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Sharp force [text (large print)] / by Cornwell, Patricia Daniels,author.;
During the early hours of Christmas morning, chief medical examiner Dr. Kay Scarpetta receives a chilling call. The Phantom Slasher has struck again. The serial killer has terrorized Northern Virginia for months. His pattern is to stalk with a sophisticated technology that enables him to invade his victims' homes and watch their every move. They wake up to a ghost-like hologram before being murdered in their beds. Scarpetta is summoned to Mercy Island, the site of a notorious psychiatric hospital where two people have been brutalized, one of them from Scarpetta's past. It soon becomes apparent that she could be next.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character); Forensic pathologists; Good and evil; Man-woman relationships; Medical examiners (Law); Murder; Psychiatric hospitals; Serial murderers; Secrecy; Women physicians;
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The Medici return [text (large print)] / by Berry, Steve,1955-author.;
"Cotton Malone is on the hunt for a forgotten 16th century Pledge of Christ - a sworn promise made by Pope Julius II that evidences a monetary debt owed by the Vatican, still valid after five centuries, now worth in the trillions of dollars. But collecting that debt centers around what happened to the famed Medici of Florence - a family that history says died out, without heirs, centuries ago. Two more things also hang in the balance. Who will become the next prime minister of Italy, and who will be the next pope. Finding answers to all three proves difficult until Cotton realizes that everything hinges on when, and if, the Medici return"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Malone, Cotton (Fictitious character); Medici, Giuliano de', duca di Nemours, 1479-1516; Medici, House of; Catholic Church; Cardinals; Legal documents; Murder;
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Martyr! [text (large print)] / by Akbar, Kaveh,author.;
"Cyrus Shams is a young man grappling with an inheritance of violence and loss: his mother's plane was shot down over the skies of the Persian Gulf in a senseless accident; and his father's life in America was circumscribed by his work killing chickens at a factory farm in the Midwest. Cyrus is a drunk, an addict, and a poet, whose obsession with martyrs leads him to examine the mysteries of his past ... toward an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields dressed as the angel of death to inspire and comfort the dying, and toward his mother, through a painting discovered in a Brooklyn art gallery that suggests she may not have been who or what she seemed."--
Subjects: Domestic fiction.; Large print books.; Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Families; Grief; Immigrants; Interpersonal relations; Painters; Terminally ill;
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The bullet that missed [text (large print)] / by Osman, Richard,1970-author.;
It is an ordinary Thursday, and things should finally be returning to normal. Except trouble is never far away where the Thursday Murder Club are concerned. A decade-old cold case--their favorite kind--leads them to a local news legend and a murder with no body and no answers. Then a new foe pays Elizabeth a visit. Her mission? Kill or be killed. Suddenly the cold case has become red hot. While Elizabeth wrestles with her conscience (and a gun), Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim chase down the clues with help from old friends and new. But can the gang solve the mystery and save Elizabeth before the murderer strikes again?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Large type books.; Novels.; Clubs; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Murder; Older people; Retirement communities;
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2 sisters murder investigations [text (large print)] / by Patterson, James,1947-author.; Fox, Candice,author.;
"Rhonda and Barbara 'Baby' Bird are half-sisters--and full partners in their Los Angeles detective agency. They agree on nothing. Rhonda, a former attorney, takes a by-the-book approach to solving crimes, while teenage Baby relies on her street smarts. But when they take a controversial case of a loner whose popular wife has gone missing, they're accused of being PIs who can't tell a client from a killer. The Bird sisters share a late father, but not much else--except their willingness to fight"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Family-owned business enterprises; Missing persons; Private investigators; Recluses; Sisters; Wives; Women detectives; Women lawyers;
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Trust No One [text (large print)] : A Thriller. by Rollins, James.;
'Trust No One' is a standalone thriller that thrusts a group of university students, falsely accused of murder, into a treacherous hunt across Europe, all to unlock the secrets buried within a centuries-old book that could change humankind forever.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Action & Adventure; FICTION / Thrillers / Military; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense;
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The running grave [text (large print)] / by Galbraith, Robert,author.;
Private Detective Cormoran Strike is contacted by a worried father whose son, Will, has gone to join a religious cult in the depths of the Norfolk countryside. The Universal Humanitarian Church is, on the surface, a peaceable organization that campaigns for a better world. Yet Strike discovers that beneath the surface there are deeply sinister undertones, and unexplained deaths. In order to try to rescue Will, Strike's business partner, Robin Ellacott, decides to infiltrate the cult, and she travels to Norfolk to live incognito among its members. But in doing so, she is unprepared for the dangers that await her there or for the toll it will take on her ... Utterly page-turning, The Running Grave moves Strike's and Robin's story forward in this epic, unforgettable seventh installment of the series.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Large print books.; Novels.; Strike, Cormoran (Fictitious character); Cults; Private investigators; Undercover operations;
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Kin [text (large print)] : A Novel. by Jones, Tayari.;
'Kin' is a witty novel about two lifelong friends whose lives take different paths after growing up together in Louisiana, but whose worlds converge years later in the face of a devastating tragedy. From the author of 'An American Marriage', which was an Oprah's Book Club pick.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: FICTION / African American & Black / General; FICTION / Literary; FICTION / Women;
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The Girls Trip [text (large print)]. by Condie, Ally.;
'The Girls Trip' is a novel of suspense and friendship about three friends who decide to disappear from their lives for a few days while on a trip to a national park - only to have one of them vanish. From the author of 'The Unwedding', which was a Reese's Book Club pick.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); FICTION / Psychological; FICTION / Thrillers / Psychological; FICTION / Thrillers / Suspense;
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The princess of Las Vegas [text (large print)] : a novel / by Bohjalian, Chris,1962-author.;
"The book revolves around Crissy, the star of a beloved Princess Diana tribute show in Las Vegas, and her estranged sister Betsy, a therapist who works with children and adolescents in Vermont. Betsy's boyfriend Frankie works in a mysterious branch of cryptocurrency and, seemingly out of nowhere, proposes that they move to Las Vegas together. Betsy and Crissy must navigate how to go about their newfound physical proximity to one another and their respective relationships with Betsy's foster child Marisa, who moves with Betsy and Frankie to Vegas. When Crissy meets a handsome, secretive Russian man named Yevgeny, Crissy and Betsy soon find themselves in a dangerous web of greed, crypto-mafia schemes, and murder"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Casinos; Cryptocurrencies; Family secrets; Impersonation; Murder; Music-halls (Variety-theaters, cabarets, etc.); Sisters;
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