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1) Third girl
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Belgian detective Hercule Poirot, with the help of his friend, writer Ariadne Oliver, solves a murder that takes him from a village estate to the bohemian streets of London.
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Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge is summoned to the small town of Hampton Regis in the wake of World War I at the demand of Stephen Mallory, a soldier who served with Rutledge who has now been accused of severely beating the husband of an ex-lover, and is holding the woman hostage until Rutledge can prove his innocence.
3) Fidelity
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As she investigates the murder of her private investigator husband, Emily Kramer, unaware that a hitman has been hired to kill her, links the crime to a wealthy playboy.
5) Small town
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The author of dozens of acclaimed novels including those in the Scudder and Keller series, Lawrence Block has long been recognized as one of the premier crime writers of our time. Now, the breathtaking skill, power, and versatility of this Grand Master are brilliantly displayed once again in a mesmerizing new thriller set on the streets of the city he knows and loves so well. That was the thing about New York -- if you loved it, if it worked for you,...
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The Murder on the Links by Agatha Christie is a masterfully crafted detective novel that plunges readers into the mysterious world of murder and intrigue. The story opens with Hercule Poirot receiving a desperate plea for help from Paul Renauld, a wealthy man residing in France. When Poirot and his companion, Captain Hastings, arrive at Renauld's estate, they discover him dead in a freshly dug grave on a golf course. As Poirot delves into the investigation,...
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HarperCollins
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Feline sleuth Joe Grey, his fur already standing on end because of the return of the sinister Azrael to Molena Point, California, begins to suspect the yellow-eyed cat is involved in a string of robberies and worse crimes plaguing the normally quiet town.
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Sheriff Joanna Brady's attention is pulled from the turmoil of her personal life when she receives a report that an Indian woman, recently released from prison, has been found murdered at Cochise Stronghold and that the victim's daughter, fifteen-year-old Lucy Ridder, is on the run.
11) The wailing wind
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 9
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To Officer Bernadette Manuelito, the man curled up on the truck seat was just another drunk-which got Bernie in trouble for mishandling a crime scene-which got Sergeant Jim Chee in trouble with the FBI-which drew Lieutenant Joe Leaphorn out of retirement and back into the old "Golden Calf" homicide, a case he had hoped to forget.
Nothing had seemed complicated about that earlier one. A con game had gone sour. A swindler had tried to sell wealthy...
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J. P. Beaumont mysteries volume 20
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William Morrow
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Seattle private investigator J. P. Beaumont agrees to help the governor of Washington clear his grandson of the murder of a girl that was videotaped and found on the young man's phone, and soon realizes there might be multiple minors responsible for her death and the crime has much deeper implications than he originally believed.
15) Hallowe'en party
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"At a Hallowe'en party, Joyce--a hostile thirteen-year-old--boasts that she once witnessed a murder. When no one believes her, she storms off home. But within hours her body is found, still in the house, drowned in an apple-bobbing tub. That night, Hercule Poirot is called in to find the 'evil presence.' But first he must establish whether he is looking for a murderer or a double murderer."--P. [4] of cover.
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In his more than three dozen books, Elmore Leonard has captured the imagination of millions of readers as few writers can. A literary icon praised by The New York Times Book Review as "the greatest crime writer of our time, perhaps ever," he has influenced many contemporary writers and is known for both the quality and the accessibility of his writing. In this collection of new and recently published short fiction, Leonard demonstrates the superb...
17) The huntress
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In the aftermath of war, the hunter becomes the hunted... Bold and fearless, Nina Markova always dreamed of flying. When the Nazis attack the Soviet Union, she risks everything to join the legendary Night Witches, an all-female night bomber regiment wreaking havoc on the invading Germans. When she is stranded behind enemy lines, Nina becomes the prey of a lethal Nazi murderess known as the Huntress, and only Nina's bravery and cunning will keep her...
19) Play with fire
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The discovery of the charred remains of a naked man set Kate to an Alaskan summer of murder investigation leading her to a natural history museum, an encounter with a former flame, and into a settlement of religious fundamentalists. All combined brings her to a hidden evil related to the murders.
20) The boyfriend
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Jack Till must delve into the shadowy world of the online escort business to find a serial killer who hops from city to city.
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