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Some people take fishing too seriously. Retired Admiral Bobby Burns did, and it cost him his life. There is no shortage of suspects. His wife, Pattie Grace, is also accused of the murder. Niki Dupre, the most famous private investigator in Louisiana, doesn't believe her former Sunday School teacher could kill her husband. Soon, the case turns from fishy to dangerous. But who killed the admiral?

A murder has taken place at Brian's Burgers. After a waitress is found stabbed in the back, the police discover a connection to a local B&B owner, who just happens to be Brian's girlfriend. When botched surveillance places Angie in danger, a most unlikely hero comes to her rescue. With three marriages—one in Las Vegas—and spirits visiting the B&B, the stage is set for a rollicking adventure full of unexpected twists and turns. You'll also discover how Rachel and Joe originally met, married, and became parents—all amid the challenges of youth, doubts, and hurricanes.

West Berkshire, the 1970s. PC Don Barton is convinced that life has taken a turn for the better when he passes his promotion exam and becomes an acting sergeant. Things take a turn for the worse after a violent altercation with a local thug. Soon after, Don finds himself investigating a hit-and-run case. Somehow, international drug smugglers and the London gangland all seem to be involved. Don is determined to find out the truth, but the more he uncovers, the greater the danger becomes. Can he crack the case before more lives are lost?

Rookie private eyes JJ, Rey, and Linda stumbled and bumbled through their previous assignments with stellar results. Now the trio, proud owners of the Triple Threat Investigation Agency, have yet another multi-murder mystery to solve. Who set up their client, socialite-turned-trucker Buddy Feuer, to take the rap? And where is nutty Coco Person, who has been MIA since the murders went down? In their detecting travels, they meet up with former acquaintances, some of who may not be all that they seem.

Relocated across the country, Stephen Brunt and his family spend their first night in a dark, unwelcoming pub. It seems like nobody is ready to welcome them to their new home town except for Carson, Mr. Knills's servant from one house over. After Knills invites them over for a quiet drink, Stephen and his family learn that the man's wife was kidnapped one dreadful night, never to be heard from again.

When a girl's body is discovered with a missing toe, her father hires Niki Dupre to find the murderer. With prostitutes, pimps, a rehab clinic and a mysterious huge man all involved, Niki has to delve deep into the Baton Rouge underground to solve this one.

Mo is seriously conflicted about life, love, family, and religion. Without Birdie to guide him, Mo would simply be a rudderless canoe, drifting aimlessly with the current. After they're summoned to solve a brutal murder in Yidtown, Toronto's Jewish quarter, Mo realizes he knows the victim, Mendel Black. A class-A putz, now with a steak knife in his heart, he just happens to be married to Mo's soulmate, Miryam. Their first meeting in over 14 years will not be the happiest of reunions.

Reporter Tana Grant wishes she was breaking news instead of writing obituaries. She also wishes her boss would stop calling her “Montana”. Her world turns upside down when she’s visited by a ghost who cannot rest until she learns what happened to her daughter who went missing years ago. Tana's scared, but she’s also a reporter, and she knows this could be her biggest scoop ever. Determined to break the story, she teams up with Bud Powell, the retired detective who searched for the child until the case went cold.

Twigg Tidwell fits the identity of a killer, though he is only 16 years old. Niki Dupre does not believe Twigg is guilty, but must overcome sloppy police work and predetermined biases to prove it. After another murder takes place, the trail leads back to the son of the dead man left in the parking lot. But who really committed the murders?

Murder can lead you down an unexpected path. When Wade and Mindy find a body in a deer stand, the trek to find the killer begins. But neither of them could have imagined where it would lead them: the dangerous Atchafalaya Basin. While tracking the killer, the two have to fight off alligators, moccasins, and a black panther. Can they find the person responsible and bring him to justice?

When Bell Towers decides to build their newest boutique hotel in Wharton County, Braxton establishes a hospitality program as part of their university expansion. Despite family ties to prominent citizens, a dispute over the proposed landsite pits citizens against each other. One takes matters into their own hands and slays the hotel magnate during the campus holiday party. As the list of suspects increases, long-lost family members are anxious to keep their secrets from being revealed, complicating Sheriff Montague's ability to determine the murderer’s true motive.

Cuando Rachel y Joe se retiraron a un condominio para mayores de 50 años, no anticiparon el encuentro con divertidos y excéntricos residentes, o el asesinato de la amiga de Rachel, dueña de un refugio de animales. Los sospechosos son muchos: el cuidador del refugio, un marido maltratador, un sicario equivocado y un extraño hombre con sombrero de copa. Mientras se investiga el asesinato, surgen problemas para la pareja que aparentemente tiene el matrimonio perfecto. Pero, ¿qué hará falta para convencer a ambos de que la confianza y el amor lo vencen todo?

Deer hunting is not dangerous - unless the hunter becomes the prey....When young hunter John Rowinski goes missing from his deer stand, Niki Dupre volunteers to help find him. When she finds a pool of blood and no body, the plot thickens.

A defense secretary shooting. The collapse of the Home Office secretary. London’s high-ranking civil servants are being targeted, and DCI Jack Austin is drawn out of retirement. When his wife is kidnapped, inept savant DCI Austin leads the rescue mission while trying to solve the recent mystery, and discovers the motives of the master conspirator.

Los detectives Tommy Jackson y Orrin Rampersad se encuentran en una carrera contra el tiempo para desarrollar el caso del fiscal antes de la fecha del juicio. Los doctores locos alegan que un misterioso Dr. Cíclope es el autor intelectual de la operación. Todas las pruebas apuntan a que el líder de la banda, Django Tamsulosin, secuestró a las víctimas para los trasplantes de órganos y miembros biónicos. Sin embargo, ni los sospechosos ni las víctimas aportan ningún testimonio sustancial, lo que lleva a los detectives a creer que existe una conspiración de encubrimiento.

It’s the fall of 1998, and librarian Samantha Stewart is looking for a new job. After seeing an ad for a high-paying position at a company called Virtual Software that entails research and travel, Sam investigates the company and learns that its president has gone missing, and that it’s currently being run by the vice president, Greg Parsons. Before Sam makes it to the interview, she's visited by a strange woman who introduces herself as Jane Oldsfield, a time traveler whose mission Greg Parsons is trying to prevent.

This book is based on a true homicide incident that took place in the 1950s in Arizona. Gene McLain, also known as “Bulldog” and “Man of Murder”, was an investigative reporter employed by a national Hearst newspaper who wrote and solved major crimes. None of the technology we take for granted today was available. There was only the teletype, and law enforcement agencies were not connected. We did have crime, and that’s what this story is all about: the world of homicide and the mean streets.

Middle-aged widow Gwen Lindstrom is the owner of Ranchers’ Café, a restaurant in Dubois, Wyoming. When sorting through old business records belonging to her late husband, she finds something that stands out: a statement for a valuable pension that she had no idea even existed. After meeting with the private investigator Richard Stuckley, Gwen hires him to look into the disappeared pension money. Soon, they both find themselves in mortal danger. With now-defunct companies and Gabe's coworkers seemingly involved in the case, can Gwen and Richard get to the bottom of it?

After meeting his old friend Tom, Robert Bruce is commissioned to help Tom find the daughter he never knew. But, even before he can begin his quest, Robert is drawn to a murder investigation. Closely guarded family secrets, and crooked cops, both seem to have something to do with the killing. Dedicated to unraveling the mystery, Robert swears he will find the killer - and Tom's daughter. With bodies piling up and clues hard to come by, can Robert solve the case, find Tom's missing daughter, and help his friends along the way? Listen, as his investigation leads to disaster.

Después de repartir las cartas, un jugador no pasa el corte. En un torneo de póquer local, un jugador es asesinado después del primer día de juego. Un sospechoso es fichado por el asesinato, pero algo no cuadra. Para descubrir al asesino real, Niki se une al torneo. Pero, ¿está la baraja en su contra?