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Stephanie Plum is a bright, attractive, confident woman whose entire life has just taken a sudden turn, in the totally wrong direction. Newly divorced and recently laid off, the only work she can scrape up is a dead-end job at her sleazy cousin's bail bond office. But when her first big assignment involves tracking down an on-the-lam ex-flame, this tough-as-nails lady bounty hunter will be redefining the meaning of hot pursuit.
22) Dirty thirty
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Stephanie Plum, Trenton's hardest working, most underappreciated bounty hunter, is offered a freelance assignment that seems simple enough. Local jeweler Martin Rabner wants her to locate his former security guard, Andy Manley (a.k.a. Nutsy), who he is convinced stole a fortune in diamonds out of his safe. Stephanie is also looking for another troubled man, Duncan Dugan, a fugitive from justice arrested for robbing the same jewelry store on the same...
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When Stephanie's beloved Grandma Mazur's new husband died on their wedding night, the only thing he left her was a beat-up old easy chair and the keys to a life-changing fortune. But as Stephanie and Grandma Mazur search for Jimmy Rosolli's treasure, they discover that they're not the only ones on the hunt. Two dangerous enemies from the past stand in their way, along with a new adversary who's even more formidable: Gabriela Rose, a dark-eyed beauty...
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From New York's foremost bail bondsman with "over $30 million on the street" comes the story of a modern-day "fixer" who walks a fine line between hustler and humanitarian, with clients ranging from the rich and famous to the gangs of New York. The Fixer is a rollicking narrative that follows Ira Judelson as he learns the ins and outs of the down-and-dirty world of bail bonds. As the late great Johnnie Cochran once told him, "A lawyer can't get you...
25) Fiddle game
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Herman Jackson mysteries volume 1
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A fascinating historical mystery by Sulari Gentill, author of #1 LibraryReads pick The Woman in the Library
Shortlisted for Best First Book for the Commonwealth Writers' Price for 2011
"Her witty hero will delight traditional mystery buffs." -Library Journal STARRED review
Can a house divided against itself hope to stand?
Sydney, 1931. Rowland Sinclair doesn't fit with his family. His conservative older brother, Wilfred, thinks he's reckless,...
27) Rage factor
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Dixie Flannigan novels volume 2
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Chris Rogers' novels starring no-nonsense bounty hunter Dixie Flanagan get high marks from fans. Dixie can't believe a jury has acquitted serial rapist Lawrence Coombs. But when a group of women calling themselves the Avenging Angels attacks Coombs, Dixie's implicated-and that's just the start of her troubles.
28) Frag box
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2018 Colorado Book Award finalist
"Featuring a crime spree and a murderer, both as cold as the Midwestern winter setting, this whodunit will burn like frostbite." -Library Journal
It's the Garden of Eden. And the weather is absolutely freezing!
The discovery of the body of a young man inside the mausoleum of the Civil War veteran who commissioned this bizarre sculpture park makes the blood of Undersheriff Lottie Albright and her husband's Aunt...
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When famed bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson is killed by a car bomb, his widow and daughter take over the family business, tracking down wanted felons. Initially they meet with strong resistance among the mostly male denizens of the bail-bond circuit, until they prove themselves more than capable of capturing even the most dangerous of bail-jumpers.
A gritty look at the underbelly of the justice system, as well as the true story of two extraordinary...
30) Zig zag: a novel
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"Capri Dall has a foolproof plan to knock over the marijuana dispensary where she works. But when her boyfriend botches the heist, the two of them end up in a stolen car with a trunkful of rare high-end weed-and an unhinged security guard on their trail. Harry Robatore is a burned-out rhinestone cowboy, barely scraping by as a bail bondsman. Agreeing to help out an old pal, and settle his bar tab, he sets out to track down the lovers on the run. The...
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"In the mid 1970s, one of Austin's biggest criminals was getting rich on bail bonds and auto salvage (he owned a junkyard). With the help of corrupt local officials, including the sheriff, Frank Smith had a small empire, but he had one rival in the salvage business and one day he sent some tough guys to take care of the problem. The "Fellini-esque" shootout eventually led to Smith's arrest and indictment, setting up a courtroom battle with the new...
33) Winter's bone
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Seventeen-year-old Ree Dolly sets out to track down her father who put their house up for his bail bond and then disappeared. If she fails to find him, she and her family will be turned out into the Ozark woods. Challenging her outlaw kin's code of silence and risking her life, Ree hacks through the lies, evasions, and threats offered up by her relatives and begins to piece together the truth.
34) Half baked
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A hilarious adventure of three loveable party buds trying to find cash to bail their friend out of jail. Features cameo appearances by: Janeane Garofalo, Snoop Doggy Dog, Willie Nelson, Stephen Baldwin, Bob Saget, John Stewart, and Tommy Chong.
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"A master of the spy genre crafts an exemplary detective novel, starring a former CIA agent turned private investigator, that already has the feel of a classic Robert Littell has been widely praised as one of the best writers in the espionage genre. Now, he's turned his formidable skills towards crime fiction in A Nasty Piece of Work, a novel that has echoes of the great Raymond Chandler. Former CIA agent Lemuel Gunn left the battlefield of Afghanistan...
37) 13 moons
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For bail bondsman Mo Potter, it is shaping up to be another ordinary evening in LA. That is, until an odd assortment of customers comes walking through his door. On this crazy evening, much will happen, and all of their lives will be changed forever.
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