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The New York Times bestseller, HEAT WAVE, is a tie-in to the ABC primetime show, CASTLE, that premiered in March 2009. The main character of the show, Richard Castle, is a bestselling mystery writer. HEAT WAVE is his newest book: Mystery sensation Richard Castle, blockbuster author of the wildly best-selling Derrick Storm novels, introduces his newest character, NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat. Tough, sexy, professional, Nikki Heat carries a passion...
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When the affluent Lintons of Lenox Hill summon Sarah Brandt to examine their teenage daughter, their worst fear is confirmed: she is with child. The pregnancy is a mystery, however, as the young woman-mentally still a child herself-is never left on her own and denies that any man has ever hurt her. It's a delicate situation, one which casts suspicion on those close to the Lintons, including their beloved minister, the Reverend Oliver Upchurch. As...
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When an explosion kills wealthy industrialist Gregory Van Dyke, police commissioner Teddy Roosevelt presumes that anarchists are responsible and personally asks detective sergeant Frank Malloy to track them down. Malloy is up to the task, but he faces a different kind of challenge when he encounters Sarah Brandt paying a condolence call on the Van Dykes. Faced with the impossibility of ever expressing his true feelings for Sarah, Frank had vowed never...
7) Naked heat
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A series of high-profile people become suspect when Manhattan's most feared gossip columnist, Cassidy Towne, is found murdered and Nikki Heat teams up with magazine journalist Jameson Rook, despite their recent break-up, and Heat and Rook try to deal with their unresolved romantic issues while they search for a killer amongst celebrities, mobsters, entertainers, prostitutes, athletes, and politicians.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
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[2013]
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With her upcoming nuptials to PI Cooper Cartwright only weeks away, Heather's already stressed. When a pretty junior turns up dead, and every student in the dorm where she works is a possible suspect, Heather thinks it can't get any worse. And then her long-lost mother shows up...
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Grove/Atlantic
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2012
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After the Thin Man -- Nick and Nora investigate a love triangle gone wrong after a dead man is discovered at their door. Another Thin Man-- After a wealthy business partner of Nora's father's is murdered, Nick and Nora's investigation brings them into the killer's crosshairs.
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Billionaire Malcolm Dyson, fingered for insider trading at Manhattan Bank, exacts revenge in the form of terrorist Henrik Baumann, who is hired by Dyson to perform a computer heist of bank funds and leave a bomb for the FBI and CIA. When one of her her informants gets killed in the plot, Special Agent Sarah Cahiel is summoned to stop the deadly attack.
14) Heat rises
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Hyperion
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[2011]
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English
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Nikki Heat, having uncovered a conspiracy in the New York Police Department while investigating the murder of a priest at a New York bondage club, has her badge taken from her, finds she has become the target of killers, and relies on the help of reporter Jameson Rook to solve the case and stay alive.
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HarperCollinsPublishers
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c1999
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Chief assistant district attorney Butch Karp endangers his own life and that of his daughter when he sets out to investigate what appears to be a routine mob hit; while his wife Marlene Ciampi, a private security consultant, becomes involved in a life-threatening case of her own when she digs into the decades-old death of a Mafia lawyer.
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Gaslight mystery volume 17
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"In the midst of Sarah and Frank's wedding preparations, Sarah accompanies her mother on a condolence call to the Upper West Side, where Charles Fairfax, the son of family friends, has died unexpectedly after suffering from a mysterious disease. It is a tragic and all-too-common story or so it seems. Charles's father asks to speak with Sarah privately. He believes his son was poisoned and would like Sarah and Frank to look into the matter with the...
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William Morrow
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c2012
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Summer break . . . and the livin' ain't easy! Just because the students at New York College have flown the coop doesn't mean assistant residence hall director Heather Wells can relax. Fischer Hall is busier than ever, filled with squealing thirteen- and fourteen-year-old girls attending the first ever Tania Trace Teen Rock Camp, hosted by pop sensation Tania Trace herself--who just happens to be newly married to Heather's ex-boyfriend, heartthrob...
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In death novel volume 52
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2021.
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A talented young sculptor hasn't had such a perfect day in May. Killed by her own hammer, at first it looks like an argument with a jealous partner, but it soon becomes clear that there is much more to this case than a lovers' quarrel turned fatal. Eve finds herself drawn into the dark and dangerous world of a secret order. A world in which white supremacy, misogyny and religious fanaticism are everyday activities. Eve has dealt with some tough cases...
19) Proving ground
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Lourdes Robles novels volume 1
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Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Nathaniel Dresden never really got along with his father, an infamous civil rights lawyer who defended criminals and spearheaded protest movements. As an act of rebellion, Natty joined the U.S. Army and served in Iraq, coming back with a chest full of commendations and a head full of disturbing memories. But when his father is found murdered near the peaceful confines of Brooklyn's Prospect Park, Natty is forced to deal with the troubled legacy of...
20) Killer instinct
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Little, Brown and Company
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[2019]
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English
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"The murder of an Ivy League professor pulls Dr. Dylan Reinhart out of his ivory tower and onto the streets of New York, where he reunited with his old partner, Detective Elizabeth Needham. As the worst act of terror since 9/11 strikes the city, a name on the casualty list rocks Dylan's world. Is his secret past about to be brought to light? While the terrorist attack unfolds, Elizabeth performs a courageous act that thrusts her into the media spotlight....
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