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For the sake of a dying client, Brady tracks down a prodigal daughter Concord, Massachusetts, is littered with literary monuments, of which the historic Ames house is only a minor one. But to Susan Ames, nowhere on earth is more important than this colonial residence where Emerson and Thoreau once broke bread with her ancestors. Dying of cancer, Susan knows the house should stay in her family, but the only heir is her daughter, Mary Ellen, a wild...
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In this gripping thriller, Claire Keesey, the branch manager for a Boston bank, is taken hostage during a robbery. She is released, but Doug MacRay, the brains behind the tough, tight-knit crew of thieves, can't get her out of his mind. Tracking her down without his mask and gun, Doug introduces himself, and their mutual attraction is undeniable -- as are the risks of a relationship. Doug imagines a life away from bank robberies and Charlestown. But...
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Spenser novels volume 34
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Spenser, a Boston PI, is once again hired by April Kyle who was a teenage runaway that turned to prostitution. Now she is a madam of an up-scale, all-female operation that some men are trying to take away from her. April claims she doesn't know who is after her business, but Spenser finds ties to organized crime. Spenser without much surprise also finds that April, the thugs and everyone else involved is lying to him
64) The snake eater
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The murder of a Green Beret points Brady toward a chilling Vietnam cover-up Daniel McCloud may grow marijuana, but as far as he's concerned, that does not make him a criminal. A Vietnam veteran still suffering from exposure to Agent Orange, he's found no help from the government and no relief outside of homegrown grass. When the local police in his small New England town bust him for possession, a friend reaches out to Brady Coyne, a Boston lawyer...
66) Simmer down
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Foodie and sometimes sleuth Chloe Carter takes on Beantown to solve a murder by food processor After months between gigs, Chloe Carter's dishy boyfriend, Josh Driscoll, has just landed his dream job: executive chef at Simmer, Boston's soon-to-be hottest new restaurant. As Josh preps for a New Year's Eve grand opening, Chloe, on winter break from grad school, hooks him up with Food for Thought, an annual charity fundraiser. It seems like a win-win-Simmer...
67) Back story
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Spenser novels volume 30
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In 1974, a revolutionary group holds up a bank, shooting and killing a clerk. Thirty years later, her daughter seeks closure about her mother's death and turns to Spenser for help.
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Spenser novels volume 18
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Paul Giacomin enlists Spenser's help in localing his mother who has vanished. As they follow her trail, they are faced with a confrontation that may threaten their lives.
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Dante Club novels (Matthew Pearl) volume 1
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Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, one of an elite group of literary geniuses secretly working on America's first translation of "The Divine Comedy" in 1865, puts his career on the line when he teams up with outcast police officer Nicholas Rey in an attempt to find a killer who is patterning his crimes on descriptions of Hell's punishments from Dante's "Inferno."
70) Dead heat
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Features actor-sleuth Michael Spraggue, his plucky Aunt Mary, and her card-playing butler, Pierce, in a mystery set at the Boston Marathon, where a U.S. senator seeking a political prize finds death threats instead.
71) Widow's walk
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Spenser novels volume 29
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When Mary Smith's husband, 51 year old Nathan Smith is found dead, she becomes the main suspect. To help prove her innocence, she uses Nathan's millions to hire the best, Private Investigator Spenser. If she didn't kill him can Spenser find out who did?
72) Steamed
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Chloe Carter's Internet date commits the ultimate gastronomic faux pas: He dies before dessert Ever in search of the perfect meal-and the perfect man-twenty-something grad student and food connoisseur Chloe Carter draws the line at speed dating. But when the Massachusetts native reluctantly signs up for Back Bay Dates, she's soon communicating with a guy after her own heart. According to his online bio, DinnerDude is Eric Rafferty, a blond, six-foot...
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Taking sides on gun control, Brady ends up in the line of fire Over drinks one night at his Boston waterfront apartment, goodhearted lawyer Brady Coyne finds himself disagreeing with an old friend about a divisive subject: gun control. Wally Kinnick is no gun nut. But, an environmental activist and hunting expert, he believes so strongly in the right to bear arms that he has come to Boston to testify against an assault weapons ban. When he changes...
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When her father, Petros, falls victim to a hit-and-run accident and is brutally injured, Dr. Thea Sperelakis struggles to assemble the facts regarding the accident, soon suspecting an attempt at homicide. Her father, serving as the only witness to the scene, must communicate to Thea through eye blinks, and what he reveals is horrifying
75) Dark rites
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Krewe of Hunters volume 22
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A series of bizarre assaults is mystifying Boston police: an unknown attacker is viciously beating random strangers and leaving a note quoting an old warning about witchcraft. History professor Alex Maple was one of the victims, and now he's gone missing. Vickie Preston is certain that someone has taken her friend for malicious purposes. She's having blood-drenched visions that seem to be staining her waking life, and the escalating attacks suggest...
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Spenser novels volume 9
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Pretty teenager April Kyle is in grown-up-trouble, involved with people who would beat her up for a dollar and kill her for five. Now she's disappeared, last seen in the Combat Zone, that side of Boston where nothing's proper, especially the sex for sale. With Hawk, his sidekick, Spenser takes on the whole X-rated industry. From a specialty whorehouse in Providence to stylish Back Bay bordellos, he pits muscle and wit against bullets and brawn until...
79) The tea chest
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Hayley Ashworth's goal is to join the Navy SEALs. First she must return to Boston to confront memories of her abusive childhood. When she comes upon an old tea chest, she opens it and finds the remarkable story of Emma Malcolm, a 1773 Patriot sympathizer. Will Emma inspire Haley to fight for love, freedom, and faith?
80) Spare change
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When the Spare Change Killer resurfaces after three decades they call on retired cop, Phil Randall who headed the original investigation and he calls in his daughter Sunny for help. She's sure she has found the killer but has no proof. When the next two victims resemble Sunny her father insists she drop the case, but she wants to create a trap to catch him
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