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1) The red book
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For Detective Billy Harney, getting shot in the head, stalked by a state's attorney, and accused of murder by his fellow cops is a normal week on the job. So when a drive-by shooting on the Chicago's west side turns political, he leads the way to a quick solve. But Harney's instincts, his father was once chief of detectives and his twin sister, Patti, is also on the force, run deep. As a population hungry for justice threatens to riot, he realizes...
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Being a cop runs in Billy Harney's family. The son of Chicago's Chief of Detectives whose twin sister, Patty, also followed in their father's footsteps, there's nothing Billy won't give up for the job, including his life. Left for dead alongside his former partner and a district attorney, Billy miraculously survives. But he remembers nothing about the events leading up to the shootout. The investigation leads to an unexpected address -- an exclusive...
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How does a respectable young woman fall into Los Angeles' hard-boiled underworld? Shadow-dodging through the glamorous world of 1950s Hollywood and its seedy flip side, Megan Abbott's debut, Die a Little, is a gem of the darkest hue. This ingenious twist on a classic noir tale tells the story of Lora King, a schoolteacher, and her brother Bill, a junior investigator with the district attorney's office. Lora's comfortable, suburban life is jarringly...
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On the outside, Josefina Navarro's life seems fortunate enough-she lives with her father and her nursemaid, Regla, who raises her after the death of her mother in a luxurious home in Vedado, one of Cuba's wealthiest districts. She attends society dances and is courted by all of Havana's elite young bachelors. Enchanted by the rituals of her nursemaid, Josefina learns about the profound mysticism inherent in even the most mundane affairs. Though she...
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Shadow chasing: Carla Walker had found paradise in Mexico and a temptation too sweet to deny: Philip Garrison. Theirs promised to be much more than a casual holiday romance ... until Carla learned that he was a cop.
For all my tomorrows: A young widow turns to her husband's best friend for support until he mysteriously leaves town without warning. He returns three years later, as mysteriously as when he left, with an interest in her that seemed to...
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Black book thriller volume 1
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A cop survives a murder attempt on his own life only to find he is to be charged with double murder. Desperate to clear his name he retraces his steps to get to the bottom of what happened. He soon discovers the existence of a little black book that everyone is trying to get their hands on including him. Will he find it first? Does it contain the truth that will set him free or confirm his worst fears?
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