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84) I shall not want
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English
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A trio of execution-style murders targeting the migrant community of the rural Adirondack town of Millers Kill draws Episcopal priest Clare Fergusson and police chief Russ van Alstyne into a case plagued by media hysteria and conflict within the police.
88) Murder in Gotham
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Things become complicated when private eye James Shaw tries to rescue the elderly Mrs. Silbert from burglars while staking out a crooked cop only to discover one of the thieves dead in the cop's apartment and a mysterious letter written in Yiddish.
89) Nightshade
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With her half-brother Miles and her husband determined to investigate the circumstances of her father's death, herbalist China Bayles joins in to uncover the truth, but she and McQuaid discover that Miles may be hiding more secrets than he is willing to reveal.
90) Of all sad words
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
Description
DOWN-HOME DEAD. What are the Crawford brothers cooking up in their trailer in the middle of Blacklin County? Sheriff Dan Rhodes receives a complaint that it's meth, a growing menace in the East Texas woods, and a likely culprit when the trailer explodes and one of the siblings is found dead. To his surprise, Rhodes discovers a still with a fresh batch of moonshine, and clear evidence the explosion was no accident. And he's not buying the surviving...
92) Quick study
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English
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College English professor Alison Bergeron thought that dating a cute NYPD detective like Bobby Crawford would be exciting, but he hasn't really invited her on any stakeouts. Things do rev up when a friend asks her for help finding his nephew -- the same missing boy Bobby pulled from the Hudson days earlier. The boy's employer calls it a suicide, but Alison and Bobby, not convinced, take the case into their own hands.
93) Thai die
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English
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The owner of the Crewel World needlework shop, Betsy Devonshire must put her sleuthing talents to work when one of her regular customers unwittingly becomes embroiled in a deadly delivery of exotic antiquities.
94) Turn up the heat
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Pub. Date
2008.
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English
Description
Supporting her chef boyfriend as he works to get Simmer, his fledgling trendy restaurant, up and running, Chloe Carter must take time out of her busy schedule when Leandra, an unpopular waitress at the restaurant, turns up murdered in a fish truck.
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Hard-boiled, fast-talking Quinn, a Seattle cop turned PI, faces new challenges in her edgy second outing. Quinn has scored a job with Vincent Ainge, a mitigation investigator who helps keep convicted serial killers off death row. She's also taken on her first case as a PI: finding Eileen Jones, a popular, attractive 18-year-old who vanished from her job in Vincent's office building.
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
In Emma Lord's newest outing, a fight erupts at the local tavern and a patron is murdered with a pool cue. What initially seems to be an open-and-shut case disintegrates with the contradictory and confused accounts given by the murder's many witnesses. Each one has an agenda behind the story - some of them committed enough to lie. And it's up to Emma and her longtime compatriot, Sheriff Milo Dodge, to figure it out.
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Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Lori Shepherd loves living in the small English village of Finch, but as her eighth summer in the town approaches she finds herself wishing for something exciting to spice up her routine. When King Wilfred's Faire opens nearby, Lori gets her wish and more. The age of chivalry lives again at the Renaissance fair. But Lori soon discovers that it's not all pageantry and play. With Aunt Dimity's otherworldly guidance, she races to save her dear village...
99) Bright futures
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Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Fonesca, the man who makes things work in Sarasota, takes on the cases of seventeen-year-old Ronnie Graeill accused of bludgeoning to death a local curmudgeon who has been campaigning to end state-sponsored school funding; and a semi-retired and much beloved singer of children's songs who is being blackmailed.