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1) Stay close
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English
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Three people--suburban housewife Megan, who is dissatisfied with her life; her husband, Ray, who once had a promising career as a documentary photographer, but now works as a paparazzo; and Broome, a detective who cannot let go of a cold case involving a missing man--find their pasts coming back to haunt them as they keep secrets from their loved ones.
2) The stranger
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English
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A string of suspicious deaths points to a potential serial killer who has turned his eye toward Fjällbacka and her dark forests, where two children vanished decades before. A local woman is killed in a tragic car crash, but it isn't a clear-cut drunk driving case. The victim's blood contains high alcohol levels, yet she rarely drank a drop. Meanwhile, a new television series begins shooting in Fjällbacka, and as cameras shadow the stars' every move,...
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Jo Beckett, a forensic psychiatrist with the San Francisco Police Department, is hired to investigate the lives of several prominent people who committed suicide and discovers that an organization called the Dirty Secrets Club is behind the deaths and that a former member may be responsible for the incidents.
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English
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Nick Heller comes to the aid of family friend Marshall Marcus, whose daughter Alexandra, has been kidnapped and held captive in an underground crypt; but as Nick digs deeper into Marshall's life, he finds that his criminal activities have left behind scores of enemies that reach to the highest levels of government.
7) Shattered
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Publisher
Putnams
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
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Young attorney Lisa Grant's boss sends her to the basement to organize cold case files as punishment for missing an important court date, where she finds a picture of a woman who could be her twin in a file about a family that went missing nearly thirty years earlier, and when a series of catastrophies strike, Lisa realizes her discovery of the photograph has put her life in danger.
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Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old sleuth Emma Graham's investigation into the twenty-year-old case of the disappearance of an infant is furthered by the arrivals of the baby's father and a mysterious drifter who seems to like everyone at Hotel Paradise besides Emma.
13) The passenger
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Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
Air Force pilot Colonel John Quinn, deprived of his flying privileges after being injured in a missile attack, has resigned himself to a desk job at the Pentagon, but he discovers there is still excitement to be found when he is called upon to investigate the crash of a military Learjet that was carrying one passenger--the president's brother.
14) Blowback
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Series
Enzo files volume 5
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
Forensics expert Enzo Macleod tackles a twenty-year-old murder mystery, aided by clues the dead man left behind in his study to reveal his killer's identity to his son, who died too soon after his father to solve the crime.
18) The big exit
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English
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Frank Sinatra impersonator and ex-con Richie Forman finds himself with no one to trust when he becomes the prime suspect in the murder of his ex-best friend who stole his fiancée while he was in prison.
19) A darker domain
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English
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Award-winning author Val McDermid offers up a suspense-filled stand-alone novel with A Darker Domain. Karen Pirie is the newly appointed Deputy Inspector of the Cold Case Unit, and her first investigation takes her 25 years into the past to the national miners' strike. At the time, a kidnapping gone wrong left a small boy missing, but new evidence suggests he might still be alive. As Pirie delves deeper, she realizes the boy's disappearance may be...
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In 1993 Marie Gesto disappeared after walking out of a supermarket. Harry Bosch worked the case but couldn't crack it, and the twenty-two-year-old was never found. Now, more than a decade later, with the Gesto file still on his desk, Bosch gets a call from the District Attorney. A man accused of two heinous murders is willing to come clean about several others, including the killing of Marie Gesto. Taking the confession of the man he has sought-and...
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