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42) Blood defense
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
389 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"An ambitious defense attorney comes face-to-face with a murderous sociopath -- and her past. Samantha Brinkman, an ambitious, hard-charging Los Angeles criminal defense attorney, is struggling to make a name for herself and to drag her fledgling practice into the big leagues. Sam lands a high-profile double-murder case in which one of the victims is a beloved TV star -- and the defendant is a decorated veteran LAPD detective. It promises to be exactly...
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The darkest and most disturbing case report from the files of Kinsey Millhone, Y is for Yesterday begins in 1979, when four teenage boys from an elite private school sexually assault a fourteen-year-old classmate--and film the attack. Not long after, the tape goes missing and the suspected thief, a fellow classmate, is murdered. In the investigation that follows, one boy turns state's evidence and two of his peers are convicted. But the ringleader...
44) Atomic lobster
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
340 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Embarking on a new adventure off the coast of the Sunshine State, psychopath Serge A. Storms and his drug-addled sidekick find themselves surrounded by atypical retirees and drug dealers while working to outmaneuver federal agents and a fugitive murderer.
45) Paradox
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"When an escaped mental patient fails to kidnap five-year-old Sean Savich, agents Sherlock and Savich know they're in his crosshairs and must find him before he continues with his kill list. Chief Ty Christie of Willicott, Maryland, witnesses a murder at dawn from the deck of her lake cottage. When dragging the lake, the divers find not only find the murder victim but also dozens of bones. Working together with Chief Christie, Savich and Sherlock...
46) Prayers for rain
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1999
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
337 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
When a former client jumps naked from a Boston landmark, Private Investigator Patrick Kenzie wants to know why. Once a perky young woman in love with life, her suicide is the final fall in a spiral of self-destruction.
What Kenzie discovers is a sadistic stalker who targeted the woman and methodically drove her to her death – a monster that the law can't touch. But Kenzie can. He and his former partner, Angela Gennaro, will fight a mind-twisting...
47) The big bamboo
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Serge A. Storms returns!
The world's most lovable serial killer is back, bringing together an Oscar-worthy cast of Sunshine State nut jobs with his insatiable passion for All Things Florida.
During this latest cavalcade of nonstop felonies-from Tampa to Fort Lauderdale to Orlando-Serge finds time to resurrect his obsession with movies, particularly those showcasing his beloved home state. And he wants answers! Why aren't more films shot here?...
48) Torpedo juice
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
322 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The drinks are on Sunshine State historian/spree killer Serge A. Storms, who's decided it's high time he got married. So he's motoring down to the Florida Keys -- the ultimate end of the line -- in search of Ms. Right . . .and finding his doped-up basket case bud Coleman along the way. But for Serge, 'getting hitched' doesn't necessarily mean 'settling down' -- not when South Florida is crawling with slimeballs, swindlers, unrepentant jerks, and annoying...
49) Killer
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"The City of Angels has more than its share of psychopaths, and no one recognizes that more acutely than the brilliant psychologist and police consultant Dr. Alex Delaware. Despite that, Constance Sykes, a sophisticated, successful physician, hardly seems like someone Alex needs to fear. Then, at the behest of the court, he becomes embroiled in a bizarre child custody dispute initiated by Connie against her sister and begins to realize that there...
51) Alone
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
NYPD sharp-shooter Bobby is called to a domestic incident where he shoots a husband threatening his wife and child. But the man Bobby has shot is the son of one the city's most important judges. His wife, Catherine, has long been suspected of abusing their son. It seems Bobby has just killed the only man who could have protected the child. Meanwhile, Mr Bosu is back on the streets. A man who committed a crime so heinous, he was sentenced to life in...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Serge A. Storms, Florida's resident madman and serial killer, continues to dispense his own variety of justice against society's evildoers--this time he and his pal Coleman are out to get an assortment of skinheads and shysters as well as a particularly nasty thug called Jellyfish.
53) Shiver
Author
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
New Orleans detective Reuben Montoya matches wits with a twisted psychopath--whose very presence makes his victims "shiver."
54) The Bat
Author
Series
Harry Hole novel volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Detective Harry Hole is meant to keep out of trouble. A young Norwegian girl taking a gap year in Sydney has been murdered, and Harry has been sent to Australia to assist in any way he can. He's not supposed to get too involved. When the team unearths a string of unsolved murders and disappearances, nothing will stop Harry from finding out the truth. The hunt for a serial killer is on, but the murderer will talk only to Harry. He might just be the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
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Description
New York Times best-selling author Faye Kellerman delivers a riveting thriller starring LAPD Lieutenant Peter Decker. Murder hits close to home as the brother-in-law of Decker's half-brother is found dead in a seedy hotel room. Missing from the scene is the dead man's 15 year-old-niece. Pete finds the girl in the last place anyone would think to look, and soon devastating family secrets emerge.
56) Fatal burn
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The thrilling tale of a woman whose dark past ties her to a twisted madman who is plotting deadly revenge.
Last time we met her, Shannon Flannery struggled to prove her innocence when blamed for her husband's death. Now Shannon is sure someone is trying to kill her, but the only person who believes her is former Special Forces agent, sexy Travis Settler. When Shannon's daughter Dani goes missing, Travis becomes convinced that family secrets involving...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
Description
Los Angeles, 3:58 a.m.: Elvis Cole receives the phone call he's been waiting for since childhood. Responding to a gunshot, the LAPD has found an injured man in an alleyway. He has told the officer on the scene that he is looking for his son, Elvis Cole. Minutes later, the man is dead. Haunted throughout his life by a lack of knowledge about his father, Elvis turns to the one person who can help him navigate the minefield of his past--his longtime...
58) Fear no evil
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
408 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
Instead of preparing for her high school graduation, Lucy Kincaid is facing a vicious execution. Lured by an online predator, she is destined to die horribly, live on the Internet, while hundreds of heartless viewers watch and vote on the method of her slaughter. Her only hope rests with Kate Donovan, an FBI agent who took on the same sadistic killer once before.
59) Zombie
Author
Pub. Date
1995
Physical Desc
181 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Zombie is a classic novel of dark obsession from the extraordinary Joyce Carol Oates. A brilliant, unflinching journey into the mind of a serial killer, Zombie views the world through the eyes of Quentin P., newly paroled sex offender, as he chillingly evolves from rapist to mass murderer. Joyce Carol Oates-the prolific author of so many extraordinary bestsellers, including The Gravediggers Daughter, Blonde, and The Falls-demonstrates why she ranks...
Author
Series
Culper ring volume 3
Language
English
Description
"A young staffer with the National Archives in Washington, D.C., Beecher White is responsible for safekeeping the government's most important documents. . . and sometimes, it's most closely held secrets. But there are a powerful few who know his other role. Beecher is a member of the Culper Ring, a 200-year-old secret society founded by George Washington and charged with protecting the Presidency. Now the current occupant of the White House needs...