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Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"The riveting, forgotten narrative of the most corrupt attorney general in American history and the maverick senator who stopped at nothing to take him down. Newly elected to the Senate on a promise to root out corruption, Burton "Boxcar Burt" Wheeler sets his sights on ousting Attorney General Harry Daugherty, puppet-master behind President Harding's unlikely rise to power. Daugherty is famous for doing whatever it takes to keep his boss in power,...
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Hercule Poirot mysteries volume 13
Description
A BBC Radio full-cast dramatization starring John Moffatt as Hercule Poirot, with Stephanie Cole and Donald Sinden. Hercule Poirot, along with three other luminaries from the world of crime detection, is invited to dinner by the renowned London socialite Dr. Shaitana. Also on the guest list are four members of what Shaitana calls his Black Museum?a collection of murderers who have each succeeded in "getting away with it." After midnight, when the...
6523) Michael Clayton
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
"Attorney Michael Clayton is a 'fixer' the go-to guy when his powerful New York law firm wants a mess swept under the rug. But now he's handed a crisis even he may not be able to fix. The firm's top litigator in a $3-billion case has gone from advocate to whistleblower. And the more Michael tries to undo the damage, the more he's up against forces that put corporate survival over human life --including Michael's."--Publisher.
6524) Nights of awe
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Series
Pub. Date
2012
Description
During the period known as the Days of Awe that lead up to Yom Kippur, Ariel Kafka, inspector in the Violent Crime Unit of the Helsinki police and one of two Jewish policemen in Finland, is confronted with the most difficult case of his career. Two Arabs are killed near the capital and shortly after Kafka discovers two more bodies at an Iraqi-owned garage. Are these deaths evidence of gang warfare or international terrorism? When it transpires that...
6527) Ironside: Season 2
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
From their uniquely-equipped office at SFPD headquarters, Chief Ironside continues to lead his special police unit, fighting crime others can't. His crack team includes Sgt. Ed Brown, ex-con-turned-assistant Mark Sanger and beautiful policewoman Eve Whitfield.
6528) Old bones
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Sarah Alt novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"During a vigil calling for police reform, students from Spelman College, a historically black women's institution, are assaulted by rifle fire from a passing vehicle. On her way to interview witnesses, Detective Sarah 'Salt' Alt confronts the fleeing vehicle of the suspects, but they get away ... While other detectives take the lead on the Spelman murders, Salt is tasked to investigate the case of a recently discovered decomposed body. When she combs...
6529) The collector: a novel
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Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"When 10-year-old Lukas disappears from his Copenhagen school, police investigators discover that the boy had a peculiar obsession with pareidolia—a phenomenon that makes him see faces in random things. A photo on his phone posted just hours before his disappearance shows an old barn door that resembles a face. Journalist Heloise Kaldan thinks she recognizes the barn—but from where? When Luke’s blood-flecked jacket is found in the moat at Copenhagen’s...
6530) 24 Redemption
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
On the day of the Presidential Inauguration, Jack Bauer finds himself in the mist of a bloody uprising in the small African nation of Sangala. He must ensure that a group of orphans is evacuated out of the country to America.
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
Defense attorney Perry Mason induces climactic witness-stand confessions that always clear his clients, usually with the help of confidential secretary Della Street and sidekick Paul Drake. As they work against DA Hamilton Burger and Lt. Arthur Tragg to clear a client, is it any surprise they succeed every time?
6532) Modus
Pub. Date
[2018]-
Description
The case leads her to team up with local detective Ingvar Nymann and together they set about uncovering the clues to these shocking crimes. As the number of mysterious murders starts to increase, Inger Johanne is driven by her need to protect her daughter and starts noticing a pattern. But her discovery of the killer's weakness and the connection to a ruthless international network unintentionally turns the entire threat towards herself and her family....
Pub. Date
[2020]
Description
DCI Dan Sommerdahl investigates murders in a lovely Danish coastal town with his best friend, Detective Flemming Torp, and his wife, Marianne, a criminal technician. But Dan's years of devotion to the job have hurt his marriage, and with Marianne wanting a divorce, Dan discovers his rival for her affections is none other than his best friend. And they all must still work together to solve crimes.
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Series
Cormoran Strike novels volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
"When Billy, a troubled young man, comes to private eye Cormoran Strike's office to ask for his help investigating a crime he thinks he witnessed as a child, Strike is left deeply unsettled. While Billy is obviously mentally distressed, and cannot remember many concrete details, there is something sincere about him and his story. But before Strike can question him further, Billy bolts from his office in a panic. Trying to get to the bottom of Billy's...
6535) Vera: Set 6
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Includes four all-new, feature-length mysteries. From the death of a woman found on the Northumberland cliffs to the body of a fisherman pulled out of the sea, these cases prove to be some of the most difficult and emotional in Vera's career.
6537) Mr. Mercedes: Season 3
Pub. Date
2020
Description
Tells the story of a psychopathic killer who drives a stolen Mercedes into a crowd and a recently retired detective who tries to bring him down.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Every 30 seconds in America, normal life stops. Someone is reported missing. That's where special agent Jack Malone comes in. On the behave of victims and loved ones, Jack and his FBI team do the hard, exciting work of turning the missing into the found. Among the vanished: a man terrified of extraterrestrials, a spoiled celebrity heiress and an idealistic woman caught up in a romance with a terrism suspect, from Malone's contentions divorce, an inter-office...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
As Major Crimes enters its third season, Captain Sharon Raydor continues to lead her elite team of investigators in pursuit of L.A.'s most dangerous criminal offenders and make tough, provocative deals to ensure these perpetrators do the hard time they deserve. Plus, her unpredictable, estranged husband Jack reappears, and her pending adoption of Rusty brings up difficult issues. The squad continues to dive into captivating cases which run the gamut...
6540) Halloween
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
The residents of Haddonfield don't know it yet, but death is coming to their small sleepy town. Sixteen years ago, Michael Myers, a ten year old boy, brutally kills his step father, his elder sister and her boyfriend. Sixteen years later, he escapes from the mental institution he has been placed in and makes his way back to his hometown intent on a murderous rampage. He is pursued by Dr. Sam Loomis who is Michael's doctor and the only one who knows...