John Harvey
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Description
When police detective Will Grayson and his partner, Helen Walker, investigate the violent death of Stephen Bryan, a gay academic, their first thoughts are of an ill-judged sexual encounter or a fatal lovers’ quarrel. But they soon shift focus to the book Bryan was writing about the life and mysterious death of fifties film star Stella Leonard. While Bryan’s sister puts herself in danger by conducting her own investigation, Grayson and Walker peel...
2) Good bait
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The head of the Division of Criminal Investigation's Homicide and Serious Crime Unit, Karen Shields, becomes involved in a gang war after a Moldovan boy's murder.
3) Ash & bone
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Series
Frank Elder mysteries volume 2
Pub. Date
[2005]
Description
Retired Detective Inspector Frank Elder struggles with guilt when his teenage daughter's behavior deteriorates following a rape that he could have prevented, while Detective Sergeant Maddy Birch becomes suspicious that she is being stalked
4) Easy meat
Author
Series
Charlie Resnick mysteries volume 8
Pub. Date
[1996]
Description
A novel on youth violence in Britain, the villain being a 15-year-old boy specializing in robbing the old. Soon after his arrest he is found hanging, then the investigating police officer is killed. Inspector Resnick sets out to find the connection. A social novel as well as a mystery. By the author of Cold Light.
5) Far cry
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While on a camping holiday in Cornwall with her best friend, Heather Pierce goes missing and is found dead in a mine several days later. With no other evidence and only suspicions of foul play, her death is ruled accidental. Years later, Heather's mother has remarried, and her daughter from her second marriage nearly the same age as Heather goes missing. Is it a coincidence or is there a connection?
6) Body & soul
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Series
Frank Elder mysteries volume 4
Pub. Date
2018.
Description
Frank Elder struggles to protect his estranged daughter and prove her innocence after her breakup with a controversial artist ends in murder.
7) Cutting edge
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Series
Charlie Resnick mysteries volume 3
Pub. Date
c1991
Description
A scalpel-wielding maniac terrorizes a hospital staff Karen Archer understands that women who date doctors should expect tardiness. The last time she invited Tim Fletcher over, he arrived from the emergency room exhausted, and barely had time to say hello before he passed out on her bed. Tonight her patience has run out. After a bottle of wine and too much television, she gives up on Fletcher and leaves the house to find her own fun-but instead she...
8) Still waters
Author
Series
Charlie Resnick mysteries volume 9
Pub. Date
1997.
Description
The battered body of a young woman is found floating in the still waters of a city canal. Police suspect a serial killer, which makes it a case for the newly formed Serious Crime Squad. Not Charlie Resnick's case, then; not his worry.
12) Pin-up girl
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Lorrie Jones visits a popular hangout for servicemen. She falls in love with a war hero and tries to come up with a way to be near him. Lorrie pretends to be a Broadway star, and in turn she is hired by the USO and becomes a real star.