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81) City of whispers
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Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Private eye Sharon McCone receives an email asking for help from her emotionally disturbed half-brother, Darcy Blackhawk. As Sharon digs deeper, she discovers that Darcy sent his message from an Internet café in San Francisco, a city he's never been to before. Sensing that Darcy is in terrible danger, McCone begins a search for him throughout the city. The investigation leads her to the body of a woman at the Palace of Fine Arts, where a witness...
83) The golden gate
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
While investigating the murder of a presidential candidate in 1944, Homicide Detective Al Sullivan discovers a link to the death of a 7-year-old girl ten years earlier and is led to one of the wealthiest families in all of San Francisco whose powerful influence hinder his quest for the truth.
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A simple case of blackmail gets lethally complicated when "Nameless" exposes a nasty scam that involves junior accounts executive Jay Cohalan, his unhappy wife, and a mistress with a serious drug problem. It's the kind of case Nameless likes, because bleeders—the blackmailers, extortionists, small-time grifters, and other opportunists who prey on the weak and gullible—sit near the top of his most-worthless-human-beings list. But soon
...85) Sullivan's woman
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A thrilling story of inspiration and desire from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts.
Colin Sullivan has a vision—the painting of his career, with Cassidy St. John as his model. She'll be a challenge to paint, with her passion for life and captivating beauty. But as Cassidy stands in front of him every day, Colin begins to realize that the real test won't be capturing her image...it'll be capturing her heart....
Colin Sullivan has a vision—the painting of his career, with Cassidy St. John as his model. She'll be a challenge to paint, with her passion for life and captivating beauty. But as Cassidy stands in front of him every day, Colin begins to realize that the real test won't be capturing her image...it'll be capturing her heart....
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Dismas Hardy novels volume 18
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English
Description
Dismas Hardy knows something is amiss with his trusted secretary, Phyllis. Her out-of-character behavior and sudden disappearances concern Hardy, especially when he learns that her convict brother -- a man who had served twenty-five years in prison for armed robbery and attempted murder -- has just been released. Things take a shocking turn with Phyllis is suddenly arrested at work for allegedly being an accessory to the murder of Hector Valdez, a...
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Kevin Shea is an innocent man caught in a sticky situation that makes him look as though he is a racist murderer. The only person that knows of his innocence is Lieutenant Abe Glitsky who is the head of the city's homicide detail. Unfortunately, Lieutenant Glitsky is distracted when an ex-lover and United States senator shows up, only to put her own spin on the story tearing the city apart. Now Shea must take matters into his own hands to prove his...
89) The jury master
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David Sloane thrillers volume 1
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English
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Enjoying success as a wrongful death attorney, San Francisco lawyer David Sloane receives a package from a White House suicide victim and is forced to rely on strangers in order to expose an insidious government conspiracy.
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Tales of the city volume 2
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English
Description
The lives of the colorful residents of a San Francisco boarding house are comically intertwined as they search for themselves, their lovers, and families.
92) Ebony gate
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Series
Phoenix hoard volume 1
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A former Chinese assassin has her quiet San Francisco retirement disrupted by a visit from a god of death, who calls in a family debt and sends her on a quest to recover the Ebony Gate.
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English
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For readers of Lucinda Riley, Sarah Jio, or Susan Meissner, this gripping historical debut novel tells the story of two women: one, an immigrant seamstress who disappears from San Francisco?s gritty streets in 1876, and the other, a young woman in present day who must delve into the secrets of her husband?s wealthy family only to discover that she and the missing dressmaker might be connected in unexpected ways.
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
It's 2003 and Romy Hall is at the start of two consecutive life sentences at Stanville Women's Correctional Facility, deep in California's Central Valley. Outside is the world from which she has been severed: the San Francisco of her youth and her young son, Jackson. Inside is a new reality: thousands of women hustling for the bare essentials needed to survive; the bluffing and pageantry and casual acts of violence by guards and prisoners alike; and...
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When she receives an exquisite copy of the Kama Sutra from her best friend, Robin, to appraise and restore, Brooklyn Wainwright anticipates both recreating a beautiful book and spicing up her love life. But then Robin's apartment is ransacked, and the great guy she recently met is murdered in her bed. Now Robin is the #1 suspect.
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It starts when Sharon McCone's acquaintance tells her that someone was pretending to be the private eye at a party. Sharon investigates further and discovers that the imposter has no qualms about mixing business with sex. Even more alarming, the faux McCone is cancelling Sharon's credit cards, invading her home, and making frightening calls to family members. But when Sharon is almost arrested for a crime committed by the imposter, the determined...
97) Dark gold
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Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
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Looking after her orphaned little brother, Alexandria Houton is rescued from an unspeakable evil in the swirling San Francisco mists by Aidan Savage, a mysterious, ageless Carpathian who seeks love, acceptance, and a family.
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
Description
A knock on the door in the middle of the night. It can only be bad news, and it is: Sharon's father Elwood has been the victim of a vicious, racially-motivated attack. A nationally recognized Shoshone Indian artist, he'd been visiting Sharon for the holidays, browsing for gifts in San Francisco's exclusive Marina district when he was set upon by a mob of angry young men. Now, Elwood lies in a coma, hovering between life and death. With little...
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Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Two bodies arrive at the morgue -- one was still breathing. A rich woman checks into a hotel room and entertains a man who is not her husband. A shooter blows away the lover and wounds the millionairess, leaving her for dead. Is it the perfect case for the Women's Murder Club -- or just the most twisted?" --
100) White rabbit
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
320 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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