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22) The cheater
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Series
Lily Forrester novels volume 3
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
The third book in the Lily Forrester series.
23) Livid
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Forensic pathologist Kay Scarpetta has just inherited one of the most notorious cases of her career. Two years ago, a former beauty queen's body washed up on the shore of Wallops Island, Virginia. She was last seen on a boat with her fianč, who has since been held in jail while awaiting trial. Scarpetta must act as the expert witness for the case, an investigation previously botched by another forensic pathologist. After a grueling cross-examination...
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English
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"First published in 1952, The Widow of Bath offers intricate puzzles, international intrigue, and a richly evoked portrait of post-war Britain, all delivered with Bennett's signature brand of witty and elegant prose. This edition includes an introduction by CWA Diamond Dagger Award-winning author Martin Edwards. Hugh Everton was intent on nothing more than quietly drinking in the second-rate hotel he found himself in on England's south coast-and then...
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English
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"New York Timesbestselling author Joseph Finder returns with an explosive new thrillerabout a female judge and the one personal misstep that could lead to her--and her family's--undoing. It was nothing more than a one-night stand. Juliana Brody, a judge in the Superior Court of Massachusetts, is rumored to be in consideration for the federal circuit, maybe someday the highest court in the land. At a conference in a Chicago hotel, she meets a gentle,...
27) Winter's child
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Series
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English
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It's one month after their wedding, and the future looks bright for Judge Deborah Knott and Sheriff Deputy Dwight Bryant--until a disturbing call from Dwight's 8-year-old son Cal calls him back to Virginia.When he arrives, he is shocked to find that his ex-wife has left the boy alone for almost 24 hours. Worse, as Dwight tries to confront her, she takes the child and leaves town without a word. As Dwight embarks on an all-points search, Deborah hurries...
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English
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"No one is more surprised than Judge Deborah Knott by her engagement to her childhood friend Dwight Bryant. Stressed out by the impending marriage, Deborah agrees to fill in for a vacationing judge in the hills of Cedar Gap. With its fresh mountain air and gorgeous fall foliage, it's the perfect place to clear her head ... until a local doctor is brutally murdered. Presiding over the probable cause case against the main suspect, Deborah decides the...
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English
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"First published in 1942, this reissue of one of Carr's most highly rated mysteries featuring series detective Gideon Fell offers readers a tense and enjoyable game of cat and mouse between the detective and the chief suspect. When the police arrive at the holiday bungalow of the haughty Justice Ireton to find a man killed by gunshot and the high court judge brandishing a pistol, the case seems as straightforward as it is scandalous. Yet, with the...
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Series
Deborah Knott volume 3
Publisher
Oconee Spirit Press
Pub. Date
©2017.
Language
English
Description
In North Carolina, Judge Deborah Knott investigates the death of Tink Taylor, a local fisherman who was a voice of reason in the dispute between commercial fishermen and real estate developers.
31) Nappily faithful
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Series
Venus Johnston series volume 4
Language
English
Description
"Hoping to get away from emotional baggage in Los Angeles, Venus and Jake move to Atlanta. Yet the constant cloud of the past follows them: a difficult pregnancy and Jake being charged for the murder of his accountant. Though Jake never spent one night in jail, he fears the case will be reopened and he'll once again have to fight for his freedom. And the timing couldn't be worse since Airic, the biological father of Venus' daughter Mya, suddenly demands...
Author
Series
Starlight Detective Agency mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Poisoned Pen Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Astrological detective David Lowell must use his charts and knowledge to solve the murder of a federal judge in a New York City parking garage. Joined by his daughter, Melinda, a young defense attorney; his hacker sidekick Mort; vivacious assistant Sarah; and bodyguard Andy, Lowell is a race against time to prove the innocence of Johnny Colbert, a loud-mouthed bartender wrongly accused of the crime. Birth charts and street smarts help Lowell sort...
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Publisher
Little Brown & Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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The jailhouse lawyer: A young lawyer takes on the judge who is destroying her hometown--and ends up in jail herself. In picture-perfect Erva, Alabama, the most serious crimes are misdemeanors. Speeding tickets. Shoplifting. Contempt of court. Then why is the jail so crowded? And why are so few prisoners released? There's only one place to learn the truth behind these incriminating secrets. Sometimes the best education a lawyer can get is a short stretch...
34) Good intentions
Author
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Judge Jim Thompson's world is unraveling. He's facing public backlash on a decision-gone-wrong for a young boy in foster care and, even worse, he's just discovered that his mentor, Judge Meyer, has been murdered. Despite his self-doubt in the face of media scrutiny, Jim is determined to continue his friend's legacy and find his killer. As he digs into the mysterious death, Jim comes across a case that had haunted the judge for decades. Judge Meyer...
35) The catch
Author
Series
US Marshals novels volume 3
Publisher
Revell, a division of Baker Publishing Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"An Amber Alert meant to rescue a child puts two lives in danger, forcing Madison and Jonas into a race to find a woman who wants to stay hidden, a baby who needs to be found, and a murderer they've been tracking for years"--
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Series
Judge Dee mysteries volume 5
Publisher
Perennial
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
In this, the second book in Robert van Gulik's classic mystery series of ancient China, Judge Dee must look into the murder of his predecessor. His job is complicated by the simultaneous disappearance of his chief clerk and the new bride of a wealthy local shipowner.
Meanwhile, a tiger is terrorizing the district, the ghost of the murdered magistrate stalks the tribunal, a prostitute has a secret message for Dee, and the body of a murdered monk is...
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Series
Christmas Tree Ranch volume 2
Publisher
Kensington books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Veterinarian J.T. "Rush" Rushford isn't looking forward to Christmas. A year ago Rush's wife divorced him for another man, then broke his heart by revealing that four-year-old Claire was her lover's child. Now he's in Branding Iron, Texas, with his mobile vet practice, just hoping to get through the season. Then something like a Christmas miracle happens: Claire's parents are going on an extended cruise, leaving Rush to take her for the holidays....
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Series
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"When a justice of the Supreme Court is killed by the police officer assigned to protect him, the country is shocked. Hayley Chill's superiors suspect the assassination is part of a major conspiracy. In Maui, where one member of the Supreme Court owns a vacation home, a busload of children is taken hostage with the justice's death as ransom. Together with a deputy US marshal, Hayley embarks on the monumental task of rescuing the children while also...
Author
Publisher
Scarlet
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
The line between justice and revenge blurs when a judge takes the law into her own hands.
"The Honorable Alice D. McKerrity is no stranger to violence... But there's something about this trial--a defendant charged with the murder of a pregnant woman--that affects her as no other case ever has... As the trial progresses, Alice's life starts to unravel... Then she makes a shocking discovery that sends her on a collision course with her past... she...
40) Game of the gods
Author
Publisher
Tor, A Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Max Cone is a renowned military commander and judge, but all he really wants is a life outside politics. When one leader gives Cone a powerful device that predicts the future, he doesn't want to believe the prophecy: that the world will soon end, and he is to blame. Soon after, his wife and children are taken, his allies are killed, and his friends are imprisoned. With the world descending into a cataclysmic global war, every nation wants Cone on...
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