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Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Returning to work after an extended leave of absence, DC Hazel Best's first task is to shadow TV historian Oliver Ford, who has arrived in Norbold to open a new museum. What should have been a routine assignment takes a decidedly dramatic turn however when Hazel saves Ford from a murderous attack that would appear to be an act of jihad. But why would someone fly thousands of miles to firebomb an obscure little museum in a quiet English village? Hazel...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
[2015].
Language
English
Description
When Gabrielle Ash's wife and kids were kidnapped four years ago by Somali pirates, his life spiraled out of control. He left his job working for the British government and moved to a small town where he descended into near madness. But with the help of his dog, Patience, and his friendship with young police officer Hazel Best, his focus returned. So when he discovers that his wife is still alive, Ash is once again filled with hope and fear-- hope...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
When an inmate who knew he was about to be killed gives him a cryptic message before being beaten to death, Ash, a man from an English town where the low crime rate is linked to a chief's zero-tolerance policy, shares his knowledge with police recruit Hazel Best, who risks her career to uncover the truth.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
Primrose Holland, a pathologist who has quit her job to work as an advice columnist for the Skipley Chronicle, talks herself into a dangerous situation when she volunteers to help Fiona Morris look for her brother Philip who disappeared while birdwatching in the Hebrides.
Author
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Laurence Schofield heads to London after seeing television footage of a homeless woman who may be his daughter, who disappeared six years ago, but his journey into London's seedy underside opens his eyes to the dangers his daughter may be facing and forces him to realize his daughter may be gone forever.
8) True witness
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Language
English
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A teenage boy is beaten to death on Dimmock's derelict pier. Detective Jack Deacon is convinced they have the murderer; he just needs a positive identification to lock him up for good. But the only witness is astronomer Daniel Hood, in his own way a man as determined as Jack.
Compelling as the circumstantial evidence is against the suspected killer, Daniel cannot be certain that this was the man he saw from his window. Nothing anybody says - or does...
9) Liars all
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Series
Language
English
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Description
Brodie Farrell steps away from her business to go off in search of a cure for her son's brain tumor; meanwhile, Daniel Hood, who was left in charge, tries to find the stolen necklace that will prove his client's son's innocence, and Detective Superintendent Jack Deacon suspects Terry Walsh, his old adversary, may have a hand in the case.
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Series
Language
English
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Brodie Farrell's life, on the surface, is unremarkable. A single mother to one daughter, five-year-old Paddy, in a small seaside town, she spends her days running a "finding agency"--helping clients locate items that have proved elusive by more conventional methods. She has a healthy relationship with Jack Deacon, a detective superintendent in the local police force, and a solid network of friends--except for one. Her most important ally, Daniel Hood,...
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Language
English
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Description
When she called her business "Looking for Something?" Brodie Farrell hoped to receive challenging commissions from interesting clients. Even by her standards, though, demon rock musician Jared Fry is hard to please. Fortunately his manager, the charismatic Eric Chandos, is easier to like, and it's with him that Brodie works to find a new home for the rock star.
An old coaching inn on the Downs seems the perfect choice. Though the locals are appalled---and...
12) Perfect sins
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
"Four years ago, Gabriel Ash was working with the British government investigating hijackings in Somalia. But when his wife and sons disappeared, presumably taken--and probably killed--by pirates, his life fell apart. He has sudden reason to hope when a senior policeman suggests that his sons might still be alive--until that policeman is murdered. Still, there seems to be some link to a local operation, and Ash, no longer a government agent, is determined...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
Castlemere's trio of detectives Frank Shapiro, Liz Graham, and Cal Donovan, suddenly have their hands full when a young woman is found dead on a boat in the Castlemere Canal and someone appears to be using live objects--including a sheep and a homeless man--for target practice.
14) Broken lines
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
When Detective Donovan walks into an armed robbery, he chases the suspect and saves him from a fiery car accident, but when Donovan tries to arrest the man, a series of mistakes lets the criminal walk free.
15) No birds sing
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
A vicious gang of thieves has hit the city of Castlemere, so the three police officers who head up the city's detective team go undercover to infiltrate their organization.
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