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A man named Doll2021
Summary: Happy Doll is a charming, if occasionally inexpert, private detective living just one sheer cliff drop beneath the Hollywood sign with his beloved half-Chihuahua half-Terrier, George. A veteran of... more »- place hold (0)
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Lullaby: a Spenser novel2012
Summary: "Spenser takes up a seemingly open and closed cold case at the behest of a street-wise 16 year old girl, who believes her mother's murderers went free. As Spenser digs deeper into the mystery, he... more »- place hold (0)
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Robert B. Parker's Wonderland2013
Summary: Henry Cimoli and Spenser have been friends for years, yet the old boxing trainer has never asked the private eye for a favor. Until now. A heavy-handed developer is trying to buy up Henry's condo on... more »- place hold (0)
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Robert B. Parker's cheap shot : a Spenser novel2014
Summary: "The iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser returns in an outstanding new addition to the New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins. Kinjo Heywood is one of the New England... more »- place hold (0)
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Robert B. Parker's kickback2015
Summary: What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank Twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he... more »- place hold (0)
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Little white lies2017
Summary: "Boston PI Spenser and right hand Hawk follow a con man's trail of smoke and mirrors in the latest entry of the iconic crime series. After conning everyone from the cable news shows to the local... more »- place hold (0)
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Old black magic : a Spenser novel2018
Summary: "Iconic, tough-but-tender Boston PI Spenser delves into the black market art scene to investigate a decades-long unsolved crime of dangerous proportions. The heist was legendary, still talked about... more »- place hold (0)
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Slow burn2016
Summary: "The fire at a boarded-up Catholic church raged hot and fast, lighting up Boston's South End and killing three firefighters who were trapped in the inferno. A year later, as the city prepares to... more »- place hold (0)
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Borderline : the Arcadia Project2016
Summary: "A cynical, paraplegic screenwriter with borderline personality disorder gets recruited to join a secret organization that oversees relations between Hollywood and Fairyland in the first book of a... more »- place hold (0)
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Impostor syndrome2018
Summary: Three months ago a rift between agents in London and Los Angeles tore the Arcadia Project apart. With both fey Courts split down the middle, London is putting the pieces in place to quash the... more »- place hold (0)
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Phantom pains2017
Summary: Four months ago, Millie left the Arcadia Project after losing her partner Teo to the lethal magic of an Unseelie fey countess. Now, in a final visit to the scene of the crime, Millie and her former... more »- place hold (0)
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Staff PickAll the queen's men : a novel2022
Summary: Amateur detective Queen Elizabeth II is back. At Buckingham Palace, the autumn of 2016 presages uncertain times. The Queen must deal with the fallout from the Brexit referendum, a new female prime... more »- place hold (0)
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The black-eyed blonde2014
Summary: "Raymond Chandler's incomparable private eye is back, pulled by a seductive young heiress into the most difficult and dangerous case of his career"It was one of those summer Tuesday afternoons when... more »- place hold (0)
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The silver swan : a novel2009
Summary: Irascible Dublin pathologist Quirke gets in over his head when an old acquaintance asks him to investigate the apparent suicide of his young wife, Deirdre Hunt, and Quirke uncovers some dangerous secrets that had been better off hidden.- place hold (0)
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A drop of the hard stuff : a Matthew Scudder novel2011
Summary: After a childhood friend is shot down while attempting to atone for past sins, Scudder is drawn into a murder investigation that threatens to upset his path toward recovery--and get him killed in the process.- place hold (0)
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A long line of dead men : a Matthew Scudder novel1994
Summary: Matthew Scudder investigates a secret, private club in Manhattan whose members suddenly start dying, when it becomes obvious that someone is trying to kill them all. 100,000 first printing. $75,000 ad/promo. Tour. - Amazon- place hold (0)
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A walk among the tombstones2012
Summary: Matt Scudder wields his own brand of guerilla justice against kidnappers who have taken a drug dealer's wife.- place hold (0)
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Now you see me2012
Summary: Stumbling onto a murder scene that a reporter likens to the crimes of Jack the Ripper, young detective constable Lacey Flint races against time to prevent additional deaths and realizes that the killer is taunting her with secrets from her past.- place hold (0)
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Robert B. Parker's Damned if you do : a Jesse Stone novel2013
Summary: "The woman on the bed was barely out of her teens. She wasn't exactly beautiful, but she'd tried to make the most of her looks. And now, alone in a seedy beachfront motel, she was dead. Paradise... more »- place hold (0)
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Robert B. Parker's Fool me twice2012
Summary: When a visiting actress becomes the subject of a death threat, Jesse and the rest of the Paradise police department go on high alert. And when Jesse witnesses a horrifying collision caused by a... more »- place hold (0)
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Killing the blues2011
Summary: Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stone's investigation of a violent series of car thefts is complicated by political pressures, the summer tourist season, and the questionable goals of an ambitious PR executive.- place hold (0)
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The fabulous clipjoint2021
Summary: In the rough edges of 1940s Chicago, the discovery of a corpse in an alleyway isn't always enough to cause a big stir -- especially when the victim is killed in the midst of a night-long bender,... more »- place hold (0)
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Burning angel : a novel1995
Summary: Defending an African-American farm family from local mobsters who want their land, Cajun detective Dave Robicheaux travels from his native New Orleans to Central America in pursuit of a notorious gambler and hit man. - Amazon- place hold (0)
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Robicheaux : a novel2018
Summary: "Dave Robicheaux is a haunted man. From the acts he committed in Vietnam, to his battles with alcoholism, to the sudden loss of his beloved wife, Molly, his thoughts drift from one irreconcilable... more »- place hold (0)
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The track of sand2010
Summary: Montalbano wakes from strange dreams to find a gruesomely bludgeoned horse carcass in front of his seaside home. When his men come to investigate, the carcass disappears, leaving only a trail in the... more »- place hold (0)
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Apaches1997
Summary: Remember these names: Boomer. Dead-Eye. Pins. Geronimo. Reverend Jim. Mrs. Columbo. They were great cops. The best cops. But they are cops no more.Now they are apaches--a renegade unit working on... more »- place hold (0)
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The big sleep2002
Summary: Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is working for the Sternwood family. Old man Sternwood, crippled and wheelchair-bound, is being given the squeeze by a blackmailer and he wants Marlowe to make the... more »- place hold (0)
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The high window1993
Summary: Ed Bishop stars as Philip Marlowe in this powerfully atmospheric BBC Radio dramatization of Raymond Chandler's novel about the cynical, world-weary, wise-cracking shamus whose honesty in a dishonest... more »- place hold (0)
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Inherit the Dead : a novel2013
Summary: Pericles "Perry" Christo is a PI with a past--a former cop, who lost his badge and his family when a corruption scandal left him broke and disgraced. When wealthy Upper East Side matron Julia... more »- place hold (0)
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Tripwire2010
Summary: Jack Reacher is not pleased when Costello, a private detective, comes nosing around asking questions about him. Determined to keep out of trouble, Reacher conceals his identity. But when he finds... more »- place hold (0)
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Robert B. Parker's Blind spot2014
Summary: "Police Chief Jesse Stone is back in the remarkable new installment of the New York Times-bestselling series. It's been a long time since Jesse Stone left L.A., and longer still since the tragic... more »- place hold (0)
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Colorblind : a Jesse Stone novel2018
Summary: Jesse Stone is back on the job after a stint in rehab, and the road to recovery is immediately made bumpy by a series of disturbing and apparently racially motivated crimes, beginning with the murder... more »- place hold (0)
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Debt to pay : a Jesse Stone novel2016
Summary: "All is quiet in Paradise, except for a spate of innocuous vandalism. Good thing, too, because Jesse Stone is preoccupied with the women in his life, both past and present." --- place hold (0)
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The Devil wins : a Jesse Stone novel2015
Summary: In the wake of a huge storm, three bodies are discovered in the rubble of an abandoned factory building in an industrial part of Paradise known as The Swap. One body, a man's, wrapped in a blue tarp,... more »- place hold (0)
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Where it hurts2016
Summary: Gus Murphy thought he had the world all figured out. A retired Suffolk County cop, Gus had everything a man could want: a great marriage, two kids, a nice house, and the rest of his life ahead of... more »- place hold (0)
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Mad money2023
Summary: In "Spree" : Nolan, the reformed thief, has finally gotten his life in order. He has a restaurant and a beautiful lady friend. Then Coleman Comfort shows up and makes things clear immediately. He and... more »- place hold (0)
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Quarry's blood2022
Summary: The professional hitman known as Quarry has put killing behind him. But after a beautiful writer of true-crime bestsellers drops by to announce he's the subject of her next book, killers descend to... more »- place hold (0)
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Skim deep2020
Summary: The onetime world-class thief Nolan -- now happily gone straight with his own restaurant/nightclub -- whisks his longtime lover Sherry off to Vegas for a trip to a wedding chapel and a honeymoon... more »- place hold (0)
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Tough tender2022
Summary: Sometimes you bury the past. Sometimes it buries you. Every professional thief knows you never return to the scene of a crime. But what if you have no choice? Veteran thief Nolan and his young... more »- place hold (0)
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