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Search results: The best new books - Book reviews & excerpts from exceptional police procedural mysteries
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Cold Pursuit
by T Jefferson Parker
Hardcover: Apr 2003
Paperback: 1 Oct 2004
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| A hard-hitting thriller of murder, vengeance, and secret passions that will keep readers spellbound. |
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Dead Famous: A Kathleen Mallory Thriller
by Carol O'Connell
Hardcover: Sep 2003
Paperback: 7 Sep 2004
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| An FBI agent is killed and the jurors from a controversial trial are murdered one by one. The only connections between the two are a flamboyant shock-jock and a woman whose job is to clean up crime scenes. |
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Exit Wounds
by J.A. Jance
Hardcover: Jul 2003
Paperback: 1 Aug 2004
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| A powerful tale that explores the darkest corners of human nature, revealing the grievous injuries inflicted behind locked doors, the unseen wounds that bleed and destroy and never heal. |
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The Voice of The Violin: An Inspector Montalbano Mystery
by Andrea Camilleri
Hardcover: Nov 2003
Paperback: 1 Jul 2004
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| The Sicilian detective, Inspector Salvo Montalbano, is on the search for the killer of a young woman. Among the suspects are her aging husband, a famous doctor; a shy admirer (now disappeared) and her lover - an antiques dealer from Bologna. However, it is a mysterious, reclusive violinist who holds the key. |
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Naked Prey
by John Sandford
Hardcover: May 2003
Paperback: 12 May 2004
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| Two people are found hanging from a tree. A black man and a white woman, and they're naked. 'Lynching' is the word that everybody's trying not to say, but the murders are not what they appear to be, and they are not the end of the story. There is much worse to come. |
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Shutter Island
by Dennis Lehane
Hardcover: Apr 2003
Paperback: 7 Apr 2004
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| The closer Teddy and Chuck get to the truth, the more elusive it becomes, and the more they begin to believe that they may never leave Shutter Island. Because someone is trying to drive them insane. |
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Uniform Justice: Guido Brunetti Mystery Series
by Donna Leon
Hardcover: Aug 2003
Paperback: 6 Apr 2004
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| A riveting, pitch-perfect murder mystery—the work of a truly masterful storyteller. Conjuring contemporary Venice in exquisite and alluring detail, this is widely hailed as the finest installment yet of the Commissario Guido Brunetti series. |
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Monkeewrench: (UK title: Want To Play?)
by P.J. Tracy
Hardcover: Apr 2003
Paperback: 1 Apr 2004
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| The odd-ball crew of a software company create a computer game where the good guy always wins, but their game becomes a nightmare when someone starts duplicating the fictional murders in real life. |
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