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Ten second staircase

2008
A controversial artist is murdered and displayed as part of her own piece, and Arthur Bryant and John May, the founders of the Peculiar Crimes Unit, must work together to find the killer, who an eyewitness claims is a cape-clad highwayman riding a black stallion.

Seventy-seven clocks

2008
Detectives John May and Aurthur Bryant search for the link between a plethora of bizarre crimes that have been occurring all over London, but they have no real suspects and the killer has time on his side.

Full dark house

2008
When eighty-year-old detective Arthur Bryant is killed in a bombing, his long-time partner John May finds a clue in his friend's decades-old notes of their very first case and hunts down a murderer who has returned after many years.

Casting spells

2008
Chloe Hobbs, owner of a popular knitting shop and daughter of a sorcerer, learns the town's residents, believing their destiny lies in Chloe's hands, have been casting spells to help her find the perfect man, but their plans backfire when Chloe falls in love with a normal human who may not be able to handle Chloe's special abilities.

Final justice

2003
Philadelphia police detective Matt Payne gets entangled with three complicated cases, including the search for a killer who years ago mummified his girlfriend and fled the country, and is now sending Payne taunting postcards.

Fugitive nights

1992
A private investigator, a soon to be ex-cop, and a young policeman are drawn together in their search for a fugitive.

Almost a princess

2003
While searching for an old enemy who has committed yet another murder, nineteenth-century London detective "Case" Devere runs into--and cannot fight his attraction to--the mysterious Jane Mayberry, a spinster advocate of women's rights running a secret shelter for abused women and hiding other secrets of her own.

A mind to murder

1996
Police Superintendent Adam Dalgliesh is drawn into an explosive scenario of psychiatry, sex, and drugs, when he begins an investigation into the strange murder of the administrative head of London's Steen Psychiatric Clinic.

Isle of dogs

2001
When the governor of Virginia orders that speed traps be painted on all streets and highways, the island of Tangier responds by declaring war on its own state, and it is up to Judy Hammer, the new superintendent of the Virginia State Police, and state trooper Andy Brazil to restore peace to the island.

Secrecy and power

the life of J. Edgar Hoover
1987
Explores the life and turbulent times of the lawman who served as Director of the F.B.I. from 1924 to 1972.

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