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  Contempt - A Legal Thriller

  Michael Cordell

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  Playing by the rules landed him on death row. Now he'll have to break all the rules to survive.After spending five years in jail for a murder he didn't commit, lawyer Thane Banning agrees to take on a case defending a former inmate against the same DA who put Thane behind bars.Thane is besieged by death threats from the alleged victim's father and a tidal wave of public outrage following his release, not to mention the corrupt DA who has a grudge to settle. But he doesn't have much time to think about his personal problems because the case is turning into a nasty fight.Luckily, prison taught Thane a thing or two about survival in a world full of criminals. The last time he played by the rules in court, he landed on death row. This time he'll have to break more than a few rules to come out of this battle unscathed.With help from an ex-inmate and an ambitious law student, Thane will do everything in his power to make sure another innocent man isn't locked up. But will they be able to uncover the truth in time and convince the jury before the gavel drops for the last time?

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  Methods of Malice

  Ellery Adams, Tina Radcliffe

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  Welcome back to Hope Street Church, where friendships are formed, fresh starts are encouraged, and mysteries are solved . . .  
   
   
   
  The Hope Street Community Theater is staging It's a Wonderful Life as a fundraiser, and Cooper and the Bible study group are all taking part. They've also managed to land the help of a famous Broadway director who's trying to clean up his image after a scandal, and he travels to Richmond along with his star actress and staff. But the director's entourage epitomize the worst of theater personalities, with petty grievances and jealousies stirring up more drama off the stage than on. And when the assistant director is found murdered in her hotel suite, the list of possible suspects is longer than a red carpet. 
   
   
   
  Unwilling to stand by with a murderer in their midst, Cooper and her friends get to work ferreting out clues and surveilling the staff, including a dangerously inept set technician as well as the director's current and former love interests. Despite inexplicable and terrifying stage "accidents" threatening to derail their investigation and the play, the intrepid amateur sleuths know the show must go on. Their only prayer is to set a trap and successfully catch a killer before it's curtains for Cooper . . .

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  The Eliminator Series Books 4-6

  Mike Ryan

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  Books 4-6 of The Eliminator Series: 
  The Eliminator 
  Jacobs finds he's still not done with Mallette’s bunch. Lawrence Wiggins, Mallette’s lawyer, is found dead, leading the imprisoned crime boss to getting a new attorney appointed from New York. Roger Alexander is not only Mallette’s new lawyer, but he’s also taking over his organization. But to do that, he needs Mallette, and the rest of his men, eliminated. He calls for a truce with Jacobs. But something still isn’t right. Is Alexander really just serving up the rest of Mallette’s men, or is he luring Jacobs into a trap to try and get rid of The Eliminator once and for all? 
  The Betrayal 
  It's just another ordinary day for Brett Jacobs. He's spending it in the cemetery with his family. But his quiet morning is about to get throw for a loop. Standing in the crosshairs of a sniper, Jacobs is saved from death by a beautiful private investigator named Abbie Johnson. As the two start getting to know each other, Jacobs starts to think that she may not be what she claims she is. Is Abbie the woman Jacobs needs to finally move on? Is she really interested in helping Jacobs in his fight against the criminal element? Or is she waiting for the right opportunity to twist the knife in Jacobs' back? 
  The Comeback 
  Franks finds himself in a bind and gets Jacobs to help alleviate the problem. Barberio's Butchers, a small-time gang with big-time aspirations, is looking to put a hurting on the pawn shop owner. It's up to Jacobs to make sure that doesn't happen. While that's going on, Mallette finds himself with a new lawyer. This one has better news for him. It seems that Mallette is on the comeback and retaking control of his operation. Now, some of the holdovers from Alexander's bunch are intent on impressing their new boss and put a hit out. Someone is taking a bullet. But who?

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  Undressed to Kill

  Peter Cheyney

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  In the shadowy corners of post-war Europe, Nicholas Gale thrives in the murky interplay of love and deceit. With the grit of London’s streets and the glamour of high society as his playground, Gale navigates a world where romance is a game of high stakes, and loyalty is as fleeting as the smoky aftertaste of a late-night whisky.  
  When entangled with a woman whose beauty is outshone only by her cunning, Gale finds himself caught in a treacherous plot that threatens to unravel his life.  
  Peter Cheyney delivers a riveting tale of espionage, seduction, and intrigue, where every friend could be a foe, and every truth hides a lie. Dare to keep up with Gale as he tries everything twice, including risking his heart in a game where the rules are written by the enemy.  
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  During the short period of fifteen years, Peter Cheyney managed to write more than thirty books. Resulting in sales which run into millions of copies.  
  Cheyney’s stories are about the grim, the slick, the seductive and the amusing – just true to life as Cheyney knew it.  
  This story has also been published as "Try Anything Twice"

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  Killing Parade The: A DCI Bone...

  TG Reid

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  Who will be next? 
   
  When the body of a local talent show winner is discovered, on the eve of headlining Kilwinnoch’s annual Civic Week celebrations, it throws the festivities into chaos and threatens to tear the close-knit community apart. 
   
  For DCI Bone, the death is personal. Days earlier, he’d received a call from the victim, warning that she was about to be killed. He’d dismissed it as a hoax. 
   
  With threats of more to come, a town on edge, and a ruthless killer evading detection with ease, Bone knows from hard -worn experience that, in a case like this, one kill is never enough. 
  Set among the dramatic hills and glens of Scotland's Campsie Fells, The Killing Parade is the fourth book in a series of edge-of-your-seat crime mysteries that will keep you guessing right up to the nail-biting, heart-stopping climax. 
   
  Perfect for fans of Ian Rankin, J.D. Kirk, Val McDermid and Stuart MacBride.

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  Blood Relations

  J. Woollcott

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  Belfast, Northern Ireland: early spring 2017. Retired Chief Inspector Patrick Mullan is found brutally murdered in his bed. Detective Sergeant Ryan McBride and his partner Detective Sergeant Billy Lamont are called to his desolate country home to investigate. In their inquiry, they discover a man whose career with the police service of Northern Ireland was overshadowed by violence and corruption. Is the killer someone from Mullan's past, or his present? 
   
   
   
  And who hated the man enough to kill him twice? 
   
   
   
  Ryan and Billy once again face a complex investigation with wit and intelligence, all set in Belfast and the richly atmospheric countryside around it.

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