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- The cat sitter's cradle / by Clement, Blaize.; Clement, John.;
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- Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Ex-police officers; Hemingway, Dixie (Fictitious character); Missing persons; Murder; Women detectives;
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- Den of iniquity / by Jance, Judith A.,author.;
"Former Seattle homicide cop J.P. Beaumont faces trouble in the small town of Ashland as both his personal and professional lives are thrown into turmoil. Beau's daughter and son-in-law are having marital troubles, and his grandson, a senior in high school, shows up on his doorstep, wanting to live with Beau and his wife Mel as he finishes out the school year. Meanwhile, a friend from his past asks for Beau's help in looking into what appears to be an accidental death. A young man died of a fentanyl overdose, but those closest to him are convinced that he would never have used the drug, and that something much more sinister has happened. Beau agrees to unofficially reopen the case, and his investigation leads him to uncover similar mysterious deaths that all point to a most unlikely suspect"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Beaumont, J. P. (Fictitious character); Ex-police officers; Families; Marital conflict; Murder;
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- Den of iniquity [text (large print)] / by Jance, Judith A.,author.;
"Former Seattle homicide cop J.P. Beaumont faces trouble in the small town of Ashland as both his personal and professional lives are thrown into turmoil. Beau's daughter and son-in-law are having marital troubles, and his grandson, a senior in high school, shows up on his doorstep, wanting to live with Beau and his wife Mel as he finishes out the school year. Meanwhile, a friend from his past asks for Beau's help in looking into what appears to be an accidental death. A young man died of a fentanyl overdose, but those closest to him are convinced that he would never have used the drug, and that something much more sinister has happened. Beau agrees to unofficially reopen the case, and his investigation leads him to uncover similar mysterious deaths that all point to a most unlikely suspect"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Beaumont, J. P. (Fictitious character); Ex-police officers; Families; Marital conflict; Murder;
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- The deathwatch beetle : a mystery / by Eriksson, Kjell,1953-author.; Norlén, Paul R.,translator.; translation of:Eriksson, Kjell,1953-Dödsuret.English.;
"Four years have passed since Cecilia Karlsson disappeared from the island of Gräsö in Roslagen. When Ann Lindell receives a tip that she has been seen alive she cannot help getting involved, even though she is no longer with the police. The black sheep of the island, Nils Lindberg, has never forgotten Cecilia Karlsson, with whom he was in love as a teenager. And he carries a secret. He may not be completely sober all the time, but he has no doubt of what he saw out on the bay just before Cecilia disappeared. Cecilia's parents are desperate, not knowing what happened to their daughter. Yet their silent house contains many things that have been left unsaid. While Ann struggles to put the jigsaw puzzle together, she is trying to establish herself in her new life together with her lover Edvard who, like herself, is marked by life. At the same time, someone is hiding in a cottage in a remote part of the island. Someone who is looking for revenge ..."--Amazon.- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Lindell, Ann (Fictitious character); Ex-police officers; Missing persons; Women detectives;
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- Crimson Lake / by Fox, Candice,author.;
Six minutes in the wrong place at the wrong time--that's all it took to ruin Sydney detective Ted Conkaffey's life. Accused but not convicted of a brutal abduction,Ted is now a free man--and public enemy number one. Maintaining his innocence, he flees north to keep a low profile amidst the steamy, croc-infested wetlands of Crimson Lake. There, Ted's lawyer introduces him to eccentric private investigator Amanda Pharrell, herself a convicted murderer. Not entirely convinced Amanda is a cold-blooded killer, Ted agrees to help with her investigation.- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Police; Ex-police officers; Missing persons; Women private investigators;
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- The gathering / by Tudor, C. J.,author.;
"A detective investigating a grisly crime in rural Alaska finds herself caught up in the dark secrets and superstitions of a small town in this riveting novel from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. Deadhart, Alaska. Population: 673. Living. In a small Alaskan town, a boy is found with his throat ripped out and all the blood drained from his body. The inhabitants of Deadhart haven't seen a killing like this in twenty-five years. But they know who's responsible: a member of the Colony, an ostracized community of vampyrs living in an old mine settlement deep in the woods. Detective Barbara Atkins, a specialist in vampyr killings, is called in to officially determine if this is a Colony killing - and authorize a cull. Old suspicions die hard in a town like Deadhart, but Barbara isn't so sure. Determined to find the truth, she enlists the help of a former Deadhart sheriff, Jenson Tucker, whose investigation into the previous murder almost cost him his life. Since then, Tucker has become a recluse. But he knows the Colony better than anyone. As the pair delve into the town's history, they uncover secrets darker than they could have imagined. And then another body is found. While the snow thickens and the nights grow longer, a killer stalks Deadhart, and two disparate communities circle one another for blood. Time is running out for Atkins and Tucker to find the truth: Are they hunting a bloodthirsty monster ... or a twisted psychopath? And which is more dangerous?"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Vampire fiction.; Novels.; Ex-police officers; Forensic sciences; Murder; Secrecy; Small cities; Vampires; Women detectives;
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- Obsession / by Webb, Debra.;
Special Agent Jess Harris travels to Birmingham Alabama to advise on a case of four missing young women. The case forces Jess to confront all the reasons she put her hometown and her first love, Police Chief Dan Burnett, behind her all those years ago.- Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Ex-police officers; First loves; Missing persons; Serial murderers; Romantic suspense.;
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- Citizen K-9 / by Rosenfelt, David,author.;
"In Citizen K-9, bestselling author David Rosenfelt masterfully blends mystery with dogs and humor to create an investigative team that readers will be rooting for book after book. The Paterson Police Department has created a cold case division, and they want to hire the private investigators known as the K Team to look into the crimes. After all, Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, German shepherd Simon Garfunkel, recently retired from the force. Plus, another K Team member, Laurie Collins, used to be a cop as well. Their first cold case hits home for the K Team. A decade ago, at Laurie's tenth high school reunion, two of their friends simply ... vanished. At the time Laurie had just left the force, and Corey was in a different department, so they had no choice but to watch from the sidelines. With no leads, the case went cold. As the team starts to delve deeper into the events leading up to that night-reopening old wounds along the way-the pieces start to come together. But someone wants to stop them from uncovering the truth behind the disappearance, by any means necessary"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Ex-police officers; German shepherd dog; Missing persons; Murder; Private investigators;
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- The night of the fire : a mystery / by Eriksson, Kjell,1953-author.; Norlén, Paul R.,translator.; translation of:Eriksson, Kjell,1953-Skrattande hazaren.English.;
"Swedish police inspector Ann Lindell finally returns in internationally bestselling and award-winning Kjell Eriksson's newest novel. Police inspector Ann Lindell has left the Uppsala police and is living a quiet life, producing local cheese in a small town in Uppland. But life in the country is not as idyllic as it seems. On New Year's Eve someone sets fire to the former village school which is now a home for asylum seekers, and three people are killed. Ann Lindell's investigative instincts come back to life and soon she takes on the case. She is contacted by a person who has been involved in a previous investigation and who wants to warn her. His message is short and clear: Many will die. A few weeks later a bomb explodes in a suburb of Stockholm. Kjell Eriksson wrote seven highly acclaimed novels about Ann Lindell, beginning with award-winner The Princess of Burundi, and now, after ten years, he returns to the Uppsala region and his sympathetic police inspector. The Night of the Fire is the first of two new volumes featuring Ann Lindell"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Lindell, Ann (Fictitious character); Arson; Women detectives; Ex-police officers; Murder;
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- Forsaken country / by Eskens, Allen,1963-author.;
Max Rupert has left his position as a Minneapolis homicide detective to live in solitude. Mourning the tragic death of his wife, he's also racked by guilt--he alone knows what happened to her killer. But then the former local sheriff, Lyle Voight, arrives with a desperate plea: Lyle's daughter Sandy and his six-year-old grandson Pip have disappeared. Lyle's certain Sandy's ex-husband Reed is behind it, but the new sheriff is refusing to investigate. When Max reluctantly looks into their disappearance, he too becomes convinced something has gone very wrong. But the closer Max and Lyle get to finding proof, the more slippery Reed becomes, until he makes a break for the beautiful but formidable Boundary Waters wilderness with vulnerable Pip in tow. Racing after the most dangerous kind of criminal--a desperate father--and with the ghosts of their own pasts never far behind, Max and Lyle go on the hunt within a treacherous landscape, determined to bring an evil man to justice, and to bring a terrified child home alive --- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Ex-police officers; Kidnapping victims; Missing persons; Widowers;
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