all fifty of her years. Traditional and proud of her blue-collar sensibilities, Dove is loved by her community. But beneath her badge lies a dark and self-destructive streak, fed by a secret she has kept since she was sixteen." -- provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Publisher
Raven Books
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (110 pages).
Language
English
Description
Recently relocated from her job as a police officer in a big city, Maxine Benson is settling into life as a small town police chief. When local bad boy Billy Ray turns up murdered, Max will have to use her big-city detective skills to uncover the truth.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (134 pages).
Language
English
Description
Despite the men on her force taking over the case, Police Chief Maxine Benson can't resist looking into the mystery of the frozen body found in a ditch during an unseasonably cold June.
Author
Series
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (149 pages).
Language
English
Description
Maxine is enjoying a quieter pace since leaving the Toronto police department to serve as the chief of police in the small town of Port Ainslie. But when her ex-husband's young girlfriend is found murdered in her own backyard, Maxine's quiet life takes a turn. Now her ex is accused of murder, and it's up to Maxine to uncover the truth.
9) Fallen
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Series
Kate Burkholder volume 13
Language
English
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Description
"In New York Times bestselling author Linda Castillo's new thriller, a rebellious Amish woman leaves the Plain life, but the secrets she takes with her will lead Chief of Police Kate Burkholder down a dark path to danger and death. When a young woman is found murdered in a Painters Mill motel, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is shocked to discover she once knew the victim. Rachael Schwartz was a charming but troubled Amish girl who left the fold years...
10) Thin ice: #2
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Series
Men of valor volume 2
Language
English
Description
"FBI Special Agent Lance McGregor, a former Delta Force operator, is assigned to the case when Christy Reed receives mail claiming her sister is still alive. She believed Ginny died in a house fire, so if she is still alive, who is the woman buried in her grave and is Christy a pawn or a target?"--
Author
Series
Kate Burkholder volume 6
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Description
"Everyone in Painters Mill knows the abandoned Hochstetler farm is haunted. But only a handful of the residents remember the terrible secrets lost in the muted/hushed whispers of time--and now death is stalking them, seemingly from the grave. On a late-night shift, Chief of Police Kate Burkholder is called to the scene of an apparent suicide--an old man found hanging from the rafters in his dilapidated barn. But evidence quickly points to murder and...
Author
Series
Men of valor volume 1
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
[2015]
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pages ; cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Josie Gray volume 5
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
pages.
Language
English
Description
"Police Chief Josie Gray wakes in the middle of the night, sure that she's heard a car slowly passing by her remote homestead. When she goes outside to check, she discovers a woman, mute with shock and terror, hiding on her porch. And when she explores the field nearby, she comes across the body of another young woman, shot and killed. Located on the border of Texas and Mexico, the small town of Artemis has become a way station for the coyotes who...
14) The hidden one
Author
Series
Kate Burkholder volume 14
Language
English
Description
"The discovery of an Amish bishop's remains leads chief of police Kate Burkholder to unearth a chilling secret in this new thriller from bestselling author Linda Castillo. Over a decade ago, beloved Amish bishop Ananias Stoltzfus disappeared without a trace. The mystery of what happened to the esteemed old man has haunted his small Pennsylvania community for years. When skeletal remains showing evidence of foul play are unearthed and revealed to be...
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Series
Line of duty volume 2
Language
English
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Description
"Police Chief Tess O'Rourke thought she'd taken care of her small town's drug problem last year. But now Rogue's Hollow residents are up in arms over a contentious vote on legalizing the sale of marijuana within city limits. And when an eighteen-year-old is found dead from a possible overdose, Tess wonders if the local pot farms might be involved and begins to fear that a new, deadlier drug supply chain has cropped up. As tempers flare and emotions...
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Series
Merry Folger Nantucket volume 7
Publisher
Soho Crime
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
278 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Nantucket Police Chief Meredith Folger is acutely conscious of the strain COVID-19 has placed on the community she loves. Although the island has proved a refuge for many during the pandemic, the cost to Nantucket has been high. Merry hopes that Christmas Stroll, one of Nantucket's favorite traditions, in which Main Street is transformed into a winter wonderland for tourists and locals to enjoy, will lift the island's spirits. But the arrival of...
17) Suspect
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Series
Kindle County volume 12
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"For as long as Lucia Gomez has been the police chief in the city of Highland Isle, near Kindle County, she has known that any woman in law enforcement must walk a precarious line between authority and camaraderie to gain respect. She has maintained a spotless reputation--until now. Three male police officers have accused her of soliciting sex in exchange for promotions to higher ranks. With few people left who she can trust, Chief Gomez turns to...
Author
Series
Pelican Harbor volume 2
Language
English
Description
"Police Chief Jane Hardy is still reeling from the scandal that rocked her small-town department just as she took over for her retired father - the man who wrecked her life with one little lie. Now she's finally been reunited with her presumed-dead fifteen-year-old son, Will, and his father, documentarian Reid Bechtol. When a murder aboard the oil platform Zeus exposes an environmental terrorist's plot to flood Mobile Bay with crude oil, Jane and...
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Series
Lizzie Snow volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Jake Tiptree's onetime helper, Lizzie Snow, takes over as Eastport's police chief only to find herself stalked by a deadly adversary from her past.
20) Cat's claw: #20
Author
Series
China Bayles volume 20
Publisher
Berkley Hardcover
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
xi, 305 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Sheila Dawson has made history as the first female police chief in Pecan Springs, Texas. She's also cracked many a mystery in collaboration with local sleuth China Bayles--that's why everyone thinks she's such a smart cookie. Now, Sheila puts those smarts to work, sifting through secrets to find a killer on the prowl... Larry Kirk, Pecan Springs' computer guru, has been shot dead in his kitchen. At first Police Chief Sheila Dawson believes it to...