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O Is For Outlaw O Is For Outlaw
by Sue Grafton
Hardcover: Oct 1999
Paperback: 1 Jan 2001
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Kinsey's fifteenth excursion into the dark side of human nature.
Hard Time Hard Time
by Sara Paretsky
Hardcover: Sep 1999
Paperback: 1 Sep 2000
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V.I. Warshawski returns in a case that forces her to go head-to-head with one of the world's largest providers of private security and prison services.
McNally's Dilemma McNally's Dilemma
by Vincent Lardo
Hardcover: Jul 1999
Paperback: 1 Jul 2000
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Palm Beach private investigator Archy McNally takes on the murder of a socialite and uncovers a thorny tangle of blackmail and deceit, south Florida style. Vincent Lardo continues the series started by Lawrence Sanders.
Tripwire Tripwire
by Lee Child
Hardcover: Jul 1999
Paperback: 1 Jun 2000
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Lee Child confirms his early acclaim with this tale, as swift and stylish as any suspense novel being written today.
High Five High Five: A Stephanie Plum Mystery
by Janet Evanovich
Hardcover: Jun 1999
Paperback: 1 Jun 2000
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Signing on as an intern with entrepreneurial Super Bounty Hunter Ranger, Stephanie ventures into Ranger's mostly morally correct and marginally legal operations.
Worst Fears Realized Worst Fears Realized
by Stuart Woods
Hardcover: Sep 1999
Paperback: 1 Apr 2000
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Stone Barrington is Back in an explosively fun novel - an enthralling tension filled tale that will continue to thrill Woods' growing legions of readers.
Seize The Night Seize The Night
by Dean Koontz
Hardcover: Jan 1999
Paperback: 1 Nov 1999
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In Moonlight Bay, California, children are disappearing. The police cannot be trusted to solve their mystery, because in Moonlight Bay the purpose of the police is often to conceal the crime.
All Through The Night All Through The Night: A Suspense Story
by Mary Higgins Clark
Hardcover: Oct 1998
Paperback: 1 Oct 1999
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Another Christmas season mystery that will keep readers turning the pages -- all through the night.
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The riveting confession of a woman awakened, transformed, and betrayed by passion and desire for a world beyond her own.
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