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Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Former CIA agent Jack Morgan runs Private, an international investigation company involved in solving important cases around the world. When he learns that his best friend's wife and Jack's former lover has been killed, Jack devotes all of the company's resources to tracking down her killer, while navigating a workplace romance that threatens to disrupt his plans.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Paperbacks
Pub. Date
2010, c2009
Language
English
Description
Vish Puri, a private investigator in Delhi, India, whose business consists primarily of screening prospective marriage partners, is a bit out of his league when he is asked to trace the fate of a maidservant known only as Mary, who is alleged to have been murdered by an honest public litigator.
Author
Publisher
Mira
Pub. Date
c2002
Language
English
Description
Kelsey Cunningham turns to Florida private investigator Dane Whitelaw for help in finding her missing friend Sheila who was last seen leaving Dane's house, but she begins to believe her faith has been misplaced when she learns Sheila is dead and Dane a main suspect in the killing.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
While deciding if she should quit working for her family's private investigation firm, Izzy Spellman copes with meddling parents, an alcoholic uncle, the disappearance of her younger sister, and her own problems with men and drinking.
7) The lovers
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Charlie Parker, forced to give up his private investigator's license, takes a job in a Portland bar and begins to examine his own past and the events surrounding his father's suicide.
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
When the elephant star of a traveling circus goes missing along with her trainer, canine detective Chet and his human partner, Bernie Little, follow the missing elephant's scent out into the desert, where some dangerous people would prefer that Chet and Bernie disappear.
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
Chief Inspector Van Veeteren realizes he should have trusted his instincts about Janek Mitter's innocence when he learns the man, who was convicted of killing his wife during an alcoholic blackout, has been murdered, and decides to investigate the two murders.
14) Dirt: a novel
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
When gossip columnist Amanda Dart becomes the victim of an anonymous tipster who is faxing scandal sheets about her indiscretions to national media outlets, she enlists the help of New York lawyer and investigator Stone Barrington who rushes to learn the identity of the faxer before the gossip mill turns deadly.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
Description
When the evil Baron Vengeous escapes from prison, Detective Skulduggery Pleasant and his apprentice, Valkyrie Cain, have just two days to recapture him or the Baron's creature, the Grotesquery, may summon the Faceless Ones back to their world.
16) The bricklayer
Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Steve Vail, working as a bricklayer in Chicago since being fired from the FBI for insubordination, is lured back by attractive Deputy Assistant Director Kate Bannon who needs his help apprehending a criminal who is trying to extort money from the bureau by killing off its enemies.
19) Sacred
Author
Publisher
HarperTorch
Pub. Date
c2000, 1998
Language
English
Description
Boston private detectives Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro are hired by a dying billionaire to find his missing daughter.
20) Tunnel vision
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Pub. Date
1994
Language
English
Description
V.I. Warshawski, a private investigator, is up against corrupt politicians, big government, political coverups, and the idle rich when she tries to solve the case of her community activist friend's murder.
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