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The night sky is ablaze as fire engulfs two barges moored end to end on a Yorkshire canal. On board are the blackened remains of two human beings. One was a reclusive and eccentric local artist, the other a junkie, a sad and damaged young girl. To the seasoned eye of Inspector Alan Banks, this horror was no accident, its method so cruel and calculated that only the worst sort of fiend could have committed the dark act. And it isn't long before the...
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"Sid Halley, a private investigator, has a new left hand, having had a transplant since his last appearance in Refusal. After receiving death threats, an ex-jockey trainer friend calls Sid to ask for his help, but Sid has his own problems to deal with; like recovering from surgery and saving his crumbling marriage. When his friend's stable yard is torched, horses killed, and the friend is found dead, Sid can only blame himself for not helping sooner....
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Inspector Banks volume 14
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William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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A blistering tale of murder and betrayal that is as frightening, devastating, and hypnotic as flame itself.
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A serial arsonist is on the loose in London. When a nude, charred female corpse turns up in a burned warehouse, the police discover that the unidentified victim, one of four possible women, was murdered beforehand. Duncan and Gemma also look into the abduction of 10-year-old Harriet Novak, a pawn in her parents' ongoing acrimonious divorce. As the investigation by both fire officials and police evolves, it becomes clear that the abduction is connected...
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Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Minotaur
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2005.
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When Superintendent Mike Yeadings and Sergeant Rosemary Zyczynski investigate a fire that destroys a large house during a family reunion, they discover that the incident could have been an attack on a prominent judge attending the celebration.
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Inspector C. D. Sloan mysteries volume 21
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St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2008
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English