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-- Eleventh hour2012., Adult, Little, Brown Call No: FIC PAT Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Women's Murder ClubSummary Note: Detective Lindsay Boxer must investigate a murder that could include any of her friends as the killer. At the same time she is under attack in the press and must also take care of her unborn child.
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c2011., Adult, Zondervan Call No: FIC STR Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Chicago judge Reese McKelvie and megachurch pastor Eric Snow challenge each other for a U.S. senate seat vacated as the result of corruption, and find themselves trying to keep the lid on their own misdeeds--a task made more difficult by a down-on-his-luck lawyer with an incriminating tape, and an investigate reporter with a grudge.
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2022., Adults, Doubleday Books Call No: FIC GRI Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: For most of the last hundred years, Biloxi was known for its beaches, resorts, and seafood industry. But it had a darker side. It was also notorious for corruption and vice, everything from gambling, prostitution, bootleg liquor, and drugs to contract killings. The vice was controlled by small cabal of mobsters, many of them rumored to be members of the Dixie Mafia. Keith Rudy and Hugh Malco grew up in Biloxi in the sixties and were childhood friends, as well as Little League all-stars. But as teenagers, their lives took them in different directions. Keith’s father became a legendary prosecutor, determined to “clean up the Coast.” Hugh’s father became the “Boss” of Biloxi’s criminal underground. Keith went to law school and followed in his father’s footsteps. Hugh preferred the nightlife and worked in his father’s clubs. The two families were headed for a showdown, one that would happen in a courtroom.
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[2023]., Adult, Doubleday Call No: FIC WHI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "It s 1971. Trash piles up on the streets, crime is at an all-time high, the city is careening towards bankruptcy, and a shooting war has broken out between the NYPD and the Black Liberation Army. Amidst this collective nervous breakdown furniture store owner and ex-fence Ray Carney tries to keep his head down and his business thriving. His days moving stolen goods around the city are over. It s strictly the straight-and-narrow for him until he needs Jackson 5 tickets for his daughter May and he decides to hit up his old police contact Munson, fixer extraordinaire. But Munson has his own favors to ask of Carney and staying out of the game gets a lot more complicated and deadly. 1973. The counter-culture has created a new generation, the old ways are being overthrown, but there is one constant, Pepper, Carney s endearingly violent partner in crime. It s getting harder to put together a reliable crew for hijackings, heists, and assorted felonies, so Pepper takes on a side gig doing security on a Blaxploitation shoot in Harlem. He finds himself in a freaky world of Hollywood stars, up-and-coming comedians, and celebrity drug dealers, in addition to the usual cast of hustlers, mobsters, and hit men. These adversaries underestimate the seasoned crook to their regret. 1976. Harlem is burning, block by block, while the whole country is gearing up for Bicentennial celebrations. Carney is trying to come up with a July 4th ad he can live with. ('Two Hundred Years of Getting Away with It!'), while his wife Elizabeth is campaigning for her childhood friend, the former assistant D.A and rising politician Alexander Oakes. When a fire severely injures one of Carney s tenants, he enlists Pepper to look into who may be behind it. Our crooked duo have to battle their way through a crumbling metropolis run by the shady, the violent, and the utterly corrupted."--Book jacket.
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2011., Adult, Little, Brown Call No: FIC CON Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Harry Bosch is soon approaching a forced retirement from the LAPD when he finds himself investigating a rape case from 1989 and a possible murder case.
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2012, c2009., Adult, Vintage Books Call No: FIC LAR Edition: 1st Vintage crime/Black Lizard ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Vintage crime/Black LizardSummary Note: Lisbeth Salander, recovering in a Swedish hospital from a gunshot wound, calls upon journalist Mikael Blomkvist to help prove her innocence in the murders of three people; but in order to do so, he must uncover a long-buried conspiracy within the Swedish Secret Service.
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[2021]., Adults, Doubleday Call No: FIC GRI Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: As an investigator for the Florida Board on Judicial Conduct, Lacy Stoltz sees plenty of corruption among the men and women elected to the bench. In The whistler, she took on a crime syndicate that was paying millions to a crooked judge. Now, in The judge's list, the crimes are even worse. The man hiding behind the black robe is not taking bribes-but he may be taking lives."--Provided by publisher.
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By Atkins, Ace[2015]., Adult, G. P. Putnam's Sons Call No: FIC PAR Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryClick here to view Series Title: Robert B. Parker's Spenser novel series Volume: 28Summary Note: "P.I. Spenser, knight-errant of the Back Bay, returns in this stellar addition to the iconic New York Times-bestselling series from author Ace Atkins. What started out as a joke landed seventeen-year-old Dillon Yates in a lockdown juvenile facility in Boston Harbor. When he set up a prank Twitter account for his vice principal, he never dreamed he could be brought up on criminal charges, but that's exactly what happened. This is Blackburn, Massachusetts, where zero tolerance for minors is a way of life. Leading the movement is tough-as-nails Judge Joe Scali, who gives speeches about getting tough on today's wild youth. But Dillon's mother, who knows other Blackburn kids who are doing hard time for minor infractions, isn't buying Scali's line. She hires Spenser to find the truth behind the draconian sentencing. From the Harbor Islands to a gated Florida community, Spenser and trusted ally Hawk follow a trail through the Boston underworld with links to a shadowy corporation that runs New England's private prisons. They eventually uncover a culture of corruption and cover-ups in the old mill town, where hundreds of kids are sent off to for-profit juvie jails. "--
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2011., Adult, Grand Central Pub. Call No: FIC BRO Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Honor Gillette discovers Lee Coburn, the man responsible for killing seven men the night before, lying in her front yard and is forced to comply with the armed stranger, who tells Honor that she and her daughter, Emily, are in danger due to something of great value that her late husband, a police officer, has hidden.
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2012., Adult, St. Martin's Press Call No: FIC PAL Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: After Dr. John Meacham goes on a shooting spree at his office most of the blame falls to Dr. Lou Welcome, who counseled Meacham years before when his medical license was revoked but when Welcome begins to investigate the incident he finds evidence that leads directly to the White House.
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By McMann, Lisa2023., 8 to 12, G.P. Putnam's Sons Call No: Y MCM Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: The forgotten five Volume: 3.Summary Note: "A group of supernatural kids faces off against a corrupt politician and the supernatural adults he has recruited to aid him in his misdeeds."
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[2003], c1989., Adult, Warner Books Call No: MYS HIA Edition: Warner Books ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Forty-two-year-old former Florida state investigator Mick Stranahan, having just speared an intruder with a stuffed marlin head, realizes that someone wants him dead, but it is going to take a lot of work to sort through the long list of suspects.
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-- Smoke screen.2019., Adults, Grand Central Publishing Call No: FIC JOH Edition: First Edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Eve Duncan Volume: #25.Summary Note: In this heart-pounding thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen, forensic sculptor Eve Duncan journeys to Africa to help families torn apart by a violent attack deep in the jungle -- but she may be putting herself in more danger than she knows. A journalist shows up on Eve Duncan's doorstep with a plea for help. Jill Cassidy has just come from a small African village with a heart wrenching story: half the villagers -- many of them children -- have been killed in a horrific attack by guerilla soldiers, the bodies burned beyond recognition. Now, the families desperately need Eve's help to get closure and begin to heal. But when Eve arrives in the remote jungle, she begins to suspect that Jill's plea may have been a cover story for a deeper, more sinister plot. Isolated and unsure who she can trust, Eve finds herself stranded in an unstable country where violence threatens to break out again at any moment and with only her own instincts to rely on if she hopes to get home to her family alive... #1 New York Times bestselling author Iris Johansen is back with one of her most exhilarating and dangerous adventures yet in this powerful high-stakes thriller.
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-- Book two.[2018], Young Adult, Simon & Schuster BFYR Call No: YA SHU Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Arc of a Scythe Volume: #2Summary Note: Rowan and Citra take opposite stances on the morality of the Scythedom, putting them at odds, and the Thunderhead is not pleased.
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2023., Adult, HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: FIC ARC Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "THE TOWER OF LONDON… Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, when the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the Crown Jewels across London. SCOTLAND YARD… For decades, the elite squad at Scotland Yard have been in charge of the operation. And for decades, it’s run like clockwork. THE HEIST… But this year, everything is about to change. Because a master criminal has set his sights on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history—and with a man on the inside, the odds are in his favor. Unless the team can stop him before it’s too late…" --publisher's website.
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c2006., Adult, Simon & Schuster Call No: FIC CRA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Max Holman, just out of prison, hopes to be able to reconcile with his adult son, now a Los Angeles policeman, but his future freedom is threatened when he learns his son has been killed and he risks everything to find out what really happened.
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[2023]., Adults, HarperCollinsPublishers Call No: FIC WIN Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "A reluctant ex-spy with demons of her own, Elinor finds herself facing down one of the most dangerous organized crime gangs in London, ultimately exposing corruption from Scotland Yard to the highest levels of government"--
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c2004., Adult, Warner Books Call No: FIC MEL Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Bored congressional aides Matthew Mercer and Harris Sandler are invited to join the Zero Game, a contest in which players bet on seemingly inconsequential matters such as how many times a senator will say a certain word, but they find themselves pursued by a determined assassin when they question the outcome of what they thought was a sure-thing wager on the sale of an abandoned South Dakota gold mine.