Displaying the top 100 results that match your query. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/rssapi.jsp?browse=true&N=6594+7104+4294966848 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748359 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748353 Chief Inspector Mario Silva and his team have a heavy work load with several high-profile cases. First, a suicide bombing that was apparently the work of a militant Islamist group. Then, a gubernatorial candidate is assassinated in broad daylight at a campaign rally. Could the cases be related? To complicate Silvas investigation, a criminal with a very bad grudge against the Chief Inspector has been released from prison and is plotting ugly revenge-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727223 When the target of an extradition case in Arizona is gunned down, detective Abe Lieberman pursues the killers identity, while priest Bill Hanrahan struggles with a racist and sexist colleague who thwarts a rape investigation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1706643 While investigating the murder of a well-respected barrister who was found dead at a seedy hotel in Crystal Palace, Detective Inspector Gemma James and her partner, Detective Sergeant Melody Talbot, begin to question everything they think they know abouttheir world and those they trust most. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703450 An adrenaline-fueled thriller debut in the tradition of Three Days of the Condor from the famed creator of TVs Law & Order, featuring NYPD Special Agent Jeremy Fisk, who is New York Citys last hope against an ingenious, multi-pronged terrorist attack-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749186 Detective Patrik Hedstrom tackles his toughest investigation yet when a string of suspicious deaths points to a potential serial killer who has turned his eye toward Fjallbacka and her dark forests, where two children vanished decades before. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727232 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749122 As long as Newark Eagle-Examiner reporter Carter Ross turns in his stories on deadline, no one bats an eye if he doesnt wander into the newsroom until 10 or 11 in the morning. So its an unpleasant surprise when hes awakened at 8:38 by a phone call from his boss, telling him a local policeman was killed and Carter will be covering the story, starting immediately. Hes baffled when, hours later, there are still no other reporters at the widows house. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749061 Sergeant Hamish Macbeth pays no mind to a bothersome woman who went out drinking and forgot all the events of the previous evening, until she turns up murdered. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748994 A murder investigation sends a beat cop into the dark side of the city--and of his soul. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699905 Detective Sam Becket pursues the serial killer Black Hole, so named for the way he removes the eyes of his victims, while Sams wife is followed back home from a conference in Europe by a stalker. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749082 Peter Diamond, head of Bath CID, takes a city break in Vienna, where his favorite film, The Third Man, was set, but everything goes wrong, and his companion, Paloma, calls a halt to their relationship. Meanwhile, strange things are happening to jobbing... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727222 Aging Chicago detective Abe Liebermaninvestigates muggers who killed his nephew and woundedthe nephews pregnant wife. As so often happens inpolice work, to catch a criminal one has to make a dealwith another, in this case a violent drug dealer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699615 A sequel to The Truth of All Things finds late-19th century police detective Archie Lean and his half-Native American partner, Perceval Grey, investigating the theft of a recently buried body and the staging of a bizarre occult scene that is linked to a centuries-old magical relic. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727140 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727220 Bernie Sheppard, a Chicago cop, kills his wife and her lover, then barricades himself on top of a building wired with explosives. It is up to Abe Lieberman and his partner, Bill Hanrahan, to resolve the situation. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727229 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748322 When Gerard Etienne turns up dead at the English publishing firm he has just taken over, there is no shortage of suspects. The ruthless new chairman of Peverell Press had a host of enemies : rejected authors, disenchanted colleagues and a discarded lover. Detective Adam Dalgliesh and company untangle this mess, replete with complex dynamics and hiding a killer who wont hesitate to strike again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727226 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749005 A teenage girl is assaulted and raped on a midsummers eve fifteen years ago. Cut to present, and a man is killed in a hit and run. He has no identification on him, he is not reported missing nor wanted by the police. Simultaneously a priest and his wife are found dead in an apparent suicide. Fredrika Bergman and her colleagues are assigned to the seemingly unconnected cases. Skillfully crafted and highly suspenseful, Silenced is a gripping thriller, where the demise of one family is mirrored in the general failure of human rights - and where the casualties of one tragedy abuse the victimes of another-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748321 When lawyer Venetia Aldridge defends a man for murder, the case appears open and shut. But when Aldridge is found dead in her office, Commander Adam Dalgliesh and his team must make sense of events. In the meanwhile, the murders continue. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727519 Chicago police detective Abe Lieberman and his partner, Bill Hanrahan, investigate the kidnapping of the son of a federal witness. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727355 In the night, a young boy goes missing from his bedroom. Police detective Austin Black assures desperate single mother Eva Billows that hell find her son. He has to, so he can put to rest his own harrowing memories. With his search-and-rescue bloodhound, Justice, Austin searches every inch of Sagebrush, Texas. And when Eva insists on helping, Austin cant turn her away. Eva trusts no one, especially police, but this time, Austin--and Justice--wont let her down--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1726901 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1749052 Its the week before Christmas when a lone robber bursts into a busy Glasgow post office carrying an AK-47. An elderly man suddenly hands his young grandson to a stranger and wordlessly helps the gunman fill bags with cash, then carries them to the door. He opens the door and bows his head; the robber fires off the AK-47, tearing the grandfather in two. DS Alex Morrow arrives on the scene and finds that the alarm system had been disabled before the robbery. Yet upon investigation, none of the employees can be linked to the gunman. And the grandfather--a life-long campaigner for social justice--is above reproach. As Morrow searches for the killer, she discovers a hidden, sinister political network. Soon it is chillingly clear: no corner of the city is safe, and her involvement will go deeper than she could ever have imagined-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574606 Vienna, 1903. At St. Florians military school, a young cadet is found dead. Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt calls on his friend, Dr. Liebermann, to help him investigate. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643581 Joey McCarthy is stabbed to death in a pub car park in a random act of violence. Shortly afterwards Charlotte Stones terminally ill mother dies and then, within weeks, two of her teenage friends commit suicide. With her home life disintegrating and both her father and brother racing towards self-destruction Charlotte realises that her own personal nightmare may not be over yet. When DC Gary Goodhew finds the body of another suicide victim he is forced to recall some deeply buried memories of an earlier death; memories which lead him to Charlotte Stone and the events in her life. From their individual points of view they both begin to wonder whether all these tragedies are somehow linked to a bigger picture. And if they are right, then who will be the next victim? http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643445 Renowned bone detective Bill Brockton and his intrepid assistant, Miranda, are about to get immersed in murder and intrigue in Avignon, France, home of the popes for most of the fourteenth century. But first, in this artful prequel to The Inquisitors Key, other mischief is afoot in the ancient walled city. Inspector Ren Descartes of the French National Police is roused from a deep sleep to investigate a break-in at the Petit Palais, Avignons museum of medieval masterpieces. Descartess discovery plunges him into an elaborate, art-lined labyrinth: a labyrinth that leads him to a master forgers studio...and to a charred corpse. Just as hes finally closing the case, Descartes gets called to an even more bizarre death scene, where his path--and his fate--will collide with those of Brockton and Miranda. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639281 A novel on a woman slasher in Nottingham, England. Shes a prostitute who knifes her clients, the last one fatally. Inspector Resnick goes after her. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748826 In a quiet residential area in London, a couple is discovered bound imprisoned in their home. Savagely battered and severely dehydrated, the worst revelation is yet to come: their eight-year-old son has been abducted. But when the body is found and forensic evidence turns the case on its head, revealing a disturbing parallels to events in Detective Cafferys own past, Caffery realizes hes dealing with much more sinister forces than hed anticipated. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1726719 When ambitious MP Raymond Keane is found dead in a frozen lake, Superintendent Lambert and Sergeant Hook soon discover that the politician was adept at making enemies. All the suspects have alibis but, one-by-one, they are challenged by the patient police work of Lambert and Hook. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699500 When big-city cop Grayson Wallace visits an elementary school for career day, he finds his heartstrings unexpectedly tugged by a six-year-old fatherless boy. Gray offers to mentor the child, but widowed mother Elise Lopez wants nothing to do with men in uniform. Now he cant get the struggling Lopezes off his mind. All he can think about is what family means--especially after discovering the identical twin brother he hadnt known he had in Grasslands. Maybe a trip to ranch country is just what he, Elise and little Cory need. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574626 Its 1976. Despite fierce international controversy over whether in vitro fertilization should ever be performed in humans, doctors around the world race to be first to produce a baby through this procedure. Dr. Colin Sanford has a plan. He recruits Dr. Giselle Hearn, an experienced laboratory geneticist-embryologist. Drs. Sanford and Hearn, working secretly, set out to put their names in history books. Unfortunately, a secret that big is hard to keep. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699753 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644514 Max Maguire, a twenty-nine-year-old female detective with the New York Police Department, flies to France to attend the wedding of her friend, Chloe Marceau, at a grand estate east of Paris in the Champagne region. There Max meets an older man, the urbane Olivier Chaumont, and experiences a fairy-tale evening. But when Chloes widowed aunt, the beautiful and successful Lea de Saint-Pern, is found murdered, Max and Olivier are snapped back into their professional roles. To Maxs chagrin, she is banned from an official investigative role, while Olivier, a magistrate, is put in charge of the investigation. She insinuates herself into the victims family until their long-held secrets begin to surface like bubbles in a glass of champagne. After another family member is found dead on the day of Leas funeral however, Max puts her career and her tentative relationship with Olivier in jeopardy as her determination to find the murderer--and prove herself in the process--takes over. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641662 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642546 The most decorated homicide detective in NYPD history, Dave Gurney is still trying to adjust to his life of quasi-retirement in upstate New York when a young woman who is producing a documentary on a notorious murder spree seeks his counsel. Soon after, Gurney begins feeling threatened: a razor-sharp hunting arrow lands in his yard, and he narrowly escapes serious injury in a booby-trapped basement. As things grow more bizarre, he finds himself reexamining the case of The Good Shepherd, which ten years before involved a series of roadside shootings and a rage-against-the-rich manifesto.--Provided by publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699863 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699542 Theres a murderer in the hospital, and nurse Tara Peterson is determined to prove it. With mysterious deaths in the cancer ward, anyone could be next. But no one wants to believe her ... except undercover agent Zach Davis. The murderer wants Taras suspicions silenced, permanently. To protect Tara, Zach lets her in on his secret, and unwittingly into his heart. Tara and her three-year-old daughter are like the family he lost years before. Zach will risk everything to keep them safe, no matter the cost.--Publisher. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707209 Daisy Johnson, whose father was an incubus, works in the Midwestern resort town of Pemkowet where she ensures that all the supernatural creatures living there get along. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699951 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727070 For two women, Ted Bundy, Americas most notorious serial killer is the ultimate obsession. One is a cop whose sister may have been one of Bundys victims. The other is a deranged groupie who corresponded with Bundy in prison- and raised her son to finish what he started. To charm and seduce innocent girls. To kidnap and brutalize more women than any serial killer in history. And to lure one obsessed cop into a trap as sick and demented as Bundy himself--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707214 In a flat near Reykjavik city center, a young man lies dead in a pool of blood although there are no signs of a break-in or any struggle. A purple shawl, found under the bed, gives off a strong and unusual aroma. A vial of narcotics found in the victims pocket among other clues soon lead Erlendurs colleagues down a trail of hidden violence, psychological brutality and of wrongs that will never be fully righted. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1646685 Karin Slaughters new novel is an epic tale of love, loyalty, and murder that encompasses forty years, two chillingly similar murder cases, and a good mans deepest secrets. Will Trent is a brilliant agent with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Newly in love, he is beginning to put a difficult past behind him. Then a local college student goes missing, and Will is inexplicably kept off the case by his supervisor and mentor, deputy director Amanda Wagner. Will cannot fathom Amandas motivation until the two of them literally collide in an abandoned orphanage they have both been drawn to for different reasons. Decades before--when Wills father was imprisoned for murder--this was his home. Flash back nearly forty years. In the summer Will Trent was born, Amanda Wagner is going to college, making Sunday dinners for her father, taking her first steps in the boys club that is the Atlanta Police Department. One of her first cases is to investigate a brutal crime in one of the citys worst neighborhoods. Amanda and her partner, Evelyn, are the only ones who seem to care if an arrest is ever made. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699018 A note that is discovered hidden in a wall cavity of a London hotel leads Detective Inspector Harry Vicary and his team to a burial site containing the charred bones of two men. Their investigation quickly leads them into a dark and brutal world, but who were the dead men and how did they meet their fate? To solve the case Vicary must uncover what happened at a notorious gangland garden party from which two men never returned . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699762 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748441 A peaceful summer night is shattered by gunfire as an unseen assailant tries to murder police officer John Busby. Though horribly wounded, Busby survives. But the perpetrator remains at large, meaning neither Busby, nor his wife, nor their three children are safe. In separate chapters John and his daughter Cylin, who was nine at the time, recount the story of that year. John writes graphically, and movingly, of his wounds, his pain, his multiple surgeries, and his rage... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707175 All but one member of the Spain family lies dead, and its up to Mick Scorcher Kennedy to find out why. Mick must piece together why their house is full of cameras pointed at holes in the walls and how a nighttime intruder bypassed all the locks. Meanwhile, the town of Broken Harbor holds something else for Mick--disturbing memories of a childhood summer gone terribly wrong. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703346 The year is 1857, soon after the tragic Siege of Cawnpore. In the British garrison, a guard is killed and an Indian prisoner escapes, which leads to yet more British deaths. Cries for revenge are overwhelming. Despite no witnesses and no evidence against him, a luckless British medical orderly named John Tallis is arrested as an accomplice. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574716 Psychologist Joe OLoughlin is being pushed away. His marriage is ending. Charlie, his eldest daughter, will barely speak to him. And Charlies rebellious best friend Sienna is getting into more and more trouble, and taking Charlie along for the ride. Sienna has been almost like family to OLoughlin-a troubled child who for years spent more time in the OLoghlin residence than her own home. OLoughlins worst fears are confirmed when Sienna turns up at his front door, traumatized and covered in blood. The police find a major piece of the puzzle at Siennas house: her father Ray Hegarty, a celebrated former police officer, murdered. The blood covering Sienna was her fathers. She cant remember what happened, but, at the same time, doesnt mourn her fathers death. OLoughlin vows to unearth the dark secrets of Siennas mind, hoping his efforts will win back the confidence of a daughter he may be in danger of losing forever. But as the accusations fly, the line between victim and accused begins to blur. When the detective in charge of the case seems all too eager to lay the blame at Siennas feet rather than malign the honor of a respected former colleague, OLoughlin begins to make his own inquiries. But each step he takes toward the truth also brings him closer to the path of a manipulative killer unlike anything he has ever encountered-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542664 After two young women are found dead, both drowned in their own blood, Inspector Harry Hole is compelled to return to Norway to see his dying father and to investigate the brutal crime, which may be the work of a serial killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539230 Lieutenant Detective Decker and his wife, Rina, investigate an apparent teen suicide witnessed by the son of a troubled former friend whom they have welcomed into their home. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699801 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574482 In the depths of winter, a killer stalks the city streets. His victims are two young women, both found with inexplicable puncture wounds. The police are running out of options. Deeply traumatised by a previous investigation, Inspector Harry Hole has lost himself in the squalor of Hong Kongs opium dens. But with his father seriously ill, Harry reluctantly agrees to return to Oslo. He has no intention of working on the case, but his instinct takes over when an MP is found brutally murdered. The victims appear completely unconnected, but its not long before Harry makes a discovery: the women all spent the night in an isolated mountain hostel. And someone is picking off the guests one by one. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642095 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1561710 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1727318 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642526 When three policemen are murdered in the Bath area by a sniper who eludes authorities and younger detectives, Chief Superintendent Peter Diamond embarks on what becomes one of the most dangerous cases of his life. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642362 When a serial killer arrives in Center Springs, Texas retired constable Ned Parker is drawn into the investigation with his nephew Cody, the new constable. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643468 Laura Caxtons battles against the ancient vampire Justinia Malvern have cost her nearly everything--her badge, her freedom, her firends, and family ... maybe even her humanity. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1643441 The sun is shining in Heckley, and DI Charlie Priest is wise-cracking his way through the daily routine. Work is, if not quite relaxed, at least stress-free. The biggest case on the books? A petty thief pinching underwear from the washing-lines of unsuspecting housewives. Charlies pretty confident he can handle it But all good things come to an end and its not long before the clouds roll in. Two people nearly die after eating contaminated food from a local supermarket. The media is alerted, a national scare ensues and its clear that if Charlie doesnt act fast he could be dealing with a mur. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699265 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639596 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748846 Birdman showcases Hayder at her spine-tingling best as beloved series character Jack Caffery tracks down a terrifying serial killer. In his first case as lead investigator with Londons crack murder squad, Detective Jack Caffery is called on to investigate the murder of a young woman whose body has been discovered near the Millennium Dome in Greenwich, southeast London. Brutalized, and mutilated beyond recognition, the victim is soon joined by four others discovered in the same area - all female and all ritualistically murdered. And when the postmortem examination reveals a gruesome signature connecting the victims, Caffery realizes exactly what hes dealing with - a dangerous serial killer. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644100 One hot August day in 1994, 75 holidaymakers are ferried to an uninhabited island off the North Norfolk coast. Only 74 return alive. A young man has been stabbed and left to bleed to death in the islands surf. The case is never solved. Twenty years later, the new chief constable decides the murder is ripe for a re-evaluation using state-of-the-art forensics. DI Peter Shaw is in charge of the case and summons all 75 original suspects to a mass DNA screening. But one of them is unable to attend. Beautiful Marianne Osbourne is found dead in her bed, a wartime cyanide pill lodged in her throat. Is there a link to the 1994 murder?--Jacket. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639311 Returning home to the Amish country she left behind, news photographer Libby Morgan is reunited with police chief Adam Byler, who, striving to keep peace between the Amish and their modern Englischer neighbors, needs her help in finding the person responsible for attacking a young woman. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703360 Captain Carmine Delmonico must find a brilliant killer hiding out in the prestigious and cutthroat world of academia. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699739 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1573940 The crime scene at St. Marguerites cathedral in New Orleans is shocking, even to seasoned detectives like Rick Bentz and Reuben Montoya. A novice nun named Sister Camille has been found dressed in a yellowed bridal gown and viciously garroted, her body covered with an altar cloth. Convinced the police arent doing enough, Camilles sister, Valerie Houston, begins to investigate. But the deeper Vals inquiries go, the more twisted the case becomes. St. Marguerites is far from the tranquil retreat many believe, and everyone, from handsome Father Frank OToole to the mysterious Mother Superior, has their own agenda. Despite their closeness, even Camille had a hidden life Val never suspected. But someone knew about Camilles past and Vals, too. Now she has no choice but to catch a devious, depraved killer intent on purging St. Marguerites of all its sins before she becomes the next victim. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639195 Maggie Wheeler never stopped looking over her shoulder. It was a habit shed learned from being a cop...and from a devastating event in her past. So when John Murdock moved in next door, Maggie didnt know what to make of the sexy marine. But once her son formed a bond with the mysterious stranger, Maggie knew that past might not remain hidden much longer. With his unwavering sense of duty, John would never let a call for help go unanswered. Especially from the beautiful wounded warrior who refused to give up her secrets. Although she likely knew more about who was after her than shed ever let on, John vowed to protect those in need. Only then could he find peace, maybe even a door away. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1485079 Twenty-five years after a gruesome murder rocked Chicago, a local newspaper runs an expos on new evidence in the case, a smear campaign that stirs up bad blood for officer Bobby Vargas and his brother Ruben, a high-ranking detective. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1703253 Ida Rosenkranz is top diva at the Vienna Opera, but shes gone silent for good after an apparent laudanum overdose. Learning of her professional rivalries and her scandalous affairs with older men, Detective Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt and Dr. Max Liebermann suspect foul play instead. Their investigation leads them into dark and dangerous conflicts with Gustav Mahler, the operas imperious director, who is himself the target of a poison pen campaign, and Karl Lueger, Viennas powerful and anti-Semitic mayor. As the peril escalates, Rheinhardt grows further into his role as family man, while Liebermann finds himself at odds with his inamorata, Amelia, whos loosening both her corset and her tongue in the new feminist movement. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699911 For all fans of Gorky Park and The Red Fox, the first mystery in the acclaimed series to star Russian Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov. Investigating the murder of dissident Granovsky should have been easy--except that it happened in Russia. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639101 San Francisco homicide inspector Ben Raveneau, and his ambitious new partner, Elizabeth la Rosa, catch their first case together when a young woman is found strangled in an empty building in China Basin. The victims identity is unknown, a false confession leads nowhere, and the case spins unresolved. Meanwhile, the death of cancer-ridden homicide inspector Ted Whiteacre raises questions about an old case Whiteacre solved years before when he arrested troubled software engineer Cody Stoltz following a love triangle murder. Raveneau pulls the files, re-interviews Stoltz, and see darks threads reaching from past to present. Then a second corpse is found with a gunshot wound to the head. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748919 Second Sunrise is the first in a series of novels featuring Lee Nez, an undead hero who lives in a world where magic and monsters are all too real. The Thurlos skill at evoking Southwestern settings and Navajo philosophies and lifestyles combines with their ability to create strong plots and solid characters in this fast-paced, action-filled story of supernatural suspense. Sixty years ago New Mexico patrolman Lee Nez and his partner foiled the hijacking of an American military convoy transporting nuclear material. At the end of the firefight, all of the soldiers and Lees partner were dead-and Lees life was forever transformed. Now a nightwalker, the Navajo equivalent of a vampire, Lee lives with one foot in the human world and one in a world full of monsters. In 2002, Lee Nez is a cop again, now known as Leonard Hawk. His more-than-human abilities have made him the target of murderous Navajo witches-skinwalkers-who want his powers for themselves. When cool, capable FBI agent Diane Lopez questions Lee about an incident on the Navajo Reservation, Lee cant tell her than the people he killed that night were skinwalkers out for his blood. Lee and Diane are attacked by a wolf pack. Diane is stunned when the wolf she shoots shapeshifts into a woman before dying. On the run, Lee tells Diane of his true nature-and that he is convinced the vampire who made him one of the undead has returned to New Mexico in the guise of German Air Force pilot Wolfgang Muller. Muller has been much too close to the place where Lee hid the plutonium six decades ago-a trap for the vampire, set with the inhuman patience of a nightwalker. Using police and FBI resources as well as Navajo healing magics and his own supernatural powers, Lee and Diane hunt for Muller and his undead offspring. Muller was to sell the nuclear material to the highest bidder-what does he care if some humans blow up some other humans, as long as he can find fresh sources of blood? When Muller takes Diane captive, Lee swears he wont lose another partner to the vampires evil. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699958 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1726731 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1700128 When the body of herdsman Sean OFarrell is discovered, DS Den Cooper is more than happy to cast a local farmer in the role of chief suspect. After all, it is well-known that there was no love lost between the farmer and the victim. And besides, Den has a little grudge of his own... http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1542761 When Police Colonel Vikorn puts Sonchai in charge of the highest profile criminal case in Thailand--ending trafficking in human organs--Sonchai suspects his boss of ulterior motives. And, of course, hes right: Vikorn is running for governor of Bangkok, and his American handlers insist that he needs a dramatic crime-fighting success right now. But just as Vikorn predicts, Sonchais goody-two-shoes Buddhist conscience takes over. The sting operation begins. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639095 Introducing veteran Scotland Yard Chief Inspector Peter Cammon, this novel finds Cammon journeying to the Jurassic Coast to solve a seemingly ordinary domestic crime. At first glance, the perpetrator appears to have murdered his wife before drowning in the English Channel, but Cammon soon learns that his case is merely a sideshow. A broader series of murders has been unfolding along the cliffs, baffling the local police. Realizing that his assignment cannot be completed without figuring out the serial killings that threaten the region, the detective travels from London, Dorset, and Devon to the island of Malta, relentlessly following the overlapping threads of the two cases to their shocking climax. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644050 On a residential Bay Area block struggling with the collision of gentrifier condos and longtime residents, stymied recent MFA grad Philip Kim is sleeping the night away when bullets fly through a window in his apartment building and end up killing one of his neighbors. Philip only learns about the murder the next day when bored and Googling himself. But when he gets caught up in the investigation he becomes the focus of an elaborate, violent scheme. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748928 Lee Nez is a nightwalker-a Navajo vampire-and a New Mexico state police officer. Investigating cop-killing smugglers who are bringing in jewels and silver from Mexico, Lee is teamed once again with sexy FBI agent Diane Lopez, who knows Lee is a vampire and is attracted to him nonetheless. The smugglers are Navajo shapeshifters or skinwalkers-and the cop and the FBI agent must kill them all without revealing that the smugglers are werewolves or that Lee is a vampire. Complicating matters, Lee is being stalked by a pair of vampire assassins who want revenge on him for killing their leader. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639909 A novel on youth violence in Britain, the villain being a 15-year-old boy specializing in robbing the old. Soon after his arrest he is found hanging, then the investigating police officer is killed. Inspector Resnick sets out to find the connection. A social novel as well as a mystery. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639278 Theres a slasher loose in the corridors of a large urban hospital. His knowledge of anatomy is matched by his skill with a surgical blade, and his attacks are fast, furtive, and fatal. Among a welter of suspects, its Resnicks job to keep him from killing again. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1641592 There was a live body on her morgue table. Macy Kleyn hadnt expected to find a perfectly healthy Rowe Cusack lying inside a body bag. The man claimed to be a DEA agent whod escaped from prison by faking his own death. But despite using a disguise, someone knew the truth. Now they wanted to keep Rowe locked up inside. For good. Taking a civilian on the run went against Rowes lawman code, but leaving Macy behind could mean putting her in even greater danger. On their own, they were targets, but together they might still have a fighting chance. Its a chance hes willing to take in order to protect the one person he could trust--and the one woman he was falling for. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1748825 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1574765 Unraveling the madness behind L.A.s most baffling and brutal homicides is what sleuthing psychologist Alex Delaware does best. And putting the good doctor through his thrilling paces is what mystery fictions #1 bestselling master of psychological suspense Jonathan Kellerman does with incomparable brilliance. Kellermans universally acclaimed novels blend the addictive rhythms of the classic police procedural with chilling glimpses into the darkest depths of the human condition. For the compelling proof, look no further than Victims--Kellerman at his razor-sharp, harrowing finest. Not since Jack the Ripper terrorized the London slums has there been such a gruesome crime scene. By all accounts, acid-tongued Vita Berlin hadnt a friend in the world, but whom did she cross so badly as to end up arranged in such a grotesque tableau? One look at her apartment-turned-charnel house prompts hard-bitten LAPD detective Milo Sturgis to summon his go-to expert in hunting homicidal maniacs, Alex Delaware. But despite his finely honed skills, even Alex is stymied when more slayings occur in the same ghastly fashion. yet with no apparent connection among the victims. And the only clue left behind--a blank page bearing a question mark--seems to be both a menacing taunt and a cry for help from a killer baffled by his own lethal urges. Under pressure to end the bloody spree and prevent a citywide panic, Milo redoubles his efforts to discover a link between the disparate victims. Meanwhile, Alex navigates the secretive world of mental health treatment, from the sleek office of a Beverly Hills therapist to a shuttered mental institution where he once honed his craft--and where an unholy alliance between the mad and the monstrous may have been sealed in blood. As each jagged piece of the puzzle fits into place, an ever more horrific portrait emerges of a sinister mind at its most unimaginable--and an evil soul at its most unspeakable. This one was different, Alex observes at the start of the case. This one will haunt his waking life, and his darkest dreams, long after its end-- http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699752 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699953 The violent and inexplicable murder of an old man in his bathtub and the theft of a worthless candlestick send Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov on a hunt into the past . http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699668 In 1918 Britain, Detective Inspector Ernest Hardcastle investigates after a dead man is found in the River Thames, but the mans flirtatious wife, a supposed South African actor, and a bevy of other suspects complicate matters. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699541 Crime scene investigator Destiny Richardson receives the shock of her life when she finds her sister dead in a bathtub. Detective Logan Cavanaugh thinks its an open-and-shut suicide case. But Destinys convinced her sister was murdered. And shes not about to have some arrogant cop tell her otherwise--even if he is the sexiest man shes ever met. Logan knows its pointless trying to convince Destiny that its against the rules to work on a relatives case. The crime scene investigator is as stubborn as she is gorgeous. Besides, Logan wouldnt mind getting to know her better. When it becomes apparent that theres a serial killer on the loose, Logan is bent on protecting the woman hes falling in love with. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1642679 Unjust accusations shattered Blake Redmonds big-city police career, and destroyed everything around him. Now, all this sheriff lives for is keeping watch over his small Texas town, until Amanda Hawthorne and her five-year-old son come fleeing out of a snowstorm with killers on their trail. The terror Blake sees in the young boys eyes makes Blake swear to protect him and his injured mother. But winning Amandas trust is as difficult as resisting the passion drawing him to this beautiful, determined woman. With their every move thwarted and time running out, the only way Blake can clear his name and save this little family is to confront his own dangerous past, no matter what the cost--P. [4] of cover. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1700632 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1707179 Convalescing in New Orleans, troubled detective Dave Robicheaux is visited by Tee Jolie Melton, who leaves him an iPod containing a single tune: My Creole Belle. Obsessed with the song, Dave is caught in a confluence of events when Tee Jolies sister is found dead and an oilwell blowout threatens the bayou. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1539213 Troubled Scotland Yard inspector Ian Rutledge wrestles with a startling and dangerous case that reaches far into the past when a false confession from a man who is not who he claims to be leads to a brutal murder. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644345 http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1562061 When San Antonio becomes a dumping ground for the battered bodies of young women, Texas Ranger Logan Raintree must use his powerful ability to commune with the dead and lead a brand-new group of elite paranormal investigators to solve this disturbing case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1699463 Dockerty police chief Orwell Brennan has his hands full. The towns mayor keeps trying to use him for re-election while her slick, out-of-town challenger is smearing him every chance he gets. Meanwhile, Brennans middle daughter is getting married soon, his youngest is starting to notice boys, his wife has him on a diet, and someone keeps stealing his favorite cookies. Things take an ironic turn for the worse when a Toronto police officer, who was in town to investigate a local murder, is killed in his hotel room. The victim was about to interview the eccentric local dance teacher - a former Russian ballet star who has dark secrets in her past, some unsavory associates, and a slippery way with the truth. One of Brennans officers teams up with the dead cops ex-partner, and the two uncover a ring of shady pawnbrokers, crooked cops, and Russian thugs, all of whom are after one thing: the Sacred Ember, a very rare ruby once owned by the Tsarina herself. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1639100 Detective Chief Inspector Monika Paniatowskis bitter personal history with Chief Superintendent Tom Kershaw makes her resent the emphasis being put on finding his wife, who has apparently been kidnapped following an automobile accident, and when young prostitute Grace Meade also disappears, Monika sees enough similarities to justify widening her search, even though she has been told to devote her time to the Kershaw case. http://www.phoenixpubliclibrary.org/record.jsp?R=1644531 Inspector Sejer investigates the delivery of a threatening postcard that coincides with the discovery of a child who was found covered in blood but unharmed in her stroller.