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  Motion to Suppress

  by Perri O'Shaughnessy

  Returning from her late shift as a barmaid at a casino in Lake Tahoe, Misty Patterson struck her violently jealous husband in self-defense. She admits that--but did she kill him? She says she can't remember. Like so many times before, Misty blacked out and the rest of the evening is a blank. Now her husband has disappeared, leaving behind a trail of blood, and she's the number-one murder suspect with no one to... (more)
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  Obstruction Of Justice

  by Perri O'Shaughnessy

  Lightning strikes twice. Two people have died in Lake Tahoe in shocking accidents. In a nearly empty parking lot, a hit-and-run driver kills probation officer Anna Meade Hallowell. High up on a jagged mountain, wife abuser Ray de Beers gets what he deserves: he's struck by lightning. Attorney Nina Reilly, hiking on a rare day off from her one-woman law practice, sees him die. So does her date, Tahoe deputy DA... (more)
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  Owen McKdenna: Book 7

  Tahoe Night (An Owen McKenna Mystery Thriller) (Owen Mckenna Tahoe Mystery)

  by Todd Borg

  In the 7th Owen McKenna mystery, TV talk show host Leah Printner had a successful life until a car accident killed her loving husband and left her face badly scarred, ending her thriving career. After Leah gets out of the hospital, the landlady of Leah's father tells Detective Owen McKenna that she believes a man is stalking Leah. The landlady thinks that both father and daughter are in danger. Will McKenna look... (more)
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  Unfit to Practice

  by Perri O'Shaughnessy

  It’s the moment every attorney fears most...one careless moment that threatens careers, reputations, lives. For Nina Reilly, it will change everything—and ignite a case where her own clients are witnesses against her...and where the defendant is Nina herself. As an attorney championing desperate people, Nina Reilly has skirted the edges of legal ethics in pursuit of a just result, but she has never before broken... (more)
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  Acts of Malice

  by Perri O'Shaughnessy

  The New York Times bestselling Nina Reilly novels have dazzled both readers and critics with their crackling blend of legal suspense and taut human drama. Now Perri O'Shaughnessy, hailed as "smart", "gripping", and "complex" by the San Francisco Chronicle, brings us her best--and most explosive--Nina Reilly novel yet. Amid the sparkling snow-swept mountains of Lake Tahoe, Nina Reilly has made a home, juggling... (more)
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  Invasion of Privacy

  by Perri O'Shaughnessy

  Twelve years ago, a young girl disappeared. Now a filmmaker has made a movie about it. The girl's parents call it invasion of privacy. A woman lawyer calls it murder. The bloodstains on the courtroom floor belong to attorney Nina Reilly. Months earlier she'd been shot during a heated murder trial. She should have died that day. Instead, Nina has returned to the same Lake Tahoe court. Her only concession to... (more)
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  Writ of Execution

  by Perri O'Shaughnessy

  Critics call Perri O’Shaughnessy’s legal thrillers “terrific...will keep you turning the pages into the night” ( USA Today ) and “gripping” ( San Francisco Chronicle Book Review ). Now the New York Times bestselling author ratchets up the suspense yet again...with an electrifying novel that plunges Lake Tahoe attorney Nina Reilly into a shadowy world of high-stakes money and cold-blooded murder. . . . An... (more)
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  Case of Lies (Nina Reilly)

  by Perri O'Shaughnessy

  No one writes legal suspense like Perri O’Shaughnessy. Blending powerful human drama with legal thrills, mystery, humor, and unforgettable characters, the New York Times bestselling author has created a uniquely entertaining series of novels centered around lawyer and single mother Nina Reilly. Now, in a masterful new novel, Nina’s investigation into an unsolved murder takes her on a dark journey strewn with... (more)
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  Kinsey Millhone: Book 14

  "N" Is for Noose

  by Sue Grafton

  "N" Is for Noose is the fourteenth in Sue Grafton's "Alphabet" series of mystery novels. It features Kinsey Millhone, a private detective from Santa Teresa, California. It was a New York Times best-seller.
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  Breach of Promise

  by Perri O'Shaughnessy

  Broken hearts. Broken promises. Deadly consequences. In glitzy Lake Tahoe, couples break up every day. But few are as successful as Lindy and Mike Markov, who built a $200-million business together--before Mike took up with a younger woman. Now he's claiming he doesn't owe Lindy a dime since they never married. Attorney Nina Reilly, struggling to make a living in her one-woman office and raise a young son alone,... (more)
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  Move to Strike

  by Perri O'Shaughnessy

  New York Times bestselling author Perri O'Shaughnessy takes the courtroom thriller to breathtaking new heights in Move to Strike , a page-turning masterpiece of suspense that brings back attorney Nina Reilly, hailed by critics as "one of the most interesting heroines in legal thrillers today" ( San Jose Mercury News ). Nina Reilly thought she'd seen it all. An attorney and single mother, Nina isn't afraid to... (more)
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  Five Star First Edition Mystery - Sirius About Murder: A Beanie and Cruiser Mystery (Five Star First Edition Mystery)

  by Sue Owens Wright

  Someone in South Lake Tahoe is Sirius about murder, and dog owners and their pets are about to discover that the killer's bite is much worse than his bark. Elsie MacBean (Beanie) and her basset hound, Cruiser, find themselves dewlap-deep in a murder investigation when supporters of a controversial dog park, proposed for a coveted tract of Tahoe shoreline, are earmarked for death. The fur starts to fly at a... (more)
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  Tahoe: From Timber Barons to Ecologists

  by Douglas Hillman Strong

  We have come to love the West too much, and Lake Tahoe is a preeminent example of the cost of our endearment. The region annually attracts millions of visitors, more than any other scenic area of similar size in the United States. Runaway development to accommodate crowds has resulted in an alarming rate of environmental deterioration. Yet unprecedented recent efforts to protect the long-term ecological health of... (more)
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  Evergreen

  by Bruce Golden

  The planet Evergreen is ripe for exploitation, and corporate Earth is only to happy to harvest the lush timber and mining resources to provide luxury goods for a world whose own resources were long ago eradicated. Like the frontier towns of early America, Evergreen draws the misfits, the outcasts, the unwanted of Earth, who exist as little more than slaves to pay off the huge costs of their trip to this... (more)