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Barbara HollowaySeries
series11 books1991
completed
Mystery & detective and legal thriller, tense and mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in north america and contemporary.
Start with Death Qualified: A Mystery of Chaos →
The Lying GameSeries
series6 books2010
About identity.
“The worst part of being dead is that there's nothing left to live for.”
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Start with The Lying Game →
Billy Bob HollandSeries
series1 book1997
About parenthood.
“Former Texas Ranger Billy Holland, now a lawyer, is hired to defend a teenage boy accused of killing his girlfriend.”
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Start with Cimarron Rose →
Grim Reaper mysteriesSeries
series5 books2009
Mystery & detective, mysterious in tone, about murder investigation, set in north america and contemporary.
“After a bad car accident, Casey Maldonado hits the road and finds herself unable to shake an unwelcome companion: Death itself, which won't take her but won't leave her alone either.”
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Start with Embrace the Grim Reaper →
The Deepest WaterNovel
Kate Wilhelmstandalone novel2000
About books and reading.
“Jud Connors, a successful novelist, is murdered in his isolated cabin in the Oregon woods.”
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Finders Keepers (Stephen King)Series
series7 books2014
Thriller & suspense.
“The mix of true-crime procedural instincts and creeping horror is a hallmark of King's later work with the character.”
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Start with Mr. Mercedes →