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False Impression by Why was an elegant lady brutally murdered the night before 9/11? Why was a successful New York banker not surprised to receive a woman's left ear in the morning mail? Why did a top Manhattan lawyer work only for one client, but never charge a fee? Why did a young woman with a bright career steal a priceless Van Gogh painting?Why was an Olympic gymnast paid a million dollars an assignment when she didn't have a bank account? Why was an honors graduate working as a temporary secretary after inheriting a fortune? Why was an English Countess ready to kill the banker, the lawyer and the gymnast even if it meant spending the rest of her life in jail? Why was a Japanese steel magnate happy to hand over $50,000,000 to a woman he had only met once?  Why was a senior FBI agent trying to work out the connection between these eight apparently innocent individuals? All these questions are answered in Jeffrey Archer's latest novel, False Impression, but not before a breathtaking journey of twists and turns that will take readers from New York to London to Bucharest and on to Tokyo, and finally a sleepy English village, where the mystery of Van Gogh's last painting will finally be resolved. And only then will readers discover that Van Gogh's Self-portrait with Bandaged Ear has a secret of its own that acts as the final twist in this unforgettable yarn.
Call Number: ARCISBN: 9780312353728Publication Date: 2006-03-07The Lost Bird by After the murder of an elderly priest, Father John thinks the bullet was meant for him. Consumed with anger and guilt, he is determined to find the murderer--even if he risks his life. From the bestselling author of The Story Teller.
Call Number: MYS COEISBN: 9780425170595Publication Date: 1999-10-01The King of Lies by John Hart creates a literary thriller that is as suspenseful as it is poignant, a riveting murder mystery layered beneath the southern drawl of a humble North Carolina lawyer. When Work Pickens finds his father murdered, the investigation pushes a repressed family history to the surface and he sees his own carefully constructed facade begin to crack. Work's troubled sister, her combative girlfriend, his gold digging socialite wife, and an unrequited lifelong love join a cast of small town characters that create no shortage of drama in this extraordinary, fast-paced suspense novel. Hart's mastery of prose and plot belie his newcomer status as he explores the true heart of a man. An illuminating anatomy of a murder and the ripple effect it produces within a family and a community, "The King of Lies" is a stunning debut. "
Call Number: MYS HARISBN: 9780312341619Publication Date: 2006-05-16Bootlegger's Daughter by This smart, sassy series introduces Deborah Knott, candidate for district judge--and daughter of an infamous bootlegger. Deborah's campaigning is interrupted when disturbing new evidence surrrounding a murder that has never been solved surfaces and she is implored to investigate.
Call Number: MYS MARISBN: 9780892964451Publication Date: 1992-05-011st to Die by Four women-four friends-share a determination to stop a killer who has been stalking newlyweds in San Francisco. Each one holds a piece of the puzzle: Lindsay Boxer is a homicide inspector in the San Francisco Police Department, Claire Washburn is a medical examiner, Jill Bernhardt is an assistant D.A., and Cindy Thomas just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle. But the usual procedures aren't bringing them any closer to stopping the killings. So these women form a Women's Murder Club to collaborate outside the box and pursue the case by sidestepping their bosses and giving one another a hand. The four women develop intense bonds as they pursue a killer whose crimes have stunned an entire city. Working together, they track down the most terrifying and unexpected killer they have ever encountered-before a shocking conclusion in which everything they knew turns out to be devastatingly wrong.
Call Number: PATISBN: 9780316666008Publication Date: 2001-03-05Silence by Six years ago, Jack Till helped Wendy Harper disappear. But now her ex-boyfriend and former business partner, Eric Fuller, is being framed for her presumed murder in an effort to smoke her out, and Till must find her before tango-dancing assassins Paul and Sylvie Turner do.The Turners are merely hired to do a job, though, and prefer to remain anonymous. When they find that a middleman has let the true employer know their identities, finishing the job is no longer enough. Their fee just went up. And now they must double-cross the man who wants Wendy dead before he can double-cross them--if their jealousy and cold-blooded calculations don’t result in a fatal lovers’ quarrel first.With masterful plotting and unnerving psychological insight, Perry delivers another mesmerizing thrill ride.
Call Number: PERISBN: 9780151012893Publication Date: 2007-07-02Rules of Prey by This very first Prey novel that introduced Minneapolis cop Lucas Davenport is now repackaged, with a new Introduction by the #1 New York Times bestselling author. Reissue.
Call Number: SANISBN: 9781417731787Publication Date: 2005-08-01
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Blood of Angels by Struggling to maintain a sense of purpose in a Tennessee county that has been changed by ten years of immigration, prosecutor Thomas Dennehy tackles a difficult case involving a Sudanese murder suspect and racially charged locals.
ISBN: 9780060596347Publication Date: 2005-06-28Trust Fund by A scion of wealth, Bo Hancock is the youngest son of Connecticut's most influential clan - and the financial genius at Warfield Capital, the multibillion-dollar investment form at the heart of the family dynasty. 16 years ago, Bo covered up a crime involving Paul and a call girl. Now Paul is on the fast track to the White House.
ISBN: 9780345428295Publication Date: 2001-01-02
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