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1) Black alley
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Series
Mike Hammer mysteries volume 13
Language
English
Description
Mike Hammer is on the mend after taking two slugs in a shootout. He’s called back into the city to sit by the deathbed of an old war buddy, laid low by a mysterious gunman. With his last breath, Hammer’s friend whispers to him the secret that killed him—a secret that leads right to $89 billion of stolen Mafia money. Still recovering from his brush with death, Hammer is faced with a choice—to keep clean, or to risk his life,...
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Undercover Ladies volume 1
Language
English
Description
Pinkerton detective Jennifer Layne is working undercover as a parlor girl named Amy on a high profile case when a girl who is central to her investigation turns up dead, and handsome Tom Colton is a prime suspect.
3) Honest doubt
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English
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Professor Charles Haycock is dead from a hearty dose of his own heart medication. The mystery is not why Haycock was murdered—very few could stomach the woman-hating prof—but who did the deed.
Estelle "Woody" Woodhaven, a private investigator hired to find the killer, naturally enlists the help of that indefatigable amateur sleuth, Kate Fansler. Together, they start to pull at the loose ends of the very tangled Clifton...
Estelle "Woody" Woodhaven, a private investigator hired to find the killer, naturally enlists the help of that indefatigable amateur sleuth, Kate Fansler. Together, they start to pull at the loose ends of the very tangled Clifton...
4) Dead weight
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Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
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E. J. Pugh's Weight Watchers' group is supposed to help members lose pounds—not their lives...
When Berta Harris of E.J.'s Weight Watchers' group succumbs to an untimely death, amateur sleuth E.J. is puzzled. Why was Kerry Killian, the realtor selling Berta's house, was murdered the day after E.J. questioned her? What does this have to do with Berta's mysterious death? And why would anyone in the group want to put on weight? As E.J. immerses
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Series
Mike Hammer mysteries volume 6
Language
English
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Mike Hammer gives a lift to a beauty on the run from a sanitarium—but their joyride is cut short by two dark sedans full of professional killers, who knock the detective out cold. When he wakes up, his car has been rolled off a cliff, with his mysterious passenger still inside it. The feds take his gun away on suspicion, but Hammer’s not about to let that stop him. He’s on the hunt for the men who wrecked his ride and killed a dame...
6) Full circle
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English
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The new E.J. Pugh murder mystery - Someone is stalking romance novelist E.J. Pugh's fourteen-year-old adopted daughter, Bessie. The whole Pugh clan rallies round her to keep her safe - but Bessie has more problems than an average teenager. When she was a child, her entire family were murdered . . . so who is this person claiming to be her dead brother Aldon? And who seems to be willing to take out her entire new family to get to her? The Pugh family
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Code of honor novels volume 3
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English
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Former Army Night Stalker Rick Jordan usually has his camp for foster children to himself during the winter months. But someone has visited recently-- leaving a trail of blood. Rick discovers the identity of his visitor, who soon turns up dead. The police deem it an accident, but Rick isn't convinced. With the help of private investigator Heather Shields, he sets out to discover the truth. Except someone doesn't want them to succeed-- and will stop...
8) Blown away
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[1996]
Physical Desc
343 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Author
Series
Fletch mysteries volume 10
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
236 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
12) The Dain Curse
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Series
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English
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When eight diamonds are stolen from a prominent San Francisco family, the Continental Op is called in to investigate. But the missing jewels aren’t the only thing out of the ordinary. The man who reported the burglary ends up dead, ostensibly a suicide. His daughter, one of the suspects, Miss Gabrielle Dain Leggett, has a penchant for morphine and religious cults. She also has an unfortunate effect on the people around her: they have a habit...
Author
Series
Tamara Hayle mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Avon
Pub. Date
1995.
Physical Desc
302 cm ; 18 cm
Language
English
15) Gone in a flash
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Series
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
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After almost ruining her marriage to husband Willis months earlier because of her habit of involving herself in murder cases, E.J. Pugh is determined to stay out of drama and pay attention only to her husband, children and writing career. How hard can it be? But through no fault of their own, E.J. and Willis are plunged into another crisis when someone chooses Willis truck to hide a satchel. Finding the satchel with no ID inside, their foster daughter...
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Series
Publisher
Severn House
Language
English
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E.J. has a surprise twentieth wedding anniversary present for Willis--a weekend away in the Texas hills. She's found the perfect Bed and Breakfast- the Bishop' Inn in the quaint town of Peaceful. Unfortunately, they've barely arrived before the inn's troubled elderly owner, Carrie Marie Hutchins, confides in them about a harrowing event from her childhood involving her dead father...and his spirit, which won't go away...E.J. has little time to digest...
18) Complete novels
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Series
Library of America volume 110
Publisher
Literary Classics of the United States
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
967 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Edition
First Vintage crime/Black Lizard edition.
Physical Desc
158 pages ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
"When Fletch finds a wallet with $10,000 in cash inside, he doesn't realize it's the last piece of good luck he's going to see for a while. Because when he calls in to the News-Tribune, he discovers a story he's written is causing quite a sensation, and not the good kind."--Back cover.
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When a rumor spreads that Frank Sinatra's ex-wife, Ava Gardner, was seen at the Sands Hotel & Casino in a state of distress, Eddie G. is asked to check it out. Ava is afraid she did something horrible during an alcoholic blackout and it falls to Eddie to fill in the blanks.
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