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When Sylvia Perez wanted something, she got it.When Lyle Fordham wanted something, he got it.Sylvia Perez wanted Lyle Fordham.Lyle Fordham wanted Allie Bainard, and not in a permanent way. He did not want Sylvia Perez.Lt. John Vernon wanted to know who killed those three – and why.
2) Wrong Number
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Be careful what you put on autodial. Nick is called because of the numbers on a missing person's phone. It has something to do with someone who didn't die some years ago?
5) Dead Weight
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Grant Guerra Smith is called to help Rigoberto and Amaia with a small problem. There seems to be something resisting their pulling the water bucket up from the community well. There seems to be something holding the bucket down, A dead weight of some kind.
They pull the bucket and its load up.
It was a dead weight, for sure! A dead guy who had to weigh 120 kilos!
"Oh, fuck!" Berto cried. "Now the whole day will be wasted answering questions I don't...
6) Hellstorm
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Hurricane Andrew is crossing southern Florida. A shelter. A bunch of rich obnoxious people. One of them is murdered. The bunch seem insane. What is going on?
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Alfonso was raised in a place much like this. He had a good mind for solving puzzles. He had just finished Police Academy, specialist in maritime law enforcement.There were no open cases to be assigned. He was patrol, but had the option of investigating any cold case if he could find evidence that could lead to conviction.He knew the area intimately in his two weeks on the job. He would get bored if he didn't find something to concentrate his talents...
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Swan Song for an Agent A band hits the big time. They become hugely successful and tour. It is taking too much out of them, so they decide to break up.Then their agent is found with her throat cut. Nick Storie investigates.Sing a Song of MurderA band becomes successful on the strength of the front man. Things are looking up!Then the man's girlfriends start getting murdered.Final TourA singer is very popular and making millions. Then there are attempts...
10) Deadly Routine
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A woman returns from a trip to Europe. Her husband is murdered within hours. There is a lot of evidence against her. Too much. Nick doesn't believe it for a minute. It leads to gangsters and money laundering.
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Lucky StiffLuck has a way of turning sour. Maybe a killer's long lucky streak is about to run out.Name Your PoisonA truly exotic poison is killing people. The only connection Nick can find is on the internet, and that's tenuous, at best. Does he have some new kind of serial killer here?
12) Odd Jobs
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An extremely handsome man finds a body in a flower bed. Who would kill her? Why?
13) Morality Play
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A man who owns a plastics plant that employs troubled youths who have had trouble with the law is murdered. Nick identifies the killer, then the killer is murdered.
14) Night Shift
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8 shorter mysteries defining Nick, his job, and his personaality, Familiarizes the people he works with.
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Will Burke was the type who tends to wear on people's nerves. He wants to be friendly, but ends up being irritating.
He tries too hard.
Sandy Frenton is a female version of Will. As was often heard in the places they frequented, "They're a couple of bloody nuisances!"That must have given somebody an idea. It wasn't meant to be taken literally.
Sgt. Andy Betts is assigned the case. It's his first homicide. His ability with this one could make...
18) Bad Move
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Nick gets involved with the Russian Mafia when an FBI agent is murdered. Even his gangster friends warn him against getting involved with them – but that wouldn't be Nick.
20) Name Your Poison
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A truly exotic poison is killing people. The only connection Nick can find is on the internet, and that's tenuous, at best. Does he have some new kind of serial killer here?
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