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Close Quarters: Sleep No More, Sorted, And Close Quarters (The Aden Vanner Novels #3)
Par Jeff Gulvin. 1997
Chief Inspector Aden Vanner hunts down a cold-blooded assassin in London&’s drug underworld in this page-turning thriller from the author…
of Sorted. Drug Squad Chief Inspector Vanner is investigating a group of crack dealers in Harlesden, London&’s Caribbean district, when a bizarre murder captures his attention. Jessica Turner, a seemingly unremarkable suburban woman, was gunned down in her home with a TT-33 Tokarev—a make of gun now obsolete in its native Russia, but still common among terrorists in the Irish Republican Army. Unless it&’s a case of mistaken identity, Jessica Turner clearly had a secret. As Vanner digs deeper into the case, he begins to make connections between Jessica&’s murder and the Harlesden gang, between her cagey husband and the IRA, and between himself and a vengeful old acquaintance. When all the pieces collide, even a seasoned pro like Vanner isn&’t prepared for the explosion. Close Quarters is the final book in Jeff Gulvin&’s gritty and authentic police-procedural trilogy set in the dark streets of London, which includes Sleep No More and Sorted. &“Gulvin keeps your nose glued to the page.&” —The Literary ReviewThe Case of the Sliding Pool (The Masao Masuto Mysteries #5)
Par Howard Fast. 1981
A rare California deluge unearths a hidden body—and a decades-old crimeRain has spoiled Masao Masuto&’s vacation. For six days the…
storm has trapped the Zen Buddhist detective and his family inside their Los Angeles cottage. By the morning of his vacation&’s final day, he is so stir crazy that the call to come to work is a relief. Detective Masuto knows no better cure for boredom than a puzzling murder. Nothing remains of the deceased man but his bones. A mudslide caused by the long, punishing storm destroyed the terrace of a Beverly Hills mansion, dislodging the swimming pool and opening a grave which had been covered for three decades. The skeleton&’s deep stab wound suggests a professional&’s hand—possibly a World War II veteran with commando training. As Masuto pries into the past, the aged murderer takes deadly steps to cover up his long-forgotten crime. The detective finds himself locked in a game of cat and mouse with a brilliant and ruthless killer. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author&’s estate.In the second novel by the international bestselling Pieter Aspe, Inspector Van In races against the clock to thwart a…
series of terrorist plotsOne quiet snow-covered Sunday morning in Bruges, a prominent business executive is found dead in the streets, apparently due to an alcoholic hemorrhage, but for Inspector Van In, there is something about the autopsy that does not add up. When he questions the businessman&’s friend, a Dutchman, he too is found dead the next morning, burned to death in a house fire.When there is an explosion in the middle of a popular tourist area in downtown Bruges, Van In strives to find the connection between the three incidents, but no one is coming forward to claim responsibility for this terrorist attack. Just an anonymous letter to the police, threatening more bombings—unless they cooperate with a series of demands that would undermine the entire city government. Aided by the spunky and beautiful assistant DA, Hannelore Martens, Inspector Van In finds himself enmeshed in the case that threatens not just the lives of countless innocent people, but the heart of the city he loves.Mayhem (The St-Cyr and Kohler Mysteries #1)
Par J. Robert Janes. 1992
A French inspector and Gestapo detective team up to fight crime in Nazi-occupied Paris during World War II: &“The offbeat…
pair gel . . . fast and convincing&” (The Oxford Times). Police inspector Jean-Louis St-Cyr watches the German tanks roll into Paris from his office window. When Gestapo agents burst through his door, he is destroying confidential documents with the care that is his trademark. As the Nazis take control of the city, they allow St-Cyr to remain at his post, solving the everyday crimes which do not stop simply because there is a war on. He is assigned a partner, Bavarian detective Hermann Kohler, a bullish man who is as brutal as St-Cyr is refined. Though their politics differ, neither man is the sort to let a bad deed go unpunished. Today their work takes them to a suburban forest, where a well-dressed young man has been found murdered and stripped of identification. Nearby lies an expensive beaded silk purse. Although it appears to be a crime of passion, its roots lie in the savagery that wartime nurtures and occupation lets run free.The Man Who Walked Like a Bear (Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov Mysteries #6)
Par Stuart M. Kaminsky. 1990
This &“superb mystery-thriller&” featuring a Moscow cop reminiscent of Arkady Renko delivers &“riveting suspense&” (Publishers Weekly). Porfiry Rostnikov and…
his wife Sarah have been in love for decades, since the end of World War II. Now the police inspector is by his wife&’s bedside as she recuperates from a brain operation, when a massive naked man staggers into her hospital room, scared out of his mind, and tries to jump out the window. Rostnikov restrains the bearlike man, trying to calm him. As orderlies arrive to return the escapee to the mental ward, he cries out: &“The devil came to devour the factory.&” Rostnikov has far more important things on his mind than deciphering the ravings of a lunatic, first among them Sarah&’s recovery. And of course crime has not stopped while he cares for his wife. Rebels are planting bombs, teenagers are plotting assassinations, and the KGB lurks in every shadow. But despite all these clamors, the man&’s strange words continue to haunt Rostnikov—and compel him to investigate. With his Edgar Award–winning Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov mysteries, &“Kaminsky has staked a claim to a piece of Russian turf . . . He captures the Russian scene and character in rich detail&” (The Washington Post Book World).Chameleon (The PJ Gray Series #3)
Par Shirley Kennett. 1998
PJ Gray hunts a preteen serial killer who is equally adept with virtual realitiesForensic psychologist PJ Gray has never faced…
this kind of serial killer: The murderer is all of twelve years old. Columbus Wade was a clumsy killer at first, but he soon has a knack for the grisly business, slaughtering teachers with terrible efficiency. He&’s had plenty of practice, having mastered murder in the alternate worlds of virtual reality. Forensic psychologist PJ Gray is no slouch with computers herself, and her simulation models—which allow her to piece together crimes from the perspectives of killer and victim alike—are of great help in the pursuit. But Wade, given to mimicking the reactions of others to blend in, keeps slipping away. And Gray must ask the chilling question: Might he even be among the classmates of her own seventh-grade son?Done for a Dime: A Novel
Par David Corbett. 2003
A saxophonist&’s murder is only the first shot fired in a citywide warAll great blues musicians chase something. Raymond &“Strong&”…
Carlisle calls it &“the deep sweet&”—that perfect note that always seems to sit just out of reach. For decades he has made crowds swing, made women smile, and earned the respect of some of the greats. But as long as he strained for the deep sweet, nothing he did with his baritone sax seemed to matter. Chasing that fantasy has led him here, to lie in the rain beneath a sycamore, counting his bullet holes as he dies. The detective on the scene is Dennis Murchison, a white cop who has seen too many murders to be shocked by a dead blues man. As he eliminates possible suspects, he&’s left to decide between a lowlife drug pusher and Toby Marchand—Strong Carlisle&’s son. As the city heaves into violent frenzy, Murchison finds that answers hover like the deep sweet: just out of reach.The Frightened Fiancée (The Sam Crombie Mysteries #1)
Par George Harmon Coxe. 1950
A jilted lover finds himself implicated in a murderWhen John Holland proposed to his girlfriend, Tracy, she imposed a 31-day…
waiting period before they could see each other again. It&’s day 30, and Holland travels to her Long Island home for their reunion, only to receive the shock of his life when he meets Tracy&’s fiancé, Roger Drake. Tracy&’s mother invites Holland to stay there and win back Tracy&’s love, and within a few hours, Drake is dead. As it turns out, Drake was a private detective hired by Tracy as a test for her beloved—and it looks like Holland failed. Meanwhile, Drake&’s boss, hardnosed detective Sam Crombie, descends on the home, looking to avenge his comrade.Strip Search (The Gabe Wager Novels #6)
Par Rex Burns. 1984
When a stripper is murdered, Gabe Wager turns the red-light district inside outMore than any other establishment on Denver&’s red-light…
strip, the Cinnamon Club has taken advantage of the new law allowing all-nude dancing. What was once confined to back rooms now takes center stage, and the activities in the club&’s private section grow ever more depraved. Annette Sheldon is the Cinnamon Club&’s rising star until her body is found dumped in an alley, eyes pecked out by scavenging magpies. Homicide detective Gabe Wager and his partner pull Annette&’s husband in for questioning, and though they don&’t think he killed her, they do think he&’s lying about something. When a second dancer is murdered, Wager goes undercover on the strip, searching for the man with the violent fetish. The more questions he asks, though, the more he risks becoming the killer&’s next target.Kaleidoscope (The St-Cyr and Kohler Mysteries #3)
Par J. Robert Janes. 1993
In Provence, St-Cyr and Kohler investigate an old-fashioned murderThe train ride from Paris is supposed to take four hours, but…
a Resistance bomb has snarled the tracks, and detectives Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Kohler are fourteen hours behind schedule. By the time they arrive in Provence, they are travel-weary but intrigued. Even in wartime, it&’s rare to investigate a murder by crossbow. The woman was in her early fifties, with well-made clothing and opal earrings that indicate that, until war came, she was wealthy. The crossbow bolt was barbed, and as she tried to pull it out, it shredded her heart. St-Cyr and Kohler quickly learn why the villagers are loath to cooperate: The woman was a smuggler, killed to protect the black market that the inhabitants of this frigid, war-wracked countryside cannot survive without.Bellringer (The St-Cyr and Kohler Mysteries #13)
Par J. Robert Janes. 2012
Set in Nazi-occupied France, this is an &“enthralling, character-propelled&” police procedural (Kirkus Reviews). Before the war, the hotels of Vittel…
hosted the wealthiest members of French society. Now, in the winter of 1943, two of France&’s most luxurious resorts have been converted into an internment camp for British and American women who failed to escape the country when the German army stormed across the border. For two years, the prisoners have lived quietly, surviving on Red Cross aid packages, but now they are beginning to die. An American woman is found stabbed through the heart with a pitchfork. By the time inspectors Jean-Louis St-Cyr and Hermann Kohler arrive from Paris, rigor mortis and the February frost have frozen her solid. In her pockets are Cracker Jacks and Hershey bars—bribes intended for one of the guards. To bring justice to Vittel, St-Cyr and Kohler will have to unravel the conspiracy that is at the heart of this luxurious, elegant hell.Spectrum (The Karen Vail Novels #6)
Par Alan Jacobson. 2014
FBI profiler Karen Vail is haunted by a serial killer from her rookie days in a &“pulse-pounding&” thriller by a…
USA Today bestselling author (Providence Journal). New York City: home to world-renowned museums, theater, restaurants, iconic sports franchises. Central Park. Wall Street. And an infamous serial killer who&’s terrorized the Big Apple for decades. The year is 1995 and the NYPD has just graduated a promising new patrol officer named Karen Vail. The rookie&’s first day on the job is anything but easy when she finds herself at the crime scene of a young woman murdered in an unusual manner. Vail is unsure of what she&’s looking at or what it means—but it&’s a case that will weigh on her mind for nearly twenty years. As the years pass, Vail&’s career takes unexpected twists and turns—as does the case that&’s come to be known as Hades. Now a skilled FBI profiler, will Vail be in a better position to catch the killer? Or will Hades prove to be Karen Vail&’s hell on earth? The character who has captivated readers worldwide—and who won the praise of literary giants Michael Connelly, James Patterson, and Nelson DeMille—returns in a story that captures the experiences that shaped the revered profiler and made her the top cop she is today.Act of Betrayal (The PJ Gray Series #4)
Par Shirley Kennett. 2000
Someone destroys the life of PJ&’s partner, igniting a twisting, vengeful plotWithin just a couple of days, detective Leo Schultz&’s…
life unravels. His son Rick is kidnapped and horrifically murdered. The very next day, Schultz&’s car runs over a little girl, and he is identified by witnesses as the driver. Only his partner, PJ Gray, believes in his innocence. For city officials, this is not the end of it, as key members of the law and order systems are successively taken down. Forensic psychologist and virtual reality expert Gray must uncover the motives behind the conspiracy, a mystery that ultimately sends her digging around in her partner&’s long past in the force. What she finds there forces her to wonder whether she knows Schultz&’s true nature at all. Gray must get into the heads of her partner and the killer, before the murderer finds Schultz—or could the target be Gray herself?Fool's Gold (The Reid Bennett Mysteries #4)
Par Ted Wood. 1986
A killer mines the wilds of Canada for victims. On the case: police chief Reid Bennett, &“one of the most…
interesting series whodunit heroes of the decade&” (Chicago Sun-Times). When gold is found in the mountains of Canada, it brings a rush of prospectors, pilots, and men looking to get rich quick. It also brings a slew of dead bodies. That is when Reid Bennett, the lone cop of tiny Murphy&’s Harbour, gets called in to help. The dead body of geologist Jim Prudhomme is found mauled beyond recognition by a bear. Or is it? Bear attacks are more than rare in these parts, and the tracks do not add up. Is it murder instead? Things get complicated as witnesses cry foul and more bodies pile up, including the reappearance of someone already dead. Thankfully, Reid has the help of the local police chief out for one last big case. He is also joined by a beautiful motel keeper and by his faithful dog Sam. But with gold on the line, the danger might come too fast and furious for our four heroes.C.O.P. Out (Elena Jarvis Ser.)
Par Nancy Herndon. 1998
Elena Jarvis, a police officer from Los Santos, Texas, has succeeded against all odds. Now she confronts possibly the biggest,…
most politically charged mystery ever. When a volunteer with the Citizens on Patrol (C.O.P.) program, last seen patrolling with a rookie officer, is found murdered, Elena must work fast to find the true murderer or take the heat with the rest of her department. Elena is not comforted by the fact that the victim was the wife of one of the mayoral candidates—who is of course using his wife&’s death to turn the polls around. Only the sharp‑witted Elena Jarvis can succeed at such a complex case—and if she does not, she is the next suspect.The Man Who Murdered Himself (The Allerton Avenue Precinct Novels #7)
Par Richard Fliegel. 2012
Cured to death. The posh, idyllic Care Clinic promises to cure such twentieth-century afflictions as eating disorders, substance abuse, and…
low self-esteem. But when Shelly Lowenkopf and Homer Greeley—two former detectives from the Bronx—begin to investigate the whereabouts of one of the clinic&’s most loyal patients, they&’re in for some shocking treatment. A maniacal director browbeats patients and staff alike. A beautiful blonde picnics with a chimp and listens to Disney songs on a crank phonograph. And a bunch calling itself the Church of the Unflagging Eye worships the television set and everything on it. For Lowenkopf and Greeley, it would be just another missing persons case—if people weren&’t suddenly turning up dead. Now the two detectives must solve a horrible killing before murder becomes the clinic&’s nastiest—and most stubborn—habit. The Man Who Murdered Himself is the 7th book in the Allerton Avenue Precinct Novels, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Crush and Velocity: Two Karen Vail Novels (The Karen Vail Novels)
Par Alan Jacobson. 2009
This thriller duology featuring FBI profiler Karen Vail &“sizzles with nonstop action&” (Publishers Weekly). In FBI profiler Karen Vail&’s second…
adventure after the standout bestseller The 7th Victim, Vail finds herself in the Napa Valley, where a serial killer has been crushing his victims&’ windpipes and leaving their bodies in caves and vineyards. But when the Crush Killer learns that an FBI profiler has joined the Major Crimes Task Force, the newfound attention emboldens him, and he engages Vail in a deadly game of cat and mouse. Although a sudden break in the case helps her zero in on the identity of the killer, she senses that something isn&’t right. Will she figure it out before it&’s too late? In a rousing climax that has left readers breathless (and that Publishers Weekly termed &“a shockeroo&”), Vail must pick up the pieces—and the carnage left behind by the Crush Killer.Velocity begins the moment Crush ends, with Vail having lost something dear to her and possessing a single-minded fixation on finding who was responsible—and making them pay. As the task force, reeling from their loss, attempts to regroup, Vail discovers that they had made vital mistakes on the Crush Killer case—errors that have had dire consequences. After being ordered to return to Washington, Vail enlists the services of a covert &“black&” government operative, Hector DeSantos, to assist her in tracking down those behind the evil she and her task force have been grappling with. But what Vail and DeSantos learn places her in the crosshairs of criminals more dangerous than any she has ever faced. And along the way, startling revelations emerge that will forever change Karen Vail—as well as those close to her. Researched meticulously with over three dozen experts in multiple disciplines and with government access that required clearance from a congressional subcommittee, Crush and Velocity take you behind closed doors into a world most people do not know exists. Both Crush and Velocity were optioned by Hollywood, and Velocity was named one of the &“Top 5 Best Books of the Year&” by Library Journal.Twenty Blue Devils (The Gideon Oliver Mysteries #9)
Par Aaron Elkins. 1997
The &“shrewd, witty and self-deprecating forensic anthropologist&” travels to Tahiti to sniff out crime at a coffee plantation (Publishers Weekly).…
The dead man is the manager of Tahiti&’s Paradise Coffee Plantation, producer of the most expensive coffee bean in the world, the winey, luscious Blue Devil. Nothing tangible points to foul play behind his fall from a cliff, but FBI agent John Lau, a relative of the coffee‑growing family, has his suspicions. What he needs is evidence, and who better to provide it than his friend, anthropologist Gideon Oliver, the Skeleton Detective? Gideon is willing to help, but surprisingly—and suspiciously—both the police and the other family members refuse to okay an exhumation order. As a result, Gideon, to his surprise and against his better judgment, finds himself sneaking into a graveyard under cover of night with John, a flashlight, and a shovel—not exactly up to the professional standards of the world&’s most famous forensic anthropologist, but necessary under the circumstances. Gideon prefers his bones ancient, dry, and dusty, but the body he must examine had lain in the tropical sun for a week before it was found and then buried native‑style—shallow, with no casket—so it is not exactly his . . . well, cup of tea. But it is not the state of the remains that bothers him the most, it is the deeper human ugliness that his examination uncovers: subtle clues that do indeed point to foul play, to mistaken identity, and to a murderous conspiracy that may have percolated through the family for decades—and brewed a taste for murder. Twenty Blue Devils is the 9th book in the Gideon Oliver Mysteries, but you may enjoy reading the series in any order.Phyllis
Par Howard Fast. 1962
Two scientists—one American and one Russian—form a pact for nuclear disarmament that threatens to bring civilization to its kneesThe physicists…
met during a nuclear conference in London. Wanting to hurry America and the Soviet Union into nuclear non-proliferation, they each construct a crude atomic bomb, hiding one in New York and one in Moscow, and then they disappear. The United States and the USSR have forty days to renounce nuclear weapons, or two world capitals will burn. The American government chooses police detective Thomas Clancy to save his city. As a cop with a background in physics, he enters the faculty of Knickerbocker University to investigate the American professor. Clancy&’s hope is that Phyllis Goldmark, the vanished physicist&’s former lover, may know some clue to his location. The clock is ticking as the fate of millions rests on the shoulders of Phyllis and Clancy. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Howard Fast including rare photos from the author&’s estate.By Reason of Insanity (The Ben Tolliver Mysteries #1)
Par James Neal Harvey. 1990
A troubled homicide cop chases a killer with an artistic sensibilityMarketing executive Peter Barrows spends his nights scouring Greenwich Village…
for wannabe models. He lures them back to his studio with promises of stardom, getting their hopes up just before he snaps their necks. Then his work begins, arranging their corpses to be photographed, giving them the grace and poise they never possessed in life. Peter Barrows is an artist—and death is his medium.A hard-bitten cop with a secret in his past, Ben Tolliver is obsessed with the Greenwich Village murders. After the third girl is found, he throws himself wholeheartedly into the search for the killer with the camera. Barrows believes that an artist must be willing to sacrifice anything for his work—and as Tolliver is about to find, bringing a crazed killer to justice demands nothing less.