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When twelve-year-old Steve Brixton, a fan of Bailey Brothers detective novels, is mistaken for a real detective, he must elude librarians, police, and the mysterious Mr.

Haddan, Massachusetts, is a town divided not only by a river, but by the presence of the pretigious Haddan Schoo.

Three individuals--forty-two-year-old Deputy Chief Virginia West, Police Chief Judy Hammer, and twenty-two-year-old journalist Andy Brazil--search for a serial killer, exploring the seedy underbelly of Charlotte, North Carolina, while trudging through their own personal struggles, from unhappy marriages to obsessions with their jobs.

Detective Alex Cross's investigation of a series of bank robberies in Washington, D.

The past comes back to haunt three men who shared a friendship as children when Sean Devine, now a policeman, is assigned to investigate the murder of Jimmy Marcus's teenager daughter, a crime the third member of their group, Dave Boyle, is suspected of committing.

Superintendent Battle of Scotland Yard investigates a vicious crime.

Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and his partner Barbara Havers team up with Detective Sergeant Winston Nkata to find a killer who is preying on young boys.

Two Bel Air lovers murdered in the most intimate of circumstances propel psychologist Alex Delaware and detective Milo Sturgis on a twisted path towards the depraved evil found among the super rich.

Psychologist-detective Dr. Alex Delaware enlists the help of detective Milo Sturgis to uncover the disappearance of an emotionally crippled woman in the old -money section of Los Angeles.

In the aftermath of a brutal attack that left a woman in intensive care and her husband and young children dead, brash cop Scorcher Kennedy and his rookie partner, Richie, struggle with perplexing clues and Scorcher's haunting memories of a shattering incident from his childhood.

Cynthia Decker, a first-year rookie with the LAPD's Hollywood Division, has not made a lot of friends due to her Ivy League education, famous father, and smart-mouthed attitude, so when she begins to sense she is being followed she believes it may be a prank played by fellow officers--a lapse of judgment that almost costs Cindy her life.

In her latest Commander Adam Dalgliesh detective novel, James subtly deepens the complexities of his personality, making him an ever more credible protagonist.

Scottish inspector John Rebus is sent back to police school for insubordination and then asked by the Scottish Crime Squad to help catch a powerful Edinburgh gangster with ties to the murder of an art dealer.

Detective Sergeant John Rebus must solve the case of the "Edinburgh Strangler" before the killer strikes again.

Detective Simon Ziele transfers away from New York City to escape the tragic reminders of his wife's death, only to be assigned to the most brutal murder he has ever seen, a case complicated by Alistair Sinclair, a noted criminologist, who shares information about one of his research subjects, Michael Fromley.