Richard Ferrone
1) Wicked prey
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In Wicked Prey, Detective Lucas Davenport is after a daring thief planning to rip off a bank flooded with cash from high-rollers gathered for the Republican National Convention. And to make matters worse, Davenport's daughter has been targeted by a deranged pimp.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 13
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A new novel by the author of Everything Is Illuminated introduces Oskar Schell, the nine-year-old son of a man killed in the World Trade Center bombing who searches the city for a lock that fits a black key his father left behind. Jonathan Safran Foer emerged as one of the most original writers of his generation with his best-selling debut novel, Everything Is Illuminated. Now, with humor, tenderness, and awe, he confronts the traumas of our recent...
3) L.A. times
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Vinnie Callabrese moves from the world of the Mafia in New York to the intrigues of tinseltown and carves a niche in the film industry until his old friends find him.
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Bernie Rhodenbarr is a personable chap, a good neighbor, a passable poker player. His chosen profession, however, might not sit well with some. Bernie is a burglar, a good one, effortlessly lifting valuables from the not-so-well-protected abodes of well-to-do New Yorkers like a modern-day Robin Hood. (The poor, as Bernie would be the first to tell you, alas, have nothing worth stealing.)
He's not perfect, however; he occasionally makes mistakes....
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Stone Barrington thought he'd heard the last of former girlfriend Arrington after she left him to marry Vance Calder, Hollywood's hottest star. The last thing Stone expected was a desperate call from Calder. Arrington has vanished, and her new fiancé wants Stone to come to LA and find her.
In a town where the sharks drive Bentleys and no one can be trusted, Stone soon discovers he's drowning in a sea of empty clues that takes him from Bel Air to...
7) Dead eyes
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IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
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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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Best-selling author Sandra Brown continues to capture an ever-growing audience with her heady, passionate romances. Her continuous presence on the New York Times best-seller list has proven her to be one of America's most beloved writers. When Miranda Price and her young son are kidnapped from a sightseeing train, she's prepared to risk her own life to protect her child. Dragged off to a Native American reservation and held hostage by the mysterious...
9) Heat
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When Jesse Warden goes to Idaho to infiltrate a dangerous religious cult, he finds himself pitted not only against the cult but the federal agency who sent him.
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Attorney Stone Barrington's life takes an unexpected turn when he travels to a Caribbean island for a yachting vacation only to become involved in the murder trial of Allison Manning, a woman who set sail from the other side of the Atlantic in the company of her husband and arrived in St. Marks without him.
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Bookseller-burglar Bernie Rhodenbarr gets caught up in a tangled web of intrigue when he agrees to help reculsive author Gulliver Fairborn retrieve the letters he wrote to his former literary agent Anthea Landau, who is planning to auction the letters off.
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Burglar and bookseller Bernie Rhodenbarr has retired to the New England countryside for a weekend of supposed rest and romance, but his real agenda involves a rare, autographed first edition of Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep," that someone is obviously willing to kill for.
13) Only you
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Made desperate by poverty and loss, Evelyn Starr Johnson sees a golden opportunity to win back her lost status by recovering the treasure map stolen from her murdered foster parents. And with nothing left to wager but her innocence, the beautiful card shark stares coolly at their killers across the poker table - then stacks the deck and deals the winning hand to a handsome, unsuspecting stranger. When the exquisite temptress he won at a card game...
14) Only mine
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The bastard son of a viscount and a Cheyenne shaman's daughter, Wolfe Lonetree agrees to rescue the pampered Lady Jessica from an unwanted impending wedding -- but only if she will be his wife. Naïve and shockingly innocent, Lady Jessica Charteris tricked a rugged, handsome stranger into a marriage in name only in order to escape a union with a vile British lord. Totally unprepared for the hardships awaiting her in America, she is terrified by the...
16) Only his
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Escaping the ravages of the Civil War, a gently reared lady must leave behind everything she knows -- and trust her life and her future to a dangerous gunfighter with a passion for vengeance. A team of prize Arabian horses is all that Willow Moran has left -- and Caleb Black is the only man who can help her reach her brother in the Colorado Rockies. But she fears this stranger who burns to avenge the wrongs of treacherous men. For Caleb is as wild...
17) The Steel Angel
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Adam Rait just wants to guide his crew across the state of Texas, deliver his cargo, and get paid. But his convoy is almost immediately joined by mysterious Mexican travelers-the beautiful and mysterious Angel de Acera and her brother, Bernal. When Kurt Hanover, the man running the deal and Rait's employer is murdered, Rait is left wondering what he should do with an entire wagon train of smuggled arms?
The Confederate army wants to get their hands...
18) Rules of prey
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 16
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Lieutenant Lucas Davenport, highly touted killer detective, invents intricate video games that he sells for cash. Called in to aid the Minneapolis team scrambling to stop a psychopathic serial woman-slayer, Lucas almost meets his match. The self-styled "mad dog" murderer views his rape/stabbings as a game as well, setting up obstacles for the police, carefully selecting his victims, and priding himself on clever moves.
19) Come the spring
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U.S. marshal Daniel Ryan is driven by a tragic loss from the past. His quest leads him to a young woman who witnessed a terrible crime. His partner Cole Clayborne must choose which side of the law he wants to be on.
20) Eyes of prey
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Lieutenant Lucas Davenport attempts to solve the murder planned by an evil but intelligent man fascinated by all aspects of death.