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Detective Varg novel volume 1
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English
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3 stars
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"The detectives who work in Malmo Police's Department of Sensitive Crimes take their job very seriously. The lead detective, Ulf Varg, prioritizes his cases above even his dog's mental health. Then there are detectives Anna Bengsdotter, who keeps her relationship with Varg professional even as she realizes she's developing feelings for him . . . or at least for his car, and Carl Holgersson, first to arrive in the morning and last to leave, who would...
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English
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4.5 stars
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"In the LAPD's Open-Unsolved Unit, not many murder victims die a decade after the crime. So when a man succumbs to complications from being shot by a stray bullet ten years earlier, Bosch catches a case in which the body is still fresh, but any other clues are virtually nonexistent. Now Bosch and his new partner, Detective Lucia Soto, are tasked with solving a murder that turns out to be highly charged and politically sensitive. Beginning with the...
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Detective Varg novel volume 3
Language:
English
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"Perplexing, unfathomable, and perhaps unimportant, the cases that Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes take on will test them to their limits. Life--and crime--is not always as it seems for Ulf Varg and the other fearless detectives in Malmo's Department of Sensitive Crimes. There are always surprising new cases to take on, and the latest batch is no exception. And that's not to mention Ulf's struggle to contain his feelings for his colleague Anna...
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"The Department of Sensitive Crimes is downsizing in light of a recent downturn of sensitive crime, and staff members are wondering who among them will be transferred elsewhere. As the bickering between colleagues intensifies, Ulf tries his best to stay above the fray. But when Anna, a longtime friend and coworker, appears to blame him for an old case that went sideways, it seems she may be putting her own job prospects above their friendship. In...
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English
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This dark comedy, set in Vienna, explores virtue and sin. Claudio has been arrested for getting his mistress pregnant and Angelo, the strict, morality-spouting judge, has sentenced him to death. When Claudio's sister Isabella, a novice nun, begs Angelo to show mercy, he is instantly smitten, and offers Isabella a choice: her virginity for her brother's life.
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Series:
Detective Varg novel volume 2
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
Description:
"In the second installment in the best-selling Detective Varg Novels, Ulf and his team investigate a notorious lothario--a wolf of a man whose bad reputation may, much to his chagrin, be all bark and no bite. The Department of Sensitive Crimes, renowned for taking on the most obscure and irrelevant cases, led by Ulf Varg, their best detective, is always prepared to take on an investigation, no matter how complex. So when Ulf is approached by the girlfriend...
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Storm murders trilogy volume 3
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
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"A co-ed is found murdered on campus, her body scarcely touched. The killer paid meticulous attention to the aesthetics of his crime. Coincidentally (or not), a college custodian is also found dead. While an epic rainstorm assails the Holyoake, New Hampshire campus, overflowing rivers and taking down power lines, a third crime scene is revealed: a professor, formerly a spy, has been shot dead in his home. A mysterious note is found that warned him...
8. Revelation
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Publisher:
M-Y Books ltd
Pub. Date:
2012
Language:
English
Description:
Newly promoted after successfully rising to the greatest challenge of her career, Angela Crossley finds herself once again facing evil head on , but this time her investigative insight is clouded by the burgeoning awareness of her increasing sensitivity to the paranormal. Newly installed at Scotland Yard, she s haunted by the past even as her torrent of inexplicable dreams foretells events and crimes to come with terrifying accuracy. Her new department...
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English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Aspiring playwright, Kate Gamble, is struggling to launch a script she's been secretly researching her entire life, mostly at the family dinner table. Her father is Christian Gamble, CEO of Buck Technologies, a private data integration company whose clients include the CIA and virtually every counter-terrorism organization in the Western World. Kate's father adores her, and a play about the dark side of Big Data would be the ultimate betrayal in his...
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Detective Varg volume .80
Publisher:
Recorded Books, Inc
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
Detective Ulf Varg from the Department of Sensitive Crimes is often called upon to investigate unusual matters. But rarely is he asked to conduct an inquiry on behalf of his own family. Is such a thing ethical? Adding to Ulf's moral discomfort is the fact that he does not exactly see eye to eye with his younger brother Bjorn-a leading player in one of Sweden's right-wing parties, the Moderate Extremists. Still, family is family, so Ulf finds himself...
11. Wired
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English
Average Rating:
3.5 stars
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"A beautiful computer hacker and a bad-boy FBI agent must collaborate--in more ways than one--in the sizzling new novel from #1 New York Timesbestselling author Julie Garwood. Allison Trent doesn't look like a hacker. In fact, when she's not in college working on her degree, she models on the side. But behind her gorgeous face is a brilliant mind for computers and her real love is writing--and hacking--code. Her dream is to write a new security program...
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Publisher:
God Bless the Keg Publishing LLC
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Murder! Mobsters! Detective series! Crime-drama! A touch or two of romance! Homicide Detective Lyle Odell and the entire Mohawk City police team and Odell's trusted civilian friends return in a new adventure, and this time around; Odell and the team risk their careers, and maybe even their lives, as they face off with a powerful mobster boosted by a faction of the Russian network of organized crime operating in America.Mr. Ivan Petrov is powerful,...
13. The death trust
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Publisher:
Bantam Books
Pub. Date:
2007
Language:
English
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When the NATO commander in Germany is killed in a glider crash, maverick Special Agent Vin Cooper is sent to investigate, and embarks on a highly sensitive murder investigation that draws him into a web of terrorism and corruption.
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Publisher:
Latifron Strategic Communications
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
The book uses real-world tragedies as case studies, allowing readers to follow critical incidents from inception to resolution. Through these examples, Chief Schmaderer offers rare insights into the strategic planning, accountability, and transparency that are vital in today's society. The book provides a candid and personal glimpse into the inner workings of a major metropolitan police department, making it a valuable resource for police executive...
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Publisher:
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
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In this New York Times bestseller, Coulter mercilessly examines the abuses and excesses of Bill Clinton point by point. She also shreds every conceivable defense the Clintons to bits as she probes the major Clinton scandals, including Monica Lewinsky, Filegate, the China connection, the travel office snafu, and the fundraising fiascos. Coulter combs through the evidence to answer all the questions that kept the Clinton administration embroiled in...
16. State of War
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Publisher:
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date:
2006
Language:
English
Description:
With relentless media coverage, breathtaking events, and extraordinary congressional and independent investigations, it is hard to believe that we still might not know some of the most significant facts about the presidency of George W. Bush. Yet beneath the surface events of the Bush presidency lies a secret history -- a series of hidden events that makes a mockery of current debate. This hidden history involves domestic spying, abuses of power,...
17. Savage
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Publisher:
narrowaypress
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
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"Do I care about Speaker Kline's safety. In a word, no!"Speaker of the House Denise Kline called Los Angeles home, but she wasn't well liked in her district or in Washington. Since she was third in line for the presidency, she had her own Secret Service detail, which she was notorious for slipping every chance she got. On her most recent visit to LA, though, her antics land her in the grip of one of the sickest underground killers in Los Angeles history....
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Series:
Laura Mori Mysteries volume 2
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
In the vein of Lisa Jackson and Julia Maynard, a dark and compulsive mystery about secrets too big for the small town's britches. When secrets are too big to buy, it's worth killing to bury them. Growing up, Laura Mori was constantly overshadowed by her far more successful siblings. She had a tough time appeasing her parents, and now that she's a police officer, recently promoted to detective, they still seem less than fazed. Everyone knows a cop's...
19. Triple Cross
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Publisher:
HarperAudio
Pub. Date:
2011
Language:
English
Description:
In the years leading to the 9/11 attacks, no single agent of al Qaeda was more successful in compromising the U.S. intelligence community than Ali Mohamed. A former Egyptian army captain, Mohamed succeeded in infiltrating the CIA in Europe, the Green Berets at Fort Bragg, and the FBI in California-even as he helped to orchestrate the al Qaeda campaign of terror that culminated in 9/11. As investigative reporter, Peter Lance demonstrates in this gripping...
20. Forgiveness Work
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Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
"Winner of the Herbert Jacob Book Prize, Law and Society Association" "Honorable Mention for the Clifford Geertz Book Award, Society for the Anthropology of Religion" "Honorable Mention for the Association for Political and Legal Anthropology Book Prize in Critical Anthropology" Arzoo Osanloo is associate professor in the Department of Law, Societies, and Justice and the director of the Middle East Center at the University of Washington. She is the...