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One for the Money by Janet EvanovichMeet Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. Out of work and out of money, Stephanie blackmails her bail-bondsman cousin Vinnie into giving her a try as an apprehension agent. Stephanie knows zilch about the job requirements, but she figures her new pal, el-primo bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her what it takes to catch a crook. Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former vice cop on the run from a charge of murder one.
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Maisie Dobbs by Jacqueline WinspearPrivate detective Maisie Dobbs must investigate the reappearance of a dead man who turns up at a cooperative farm called the Retreat that caters to men who are recovering their health after World War I.
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The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander Mccall SmithThis is the story of the delightfully cunning and enormously engaging Precious Ramotswe, who is drawn to her profession to help people with problems in their lives. Immediately upon setting up shop in a small storefront in Gaborone, she is hired to track down a missing husband, uncover a con man and follow a wayward daughter. But the case that tugs at her heart, and lands her in danger, is a missing eleven-year-old boy, who may have been snatched by witchdoctors.
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Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead by Sara GranAugmenting her brilliant deductive skills with dream analysis, marijuana and the written work of a mysterious French detective, private investigator Claire DeWitt reluctantly returns to post-Katrina New Orleans to solve the disappearance of an unpopular prosecutor.
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Still Midnight: A Novel by Denise MinaWhen three armed men invade a quiet Glasgow home and demand audience with a person who does not live there, Alex Morrow investigates their apparent mistake, a situation that escalates as violent acts are committed against the hostages.
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1st to Die by James PattersonA demented killer stalks and murders newlyweds in San Francisco. Four women– a police detective, an assistant D.A., a reporter and a medical examiner– join forces as they sidestep their bosses to track down a criminal whose twisted imagination stuns an entire city.
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Naked in Death by J. D. RobbThree young women have been brutally murdered. After 10 years on the New York City police force, Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows better than to become emotionally involved with her work. But the prime suspect is a suave, sophisticated Irish billionaire with a mysterious past and she finds herself powerless to resist his charm.
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne Fluke Hannah already has her hands full trying to dodge her mother's attempts to marry her off while running The Cookie Jar, Lake Eden's most popular bakery. But once Ron LaSalle, the beloved delivery man from the Cozy Cow Dairy, is found murdered behind her bakery with Hannah's famous Chocolate Chip Crunchies scattered around him, her life just can't get any worse. Determined not to let her cookies get a bad reputation, she sets out to track down a killer. If she doesn't watch her back, Hannah's sweet life may get burned to a crisp.
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