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Hold Tight

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When 16 year old Adam Baye begins acting strangely after his friend Spencer commits suicide, his parents Mike and Tia install spyware on his computer.  They find a cryptic message warning Adam to be quiet and all will be safe.  Adam disappears, two women are violently murdered  and the Bayes' nieighborhood seems to be full of secrets.

Staying Home Is a Killer

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This is the second book in a series.  Stay at home mom and military wife Ellie Avery is convinced that her friend Penny didn't commit suicide.  A second woman dies and a third is hospitalized after being poisoned.  Ellie starts looking for the killer, with her adorable toddler daughter in tow, and finds herself the victim  of alarming incidents.  '

Turn Up the Heat

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Payback

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This is the third book in a series.  The first two are Missing and Suspect.  Months after Kate Fairfax's father, Ron Raven, has disappeared and been presumed dead, her estranged boyfriend Luke Savarini claims he has seen Ron in a restaurant.

The Broken Window

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When criminalist Lincoln Rhyme's cousin Arthur is arrested for murder, Arthur's wife Judy comes to LIncoln for help and he reluctantly agrees to help.  As Lincoln investigates with the help of his partner, police officer Amelia Sachs, he finds other cases similar to his cousin's.  In each case, police received an anonymous tip which led them to a defendant who had evidence in his house which mat

Blue Smoke and Murder

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River guide Jill Breck saves the life of the one of the top operatives for St.  Kilda Consulting.  The grateful father tells her to call if he can ever help her in any way.   After Jill's  great aunt dies in a mysterious fire, questions arise about the collection of paintings the family has had for years.  After Jill's life is threatened, she kills St.  Kilda's for help.  Operative Zach B

Playing With Fire

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A World Too Near

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Pressed to Kill

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Drycleaner Mandy Dyer knows something is up when one of her customers, Ardith Brewster, starts bringing bright new clothes to be cleaned instead of the dowdy garments she formerly wore.  Ardith says there's a new man in her life but won't give any details except that she had met him at the open house Mandy hosted at the store.  Ardith is murdered a short time later and Mandy suspects the kille

For the Love of Mike

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In New York City in 1901 Irish immigrant Molly Murphy is trying to become a female PI.  She is finding it difficult until she is asked to investigate two cases - the missing daughter of a wealthy English landowner in Ireland and the theft of dress  designs from a New York garment maker.  To uncover the design thief Molly goes undercover in a sweatshop working with other immigrants.  She is app

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