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Stephanie Plum has decided to quit her job as a bounty hunter. She wants something safe. She wants something normal. She’s tired of creeps, weirdos, and stalkers. Then just when she thinks she’s out, they pull her back in.
The Wonder Spot
“Nothing comes easily to Sophie Applebaum, the black sheep of her family trying to blend in with the herd. Uneasily situated between two brothers, Sophie first appears as the fulcrum and observer of her clan in “Boss of the World.” Then, at college, in “The Toy Bar,” she faces a gauntlet of challenges as best […]
Crusader’s Cross : a Dave Robicheaux Novel
Publisher Weekly Review: Starred Review. Superb writing and a throbbing pace lift two-time Edgar-winner Burke’s powerful, many-layered 14th Dave Robicheaux novel (after 2003’s Last Car to Elysian Fields), which involves venal and arrogant members of a wealthy family that can trace its lineage to fifth-century France as well as the machinations of the New Orleans […]
Burned : a Regan Reilly Mystery
On the opening pages of Burned, Regan Reilly gets a call from Kit, urging her to come to Hawaii for one last girls’ weekend before she ties the knot. The snowstorm of the century is blanketing the East Coast. Regan can’t get to New York to visit her fiance, Jack “no relation” Reilly, and Kit […]
Marker
“Twenty-eight-year-old Sean McGillian is the picture of health, until he fractures his leg while in-line skating in New York City’s Central Park. Within twenty-four hours of his surgery, he dies.” “A thirty-six-year-old mother, Darlene Morgan, has surgery to repair a torn ligament in her knee. And within twenty-four hours, she is dead.” “New York City […]
The Forgotten Man
“Los Angeles, 3:58 A.M.: Elvis Cole receives the phone call he’s been waiting for since childhood. Responding to a gunshot, the LAPD has found an injured man in an alleyway. He has told the officer on the scene that he is looking for his son, Elvis Cole. Minutes later, the man is dead.” “Haunted throughout […]
The Twelfth Card : a Lincoln Rhyme Novel
Killing machine Thompson Boyd is after high school student Geneva Settle, and it’s up to detective Lincoln Rhyme and his protegee to figure out why. Deaver’s stunning twists strike at the very heart of the U.S. Constitution.