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62) Dead Irish
Author
Language
English
Description
Dismas Hardy has left both the police force and his law career behind. He just wants to be a bartender at the Little Shamrock. It's not easy to forget a shattering personal loss, but a stiff drink and a game of darts takes the edge off his sorrow. Then Eddie Cochran is murdered, and Hardy must untangle of web of old secrets and raw passions to help Eddie's pregnant widow and all the others whose lives may still be at risk.
Author
Series
Buck Schatz volume 2
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Twenty something Daniel Friedman's debut hit novel, Don't Ever Get Old, was a huge critical and word-of-mouth success. Friedman's unforgettable protagonist Buck Schatz is back, and, once again, this 88-year-old retired Memphis cop refuses to go gently into that good night. Having sustained injuries in Don't Ever Get Old, Buck is living at a retirement home with his wife, and he's downright miserable being treated like the elderly person he is. But...
64) Nothing but lies
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
First world edition.
Physical Desc
214 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Daniel Whelan's ex-colleague, police officer Joey Matsuki, asks him to keep an eye on his fiancee Tami, whom he fears may be in danger, Daniel and his faithful german shepherd Taz discover that there's more to this case than meets the eye. There are things people aren't telling him - and events are about to take a tragic turn.
Author
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Formats
Description
Jason Storm has had a career any lawman could be proud of, and now he's ready for a peaceful life as a modest cattle rancher in Paradise Valley. Then six hardcases raid the ranch of Storm's backer, killing him, bushwhacking his men, and moving on to take the town. With a cowardly sheriff, an inexperienced deputy, and a rising body count, Paradise is in desperate need of rescue. It's time for Jason Storm to load up, mount up, and clean up the town....
66) Old God's time
Author
Publisher
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
261 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Recently retired policeman Tom Kettle is settling into the quiet of his new home, a lean-to annexed to a Victorian castle overlooking the Irish Sea. For months he has barely seen a soul, catching only glimpses of his eccentric landlord and a nervous young mother who has moved in next door. Occasionally, fond memories return, of his family, his beloved wife June and their two children, Winnie and Joe. But when two former colleagues turn up at his...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Formats
Description
Cliff Janeway is back! The Bookman's Promise marks the eagerly awaited return of Denver bookman-author John Dunning and the award-winning crime novel series that helped to turn the nation on to first-edition book collecting. First, it was Booked to Die, then The Bookman's Wake. Now John Dunning fans, old and new, will rejoice in The Bookman's Promise, a richly nuanced new Janeway novel that juxtaposes past and present as Denver ex-cop and bookman...
68) The wreckage
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
439 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
After being robbed of his briefcase, ex-cop Vincent Ruiz tracks down the thieves, who had mistaken him for someone else, and becomes unwittingly involved in unraveling plots surrounding bank bombings in Baghdad and a missing VP at an international finance powerhouse.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first in a thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author Arnaldur Indridason. THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled in 'the shadow district', a rough and dangerous area of the city. An Icelandic detective and a member of the American military police are on the trail of a brutal killer. THE PRESENT A 90-year-old man...
70) In for the kill
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The risks ex-cop Sam Petrie has taken have turned his life into a train wreck. So he has nothing to lose by doubling down as the elusive Svetlana Ardova's unwanted bodyguard on a potentially deadly trip to Italy."--Cover, p.[4]
71) Midnight sea
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
305 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A seemingly random shooting leaves Lani Tagama without sight. With the help of ex-cop Ben Mahoney, she must find the shooter before he strikes again.
72) Homefront
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An action-packed thriller about how far one man will go to protect his family. Widowed ex-DEA agent Phil Broker retires to a quiet Southern town with his ten-year-old daughter and discovers that the idyllic setting is riddled with drugs and violence. When a riveting chain of events forces him to face off with psychotic local drug lord Gator Bodine, Broker must retaliate using the fearsome skills he hoped to keep in his past.
73) Night kills
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Frank Quinn is sure he is hunting for a madman: someone who is shooting young women in the heart, defiling their bodies, leaving only the torsos to be found. Quinn, a former NYPD detective, is called into the case by an ambitious chief of police and mobilizes his team of brilliant law-enforcement misfits. But in the concrete canyons of New York, this shocking serial murder case is turning into something very different... Jill Clark came to the city...
74) Crime song
Author
Series
Publisher
Mullholland Books, Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Frank Marr was a good cop with a bad habit, until his burgeoning addictions to alcohol and cocaine forced him into retirement from the DC police. Now barely eking out a living as a private investigator, he agrees to take on a family case: a favor for his aunt, who was like a second mother to him growing up. Frank's surveillance confirms that his cousin Jeffrey is involved with a small-time drugs operation. Modest stuff, until Frank's own home is...
75) Madman on a drum
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Description
"A deeply compassionate story of old crimes and their consequences, The Shadow District is the first in a thrilling new series by internationally bestselling author Arnaldur Indridason. THE PAST In wartime Reykjavik, a young woman is found strangled in 'the shadow district', a rough and dangerous area of the city. An Icelandic detective and a member of the American military police are on the trail of a brutal killer. THE PRESENT A 90-year-old man...
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Other Side of Night begins with a man named David Asha writing about his biggest regret: his sudden separation from his son, Elliot. In his grief, David tells a story. Next, we step into the life of Harriet Kealty, a police officer trying to clear her name after a lapse of judgment. She discovers a curious inscription in a secondhand book--a plea: Help me, he's trying to kill me. Who wrote this note? Who is 'he'? This note leads Harri to David...
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"Former Havana detective Marlene Martínez, now happily running a bakery in Miami, has booked a week-long Carribbean cruise with her niece, Sarita, as the girl's quinceañera present. Sarita is beyond thrilled to discover that a Cuban telenovela star, Carloalberto, is also aboard for the trip. But even while trying to keep her niece away from the unsettlingly handsome actor, Marlene gets the feeling Carloalberto is in some kind of trouble--he is constantly...
79) Queen of bones
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Padrino, a former detective on the Cuban police force, has retired and found a new, happy life as a Santería priest. But he is drawn back in for a murder investigation when his goddaughter, Rosita, who works at the local cemetery, recognizes one of the bodies that crosses her embalming table. Meanwhile, an old flame of Rosita's, Juan, has returned to Cuba after fleeing by raft twenty years ago. He is with his American wife, Sharon, and has come...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
353 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Ex-policeman and rare books dealer Cliff Janeway travels to remote Paradise, Colorado, where cops and crooks alike are as infernal as the weather. Janeway has agreed to help Laura Marshall, a friend of his bookstore partner, who's accused of murdering her husband. While Janeway tries to gather the facts, he pulls long shifts standing watch over the Marshall home, filled with books signed by their celebrity authors. When a shifty pair of alleged book...