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“[Thomas Perry is] a master of nail-biting suspense.”
—Los Angeles Times
In this explosive new novel from the Edgar Award–winning author of The Butcher’s Boy, Blood Money, and other novels of “dazzling ingenuity” (The New York Times Book Review), Thomas Perry gives us a thriller even more startling than his most recent bestseller, Pursuit. In Dead Aim, an unsuspecting...
—Los Angeles Times
In this explosive new novel from the Edgar Award–winning author of The Butcher’s Boy, Blood Money, and other novels of “dazzling ingenuity” (The New York Times Book Review), Thomas Perry gives us a thriller even more startling than his most recent bestseller, Pursuit. In Dead Aim, an unsuspecting...
3) Obsession
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Teddy Fay novels volume 6
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While filming on location in scenic Santa Barbara, California, Peter Barrington and Ben Bacchetti look to expand Centurion Studios' business by making a deal with a young Croatian billionaire. But when the magnate's wife is kidnapped, Teddy Fay is brought in to assess the threat and recover the young woman. As Teddy unravels the threads of her disappearance, he quickly comes to find that darker forces are at play and an old vendetta has been revived...
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"With her divorce settlement about to run out and a mortgage she can't afford, Robyn Caldwell needs a plan. But how's she supposed to think when her daughter has become the most demanding bride ever, her son won't even consider college, her best friend is on the brink of marital disaster and her ex is making a bad decision that could bring everything crashing down on Robyn's head? When her great-aunt Lillian invites her to Santa Barbara for the summer,...
5) Aussie rules
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"It's fair to say that gutsy pilot Mel Anderson is happier in the air than on the ground. But she also has to clean up after her disorganized best friend and business partner and keep an eye on their employees, who tend to make more work than they get done. Now, the one man she hoped she'd never see again is back and looking for trouble. The kind of trouble that keeps Mel grounded in a most unexpectedly pleasurable way ... Bo Black wants his family's...
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PI Kate Blanchard, a former policewoman, is hired by a California heiress to investigate the death of her boyfriend, said to have committed suicide while in jail on a drugs charge. Blanchard's investigation leads her to a conspiracy involving oil companies, the Mexican mafia and Las Vegas casinos, one which will ruin the countryside. At that, people try to kill her. By the author of Against the Wind.
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In this fast-paced and funny debut mystery, movie stars are in Santa Barbara for the film festival, and powerful business interests are at stake. Detective Nola MacIntire and her partner, Tony, must untangle the complicated web behind three seemingly unrelated deaths in this idyllic beach town.
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Evan Delaney mysteries volume 1
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When she discovers that her unstable former sister-in-law has joined the Remnant, a fanatical religious cult, and that she plans to regain custody of her son and take him with her into the cult, Evan Delaney is dragged into the nightmare when a member of the Remnant is found murdered and her brother becomes a suspect in the crime.
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Hot-tempered curator Elena Oliverez threatens to kill her boss, Frank DePalma, when he orders her to put a particularly hideous piece of sculpture--donated by a wealthy patron of the new Museum of Mexican Arts--on display for the museum opening. So when someone kills Frank with the sculpture, Elena must conduct her own investigation to clear her name--or die trying.
10) Life after theft
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Kimberlee Schaffer may be drop-dead gorgeous, but she also dropped dead last year. Now she needs Jeff, the newest student at the private high school, to help with her unfinished business, and she's not taking no for an answer. When she was alive, Kimberlee wasn't just a mean girl; she was also a complete kleptomaniac. So if Jeff wants to avoid being haunted until graduation, he'll have to help her return everything she stole. But Jeff soon discovers...
11) Security
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The inventiveness of A Visit from the Goon Squad meets the down-the-rabbit-hole suspense of The Girl on the Train in this chilling, pulse-racing thriller from an electrifying new writer. When the gleaming new Manderly Resort opens in twenty-four hours, Santa Barbara s exclusive cliff-top hotel will offer its patrons the ultimate in luxury and high-tech security. No indulgence has been ignored, no detail overlooked. But all the money in the world can...
12) Dragon fruit
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A panga boat lands on a Santa Barbara beach in the night. Drugs are quickly offloaded, but drugs are not all this boat carried. When Chucha Robledo arrives to collect her baby girl, she finds the boat is empty, save for a tiny silver medallion. Desperate and fearing the worst, she goes to the only person in town she can trust to find her little girl. P.I. Jaymie Zarlin's brother died while in police custody, and she knows all too well the pain that...
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In California, PI Langford Morgan, whose wife divorced him to marry a Wall Street baron, is hired by her to clear the name of her son, accused of attempting to kill his father. Morgan obliges and buys himself a load of trouble. By the author of The Irishman's Horse.
18) The dream
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Some secrets haunt you forever. Genny Austin, tormented by nightmares of a past life; Jack Brennan's nightmares are now...his business under siege, his life threatened. They meet one restless night on a Santa Barbara beach, Jack wanting nothing more than a one-night stand, but Genny isn't the type. Then they're drawn into a world of passion and deadly riddles. Jamaica holds the answers ... if they can find them, and live.
19) Party
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As eleven different high school students recount, in their own voices, events before, during, and after the same end-of-year party, the stories intersect and combine in unexpected ways.
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"Ruth Mosby is the VP of operations at Serenity Acres, where the privileged elite go to die. For a hefty fee, wealthy retirees can live the good life in this posh Santa Barbara community - even after they outlive their money. Ruth thinks this is a fine arrangement, but the savvy new boss has a new rule: if you can't pay, you can't stay"--From publisher.
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