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Neal Carey mysteries volume 2
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"What begins as a routine missing person's case becomes a complex web of deceit, danger and international intrigue in this superb mystery. On sabbatical from duties as an operative for a group known as Friends of the Family, Neal Carey, last seen in A Cool Breeze on the Underground, is visited in Yorkshire by his mentor and asked to find a brilliant, albeit lovesick scientist and convince him to get back to work. Robert Pendleton, a biochemist and...
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A Dell book volume 5175
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6 - AR Pts: 11
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It's 1928. San Francisco PIs Sam Spade and Miles Archer are engaged by a young lady to shadow a man she alleges has kidnapped her sister. Not true--and Archer is soon the late Archer, leaving Sam to seek both his killer and the titular statue.
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[1982]
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A gripping novel of politics, academia, and murder Assistant professor Nan Weaver, an outspoken feminist, is working toward tenure at Berkeley. Nan's blue-collar family left her with a legacy of endurance and hard work, and she is dedicated to her ideals and her students. But Nan's bold campaign against on-campus sexual harassment may be putting her career prospects in jeopardy. When an infamously chauvinistic male English professor turns up dead...
4) Burn rate
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©2009
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Ross and Lori Williamson are living the Boomer version of the American Dream in the East Bay. Ross is a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, battered but still standing after the Internet collapse. Lori has quit her upscale corporate law job to make pottery, study martial arts, and start a family. Unable to conceive, they hire New Yorker Annie Day as a surrogate to bear their fertilized egg to term. Annie has a few skeletons in her closet, including an ex-boyfriend...
5) Shake City
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Jack McCoul capers volume 3
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[2017]
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"This time it's personal. First they killed his neighbor. Then they framed his best friend for murder. Any thoughts of his going legit go out the window when con artist Jack McCoul must dodge killers and turn the tables on greedy developers and crooked politicians to save his friend along with the heart and soul of San Francisco, the city he loves." --
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2011.
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Set in San Francisco in 1940, Stanley's stunning first in a new series introduces a gutsy, independent heroine who isn't always likable. As the city celebrates the Chinese New Year with the Rice Bowl Party, a three-day carnival to raise money for China's war relief, PI Miranda Corbie sees Eddie Takahashi, a young Japanese numbers runner, shot dead in front of her on a crowded, fireworks-filled Chinatown street. When the police tell her to forget about...
7) Slick
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Pub. Date
1990
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A lesbian group is hosting a conference in San Francisco, at which the centerpiece will be the great and profoundly symbolic statue of the Winged Dancer. Given every assurance of secure passage, the South American home of the priceless golden statue has allowed its transport to America. But despite every precaution, the Winged Dancer is stolen. Held for ransom by a woman who calls herself Slick. Who is Slick? How did she manage to steal this sublime...
8) Baby blue
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Jack McCoul capers volume 3
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[2016]
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"El Niño brings more than long-awaited rain to San Francisco and the neighboring wine country. An old flame shows up on McCoul's doorstep and trouble is not far behind. Sparks fly and a storm of murder and double cross forces him back into the world of con games to protect the ones he loves from a deadly swindler bent on taking over California's precious water supply. At the same time, he must unlock the secret to the whereabouts of a missing child....
9) Bad karma
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Jack McCoul capers volume 2
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[2015]
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"San Francisco con artist Jack McCoul has left his life of crime behind until his past comes roaring back. A former partner's scheme to snatch a priceless statute drags him into a murder investigation and a sexy suspect's life hangs in the balance. When hired killers come gunning for him, Jack's only choice is to do what he does best-- even though it means breaking the law again." --
10) A boatload
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Jack McCoul capers volume 1
Pub. Date
[2014]
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"When San Francisco con artist Jack McCoul marries a smart, sexy, and sustainability-minded yoga instructor, he vows to give up his life of crime for good. But then her punk brother pulls a heist and Jack gets caught in the middle of a lethal fight over hot computer chips. On one side is a greedy high-tech billionaire with a larceny streak. On the other is a Chinese triad bent on revenge. When a corpse turns up and Jack's fingered as the prime suspect,...
11) Murder uncorked
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Nikki Sands mysteries volume 1
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℗♭2005
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Nikki Sands was like every other aspiring actress -- waiting tables between jobs. But Nikki had taken serving wines to heart. She knew enough to impress Napa Valley's golden boy, Derek Malveaux, who offered her a job at his vineyard. And though Nikki may have left her dreams of stardom behind, the world of wine is ripe with intrigue -- and the seeds of sleuthing are planted ... Nikki has just set foot on Napa Valleys' rich soil when she realizes her...
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