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Detectives Who Served: Veterans in Mysteries and Thrillers
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Robicheaux: A Novel
by James Lee Burke
Struggling with PTSD, alcoholism and wrenching loss, Dave Robicheaux discovers that he may have committed a homicide he is investigating and endeavors to clear his name and make sense of the killing.
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Jack Reacher series by Lee Child Reacher is a former major in the Army Military Police Corps. Now a civilian, he is not officially a detective but rather a “knight-errant,” helping others who have been wronged. First in series: Killing Floor, 1997. Most recent:
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The Midnight Line: A Jack Reacher Novel
by Lee Child
Spotting a hard-won women's West Point class ring in a pawn shop, Jack Reacher fights a biker gang and a South Dakota gangster to discover the truth about the ring and why its owner sold it.
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Line of Sight
by Mike Maden
Jack Ryan Jr. finds that the scars of war can last a lifetime in the latest entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series. Twenty years ago, Dr. Kathy Ryan restored the eyesight of a young Bosnian girl who had been injured during an attack in the Balkan War. Today, her son, Jack Ryan Jr. has decided to surprise his mother by tracking down the young lady. What he finds shocks them both.
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Harry Bosch series by Michael Connelly Bosch is a Los Angeles police homicide detective and a Vietnam veteran who served as a “tunnel rat” during his two tours of duty. First in series: The Black Echo, 1992. Most recent:
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Two Kinds of Truth
by Michael Connelly
An investigation into the murder of a young pharmacist leads Harry Bosch and San Fernando's detective squad into the big-business world of pill mills and prescription drug abuse at the same time an old case from Bosch's days with the LAPD returns to haunt him.
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Elvis Cole/Joe Pike series by Robert Crais This series features private detectives, former ranger Elvis Cole and his partner, former marine Joe Pike. First in series: Monkey’s Raincoat, 1987. Most recent:
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The Wanted
by Robert Crais
Investigator Elvis Cole and his partner, Joe Pike, embark on a seemingly simple case involving a client who fears her troubled teen son is dealing drugs, an investigation that reveals the young man's dangerous role in a string of high-end burglaries that have resulted in a murder and a disappearance. By the award-winning author of The Promise.
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Black and White Ball: An Amos Walker Mystery
by Loren D Estleman
A first crossover novel stars fan-favorite private investigator Amos Walker and hit man Peter Macklin, who are struggling to protect Macklin's estranged wife from a murderous killer who may or may not be Peter's own son.
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Bob Lee Swagger series by Stephen Hunter Swagger served three tours in Vietnam as a marine sniper. He leaves military service after a war injury but is called upon to assist government operations in his continuing adventures. First in series: Point of Impact, 1993. Most recent:
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G-Man
by Stephen Hunter
A conclusion to the best-selling Swagger family saga finds the grandson of talented gunfighter Charles Swagger discovering a cache of his mysterious grandfather's FBI memorabilia and resolving to discover his progenitor's fate before realizing that he is being stalked.
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J.P. Beaumont series by J. A. Jance Beaumont is a Seattle police homicide detective and Vietnam veteran. First in series: Until Proven Guilty, 1985. Most recent:
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Proof of Life
by Judith A Jance
When his longtime nemesis dies in what is officially declared an accidental fire, uncomfortably retired J. P. Beaumont is unexpectedly dragged into an ensuing investigation at the request of the deceased. By the author of the Joanna Brady series.
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Easy Rawlins series by Walter Mosley Rawlins is a private investigator and WWII veteran in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. The series begins in 1948 and continues through the 1960s. First in series: Devil in a Blue Dress, 1990. Most recent:
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Charcoal Joe: An Easy Rawlins Mystery
by Walter Mosley
Easy Rawlins' plans to marry his girlfriend and start a new detective agency interrupted by the case of a promising Stanford student who in the face of daunting evidence has been charged with the race-related murder of a white man.
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The Room of White Fire
by T. Jefferson Parker
A marine-turned-private investigator struggling from the recent death of his wife races against time to track down a shattered young soldier who has escaped from a mental institution and who possesses a dangerous secret. By the three-time Edgar Award-winning author of Crazy Blood.
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Spenser series by Robert B. Parker, continued by Ace Atkins Boston private detective Spenser, like author Parker, served in the infantry during the Korean War. First in series: The Godwulf Manuscript, 1973. Most recent:
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Robert B. Parker's Old Black Magic
by Ace Atkins
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 twenty years after the priceless paintings disappeared from one of Boston's premier art museums. Most thought the art was lost forever, buried deep, sold off overseas, or, worse, destroyed as incriminating evidence. But when paint chips from the most valuable piece stolen, Gentlemen in Black by a Spanish master, arrives at the desk of a Boston journalist, the museum finds hope and enlists Spenser's help. Soon the cold art case thrusts Spenser into the shady world of black market art dealers, aged Mafia bosses, and old vendettas. A five-million-dollar-reward by the museum's top benefactor, an aged, unlikable Boston socialite, sets Spenser and pals Vinnie Morris and Hawk onto a trail of hidden secrets, jailhouse confessions, and decades-old murders.
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Inspector John Rebus series by Ian Rankin Rebus served in the British Army and trained with special forces. He is an Edinburgh police inspector. This series established a hard-boiled detective style known as “tartan noir.” First in series: Knots and Crosses, 1987. Most recent:
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Rather Be the Devil: A Novel
by Ian Rankin
Maverick investigator John Rebus gains dangerous enemies upon reopening a cold case from the 1970s involving the murder of a wealthy socialite.
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Spymaster
by Brad Thor
Across Europe, a secret organization has begun attacking diplomats. Back in the United States, a foreign ally demands the identity of a highly placed covert asset. In the balance hang the ingredients for all-out war. With his mentor out of the game, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath must take on the role he has spent his career avoiding. But, as with everything else he does, he intends to rewrite the rules—all of them
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Key West Connection
by Randy Wayne White
When his family is brutally murdered by drug runners, ex-Navy SEAL-turned-fisherman Dusky MacMorgan, calling upon his training in the lethal arts, unleashes a deadly campaign of vengeance against the men responsible, including a corrupt U.S. Senator who lives by his own law.
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