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1) Hush money
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Language
English
Description
As he investigates a socialite's insurance claim for a champion show horse's sudden death, elite Pasadena law firm newcomer Jack MacTaggart uncovers links to an old blackmail scheme before he is falsely accused of murder.
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Language
English
Description
Tautly narrated and excruciatingly suspenseful, Double Indemnity gives us an X-ray view of guilt, of duplicity, and of the kind of obsessive, loveless love that devastates everything it touches. First published in 1935, this novel reaffirmed James M. Cain as a virtuoso of the roman noir. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
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"Daheim writes with wit, wisdom, and a big heart."
Carolyn Hart
Cormac McCarthy has nothing on Mary Daheim—whose fabulous Bed-and-Breakfast mysteries win hands down when it comes to outrageous zaniness. In All the Pretty Hearses, Daheim,"the reigning queen of the cozies" (Portland Oregonian), embroils Hillside Manor hostess Judith McMonigle Flynn in a lethal case of insurance fraud and mystery meat gone bad, in the twenty-sixth
...5) Under radar
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Tom Levy's vacation in Jamaica turns deadly when he kills a man who tricked Tom's daughter into a vulgar act.
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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"Ana Bacon, a beautiful young wife and mother, tumbled off a cruise ship into dark and deadly waters. Ana is gone--leaving behind her wealthy husband and adorable daughter--but not everything about her disappearance adds up. What secrets did she leave behind? Investigator Ryan Monahan is a numbers man. So when his company sends him the Bacon case, which could net a ten-million-dollar payout, Monahan doubts that her death is just a tragic accident....
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Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
"Carver Hartnett, Miranda Pryor, and Leonard Stillmach all work for Reliable Allied Trust, in Omaha, where they investigate insurance fraud. Carver is frustrated. His company would rather raise premiums than prosecute insurance criminals."--Jacket.
11) The rainmaker
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
Description
In his final semester of law school, Rudy Baylor "finds himself taking on one of the most powerful, corrupt, and ruthless companies in America -- and exposing a complex, multibillion-dollar insurance scam."
Author
Publisher
Signet
Pub. Date
[2011][2005-2007]
Language
English
Description
When Samantha Harrigan's champion quarter horses are poisoned and she is the prime suspect, veterinarian Tucker Coulter helps her prove her innocence, and Faith Randolph flees from an arranged marriage and finds love with farm owner Patrick O'Shannessy.
Author
Publisher
Five Star
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Butch Hightower, long-lost older brother of stand-up comic Buster, has many talents. Video poker isn't one. So he borrows gambling money from some no-necks, who give him a chance to reduce his debt by helping them steal a valuable artwork from a mansion. It's that or broken fingers."--Jacket.
14) Burning season
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Series
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"National bestselling author Kiki Swinson's novels set it off with killer plot twists, merciless characters--and an unsparing portrayal of Southern struggling, lying, betraying . . . and dying. Now everything is on the line as a female firefighter desperate for money gets caught up in a man-made disaster . . . Set your schemes . . . A volunteer Virginia Beach firefighter, Alayna Curry faces death every day--and is proud to carry on her retired father's...