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Hollywood's newest wunderkind, director Peter Alan Nelsen, hires private eye Elvis Cole to track down the airhead wife and infant child Nelsen abandoned on his way to the top. Reprint. NYT.
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Watch out, world. Here comes Stephanie Plum, a bounty hunter with attitude. In Stephanie's opinion, toxic waste, rabid drivers, armed schizophrenics, and August heat, humidity, and hydrocarbons are all part of the great adventure of living in Jersey. She's a product of the burg, a blue-collar pocket of Trenton where houses are attached and narrow, cars are American, windows are clean, and (God forbid you should be late) dinner is served at six. Now Stephanie's all grown up and out on her own, living five miles from Mom and Dad's, doing her best to sever the world's longest umbilical cord. Her mother is a meddler, and her grandmother is a few cans short of a case. Out of work and out of money, with her Miata repossessed and her refrigerator empty, Stephanie blackmails her bail bondsman cousin, Vinnie, into giving her a try as an apprehension agent. Stephanie knows zilch about the job requirements, but she figures her new pal, fearless bounty hunter Ranger, can teach her what it takes to catch a crook. Her first assignment: nail Joe Morelli, a former vice cop on the run from a charge of murder one. Morelli is also the irresistible macho pig who took Stephanie's virginity at age sixteen and then wrote the details on the bathroom wall of Mario's Sub Shop. There's still powerful chemistry between these two, so the chase should be interesting. It could also be extremely dangerous, especially when Stephanie encounters a heavyweight title contender who likes to play rough. Benito Ramirez is known for his brutality to women. At the very least, his obsession with Stephanie complicates her manhunt and brings terror and uncertainty into her life. At worst, it could lead to murder. Witty, fresh,and full of surprises, One for the Money is among the most eagerly awaited crime novels of the season.
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Readers have come to delight in the murder-solving adventures of septuagenarian Sister Mary Helen and her cohort Sister Eileen, two nuns with a nose for nabbing killers.Publishers Weekly calls the Sister Mary Helen Mysteries refreshingly different and a heady mix of humor and suspense.
Once you meet this spry, clever sleuth, you'll want to make a habit of reading her again and again.Monsignor Joseph Higgins liked, along with wine and women, the finer things in life--so much so that he may have dipped into the church funds to finance his good tastes.
But would that be reason enough to kill the crooked clergyman?
Someone had poisoned the pastor--and there was no shortage of likely suspects, from his surly housekeeper to several prominent parishioners.
Now Sister Mary Helen and Sister Eileen must delve into this sacrilegious slaying and bring a killer to justice.
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Marlowe's client, Mrs. Murdock, is a wealthy widow whose antique gold coin has been stolen.
As the story unwinds, it's clear that Mrs. Murdock's actions belie her posh surroundings. Chandler draws on his characteristic conflict between the Haves (the clients) and the Have-Nots (Marlowe) in his exploration of greed, trust, love and power in a plot which bears some resemblance to Gaslight.
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