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Into the Investigation August 2022
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Broken Places by Tracy ClarkFormer Chicago cop-turned-private investigator Cass Raines tackles a spate of vandalism at a local church where she discovers the dead bodies of a priest and a gang member and resolves to bring their killer to justice
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Line of sight
by James Queally
This debut novel from an award-winning crime reporter follows a former crime reporter-turned-private investigator who, for the first time in his life, finds himself on the wrong side of the law when he comes into possession of a controversial, inflammatory video of police brutality.
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China trade
by S. J. Rozan
Chinese American private investigator Lydia Chin tackles a baffling case of deception, murder, and gang war after she is called in to investigate a theft from New York City's Chinatown Museum
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The lost ones
by Sheena Kamal
Contacted by the desperate adoptive parents of the child she gave up 15 years earlier, Nora teams up with her mutt companion and embarks on a search through the streets of Vancouver, only become enmeshed in a puzzling conspiracy. A first novel.
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The cut : a novel
by George P. Pelecanos
After returning home from serving in Iraq, Spero Lucas makes a living doing special investigations for a defense attorney and catches the attention of a high-profile crime boss who offers Lucas a high paying job he cannot refuse
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The missing American
by Kwei Quartey
Turning private detective when her ambition to be a police officer is dashed, Emma Djan teams up with a first client to search for a man whose disappearance is linked to the email scams and fetish priests of Ghana.
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Born for Trouble : The Further Adventures of Hap and Leonard by Joe R. Lansdale"In Edgar Award winner Joe R. Lansdale's newest Hap and Leonard story collection, the boys are back with more righteous ass-kickings, highly improbable adventures, and disastrous fishing trips. These never before collected tales showcase the popular not-so dynamic duo who are little bit older, but not a whole lot wiser--Hap and Leonard were truly born for trouble"-- Provided by publisher.
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Windy City Blues
by Sara Paretsky
No-nonsense detective V.I. Warshawski is back on the case, as she copes with a newfound cousin's score to settle, a friend suspected of killing a professional rival and stealing his priceless statue, a murderous high-school classmate, and her beautician's run in with murder. Reprint.
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August Snow
by Stephen Mack Jones
A debut mystery by an award-winning playwright finds mixed-race Detroit police officer August Snow winning a wrongful dismissal case, only to return to the city 12 years later to discover that his innumerable enemies have scores to settle.
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The truth behind the lie
by Sara Lövestam
After her young daughter disappears, a desperate mother turns to an undocumented Iranian refugee moonlighting as a private investigator, an expert at living and working off the grid, to help her locate her little girl before its too late.
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Storm front
by Jim Butcher
A modern-day mage and consultant to the police finds his stale life suddenly enlivened by the presence of a rival in the black arts. Original.
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IQ
by Joe Ide
A resident of one of LA's toughest neighborhoods who solves cases the LAPD ignores investigates threats against a rap mogul, a case that becomes more dangerous as he encounters a vengeful ex-wife and a lunatic hit man. Reprint. Winner of the Anthony, Macavity and Shamus Awards. AB. K. LJ.
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The last place you look
by Kristen Lepionka
Hired by the sister of a man on death row who swears he is innocent of the murders of his missing girlfriend and her parents, private investigator Roxane Weary, reeling from her police officer father's death in the line of duty, links sightings of the missing girl to one of her late father's cold cases.
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The long fall
by Walter Mosley
Getting by as an old-school private investigator in spite of Manhattan's increasingly sophisticated culture, Leonid McGill finds his commitment to living a straight-and-narrow life repeatedly tested when he attempts to obtain seemingly harmless information for a high-paying client.
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Case histories : a novel
by Kate Atkinson
Private detective Jackson Brodie finds his own need for resolution sparked by three investigations including those of two sisters who discover a shocking clue to the disappearance of their third sister thirty years earlier, a lawyer whose life is turned upside-down when his daughter joins the firm, and a woman whose past mistakes and demanding family life culminate in a violent escape. 30,000 first printing.
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