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"Delicately textured. . . achingly compassionate. . . gripping. . . . It's one of George's best, and that's saying something." —Seattle Times
The #1 New York Times bestselling author's chilling 13th novel in the Inspector Lynley series
Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley faces the greatest challenge of his career.
When an adolescent boy's nude body is found draped
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"Jeffrey Archer's Hidden in Plain Sight is the second novel featuring Detective William Warwick, by the master storyteller and #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Clifton Chronicles William Warwick has been promoted to Detective Sergeant, but his promotion means that he, along with the rest of his team, have been reassigned to the Drugs Squad. They are immediately tasked with apprehending Ahmed Rashedi, a notorious drug dealer, who operates...
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Inspector Ian Rutledge mysteries volume 20
Inspector Ian Rutledge novels volume 20
Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery volume 20
Inspector Ian Rutledge novels volume 13
Inspector Ian Rutledge novels volume 20
Inspector Ian Rutledge mystery volume 20
Inspector Ian Rutledge novels volume 13
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Hours after his sister's wedding, a restless Ian Rutledge drives aimlessly, haunted by the past, and narrowly misses a motorcar stopped in the middle of a desolate road. Standing beside the vehicle is a woman with blood on her hands and a dead man at her feet. She swears she didn't kill Stephen Wentworth. A stranger stepped out in front of their motorcar, and without warning, fired a single shot before vanishing into the night. But there is no trace...
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"Newly promoted, Detective Inspector William Warwick, is tasked with a dangerous new line of work--to go undercover and expose corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police. Along with constables Rebecca Pankhurst and Nicky Bailey, his team is focused on following Detective Sergeant Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle exceeds his income. But the investigation risks being compromised when Nicky falls for Summers. As the undercover...
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Berkley Books
Pub. Date
c1993
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English
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Inspector Witherspoon always triumphs...but how does he do it? Even the inspector himself doesn't know-because his secret weapon is as ladylike as she is clever. She's Mrs. Jeffries-the determined, delightful detective, who is also Inspector Witherspoon's housekeeper. While death is unpredictable, the murder of Mrs. Hodges was foreseen at a spooky seance. Mrs. Jeffries may not be able to see the future in a crystal ball, but she can look into the...
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From Anne Cleeland comes the first in a captivating new mystery series, following the perilous exploits of two Scotland Yard detectives as they track down London's most elusive killer. . . First-year detective Kathleen Doyle and Chief Inspector Michael Sinclair, Lord Acton, are a most unlikely pair. An Irish redhead of humble beginnings and modest means, Doyle is the antithesis of Acton, the British lord who has established himself as a brilliant...
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She keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon . . . and keeps him on his toes. Everyone's awed by his Scotland Yard successes-but they don't know about his secret weapon. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, Mrs. Jeffries's polished detection skills are up to the task . . . proving that behind every great man there's a woman-and that a crimesolver's work is never done.
Sir Edmund Leggett is flattered to be stalked by a young lady-who...
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A Mrs. Jeffries Mystery
She keeps house for Inspector Witherspoon . . . and keeps him on his toes. Everyone's awed by his Scotland Yard successes-but they don't know about his secret weapon. No matter how messy the murder or how dirty the deed, Mrs. Jeffries's polished detection skills are up to the task . . . proving that behind every great man there's a woman-and that a crimesolver's work is never done.
Guilty Bystanders
After a perfectly decent...
10) No way out
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Karen Vail novels volume 5
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Premier Digital Publishing
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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When a powerful firebomb destroys part of an art gallery in an exclusive London district, FBI Profiler Karen Vail is dispatched to England to work with Scotland Yard. But Vail soon discovers that at the heart of the bombing lies a 440-year-old manuscript that holds clues to England's past -- with content is so explosive that a group of political radicals is bent on destroying it at all costs.
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Gregory Kopp
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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A royal mystery that has intrigued generations on two continents is finally revealed! Amid the turbulence of a worldwide financial cataclysm threatening the British Government, a handsome Scotland Yard detective uncovers a secret plot to topple Queen Victoria from her throne! Based on a true story, this fast-paced book is set among the glitz and glamour of 19th century London, New York City and the fledgling 1860 presidential campaign of Abraham Lincoln....
12) The hollow men
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Harry Kent volume 1
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Pegasus Crime
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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Immersing himself in his work as a surgeon for the London Metropolitan Police to ward off memories of his time as an army medic, Dr. Harry Kent is sent to treat a mentally ill teen who has taken hostages in a fast-food restaurant. When Solomon's life is put in danger again at a critical care ward, it becomes clear he knows something people will kill to protect. Determined to uncover the secret that drove the boy to such desperate action, Harry soon...
14) Murder offstage
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Posie Parker mystery volume 1
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Whitehaven Man Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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When Posie Parker's childhood friend is robbed of the priceless Maharajah diamond and becomes a suspect in a cold-blooded murder case, budding detective Posie vows she will clear his name. Aided by her seriously gorgeous assistant Len, Posie soon realizes things are not quite as they seem, and the darkly-glamorous world of London's theatre and glittering nightclubs prove far more dangerous than she ever could have imagined.
15) The raven's eye
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Minotaur Books
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2013.
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English
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"DCI David Brock and DI Kathy Kolla, of Scotland Yard, find themselves pulled into a case of murder, a mysterious death among the houseboats that line the canals around greater London. DI Kathy Kolla of Scotland Yard is called in as a matter of course by the local Paddington police when a woman turns up dead in what appears to be an accident. On her houseboat, Vicky Hawks is found by one of her neighbors having apparently succumbed to carbon monoxide...
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Pocket Books
Pub. Date
2012
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English
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When her former fiance, detective Raphael "Rafe" Lewis, is assigned to investigate her father's gruesome death, beautiful heiress Fanny Greyville-Nugent must elude an anarchist group hell-bent on destroying her father's mysterious entry into the London Industrial Exposition with Rafe's help.
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Whitehaven Man Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"When Posie clears a space in her diary to visit the University town of Cambridge on a personal mission, she finds more than she bargained for, as the past seems to confront her at every turn. She finds herself unwittingly taking on a dangerous new case in which she must try and find out what happened to Dr. William Winter, a brilliant Cambridge doctor who disappeared five years earlier in the chaos of war. But in doing so, Posie is forced to confront...
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Posie Parker mystery volume 3
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Whitehaven Man Press
Pub. Date
2016.
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English
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"This is a classic action-packed country house mystery, which sees Posie accompany the maverick Scotland Yard Detective, Inspector Richard Lovelace, to a glittering New Year Eve party at an English stately home, packed full of glamorous guests. Posie and the Inspector are working deep undercover on a dangerous mission ... but trouble is brewing from many quarters. Oh, and to make matters even simpler, there a murderer on the loose ... With a blizzard...
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Elaine Hope mystery volume 2
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Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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"Detective Chief Inspector Elaine Hope still bears the scars--both physical and emotional--of the devastating assault that nearly ended her life nine months ago. Now, she wants two things: to salvage a police career in tatters, and to get payback. But who is the ultimate culprit? Is it Anton Srecko, capo of the brutal gangsters who attacked her? Or is it someone within the London Metropolitan Police, who failed to send backup when she most needed...
20) Ukryte na widoku
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Rebis
Pub. Date
2021.
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Polish
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"William Warwick, znany już czytelnikom z tomu "Nic bez ryzyka", otrzymuje awans na detektywa sierżanta i wraz z inspektorem Lamontem zostaje przeniesiony do wydziału antynarkotykowego. Elitarna komórka, do której trafiają, ma jeden cel: schwytanie tajemniczego barona narkotykowego. Jednocześnie William wraz ze swoją narzeczoną Beth przygotowują się do ślubu. Nie spodziewają się jednak, jaka niespodzianka czeka ich przy ołtarzu. Pętla...