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Crocodiles & Good Intentions

Further Adventures of Lady Bag

By: Liza Cody

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Crocodiles & Good Intentions

Further Adventures of Lady Bag

By: Liza Cody

Lady Bag, released at last from prison, is greeted by her friends and reunited with her best-loved companion greyhound, Electra. She has been sober for months, and her friends want to keep her on the straight and narrow. What could possibly go wrong? About Lady Bag Made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up for a whole novel. Lady Bag is perfectly realized (Sara Paretsky). A great read. Lady Bag is a wonderful addition to your line-up of unforgettable women characters. I was deeply involved in her life and situation from page 1. Great dialogue as ever and some gorgeous imagery. It all added up to a book Im sorry to close (Peter Lovesey). Its the sharp writing as much as the unusual setting that makes this book such a joy. Codys dialogue is always funny and full of purpose, and here shes found her perfect protagonista creative mangler of platitudes and uncontrollable shredder of pomp and hypocrisy (Mat Coward, The Morning Star).

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1532050747

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The Short-Order Detective

By: Liza Cody

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The Short-Order Detective

By: Liza Cody

This is a detective novel starring Hannah, a disgraced cop down on her luck. But don't mistake her for just the short-order cook she appears to be. For one thing, she may be the worst burger-flipper in South London. For another her need for ready cash and her ambition to become a private investigator won't let her settle for less. No job too small...

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Gatekeeper Press

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1662950616

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Miss Terry

By: Liza Cody

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Miss Terry

By: Liza Cody

Nita Tehri's life seems sorted. She has a good job, she lives in a pretty apartment in a quiet street and she has escaped from the family who endangered her. Yet despite everything she's achieved she still has a problem. She doesn't look like her neighbours. And when a grizzly discovery is made outside her door all eyes turn towards her. She has done nothing wrong. But slowly, inexorably, her life turns inside-out. How can the people she used to think of as her friends and colleagues behave so irrationally in modern, enlightened England? Little by little her faith in society and British justice is eroded. It isn't only her belief in fair play that's threatened. One thing is certain if she survives, her life will never be the same. About Anna Lee: Electric with suspense, fast and funny... Publisher's Weekly About Eva Wylie: A staggering achievement... A breath-taking tour de force. Sara Paretsky ...Eva is a wondrous creation - an incorrigible innocent in a story that crackles with energy. Super Cody. Kirkus Reviews About Gimme More: Any one with the slightest interest in the world of music will fi nd this a thriller they won't want to put down. Anthony Morris Probably the greatest rock'n'roll novel ever. Nick Johnstone, uncut. About Ballad of a Dead Nobody: I was gripped [told] beautifully, touchingly, sometimes brutally Peter Lovesey Adventurous in form, sparklingly written and with every page more gripping than the last, this bluesy novel may well be the already garlanded Cody's best yet. Mat Coward, Morning Star

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147593243X

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9781475932430

Gimme More

By: Liza Cody

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Gimme More

By: Liza Cody

A rock novel that entertains with wit, cunning, malice, and a wicked twist in the tale.Every detail rings true' Guardian

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0747552088

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MY PEOPLE and other crime stories

By: Liza Cody

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MY PEOPLE and other crime stories

By: Liza Cody

MY PEOPLE and other crime stories is Liza Cody's collection of innovative and cutting edge short stories written between 2003 and 2021. Two have never been previously published in English. This prize-winning author is known for her outspoken yet subtle invocations of all aspects and consequences of violence and betrayal. Cody was one of the first writers to put women at the centre of private detective novels and short stories. Book Review 1: "Cody is a storyteller... Reading her is refreshing after the bravado... of the American style." "Cody’s dialogue is always funny and full of purpose, and here she’s found her perfect protagonista creative mangler of platitudes and uncontrollable shredder of pomp and hypocrisy," and "Great dialogue as ever and some gorgeous imagery. It all added up to a book I'm sorry to close." (About LADY BAG.) -- Newgate Callendar, New York Times Book Review; Mat Coward, The Morning Star; Peter Lovesey, MWA Grandmaster Book Review 2: "Eva is a wondrous creation – an incorrigible innocent in a story that crackles with energy. Super Cody." "It's like a rock-and-roll version of Pilgrim's Progress. Eva is rude, crude, funny, touching and perhaps the boldest creation to land in recent crime fiction." (About BUCKET NUT.) -- Kirkus Reviews; The Philadelphia Inquirer Book Review 3: "Give me more books like Gimme More." "Probably the greatest rock'n'roll novel ever." (About GIMME MORE.) -- Laura Lippman; Nick Johnstone, uncut

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Gatekeeper Press

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1662913125

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9781662913129

Lady Bag

By: Liza Cody

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Lady Bag

By: Liza Cody

Dont judge a book by its cover, or a bag lady by her appearance. I didnt always look like this, she says. Being barmy doesnt mean Im stupid. Lady Bag does have her problems her close relationship with cheap red wine, for example. When she gets hammered she talks to her dog. When shes extra-hammered her dog talks to her. Guess who makes better sense. She and her rescue greyhound, Electra, wander through the streets of London, seeing a Dickensian side of the capital city thats visible only to the homeless. Together they accept the kindness and unkindness of strangers with the same wry patience. Until, on one dreadful day, they meet the Devil outside the National Portrait Gallery About Anna Lee Electric with suspense, fast and funny Publishers Weekly Loud hurrahs story wonderfully alive, truly tense, dialogue sharp and accurate! HRF Keating, The Times About Eva Wylie A staggering achievement A breath-taking tour de force. Sara Paretsky Eva is a wondrous creation - an incorrigible innocent in a story that crackles with energy. Super Cody. Kirkus Reviews About Gimme More Give me more books like Gimme More. Laura Lippman Probably the greatest rocknroll novel ever. Nick Johnstone, uncut About Ballad of a Dead Nobody I was gripped [told] beautifully, touchingly, sometimes brutally Peter Lovesey Adventurous in form, sparklingly written and with every page more gripping than the last, this bluesy novel may well be the already garlanded Codys best yet. Mat Coward, Morning Star About Miss Terry Compelling warm and amusing, written with the characteristic Cody honesty a terrific read. Peter Lovesey

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149170747X

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9781491707470

Death at the Airport

By: Cody Smith

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Death at the Airport

By: Cody Smith

Death can be anywhere, even at the airport. Tom and Liza are waiting for their flight home when it becomes clear something is terribly wrong: Where are the other passengers? Where are the members of staff? And what is that ominous noise coming from the bathroom? Death at the Airport is a short horror story about zombies. There is swearing, there is gore and of course there is death! A Short Horror Story

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XinXii

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3959262485

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The Darker Side

A Thriller

By: Cody McFadyen

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The Darker Side

A Thriller

By: Cody McFadyen

A lie, a long-ago affair, a dark desire—everyone has secrets they take to the grave. No one knows that better than FBI special agent Smoky Barrett. But what secret was a very private young woman keeping that led to her very public murder? That’s the question Smoky and her handpicked team of experienced manhunters are summoned to answer by the FBI director himself. As a mother, Smoky knows the pain of losing a child. As a cop with her own twisted past, she takes every murder personally. Brilliant, merciless, righteous, the killer Smoky is hunting this time is on his own personal mission. For in his eyes no one is innocent; everyone harbors a secret sin. Soon Smoky will have to face the secret she’s carefully hidden even from her own team—and confront a relentless killer who knows her flaws with murderous intimacy.

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Bantam

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0553591339

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9780553591330

Ballad of a Dead Nobody

By: Liza Cody

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Ballad of a Dead Nobody

By: Liza Cody

Elly Astoria had a miraculous musical talent. As a little girl she taught herself to play guitar and keyboard so that she could feed herself and her junkie mother. One rainy night she was spotted singing and playing by the founder of an indy womens band. Later, cleaned up and better fed, she caught the eye of her future manager and his creepy sister. It should have been a rags-to-riches story. Instead Ellys career was cut short by her perverted and grisly murder. Years after her death it looks as if Ellys life has been overlooked. If anyone deserves rediscovery and a biography, its Elly. Clearly there is a story to be told and a mystery to be solved. But how? About Anna Lee Electric with suspense, fast and funny... Publishers Weekly Loud hurrahs... story wonderfully alive, truly tense, dialogue sharp and accurate! HRF Keating, The Times About Eva Wylie A staggering achievement... A breath-taking tour de force. Sara Paretsky ...Eva is a wondrous creation an incorrigible innocent in a story that crackles with energy. Super Cody. Kirkus Reviews About Gimme More Any one with the slightest interest in the world of music will ?nd this a thriller they wont want to put down. Anthony Morris Probably the greatest rocknroll novel ever. Nick Johnstone, uncut

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1450283241

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Gift or Theft

By: Liza Cody

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Gift or Theft

By: Liza Cody

Seema is a gardener and a dreamer. She is almost content with her safe life, sharing a flat with her best friend. Until, on a girls’ night out, a beguiling older man approaches her. He leads her into a world of wealth and sophistication she’s completely unused to. Through him she arrives at a place where both dreams and nightmares come true. Has seduction crossed the line into manipulation or coercion? Worse, is the relationship sliding into a supernatural realm – where a man’s obsession with blood will lead to Seema’s death? About Crocodiles and Good Intentions “It’s an amazing achievement. Lady Bag excels herself. I was shocked, appalled, mystified, uplifted, tickled pink and hugely entertained. There’s no person in all of literature anything like her... Above all, the human spirit (and some doggy spirit...) rises above all the privations and triumphs. Thanks for a terrific read.” Peter Lovesey, MWA Grand Master, CWA Diamond Dagger winner Mat Coward (reviewing in The Morning Star): “One of current fiction’s most striking and exhilarating characters returns for a second outing... Amid the horrors of Lady Bag's new adventures, and inextricable from them, is some gaspingly funny comedy. Cody has command not only of comic dialogue but, which is much harder to pull off, a kind of verbal rendering of visual humour, as she choreographs her characters across the pages with perfect timing. About Lady Bag “...made the hairs on the back of my neck stand up for a whole novel... Lady Bag is ... perfectly realized...” Sara Paretsky, MWA Grand Master, CWA Diamond Dagger winner

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1663205035

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Jingle All the Way

A Novelization

By: David Cody Weiss,Bobbi J. G. Weiss,Randy Kornfield

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Jingle All the Way

A Novelization

By: David Cody Weiss,Bobbi J. G. Weiss,Randy Kornfield

On Christmas Eve, Howard Langston is determined to find the Turbo Man doll he has promised his son.

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Simon & Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books

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0671004263

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9780671004262

The Face of Death

By: Cody McFadyen

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The Face of Death

By: Cody McFadyen

In Shadow Man, Cody McFadyen took the suspense thriller where other writers have feared to tread. He introduced readers to a heroine every bit as dark and edgy as the serial killers she hunts: Special Agent Smoky Barrett. Now, in his latest novel, McFadyen brings Agent Barrett back to track down a killer who breaks all the rules. “I want to talk to Smoky Barrett or I’ll kill myself.” The girl is sixteen, at the scene of a grisly triple homicide, and has a gun to her head. She claims “The Stranger” killed her adoptive family, that he’s been following her all her life, killing everyone she ever loved, and that no one believes her. No one has. Until now. Special Agent Smoky Barrett is head of the violent crimes unit in Los Angeles, the part of the FBI reserved for tracking down the worst of the worst. Her team has been handpicked from among the nation’s elite law enforcement specialists and they are as obsessed and relentless as the psychos they hunt; they’ll have to be to deal with this case. For another vicious double homicide reveals a killer embarked on a dark crusade of trauma and death: an “artist” who’s molding sixteen-year-old Sarah into the perfect victim—and the ultimate weapon. But Smoky Barrett has another, more personal reason for catching The Stranger—an adopted daughter and a new life that are worth protecting at any cost. This time Smoky is going to have to put it all on the line. Because The Stranger is all too real, all too close, and all too relentless. And when he finally shows his face, if she’s not ready to confront her worst fear, Smoky won’ t have time to do anything but die.

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Bantam

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0553903772

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9780553903775

Abandoned

A Thriller

By: Cody McFadyen

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Abandoned

A Thriller

By: Cody McFadyen

For FBI Special Agent Smoky Barrett, her colleague’s wedding is cause for celebration. Until a woman staggers down the aisle—incoherent, wearing only a white nightgown. A fingerprint check determines that she’s been missing for nearly eight years. Her coldly efficient captor toyed with her mind and body, imprisoning her, depriving her of any contact with the outside world. As Smoky fits together the pieces of what remains of the victim’s fractured life, a chilling picture emerges of a cerebral psychopath who doesn’t take murder personally, never makes a mistake, follows his own sinister logic, and has set the perfect trap.

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Bantam

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0553907069

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9780553907063

Honest Government

An Ethics Guide for Public Service

By: W J Michael Cody,R. Lynn

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Honest Government

An Ethics Guide for Public Service

By: W J Michael Cody,R. Lynn

Americans deserve honest government. This text addresses the need for a comprehensive statement of ethical behavior for public officials and employees at every level of government. Recognizing the need for legal reforms that focus mainly on campaign contributions, the authors examine the broader question of how we should measure the routine, day-to-day ethics of men and women in public service. By focussing more on attitudes and practices, the authors suggest that the highest standard of both ethics and competence should be demanded of all our public servants. The book identifies situations in which officials ought to act cautiously and presents the ethical rules that should be applied to each situation. The text presents a philosophy of public service and then moves to particular situations to which this philosophy must be applied: campaign finance; the campaign itself; behavior of elected officials, appointed officials, and public employees; the role of lobbyists; compensation for public servants; moving to and from the public and private sectors; ethical guidelines for lawyers and judges; the private lives of public servants; and enforcement of ethics. The final chapter discusses the sometimes competing forces of ethics and competency. Ethical guidelines are gathered in the appendix and serve as a useful starting point for ethics in any public service setting. The combination of persuasive and thought-provoking proposals for governmental ethics reform along with practical guidelines on how to maintain the highest possible standards of ethical conduct makes this an important text for students in ethics and government courses, as well as an imperative reading for public officials, whether elected, appointed, or career.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313390398

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9780313390395

Around Every Corner of Connecticut

100 Towns to Explore Every Season

By: Sarah Cody

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Around Every Corner of Connecticut

100 Towns to Explore Every Season

By: Sarah Cody

Around Every Corner of Connecticut celebrates the abundance of beautiful destinations and exciting seasonal (and year-round) activities here in Connecticut. And, we’re not just talking about the well-known state parks, attractions, and museums. Connecticut boasts so much beauty, creativity, and opportunity. Take a friendly llama for a hike or spy a majestic bald eagle sitting in a tree, on the banks of the Connecticut River. Maybe a sleigh ride through a snowy pasture is more your speed. There are incredible trails: the Barn Trail, Wine Trail, and Chocolate Trail for starters. Did you know that we even have a Dinosaur Trail? Using her experience as a travel reporter in the state for more than twenty years, Sarah Cody takes you to her favorite spots. A look at each destination includes provides additional, valuable, and sometimes little know information and tips. Coupled by beautiful photographs, the book is a unique and spirited look at Connecticut, full of New England charm, and brimming with activities. Around Every Corner of Connecticut provides activities and locations for people of all abilities and all ages. There are so many incredible places to explore!

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Rowman & Littlefield

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1493076868

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9781493076864

Lady Bag

By: Liza Cody

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Lady Bag

By: Liza Cody

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iUniverse

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149170747X

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Backhand

By: Liza Cody

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Backhand

By: Liza Cody

The award-winning author of Dupe offers a mystery filled with spare prose, lively dialogue, and a beautiful sense of time and place (Sara Paretsky), featuring street-smart, tart-tongued, English P.I. Anna Lee. On the trail of some stolen sweater designs, Anna winds up in the Florida Keys, where a mob-style execution and a drugged teenaged runaway tell her she's in for more than haute couture.

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Crimeline

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0553296272

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9780553296273

Bucket Nut

By: Liza Cody

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Bucket Nut

By: Liza Cody

Eva Wylie drømmer om at blive mester i brydning, er stor som et hus og slår en proper næve. Hun arbejder som nattevagt og ordner mystiske "ærinder" for et par gangstere, men bliver uforvarende skydeskive for rivaliserende bander

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A&C Black

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0747533873

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9780747533870

Ghost Station

By: Liza Cody

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Ghost Station

By: Liza Cody

An original short story taken from the anthology Motives for Murder, by members of The Detection Club Liza Cody, author of the Anna Lee and Eva Wylie series, tells a take of modern policing. Bath no longer has a proper police station, so when there is a stabbing, disgruntled officers from the surrounding areas are sent in. Shareen Manasseh breaks away from her old-school Sergeant and goes sleuthing on her own, with the help of some locals.

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Hachette UK

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0751568104

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Ballad of a Dead Nobody

By: Liza Cody

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Ballad of a Dead Nobody

By: Liza Cody

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Gimme More

By: Liza Cody

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Gimme More

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A rock novel that entertains with wit, cunning, malice, and a wicked twist in the tale.Every detail rings true' Guardian

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The Short-Order Detective

By: Liza Cody

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Gatekeeper Press

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1662950616

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Stalker

By: Cody Liza,Liza Cody

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Stalker

By: Cody Liza,Liza Cody

Liza Cody's Anna Lee is on the case of a con man who skipped town with his partner's money. But when the trail leads to a gruesomely murdered corpse, Lee is driven to find the link between the merely missing . . . and the maliciously murdered. You will be billed at only $1.95. Reprint.

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Crimeline

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0553185039

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Gift or Theft

By: Liza Cody

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By: Liza Cody

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Head Case

By: Liza Cody

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Head Case

By: Liza Cody

When Thea Hahn, a highly gifted child, disappears, her parents hire Anna Lee to find her. But when Thea appears, she is deranged and becomes the prime suspect in a very nasty killing. Anna knows that in order to save her she must win Thea's trust to find a way into her disturbed mind.

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Arrow

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0099203219

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9780099203216

Dupe

By: Liza Cody

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Dupe

By: Liza Cody

From the acclaimed author of Backhand. When their daughter, who had driven race cars, is killed in what the police deem an accident on an icy stretch of road, Dierdre Jackson's parents call in P.I. Anna Lee. Anna finds motives and murder as she probes the unsavory world of the London film industry, where Dierdre saw glamour--and found death.

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