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To find a blackmailer's killer, Marian Larch investigates the extortionist's victims A. J. Strode would kill for command of House of Glass, the corporation that controls everything from plate-glass windows to fiberglass insulation, and he nearly has it within his grasp. Only three stockholders-a violinist, a helicopter pilot, and a mercenary-stand between the businessman and his goal. But no matter how much Strode offers, they refuse to sell. And...
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When a television writer is murdered, three women join forces to find his killer After years churning out schlock for television, Rudy Benedict is afraid his job will kill him if he doesn't leave Hollywood soon. He's wrong. He'll make it all the way to New York before he dies. After a few weeks of fruitless work on his new play-an exposé of Hollywood's seamy underbelly-Rudy is found dead on the floor of his apartment, poisoned. The cops are baffled....
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A cutthroat Manhattan custody battle leads to kidnapping and murder Rita Galloway is leaving a puppet show when a stranger sprints up to her and snatches her son, Bobby, from her arms. She screams for help, and Bobby is able to wriggle out of the man's grip, but the would-be kidnapper escapes without a trace. It would be just another ordinary Manhattan street crime if it weren't for Rita's estranged husband, heir to one of the wealthiest corporations...
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A pair of impossible murders leads Marian Larch to a ring of hired assassins Virgil is a businessman, and his product is murder. With operatives scattered across New York, he needs only a few thousand dollars and a photo to erase an unsuspecting citizen from the earth. Virgil's business is boutique, exclusive, and highly confidential. None of his killers know his face. None of them even know his last name. The system is perfect, unbreakable-until...
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A grisly quadruple slaying drags Marian Larch into a shadowy government cover-up Marian Larch is tired of murder. This NYPD veteran has seen the worst the city has to offer, and she's not sure she can stand another day. Temporarily assigned to the chaotic Ninth Precinct, Larch is saddled with a callous lieutenant and a partner who can't stand working with a woman. Just coming to work every day is becoming a trial-but it's about to get a whole lot...
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In her last week on the force, a strange robbery draws Marian Larch into a backstage murder case A madman points a gun at the NYPD's Marian Larch, and prepares to pull the trigger. She charges, disarming him before he can fire the shot. The gun skids to the feet of Agent Curt Holland, who presses it against the madman's head and blows him away. It was the right move, but that doesn't make it legal. To save Holland's career, Larch testifies that she...
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King Sarcowicz--called ''Sauerkraut, '' because he is very tall and clumsy, is envied for his skill at designing robots. It is King's lack of coordination that causes the accidental death of two colleagues while they are conferring in a Manhattan hotel. Panicked, King leaves the scene and wanders the city until he's beaten by muggers and lands in hospital. The maladroit killer then returns to the hotel, where detectives investigating what they believe...
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