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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
When two women are found murdered in the nation's capital, crime reporter Joe Wilcox invents a serial killer stalking the city, but the sudden appearance of his mentally ill brother, Michael, leads Joe to suspect that Michael could be the real thing.
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Capital crimes series volume 18
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
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Capital crimes series volume 19
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
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Language
English
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It ain't over till the fat lady sings--but the show hasn't even started yet when a diva is found dead. The soprano in question, a petite young Asian Canadian named Charise Lee, was scarcely a star at the Washington National Opera. But when the aspiring singer is stabbed in the heart backstage during rehearsals, she suddenly takes center stage. Georgetown law professor Mac Smith thought he'd just be carrying a rapier in Tosca as a favor to his beloved...
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English
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When Brixton takes on a twenty-year-old murder case, he figures he's got nothing to lose. It's not long before the trail leads him deep into the corrupt underbelly of Savannah's power elite-- and right into the lap of a secret government organizations that been offing "troublesome" politicians for decades.
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Leaving an airport near New York, a D.C.-bound commuter plane falls to earth. At almost the same time, another crash occurs. Firmly ruling out coincidence, investigators seek means and motive. The means are soon apparent; small-scall weaponry with large-scale impact. Max Pauling, a State Department investigator, seasoned, good-looking, and hard to fool, quicly takes off on a trail still as warm as the smoking wreckage.
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English
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"During a gala benefit for the Democratic Party's hottest presidential hopeful at the glittering Kennedy Center, a young woman dies, a victim of quick and brutal violence. The murder weapon belongs to the candidate. The chief suspect is the candidate's son. The dynamic campaign of Senator Kenneth Ewald has collided with a tragedy that can send his son to jail--and wreck his own career. George Washington University law professor Mac Smith comes out...
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Series
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
©2018.
Language
English
Description
David Portland's life is upended when his son Trevor dies mysteriously in Nigeria, while employed by a suspicious security/mercenary company. Information he learns will send Portland down a rabbit-hole of deadly deception - one which he hopes will lead him to the truth about his son's death. Meanwhile, Robert Brixton has been hired to look into a fraudulent charity and a criminal warlord in Nigeria. Their interconnected cases will take Brixton to...
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Random House
Pub. Date
1998.
Language
English
Description
Sleuth Mac Smith flies to Mexico on a fact-finding tour as the White House seeks to formulate a policy towards Mexican revolutionaries. Prompting the trip is the spread of violence, including murder, all the way to Washington.
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