David Colacci
1) The 9th girl
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Series
Kovac and Liska volume 4
Language
English
Description
The 9th Girl focuses on the ninth unidentified body to turn up in Minneapolis in 2012, nicknamed Jane Doe 9. When Kovac and Liska take on the case, they discover a shocking fact: This victim has been found without any identifiable characteristics, except for those that peg her as an adolescent girl. Before the investigation is through, the case will take the two detectives deep into the life and death of a teenage girl who wanted nothing more than...
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Series
In death volume 32
Language
English
Description
Detective Eve Dallas and her partner, Peabody, are following up on a senseless crime. This is Peabody's first case as primary detective, but she soon stumbles upon a tricky situation. Alone in the locker room after a workout, she overhears two officers arguing and realizes that both are guilty of corruption and murder and willing to kill to keep their secrets.
Author
Series
Kovac and Liska volume 1
Language
English
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“Without a doubt . . . one of the most intense suspense writers around.”—Chicago Tribune
“[Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust.”—People
He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies...
“[Tami Hoag] demonstrates just why she has become one of the hottest names in the suspense game. Bottom line: Leaves competition in the dust.”—People
He performs his profane ceremony in a wooded Minneapolis park, anointing his victims, then setting the bodies...
4) Carthage
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English
Description
When a young girl disappears near a community in the Adirondacks, the people of the town of Carthage must face the fact that an Iraq War veteran is the prime suspect.
5) Damage
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Language
English
Description
His career derailed by the vengeful billionaire Curtlee family for his part in convicting one of their number for murder, former homicide detective Abe Glitsky learns that the killer has won a retrial at the same time a star witness has been murdered.
6) Third degree
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English
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A tale spanning a traumatic single day follows Laurel Shields, who awakens in her small-town home to discover her husband frantically preparing for what he claims is an IRS audit, but she soon realizes that he has discovered the truth about her affair with another man.
7) The keeper
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Series
Dismas Hardy volume 15
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
When one of his counselor wife's clients suspiciously disappears and the woman's husband, a San Francisco jail guard, is accused of her murder, lawyer Dismas Hardy examines possible suspects before discovering evidence of the corruption-related death of an inmate.
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Series
Dismas Hardy volume 13
Language
English
Description
Dismas Hardy defends Maya Townshend, the beautiful socialite niece of the San Francisco's mayor, who is suspected of killing a charming ex-convict. A compelling and timely legal thriller filled with blackmail, political intrigue, and multiple murder which also features returning characters Abe Glitsky and Wyatt Hunt.
10) The border lords
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Series
Charlie Hood novel volume 4
Language
English
Description
Charlie Hood must determine if ATF undercover agent Sean "Oz" Ozburn--deep undercover supporting the "sicarios" of the Baja Cartel--has suffered a permanent break with his mission and his moral compass--or if he has his reasons for going "completely dark."
11) Dust to dust
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Series
Kovac and Liska volume 2
Language
English
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Sorry. The single word is written on a mirror. In front of it hangs a Minneapolis Internal Affairs cop. Was it suicide? Or a kinky act turned tragic? Either way, it wasn't murder. But homicide detective Sam Kovac and his wisecracking partner, Nikki Liska, think differently. Together they begin to dig at the edges of the young cop's death, uncovering one motive, and one suspect, after another. They find themselves chasing a killer who will stop at...
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Series
Commissario Guido Brunetti mystery volume 17
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English
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Going undercover to investigate a new Protestant sect that has begun meeting in Venice, Commissario Guido Brunetti is forced to put his probe aside when the body of a young gypsy girl turns up in a local canal.
14) Shadow men
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Series
Max Freeman mystery volume 3
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
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Eighty years after three men--a father and two sons--vanish without a trace while working on a project to build a road through the Florida Everglades, a descendant of the men enlists former police officer Max Freeman to uncover the truth.
15) Dead Irish
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Series
Dismas Hardy volume 1
Language
English
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Description
In his new life as a bartender at the Little Shamrock in San Francisco, Dismas Hardy--divorced, ex-Marine, ex-cop, ex-attorney--is just hoping for a little peace. When the news of Eddie Cochran's death reaches him, however, Hardy is propelled back into all the things he was trying to escape for the sake of Eddie's pregnant widow, Frannie, and for the others whose lives may still be at risk.
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Series
Charlie Hood novel volume 6
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English
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Description
Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy Charlie Hood is attached to the ATF, working undercover on the iron river that flows across the U.S.-Mexican border. The diamond fillings he wears in his left canine glimmer, distracting the men who sell the illegal firearms that enable the unspeakable violence on both sides of the map. Spotting the sparkle when "Charlie Diamonds" opens his mouth is often their first step toward life behind bars. Meanwhile, Bradley...
17) Relic
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Series
Pendergast volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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Investigating a series of savage murders that disrupt a massive new exhibition at the New York Museum of Natural History, graduate student Margo Green finds a clue in a failed Amazonian expedition
18) Execution dock
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Series
William Monk volume 16
Language
English
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Thames River Police Superintendent Inspector William Monk and his team are pursuing Jericho Phillips, a child pornographer, and when the body of a thirteen-year-old boy washes ashore and is revealed to be one of Phillips' victims, the need to find him gains new urgency.
19) The 1st victim
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Series
Kovac and Liska volume 3.5
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska return to investigate the death of a Jane Doe in New York Times bestseller Tami Hoag's short story The 1st Victim. New Year's Day is a time for new beginnings, but Minneapolis homicide detectives Sam Kovac and Nikki Liska are focused on endings: specifically, the tragic end of their latest murder victim, an unidentified young woman discovered on the side of the freeway. Believed to be the victim of a serial killer, Kovac...
20) The suspect
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Taking on a high-profile case involving a recently separated man who has been charged with murdering his highly insured wife, Gina Roake finds herself strangely drawn to her client and hires Wyatt Hunt to help her ascertain his guilt.