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Meet Donald 'Lucky' Gibson. He's considered one of the best detectives around, until he joins his new unit, a team of corrupt cops who are just as bad as the criminals they are supposed to be catching. Lucky soon falls into the trap and becomes one more thug with a badge. After an innocent black man is killed by his white partners, Lucky testifies against them. He uses the media to expose his dirty team, including his captain and the commissioner....
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Alex Cross novels volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 15
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"The double kidnapping of the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress and the young son of the Secretary of the Treasury is only the beginning! Gary Soneji is a murderous serial kidnapper who wants to commit the crime of the century. Alex Cross is the brilliant homicide detective pitted against him. Jezzie Flanagan is the female supervisor of the Secret Service who completes one of the most unusual suspense triangles in any thriller you have ever read"--Publisher....
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When it comes to law and order, East Texas plays by its own rules--a fact that Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, knows all too well. Deeply ambivalent about growing up black in the lone star state, he was the first in his family to get as far away from Texas as he could. Until duty called him home. When his allegiance to his roots puts his job in jeopardy, he travels up Highway 59 to the small town of Lark, where two murders--a black lawyer from...
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Alex Cross novels volume 14
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2008.
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IL: UG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 10
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Believing he is investigating the work of a horrible new breed of killer when he encounters a murder scene of particular violence at the home of his oldest friend, Detective Alex Cross finds himself entangled in the deadly Nigerian underworld of Washington, D.C
5) Double cross
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Alex Cross novels volume 13
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IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 10
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Rejoining the police force in the wake of a series of elaborate murders in Washington, D.C., Detective Alex Cross, teaming up with his girlfriend and colleague, finds himself also working to outmaneuver the attention-seeking killer's penchant for inducing hysteria with increasingly sensational killings
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Alex Cross novels volume 10
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
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When the world's largest cities are seized by terrorists who threaten to set off bombs, Alex Cross heads a joint investigation by the FBI, CIA, and Interpol to outmaneuver two vicious criminals
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"After years of working as an FBI agent, Titus Crown returns home to Charon County, land of moonshine and cornbread, fist fights and honeysuckle. Seeing his hometown struggling with a bigoted police force inspires him to run for sheriff. He wins, and becomes the first Black sheriff in the history of the county. Then a year to the day after his election, a young Black man is fatally shot by Titus's deputies. Titus pledges to follow the truth wherever...
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Darktown novels volume 2
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""Reads like the best of James Ellroy." --Publishers Weekly (starred review, on Darktown) "Mullen is a wonderful architect of intersecting plotlines and unexpected answers." --The Washington Post, on Darktown From the acclaimed author of The Last Town on Earth comes the gripping follow-up to Darktown. Officer Denny Rakestraw and "Negro Officers" Lucius Boggs and Tommy Smith have their hands full in a rapidly changing Atlanta. It's 1950 and racial...
9) Cross fire
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Alex Cross novels volume 17
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IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 10
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As Alex Cross tries to plan his wedding, an elusive gunman is killing crooked D.C. politicians, and Cross must battle with FBI agent Max Siegel over jurisdiction as he tries to crack the case--until Cross finds out his arch enemy Kyle Craig is in town and doesn't plan on leaving until Alex and his family are dead
10) Guide me home
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Highway 59 volume 3
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"In this ... culmination of the award-winning Highway 59 trilogy, Detective Darren Mathews is pulled out of an early retirement to investigate the case of a missing Black college student from an all-white sorority and soon finds a town that will stop at nothing to keep its secrets hidden."-- Provided by publisher.
11) Kiss the girls
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Alex Cross novels volume 2
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"Join Alex Cross in his most terrifying murder case yet in this #1 New York Times bestseller and inspiration for the upcoming Cross series on Amazon Prime! In Los Angeles, a reporter investigating a series of murders is killed. In Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a beautiful medical intern suddenly disappears. In the sequel to Along Came a Spider, Washington D.C.'s Alex Cross is back to solve the most baffling and terrifying murder case ever. Two clever...
12) Heaven, my home
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Highway 59 volume 2
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Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
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2019.
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The thrilling follow-up to the award-winning Bluebird, Bluebird Texas Ranger Darren Matthews is on the hunt for a boy who's gone missing--but it's the boy's family of white supremacists who are his real target.rget.
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Berger and Mitry mysteries volume 5
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
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2006.
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English
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New York film critic Mitch Berger joins forces with police officer Desiree Mitry to investigate the inexplicable killing of a homeless man
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Berger and Mitry mysteries volume 1
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St. Martin's Minotaur
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[2001]
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English
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New York film critic Mitch Berger teams up with Connecticut State policewoman Desiree Mitry when he unearths a corpse at his rented summer cottage
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Berger and Mitry mysteries volume 8
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Minotaur Books
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2011.
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English
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When his quiet-loving neighbors protest the arrival of a suspended NFL linebacker in Dorset, Des Mitchell struggles to maintain the peace and is forced to investigate the near-drowning of his sister-in-law.
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Berger and Mitry mysteries volume 6
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St. Martin's Minotaur
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2008.
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English
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Dorset, Connecticut, trooper Desiree Mitry's investigation of a possible drug cartel is complicated by the disappearance of a prominent history professor, and her difficult relationships with both her ex-husband and New York film critic Mitch Berger
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Berger and Mitry mysteries volume 2
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2002.
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English
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A new resident of wealthy Dorset, Connecticut, with his African American lover, Desiree Mitry, New York film critic Mitch Berger finds himself investigating a homicide when the daughter of a famed American sculptor is found murdered
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Berger and Mitry mysteries volume 3
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
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2003.
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English
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After having recently located to the Connecticut gold coast, New York film critic Mitch Berger finds his new life compromised by his state trooper girlfriend, Desiree Mitry's investigation into a movie star's murder for which Mitch and his closest friends are implicated
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Berger and Mitry mysteries volume 4
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Thomas Dunne Books
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2004.
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English
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Attending a party at the replica site of a historic castle, Berger and Mitry find themselves trapped with other guests in the wake of an ice storm, a situation that turns deadly when the guests begin dying off
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Jesse Stone is back on the job after a stint in rehab, and the road to recovery is immediately made bumpy by a series of disturbing and apparently racially motivated crimes, beginning with the murder of an African American woman. Then, Jesse's own deputy Alisha--the first black woman hired by the Paradise police force--becomes the target of a sophisticated frame-up. As he and his team work tirelessly to unravel the truth, he has to wonder if this...
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