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62) Just cause
Pub. Date
c1999
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Description
A Harvard Law School professor reopens a murder investigation on behalf of a Death Row inmate who claims he was forced by a sinister lawman to confess to a crime he didn't commit. On the surface, it seems to be a straight-ahead case of the prisoner's guilt or innocence. But nothing really lies on the surface of this mystery, set in the Florida swamplands.
63) Angel heart
Pub. Date
1998, c1987
Description
A down on his luck detective travels from the tough streets of Brooklyn, to the hot jazz clubs of New Orleans, and finally to voodoo rituals in the swamps of Louisiana.
64) Big driver
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Tess Thorne, a famous writer, faces a long drive home following a book signing. On a lonely New England road, her tire blows out, leaving her stranded. Relieved when another driver stops and offers assistance, Tess quickly discovers her savior is actually a serial killer who assaults her. Left for dead, Tess escapes, determined to find her attacker and seek revenge.
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Police investigating an exploded boat on a San Pedro pier discover 27 bodies and $91 million worth of drug money. The only survivors are a severely burned Hungarian terrorist and Roger Kint, a crippled con-man. Reluctantly, Kint is pressured into explaining what happened on the boat. His story begins six weeks earlier with five criminals being dragged in by New York police desperate for suspects in a truck highjacking, and ends with the possible identification...
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
After finally catching serial killer and occult 'sorcerer' Lord Blackwood, legendary sleuth Sherlock Holmes and his assistant Dr. Watson can close yet another successful case. After his execution, Blackwood mysteriously returns from the grave and resumes his killing spree, Holmes must take up the hunt once again. Contending with Watson's new fiancée and the dimwitted head of Scotland Yard, the determined detective must unravel the clues that will...
68) The Gift
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Description
"Annie has 'the Gift'. Some fear her, others claim she's a witch. But now, a murder has been committed and only she can solve it. On a twisted trail of open infidelity and jealous rage, she sees visions that will haunt her and discovers a truth that will tear the town apart"--Promotional materials.
Pub. Date
[2004]
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Description
Disc 1. Too late for tears : A man just found $60,000 and his wife insists that he keep it rather than turn it in to the cops. Wanting the money for herself, she kills her husband, then reports him missing. The man who cheated himself : Ed Cullen, a San Francisco police officer, is in love with socialite Lois Frazer. Ed seems to find himself stuck between a rock and a hard place when Lois decides to kill her husband and Ed's brother is assigned...
Pub. Date
2010
Description
DCI Ross Tanner is a great detective with excellent powers of observation. While leading a high-profile investigation, however, he begins to lose his vision. DI Tully soon guesses Tanner's secret and makes a deal, she will be his eyes, if he agrees tofurther her career. To keep working, Tanner must overcome fear, re-invent his methods and develop his 'second sight.'
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
Retired Seattle cop Vincent Swan recieves a postcard from a serial killer he thought was long dead. He wonders if he shot the wrong man or is being taunted by a copycat. When he learns of a string of murders following the Prophet's M.O., he investigates. But every move he makes only entangles him further in the Prophet's web, and the spider is advancing.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Description
As a photographer with a broken leg, Stewart takes up the fine art of spying on his Greenwich Village neighbors during a summer heat wave. Things really begin to get hot when he suspects a salesman may have murdered his nagging wife and buried the body in a flower garden. He actively enlists the help of his girlfriend to investigate the highly suspicious chain of events. Events that ultimately lead to one of the most memorable and gripping endings...
74) Oxygen
Pub. Date
2003
Description
Deep in the woods, in a makeshift coffin lies a woman whose only hope is mercy from the psychotic man who buried her. One cop who can break him and set her free. There is no light, no time, no escape and the oxygen is running out.
77) Backtrack
Description
Psychologist Peter Bower's life is thrown into turmoil when he discovers that his patients all share a similar, dark secret. Risking his own sanity, Peter delves into his past to uncover a terrifying secret, which only he can put right.
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Sherlock Holmes has always been the smartest man in the room, until now. There is a new criminal mastermind at large, Professor James Moriarty, and not only is he Holmes's intellectual equal, but his capacity for evil, coupled with a complete lack of conscience, may give him an advantage over the renowned detective. Holmes's investigation into Moriarty's plot becomes more dangerous as it leads him and Watson out of London to France, Germany, and finally...
Description
South by Southwest: Jessica is mixed up in plot to steal government secrets. A Story to Die For: Jessica tries to solve the mystery of a former KGB officer's death. The Last Free Man: Jessica's trip to Virginia uncovers an old family mystery. The Celtic Riddle: Jessica travels to Ireland to claim a family inheritance.