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1st to Die
1st to Die
Patterson, James, 1947-2001
Books, Manuscripts
As the only woman homicide inspector in San Francisco, Lindsay Boxer has to be tough. But nothing she has seen prepares her for the horror of the honeymoon murders, when a brutal maniac begins viciously slaughtering newlywed couples on their wedding nights.
2 sisters detective agency
2 sisters detective agency
Patterson, James, 1947-2021
Books, Manuscripts
Attorney Rhonda Bird returns home after a long estrangement when she learns her father has died. There she makes two important discoveries: her father stopped being an accountant and had opened up a private detective agency, and she has a teenage half sister named Baby. Baby brings in a client to...
2 sisters murder investigations
2 sisters murder investigations
Patterson, James, 1947-2025
Books, Manuscripts
Rhonda and Barbara 'Baby' Bird are half-sisters - and full partners in their Los Angeles detective agency. They agree on nothing. Rhonda, a former attorney, takes a by-the-book approach to solving crimes, while teenage Baby relies on her street smarts. But when they take a controversial case of a...
[6 copies, 9 reserves]
206 bones
206 bones
Reichs, Kathy2010
Books, Manuscripts
A routine case turns sinister when Dr Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy of a missing heiress. Someone has made an incriminating accusation and before Tempe can get to the one man with information he turns up dead.
206 bones
206 bones
Reichs, Kathy2009
Books, Manuscripts
You have an enemy, Dr Brennan. It is in your interest to learn who placed that call. A routine case turns sinister when Dr Temperance Brennan is accused of mishandling the autopsy of a missing heiress.
20th victim
20th victim
Patterson, James, 1947-2020
Books, Manuscripts
Three victims, three bullets, three cities. Simultaneous murders in LA, Chicago, and San Francisco - SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's jurisdiction. The shooters are precise, as is their target selection. Each one of the men and women down excels at an illegal and deadly activity that is dominating p...
20th victim
20th victim
Patterson, James, 1947-2021
Books, Manuscripts
Three victims, three bullets, three cities. Simultaneous murders in LA, Chicago, and San Francisco - SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer's jurisdiction. The shooters are precise, as is their target selection. Each one of the men and women down excels at an illegal and deadly activity that is dominating p...
21st birthday
21st birthday
Patterson, James, 1947-2021
Books, Manuscripts
When a distraught mother pleads with San Francisco Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas to investigate the disappearance of her daughter Tara and baby granddaughter Lorrie, Cindy immediately loops in SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The prime suspect is Tara's schoolteacher husband, Lucas Burke, but he te...
21st birthday
21st birthday
Patterson, James, 1947-2022
Books, Manuscripts
When a distraught mother pleads with San Francisco Chronicle reporter Cindy Thomas to investigate the disappearance of her daughter Tara and baby granddaughter Lorrie, Cindy immediately loops in SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The prime suspect is Tara's schoolteacher husband, Lucas Burke, but he te...
22 dead little bodies
22 dead little bodies
MacBride, Stuart2015
Books, Manuscripts
CID isn't what it used to be. It's a been a bad week for acting Detective Inspector Logan McRae. Every time his unit turns up to anything interesting, DCI Steel's Major Investigation Team waltzes in and takes over, leaving CID with all the dull and horrible jobs. Like dealing with Mrs Black - who...
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