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Deadly virtues
Jo Bannister.
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(First book in Gabriel Ash series) When an inmate who knew he was about to be killed gives him a cryptic message before being beaten to death, Ash, a man from an English town where the low crime rate is linked to a chief's zero-tolerance policy, shares his knowledge with police recruit Hazel Best, who risks her career to uncover the truth.

Perfect sins
Jo Bannister.
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(2nd in Gabriel Ash series) While Gabriel Ash risks his life to investigate an allegation that his abducted sons may still be alive, Hazel Best gradually returns to police work while investigating the discovery of an unusual grave.

Desperate measures
Jo Bannister.
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The third novel in Bannister's brilliant crime series set in a small British town features young policewoman Hazel Best and her friend Gabriel Ash.

One good turn
Kate Atkinson.
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(Book 2 in Jackson Brodie series) Millionaire ex-detective Jackson Brodie follows his girlfriend to Edinburgh for the famous arts festival, but when he becomes an eyewitness to a brutal attack on a man during a traffic jam, he becomes caught up in a string of events that draw him and the wife of an unscrupulous tycoon, a timid crime novelist, and female police detective into the heart of deadly conspiracy.

When will there be good news?
Kate Atkinson.
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(Book 3 in Jackson Brodie series) Presents a tale involving the unexpected intersection of three lives, including a woman whose life had been shattered thirty years earlier, an ex-detective on a crowded train, and a teenage girl who is called upon to test her preparedness.

Started early, took my dog
Kate Atkinson.
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(Book 4 in Jackson Brodie series) Tracy Waterhouse, a retired police detective leading a quiet life, makes a snap decision to relieve habitual offender Kelly Cross of a young child he's been dragging around town. Tracy soon learns her parental inexperience is actually the least of her problems, as much larger ones loom for her and her young charge. Meanwhile, detective Jackson Brodie embarks on a different sort of rescue--that of an abused dog.

Believing the lie
Elizabeth George.
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Going undercover to investigate the death of a drowning victim at the request of the man's wealthy and influential uncle, Inspector Thomas Lynley uncovers dark secrets in his client's family.

A question of blood
Ian Rankin.
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When a former soldier and recluse murders two 17-year-old students at a posh Edinburgh boarding school, Inspector John Rebus immediately suspects there is more to the case than meets the eye.

Even dogs in the wild
Ian Rankin.
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Investigating the robbery-related death of a senior lawyer who had recently received a mysterious warning, Siobhan Clarke and John Rebus follow leads to a ruthless crime family. By the Edgar Award-winning author of Saints of the Shadow Bible.

Cold cold heart
Tami Hoag.
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Struggling with PTSD a year after escaping a serial killer, television reporter Dana Nolan uses her investigative skills to reclaim the missing pieces of her life and take another look at the case of her best friend's disappearance after high school graduation.