Sequel to Black Notice. Chandonne has been arrested, but Medical Examiner Kay Scarpetta's problems are just beginning. She's under suspicion and criminal investigation. The Werewolf murders may have extended to New York City and into the darkest corners of her past. When a tough female prosecutor is brought into the case, Scarpetta struggles to make the truth known against a mountain of unnerving evidence to the contrary. Where do you go when there's nowhere left? The Last Precinct, of course...
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When a priest dies in a mysterious fall from atop a statue of Tutankhamun, many consider the death a fateful one for the fourteen year old Pharaoh. Indeed, the Hittites are at Eygpt's borders and the late Akhenaton's enemies have transferred their hatred to the new young Pharaoh. Under the luxury of the court at Thebes lurk viciousness, evil and murder. Until the enemies of the living god are destroyed, he is not safe...
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12,000 miles away, in the heart of the Australian outback, a man disappears. His English wife flies out to investigate - the first step in a journey through a nightmare of deception, rape and murder, with a terrifying chase across the savage and remorseless Australian outback.
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In the Welsh mountain village of Gwytherin lies the grave of Saint Winifred. Now, in 1137, the head of Shrewsbury Abbey has decided to acquire the remains for his Benedictine Order. Brother Cadfael is sent on the expedition to translate and finds the villagers of Gwytherin divided by the Benedictine's offer for the saint's relics. Canny and all too worldly, he isn't surprised when this taste for bones leads to bloody murder. The leading opponent to moving the grave has been shot dead with a mysterious arrow and some say Winifred herself held the bow. Brother Cadfael knows this is a carnal killing but he doesn't know his plan to unearth a murderer might dig up a case of love and justice - where the wages of sin may be scandal or Cadfael's ruin.
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Three near death escapes in three days - is it accident or design? And then a fourth mysterious event occurs, leaving no doubt that some sinister hand is striking at Miss Buckley, the charming young owner of End House. Unfortunately for the murderer, Hercule Poirot is at hand to unravel the mystery. Cover art by Tom Adams. -
Lindsay Boxer, San Francisco's only woman homicide detective, is ready to reconvene the Women's Murder Club when a little girl is shot outside a church. They start to track a mystifying killer - one who quickly turns his pursuers into victims. Further murders lead them to suspect the killer is an ex-cop, but nothing will prepare them for the demented logic behind the killer's choice of victims. -
When notorious investigative journalist Rhoda Gradwyn booked into Mr. Chandler-Powell's private clinic in Dorset for removal of a disfiguring and long-standing scar, she had every prospect of a successful operation by a distinguished surgeon, a week's peaceful convalescence in a beautiful Dorset manor house and the beginning of a new life. She would not leave Cheverell Manor alive. Dalgliesh and his team, called in to investigate the murder and later a second death are confronted with problems even more complicated that the question of guilt or innocence.
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The lady calling had the voice of an angel. She looked like one too, but she was on the road to a private hell. When ex-lawyer and star athlete Eddie Priest receives a cry for help from the victim of a scare campaign, he doesn't take it seriously - but after her suspicious death, Eddie can't back away. A man is missing in the sugarcane fields of Florida and someone's trying to eliminate all traces - till an inquisitive woman stirs up a hornet's nest of greed and corruption. Now there's a violent 'enforcer' on the loose, clearing up and settling scores. And by the time he completes his nightmare agenda, the cane fields will be watered with blood.
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A year ago Jamie Kincaid learnt that her beloved cousin Nate had been murdered, beaten to death in what police suspect was a drug deal gone wrong. He was found by his childhood friend Dillon - who's always been the baddest of the bad boys, leading Nate astray. Jamie believes he has the answers to her questions about Nate's death. She shows up unannounced on his doorstep, and Dillon is as dangerous and seductive as ever. Then things start disappearing. Strange accidents happen. Dillon knows more than he's saying...
