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  Michael Bennett: Book 2

  Run for Your Life

  by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

  A calculating killer who calls himself "The Teacher" is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. His message is clear: remember your manners or suffer the consequences! For some, it seems that the rich are finally getting what they deserve. For New York's elite, it is a call to terror. Only one man can tackle such a high-profile case: Detective Mike Bennett. The pressure is enough for... (more)
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  Michael Bennett: Book 1

  Step on a Crack

  by James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge

  Detective Michael Bennett is about to take on the most sinister challenge of his career. The nation has fallen into mourning after the unexpected death of a beloved former first lady, and the most powerful people in the world gather in New York for her funeral. Then the inconceivable occurs. Billionaires, politicians, and superstars of every kind are suddenly trapped within one man's brilliant and... (more)
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  John Corey: Book 4

  Wild Fire

  by Nelson DeMille

  Welcome to the Custer Hill Club--a men's club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include some of America's most powerful business leaders, military men, and government officials. Ostensibly, the club is a place to relax with old friends. But one fall weekend, the club's executive board gathers to talk about the tragedy of 9/11--and finalize a retaliation plan, known only by its... (more)
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  Kathleen Mallory: Book 7

  Dead Famous

  aka The Jury Must Die (UK)

  by Carol O'Connell

  Also published as "The Jury Must Die" in the UK.An FBI agent is killed in a psychiatrist's office...Jurors on a controversial trial are murdered one by one...A norotious shock-jock is flirting with his listeners' worst impulses...An unnerving beauty cleans up crime scenes, erasing the sins of man.Only Detective Mallory can find the connection between the murders...between the victims and the... (more)
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  Bad Cop: New York's Least Likely Police Officer Tells All

  by Paul Bacon

  A funny and revealing memoir of one man’s journey into and out of the New York City police department. In 2001, Paul Bacon was a typical young New Yorker: hip, liberal, overeducated, a little aimless. But then 9/11 happened. Hearing a call to duty — and lacking any better employment options — he joined the NYPD, with the earnest hope of making his hometown a safer place. Silly him.   In "Bad Cop," Paul... (more)
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  The Savage City

  Race, Murder, and a Generation on the Edge

  by T. J. English

  “T.J. English has the mastered the hybrid narrative art form of social history and underworld thriller. The Savage City is a truly gripping read filled with unexpected twists and turns. Highly recommended.” (Douglas Brinkley ) “The Savage City is a necessary examination of the people, passions and maligned principles by which New York City once lived and died. English has a magnificent sense of the manner in... (more)
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  Kathleen Mallory: Book 9

  Find Me

  by Carol O'Connell

  Also published as "Shark Music" in the UK.A mutilated body is found lying on the ground in Chicago, a dead hand pointing down Adams Street, also known as Route 66, a road of many names. And now of many deaths. A silent caravan of cars, dozens of them, drives down that road, each passenger bearing a photograph, but none of them the same. They are the parents of missing children, some recently disappeared,... (more)
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  My Life in the NYPD: Jimmy the Wags

  by James Wagner, Patrick Picciarelli

  The author takes readers behind the badge and into the daily drama of working New York City's toughest jobs in the city's toughest precinct--before civilian review boards, before gentrification, and before political correctness. James "Jimmy the Wags" Wagner walked these streets from the 1960s to the 1980s and saw it all.
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  Kathleen Mallory: Book 6

  Crime School

  by Carol O'Connell

  Detective Kathleen Mallory recognized the dead call girl. It was someone from her past, a woman who protected her on the streets of New York--and who betrayed her. Mallory also recognized the crime scene: victim hanging, hair in mouth, fire burning. It happened twenty-one years ago, when Mallory was a child. Now--whether it's the work of a copycat killer or a serial murderer--it has happened again.
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  John Corey: Book 2

  The Lion's Game

  by Nelson DeMille

  John Corey and Asad Khalil have both lived hard-knock lives. As revealed in Nelson DeMille's monster bestseller Plum Island, the gruff, wisecracking NYPD homicide cop Corey stopped a hail of bullets--but he couldn't stop his wife from walking out on him. Asad, raised under Muammar Qaddafi's eye after his dad's murder, lost his surviving family in the 1986 bombing of Libya. He's heard the nasty rumors about his mom... (more)
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  Blue Blood

  by Edward Conlon

  From the fourth-generation NYPD officer and author of The New Yorker 's "Cop Diary" columns comes an epic heart-and-soul dissection of what it means to protect, to serve, and to defend among the ranks of New York's finest.
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  In Death: Book 41

  New York to Dallas

  by J. D. Robb

  Twelve years ago, Eve Dallas was just a rookie NY cop when her instincts led her to the apartment of Isaac McQueen, a man she discovered to be a sick murderer and pedophile, who was keeping young girls in cages. Now a homicide Lieutenant, Eve is one of the most distinguished officers in the city - and then she learns that McQueen has escaped from jail. Bent on revenge against Eve, and with a need to... (more)
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  John Corey: Book 5

  The Lion

  by Nelson DeMille

  In this eagerly awaited follow-up to The Lion's Game , John Corey, former NYPD Homicide detective and special agent for the Anti-Terrorist Task Force, is back. And, unfortunately for Corey, so is Asad Khalil, the notorious Libyan terrorist otherwise known as "The Lion." Last we heard from him, Khali had claimed to be defecting to the US only to unleash the most horrific reign of terrorism ever to occur on... (more)
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  God Touched

  by John Conroe

  Chris Gordon is a rookie cop in the Big Apple with an interesting sideline - hunting demons. But after rescuing a beautiful girl from a demonic attack, he finds life stranger than he ever thought possible. Vampires, werewolves, shadowy federal agencies and a giant short-faced bear. And it's not even Halloween yet.
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  Face of Courage: Rise from the Rubble

  by Joseph M. Cammarata

  Both brothers dreamed of being N.Y.C Firefighters, but when one brother wrote his own destiny, their worlds would collide at the same place, at different times on the morning of September 11th, 2001. Both brothers feverishly raced to the World Trade Center, one brother age 22, was with the New York City fire department, and one brother age 24, with the New York City police department, the catastrophe would leave... (more)
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  Hooked

  by Polly Iyer

  High-priced call girl Tawny Dell boasts a client list that’s part Fortune 500, part Five Families. With a PhD in art history and a tidy chunk of money stashed offshore, she hangs up her G-string with plans to retire to a Mediterranean island to open a gallery. Lincoln Walsh, NYPD sex-crimes investigator, has other ideas. He wants Tawny to work undercover at a high-class bordello to discover if a murdered call girl... (more)
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  John Corey: Book 7

  The Panther

  by Nelson DeMille

  Anti-Terrorist Task Force agent John Corey and his wife, FBI agent Kate Mayfield have been posted overseas to Sana'a, Yemen - one of the most dangerous places in the Middle East. While there, they will be working with a small team to track down one of the masterminds behind the USS Cole bombing: a high-ranking Al Qaeda operative known as The Panther. Ruthless and elusive, he's wanted for multiple terrorist acts... (more)
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  Nikki Heat: Book 4

  Frozen Heat

  by Richard Castle

  Hot on the heels of Richard Castle's #1 New York Times bestseller Heat Rises comes the fourth novel in the Nikki Heat series, Frozen Heat . Nikki Heat and Jameson Rook are together again, facing an unsolved murder mystery that has haunted Nikki for ten years. NYPD Homicide Detective Nikki Heat arrives at her latest crime scene to find an unidentified woman stabbed to death and stuffed inside a suitcase... (more)
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  Bad Intent Volume 4

  by Michael Tabman

  FBI Agent Douglas and NYPD Detecitve Zucarelli are out on the streets. They are face to face with the drug cartel couriers. Decisions must be made in seconds. What does the evidence mean? ***Remember this is a work of fiction, but due to the author’s incredible ability to tell a story, this may seem all too real. We assure you, none of it is. Born and raised in New York City, Michael served as a police... (more)
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  They Disappeared

  by Rick Mofina

  A loving family,fracturing under pressure… Jeff Griffin, a mechanic, and his wife, Sarah, travel from Montana to Manhattan to give their nine-year-old son, Cole, his dream vacation as they secretly face the heart-wrenching turmoil that has them teetering on divorce. In the wake of their heartbreak, a mother and son disappear… While sightseeing near Times Square, Jeff steps into a store to buy batteries for... (more)